This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, effective
as of _______________ 1, 200_, among BNP PARIBAS MORTGAGE ABS LLC,
as the depositor (together with its permitted successors and
assigns, the “Depositor”), [NAME OF MASTER SERVICER],
as master servicer (together with its permitted successors and
assigns, the “Master Servicer”), and [NAME OF TRUSTEE],
as trustee (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the
“Trustee”),
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell mortgage
pass-through certificates (collectively, the
“Certificates”), to be issued hereunder in multiple
classes (each, a “Class”), which in the aggregate will
evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage
Loans (as defined herein). As provided herein, the Master Servicer
will make an election to treat the segregated pool of assets
described in the definition of Trust Fund (as defined herein), and
subject to this Agreement (including the Mortgage Loans but
excluding the Initial Monthly Payment Deposit), as a real estate
mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”) for federal
income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as the “Trust Fund.” The Class A-1, Class
A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7 and
Class B Certificates will represent ownership of “regular
interests” in the Trust Fund, and the Class R Certificates
will be the sole class of “residual interests” therein,
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein) under
federal income tax law.
The following table sets forth the designation,
type, Pass-Through Rate, aggregate Initial Certificate Principal
Balance, initial ratings and certain features for each Class of
Certificates comprising the interests in the Trust Fund created
hereunder.
AGGREGATE INITIAL
PASS-CERTIFICATE
INITIAL RATINGS THROUGH PRINCIPAL
DESCRIPTION TYPE
RATE BALANCE FEATURES
[INSERT TABLE HERE]
The Mortgage Loans have an aggregate Stated
Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date equal to $___________. The
Mortgage Loans are fixed rate mortgage loans having terms to
maturity at origination or modification of not more than 30
years.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall
have the meanings specified in this Article.
“Accrued Certificate Interest”: With
respect to each Distribution Date, as to any Class A Certificate
(other than the Class A-5 Certificates and Class A-7 Certificates)
or any Class B Certificate, one month’s interest accrued at
the then applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof immediately prior to such Distribution Date. With
respect to each Distribution Date, as to the Class A-5 Certificates
and Class A-7 Certificates, one month’s interest accrued at
the then applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount
thereof immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Accrued
Certificate Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In each case Accrued
Certificate Interest on any Class of Certificates will be reduced
by the amount of (i) Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, if any, which
are not covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.23 with respect to such Distribution Date, (ii) the
interest portion (adjusted to the related Net Mortgage Rate) of any
of Realized Losses (including Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess
Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses and Extraordinary Losses)
not allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04 (which, with respect to the
pro rata portion thereof allocated to the Class A-1, Class A-5 and
Class A-6 Certificates will be allocated first to the Class A-6
Certificates and second to the Class A-1 and Class A-5 Certificates
on a pro rata basis to the extent such Realized Losses are Default
Losses), (iii) the interest portion of Advances previously made
with respect to a Mortgage Loan or REO Property which remained
unreimbursed following the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition of
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property that was made with respect to
delinquencies that were ultimately determined to be Excess Special
Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses or
Extraordinary Losses, and (iv) any other interest shortfalls not
covered by the subordination provided by the Class B Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04, including interest that is not
collectible from the Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief Act or
similar legislation or regulations as in effect from time to time;
with all such reductions allocated among the Classes of
Certificates, in proportion to their respective amounts of Accrued
Certificate Interest which would have resulted absent such
reductions. In addition to that portion of the reductions described
in the preceding sentence, Accrued Certificate Interest on the
Class B Certificates will be reduced by the interest portion
(adjusted to the related Net Mortgage Rate) of Realized Losses that
are allocated solely to the Class B Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04.
“Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan,
any advance made by the Master Servicer on any Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.03.
“Agreement”: This Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof.
“Anniversary”: Each anniversary of
_____________ 1, 20__.
“Assessment of Compliance”: As
defined in Section 3.20.
“Attestation Report”: As defined in
Section 3.20.
“Assignment”: An assignment of
Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in
recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to
reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage, which assignment,
notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of
one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if permitted by
law.
“Assignment Agreement”: The
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of ____________,
200_, between [Name of Seller] and the Depositor relating to the
transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans.
“Available Distribution Amount”:
With respect to each Distribution Date, the Available Distribution
Amount will be an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the balance on
deposit in the Custodial Account as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date and (ii) the aggregate amount of any
Advances made, all required amounts pursuant to Section 3.22 and
all amounts required to be paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Sections 3.13 and 3.23 by deposits into the Certificate Account on
the immediately preceding Certificate Account Deposit Date, reduced
by (b) the sum, as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date of (i) Monthly Payments collected but due during
a Due Period subsequent to the Due Period ending on the first day
of the month of the related Distribution Date, (ii) all interest or
other income earned on deposits in the Custodial Account, (iii) any
other amounts reimbursable or payable to the Master Servicer or any
other Person pursuant to Section 3.11, (iv) Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds, Principal Prepayments, REO Proceeds and the
proceeds of Mortgage Loan purchases (or amounts received in
connection with substitutions) made pursuant to Section 2.02 and
2.04, in each case received or made in the month of such
Distribution Date and (v) the Trustee’s Fee.
“Bankruptcy Amount”: As of any date
of determination, an amount, equal to the excess, if any, of (A)
$_______, over (B) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses
allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in
accordance with Section 4.04.
The Bankruptcy Amount may be further reduced by
the Master Servicer (including accelerating the manner in which
such coverage is reduced) provided that prior to any such
reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not
reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such
Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the
rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such
Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such written confirmation
to the Trustee.
“Bankruptcy Code”: The United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
“Bankruptcy Loss”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, a Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction;
provided, however, that a Deficient Valuation or a Debt Service
Reduction shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long
as the Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing that the
Master Servicer is diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist
in connection with the related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the
related Mortgage Loan is not in default with regard to payments due
thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal and interest
under the related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow payments in
respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis
by the Master Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any
Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction.
“Business Day”: Any day other than
(i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in the State of ______________ or the State of
______________ (and such other state or states in which the
Custodial Account or the Certificate Account are at the time
located) are required or authorized by law or executive order to be
closed.
“Cash Liquidation”: As to any
defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a Mortgage Loan as to which an
REO Acquisition occurred, the final receipt by or on behalf of the
Master Servicer of all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer
reasonably and in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with
respect to such Mortgage Loan.
“Certificate”: Any Class A, Class B
or Class R Certificate.
“Certificate Account”: The account
or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.01, which
shall be entitled “___________________________________, as
trustee, in trust for the registered holders of BNP Paribas
Mortgage ABS LLC, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
200_-__” and which must be an Eligible Account.
“Certificate Account Deposit Date”:
The 20th day (or if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately preceding such 20th day) of the
month.
“Certificateholder” or
“Holder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that, neither a
Disqualified Organization nor a Non-United States Person shall be a
Holder of a Class R Certificate for any purposes hereof and, solely
for the purposes of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement,
any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be
outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not
be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent
has been obtained, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.01.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certification of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer in determining if any Certificates
are registered in the name of a respective affiliate.
“Certificate Owner”: With respect to
a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of
such Certificate, as reflected on the books of an indirect
participating brokerage firm for which a Depositor Participant acts
as agent, if any, and otherwise on the books of a Depositor
Participant, if any, and otherwise on the books of the
Depositor.
“Certificate Principal Balance”:
With respect to each Class A Certificate (other than a Class A-5
Certificate or Class A-7 Certificate), on any date of
determination, an amount equal to (i) the Initial Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate as specified on the face
thereof, minus (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate of all amounts
previously distributed with respect to such Certificate (or any
predecessor Certificate) and applied to reduce the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(b) and (y) the
aggregate of all reductions in Certificate Principal Balance deemed
to have occurred in connection with Realized Losses which were
previously allocated to such Certificate (or any predecessor
Certificate) pursuant to Section 4.04. With respect to the Class B
Certificates, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the
Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate times the excess,
if any, of (A) the then aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of all other Classes of Certificates then outstanding. The
Class A-5 Certificates, Class A-7 Certificates and Class R
Certificates have no Certificate Principal Balance.
“Certificate Register”: The register
maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.
“Class”: Collectively, all of the
Certificates bearing the same designation.
“Class A Certificate”: Any one of
the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class
A-6 or Class A-7 Certificates, executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, each such Certificate
evidencing an interest designated as a “regular
interest” in the Trust Fund for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions.
“Class B Certificate”: The Class B
Certificates executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-2 and evidencing an interest designated as a
“regular interest” in the Trust Fund for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
“Class B Percentage”: With respect
to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) 100% minus the Senior
Percentage and (ii) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class B Certificates immediately prior to such date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately
prior to such Distribution Date.
“Class R Certificate”: Any one of
the Class R Certificates executed and delivered by the Trustee
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B and
evidencing an interest designated as a “residual
interest” in the REMIC for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions.
“Closing Date” : _______________
___, 20__.
“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
“Collateral Value”: The appraised
value of a Mortgaged Property based upon the lesser of (i) the
appraisal made at the time of the origination of the related
Mortgage Loan, or (ii) the sales price of such Mortgaged Property
at such time of origination. With respect to a Mortgage Loan the
proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing mortgage loan,
the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the
appraisal (as reviewed and approved by the Seller) obtained at the
time of refinancing.
“Depositor”: BNP Paribas Mortgage
ABS LLC, or its successor in interest.
“Corporate Trust Office”: The
principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement shall be
administered, which office at the date of the execution of this
instrument is located at _____________________, Attention:
__________________ Series 200_-__.
“Credit Support Depletion Date”: The
first Distribution Date on which the Senior Percentage equals
100%.
“Custodial Account”: The custodial
account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.10
in a depository institution, as custodian for the holders of the
Certificates, for the holders of certain other interests in
mortgage loans serviced or sold by the Master Servicer and for the
Master Servicer, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.10
shall be deposited directly. Any such account or accounts shall be
an Eligible Account.
“Cut-off Date”: _____________ 1,
200_.
“Debt Service Reduction”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction in the scheduled Monthly
Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent jurisdiction
in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction
constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in
a permanent forgiveness of principal.
“Default Loss”: Any Realized Loss
that is attributable to the related Mortgagor’s failure to
make any payment of principal or interest as required under the
Mortgage Note, excluding Special Hazard Losses (or any other loss
resulting from damage to a Mortgaged Property), Bankruptcy Losses,
Fraud Losses, or other losses of a type not covered by the
subordination provided by the Class B Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04.
“Deficient Valuation”: With respect
to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a court of competent
jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the
then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, which
valuation results from a proceeding initiated by the Mortgagor
under the Bankruptcy Code.
“Definitive Certificate”: Any
definitive, fully registered Certificate.
“Deleted Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage
Loan replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan.
“Determination Date”: The 15th day
(or if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately preceding such 15th day) of the month of the related
Distribution Date.
“Disqualified Organization”: Any of
the following: (i) the United States, any State or any political
subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality which is a corporation, if all of its activities
are subject to tax and, except for the Freddie Mac, a majority of
its board of directors is not selected by any such governmental
unit), (ii) a foreign government, international organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described
in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (unless such organization is subject to the
tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business
taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Section 1381 of the Code or (v) any other Person so
designated by the Trustee based on an Opinion of Counsel obtained
by the Trustee, at the expense of the Trust Fund, (which opinion
shall be sought only if the Trustee has actual knowledge that the
holding of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate by such
Person may cause the Trust Fund or any Person having an Ownership
Interest in any Class of Certificates, other than such Person, to
incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that
would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person). The terms
“United States,” “State” and
“international organization” shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor
provisions.
