GREENWICH CAPITAL ACCEPTANCE, INC.,
Depositor
THORNBURG MORTGAGE HOME LOANS, INC.,
Seller
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
Master Servicer and
Securities Administrator
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE,
Delaware Trustee
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee and Custodian
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 1, 2005
__________________________________
Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-1
Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-1
Table of Contents
Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; DECLARATION OF TRUST
5
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
5
SECTION 1.02. Accounting.
41
ARTICLE IA ORGANIZATION
41
Section 1A.01. Name of Trust
41
Section 1A.02. Office
42
Section 1A.03. Declaration of Trust
42
Section 1A.04. Purpose and Powers
42
Section 1A.05. Liability of the Certificateholders
42
Section 1A.06. Title To Trust Property
42
Section 1A.07. Situs of Trust
43
Section 1A.08. The Delaware Trustee
43
Section 1A.09 Separateness Provisions
45
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES
46
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
46
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee.
50
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the
Seller.
52
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Seller with
Respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
55
SECTION 2.05. [Reserved].
56
SECTION 2.06. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
56
SECTION 2.07. Issuance of Certificates.
57
SECTION 2.08. Representations and Warranties of the Seller.
57
SECTION 2.09. Covenants of the Seller.
59
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
59
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Service and Administer the
Mortgage Loans.
59
SECTION 3.02. REMIC-Related Covenants.
60
SECTION 3.03. Monitoring of Servicers.
61
SECTION 3.04. Fidelity Bond.
62
SECTION 3.05. Power to Act; Procedures.
62
SECTION 3.06. Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
63
SECTION 3.07. Release of Mortgage Files.
64
SECTION 3.08. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master
Servicer To Be
Held
for Trust.
65
SECTION 3.09. Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance
Policies.
65
SECTION 3.10. Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds.
66
SECTION 3.11. Maintenance of the Primary Insurance Policies.
66
SECTION 3.12. Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance
Policies and Documents.
67
SECTION 3.13. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
67
SECTION 3.14. Additional Compensation to the Master Servicer.
67
SECTION 3.15. REO Property.
68
SECTION 3.16. Annual Officer’s Certificate as to
Compliance.
68
SECTION 3.17. Annual Independent Accountant’s Servicing
Report.
69
SECTION 3.18. Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange
Commission.
69
SECTION 3.19. Amendments to Master Servicing Guide and
Correspondent Sellers Guide.
70
SECTION 3.20. UCC.
70
SECTION 3.21. Optional Purchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.
71
SECTION 3.22. Realization upon Troubled Mortgage Loans.
72
SECTION 3.23. Closing Certificate and Opinion.
72
SECTION 3.24. Liabilities of the Master Servicer.
72
SECTION 3.25. Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer.
72
SECTION 3.26. Indemnification of the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee,
the Master Servicer
and
the Securities Administrator.
73
SECTION 3.27. Limitations on Liability of the Master Servicer and
Others.
74
SECTION 3.28. Master Servicer Not to Resign.
75
SECTION 3.29. Successor Master Servicer.
75
SECTION 3.30. Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing.
76
SECTION 3.31. Reporting Requirements of the Commission.
76
ARTICLE IV ACCOUNTS
77
SECTION 4.01. Servicing Accounts.
77
SECTION 4.02. Collection Account.
78
SECTION 4.03. Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the
Collection Account.
79
SECTION 4.04. Distribution Account.
81
SECTION 4.05. Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the
Distribution Account.
82
ARTICLE V FLOW OF FUNDS
83
SECTION 5.01. Distributions.
83
SECTION 5.02. [Reserved].
88
SECTION 5.03. Allocation of Realized Losses.
88
SECTION 5.04. Statements.
89
SECTION 5.05. Remittance Reports; Advances.
92
SECTION 5.06. Compensating Interest Payments.
92
SECTION 5.07. Recoveries.
93
ARTICLE VI THE CERTIFICATES
93
SECTION 6.01. The Certificates.
93
SECTION 6.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
94
SECTION 6.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
100
SECTION 6.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
100
SECTION 6.05. Appointment of Paying Agent.
100
ARTICLE VII DEFAULT
101
SECTION 7.01. Event of Default.
101
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act.
103
SECTION 7.03. Waiver of Event of Default.
104
SECTION 7.04. Notification to Certificateholders.
104
ARTICLE VIII THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
105
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee and Securities Administrator.
105
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator.
106
SECTION 8.03. Trustee and the Securities Administrator Not Liable
for Certificates,
Mortgage
Loans or Additional Collateral.
108
SECTION 8.04. Trustee, Custodian, Delaware Trustee, Master Servicer
and Securities
Administrator
May Own Certificates.
109
SECTION 8.05. Trustee’s, Delaware Trustee’s and
Securities Administrator’s Fees and
Expenses.
109
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
110
SECTION 8.07. Resignation or Removal of Trustee and Securities
Administrator.
110
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee and Successor Securities
Administrator.
111
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities
Administrator.
112
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
112
SECTION 8.11. Limitation of Liability.
113
SECTION 8.12. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Certificates.
113
SECTION 8.13. Suits for Enforcement.
114
SECTION 8.14. Waiver of Bond Requirement.
114
SECTION 8.15. Waiver of Inventory, Accounting and Appraisal
Requirement.
114
SECTION 8.16. Appointment of Custodians.
114
ARTICLE IX REMIC ADMINISTRATION
115
SECTION 9.01. REMIC Administration.
115
SECTION 9.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
117
ARTICLE X TERMINATION
117
SECTION 10.01. Termination.
117
SECTION 10.02. Additional Termination Requirements.
119
ARTICLE XI DISPOSITION OF TRUST ASSETS
119
SECTION 11.01. Disposition of Trust Assets.
119
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
119
SECTION 12.01. Amendment.
119
SECTION 12.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
121
SECTION 12.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
121
SECTION 12.04. Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
122
SECTION 12.05. Notices.
122
SECTION 12.06. Severability of Provisions.
123
SECTION 12.07. Article and Section References.
123
SECTION 12.08. Notice to the Rating Agency.
123
SECTION 12.09. Further Assurances.
124
SECTION 12.10. Benefits of Agreement.
124
SECTION 12.11. Acts of Certificateholders.
124
SECTION 12.12. Successors and Assigns.
125
SECTION 12.13. Derivative Transactions.
125
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES :
Exhibit A
Form of Senior Certificate
A-1
Exhibit B
Form of Class A-R Certificate
B-1
Exhibit C
Form of Subordinate Certificate
C-1
Exhibit D
[Reserved]
Exhibit E
Form of Reverse of the Certificates
E-1
Exhibit F
Request for Release
F-1
Exhibit G-1
Form of Receipt of Mortgage Note
G-1-1
Exhibit G-2
Form of Interim Certificate of Trustee
G-2-1
Exhibit G-3
Form of Final Certification of Trustee
G-3-1
Exhibit H
Form of Lost Note Affidavit
H-1
Exhibit I-1
Form of ERISA Representation [Class A-R]
I-1-1
Exhibit I-2
Form of ERISA Representation [Class B-4, Class
B-5, Class B-6]
I-2-1
Exhibit J-1
Form of Investment Letter [Non-Rule 144A]
J-1-1
Exhibit J-2
Form of Rule 144A Investment Letter
J-2-1
Exhibit K
Form of Transferor Certificate
K-1
Exhibit L
Transfer Affidavit for Class A-R Certificate Pursuant to Section
6.02(e)
L-1
Exhibit M
Form of Certificate of Trust
M-1
Exhibit N
List of Servicers and Servicing Agreements
N-1
Schedule I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated as
of March 1, 2005 (the “ Agreement ”), among
GREENWICH CAPITAL ACCEPTANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, as
depositor (the “ Depositor ”), THORNBURG
MORTGAGE HOME LOANS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as seller
(the “Seller”), WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a national
banking association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the
“Master Servicer”) and as securities administrator
(in such capacity, the “Securities
Administrator” ), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware trustee
(the “ Delaware Trustee ”) and DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking association, as
trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
On March 23, 2005 the Depositor formed Thornburg
Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-1, as a Delaware statutory trust
(the “ Trust ”) pursuant to the Trust
Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2005 (the “ Original
Trust Agreement ”), among the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee.
The parties to this Agreement desire to amend
and restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety, and,
as evidenced by their signatures hereto, the Original Trust
Agreement is hereby amended, restated and replaced in its
entirety as of the date first written above by this
Agreement.
Through this Agreement, the Depositor intends to
cause the issuance and sale of the Trust’s Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-1 (the “
Certificates ”) representing in the aggregate the
entire beneficial ownership of the Trust, the primary assets of
which are the Mortgage Loans (as defined below).
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor
acquired the Mortgage Loans from Thornburg. On the Closing
Date, the Depositor will sell the Mortgage Loans and certain
other property to the Trust and receive in consideration
therefor Certificates evidencing the entire beneficial ownership
of the Trust.
The Depositor intends to sell the Certificates,
to be issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the
aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest
in the Trust Fund created hereunder. The Certificates will
consist of twelve classes of certificates, designated as (i) the
Class A-1 Certificates, (ii) the Class A-2 Certificates, (iii)
the Class A-3 Certificates, (iv) the Class A-4 Certificates, (v)
the Class A-5 Certificates, (vi) the Class A-R Certificate,
(vii) the Class B-1 Certificates, (viii) the Class B-2
Certificates, (ix) the Class B-3 Certificates, (x) the Class B-4
Certificates, (xi) the Class B-5 Certificates and (xii) the
Class B-6 Certificates.
For federal income tax purposes, the Trust Fund
(exclusive of the Additional Collateral) is comprised of two
REMICs in a tiered REMIC structure – the lower tier REMIC
(the “ Lower Tier REMIC ”) and the upper tier
REMIC (the “ Upper Tier REMIC ”). The
Lower Tier REMIC will hold as its assets all of the assets
constituting the Trust Fund (exclusive of the Additional
Collateral) and will issue interests (the “Lower Tier
Regular Interests”) (which will be uncertificated
and will represent the regular interests in the Lower Tier
REMIC) and a residual interest (the “Class LT-R
Interest”) which will also be uncertificated and which
will represent the sole class of residual interest in the Lower
Tier REMIC. The Trustee will hold the Lower Tier Regular
Interests as assets of the Upper Tier REMIC. The
Certificates, other than the Class A-R Certificate, will
represent “regular interests” in the Upper Tier
REMIC, and the Class A-R Certificate, which will represent the
sole class of “residual interest” in the Upper Tier
REMIC as well as ownership of the Class LT-R Interest.
For purposes of the REMIC Provisions, the
startup day is the Closing Date. All REMIC regular and
residual interests created hereby will be retired on or before
the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
Lower Tier REMIC
The following table irrevocably specifies the
Class designation, interest rate, principal amount and
Corresponding Classes of Certificates for each class of Lower
Tier Regular Interests:
|
Class Designation
|
Lower Tier
Interest Rate
|
Initial Class
Principal Amount
|
Corresponding Pool or Corresponding Class of
Certificates
|
|
Class LT-Group 1
|
(1)
|
$ 212,700,223.71
|
1
|
|
Class LT-Group 1 SCA
|
(1)
|
$
67,021.45
|
1
|
|
Class LT-Group 2
|
(2)
|
$ 213,997,050.80
|
2
|
|
Class LT-Group 2 SCA
|
(2)
|
$
67,434.86
|
2
|
|
Class LT-Group 3
|
(3)
|
$ 373,133,860.10
|
3
|
|
Class LT-Group 3 SCA
|
(3)
|
$
117,574.34
|
3
|
|
Class LT-Group 4
|
(4)
|
$ 223,982,587.71
|
4
|
|
Class LT-Group 4 SCA
|
(4)
|
$
70,581.69
|
4
|
|
Class LT-Group 5
|
(5)
|
$ 240,893,536.73
|
5
|
|
Class LT-Group 5 SCA
|
(5)
|
$
75,904.41
|
5
|
|
Class LT-R
|
(6)
|
(6)
|
LT-R
|
__________________
(1)
The interest rate for any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Regular
Interests will be a per annum rate equal to the Net WAC for Loan
Group 1.
(2)
The interest rate for any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Regular
Interests will be a per annum rate equal to the Net WAC for Loan
Group 2.
(3)
The interest rate for any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Regular
Interests will be a per annum rate equal to the Net WAC for Loan
Group 3.
(4)
The interest rate for any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Regular
Interests will be a per annum rate equal to the Net WAC for Loan
Group 4.
(5)
The interest rate for any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for each of these Lower-Tier Regular
Interests will be a per annum rate equal to the Net WAC for Loan
Group 5.
(6)
The Class LT-R Interest represents the sole
class of residual interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. It
does not have an interest rate or a principal balance.