“Distribution Date”: The 25th day of
any month, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following such 25th day commencing on _______ 25,
20__.
“Due Date”: The first day of the
month of the related Distribution Date.
“Due Period”: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the period commencing on the second day of the
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or, with
respect to the first Due Period, the day following the Cut-off
Date) and ending on the related Due Date.
“Eligible Account”: An account
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution
(i) the short-term obligations of which are rated by each of the
Rating Agencies in its highest rating at the time of any deposit
therein, or (ii) insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by
such Corporation), the uninsured deposits in which account are
otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
(obtained by and at the expense of the Person requesting that the
account be held pursuant to this clause (ii)) delivered to the
Trustee prior to the establishment of such account, the
Certificateholders will have a claim with respect to the funds in
such account and a perfected first priority security interest
against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Instruments, each of which shall mature not later than the Business
Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date next following the
date of investment in such collateral or the Distribution Date if
such Permitted Instrument is an obligation of the institution that
maintains the Certificate Account or Custodial Account) securing
such funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or
general creditors of the depository institution with which such
account is maintained or (iii) a trust account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution
or trust company with trust powers acting in its fiduciary capacity
or (iv) an account or accounts of a depository institution
acceptable to the Rating Agencies (as evidenced in writing by the
Rating Agencies that use of any such account as the Custodial
Account or the Certificate Account will not have an adverse effect
on the then-current ratings assigned to the Classes of the
Certificates then rated by the Rating Agencies). Eligible Accounts
may bear interest.
“Event of Default”: One or more of
the events described in Section 7.01.
“Excess Bankruptcy Loss”: Any
Bankruptcy Loss, or portion thereof, which exceeds the then
applicable Bankruptcy Amount.
“Excess Fraud Loss”: Any Fraud Loss,
or portion thereof, which exceeds the then applicable Fraud Loss
Amount.
“Excess Special Hazard Loss”: Any
Special Hazard Loss, or portion thereof, that exceeds the then
applicable Special Hazard Amount.
“Extraordinary Events”: Any of the
following conditions with respect to a Mortgaged Property or
Mortgage Loan causing or resulting in a loss which causes the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan:
(a) losses that are of a type that would be covered
by the fidelity bond and the errors and omissions insurance policy
required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.18 but are in
excess of the coverage maintained thereunder;
(b) nuclear reaction or nuclear radiation or
radioactive contamination, all whether controlled or uncontrolled,
and whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate or remote or
be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or aggravated by a
peril covered by the definition of the term “Special Hazard
Loss”;
(c) hostile or warlike action in time of peace or
war, including action in hindering, combating or defending against
an actual, impending or expected attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power, de jure
or de facto, or by any authority maintaining or using military,
naval or air forces; or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power,
authority or forces;
(d) any weapon of war employing atomic fission or
radioactive force whether in time of peace or war; or
(e) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war,
usurped power or action taken by governmental authority in
hindering, combating or defending against such an 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.
“Extraordinary Losses”: Any loss
incurred on a Mortgage Loan caused by or resulting from an
Extraordinary Event.
“Fannie
Mae”: Federal National Mortgage Association or any
successor.
“FDIC”: Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any successor.
[“Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, or its
successor in interest.]
“Fraud Losses”: Any Realized Loss
sustained by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or
misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage
Loan.
“Fraud Loss Amount”: As of any date
of determination after the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to: (X) up
to and including the [first] anniversary of the Cut-off Date an
amount equal to ______% of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date minus
the aggregate amount of Fraud Losses allocated to the Class B
Certificates in accordance with Section 4.04 since the Cut-off Date
up to such date of determination, (Y) from the [first] to the fifth
anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to (1) the lesser
of (a) the Fraud Loss Amount as of the most recent anniversary of
the Cut-off Date and (b) ______% of the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the most
recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date minus (2) the Fraud Losses
allocated solely to the Class B Certificates in accordance with
Section 4.04 since the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date
up to such date of determination. On and after the fifth
anniversary of the Cutoff Date the Fraud Loss Amount shall be
zero.
The Fraud Loss Amount may be further reduced by
the Master Servicer (including accelerating the manner in which
such coverage is reduced) provided that prior to any such
reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not
reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such
Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the
rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such
Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such written confirmation
to the Trustee.
“Freddie
Mac”: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any
successor.
“Funding Date”: With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, the date on which funds were advanced by or on
behalf of the Seller and interest began to accrue
thereunder.
“Initial Certificate Principal
Balance”: With respect to each Class of Certificates, the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates as of
the Cut-off Date as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
“Insurance Policy”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy which is required to be
maintained from time to time under this Agreement in respect of
such Mortgage Loan.
“Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid
by any insurer pursuant to the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
and any other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan to the
extent such proceeds are not applied to the restoration of the
related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the procedures that the Master Servicer would
follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own
account.
“Late Collections”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, all amounts received during any Due Period,
whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or as Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late
payments or collections of Monthly Payments due but delinquent for
a previous Due Period and not previously recovered.
“Liquidation Proceeds”: Amounts
(other than Insurance Proceeds) received by the Master Servicer in
connection with the taking of an entire Mortgaged Property by
exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation or in
connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan
through trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, other
than amounts received in respect of REO Property.
“Loan-to-Value Ratio”: As of any
date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the current principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan
at the date of determination and the denominator of which is the
Collateral Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
“Master Servicer”: [Name of Master
Servicer], or any successor master servicer appointed as herein
provided.
“Monthly Payment”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on such Mortgage Loan which is payable by a Mortgagor from
time to time under the related Mortgage Note as originally executed
(after adjustment, if any, for Principal Prepayments and for
Deficient Valuations occurring prior to such Due Date, and after
any adjustment by reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or
any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period).
[“Moody’s”: Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in interest.]
“Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of
trust or any other instrument securing the Mortgage
Loan.
“Mortgage File”: The mortgage
documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining to a particular
Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to
the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that
whenever the term “Mortgage File” is used to refer to
documents actually received by the Trustee, such term shall not be
deemed to include such additional documents required to be added
unless they are actually so added.
“Mortgage Loan”: Each of the
mortgage loans, transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.01 or Section 2.03 and from time to time held in the
Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans originally so transferred, assigned
and held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached
hereto as Exhibit H (and any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans).
As used herein, the term “Mortgage Loan” includes the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
“Mortgage Loan Schedule”: As of any
date of determination, the schedule of Mortgage Loans included in
the Trust Fund. The initial schedule of Mortgage Loans with
accompanying information transferred on the Closing Date to the
Trustee as part of the Trust Fund for the Certificates, attached
hereto as Exhibit H (as amended from time to time to reflect the
addition of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans) (and, for purposes
of the Trustee’s review of the Mortgage Files pursuant to
Section 2.02, in computer-readable form as delivered to the
Trustee), which list shall set forth the following information, if
applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the loan number and name of the
Mortgagor;
(ii) the street address, city, state and zip code of
the Mortgaged Property;
(v) the original principal balance;
(vi) the first payment date;
(vii) the type of Mortgaged Property;
(viii) the Monthly Payment in effect as of the Cut-off
Date;
(ix) the principal balance as of the Cut-off
Date;
(x) the occupancy status;
(xi) the purpose of the Mortgage Loan;
(xii) the Collateral Value of the Mortgaged
Property;
(xiii) the original term to maturity;
(xiv) the paid-through date of the Mortgage
Loan;
(xv) the Loan-to-Value Ratio; and
(xvi) whether or not the Mortgage Loan was
underwritten pursuant to a limited documentation
program.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall also set forth
the total of the amounts described under (ix) above for all of the
Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule may be in the form of
more than one schedule, collectively setting forth all of the
information required. With respect to any Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan, the item described in clauses (viii) shall be set
forth as the date of substitution.
“Mortgage Note”: The note or other
evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
“Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest accrues on such
Mortgage Loan. “Mortgaged Property”: The underlying
property securing a Mortgage Loan.
“Mortgagor”: The obligor or obligors
on a Mortgage Note.
“Net Mortgage Rate”: As to each
Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate of interest equal to the related
Mortgage Rate as in effect from time to time minus the sum of the
Servicing Fee Rate and the rate at which the Trustee’s Fee
accrues.
“Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any
Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a
Mortgage Loan which, in the good faith judgment of the Master
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not
be ultimately recoverable from related Late Collections, Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds or amounts
reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01(b).
The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by an
Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Depositor and the
Trustee.
“Non-United States Person”: Any
Person other than a United States Person.
“Notional Amount”: As of any
Distribution Date, with respect to the Class A-5 Certificates and
the Class A-7 Certificates, an amount equal to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of all Classes of Certificates
immediately prior to such date.
“Officers’ Certificate”: A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman
of the Board, the President or a vice president and by the
Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or
assistant secretaries of the Master Servicer or of the Sub-Servicer
and delivered to the Depositor and Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel”: A written
opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Depositor or the
Master Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; except that
any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any
account required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement as an
Eligible Account, (b) qualification of the Trust Fund as a REMIC,
(c) compliance with the REMIC Provisions or (d) resignation of the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 must be an opinion of
counsel who (i) is in fact independent of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest
or any material indirect financial interest in the Depositor or the
Master Servicer or in an affiliate of either and (iii) is not
connected with the Depositor or the Master Servicer as an officer,
employee, director or person performing similar
functions.
“Optimal Percentage”: A fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates
immediately prior to the applicable Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of all of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
“Optimal Principal Distribution
Amount”: An amount equal to the product of (i) the then
applicable Optimal Percentage and (ii) the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount.
“Original Senior Percentage”:
_______%, which is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates and the denominator of which is
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans.
“OTS”: Office of Thrift Supervision
or any successor.
“Outstanding Mortgage Loan”: As to
any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan (including an REO Property) which was
not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full, Cash Liquidation
or REO Disposition and which was not purchased or substituted for
prior to such Due Date pursuant to Sections 2.02 or
2.04.
“Ownership Interest”: As to any
Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such
Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or
indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
“Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to
the Class A Certificates (other than the Class A-7 Certificates)
and Class B Certificates and any Distribution Date, the per annum
rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. With respect to
the Class A-7 Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate equal
to the weighted average, expressed as a percentage, of the Pool
Strip Rates of all Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund as of the Due
Date in the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, weighted on the basis of the respective
Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans, which Stated
Principal Balances shall be the Stated Principal Balances of such
Mortgage Loans at the close of business on the immediately
preceding Distribution Date after giving effect to the
distributions thereon allocable to principal (or, in the case of
the initial Distribution Date, at the close of business on the
Cut-off Date). With respect to the Class A-7 Certificates and the
initial Distribution Date, the Pass-Through Rate is equal to
______% per annum.
“Percentage Interest”: With respect
to any Certificate (other than a Class A-5, Class A-7 or Class R
Certificate), the undivided percentage ownership interest in the
related Class evidenced by such Certificate, which percentage
ownership interest shall be equal to the initial Certificate
Principal Balance thereof divided by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of all of the Certificates of the
same Class. With respect to a Class A-5 or Class A-7 Certificate,
the undivided percentage ownership interest in the related Class
evidenced by such Certificate, which percentage ownership interest
shall be equal to the initial Notional Amount thereof divided by
the aggregate initial Notional Amount of all of the Certificates of
the same Class. With respect to a Class R Certificate, the interest
in distributions to be made with respect to such Class evidenced
thereby, expressed as a percentage, as stated on the face of each
such Certificate.
“Permitted Instruments”: Any one or
more of the following:
(xvii) (a) direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States or
any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations
are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States and
(b) direct obligations of, and obligations guaranteed as to timely
payment by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae if, at the time of investment,
they are assigned the highest credit rating by the Rating
Agencies;
(xviii) repurchase obligations (the collateral for
which is held by a third party or the Trustee) with respect to any
security described in clause (i) above, provided that the
short-term unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to
repurchase such obligations are at the time rated by each Rating
Agency in one of its two highest long-term rating
categories;
(xix) certificates of deposit, time deposits, demand
deposits and bankers’ acceptances of any bank or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia, provided that the
short-term commercial paper of such bank or trust company (or, in
the case of the principal depository institution in a depository
institution holding company, the long-term unsecured debt
obligations of the depository institution holding company) at the
date of acquisition thereof has been rated by each Rating Agency in
its highest short-term rating;
(xx) commercial paper (having original maturities of
not more than nine months) of any corporation incorporated under
the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia which on the date of acquisition has been rated by each
Rating Agency in its highest short- term rating;
(xxi) a money market fund or a qualified investment
fund rated by each Rating Agency in its highest rating available;
and
(xxii) if previously confirmed in writing to the
Trustee, any other obligation or security acceptable to each Rating
Agency in respect of mortgage pass-through certificates rated in
each Rating Agency’s highest rating category;
provided, that
no such instrument shall be a Permitted Instrument if such
instrument evidences either (a) the right to receive interest only
payments with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument
or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from
obligations underlying such instrument where the principal and
interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity exceeding 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such
underlying obligation.
“Permitted Transferee”: Any
transferee of a Class R Certificate other than a Disqualified
Organization or a Non-United States Person.
“Person”: Any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Pool Strip Rate”: With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Net Mortgage
Rate thereon minus _____% per annum.
“Prepayment Assumption”: A
prepayment assumption of _____% of the standard prepayment
assumption, used for determining the accrual of original issue
discount and market discount and premium on the Certificates for
federal income tax purposes. The standard prepayment assumption
assumes a constant rate of prepayment of mortgage loans of 0.2% per
annum of the then outstanding principal balance of such mortgage
loans in the first month of the life of the mortgage loans,
increasing by an additional 0.2% per annum in each succeeding month
until the thirtieth month, and a constant 6% per annum rate of
prepayment thereafter for the life of such mortgage
loans.
“Prepayment Interest Shortfall”:
With respect to any Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan that
was the subject of a partial Principal Prepayment, a Principal
Prepayment in full, or of a Cash Liquidation or an REO Disposition
during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the amount
of interest that would have accrued at the applicable Net Mortgage
Rate (i) in the case of a Principal Prepayment in full, Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition on the principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such prepayment (or
liquidation), commencing on the date of prepayment (or liquidation)
and ending on the last day of the month of prepayment or
liquidation or (ii) in the case of a partial Principal Prepayment,
on the amount of such prepayment, commencing on the date as of
which the prepayment is applied and ending on the last day of the
month of prepayment.
“Prepayment Period”: As to any
Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
“Primary Hazard Insurance Policy”:
Each primary hazard insurance policy required to be maintained
pursuant to Section 3.13.
“Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy”:
Each primary mortgage insurance policy required to be maintained
pursuant to Section 3.13.
“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment
of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is
received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and which is not
accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled
interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent
to the month of prepayment.
“Purchase Price”: With respect to
any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) required to be purchased
pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.04, an amount equal to the sum of (i)
100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof, (ii) unpaid accrued
interest (or REO Imputed Interest) at the sum of the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate, the rate at which the Trustee’s Fee accrues on
the Stated Principal Balance thereof outstanding during each Due
Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, from the date
through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor or advanced
and distributed to Certificateholders together with unpaid related
Servicing Fees from the date through which interest was last paid
by the Mortgagor, in each case to the first day of the month in
which such Purchase Price is to be distributed, plus (iii) the
aggregate of all Advances made in respect thereof that were not
previously reimbursed.
“Qualified Insurer”: An insurance
company duly qualified as such under the laws of the state of its
principal place of business and each state having jurisdiction over
such insurer in connection with the insurance policy issued by such
insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such states to transact
business in such states and to write the insurance provided by the
insurance policy issued by it, approved as an insurer by the Master
Servicer, as a Fannie Mae approved mortgage insurer and having a
claims paying ability rating of at least “AA” by
________________ and which is acceptable to _______________. Any
replacement insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan must have at
least as high a claims paying ability rating by ______________ and
_______________ as the insurer it replaces had on the Closing
Date.
“Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan”: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Depositor for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution,
as confirmed in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the
Trustee, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction
of the principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one
Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate outstanding
principal balance, after such deduction), not in excess of the
Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount
of any shortfall to be deposited by the Master Servicer, in the
Custodial Account in the month of substitution); (ii) have a
Mortgage Rate and a Net Mortgage Rate no lower than and not more
than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Net Mortgage
Rate, respectively, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the date of
substitution; (iii) have a remaining term to stated maturity not
greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) comply with each representation and
warranty set forth in Section 2 of the Seller’s Warranty
Certificate; (v) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of
substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date; and (vi) be covered under a
Primary Insurance Policy if such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
has a Loan-to-Value Ratio in excess of 80%. In the event that one
or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Deleted
Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of aggregate principal balances, the
Mortgage Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be determined
on the basis of weighted average Mortgage Rates, the Net Mortgage
Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be satisfied as to each
such mortgage loan, the terms described in clause (iii) shall be
determined on the basis of weighted average remaining terms to
maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (v) hereof
shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan and, except to the
extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the representations and
warranties described in clause (iv) hereof must be satisfied as to
each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the
case may be.
“Rating Agency”: [Standard &
Poor’s] [Moody’s] [Fitch]. If either agency or a
successor is no longer in existence, “Rating Agency”
shall be such statistical credit rating agency, or other comparable
Person, designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation
shall be given to the Trustee and the Master Servicer. References
herein to the two highest long term debt rating categories of a
Rating Agency shall mean “AA” or better in the case of
[Standard & Poor’s] [Fitch] and “Aa2” or
better in the case of Moody’s and references herein to the
highest short-term debt rating of a Rating Agency shall mean
“A-1” in the case of [Standard & Poor’s,] and
in the case of any other Rating Agency such references shall mean
such rating categories without regard to any plus or
minus.
“Realized Loss”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan or related REO Property as to which a Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition, plus (ii) interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any)
at the related Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which
interest was last paid or advanced to Certificateholders up to the
date of the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan outstanding during each Due
Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) the
proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred, to the extent applied as
recoveries of interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate and to
principal of the Mortgage Loan, net of the portion thereof
reimbursable to the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer with
respect to related Advances not previously reimbursed. With respect
to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient
Valuation, the difference between the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient
Valuation and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced
by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each Mortgage Loan
which has become the subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the
amount of such Debt Service Reduction.
“Record Date”: The last Business Day
of the month immediately preceding the month of the related
Distribution Date.
“Regular Certificate”: Any of the
Certificates other than the Class R Certificates.
“Relief Act”: The Servicemembers
Relief Act of 2003, as amended.
“Relief Act Interest Shortfall”:
With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any
reduction in the amount of interest collectible on such Mortgage
Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of the
application of the Relief Act.
“REMIC”: A “real estate
mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section
860D of the Code.
“REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of
the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage
investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of
Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
proposed, temporary and final regulations and published rulings,
notices and announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing
may be in effect from time to time.
“Remittance Report”: A report
prepared by the Master Servicer providing the information set forth
in Exhibit E attached hereto.
“REO Acquisition”: The acquisition
by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders of any REO Property pursuant to Section
3.15.
“REO Disposition”: The receipt by
the Master Servicer of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
other payments and recoveries (including proceeds of a final sale)
which the Master Servicer expects to be finally recoverable from
the sale or other disposition of the REO Property.
“REO Imputed Interest”: As to any
REO Property, for any period, an amount equivalent to interest (at
the Mortgage Rate that would have been applicable to the related
Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding) on the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof
(as such balance is reduced by any income from the REO Property
treated as a recovery of principal pursuant to Section
3.15).
“REO Proceeds”: Proceeds, net of
directly related expenses, received in respect of any REO Property
(including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the
related Mortgaged Property and of any REO Disposition), which
proceeds are required to be deposited into the Custodial Account as
and when received.
“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Master Servicer through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu
of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage
Loan.
“Request for Release”: A release
signed by a Servicing Officer, in the form of Exhibits F-1 or F-2
attached hereto.
“Required Insurance Policy”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to
time under this Agreement or pursuant to the provisions of a
Mortgage Loan.
“Residual Certificate”: Any of the
Class R Certificates.
“Responsible Officer”: When used
with respect to the Trustee, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors or Trustees, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of
the Executive or Standing Committee of the Board of Directors or
Trustees, the President, the Chairman of the Committee on Trust
Matters, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the
Secretary, any assistant secretary, the Treasurer, any assistant
treasurer, the Cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the Controller and any assistant
controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Seller”: [Name of Seller] and its
successors and assigns.
“Seller’s Warranty
Certificate”: The Seller’s Warranty Certificate of the
Seller, dated ______ __, 20__, in the form of Exhibit I attached
hereto.
“Senior Accelerated Distribution
Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
percentage indicated below:
DISTRIBUTION DATE SENIOR ACCELERATED
DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE
[TABLE]
provided,
however, (i) that any scheduled reduction to the Senior Accelerated
Distribution Percentage described above shall not occur as of any
Distribution Date unless either (a)(1) the outstanding principal
balance of Mortgage Loans delinquent [60] days or more averaged
over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans averaged over
the last [six] months, does not exceed [2%] and (2) Realized Losses
on the Mortgage Loans to date for such Distribution Date if
occurring during the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth year
(or any year thereafter) after the Closing Date are less than [30%,
35%, 40%, 45% or 50%], respectively, of the Initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B Certificates or (b)(1) the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent [60]
days or more averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of
the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans
averaged over the last [six] months, does not exceed [4%] and (2)
Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans to date for such Distribution
Date are less than [10%] of the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B Certificates and (ii) that for any
Distribution Date on which the Senior Percentage is greater than
the Original Senior Percentage, the Senior Accelerated Distribution
Percentage for such Distribution Date shall be 100%.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the reduction of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates to zero,
the Senior Accelerated Distribution Percentage shall thereafter be
0%.
“Senior Percentage”: As of any
Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as
a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or
related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
“Senior Principal Distribution
Amount”: As to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the
balance of the Available Distribution Amount remaining after the
distribution of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to
Section 4.02(b)(i) and (b) the sum of the amounts required to be
distributed to the Class A Certificateholders on such Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(ii) and (vi).