On each Distribution Date, the Available Funds
for Loan Group 1, Loan Group 2, Loan Group 3, Loan Group 4 or
Loan Group 5, as applicable, shall be distributed as interest
with respect to the Lower Tier Regular Interests based on the
interest rates described above. On each Distribution Date, Net
Prepayment Shortfalls shall be allocated among the several
classes of Lower Tier Regular Interests based on the relative
amounts of interest otherwise accrued for the related Accrual
Period on each such Lower Tier Regular Interest.
On each Distribution Date, the remaining
Available Funds for Loan Group 1, Loan Group 2, Loan Group 3,
Loan Group 4 or Loan Group 5, as applicable, shall be
distributed as principal with respect to the Lower Tier Regular
Interests as follows:
(a)
First, from the remaining Available Funds for
Loan Group 1, to the Class LT-Group 1 SCA Interest until its
principal balance equals one percent of the Subordinate
Component for Loan Group 1 after such Distribution Date;
(b)
Second, from the remaining Available Funds for
Loan Group 2, to the Class LT-Group 2 SCA Interest until its
principal balance equals one percent of the Subordinate
Component for Loan Group 2 after such Distribution Date;
(c)
Third, from the remaining Available Funds for
Loan Group 3, to the Class LT-Group 3 SCA Interest until its
principal balance equals one percent of the Subordinate
Component for Loan Group 3 after such Distribution Date;
(d)
Fourth, from the remaining Available Funds for
Loan Group 4, to the Class LT-Group 4 SCA Interest until its
principal balance equals one percent of the Subordinate
Component for Loan Group 4 after such Distribution Date;
(e)
Fifth, from the remaining Available Funds for
Loan Group 5, to the Class LT-Group 5 SCA Interest until its
principal balance equals one percent of the Subordinate
Component for Loan Group 5 after such Distribution Date;
(f)
Sixth, to Class LT-Group 1 SCA, Class LT-Group 2
SCA, Class LT-Group 3 SCA, Class LT-Group 4 SCA, and the Class
LT-Group 5 SCA Lower Tier Regular Interests from the remaining
Available Funds from the applicable Loan Group, the minimum
amount necessary to cause the ratio of the principal balance of
such Lower-Tier REMIC Interest to the principal balance of each
other such Lower-Tier REMIC Interests to equal the ratio of the
Subordinate Component related to such interest to the
Subordinate Component related to the other such Lower-Tier REMIC
Interest immediately after such Distribution Date;
(g)
Seventh, from the remaining Available Funds, to
the Class LT-Group 1 Interest (and, if necessary, to the Class
LT-Group 1 SCA) until the sum of its balance and that of the
Class LT-Group 1 SCA, after taking into account distributions
made pursuant to priorities (a) and (f) above for such
Distribution Date, equals the Pool Balance for Loan Group 1 as
of such Distribution Date;
(h)
Eighth, from the remaining Available Funds, to
the Class LT-Group 2 Interest (and, if necessary, to the Class
LT-Group 1 SCA) until the sum of its balance and that of the
Class LT-Group 2 SCA, after taking into account distributions
made pursuant to priorities (b) and (f) above for such
Distribution Date, equals the Pool Balance for Loan Group 2 as
of such Distribution Date;
(i)
Ninth, from the remaining Available Funds, to
the Class LT-Group 3 Interest (and, if necessary, to the Class
LT-Group 1 SCA) until the sum of its balance and that of the
Class LT-Group 3 SCA, after taking into account distributions
made pursuant to priorities (c) and (f) above for such
Distribution Date, equals the Pool Balance for Loan Group 3 as
of such Distribution Date;
(j)
Tenth, from the remaining Available Funds, to
the Class LT-Group 4 Interest (and, if necessary, to the Class
LT-Group 1 SCA) until the sum of its balance and that of the
Class LT-Group 4 SCA, after taking into account distributions
made pursuant to priorities (d) and (f) above for such
Distribution Date, equals the Pool Balance for Loan Group 4 as
of such Distribution Date;
(k)
Eleventh, from the remaining Available Funds, to
the Class LT-Group 5 Interest (and, if necessary, to the Class
LT-Group 1 SCA) until the sum of its balance and that of the
Class LT-Group 5 SCA, after taking into account distributions
made pursuant to priorities (e) and (f) above for such
Distribution Date, equals the Pool Balance for Loan Group 5 as
of such Distribution Date; and
(l)
Finally, to the Class LT-R Interest.
On each Distribution Date, Realized Losses shall
be allocated among the Lower Tier Regular Interests in the same
manner that principal is distributed among the Lower Tier
Regular Interests.
Upper Tier REMIC
The following table sets forth (or describes)
the Class designation, Pass-Through Rate and Original Class
Certificate Principal Balance for each Class of Certificates
comprising one or more regular interests in the REMIC created
hereunder, each of which, except for the Class A-R Certificate,
is hereby designated a REMIC regular interest in the Upper Tier
REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions:
|
Class
|
Original Class
Certificate Principal
Balance
|
Pass-Through
Rate
|
|
Class A-1
|
$206,064,900
|
(1)
|
|
Class A-2
|
$207,321,000
|
(1)
|
|
Class A-3
|
$361,494,000
|
(1)
|
|
Class A-4
|
$216,995,000
|
(1)
|
|
Class A-5
|
$233,379,000
|
(1)
|
|
Class A-R
|
$100
|
(1)
|
|
Class B-1
|
$16,444,000
|
(2)
|
|
Class B-2
|
$8,854,000
|
(2)
|
|
Class B-3
|
$5,060,000
|
(2)
|
|
Class B-4
|
$3,794,000
|
(2)
|
|
Class B-5
|
$3,161,000
|
(2)
|
|
Class B-6
|
$2,538,775
|
(2)
|
____________
(1)
Calculated pursuant to the definition of
“Pass-Through Rate.”
(2)
Calculated pursuant to the definition of
“Subordinate Certificate Pass-Through Rate” (for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, the weighted average of the rates
on the Class LT-Group 1 SCA, Class LT-Group 2 SCA, Class LT-Group 3
SCA, Class LT-Group 4 SCA and Class LT-Group 5 SCA Lower Tier
Regular Interests, weighted in each case based on the relative
principal balances of those Lower Tier Regular Interests, and
determined by first subjecting the rate payable on each such Lower
Tier Regular Interest to a cap and a floor equal to the Net WAC of
the related Loan Group).
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; DECLARATION OF TRUST
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms .
Whenever used in this Agreement or in the
Preliminary Statement, the following words and phrases, unless
the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article. All calculations of interest
described herein shall be made on the basis of an assumed
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months unless otherwise
indicated in this Agreement.
“1933 Act”: The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Accepted Master Servicing
Practices” : With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
as applicable, either (x) those customary mortgage servicing
practices of prudent mortgage servicing institutions that master
service mortgage loans of the same type and quality as such
Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged
Property is located, to the extent applicable to the Trustee or
the Master Servicer (except in its capacity as successor to a
Servicer), or (y) as provided in the applicable Servicing
Agreement, to the extent applicable to any Servicer, but in no
event below the standard set forth in clause (x).
“Account” : The
Collection Account, the Distribution Account or each Servicing
Account as the context requires.
“Accrual Period” : With
respect to each Distribution Date and any Class of Certificates
and any Class of Lower Tier Regular Interests, the calendar
month prior to the month of that Distribution Date.
“Accrued Interest Amount” :
For any Distribution Date and for any Undercollateralized
Group, an amount equal to one month’s interest on the
applicable Principal Deficiency Amount at the Net WAC of the
applicable Loan Group, plus any interest accrued on such
Undercollateralized Group remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates.
“Additional Collateral” :
With respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan,
the marketable securities or other assets subject to a security
interest pursuant to the related pledge agreement.
“Additional Collateral Mortgage
Loan” : Each Mortgage Loan identified as such in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and as to which Additional Collateral
is then required to be provided as security therefor.
“Adjusted Net Loan Rate” :
With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or related REO
Property), as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of
interest equal to the Net Loan Rate minus the Trustee Fee
Rate.
“Adjustment Date” :
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, each adjustment date
on which the related Loan Rate changes pursuant to the related
Mortgage Note. The first Adjustment Date following the
Cut-Off Date as to each Mortgage Loan is set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Advance” : As to any
Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any advance made by the Master
Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant to Section
5.05.
“Adverse REMIC Event” :
Either (i) the loss of status as a REMIC, within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code, for any group of assets
identified as a REMIC in the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement, or (ii) the imposition of any tax, including the tax
imposed under Section 860F(a)(1) on prohibited transactions and
the tax imposed under Section 860G(d) on certain contributions
to a REMIC, on any REMIC created hereunder to the extent such
tax would be payable from assets held as part of the Trust
Fund.
“Affiliate” : With
respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled
by or under common control with such Person. For purposes
of this definition, “control” means the power to
direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise and “controlling” and
“controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Aggregate Subordinate
Percentage” : As to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is
the aggregate of the Class Certificate Principal Balances of the
Classes of Subordinate Certificates and the denominator of which
is the Pool Balance for such Distribution Date.
“Agreement” : This
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2005, as
amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Applicable Credit Support
Percentage” : As defined in Section 5.01(e).
“Apportioned Principal
Balance” : As to any Class of Subordinate
Certificates, a Loan Group and any Distribution Date, the Class
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to
such Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the Subordinate Component for the related Loan Group
for such date and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Subordinate Components (in the aggregate).
“Assignment”: As to any
Mortgage, an assignment of mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient,
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the related
Mortgaged Property is located, to reflect or record the sale of
such Mortgage.
“Available Funds” : As
to any Distribution Date and any Loan Group, an amount equal to
(i) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the related
Monthly Payments received on or prior to the related
Determination Date (excluding Monthly Payments due in future Due
Periods but received by the related Determination Date) in
respect of the Mortgage Loans in that Loan Group, (b) Net
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Principal Prepayments
(but not including Prepayment Penalty Amounts), Recoveries and
other unscheduled recoveries of principal and interest in
respect of the Mortgage Loans in that Loan Group received during
the related Prepayment Period, (c) the aggregate of any amounts
received in respect of related REO Properties for such
Distribution Date, (d) the aggregate of any amounts of
Interest Shortfalls (excluding for such purpose all shortfalls
as a result of Relief Act Reductions) paid by the Servicers
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreements and Compensating
Interest Payments deposited in the Collection Account for such
Distribution Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans in that Loan
Group, (e) the aggregate of the Purchase Prices,
Substitution Adjustments and amounts collected for purchases
pursuant to Sections 2.03 or 3.21 deposited in the Collection
Account during the related Prepayment Period in respect of the
Mortgage Loans in that Loan Group, (f) the aggregate of any
Advances made by the Servicers and the Master Servicer for such
Distribution Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans in that Loan
Group, (g) the aggregate of any Advances made by the
Trustee for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.02
hereof in respect of the Mortgage Loans in that Loan Group and
(h) the Termination Price allocated to such Loan Group on
the Distribution Date on which the Trust is terminated; minus
(ii) the sum of (w) the Expense Fees for such
Distribution Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans in that Loan
Group, (x) amounts in reimbursement for Advances previously made
in respect of the Mortgage Loans in that Loan Group and other
amounts as to which the Servicers, the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Master Servicer are entitled to be
reimbursed pursuant to Section 4.03, (y) the amount payable to
the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Custodian or the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section
8.05 and Section 3.27(c) in respect of Mortgage Loans in that
Loan Group or if not related to a Mortgage Loan, allocated to
each Loan Group on a pro rata basis and (z) amounts deposited in
the Collection Account or the Distribution Account, as the case
may be, in error, in respect of Mortgage Loans in that Loan
Group, in each case without duplication.
“Bankruptcy Code” : The
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11 of the United States
Code), as amended.
“Base Value” : With
respect to any Mortgage Loan for which Additional Collateral has
been pledged, the value of the Additional Collateral as
determined with respect to that Mortgage Loan in accordance with
the applicable underwriting guidelines.
“Book-Entry Certificates” :
Any of the Certificates that shall be registered in the
name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which is
reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a
Person maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as
a “Depository Participant”, or indirectly, as an
indirect participant in accordance with the rules of the
Depository and as described in Section 6.02 hereof). On
the Closing Date, all Classes of the Certificates other than the
Physical Certificates shall be Book-Entry Certificates.
“Business Day” : Any
day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking or
savings institutions in the State of California, the State of
Maryland, the State of Minnesota, the State of New York or in
the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is
located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.
“Certificate” : Any
Regular Certificate or Residual Certificate.
“Certificate Notional
Balance” : Not applicable.
“Certificate of Trust” :
The certificate of trust filed with the Delaware Secretary
of State in respect of the Trust pursuant to Section 3810 of the
DSTS.
“Certificate Owner” :
With respect to each Book-Entry Certificate, any
beneficial owner thereof and with respect to each Physical
Certificate, the Certificateholder thereof.
“Certificate Principal
Balance” : With respect to each Certificate of a
given Class and any date of determination, the product of (i)
the Class Certificate Principal Balance of such Class and (ii)
the applicable Percentage Interest of such Certificate.
“Certificate Register” and
“Certificate Registrar” : The register
maintained and registrar appointed pursuant to Section 6.02
hereof.
“Certificateholder” or
“Holder” : The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except
that a Disqualified Organization or non-U.S. Person shall not be
a Holder of a Residual Certificate for any purpose hereof.
“Class” : Collectively,
Certificates that have the same priority of payment and bear the
same class designation and the form of which is identical except
for variation in the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby.
“Class A-1 Certificate” :
Any of the Class A-1 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class A-2 Certificate”:
Any of the Class A-2 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class A-3 Certificate” :
Any of the Class A-3 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class A-4 Certificate” :
Any of the Class A-4 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class A-5 Certificate” :
Any of the Class A-5 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class A-R Certificate” :
The Class A-R Certificate as designated on the face
thereof, executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, evidencing the ownership of
the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper
Tier REMIC created hereunder as well as ownership of the Class
LT-R Interest and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class B-1 Certificate”:
Any of the Class B-1 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class B-2 Certificate” :
Any of the Class B-2 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class B-3 Certificate”:
Any of the Class B-3 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class B-4 Certificate”:
Any of the Class B-4 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class B-5 Certificate” :
Any of the Class B-5 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class B-6 Certificate” :
Any of the Class B-6 Certificates as designated on the
face thereof, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, evidencing the ownership of a
“regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC created
hereunder and representing the right to distributions as set
forth herein and therein.
“Class Certificate Notional
Balance” : Not applicable.
“Class Certificate Principal
Balance” : As to any Distribution Date, with
respect to any Class of Certificates, the Original Class
Certificate Principal Balance as reduced by the sum of (x) all
amounts actually distributed in respect of principal of that
Class on all prior Distribution Dates, (y) all Realized Losses,
if any, actually allocated to that Class on all prior
Distribution Dates and (z) in the case of the Subordinate
Certificates, any applicable Writedown Amount; provided,
however , that pursuant to Section 5.08, the Class
Certificate Principal Balance of a Class of Certificates may be
increased up to the amount of Realized Losses previously
allocated to such Class, in the event that there is a Recovery
on a Mortgage Loan, and the Certificate Principal Balance of any
individual Certificate of such Class will be increased by its
pro rata share of the increase to such Class.
“Class LT-R Interest” :
As described in the Preliminary Statement.
“Class Subordination
Percentage”: With respect to each Class of
Subordinate Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is
the Class Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
immediately before such Distribution Date and the denominator of
which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Principal
Balances of all Classes of Certificates immediately before such
Distribution Date.
“Close of Business” :
As used herein, with respect to any Business Day and
location, 5:00 p.m. at such location.
“Closing Date” : March 29,
2005.
“Code”: The Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collection Account” :
The account or accounts created and maintained by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02, which shall be
entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer for
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for
the registered Holders of Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust
2005-1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-1”
and which must be an Eligible Account.
“Commission” : U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Compensating Interest
Payment” : With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate
amount of any Interest Shortfalls (excluding for such purpose
all shortfalls as a result of Relief Act Reductions) required to
be paid by the Servicers pursuant to the related Servicing
Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date, exceeds (y)
the aggregate amount actually paid by the Servicers in respect
of such shortfalls; provided, that such amount, to the extent
payable by the Master Servicer, shall not exceed the aggregate
Master Servicing Fee that would be payable to the Master
Servicer in respect of such Distribution Date without giving
effect to any Compensating Interest Payment.
“Cooperative Corporation” :
The entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable
leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the
Cooperative Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify
as a Cooperative Housing Corporation under Section 216 of the
Code.
“Cooperative Loan” :
Any Mortgage Loan secured by Cooperative Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.
“Cooperative Loan Documents”
: As to any Cooperative Loan, (i) the Cooperative Shares,
together with a stock power in blank; (ii) the original or a
copy of the executed Security Agreement and the assignment of
the Security Agreement in blank; (iii) the original or a copy of
the executed Proprietary Lease and the original assignment of
the Proprietary Lease endorsed in blank; (iv) the original
executed Recognition Agreement and, if available, the original
assignment of the Recognition Agreement (or a blanket assignment
of all Recognition Agreements) endorsed in blank; (v) the
executed UCC-1 financing statement with evidence of recording
thereon, which has been filed in all places required to perfect
the security interest in the Cooperative Shares and the
Proprietary Lease; and (vi) executed UCC Amendments (or copies
thereof) or other appropriate UCC financing statements required
by state law, evidencing a complete and unbroken line from the
mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or
in a form suitable for recordation).
“Cooperative Property”:
The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, that includes the allocation of
individual dwelling units to the holders of the Cooperative
Shares of the Cooperative Corporation.
“Cooperative Shares” :
Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
“Cooperative Unit” : A
single family dwelling located in a Cooperative Property.
“Corporate Trust Office” :
The principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business in
connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this instrument is
located at 1761 East St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, CA 92705,
Attention: Thornburg 2005-1 TM0501, or at such other address as
the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor and the Seller.
“Correspondent Sellers Guide”
: The Seller’s Correspondent Sellers Guide, revised
February 1, 2005 and as revised from time to time.
“Corresponding Class” :
With respect to each class of Lower Tier Regular
Interests, the Class or Classes of Certificates corresponding to
such class of Lower Tier Regular Interests as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement.
“Custodian” : Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, and its successors acting as
custodian of the Mortgage Files.
“Cut-Off Date”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan, the Close of Business in New York City on March
1, 2005. With respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan, the date designated as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(as amended).
“Cut-Off Date Aggregate Principal
Balance”: The aggregate of the Cut-Off Date Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans in each Loan Group.
“Cut-Off Date Principal
Balance” : With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the principal balance thereof remaining to be paid, after
application of all scheduled principal payments due on or before
the Cut-Off Date whether or not received as of the Cut-Off Date
(or as of the applicable date of substitution with respect to a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan).
“Debt Service Reduction” :
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction in the
scheduled Monthly Payment for that Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code.
“Definitive Certificates” :
Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical Certificate and
any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 6.02(c) or (d) hereof.
“Delaware Statutory Trust
Statute” or “DSTS” : As defined in
Section 1A.03.
“Delaware Trustee” :
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, not in its
individual capacity but solely as trustee, and its successors
and assigns.
“Deleted Mortgage Loan”:
A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by one or more
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans.
“Delinquent” : Any
Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Monthly Payment due on a
Due Date is not made.
“Depositor” : Greenwich
Capital Acceptance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any
successor in interest.
“Depository” : The
initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, whose
nominee is Cede & Co., or any other organization registered
as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of
the Exchange Act. The Depository shall initially be the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The
Depository shall at all times be a “clearing
corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York.
“Depository Participant”:
A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or
other person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Depository.
“Determination Date” :
For any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, the date
each month, as set forth in the related Servicing Agreement, on
which the related Servicer determines the amount of all funds
required to be remitted to the Master Servicer on the Servicer
Remittance Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans it is
servicing.
“Disqualified Organization”:
A “disqualified organization” defined in
Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code, or any other Person so
designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel
provided to the Trustee by nationally recognized counsel
acceptable to the Trustee that the holding of an ownership
interest in the Residual 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
liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would
not otherwise be imposed but for the transfer of an ownership
interest in the Residual Certificate to such Person.
“Distribution Account” :
The trust account or accounts created and maintained by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof which shall be
entitled “Distribution Account, Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered
Certificateholders of Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust
2005-1, Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-1” and which must be an Eligible Account.
“Distribution Account Income”
: As to any Distribution Date, any interest or other
investment income earned on funds deposited in the Distribution
Account during the month of such Distribution Date.
“Distribution Date”:
The 25th day of the month, or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next Business Day commencing in April
2005.
“Distribution Date
Statement”: As defined in Section 5.04(a)
hereof.
“Due Date”: With respect to
each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the first day of
the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs on
which the Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan was due,
exclusive of any days of grace.
“Due Period” : With
respect to any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the
second day of the month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
“Eligible Account” :
Any of
(i)
an account or accounts maintained with a federal
or state chartered depository institution or trust company the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case
of a depository institution or trust company that is the
principal subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term
unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated in
the highest short term rating category of the Rating Agency at
the time any amounts are held on deposit therein;
(ii)
an account or accounts the deposits in which are
fully insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by it), the
uninsured deposits in which account are otherwise secured such
that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee and to the Rating Agency, the Certificateholders will
have a claim with respect to the funds in the account or a
perfected first priority security interest against the
collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments)
securing those funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which
such account is maintained;
(iii)
a trust account or accounts maintained with the
trust department of a federal or state chartered depository
institution, national banking association or trust company
acting in its fiduciary capacity; or
(iv)
an account otherwise acceptable to the Rating
Agency without reduction or withdrawal of its then current
ratings of the Certificates as evidenced by a letter from the
Rating Agency to the Trustee. Eligible Accounts may bear
interest.
“Employee Loan” : Any
Mortgage Loan identified as such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and which was originated by the Seller, which provides for an
increase in the Loan Rate thereof in the event of the change of
employment of the Mortgagor thereunder.
“ERISA” : The Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA-Restricted
Certificates” : Any of the Class B-4, Class B-5,
Class B-6, the Residual Certificate and any Certificate that
does not satisfy the applicable rating requirement under the
Underwriter’s Exemption.
“Escrow Payments” : The
amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water
rates, fire and hazard insurance premiums and other payments
required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee
pursuant to any Mortgage Loan.
“Event of Default” : In
respect of the Master Servicer, one or more of the events
(howsoever described) set forth in Section 7.01 hereof as an
event or events upon the occurrence and continuation of which
the Master Servicer may be terminated.
“Exchange Act” : The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Expense Fee” With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the sum of (w) the Retained Interest, if any,
(x) the Master Servicing Fee, (y) the related Servicing Fee with
respect to the related Servicer and (z) the Trustee Fee for such
Mortgage Loan.
“Expense Fee Rate” : With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate at which the
Expense Fee accrues for such Mortgage Loan as set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Fannie Mae” : The
Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.
“FDIC” : The Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Final Recovery
Determination” : With respect to any defaulted
Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or
REO Property purchased by the Seller pursuant to or contemplated
by Section 2.03, 3.21 and 10.01), a determination made by the
related Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which it expects to be
finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered.
“Freddie Mac” : The
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor
thereto.
“Gross Margin”: With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in
the related Mortgage Note that is added to the applicable Index
on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note used to determine the Loan Rate for such
Mortgage Loan.
“Group 1 Mortgage Loan” :
A Mortgage Loan that is identified as such on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
“Group 2 Mortgage Loan” :
A Mortgage Loan that is identified as such on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
“Group 3 Mortgage Loan”:
A Mortgage Loan that is identified as such on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
“Group 4 Mortgage Loan” :
A Mortgage Loan that is identified as such on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
“Group 5 Mortgage Loan” :
A Mortgage Loan that is identified as such on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
“Indemnified Persons” :
The Trustee (in all capacities hereunder), the Delaware
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Securities
Administrator and their officers, directors, agents and
employees and, with respect to the Trustee, any separate
co-trustee and its officers, directors, agents and
employees.
“Independent”: When
used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who
(a) is in fact independent of the Depositor and its Affiliates,
(b) does not have any direct financial interest in or any
material indirect financial interest in the Depositor or any
Affiliate thereof, and (c) is not connected with the Depositor
or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing
similar functions; provided, however , that a Person
shall not fail to be Independent of the Depositor or any
Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial
owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by the
Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.
“Index” : With respect
to each Mortgage Loan and each Adjustment Date, the index
specified in the related Mortgage Note.
“Initial Certificate Principal
Balance” : With respect to any Certificate, the
amount designated “Initial Certificate Principal
Balance” on the face thereof.
“Initial Certificate Notional
Balance” : Not applicable.
“Initial Loan Group 1
Balance” : $212,767,245.16.
“Initial Loan Group 2
Balance” : $214,064,485.66.
“Initial Loan Group 3
Balance”: $373,251,434.44.
“Initial Loan Group 4
Balance” : $244,053,169.40.
“Initial Loan Group 5
Balance” : $240,969,441.14.
“Insurance Proceeds” :
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, proceeds of any title
policy, hazard policy or other insurance policy covering a
Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied
to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released
to the related Mortgagor in accordance with the related
Servicing Agreement.