“Servicing Account”: The account or
accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
3.09.
“Servicing Advances”: All customary,
reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses
incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or other
unanticipated event by the Master Servicer in the performance of
its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost
of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including
foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO
Property and (iv) compliance with the obligations under the second
paragraph of Section 3.01 and Section 3.09.
“Servicing Fee”: As to each Mortgage
Loan, an amount, payable out of any payment of interest on the
Mortgage Loan, equal to interest at the related Servicing Fee Rate
on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the
calendar month preceding the month in which the payment is due
(alternatively, in the event such payment of interest accompanies a
Principal Prepayment in full made by the Mortgagor, interest for
the number of days covered by such payment of interest).
“Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect
to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate of ______%.
“Servicing Officer”: Any officer of
the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the
administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, whose name
appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by
the Master Servicer, as such list may from time to time be
amended.
“Single Certificate”: A Certificate
of any Class evidencing the minimum denomination for Certificates
of such Class as set forth in Section 5.01.
“Special Hazard Amount”: As of any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to $___________ (the initial
“Special Hazard Amount”) minus the sum of (i) the
aggregate amount of Special Hazard Losses allocated solely to the
Class B Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04 and (ii) the
Adjustment Amount (as defined below) as most recently calculated.
For each anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Adjustment Amount
shall be calculated and shall be equal to the amount, if any, by
which the amount calculated in accordance with the preceding
sentence (without giving effect to the deduction of the Adjustment
Amount for such anniversary) exceeds the greater of (A) the product
of the Special Hazard Percentage for such anniversary multiplied by
the outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans on
such anniversary and (B) twice the outstanding principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan which has the largest outstanding principal
balance on such Anniversary.
“Special Hazard Percentage”: As of
each anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the greater of (i) 1% and
(ii) the largest percentage obtained by dividing the aggregate
outstanding principal balance on such anniversary of the Mortgage
Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in a single,
five-digit zip code area in the State of California by the
outstanding principal balance of all the Mortgage Loans on such
anniversary.
“[Standard & Poor’s”:
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.]
“Startup Day”: The day designated as
such pursuant to Article X hereof.
“Stated Principal Balance”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property at any given
time, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding as
of the Cut-off Date, after application of principal payments due on
or before such date, whether or not received, minus (ii) the sum of
(a) the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due with respect
to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due Period ending
prior to the most recent Distribution Date which were received or
with respect to which an Advance was made, (b) all Principal
Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and
all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and net income from a
REO Property to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.15 with
respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, which were
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on any previous Distribution
Date and (c) any Realized Loss with respect thereto allocated
pursuant to Section 4.04 for any previous Distribution
Date.
“Subordinate Principal Distribution
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Class
B Certificates, (a) the sum of (i) the product of (x) the Class B
Percentage and (y) the aggregate of the amounts calculated for such
Distribution Date under clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4. 01
(b)(ii)(A); (ii) the principal collections described in Section 4.
01 (b)(ii)(B) to the extent such collections are not otherwise
distributed to the Senior Certificates; and (iii) the product of
(x) 100% minus the Senior Accelerated Distribution Percentage and
(z) the aggregate of all Principal Prepayments in Full and
Curtailments received in the related Prepayment Period; provided,
however, that such amount shall in no event exceed the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B Certificates
immediately prior to such date.
“Sub-Servicer”: Any Person with
which the Master Servicer has entered into a Sub-Servicing
Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a Sub-Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.02.
“Sub-Servicer Remittance Date”: The
18th day of each month, or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day.
“Sub-Servicing Account”: An account
established by a Sub-Servicer which meets the requirements set
forth in Section 3.08 and is otherwise acceptable to the Master
Servicer.
“Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The
written contract between the Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer and
any successor Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration
of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.
“Swap Provider”: The swap provider
under a swap agreement either (a) entitled to receive payments from
an administrator from amounts payable by the Trust Fund under this
Agreement or (b) required to make payments to an administrator for
payment to the Trust Fund, in either case pursuant to the terms of
a swap agreement, and any successor in interest or
assign.
“Tax Returns”: The federal income
tax return on Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate
Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q
thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC
Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to
be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund due to its classification as a
REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other
information, reports or returns that may be required to be
furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal
Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under
any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax
laws.
“Transfer”: Any direct or indirect
transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation or other form of assignment
of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
“Transferor”: Any Person who is
disposing by Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
“Trust Fund”: The segregated pool of
assets subject hereto, constituting the primary trust created
hereby and to be administered hereunder, with respect to which a
REMIC election is to be made, consisting of: (i) the Mortgage Loans
(exclusive of payments of principal and interest due on or before
the Cut-off Date, if any) as from time to time are subject to this
Agreement and all payments under and proceeds of the Mortgage
Loans, together with all documents included in the related Mortgage
File, subject to Section 2.01; (ii) such funds or assets as from
time to time are deposited in the Custodial Account and the
Certificate Account; (iii) any REO Property; (iv) the Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies, if any, Primary Hazard Insurance
Policies and all other Insurance Policies with respect to the
Mortgage Loans; and (v) the Depositor’s interest in respect
of the representations and warranties made by the Seller in the
Seller’s Warranty Certificate as assigned to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof.
“Trustee”: [Name of Trustee], or its
successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein
provided.
“Trustee’s Fee”: As to each
Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date, an amount, payable out of any
payment of interest on the Mortgage Loan, equal to interest at
______% per annum on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the Due Date immediately preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
“Uninsured Cause”: Any cause of
damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete
restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the
hazard insurance policies or flood insurance policies required to
be maintained pursuant to Section 3.13.
“United States Person”: A citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United
States or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust
whose income from sources without the United States is includable
in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes
regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States. The term “United
States” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7701 of
the Code or successor provisions.
“Voting Rights”: The portion of the
voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any
Certificate. ______% of all of the Voting Rights shall be allocated
among Holders of the Certificates, respectively, other than the
Class A-5, Class A-7 and Class R Certificates, in proportion to the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of their respective
Certificates; and the Holders of the Class A-5, Class A-7 and Class
R Certificates shall be entitled to ___%, ___% and ___% of all of
the Voting Rights, respectively, allocated among the Certificates
of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE
LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby
assign, transfer, sell, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule and all other assets included or to be included in
the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Such
assignment includes all principal and interest received by the
Master Servicer on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other
than payment of principal and interest due on or before the Cut-off
Date).
In connection with such transfer and assignment,
the Depositor has requested the Seller to deliver to, and deposit
with the Trustee, the following documents or
instruments:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the
Seller “Pay to the order of [Name of Trustee], as trustee
without recourse” or to “Pay to the order of [Name of
Trustee], as trustee for holders of BNP Paribas Mortgage ABS LLC,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_, without
recourse” with all intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsements from the originator to the Person
endorsing it to the Trustee;
(ii) the original recorded Mortgage or, if the
original Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable public
recording office, a copy of the Mortgage certified by the Seller to
be a true and complete copy of the original Mortgage submitted to
the title insurance company for recording;
(iii) a duly executed original Assignment of the
Mortgage endorsed by the Seller, without recourse, to “[Name
of Trustee], as trustee” or to “[Name of Trustee], as
trustee for holders of BNP Paribas Mortgage ABS LLC, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_”, with evidence of
recording thereon;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments
of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator thereof to the Person assigning it to the Trustee or, if
any such Assignment has not been returned from the applicable
public recording office, a copy of such Assignment certified by the
Seller to be a true and complete copy of the original Assignment
submitted to the title insurance company for recording;
(v) the original lender’s title insurance
policy, or, if such policy has not been issued, any one of an
original or a copy of the preliminary title report, title binder or
title commitment on the Mortgaged Property with the original policy
of the insurance to be delivered promptly following the receipt
thereof;
(vi) the original of any assumption, modification,
extension or guaranty agreement;
(vii) the original or a copy of the private mortgage
insurance policy or original certificate of private mortgage
insurance, if applicable; and
(viii) if any of the documents or instruments referred
to above were executed on behalf of the Mortgagor by another
Person, the original power of attorney or other instrument that
authorized and empowered such Person to sign, or a copy thereof
certified by the Seller (or by an officer of the applicable title
insurance or escrow company) to be a true and correct copy of the
original.
The Seller is obligated pursuant to the
Seller’s Warranty Certificate to deliver to the Trustee: (a)
either the original recorded Mortgage, or in the event such
original cannot be delivered by the Seller, a copy of such Mortgage
certified as true and complete by the appropriate recording office,
in those instances where a copy thereof certified by the Seller was
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to clause (ii) above; and (b)
either the original Assignment or Assignments of the Mortgage, with
evidence of recording thereon, showing a complete chain of
assignment from the originator to the Seller, or in the event such
original cannot be delivered by the Seller, a copy of such
Assignment or Assignments certified as true and complete by the
appropriate recording office, in those instances where copies
thereof certified by the Seller were delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to clause (iv) above. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 2.01, in those instances where
the public recording office retains the original Mortgage after it
has been recorded, the Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied its
obligations hereunder upon delivery to the Trustee of a copy of
such Mortgage certified by the public recording office to be a true
and complete copy of the recorded original thereof.
If any Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded
to the Trustee because of any defect therein, the Seller is
required to prepare a substitute Assignment or cure such defect, as
the case may be, and the Trustee shall cause such Assignment to be
recorded in accordance with this paragraph.
The Seller is required, as described in the
Seller’s Warranty Certificate, to deliver to the Trustee the
original of any documents assigned to the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 2.01 not later than 120 days after the Closing
Date.
All original documents relating to the Mortgage
Loans which are not delivered to the Trustee, to the extent
delivered by the Seller to the Master Servicer, are and shall be
held by the Master Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Except as may otherwise expressly be provided
herein, neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Trustee
shall (and the Master Servicer shall ensure that no Sub-Servicer
shall) assign, sell, dispose of or transfer any interest in the
Trust Fund or any portion thereof, or permit the Trust Fund or any
portion thereof to be subject to any lien, claim, mortgage,
security interest, pledge or other encumbrance of, any other
Person.