“Interest Distributable
Amount” : With respect to any Distribution Date
and each Class of Certificates, the sum of (i) the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for that Class and (ii) the
Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for that Class.
“Interest Shortfall” :
With respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage
Loan that during the related Prepayment Period was the subject
of a Principal Prepayment or a reduction of its Monthly Payment
under the Relief Act, constitutes an amount determined as
follows:
(a)
Principal Prepayments in part received during
the relevant Prepayment Period: the difference between (i)
one month’s interest at the applicable Net Loan Rate on
the amount of such prepayment and (ii) the amount of interest
for the calendar month of such prepayment (adjusted to the
applicable Net Loan Rate) received at the time of such
prepayment; and
(b)
Principal Prepayments in full received during
the relevant Prepayment Period: the difference between (i)
one month’s interest at the applicable Net Loan Rate on
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately
prior to such prepayment and (ii) the amount of interest for the
calendar month of such prepayment (adjusted to the applicable
Net Loan Rate) received at the time of such prepayment; and
(c)
any Relief Act Reductions for such Distribution
Date.
“Latest Possible Maturity
Date” : As determined as of the Cut-Off Date,
the Distribution Date following the fifth anniversary of the
scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan having the latest
scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-Off Date.
“Liquidated Mortgage Loan”:
As to any Distribution Date, any Mortgage Loan in respect
of which the related Servicer or the Master Servicer has
determined, in accordance with the servicing procedures
specified herein, as of the end of the related Prepayment
Period, that all Liquidation Proceeds that it expects to recover
with respect to the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan or
disposition of the related REO Property have been recovered.
“Liquidation Event”:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of the following
events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or
(iii) such Mortgage Loan is removed from the Trust Fund by
reason of its being purchased, sold or replaced pursuant to or
as contemplated hereunder. With respect to any REO
Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO
Property is removed from the Trust Fund by reason of its being
sold or purchased pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof or the
applicable provisions of the related Servicing Agreement.
“Liquidation Expenses”:
With respect to a Mortgage Loan in liquidation,
unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by or for the account of
the Master Servicer or the related Servicers, such expenses
including (a) property protection expenses, (b) property sales
expenses, (c) foreclosure and sale costs, including court costs
and reasonable attorneys’ fees, and (d) similar expenses
reasonably paid or incurred in connection with liquidation.
“Liquidation Proceeds”:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount (other than
amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO Property
prior to REO Disposition) received by the related Servicer as
proceeds from the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan, as
determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
related Servicing Agreement, other than Recoveries; provided
that (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property
repurchased, substituted or sold pursuant to or as contemplated
hereunder, or pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
related Servicing Agreement, “Liquidation Proceeds”
shall also include amounts realized in connection with such
repurchase, substitution or sale and (ii) with respect to a
defaulted Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan,
“Liquidation Proceeds” shall also include the amount
realized on the related Additional Collateral.
“Loan Group” : Any of
Loan Group 1, Loan Group 2, Loan Group 3, Loan Group 4 or Loan
Group 5, as the context requires.
“Loan Group Balance” :
As to each Loan Group and any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances, as of the Close of
Business on the first day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs, of the Mortgage Loans in
such Loan Group that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on that
day.
“Loan Group 1”: At any
time, the Group 1 Mortgage Loans in the aggregate and any REO
Properties acquired in respect thereof.
“Loan Group 2”: At any
time, the Group 2 Mortgage Loans in the aggregate and any REO
Properties acquired in respect thereof.
“Loan Group 3”: At any
time, the Group 3 Mortgage Loans in the aggregate and any REO
Properties acquired in respect thereof.
“Loan Group 4”: At any
time, the Group 4 Mortgage Loans in the aggregate and any REO
Properties acquired in respect thereof.
“Loan Group 5”: At any
time, the Group 5 Mortgage Loans in the aggregate and any REO
Properties acquired in respect thereof.
“Loan Rate”: With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest
accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note.
“Loan-to-Collateral Value
Ratio”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and
any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan at such date of determination less the Base
Value of any related Additional Collateral and the denominator
of which is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
“Loan-to-Value Ratio” :
With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any date of
determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan
at such date of determination and the denominator of which is
the Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
“Lost Note Affidavit”:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the original
Mortgage Note has been permanently lost or destroyed and has not
been replaced, an affidavit from the Seller certifying that the
original Mortgage Note has been lost, misplaced or destroyed
(together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note and
indemnifying the Trust against any loss, cost or liability
resulting from the failure to deliver the original Mortgage
Note) in the form of Exhibit H hereto.
“Lower Tier Regular
Interest”: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
“Lower Tier REMIC”: As
described in the Preliminary Statement.
“Majority
Certificateholders”: The Holders of Certificates
evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights.
“Master Servicer”:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor Master Servicer
appointed as herein provided.
“Master Servicer
Certification”: A written certification covering
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by all Servicers and signed by
an officer of the Master Servicer that complies with (i) the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from time to time, and
(ii) the February 21, 2003 Statement by the Staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange
Commission Regarding Compliance by Asset-Backed Issuers with
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as in effect from time to
time; provided that if, after the Closing Date (a) the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is amended, (b) the Statement
referred to in clause (ii) is modified or superceded by any
subsequent statement, rule or regulation of the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any statement of a division thereof, or
(c) any future releases, rules and regulations are published by
the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which in any such
case affects the form or substance of the required certification
and results in the required certification being, in the
reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, materially more
onerous than the form of the required certification as of the
Closing Date, the Master Servicer Certification shall be as
agreed to by the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Seller
following a negotiation in good faith to determine how to comply
with any such new requirements.
“Master Servicer Remittance
Date”: No later than 3 P.M. New York City time
one Business Day prior to each Distribution Date.
“Master Servicing Fee”:
As to any Distribution Date and each related Mortgage
Loan, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Master
Servicing Fee Rate and the outstanding Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Due Period.
The Master Servicing Fee for any Mortgage Loan shall be
payable in respect of any Distribution Date solely from the
interest portion of the Monthly Payment or other payment or
recovery with respect to such Mortgage Loan.
“Master Servicing Fee Rate”:
0.015% per annum.
“Master Servicing Guide”:
Wells Fargo Conduit and Norwest Conduit Servicing Guide,
dated January 1997, as amended July 2001.
“Maximum Loan Rate”:
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the percentage set
forth in the related Mortgage Note as the maximum Loan Rate
thereunder.
“MERS”: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any
successor thereto.
“MERS Mortgage Loan”:
Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
“MERS® System”: The
system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically
maintained by MERS.
“MIN”: The Mortgage
Identification Number for any MERS Mortgage Loan.
“MOM Loan”: Any
Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee, solely as
nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its
successors and assigns.
“Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount”: With respect to each Class of
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the amount of interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the related
Pass-Through Rate on the Class Certificate Principal Balance or
Class Certificate Notional Balance, as applicable, of that Class
immediately prior to that Distribution Date.
“Monthly Payment”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of
principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan that is payable
by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the related
Mortgage Note, determined, for the purposes of this Agreement:
(a) after giving effect to (i) any Debt Service Reduction with
respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction in the
amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor
pursuant to the Relief Act; (b) without giving effect to any
extension granted or agreed to by the related Servicer pursuant
to the applicable provisions of the related Servicing Agreement;
and (c) on the assumption that all other amounts, if any, due
under such Mortgage Loan are paid when due.
“Mortgage”: The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first
lien on, or first priority security interest in, a Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage File”: The
mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 hereof pertaining to a
particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
“Mortgage Loan”: Each
mortgage loan (including Cooperative Loans) transferred and
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section
2.03(d) hereof as from time to time held as a part of the Trust
Fund, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement”: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
between the Seller and the Depositor, dated as of March 1, 2005,
regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to or
at the direction of the Depositor.
“Mortgage Loan Schedule”:
As of any date, the list of Mortgage Loans included in the
Trust Fund on such date, attached hereto as Schedule I.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be prepared by the Seller
and shall set forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan:
(i)
the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii)
the Mortgagor’s name;
(iii)
the street address of the Mortgaged Property
including the state and five-digit ZIP code;
(iv)
a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property
was represented by the borrower, at the time of origination, as
being owner-occupied;
(v)
a code indicating whether the Residential
Dwelling constituting the Mortgaged Property is (a) a detached
single family dwelling, (b) a dwelling in a planned unit
development, (c) a condominium unit, (d) a two- to four-unit
residential property, (e) a townhouse or (f) other type of
Residential Dwelling;
(vi)
if the related Mortgage Note permits the
borrower to make Monthly Payments of interest only for a
specified period of time, (a) the original number of such
specified Monthly Payments and (b) the remaining number of such
Monthly Payments as of the Cut-Off Date;
(vii)
the original months to maturity;
(viii)
the stated remaining months to maturity from the
Cut-Off Date based on the original amortization schedule;
(ix)
the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(x)
the value of any Additional Collateral at
origination;
(xi)
the Loan-to-Collateral Value Ratio at
origination;
(xii)
the Loan Rate in effect immediately following
the Cut-Off Date;
(xiii)
the date on which the first Monthly Payment is
or was due on the Mortgage Loan;
(xiv)
the stated maturity date;
(xv)
the Master Servicing Fee Rate and the Servicing
Fee Rate, if any;
(xvi)
whether such loan is an Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan or an Employee Loan;
(xvii)
the last Due Date on which a Monthly
Payment was actually applied
to
the unpaid Stated Principal Balance;
(xviii) the original principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan;
(xix) the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan on the Cut-Off
Date and
a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan
(i.e.,
purchase
financing, rate/term refinancing, cash-out refinancing);
(xx)
the Index and Gross Margin specified in related
Mortgage Note;
(xxi)
the next Adjustment Date, if applicable;
(xxii)
the Maximum Loan Rate, if applicable;
(xxiii) the Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xxiv) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property,
if applicable;
(xxv) the product code;
(xxvi) Expense Fee Rate therefor;
(xxvii) the Servicer, if any, that is servicing
each Mortgage Loan and the
originator
of the Mortgage Loan; and
(xxviii)
the respective Loan Group.
Information set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii)
above regarding each Mortgagor and the related Mortgaged
Property shall be confidential and the Trustee (or Master
Servicer) shall not disclose such information except to the
extent disclosure may be required by any law or regulatory or
administrative authority; provided, however , that the
Trustee may disclose on a confidential basis any such
information to its agents, attorneys and any auditors in
connection with the performance of its responsibilities
hereunder.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule, as in effect from
time to time, shall also set forth the following information
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate and by Loan
Group as of the Cut-Off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage
Loans; (2) the current Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans; (3) the weighted average Loan Rate of the Mortgage
Loans; and (4) the weighted average remaining months to
maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule
shall be amended from time to time by the Seller in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement.
“Mortgage Note”: The
original executed note or other evidence of indebtedness
evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
“Mortgaged Property”:
Either of (x) the fee simple or leasehold interest in real
property, together with improvements thereto including any
exterior improvements to be completed within 120 days of
disbursement of the related Mortgage Loan proceeds, or (y) in
the case of a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Shares
and Proprietary Lease, securing the indebtedness of the
Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan.
“Mortgagor”: The
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
“Net Interest Shortfall”:
With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of the
Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date over the
sum of (i) Interest Shortfalls paid by the Servicers under the
related Servicing Agreements with respect to such Distribution
Date and (ii) Compensating Interest Payments made with respect
to such Distribution Date.
“Net Liquidation Proceeds”:
With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan or any other
disposition of related Mortgaged Property (including REO
Property) the related Liquidation Proceeds net of Advances,
related Servicing Advances, Master Servicing Fee, related
Servicing Fees and any other accrued and unpaid servicing fees
received and retained in connection with the liquidation of such
Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, and any related Retained
Interest.
“Net Loan Rate”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property), as
of any date of determination, a per annum rate of interest equal
to the then applicable Loan Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus
the related Servicing Fee Rate, Master Servicing Fee Rate and
Retained Rate, if any.
“Net WAC”: With respect
to each Loan Group and any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Adjusted Net Loan Rates of the Mortgage Loans in
that Loan Group as of the first day of the month preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of
the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-Off Date), weighted
on the basis of the related Stated Principal Balances.
“Nonrecoverable”: The
determination by the Master Servicer or the related Servicer in
respect of a delinquent Mortgage Loan that if it were to make an
Advance in respect of thereof, such amount would not be
recoverable from any collections or other recoveries (including
Liquidation Proceeds) on such Mortgage Loan.
“Officers’
Certificate”: A certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the
President or a vice president (however denominated), or by the
Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or
assistant secretaries of the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor, as applicable.
“One-Month LIBOR”: The
average of interbank offered rates for one month U.S. dollar
deposits in the London market based on quotations of major
banks.
“One-Month LIBOR Indexed”:
Indicates a Mortgage Loan that has an adjustable Loan Rate
calculated on the basis of the One-Month LIBOR index.
“One-Year CMT”: The
weekly average yield on United States Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year as published by the
Federal Reserve Board in Statistical Release H.15(519).
“One-Year CMT Indexed”:
Indicates a Mortgage Loan that has an adjustable Loan Rate
calculated on the basis of the One-Year CMT Index.
“One-Year LIBOR”: The
average of interbank offered rates for one-year U.S. dollar
deposits in the London market based on quotations of major
banks.
“One-Year LIBOR Indexed” :
Indicates a Mortgage Loan that has an adjustable Loan Rate
calculated on the basis of the One-Year LIBOR index.
“Opinion of Counsel”: A
written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be a
salaried counsel for the Depositor or the Seller, acceptable to
the Trustee, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a)
the qualification of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or
(b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions must be an opinion of
Independent counsel.
“Original Applicable Credit Support
Percentage”: With respect to each Class of
Subordinate Certificates, the corresponding percentage set forth
below opposite its Class designation:
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Class B-1
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3.15%
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Class B-2
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1.85%
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Class B-3
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1.15%
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Class B-4
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0.75%
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Class B-5
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0.45%
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Class B-6
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0.20%
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“Original Class Certificate Notional
Balance” : Not applicable.
“Original Class Certificate Principal
Balance”: With respect to each Class of
Certificates, the corresponding aggregate amount set forth
opposite the Class designation of such Class in the Preliminary
Statement.
“Original Subordinated Principal
Balance”: The aggregate of the Original Class
Certificate Principal Balances of the Classes of Subordinate
Certificates.
“Original Trust Agreement”:
The Trust Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2005, among the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.
“OTS”: The Office of
Thrift Supervision.
“Outstanding Mortgage Loan”:
As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with a Stated
Principal Balance greater than zero, that was not the subject of
a prepayment in full prior to such Due Date and that did not
become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
“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 each Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the rate set forth below:
(i)
The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1
Certificates will be equal to the Net WAC for Loan Group 1.
(ii)
The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2
Certificates will be equal to the Net WAC for Loan Group 2.
(iii)
The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-3
Certificates will be equal to the Net WAC for Loan Group 3.
(iv)
The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-4
Certificates will be equal to the Net WAC for Loan Group 4.
(v)
The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-5
Certificates will be equal to the Net WAC for Loan Group 5.
(vi)
The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-R
Certificates will be equal to the Net WAC for Loan Group 1.
(vii)
The Pass-Through Rate for the Class B-1, Class
B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates
will be equal to the Subordinate Certificate Pass-Through
Rate.
“Paying Agent”: Any
paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
“Percentage Interest”:
With respect to any Certificate other than a Residual
Certificate, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the Initial Certificate Principal Balance
or Initial Certificate Notional Balance, as applicable,
represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which is
the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance or Original
Class Certificate Notional Balance, as applicable, of the
related Class. With respect to each Class of Residual
Certificate, 100%.
“Permitted Investments”:
Any one or more of the following obligations or securities
acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless
of whether issued or managed by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates or
for which an Affiliate of the Trustee serves as an advisor:
(i)
direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed as to timely payment of 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;
(ii)
(A) demand and time deposits in, certificates of
deposit of, bankers’ acceptances issued by or federal
funds sold by any depository institution or trust company
(including the Trustee or the Master Servicer or their agents
acting in their respective commercial capacities) incorporated
under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state authorities, so long as, at the time of such
investment or contractual commitment providing for such
investment, such depository institution or trust company or its
ultimate parent has a short-term uninsured debt rating in one of
the two highest available rating categories of the Rating Agency
and (B) any other demand or time deposit or deposit which is
fully insured by the FDIC;
(iii)
repurchase obligations with respect to any
security described in clause (i) above and entered into
with a depository institution or trust company (acting as
principal) rated A or higher by the Rating Agency;
(iv)
securities bearing interest or sold at a
discount that are issued by any corporation incorporated under
the laws of the United States of America, the District of
Columbia or any State thereof and that are rated by the Rating
Agency in its highest long-term unsecured rating categories at
the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing
for such investment;
(v)
commercial paper (including both
non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing
obligations) that is rated by the Rating Agency in its highest
short-term unsecured debt rating available at the time of such
investment;
(vi)
units of money market funds (which may be 12b-1
funds, as contemplated by the Commission under the Investment
Company Act of 1940) registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 including funds managed or advised by the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or an affiliate thereof having the highest
applicable rating from the Rating Agency; and
(vii)
if previously confirmed in writing to the
Trustee, any other demand, money market or time deposit, or any
other obligation, security or investment, as may be acceptable
to the Rating Agency in writing as a permitted investment of
funds backing securities having ratings equivalent to its
highest initial rating of the Senior Certificates;
provided, however , that no instrument
described hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive
(a) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying
such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments
derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the
interest and principal payments with respect to such instrument
provide a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the
yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
“Permitted Transferee”:
Any Transferee of a Residual Certificate other than a
Disqualified Organization or a non-U.S. Person.
“Person”: Any individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“Physical Certificates”:
The Residual Certificate.
“Pool Balance”: As to
any Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated Principal
Balances, as of the Close of Business on the first day of the
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs, of the Mortgage Loans in all Loan Groups that were
Outstanding Mortgage Loans on that day.
“Prepayment Penalty Amount”:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan and each Distribution
Date, all premiums or charges, if any, paid by Mortgagors under
the related Mortgage Notes as a result of full or partial
Principal Prepayments collected by the applicable Servicer
during the immediately preceding Prepayment Period, but only to
the extent required to be remitted to the Master Servicer on the
applicable Servicer Remittance Date under the terms of the
related Servicing Agreement.
“Prepayment Period”:
With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
“Primary Insurance Policy”:
Mortgage guaranty insurance, if any, on an individual
Mortgage Loan, as evidenced by a policy or certificate.
“Principal Balance”: As
to any Mortgage Loan, other than a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, and
any day, the related Cut-Off Date Principal Balance, minus all
collections credited against the Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan after the Cut-Off Date. For purposes of this
definition, a Liquidated Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have a
Principal Balance equal to the Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loan as of the final recovery of related Liquidation
Proceeds and a Principal Balance of zero thereafter. As to
any REO Property and any day, the Principal Balance of the
related Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Mortgage Loan
becoming REO Property.
“Principal Deficiency
Amount”: For any Distribution Date and for any
Undercollateralized Group, the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Class Certificate Principal Balance of such Undercollateralized
Group immediately prior to such Distribution Date over the sum
of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in the related
Loan Group immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
“Principal Distribution
Amount”: With respect to each Loan Group and any
Distribution Date, the sum of (a) each scheduled payment of
principal collected or advanced on the related Mortgage Loans by
the related Servicer or the Master Servicer in respect of the
related Due Period, (b) that portion of the Purchase Price,
representing principal of any repurchased Mortgage Loan in that
Loan Group, deposited to the Collection Account during the
related Prepayment Period, (c) the principal portion of any
related Substitution Adjustments with respect to that Loan Group
deposited in the Collection Account during the related
Prepayment Period, (d) the principal portion of all
Insurance Proceeds received during the related Prepayment Period
with respect to Mortgage Loans in that Loan Group that are not
yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans, (e) the principal portion of
all Net Liquidation Proceeds received during the related
Prepayment Period with respect to Liquidated Mortgage Loans in
that Loan Group (other than Recoveries), (f) all Principal
Prepayments in part or in full on Mortgage Loans in that Loan
Group applied by the Servicers or the Master Servicer during the
related Prepayment Period, (g) all Recoveries received during
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and (h) on the Distribution Date on which the Trust is to
be terminated pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof, that portion of
the Termination Price in respect of principal for that Loan
Group.
“Principal Prepayment”:
Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a
Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and that is not accompanied by an amount of interest
representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any
Due Date in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment.
“Private Certificates”:
The Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
“Private Placement
Memorandum”: The Private Placement Memorandum
dated March 24, 2005, relating to the initial sale of the Class
B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
“Pro Rata Share”: As to
any Distribution Date and any Class of Subordinate Certificates,
the portion of the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount
allocable to such Class, equal to the product of the (a)
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount on such date and (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the related Class
Certificate Principal Balance of that Class and the denominator
of which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Principal
Balances of all the Classes of Subordinate Certificates.
“Proprietary Lease”:
With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a lease or occupancy
agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of
related Cooperative Shares.
“Prospectus”: The
Prospectus Supplement, together with the accompanying
prospectus, dated February 22, 2005, relating to the Senior
Certificates and the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates.
“Prospectus Supplement”:
That certain Prospectus Supplement, dated March 24, 2005,
relating to the initial sale of the Senior Certificates and the
Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.
“Purchase Price”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property to be purchased
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or Section 3.21
hereof, and as confirmed by an Officers’ Certificate from
the Seller to the Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of
(i) 100% of the Principal Balance thereof as of the date of
purchase (or such other price as provided in Section 10.01),
plus (ii) in the case of (x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued
interest on such Principal Balance at the applicable Loan Rate
from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a
payment by the Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month
in which the purchase is to be effected, and (y) an REO
Property, the sum of (1) accrued interest on such Principal
Balance at the applicable Loan Rate from the Due Date as to
which interest was last covered by a payment by the Mortgagor
plus (2) REO Imputed Interest for such REO Property for each
calendar month commencing with the calendar month in which such
REO Property was acquired and ending with the calendar month in
which such purchase is to be effected, net of the total of all
net rental income, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
that as of the date of purchase had been distributed as or to
cover REO Imputed Interest, plus (iii) any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and any unpaid Expense Fees allocable to such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property, plus (iv) in the case of a
Mortgage Loan required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.03
hereof, any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in
connection with any violation by such Mortgage Loan of any
predatory- or abusive-lending laws.
“Qualified Insurer”: A
mortgage guaranty 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 a mortgage
guaranty insurance business in such states and to write the
insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it,
approved as a Fannie Mae-approved mortgage insurer and having a
claims paying ability rating of at least “AA” or
equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization. Any replacement insurer with respect to a
Mortgage Loan must have at least as high a claims paying ability
rating as the insurer it replaces had on the Closing Date.
“Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan”: A mortgage loan substituted for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which
must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an
outstanding principal balance, after application of all
scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior
to the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not more
than 5% less than, the Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the
substitution occurs, (ii) have a maximum loan rate not less
than the Maximum Loan Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan,
(iii) have a gross margin equal to or greater than the
Gross Margin of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) have the same
Index as the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) have its next adjustment
date not more than two months after the next Adjustment Date of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi) have a remaining term to
maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than)
that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii) be current as of
the date of substitution, (viii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio
and a Loan-to-Collateral Value Ratio as of the date of
substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio and
the Loan-to-Collateral Value Ratio, respectively, of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan as of such date, (ix) have been underwritten
or re-underwritten in accordance with the same or substantially
similar underwriting criteria and guidelines as the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (x) is of the same or better credit quality as
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (xi) conform to each
representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.04 hereof
applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. 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 terms described in clause (vi) hereof shall
be determined on the basis of weighted average remaining term to
maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratio and Loan-to-Collateral Value
Ratio described in clause (viii) 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 (x) hereof must be satisfied
as to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the
aggregate, as the case may be.
“Rating Agency”:
S&P and any successor thereto. If S&P or its
successor shall no longer be in existence, “Rating
Agency” shall include such nationally recognized
statistical rating agency, or other comparable Person, as shall
have been designated by the Depositor, notice of which
designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Master
Servicer.
“Realized Loss”: With
respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount of loss
realized equal to the portion of the Principal Balance remaining
unpaid after application of all Net Liquidation Proceeds in
respect of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
“Recognition Agreement”:
With respect to any Cooperative Loan, an agreement between
the related Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan to establish the rights of such originator in the
related Cooperative Property.
“Record Date”: With
respect to each Distribution Date and all Classes of
Certificates, the last Business Day of the calendar month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
“Recovery”: With
respect to any Distribution Date and a Mortgage Loan that became
a Liquidated Mortgage Loan in a month preceding the related
Prepayment Period to such Distribution Date and with respect to
which the related Realized Loss was allocated to one or more
Classes of Certificates, an amount received in respect of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period,
net of any reimbursable expenses.
“Refinancing Mortgage Loan”:
Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection with the
refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
“Regular Certificate”:
Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5,
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class
B-6 Certificate.
“Relief Act”: The
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state or local
law.
“Relief Act Reductions”:
With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage
Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of
interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended Due
Period as a result of the application of the Relief Act, the
amount, if any, by which (i) interest collectible on that
Mortgage Loan during such Due Period is less than (ii) one
month’s interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan at the Loan Rate for such Mortgage Loan before
giving effect to the application of the Relief Act.