It is intended that the conveyance of the
Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee as provided in this
Section be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by
the Depositor to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. It is, further, not intended that such
conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of
the Depositor. However, in the event that the Mortgage Loans are
held to be property of the Depositor, or if for any reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in the
Mortgage Loans, then it is intended that, (a) this Agreement shall
also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of
Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the
Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction; (b)
the conveyance provided for in this Section shall be deemed to be
(1) a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest
in all of the Depositor’s right (including the power to
convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in and to (A) the Mortgage Loans, including the
Mortgage Notes, the Mortgages, any related insurance policies and
all other documents in the related Mortgage Files, (B) all amounts
payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms thereof and (C) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or
other property, including without limitation all amounts from time
to time held or invested in the Certificate Account or the
Custodial Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments,
securities or other property and (2) an assignment by the Depositor
to the Trustee of any security interest in any and all of the
Seller’s right (including the power to convey title thereto),
title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and
to the property described in the foregoing clauses (1)(A) through
(C) granted by [Name of Seller] to the Depositor pursuant to the
Assignment Agreement; (c) the possession by the Trustee or its
agent of Mortgage Notes and such other items of property as
constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel
paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured
party” or possession by a purchaser or a person designated by
such secured party, for purposes of perfecting the security
interest pursuant to the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the
Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction
(including, without limitation, Sections 9-115, 9-305, 8-102,
8-301, 8-501 and 8-503 thereof); and (d) notifications to persons
holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed
notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable)
of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security interest
under applicable law. The Depositor and the Trustee shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be
necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a
security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest
would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first
priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such
throughout the term of the Agreement.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of the Trust Fund by the
Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt (subject to any
exceptions noted in the Initial Certification described below) of
the documents referred to in Section 2.01 above and all other
assets included in the Trust Fund and declares that it holds and
will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it
constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it holds or will hold
such other assets included in the Trust Fund (to the extent
delivered or assigned to the Trustee), in trust for the exclusive
use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File on or before the
Closing Date to ascertain that all documents required to be
delivered to it are in its possession, and the Trustee agrees to
execute and deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer on the
Closing Date an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit C to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in
full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such
certification as not covered by such certification), (i) all
documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement
with respect to such Mortgage Loan are in its possession, (ii) such
documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face
and relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its examination
and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth
in items (i) - (vi) and (xiii) of the definition of the
“Mortgage Loan Schedule” accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage File. Neither the Trustee nor
the Master Servicer shall be under any duty to determine whether
any Mortgage File should include any of the documents specified in
clause (vi) of Section 2.01. Neither the Trustee nor the Master
Servicer shall be under any duty or obligation to inspect, review
or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other
papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or
appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually
been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be
on their face.
Within 90 days of the Closing Date the Trustee
shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a Final
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D evidencing
the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage
Files and preparing the certifications referred to above the
Trustee finds any document or documents constituting a part of a
Mortgage File to be missing or defective in any material respect,
the Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller, the Master Servicer
and the Depositor. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller of
such defect and request that the Seller cure any such defect within
60 days from the date on which the Seller was notified of such
defect, and if the Seller does not cure such defect in all material
respects during such period, request that the Seller purchase such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund on behalf of the
Certificateholders at the Purchase Price within 90 days after the
date on which the Seller was notified of such defect. It is
understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure a
material defect in, or purchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a
material defect in a constituent document exists shall constitute
the sole remedy respecting such defect available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders.
The Purchase Price for the purchased Mortgage Loan shall be
deposited or caused to be deposited upon receipt by the Master
Servicer in the Custodial Account and, upon receipt by the Trustee
of written notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing
Officer, the Trustee shall release or cause to be released to the
Seller the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, as the Seller shall require as necessary to vest in the
Seller ownership of any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and
at such time the Trustee shall have no further responsibility with
respect to the related Mortgage File.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Master Servicer and the Depositor.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and
warrants to and covenants with the Depositor and the Trustee for
the benefit of Certificateholders that:
(i) The Master Servicer is, and throughout the term
hereof shall remain, a duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of (except as otherwise
permitted pursuant to Section 6.02), the Master Servicer is, and
shall remain, in compliance with the laws of each state in which
any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, and the Master
Servicer is, and shall remain, approved to sell mortgage loans to
and service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac;
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the
terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, will not violate
the Master Servicer’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the
breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it
is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its
assets;
(iii) The Master Servicer has the full power and
authority to enter into and consummate all transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed
and delivered this Agreement;
(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Depositor and the Trustee,
constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master
Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance
with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(v) The Master Servicer is not in violation of, and
its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance
and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute
a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or
arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state
or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation is
likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the
Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the financial condition of the Master Servicer;
(vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the
Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master
Servicer which would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
performing its obligations under this Agreement or is likely to
affect materially and adversely either the ability of the Master
Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
financial condition of the Master Servicer;
(vii) The Master Servicer will comply in all material
respects in the performance of this Agreement and with all
reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each
Insurance Policy; and
(viii) The execution of this Agreement and the
performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder do
not require any license, consent or approval of any state or
federal court, agency, regulatory authority or other governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer, other than such
as have been obtained; and (ix) no information, certificate of an
officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered to the
Depositor, any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee by the
Master Servicer will, to the knowledge of the Master Servicer,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material
fact necessary to make the information, certificate, statement or
report not misleading.
It is understood and agreed that the
representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section
2.03(a) shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
and shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the
Trustee or the Master Servicer of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations, warranties and covenants that materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Depositor or the Trustee,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the other parties.
(b) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to
the Master Servicer and the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date (or, if otherwise
specified below, as of the date so specified):
(i) Immediately prior to the assignment of the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, the Depositor had good title to, and
was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any
pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest (other than rights
to servicing and related compensation) and such assignment validly
transfers ownership of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee free and
clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security
interest;
(ii) No Mortgage Loan is one month or more
delinquent in payment of principal and interest as of the Cut-off
Date and no Mortgage Loan has been so delinquent more than once in
the 12-month period prior to the Cut- off Date;
(iii) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule with respect to each Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loans,
as the case may be, is true and correct in all material respects at
the date or dates respecting which such information is
furnished;
(iv) The Mortgage Loans are fully-amortizing,
fixed-rate mortgage loans with level Monthly Payments due on the
first day of each month and terms to maturity at origination or
modification of not more than 30 years;
(v) Each Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged
Property with a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%
is the subject of a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that insures
that portion of the principal balance thereof that exceeds the
amount equal to 75% of the appraised value of the related Mortgaged
Property. Each such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy is in full
force and effect and the Trustee is entitled to the benefits
thereunder; and
(vi) The representations and warranties of the
Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the remedies therefor
are as set forth in the Seller’s Warranty
Certificate.
[Other representations and warranties as
applicable.]
It is understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(b)
shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the
Trustee.
Upon discovery by either the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any representation or
warranty set forth in this Section 2.03 which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any
Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other parties.
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Seller;
Repurchase and Substitution.
The Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee for
the benefit of Certificateholders its interest in respect of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in the
Seller’s Warranty Certificate or the exhibits thereto.
Insofar as the Seller’s Warranty Certificate relates to such
representations and warranties and any remedies provided thereunder
for any breach of such representations and warranties, such right,
title and interest may be enforced by the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. Upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations
and warranties made in the Seller’s Warranty Certificate in
respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the
party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to
the other parties. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller of
such breach and request that such Seller shall, within 90 days from
the date that the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee was notified
of such breach, either (i) cure such breach in all material
respects or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at
the Purchase Price and in the manner set forth in Section 2.02;
provided that in the case of such breach, the Seller shall have the
option to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans
for such Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within two years
following the Closing Date. Any such substitution must occur within
90 days from the date the Seller was notified of the breach if such
90 day period expires before two years following the Closing Date.
In the event that the Seller elects to substitute a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan
pursuant to this Section 2.04, the Seller shall deliver to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the original
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, an Assignment of the Mortgage in
recordable form, and such other documents and agreements as are
required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as
required by Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any
calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. Monthly
Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in
the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and
will be retained by the Master Servicer and remitted by the Master
Servicer to the Seller on the next succeeding Distribution
Date.
For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the Monthly Payment due on a
Deleted Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller
shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Depositor shall amend or cause to be
amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the
Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans and the Depositor shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan
Schedule, to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of
this Agreement in all respects, the Seller shall be deemed to have
made the representations and warranties with respect to the
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan contained in the Seller’s
Warranty Certificate as of the date of substitution, and the
Depositor shall be deemed to have made with respect to any
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of
substitution, the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.03 hereof, and the Seller shall be obligated to
repurchase or substitute for any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
as to which a repurchase or substitution obligation has occurred
pursuant to Section 3 of the Seller’s Warranty
Certificate.
In connection with the substitution of one or
more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (if
any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less
than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans (in each case after application of the principal
portion of the Monthly Payments due in the month of substitution
that are to be distributed to Certificateholders in the month of
substitution). The Seller shall provide the Master Servicer on the
day of substitution for immediate deposit in to the Custodial
Account the amount of such shortfall, without any reimbursement
therefor. The Seller shall give notice in writing to the Trustee of
such event, which notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’
Certificate as to the calculation of such shortfall and by an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not
cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund,
including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on
“prohibited transactions” under Section 860F(a)(1) of
the Code or on “contributions after the startup date”
under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code or (b) any portion of the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding. The costs of any substitution as
described above, including any related assignments, opinions or
other documentation in connection therewith shall be borne by the
Seller.
Except as expressly set forth herein neither the
Trustee nor the Master Servicer is under any obligation to discover
any breach of the above mentioned representations and warranties.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to
cure such breach or to so purchase or substitute for any Mortgage
Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders.
In addition, if the first scheduled Monthly Payment is due during
the first month after its closing date (as such term is used in the
Seller’s Warranties Certificate) and such Monthly Payment is
not received by the Master Servicer within 30 days of the due date
in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the
Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Seller and the Trustee
and the Seller shall purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust
Fund at the Purchase Price or substitute a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan therefor within 15 days from the date that the Seller
was notified.
SECTION 2.05. Issuance of Certificates Evidencing Interests in
the Trust Fund.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of
the Mortgage Loans and the delivery of the Mortgage Files to it
together with the assignment to it of all other assets included in
the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Concurrently with such delivery and in exchange therefor, the
Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed
by an officer of the Depositor, has executed and caused to be
authenticated, and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor,
the Certificates in authorized denominations which evidence
ownership of the entire Trust Fund.
SECTION 2.06. Purposes and Powers of the Trust.
The purpose of the common law trust, as created
hereunder, is to engage in the following activities:
(a) acquire and hold the Mortgage Loans and the
other assets of the Trust Fund and the proceeds
therefrom;
(b) to issue the Certificates sold to the Depositor
in exchange for the Mortgage Loans;
(c) to make payments on the
Certificates;
(d) to engage in those activities that are
necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or
are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(e) subject to compliance with this Agreement, to
engage in such other activities as may be required in connection
with conservation of the Trust Fund and the making of distributions
to the Certificateholders.
The trust is hereby authorized to engage in the
foregoing activities. The Trustee shall not cause the trust to
engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing
or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this
Agreement while any Certificate is outstanding, and this Section
2.06 may not be amended, without the consent of the
Certificateholders evidencing 51% or more of the aggregate Voting
Rights of the Certificates.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE
TRUST FUND
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master
Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall service and administer
the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in
accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual
standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders
servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the
respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located.
Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power
and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as
provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration that it
may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name
of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee
when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best
judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii)
institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and
(iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf
of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the
Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby.
Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master
Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other
documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer
and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and
administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of
attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding
paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be
advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the
payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which
advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related
collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and
further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the
Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of
taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the
purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be
added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans,
notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so
permit.
The Master Servicer shall not (unless the
Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such
default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably
foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment
of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an
exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of
the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations
promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to
qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on
“prohibited transactions” or
“contributions” after the startup date under the REMIC
Provisions.
The Master Servicer may approve a request for a
partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to
alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has
determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the
same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related
Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the
security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related
Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for
processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as
additional servicing compensation.
The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of
any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the
Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that
of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer,
partner or agent.