“REMIC”: A “real
estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of
Section 860D of the Code.
“REMIC Opinion”: An
Independent Opinion of Counsel, to the effect that the proposed
action described therein would not cause an Adverse REMIC
Event.
“REMIC Provisions”:
Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real
estate mortgage investment conduits which appear at Section 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and
related provisions, and regulations and rulings promulgated
thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to
time.
“Remittance Report”:
The Master Servicer’s Remittance Report to the
Securities Administrator providing information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan which is provided no later than the second
Business Day following each Determination Date and which shall
contain such information as may be agreed upon by the Master
Servicer and the Securities Administrator and which shall be
sufficient to enable the Securities Administrator to prepare the
related Distribution Date Statement.
“Rents from Real Property”:
With respect to any REO Property, gross income of the
character described in Section 856(d) of the Code.
“REO Account”: The
account or accounts maintained by a Servicer in respect of an
REO Property pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement.
“REO Disposition”: The
sale or other disposition of an REO Property on behalf of the
Trust.
“REO Imputed Interest”:
As to any REO Property, for any calendar month during
which such REO Property was at any time part of the Trust Fund,
one month’s interest at the applicable Net Loan Rate on
the Principal Balance of such REO Property (or, in the case of
the first such calendar month, of the related Mortgage Loan if
appropriate) as of the Close of Business on the Due Date in such
calendar month.
“REO Principal Amortization”:
With respect to any REO Property, for any calendar month,
the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of all amounts received
in respect of such REO Property during such calendar month,
whether in the form of rental income, sale proceeds (including,
without limitation, that portion of the Termination Price paid
in connection with a purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and
REO Properties pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof that is
allocable to such REO Property) or otherwise, net of any portion
of such amounts (i) payable pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the related Servicing Agreement in respect of the
proper operation, management and maintenance of such REO
Property or (ii) payable or reimbursable to the applicable
Servicer pursuant to the applicable provisions of the related
Servicing Agreement for unpaid Master Servicing Fees and
Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and
unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances in respect of such
REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan, over (b) the REO
Imputed Interest in respect of such REO Property for such
calendar month.
“REO Property”: A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the applicable Servicer on behalf
of the Trust through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the related
Servicing Agreement.
“Request for Release” :
A release signed by a Servicing Officer, in the form of
Exhibit F attached hereto.
“Residential Dwelling”:
Any one of the following: (i) a detached one-family
dwelling, (ii) a detached two- to four-family dwelling,
(iii) a one-family dwelling unit in a condominium project,
(iv) a manufactured home, (v) a cooperative unit or (vi) a
detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development, none
of which is a mobile home.
“Residual Certificate”:
The Class A-R Certificate.
“Responsible Officer”:
When used with respect to the Trustee, any director, any
vice president, any assistant vice president, any associate or
any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and, with respect to a particular matter, to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted Classes” :
As defined in Section 5.01(e).
“Restricted Global Security”:
As defined in Section 6.01.
“Retained Interest”: As
to any Employee Loans originated by Thornburg and each
Distribution Date, interest accrued on the Principal Balance
thereof at the Retained Rate.
“Retained Interest Holder”:
With respect to each Employee Loan, the Seller or any
successor in interest by assignment or otherwise.
“Retained Rate”: As of
the Cut-off Date, and for each Due Period thereafter, 0.00% per
annum; provided, however, if the related Mortgagor of the
Employee Loan ceases to be an employee or a director of
Thornburg or its Affiliates, the amount of the increase
in the per annum rate set forth in the related Mortgage
Note.
“S&P”: Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Securities Administrator”:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or its successor in interest, or
any successor securities administrator appointed as herein
provided.
“Security Agreement”:
With respect to any Cooperative Loan, the agreement
between the owner of the related Cooperative Shares and the
originator of the related Mortgage Note that defines the terms
of the security interest in such Cooperative Shares and the
related Proprietary Lease.
“Seller”: Thornburg, in
its capacity as seller under this Agreement.
“Senior Certificate”:
Any one of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4,
Class A-5 or Class A-R Certificates.
“Senior Certificate Group”:
Any of (a) the Class A-1 and Class A-R Certificates with
respect to Loan Group 1, (b) the Class A-2 Certificates with
respect to Loan Group 2, (c) the Class A-3 Certificates with
respect to Loan Group 3, (d) the Class A-4 Certificates with
respect to Loan Group 4 and (e) the Class A-5 Certificates with
respect to Loan Group 5.
“Senior Certificateholder”:
Any Holder of a Senior Certificate.
“Senior Credit Support Depletion
Date”: The date on which the Class Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Subordinate Certificates has
been reduced to zero.
“Senior Percentage”:
With respect to each Loan Group and any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which
is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Principal Balances of
the Classes of Senior Certificates relating to that Loan Group
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator
of which is the Loan Group Balance in the related Loan Group for
such Distribution Date provided, however, that on any
Distribution Date after a Senior Termination Date has occurred
with respect to a Senior Certificate Group, the Senior
Percentage for the related Loan Group will be equal to 0% and;
provided, further, that on any Distribution Date after a Senior
Termination Date has occurred with respect to four Senior
Certificate Groups, the Senior Percentage of the Loan Group
related to the remaining Senior Certificates is the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances of each
remaining Class of Senior Certificates immediately prior to such
date and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the
Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes of Certificates,
immediately prior to such date.
“Senior Prepayment
Percentage”: With respect to each Loan Group and
any Distribution Date before April 2012, 100%. Except as
provided herein, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Loan
Group for any Distribution Date occurring on or after the
seventh anniversary of the first Distribution Date will be as
follows: (i) from April 2012 through March 2013, the
related Senior Percentage plus 70% of the related Subordinate
Percentage for that Distribution Date; (ii) from April 2013
through March 2014, the related Senior Percentage plus 60% of
the related Subordinate Percentage for that Distribution Date;
(iii) from April 2014 through March 2015, the related
Senior Percentage plus 40% of the related Subordinate Percentage
for that Distribution Date; (iv) from April 2015 through
March 2016, the related Senior Percentage plus 20% of the
related Subordinate Percentage for that Distribution Date; and
(v) from and after April 2016, the related Senior
Percentage for that Distribution Date; provided, however,
that there shall be no reduction in the Senior Prepayment
Percentage for any Loan Group unless the Step Down Conditions
are satisfied; and provided, further , that if on any
Distribution Date occurring on or after the Distribution Date in
April 2012, the Senior Percentage for any Loan Group exceeds the
initial Senior Percentage for such Loan Group, the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage for that Distribution Date will
again equal 100%.
Notwithstanding the above, (i) if on any
Distribution Date prior to April 2008 the Two Times Test is
satisfied, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Loan Group
will equal the related Senior Percentage for such Distribution
Date plus 50% of an amount equal to 100% minus the related
Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date and (ii) if on any
Distribution Date in or after April 2008 the Two Times Test is
satisfied, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Loan Group
will equal the related Senior Percentage for such Distribution
Date.
“Senior Principal Distribution
Amount”: With respect to each Loan Group and any
Distribution Date, the sum of:
(1)
the related Senior Percentage of all amounts
described in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of
“Principal Distribution Amount” for that
Distribution Date;
(2)
with respect to each Mortgage Loan in that Loan
Group which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related
Prepayment Period, the lesser of
(x)
the related Senior Percentage of the Stated
Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan; and
(y)
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal
received with respect to that Mortgage Loan; and
(3)
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
amounts described in clause (f) of the definition of
“Principal Distribution Amount;”
provided, however , that on any
Distribution Date after a Senior Termination Date has occurred
with respect to four Senior Certificate Groups, the Senior
Principal Distribution Amount for the remaining Senior
Certificate Group will be calculated pursuant to the above
formula based on all the Mortgage Loans rather than the Mortgage
Loans in the related Loan Group only.
“Senior Termination Date”:
For each Senior Certificate Group, the Distribution Date
on which the aggregate of the Class Certificate Principal
Balances of the related Senior Certificates is reduced to
zero.
“Servicer”: Each of the
several primary servicers of the Mortgage Loans as set forth and
as individually defined in Exhibit N hereto and any successors
thereto.
“Servicer Remittance Date”:
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the 18th day of each
month, or the next Business Day if such 18th day is not a
Business Day.
“Servicing Account”:
Any account established and maintained for the benefit of
the Master Servicer or the Trust by a Servicer with respect to
the related Mortgage Loans and any REO Property, pursuant to the
terms of the respective Servicing Agreement.
“Servicing Advances”:
With respect to any Servicer or the Master Servicer, all
customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket”
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and expenses) incurred by any Servicer or the Master Servicer in
the performance of its servicing obligations hereunder,
including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation,
restoration, inspection and protection of the Mortgaged
Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings,
including foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of
the REO Property and (iv) compliance with the obligations under
Article III hereof or the related Servicing Agreements.
“Servicing Agreement”:
The servicing agreements relating to the Mortgage Loans as
set forth in Exhibit N hereto, servicing arrangements for any
Mortgage Loans under the Seller’s Correspondent Sellers
Guide, and any other servicing agreement entered into between a
successor servicer and the Seller or the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Servicing Fee”: With
respect to each Servicer and each Mortgage Loan serviced by such
Servicer and for any calendar month, the fee payable to such
Servicer determined pursuant to the related Servicing
Agreement.
“Servicing Fee Rate”:
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum
servicing fee rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Servicing Officer”:
Any officer of a Master Servicer or Servicer involved in,
or responsible for, the administration and servicing of Mortgage
Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of
servicing officers furnished by the Master Servicer to the
Trustee and the Depositor on the Closing Date, as such list may
from time to time be amended.
“Significant Modification”:
As defined in Section 3.21.
“Significant Modification
Loan”: As defined in Section 3.21.
“Six-Month LIBOR”: The
average of interbank offered rates for six-month U.S. dollar
deposits in the London market based on quotations of major
banks.
“Six-Month LIBOR Indexed”:
Indicates a Mortgage Loan that has an adjustable Loan Rate
calculated on the basis of the Six-Month LIBOR index.
“Startup Day”: As
defined in Section 9.01(b) hereof.
“Stated Principal Balance”:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan: (a) as of the
Distribution Date in April 2005, the Cut-Off Date Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan, (b) thereafter as of any
date of determination up to and including the Distribution Date
on which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with
respect to such Mortgage Loan would be distributed, the
outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
Cut-Off Date, as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, minus, in
the case of each Mortgage Loan, the sum of (i) the
principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on a Due Date
subsequent to the Cut-Off Date, whether or not received,
(ii) all Principal Prepayments received after the Cut-Off
Date, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 5.01 before
such date of determination and (iii) all Liquidation
Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds applied by the applicable
Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the related Servicing Agreement, to the
extent distributed pursuant to Section 5.01 before such date of
determination; and (c) as of any date of determination
subsequent to the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if
any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan
would be distributed, zero. With respect to any REO
Property: (x) as of any date of determination up to and
including the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if any,
of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property would
be distributed, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the
Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the
date on which such REO Property was acquired on behalf of the
Trust, minus the aggregate amount of REO Principal Amortization
in respect of such REO Property for all previously ended
calendar months, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section
5.01 before such date of determination; and (y) as of
any date of determination subsequent to the Distribution Date on
which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect
to such REO Property would be distributed, zero.
“Step Down Conditions”: As of any
Distribution Date on which any decrease in any Senior Prepayment
Percentage may apply, (i) the outstanding Principal Balance of
all Mortgage Loans 60 days or more Delinquent (including
Mortgage Loans in REO and foreclosure) (averaged over the
preceding six month period), as a percentage of the aggregate of
the Class Certificate Principal Balances of the Classes of
Subordinate Certificates on such Distribution Date, does not
equal or exceed 50% and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses
with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans do not exceed:
·
for any
Distribution Date on or after the seventh anniversary until the
eighth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 30% of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate
Certificates as of the Closing Date,
·
for any
Distribution Date on or after the eighth anniversary until the
ninth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 35% of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate
Certificates as of the Closing Date,
·
for any
Distribution Date on or after the ninth anniversary until the
tenth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 40% of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate
Certificates as of the Closing Date,
·
for any
Distribution Date on or after the tenth anniversary until the
eleventh anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 45% of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate
Certificates as of the Closing Date, and
·
for any
Distribution Date on or after the eleventh anniversary
anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 50% of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate Certificates as
of the Closing Date.
“Subordinate Certificate”:
Any one of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4,
Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates.
“Subordinate Certificate Pass-Through
Rate”: With respect to each Class of Subordinate
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the rate per annum equal
to the weighted average of the Net WACs for Loan Group 1, Loan
Group 2, Loan Group 3, Loan Group 4 and Loan Group 5 (weighted
on the basis of the respective Subordinate Components).