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer
and Sub- Servicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may enter into
Sub-Servicing Agreements with Sub- Servicers for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans and for the performance of any
and all other activities of the Master Servicer hereunder. Each
Sub-Servicer shall be either (i) an institution the accounts of
which are insured by the FDIC or (ii) another entity that engages
in the business of originating or servicing mortgage loans, and in
either case shall be authorized to transact business in the state
or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to
service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable
law to enable the Sub-Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder
and under the Sub-Servicing Agreement, and in either case shall be
a Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae approved mortgage servicer. Each
Sub-Servicing Agreement must impose on the Sub-Servicer
requirements conforming to the provisions set forth in Section 3.08
and provide for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the
terms of this Agreement. With the consent of the Trustee, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Master Servicer and
the Sub-Servicers may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements and make
amendments to the Sub-Servicing Agreements or enter into different
forms of Sub-Servicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such
amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not
violate the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder,
the Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of each
Sub-Servicer under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement, including,
without limitation, any obligation to make advances in respect of
delinquent payments as required by a Sub-Servicing Agreement, or to
purchase a Mortgage Loan on account of defective documentation or
on account of a breach of a representation or warranty, as
described in Section 2.02. Such enforcement, including, without
limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of
Sub-Servicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate
remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent
and at such time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage
Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement
at its own expense, but shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from
a general recovery resulting from such enforcement only to the
extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in
respect of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific
recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the
party against whom such enforcement is directed.
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to
terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement and the rights and
obligations of any Sub-Servicer pursuant to any Sub-Servicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such
Sub-Servicing Agreement. In the event of termination of any
Sub-Servicer, all servicing obligations of such Sub-Servicer shall
be assumed simultaneously by the Master Servicer without any act or
deed on the part of such Sub-Servicer or the Master Servicer, and
the Master Servicer either shall service directly the related
Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a
successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies under Section
3.02.
SECTION 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any
of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or
arrangements between the Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or
reference to actions taken through a Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the
Master Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the
Trustee and Certificateholders for the servicing and administering
of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section
3.01 without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue
of such Sub-Servicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of
indemnification from the Sub-Servicer and to the same extent and
under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer alone
were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. For purposes
of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have
received payments on Mortgage Loans when the Sub-Servicer has
received such payments. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to
enter into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for indemnification of
the Master Servicer by such Sub-Servicer and nothing contained in
this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
SECTION 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between
Sub-Servicers and Trustee or Certificateholders.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may be entered
into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage
Loans involving a Sub-Servicer in its capacity as such and not as
an originator shall be deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and
the Master Servicer alone, and the Trustee and Certificateholders
shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the
Sub-Servicer except as set forth in Section 3.06.
SECTION 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing
Agreements by Trustee.
In the event the Master Servicer shall for any
reason no longer be the master servicer (including by reason of an
Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon
assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
under each Sub-Servicing Agreement that the Master Servicer may
have entered into, unless the Trustee is then permitted and elects
to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with its
terms. The Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the
Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master
Servicer’s interest therein and to have replaced the Master
Servicer as a party to each Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same
extent as if the Sub-Servicing Agreements had been assigned to the
assuming party, except that the Master Servicer shall not thereby
be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Sub-Servicing
Agreements, and the Master Servicer shall continue to be entitled
to any rights or benefits which arose prior to its termination as
master servicer.
The Master Servicer at its expense shall, upon
request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents
and records relating to each Sub-Servicing Agreement and the
Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts
collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to
effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing
Agreements to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan
Payments.
The Master Servicer shall make reasonable
efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and
provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and shall, to the extent such
procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms
and provisions of any related Insurance Policy, follow such
collection procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage
loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own
account. The Master Servicer shall not be required to institute or
join in litigation with respect to collection of any payment
(whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Primary Hazard Insurance
Policy, Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or otherwise or against
any public or governmental authority with respect to a taking or
condemnation) if it reasonably believes that it is prohibited by
applicable law from enforcing the provision of the Mortgage or
other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required.
Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its
discretion waive any prepayment fees, late payment charge or other
charge, except as otherwise required under applicable law. The
Master Servicer shall be responsible for preparing and distributing
all information statements relating to payments on the Mortgage
Loans, in accordance with all applicable federal and state tax laws
and regulations.
SECTION 3.08. Sub-Servicing Accounts.
In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing
a Mortgage Loan pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement, the
Sub-Servicer will be required to establish and maintain one or more
accounts (collectively, the “Sub-Servicing Account”).
The Sub-Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall
otherwise be acceptable to the Master Servicer. All amounts held in
a Sub-Servicing Account shall be held in trust for the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Sub-Servicer will be
required to deposit into the Sub-Servicing Account no later than
the first Business Day after receipt all proceeds of Mortgage Loans
received by the Sub-Servicer, less its servicing compensation and
any unreimbursed expenses and advances, to the extent permitted by
the Sub-Servicing Agreement. On each Sub-Servicer Remittance Date
the Sub-Servicer will be required to remit to the Master Servicer
for deposit into the Custodial Account all funds held in the
Sub-Servicing Account with respect to any Mortgage Loan as of the
Sub-Servicer Remittance Date, after deducting from such remittance
an amount equal to the servicing compensation and unreimbursed
expenses and advances to which it is then entitled pursuant to the
related Sub- Servicing Agreement, to the extent not previously paid
to or retained by it. In addition, on each Sub-Servicer Remittance
Date the Sub-Servicer will be required to remit to the Master
Servicer any amounts required to be advanced pursuant to the
related Sub-Servicing Agreement. The Sub-Servicer will also be
required to remit to the Master Servicer, within one Business Day
of receipt, the proceeds of any Principal Prepayment made by the
Mortgagor and any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds.
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Servicing Accounts.
The Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicers shall
establish and maintain one or more accounts (the “Servicing
Accounts”), and shall deposit and retain therein all
collections from the Mortgagors (or related advances from Sub-
Servicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, Primary Hazard
Insurance Policy premiums, and comparable items for the account of
the Mortgagors, to the extent that the Master Servicer customarily
escrows for such amounts. Withdrawals of amounts so collected from
a Servicing Account may be made only to (i) effect payment of
taxes, assessments, Primary Hazard Insurance Policy premiums and
comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Master Servicer (or a
Sub-Servicer to the extent provided in the related Sub-Servicing
Agreement) out of related collections for any payments made
pursuant to Sections 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments)
and 3.13 (with respect to Primary Hazard Insurance Policies); (iii)
refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages;
or (iv) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01. As part of
its servicing duties, the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicers shall,
if and to the extent required by law, pay to the Mortgagors
interest on funds in Servicing Accounts from its or their own
funds, without any reimbursement therefor.
SECTION 3.10. Custodial Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall establish and
maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the “Custodial
Account”) in which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause
to be deposited no later than the first Business Day after receipt
or as and when received from the Sub-Servicers, the following
payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it
subsequent to the Cut-off Date, or received by it prior to the
Cut-off Date but allocable to a period subsequent thereto (other
than in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due
on or before the Cut-off Date):
(i) all payments on account of principal, including
Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the
Mortgage Loans, not including any portion thereof representing
interest on account of the related Servicing Fee Rate;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds, other than proceeds
that represent reimbursement of costs and expenses incurred by the
Master Servicer in connection with presenting claims under the
related Insurance Policies, Liquidation Proceeds and REO
Proceeds;
(iv) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property repurchased or purchased in accordance with Sections 2.02,
2.04 or 9.01 and all amounts required to be deposited in connection
with the substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 2.04;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.12, 3.13 or 3.22;
and
(vi) all amounts transferred from the Certificate
Account to the Custodial Account in accordance with Sections
4.01(b).
For purposes of the immediately preceding
sentence, the Cut-off Date with respect to any Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be the date of
substitution.
The foregoing
requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account shall be
exclusive. In the event the Master Servicer shall deposit in the
Custodial Account any amount not required to be deposited therein,
it may withdraw such amount from the Custodial Account, any
provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Custodial
Account shall be maintained as a segregated account, separate and
apart from trust funds created for mortgage pass-through
certificates of other series, and the other accounts of the Master
Servicer.
(b) Funds in the Custodial Account may be invested
in Permitted Instruments in accordance with the provisions set
forth in Section 3.12. The Master Servicer shall give notice to the
Trustee and the Depositor of the location of the Custodial Account
after any change thereof.
(c) Payments in the nature of late payment charges,
prepayment fees, assumption fees and reconveyance fees received on
the Mortgage Loans shall not be deposited in the Custodial Account,
but rather shall be received and held by the Master Servicer as
additional servicing compensation.
SECTION 3.11. Permitted Withdrawals From the Custodial
Account.
The Master Servicer may, from time to time as
provided herein, make withdrawals from the Custodial Account of
amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.10 that are
attributable to the Mortgage Loans for the following
purposes:
(i) to make deposits into the Certificate Account
in the amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 4.01, such
deposit to include interest collections on the Mortgage Loans at
the Net Mortgage Rate [and net of amounts reimbursed
therefrom];
(ii) to pay to itself, the Depositor, the Seller or
any other appropriate person, as the case may be, with respect to
each Mortgage Loan that has previously been purchased, repurchased
or replaced pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.04 or 9.01 all amounts
received thereon and not yet distributed as of the date of
purchase, repurchase or substitution;
(iii) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for
Advances not previously reimbursed, the Master Servicer’s or
any Sub-Servicer’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this
clause (iii) being limited to amounts received which represent Late
Collections (net of the related Servicing Fees) of Monthly Payments
on Mortgage Loans with respect to which such Advances were made and
as further provided in Section 3.15;
(iv) to reimburse or pay itself, the Trustee or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or the Depositor pursuant to Sections 3.22,
6.03, 8.05, 10.01(c) or 10.01(g), except as otherwise provided in
such Sections;
(v) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for
costs and expenses incurred by or reimbursable to it relating to
the prosecution of any claims pursuant to Section 3.13 that are in
excess of the amounts so recovered;
(vi) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for
unpaid Servicing Fees and unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the
Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to
reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vi) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan being limited to late recoveries of the payments for
which such advances were made pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section
3.09 and any other related Late Collections;
(vii) to pay itself as servicing compensation (in
addition to the Servicing Fee), on or after each Distribution Date,
any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the
Custodial Account for the period ending on such Distribution Date,
subject to Section 8.05;
(viii) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for any
Advance previously made which itself has determined to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance, provided that either (a) such Advance was
made with respect to a delinquency that ultimately constituted an
Excess Special Hazard Loss, Excess Fraud Loss, Excess Bankruptcy
Loss or Extraordinary Loss, or (b) the Certificate Principal
Balances of the Class B Certificates have been reduced to zero;
and
(ix) to clear and terminate the Custodial Account at
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
9.01.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain
separate accounting records on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan
basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the
Custodial Account pursuant to such clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v),
(vi), (vii) and (viii). Reconciliations will be prepared by the
Master Servicer for the related Collection Account within 30
calendar days after the bank statement cut-off date. All items
requiring reconciliation will be resolved within 90 calendar days
of their original identification.
In connection with clause (viii) above, the
Trustee shall notify the Master Servicer if and when the
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class B Certificates have
been reduced to zero.
SECTION 3.12. Permitted Instruments.