“Subordinate Component”:
With respect to each Loan Group and any Distribution Date,
the excess of the related Loan Group Balance for such
Distribution Date over the aggregate Class Certificate Principal
Balance of the related Senior Certificate Group immediately
preceding such Distribution Date. The designation
“1,” “2,” “3,”
“4” or “5” appearing after the
corresponding Loan Group designation is used to indicate a
Subordinate Component allocable to Loan Group 1, Loan Group 2,
Loan Group 3, Loan Group 4 and Loan Group 5, respectively.
“Subordinate Percentage”:
With respect to each Loan Group and any Distribution Date,
the difference between 100% and the related Senior Percentage
for such Loan Group and Distribution Date; provided,
however , that on any Distribution Date occurring after a
Senior Termination Date has occurred with respect to four Senior
Certificate Groups, the Subordinate Percentage will represent
the entire interest of the Subordinate Certificates in the
Mortgage Loans and will equal the difference between 100% and
the related Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date.
“Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage”: With respect to each Loan Group and
any Distribution Date, the difference between 100% and the
related Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution
Date.
“Subordinate Principal Distribution
Amount”: With respect to each Loan Group and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of:
(1)
the related Subordinate Percentage of all
amounts described in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition
of “Principal Distribution Amount” for that Loan
Group and Distribution Date;
(2)
with respect to each Mortgage Loan in such Loan
Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related
Prepayment Period, the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds
allocated to principal received with respect thereto remaining
after application thereof pursuant to clause (2) of the
definition of “Senior Principal Distribution Amount”
for that Loan Group and Distribution Date, up to the related
Subordinate Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan; and
(3)
the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage
of all amounts described in clause (f) of the definition of
“Principal Distribution Amount” for such Loan Group
and Distribution Date;
provided, however , that on any
Distribution Date occurring after a Senior Termination Date has
occurred with respect to four Senior Certificate Groups, the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount will not be calculated
by Loan Group but will equal the amount calculated pursuant to
the formula set forth above based on the applicable Subordinate
Percentage or Subordinate Prepayment Percentage, as applicable,
for such Distribution Date with respect to all the Mortgage
Loans rather than the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group
only.
“Substitution Adjustment”:
As defined in Section 2.03(d) hereof.
“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 the REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss
Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed on behalf of
each of the REMICs created hereunder 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.
“Termination Price”: As
defined in Section 10.01(a) hereof.
“Thornburg”: Thornburg
Mortgage Home Loans, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns.
“Transfer”: Any direct
or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate.
“Transfer Affidavit”:
As defined in Section 6.02(e)(ii) hereof.
“Transferee”: Any
Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
“Trust”: Thornburg
Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-1, the Delaware statutory trust
created hereunder.
“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, such Trust
Fund consisting of: (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time
are subject to this Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files
relating thereto, and together with all collections thereon and
proceeds thereof (but not including any Prepayment Penalty
Amounts), (ii) any REO Property, together with all collections
thereon and proceeds thereof, (iii) the Trustee’s rights
with respect to the Mortgage Loans under all insurance policies
required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any
proceeds thereof, (iv) the Depositor’s rights under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any security
interest created thereby); (v) the Depositor's security interest
in the Additional Collateral, (vi) the Collection Account, the
Distribution Account (subject to the last sentence of this
definition), any REO Account and such assets that are deposited
therein from time to time and any investments thereof, together
with any and all income, proceeds and payments with respect
thereto, (vii) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to each security or pledge agreement in respect of
Additional Collateral and (viii) all right, title and
interest of the Seller in and to each of the Servicing
Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the
Trust Fund specifically excludes (1) all payments and other
collections of interest and principal due on the Mortgage Loans
on or before the Cut-Off Date and principal received before the
Cut-Off Date (except any principal collected as part of a
payment due after the Cut-Off Date), (2) all income and gain
realized from Permitted Investments of funds on deposit in the
Collection Account and the Distribution Account, (3) any
Prepayment Penalty Amounts and (4) any Retained Interest.
“Trustee”: Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, a national banking association, its
successors or assigns, or any successor trustee appointed as
herein provided.
“Trustee Fee”: As to
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the
Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the aggregate of the Principal
Balances of all the Mortgage Loans (including Mortgage Loans
which are REO Property) as of the beginning of the related Due
Period.
“Trustee Fee Rate”:
0.00054% per annum.
“Two Times Test”: As to
any Distribution Date, (i) the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage
is at least two times the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage as of
the Closing Date; (ii) the aggregate of the Principal Balances
of all Mortgage Loans Delinquent 60 days or more (including
Mortgage Loans in REO and foreclosure) (averaged over the
preceding six-month period), as a percentage of the aggregate of
the Class Certificate Principal Balances of the Subordinate
Certificates, does not equal or exceed 50%; and (iii) on or
after the Distribution Date in April 2008, cumulative Realized
Losses do not exceed 30% of the Original Subordinated Principal
Balance, or prior to the Distribution Date in April 2008,
cumulative Realized Losses do not exceed 20% of the Original
Subordinated Principal Balance.
“Undercollateralized Group” :
With respect to any Distribution Date, any Class of Senior
Certificates as to which the aggregate Class Certificate
Principal Balance thereof, after giving effect to distributions
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) on such date, is greater than the
Loan Group Balance of the related Loan Group for such
Distribution Date.
“Underwriter’s
Exemption”: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 97-34, 62
Fed. Reg. 39021 (1997), as amended (or any successor thereto),
or any substantially similar administrative exemption granted by
the U.S. Department of Labor.
“Uninsured Cause”: Any
cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property such that the complete
restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the
hazard insurance policies required to be maintained on such
Mortgaged Property.
“United States Person” or
“U.S. Person”: A citizen or resident of
the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax
purposes (other than a partnership that is not treated as a U.S.
Person pursuant to any applicable Treasury regulations) created
or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate the
income of which from sources without the United States is
includible 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, or a trust if a
court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more
United States persons have authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust. The term “United
States” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
“Unpaid Interest Shortfall
Amount”: With respect to each Class of
Certificates and (i) the first Distribution Date, zero, and
(ii) any Distribution Date after the first Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which (1)(a) the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount for that Class for the immediately
preceding Distribution Date exceeds (b) the aggregate amount
distributed on that Class in respect of such Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount on the preceding Distribution Date plus (2)
any such shortfalls remaining unpaid from prior Distribution
Dates.
“Upper Tier REMIC”: As
described in the Preliminary Statement.
“Value”: With respect
to any Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgaged Property, the
lesser of:
(i)
the value of such Mortgaged Property as
determined by an appraisal made for the originator of the
Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan by
an appraiser who met the minimum requirements of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac; and
(ii)
the purchase price paid for the related
Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor with the proceeds of the
Mortgage Loan;
provided, however, that in the case of a
Refinancing Mortgage Loan, such value of the Mortgaged Property
is based solely upon the value determined by an appraisal made
for the originator of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan at the time
of origination by an appraiser who met the minimum requirements
of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
“Voting Rights”: The
portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is
allocated to any Certificate. 99% of the voting rights
shall be allocated among the Classes of Certificates, pro rata,
based on a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the Class Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Class
Certificate Principal Balances then outstanding and 1% of the
voting rights shall be allocated to the Holder of the Class A-R
Certificate; provided, however , that when none of the
Regular Certificates is outstanding, 100% of the voting rights
shall be allocated to the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate.
The voting rights allocated to a Class of Certificates
shall be allocated among all Holders of such Class, pro rata,
based on a fraction the numerator of which is the Certificate
Principal Balance or Certificate Notional Balance of each
Certificate of such Class and the denominator of which is the
Class Certificate Principal Balance or Class Certificate
Notional Balance of such Class; provided, however , that
any Certificate registered in the name of the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee
or any of their respective affiliates shall not be included in
the calculation of Voting Rights.
“Writedown Amount”: The
reduction described in Section 5.03(c).
SECTION 1.02. Accounting.
Unless otherwise specified herein, for the
purpose of any definition or calculation, whenever amounts are
required to be netted, subtracted or added or any distributions
are taken into account such definition or calculation and any
related definitions or calculations shall be determined without
duplication of such functions.
ARTICLE IA
ORGANIZATION OF TRUST
Section 1A.01. Name of Trust . The
name of the Trust formed under the Original Trust Agreement is
“Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-1,” in
which name the Trustee may conduct the business and affairs of
the Trust, make and execute contracts and agreements on behalf
of the Trust and sue and be sued.
Section 1A.02. Office . The
office of the Trust shall be in care of the Trustee. The
office of the Trust shall be located at its Corporate Trust
Office, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate by
written notice to the Certificateholders, each Rating Agency and
the other parties to this Agreement.
Section 1A.03. Declaration of Trust
.
Under the Original Trust Agreement and effective as of the
date hereof, the Depositor appointed Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company as Trustee of the Trust, to have all the rights
powers and duties set forth herein. Under the Original
Trust Agreement and effective as of the date hereof, the
Depositor appointed Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware to act
as Delaware Trustee. It is the intention of the parties
hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under Chapter
38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del . Code
§ 3801 et seq ., as the same may be amended
from time to time ( the “Delaware Statutory Trust
Statute” or “ DSTS ”), and that
this Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Original
Trust Agreement and constitutes the governing instrument of such
statutory trust. Effective as of the date hereof, the
Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth in
the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. It is hereby
confirmed that the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee were
authorized to execute the Original Trust Agreement and to file a
Certificate of Trust in substantially the form of Exhibit M with
the Secretary of State of Delaware, on behalf of the Trust.
Section 1A.04. Purpose and Powers
. The
purposes of the Trust are (i) to issue the Certificates and to
sell the Certificates to or at the direction of the Depositor;
(ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates, to
purchase the Mortgage Loans and all related assets and to pay
any organizational start-up and transactional expenses of the
Trust; (iii) to enter into this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder; (iv) to engage in those activities,
including entering into agreements, that are necessary, suitable
or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental
thereto or connected therewith; and (v) subject to compliance
with this Agreement, to engage in such other activities as may
be required in connection with the conservation of the assets of
the Trust and the making of distributions to the
Certificateholders. The Trust is hereby authorized to
engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust shall not
engage in any activity other than in connection with the
foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms
of this Agreement.
Section 1A.05. Liability of the
Certificateholders . The Certificateholders shall be
entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended
to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 1A.06. Title To Trust Property
.
Legal title to the assets of the Trust shall be vested at
all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity except where
applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of
the Trust to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case
title shall be deemed to be vested in the Trustee, a co-trustee
and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be, and in each case
on behalf of the Trust. The Certificateholders shall not
have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust.
No transfer by operation of law or otherwise of any
interest of the Certificateholders shall operate to terminate
this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee
to an accounting or to the transfer to it of any part of the
assets of the Trust. The Trustee, in such capacity and in
its capacity as Custodian, is hereby authorized to hold all
assets of the Trust on behalf of the Trust, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders.
Section 1A.07. Situs of Trust . The
Trust will be located in the State of Delaware and administered
in the States of Delaware, California and Maryland.
Nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Trustee from
having employees within or without the State of Delaware.
The Trust may also be qualified to do business in the
State of New York.
Section 1A.08. The Delaware Trustee
.
(a) The Delaware Trustee is appointed to serve
as the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware for the
sole purpose of satisfying the requirement of Section 3807(a) of
the DSTS that the Trust have at least one trustee with a
principal place of business in the State of Delaware. It
is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the Delaware
Trustee shall have none of the duties, obligations or
liabilities of the Trustee.
(b)
The duties of the Delaware Trustee shall be
limited to (i) accepting legal process served on the Trust in
the State of Delaware and (ii) the execution of any certificates
required to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State which
the Delaware Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811
of the DSTS. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the
Delaware Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and
liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or the
Certificateholders, it is hereby understood and agreed by the
other parties hereto that such duties and liabilities are
replaced by the duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee
expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Delaware
Trustee shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of the
Trustee. Except as provided above, the Delaware Trustee
shall not be deemed a trustee and shall have no management
responsibilities or owe any fiduciary duties to the Trust or the
Certificateholders.
(c)
The Delaware Trustee may be removed by the
Trustee upon 30 days prior written notice to the Delaware
Trustee. The Delaware Trustee may resign upon 30 days prior
written notice to the Trustee. No resignation or removal of the
Delaware Trustee shall be effective except upon the appointment
of a successor Delaware Trustee. If no successor has been
appointed within such 30 day period, the Delaware Trustee or the
Trustee may, at the expense of the Trust, petition a court to
appoint a successor Delaware Trustee.
(d)
Any Person into which the Delaware Trustee may
be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Delaware
Trustee shall be a party, or any Person which succeeds to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Delaware Trustee, shall be the successor Delaware Trustee under
this Agreement without the execution, delivery or filing of any
paper or instrument or further act to be done on the part of the
parties hereto, except as may be required by applicable law.