Any institution maintaining the Custodial
Account shall at the direction of the Master Servicer invest the
funds in such account in Permitted Instruments, each of which shall
mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
Distribution Date next following the date of such investment
(except that if such Permitted Instrument is an obligation of the
institution that maintains such account, then such Permitted
Instrument shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and
shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All income
and gain realized from any such investment as well as any interest
earned on deposits in the Custodial Account shall be for the
benefit of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall deposit
in the Custodial Account (with respect to investments made
hereunder of funds held therein) an amount equal to the amount of
any loss incurred in respect of any such investment immediately
upon realization of such loss without right of
reimbursement.
SECTION 3.13. Maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance and
Primary Hazard Insurance.
(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit
any Sub-Servicer to take, any action which would result in
non-coverage under any applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
of any loss which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer or
Sub-Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. To the extent
coverage is available, the Master Servicer shall keep or cause to
be kept in full force and effect each such Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy until the principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property is reduced to 75% or
less of the Collateral Value in the case of such a Mortgage Loan
having a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%. The
Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, or consent to any Sub-Servicer
canceling or refusing to renew any such Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy applicable to a Mortgage Loan subserviced by it, that is in
effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates and
is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the replacement
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed
policy is maintained with a Qualified Insurer.
(b) In connection with its activities as
administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer agrees to present or to cause the related Sub-Servicer to
present, on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, if
any, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer
under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, in a timely manner
in accordance with such policies, and, in this regard, to take or
cause to be taken such reasonable action as shall be necessary to
permit recovery under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies
respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3. 10, any
Insurance Proceeds collected by or remitted to the Master Servicer
under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be deposited in
the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.11.
(c) The Master Servicer shall cause to be
maintained for each Mortgage Loan primary hazard insurance with
extended coverage on the related Mortgaged Property in an amount
equal to the lesser of 100% of the replacement value of the
improvements, as determined by the insurance company, on such
Mortgaged Property or the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan. The Master Servicer shall also cause to be maintained on
property acquired upon foreclosure, or deed in lieu of foreclosure,
of any Mortgage Loan, fire insurance with extended coverage in an
amount equal to the replacement value of the improvements thereon.
Pursuant to Section 3.10, any amounts collected by the Master
Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied
to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or
property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Master Servicer’s normal servicing
procedures) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by the
Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for
the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to
Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the Mortgage
Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so
permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other
additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or
maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage Loan other
than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at
any time be in force and as shall require such additional
insurance. When the improvements securing a Mortgage Loan are
located at the time of origination of such Mortgage Loan in a
federally designated special flood hazard area, the Master Servicer
shall cause flood insurance (to the extent available) to be
maintained in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the replacement value of the
improvements, which are part of such Mortgaged Property on a
replacement cost basis and (ii) the maximum amount of such
insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which
such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in such
program).
In the event that the Master Servicer shall
obtain and maintain a blanket fire insurance policy with extended
coverage insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage
Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its
obligations as set forth in the first two sentences of this Section
3.13, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer shall, in the
event that there shall not have been maintained on the related
Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first two sentences
of this Section 3.13 and there shall have been a loss which would
have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Certificate
Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. Any such deposit by the Master
Servicer shall be made on the Certificate Account Deposit Date next
preceding the Distribution Date which occurs in the month following
the month in which payments under any such policy would have been
deposited in the Custodial Account. In connection with its
activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee
and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket
policy.
SECTION 3.14. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
The Master Servicer will, to the extent it has
knowledge of any conveyance or prospective conveyance by any
Mortgagor of the Mortgaged Property (whether by absolute conveyance
or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor remains or
is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage),
exercise or cause to be exercised its rights to accelerate the
maturity of such Mortgage Loan under any “due-on-sale”
clause applicable thereto; provided, however, that the Master
Servicer shall not exercise any such rights if it reasonably
believes that it is prohibited by law from doing so or if such
enforcement will adversely affect or jeopardize required coverage
under the Insurance Policies. If the Master Servicer is unable to
enforce such “due- on-sale” clause (as provided in the
previous sentence) or if no “due-on-sale” clause is
applicable, the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer will enter into
an assumption and modification agreement with the Person to whom
such property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed,
pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note and, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer shall not enter into any assumption and
modification agreement if the coverage provided under the Primary
Insurance Policy, if any, would be impaired by doing so. The Master
Servicer is also authorized to enter into a substitution of
liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is
substituted as the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note, if the Master Servicer shall have determined in good faith
that such substitution will not adversely affect the collectability
of the Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by or on behalf of the
Master Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by or on behalf of the Master
Servicer as additional servicing compensation. In connection with
any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note
(including but not limited to the Mortgage Rate, the amount of the
Monthly Payment and any other term affecting the amount or timing
of payment on the Mortgage Loan) may be changed. The Master
Servicer shall not enter into any substitution or assumption if
such substitution or assumption would constitute a
“significant modification” effecting an exchange or
reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under the Code (or final,
temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder)
and cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the
Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited
transactions” or “contributions” after the
Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer shall
notify the Trustee that any such substitution or assumption
agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the
original copy of such substitution or assumption agreement, which
copy shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same
extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part
thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any
other provision of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be
deemed to be in default, breach or any other violation of its
obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a Mortgage
Loan by operation of law or any assumption that the Master Servicer
may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason
whatsoever. For purposes of this Section 3.14, the term
“assumption” is deemed to also include a sale of a
Mortgaged Property that is not accompanied by an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement.
SECTION 3.15. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans.
The Master Servicer shall exercise reasonable
efforts, consistent with the procedures that the Master Servicer
would use in servicing loans for its own account, to foreclose upon
or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an REO
Acquisition) the ownership of properties securing such of the
Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which
no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of
delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.07, and which are not
released from the Trust Fund pursuant to any other provision
hereof. The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to realize
upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize
the receipt of principal and interest by Certificateholders, taking
into account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure
proceedings. The foregoing is subject to the provisions that, in
any case in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage
from an Uninsured Cause, the Master Servicer shall not be required
to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property
unless it shall determine in (i) that such restoration will
increase the net proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgage
Loan to Certificateholders after reimbursement to itself for such
expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by the
Master Servicer through Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds
from the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section
3.11. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs
and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided,
however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from
the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section
3.11.
The proceeds of any Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial
collection of Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or any
income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order
of priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Sub-
Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, pursuant
to Section 3.11 (vi) or 3.22; second, to accrued and unpaid
interest on the Mortgage Loan or REO Imputed Interest, at the
Mortgage Rate, to the date of the Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition, or to the Due Date prior to the Distribution Date on
which such amounts are to be distributed if not in connection with
a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition; and third, as a recovery of
principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount of the recovery so
allocated to interest is less than a full recovery thereof, that
amount will be allocated as follows: first, on a pro rata basis, to
unpaid Servicing Fees; and second, to interest at the related Net
Mortgage Rate. The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid
Servicing Fees shall be reimbursed to the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(vi). The portions of the
recovery so allocated to interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate
and to principal of the Mortgage Loan shall be applied as follows:
first, to reimburse the Trustee for any unpaid Trustee’s
Fees, second, to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer
for any related unreimbursed Advances in accordance with Section 3.
1 31 (iii) or 3.22, and third, for distribution in accordance with
the provisions of Section 4.01(b) and 4.01(c).
SECTION 3.16. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan,
or the receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that
payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner customary for such
purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately notify the Trustee
by a certification (which certification shall include a statement
to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in
connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in
the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.10 have been or will be
so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to
it of the Mortgage File in the form of the Request for Release
attached hereto as Exhibit F-2. Upon receipt of such certification
and request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related
Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. Subject to the receipt by the
Master Servicer of the proceeds of such payment in full and the
payment of all related fees and expenses, the Master Servicer shall
arrange for the release to the Mortgagor of the original cancelled
Mortgage Note. The Master Servicer shall provide for preparation of
the appropriate instrument of satisfaction covering any Mortgage
Loan which pays in full and the Trustee shall cooperate in the
execution and return of such instrument to provide for its delivery
or recording as may be required. All other documents in the
Mortgage File shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the
extent required by applicable law. No expenses incurred in
connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of
reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Custodial Account or the
Certificate Account.
From time to time and as appropriate for the
servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this
purpose, collection under the Insurance Policies or any other
insurance policy relating to the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall,
upon request of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Trustee of
a Request for Release in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1,
release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the
Trustee shall execute such documents as the Master Servicer shall
prepare and request as being necessary to the prosecution of any
such proceedings. Such Request for Release shall obligate the
Master Servicer to return each document previously requested from
the Mortgage File to the Trustee when the need therefor by the
Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been
liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage
Loan have been deposited in the Custodial Account or the Mortgage
File or such document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a
public trustee or other public official as required by law, for
purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other
proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either
judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered
to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as
to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File
or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such
delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all amounts
received or to be received in connection with such liquidation
which are required to be deposited into the Custodial Account have
been or will be so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan has become
an REO Property, the servicing receipt shall be released by the
Trustee to the Master Servicer.
Upon written request of a Servicing Officer, the
Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer any court
pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents
prepared by the Master Servicer that are necessary to the
foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of a Mortgaged
Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against
any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a
deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights
provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at
law or in equity. Each such request that such pleadings or
documents be executed by the Trustee shall include a certification
as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that
the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not
invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for
the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure
or trustee’s sale.
SECTION 3.17. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder,
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain, from deposits to
the Custodial Account of amounts representing payments or
recoveries of interest, the Servicing Fees with respect to each
Mortgage Loan (less any portion of such amounts retained by any
Sub-Servicer). In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled
to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of related Late Collections to
the extent permitted in Section 3.11.
The Master Servicer also shall be entitled
pursuant to Section 3.11 to receive from the Custodial Account, as
additional servicing compensation interest or other income earned
on deposits therein, as well as any prepayment fees, assumption
fees, late payment fees and reconveyance fees. The Master Servicer
shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of the
premiums for any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or blanket
policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.13,
payment of the servicing compensation of the Sub-Servicer to the
extent not retained by it), and shall not be entitled to
reimbursement therefor except as specifically pro vided in Section
3.11. The Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part
except in connection with the transfer of all of the Master
Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this
Agreement.
SECTION 3.18. Maintenance of Certain Servicing
Policies.
During the term of its service as Master
Servicer, the Master Servicer shall maintain in force (i) a policy
or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the
performance of its obligations as servicer hereunder and (ii) a
fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees or agents. Each
such policy or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the
requirements from time to time of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for
persons performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by such
corporation. The Master Servicer shall prepare and present, on
behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under
any such errors and omissions policy or policies or fidelity bond
in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy or
bond, and upon the filing of any claim on any policy or bond
described in this Section, the Master Servicer shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any such claims and the Trustee shall notify
the Rating Agency of such claim.
SECTION 3.19. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
Not later than February 28 of each calendar year
beginning in 2007, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Depositor and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate (an
“Annual Statement of Compliance”) stating, as to the
signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of such
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of the performance
of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or other applicable
servicing agreement has been made under such officer’s
supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer’s
knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled
all its obligations under this Agreement or other applicable
servicing agreement in all material respects throughout such year,
or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in
any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such
officer and the nature and status of cure provisions thereof. Such
Annual Statement of Compliance shall contain no restrictions or
limitations on its use. In the event that the Master Servicer has
delegated any servicing responsibilities with respect to the
Mortgage Loans serviced by it to a Subservicer, the Master Servicer
shall deliver an officer's certificate of the Subservicer as
described above as to each Subservicer as and when required with
respect to the Master Servicer.
If the Master Servicer cannot deliver the
related Annual Statement of Compliance by February 28th of such
year, the Trustee, at its sole option, may permit a cure period for
the Master Servicer to deliver such Annual Statement of Compliance,
but in no event later than March 10th of such year.
Failure of the Master Servicer to timely comply
with this Section 3.19 shall be deemed an Event of Default,
automatically, without notice and without any cure period, and the
Trustee may, in addition to whatever rights the Trustee may have
under this Agreement and at law or equity or to damages, including
injunctive relief and specific performance, terminate all the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement
and in and to the Mortgage Loans serviced by it and the proceeds
thereof without compensating the Master Servicer for the same. This
paragraph shall supercede any other provision in this Agreement or
any other agreement to the contrary.
SECTION 3.20. Assessments of Compliance and Attestation
Reports.
On and after January 1, 2006, the Master
Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in
accordance with all applicable requirements of the Servicing
Criteria. The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the
Depositor on or before February 28 of each calendar year beginning
in 2007, a report (an “Assessment of Compliance”)
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee regarding the Master
Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing
Criteria during the preceding calendar year as required by Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation
AB, which as of the date hereof, require a report by an authorized
officer of the related Servicer that contains the
following:
(a) A statement by such officer of its
responsibility for assessing compliance with the Servicing Criteria
applicable to the Master Servicer;
(b) A statement by such officer that such officer
used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Servicing
Criteria applicable to the Master Servicer;
(c) An assessment by such officer of the Master
Servicer’s compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria
for the period consisting of the preceding calendar year, including
disclosure of any material instance of noncompliance with respect
thereto during such period, which assessment shall be based on the
activities it performs with respect to asset-backed securities
transactions taken as a whole involving the Master Servicer, that
are backed by the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans;
(d) A statement that a registered public accounting
firm has issued an attestation report on the Master
Servicer’s Assessment of Compliance for the period consisting
of the preceding calendar year; and
(e) A statement as to which of the Servicing
Criteria, if any, are not applicable to the Master Servicer, which
statement shall be based on the activities it performs with respect
to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving
the Master Servicer, that are backed by the same asset type as the
Mortgage Loans.
Such report at a minimum shall address each of
the Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially
in the form of Exhibit CC hereto delivered to the Trustee and the
Depositor concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement.
On or before February 28 of each calendar year
beginning in 2007, the Master Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee
and the Depositor a report (an “Attestation Report”) by
a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports
on, the Assessment of Compliance made by the Master Servicer, as
required by Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item
1122(b) of Regulation AB, which Attestation Report must be made in
accordance with standards for attestation reports issued or adopted
by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
The Master Servicer shall cause any subservicer,
and each subcontractor determined by the Master Servicer to be
“participating in the servicing function” within the
meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Trustee
and the Depositor an assessment of compliance and
accountants’ attestation.
If the Master Servicer cannot deliver the
related Assessment of Compliance or Attestation Report by February
28th of such year, the Trustee, at its sole option, may permit a
cure period for the Master Servicer to deliver such Assessment of
Compliance or Attestation Report, but in no event later than March
10th of such year.
The Trustee shall also provide an Assessment of
Compliance and Attestation Report, as and when provided above,
which shall at a minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria
specified on Exhibit N hereto which are indicated as applicable to
the “trustee” or “securities
administrator.” In addition, the Trustee shall cause the
Custodian to deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an Assessment
of Compliance and Attestation Report, as and when provided above,
which shall at a minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria
specified on Exhibit N hereto which are indicated as applicable to
a “custodian.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, as to any
Custodian, an Assessment of Compliance is not required to be
delivered unless it is required as part of a Form 10-K with respect
to the Trust Fund.
Failure of the Master Servicer to timely comply
with this Section 3.20 shall be deemed an Event of Default,
automatically, without notice and without any cure period, and the
Trustee may, in addition to whatever rights the Trustee may have
under this Agreement and at law or equity or to damages, including
injunctive relief and specific performance, terminate all the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement
and in and to the Mortgage Loans serviced by it and the proceeds
thereof without compensating the Master Servicer for the same. This
paragraph shall supercede any other provision in this Agreement or
any other agreement to the contrary.
SECTION 3.21. Access to Certain Documentation.
(a) The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS,
the FDIC and other federal banking regulatory agencies, and their
respective examiners, access to the documentation regarding the
Mortgage Loans required by applicable regulations of the OTS, the
FDIC and such other agencies. Such access shall be afforded without
charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and
during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer
designated by it. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the
obligation of the Master Servicer to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors and
the failure of the Master Servicer to provide access as provided in
this Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a
breach of this section.
(b) The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor
and the Trustee, upon reasonable notice, during normal business
hours access to all records maintained by the Master Servicer in
respect of its rights and obligations hereunder and access to
officers of the Master Servicer responsible for such obligations.
Upon request, the Master Servicer shall furnish the Depositor and
the Trustee with its most recent financial statements and such
other information as the Master Servicer possesses regarding its
business, affairs, property and condition, financial or otherwise
to the extent related to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
Payments on the Mortgage Loans, including any Payoffs, made in
accordance with the related Mortgage File will be entered into the
Master Servicer’s set of records no more than two Business
Days after receipt, and allocated to principal or interest as
specified in the related Mortgage File. The Depositor may, but is
not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer
hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a
designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master
Servicer hereunder or exercise the rights of the Master Servicer
hereunder; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be relieved
of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance
by the Depositor or its designee. The Depositor shall not have any
responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the
Master Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance
of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or
otherwise.
SECTION 3.22. Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO
Property.
This Section shall apply only to REO Properties
acquired for the account of the Trust Fund, and shall not apply to
any REO Property relating to a Mortgage Loan which was purchased or
repurchased from the Trust Fund pursuant to any provision hereof.
In the event that title to any such REO Property is acquired, the
deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee, or to
its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Master
Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall either sell any REO
Property within two years after the Trust Fund acquires ownership
of such REO Property for purposes of Section 86OG(a)(8) of the Code
or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, request an extension of the
two-year grace period, more than 60 days before the day on which
the two-year grace period would otherwise expire, unless the Master
Servicer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel,
addressed to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, to the effect
that the holding by the Trust Fund of such REO Property subsequent
to two years after its acquisition will not result in the
imposition on the Trust Fund of taxes on “prohibited
transactions” thereof, as defined in Section 86OF of the
Code, or cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
federal law at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. The
Master Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each
REO Property for the Certificateholders solely for the purpose of
its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause
such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure
property” within the meaning of Section 86OG(a)(8) or result
in the receipt by the Trust Fund of any “income from non-
permitted assets” within the meaning of Section 86OF(a)(2)(B)
of the Code or any “net income from foreclosure
property” which is subject to taxation under the REMIC
Provisions. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the
Master Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by
the Master Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the
same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality
where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the
Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the
Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the
Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO
Property.
The Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all
funds collected and received in connection with the operation of
any REO Property separate and apart from its own funds and general
assets. The Master Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be
deposited, on a daily basis in the Custodial Account all revenues
received with respect to the REO Properties, net of any directly
related expenses incurred or withdraw therefrom funds necessary for
the proper operation, management and maintenance of the REO
Property.
If as of the date of acquisition of title to any
REO Property there remain outstanding unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to such REO Property or any outstanding
Advances allocated thereto the Master Servicer, upon an REO
Disposition, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any related
unreimbursed Servicing Advances and any unreimbursed related
Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees from proceeds
received in connection with the REO Disposition, as further
provided in Section 3.15.
Subject to the first paragraph of this Section
3.22, the REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Master
Servicer at such price and upon such terms and conditions as the
Master Servicer shall determine to be in the best economic interest
of the Trust Fund.
Any REO Disposition shall be for cash only
(unless changes in the REMIC Provisions made subsequent to the
Startup Day allow a sale for other consideration).
The Master Servicer shall deposit the proceeds
from the REO Disposition, net of any payment to the Master Servicer
as provided above, in the Custodial Account upon receipt thereof
for distribution in accordance with Section 4.01, including any
such net proceeds which are in excess of the applicable Stated
Principal Balance plus all unpaid REO Imputed Interest thereon
through the date of the REO Disposition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 3.22, with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the
Master Servicer has received notice of, or has actual knowledge of,
the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the Mortgaged
Property, the Master Servicer shall promptly request the Trustee
and the Depositor to provide directions and instructions with
respect to such Mortgage Loan and shall act in accordance with any
such directions and instructions jointly provided by the Trustee
and the Depositor. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence of this
Section 3.22, with respect to any Mortgage Loan described by such
sentence, the Master Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trustee,
either (i) obtain title to the related Mortgaged Property as a
result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise
acquire possession of, the related Mortgaged Property, unless (i)
the Depositor and the Trustee jointly direct the Master Servicer to
take such action and (ii) either (A) the Master Servicer has, at
least 30 days prior to taking such action, obtained and delivered
to the Depositor an environmental audit report prepared by a Person
who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary
industry standards or (B) the Depositor has directed the Master
Servicer not to obtain an environmental audit report. If the
Trustee and the Depositor have not jointly provided directions and
instructions to the Master Servicer in connection with any such
Mortgage Loan within 30 days of a request by the Master Servicer
for such directions and instructions, then the Master Servicer
shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic
interest of the Trust Fund (other than proceeding against the
Mortgaged Property) and is hereby authorized at such time as it
deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien
of the related Mortgage.
The cost of the environmental audit report
contemplated by this Section 3.22 shall be advanced by the Master
Servicer as an expense of the Trust Fund, and the Master Servicer
shall be reimbursed therefor from the Custodial Account as provided
in Section 3.11, any such right of reimbursement being prior to the
rights of the Certificateholders to receive any amount in the
Custodial Account.
If the Master Servicer determines, as described
above, that it is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund
to take such actions as are necessary to bring any such Mortgaged
Property in compliance with applicable environmental laws, or to
take such action with respect to the containment, clean-up or
remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes, or petroleum-based materials affecting any such Mortgaged
Property, then the Master Servicer shall take such action as it
deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund. The
cost of any such compliance, containment, clean-up or remediation
shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as an expense of the Trust
Fund, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
therefor from the Custodial Account as provided in Section 3.11,
any such right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of the
Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Custodial
Account.
SECTION 3.23. Additional Obligations of the Master
Servicer.
On each Certificate Account Deposit Date, the
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the
Certificate Account from its own funds and without any right of
reimbursement therefor, a total amount equal to the aggregate of
the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date;
provided that the Master Servicer’s obligations under this
subsection on any Distribution Date shall not be more than the
total amount of its master servicing compensation payable in such
month.
SECTION 3.24. Additional Obligations of the
Depositor.
The Depositor agrees that on or prior to the
tenth day after the Closing Date, the Depositor shall provide the
Trustee with a written notification, substantially in the form of
Exhibit J attached hereto, relating to each Class of Certificates,
setting forth (i) in the case of each Class of such Certificates,
(a) if less than 10% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of such Class of Certificates has been sold as of such date, the
value calculated pursuant to clause (b)(iii) of Exhibit J hereto,
or, (b) if 10% or more of such Class of Certificates has
b