(e)
The Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to all of
the same rights, protections indemnities and immunities under
this Agreement and with respect to the Trust as the Trustee.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement
which adversely affects the Delaware Trustee shall be effective
against it without its prior written consent.
The Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for the
acts or omissions of the Trustee, nor shall the Delaware Trustee
be liable for supervising or monitoring the performance and the
duties and obligations of the Trustee or the Trust under this
Agreement or any related document. The Delaware Trustee
shall not be personally liable under any circumstances, except
for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence.
In particular, but not by way of limitation:
(i)
the Delaware Trustee shall not be personally
liable for any error of judgment made in good faith;
(ii)
no provision of this Agreement shall require the
Delaware Trustee to expend or risk its personal funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
its rights or powers hereunder, if the Delaware Trustee shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that the payment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(iii)
under no circumstances shall the Delaware
Trustee be personally liable for any representation, warranty,
covenant, agreement, or indebtedness of the Trust;
(iv)
the Delaware Trustee shall not be personally
responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of
this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by any other
party hereto;
(v)
the Delaware Trustee shall incur no liability to
anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice,
resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report,
opinion, bond or other document or paper reasonably believed by
it to be genuine and reasonably believed by it to be signed by
the proper party or parties. The Delaware Trustee may
accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of
directors or other governing body of any corporate party as
conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted
by such body and that the same is in full force and effect.
As to any fact or matter the manner of ascertainment of
which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Delaware
Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate,
signed by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the
Master Servicer, as applicable, as to such fact or matter, and
such certificate shall constitute full protection to the
Delaware Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in reliance thereon;
(vi)
in the exercise or administration of the Trust
hereunder, the Delaware Trustee (a) may act directly or through
agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any
of them, and the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for the
default or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents
or attorneys shall have been selected by the Delaware Trustee in
good faith and with due care and (b) may consult with counsel,
accountants and other skilled persons to be selected by it in
good faith and with due care and employed by it, and it shall
not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice or opinion of any such
counsel, accountants or other skilled persons; and
(vii)
except as expressly provided in this Section
1A.08, in accepting and performing the trusts hereby created the
Delaware Trustee acts solely as trustee hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, and all persons having any claim against
the Delaware Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall look only to the Trust Fund for payment
or satisfaction thereof.
(f)
In the event of the appointment of a successor
Delaware Trustee, such successor shall cause an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust to be filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware in accordance with Section 3810 of the DSTS, indicating
the change of such Delaware Trustee’s identity. In
addition, until the termination of the Trust and this Agreement,
either the Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall at all times
fulfill the requirements of the DSTS.
(g)
Upon the winding up of the Trust, the Trustee
shall cause the certificate of trust to be cancelled by filing a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of
Delaware.
Section 1A.09 Separateness Provisions
. The Trust shall not commingle
its assets with those of any other entity. The Trust shall
maintain its financial and accounting books and records separate
from those of any other entity. Except as expressly set
forth herein, the Trust shall pay its indebtedness, operating
expenses and liabilities from its own funds, and the Trust shall
neither incur any indebtedness nor pay the indebtedness,
operating expenses and liabilities of any other entity.
The Trust shall not engage in any dissolution,
liquidation, consolidation, merger or sale of assets except as
specifically provided for herein. The Trust shall maintain
appropriate minutes or other records of all appropriate actions
and shall maintain its office separate from the offices of the
Depositor or any of its Affiliates. The Trust shall not
engage in any business activity other than as contemplated by
this Agreement and related documentation. The Trust shall
not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries and shall not
own or acquire any asset other than as contemplated by this
Agreement and related documentation. Other than as
contemplated by this Agreement and related documentation, the
Trust shall not follow the directions or instructions of the
Depositor. The Trust shall conduct its own business in its
own name. The Trust shall observe all formalities required
under the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute. The Trust
shall not hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the
obligations of any other person or entity. The Trust shall
not acquire the obligations or securities of its Affiliates or
the Seller. Other than as contemplated by this Agreement
and related documentation, the Trust shall not pledge its assets
for the benefit of any other person or entity. The Trust
shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate
identity. The Trust shall not identify itself as a
division of any other person or entity.
For accounting purposes, the Trust shall be
treated as an entity separate and distinct from any
Certificateholder. The pricing and other material terms of
all transactions and agreements to which the Trust is a party
shall be intrinsically fair to all parties thereto. This
Agreement is and shall be the only agreement among the parties
hereto with respect to the creation, operation and termination
of the Trust.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans .
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse for the benefit
of the Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of
the Depositor, including any security interest therein for the
benefit of the Depositor, in and to (i) each Mortgage Loan
(other than the right to receive any Retained Interest or any
Prepayment Penalty Amounts) identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, including the related Cut-Off Date Principal Balance,
all interest due thereon after the Cut-Off Date and all
collections in respect of interest and principal due after the
Cut-Off Date; (ii) all the Depositor’s right, title and
interest in and to the Collection Account and all amounts from
time to time credited to and to the proceeds of the Collection
Account, the Distribution Account and all amounts from time to
time credited to and the proceeds of the Distribution Account;
(iii) any real property that secured each such Mortgage Loan and
that has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure; (iv) the Depositor’s interest in any
insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (v) the
Depositor’s security interest in the Additional
Collateral; (vi) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; and (vii)
all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund.
Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to
the Depositor or the Master Servicer after the Cut-Off Date with
respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Depositor does hereby assign to the Trustee
all of its rights and interest under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, including all rights of the Seller under the
Servicing Agreements to the extent assigned in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement. The Trustee hereby accepts such
assignment, and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of the
Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the
Seller under the Servicing Agreements as if, for such purpose,
it were the Depositor or the Seller, as applicable. The
foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit and
conveyance does not and is not intended to result in creation or
assumption by the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor,
the Seller or any other Person in connection with the Mortgage
Loans or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto
except as specifically set forth herein.
In addition, with respect to any Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan, the Depositor does hereby transfer,
assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Trustee without
recourse (except as provided herein) (i) its rights as assignee
under any security agreements, pledge agreements or guarantees
relating to the Additional Collateral supporting any Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan, (ii) its security interest in and to
any Additional Collateral and (iii) its right to receive
payments in respect of any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement.
For purposes of complying with the requirements
of the Asset-Backed Securities Facilitation Act of the State of
Delaware, 6 Del. C. § 2701A, et seq. (the “
Securitization Act ”), each of the parties hereto
hereby agrees that:
(i)
any property, assets or rights purported to be
transferred, in whole or in part, by the Depositor pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed to no longer be the property,
assets or rights of the Depositor;
(ii)
none of the Depositor, its creditors or, in any
insolvency proceeding with respect to the Depositor or the
Depositor’s property, a bankruptcy trustee, receiver,
debtor, debtor in possession or similar person, to the extent
the issue is governed by Delaware law, shall have any rights,
legal or equitable, whatsoever to reacquire (except pursuant to
a provision of this Agreement), reclaim, recover, repudiate,
disaffirm, redeem or recharacterize as property of the Depositor
any property, assets or rights purported to be transferred, in
whole or in part, by the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement
(including the Assignment);
(iii)
in the event of a bankruptcy, receivership or
other insolvency proceeding with respect to the Depositor or the
Depositor’s property, to the extent the issue is governed
by Delaware law, such property, assets and rights shall not be
deemed to be part of the Depositor’s property, assets,
rights or estate; and
(iv)
the transaction contemplated by this Agreement
shall constitute a “securitization transaction” as
such term is used in the Securitization Act.
In connection with such transfer and assignment,
the Seller, on behalf of the Depositor, does hereby deliver on
the Closing Date, unless otherwise specified in this Section
2.01, to, and deposit with the Trustee, or the Custodian as its
designated agent, the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (a “ Mortgage File
”) so transferred and assigned:
(i)
the original Mortgage Note, endorsed either on
its face or by allonge attached thereto in blank or in the
following form: “Pay to the order of Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as Trustee for Thornburg Mortgage
Securities Trust 2005-1, without recourse”, or with
respect to any lost Mortgage Note, an original Lost Note
Affidavit stating that the original mortgage note was lost,
misplaced or destroyed, together with a copy of the related
mortgage note; provided, however , that such
substitutions of Lost Note Affidavits for original Mortgage
Notes may occur only with respect to Mortgage Loans the
aggregate Cut-Off Date Principal Balance of which is less than
or equal to 2% of the Cut-Off Date Aggregate Principal
Balance;
(ii)
the original of any guarantee, security
agreement or pledge agreement relating to any Additional
Collateral, if applicable, and executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note, assigned to the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust;
(iii)
except as provided below, for each Mortgage Loan
that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, and in
the case of each MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage,
noting the presence of the MIN for that Mortgage Loan and either
language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, or if such Mortgage Loan was not a
MOM Loan at origination, the original Mortgage and the
assignment to MERS, in each case with evidence of recording
thereon, and the original recorded power of attorney, if the
Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with
evidence of recording thereon or, if such Mortgage or power of
attorney has been submitted for recording but has not been
returned from the applicable public recording office, has been
lost or is not otherwise available, a copy of such Mortgage or
power of attorney, as the case may be, together with an
Officer’s Certificate of the Seller certifying that the
copy of such Mortgage delivered to the Trustee (or its
Custodian) is a true copy and that the original of such Mortgage
has been forwarded to the public recording office, or, in the
case of a Mortgage that has been lost, a copy thereof (certified
as provided for under the laws of the appropriate jurisdiction)
and a written Opinion of Counsel (delivered at the
Seller’s expense) acceptable to the Trustee and the
Depositor that an original recorded Mortgage is not required to
enforce the Trustee’s interest in the Mortgage Loan;
(iv)
the original of each assumption, modification or
substitution agreement, if any, relating to the Mortgage Loans,
or, as to any assumption, modification or substitution agreement
which cannot be delivered on or prior to the Closing Date
because of a delay caused by the public recording office where
such assumption, modification or substitution agreement has been
delivered for recordation, a photocopy of such assumption,
modification or substitution agreement, pending delivery of the
original thereof, together with an Officer’s Certificate
of the Seller certifying that the copy of such assumption,
modification or substitution agreement delivered to the Trustee
(or its custodian) on behalf of the Trust is a true copy and
that the original of such agreement has been forwarded to the
public recording office;
(v)
in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, an original Assignment of Mortgage, in form
and substance acceptable for recording. The Mortgage shall
be assigned to “Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Trustee for Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-1, without
recourse;”
(vi)
in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, an original copy of any intervening
Assignment of Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignments,
or, in the case of an intervening Assignment of Mortgage that
has been lost, a written Opinion of Counsel (delivered at the
Seller’s expense) acceptable to the Trustee that such
original intervening Assignment of Mortgage is not required to
enforce the Trustee’s interest in the Mortgage Loans;
(vii)
the original Primary Insurance Policy, if any,
or certificate, if any;
(viii)
the original or a certified copy of
lender’s title insurance policy;
(ix)
the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
any; and
(x)
with respect to any Cooperative Loan, the
Cooperative Loan Documents.
In connection with the assignment of any MERS
Mortgage Loan, the Seller agrees that it will take (or shall
cause the applicable Servicer to take), at the expense of the
Seller (with the cooperation of the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Master Servicer), such actions as are necessary to cause the
MERS® System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been
assigned by the Seller to the Trustee in accordance with this
Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by including
(or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans that are repurchased
in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files the
information required by the MERS® System to identify the
series of the Certificates issued in connection with the
transfer of such Mortgage Loans to the Thornburg Mortgage
Securities Trust 2005-1.
With respect to each Cooperative Loan the
Seller, on behalf of the Depositor does hereby deliver to the
Trustee the related Cooperative Loan Documents and the Seller
will take (or shall cause the applicable Servicer to take), at
the expense of the Seller (with the cooperation of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer) such actions as
are necessary under applicable law (including but not limited to
the relevant UCC) in order to perfect the interest of the
Trustee in the related Mortgaged Property.
Assignments of each Mortgage with respect to
each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan (other than
a Cooperative Loan) shall be recorded; provided, however
, that such assignments need not be recorded if, in the Opinion
of Counsel (which must be from Independent Counsel and not at
the expense of the Trust or the Trustee) acceptable to the
Trustee, the Rating Agency and the Master Servicer, recording in
such states is not required to protect the Trust’s
interest in the related Mortgage Loans; provided,
however , notwithstanding the delivery of any Opinion of
Counsel, each assignment of Mortgage shall be submitted for
recording by the Seller (or the Seller will cause the applicable
Servicer to submit each such assignment for recording), at the
cost and expense of the Seller, in the manner described above,
at no expense to the Trust or Trustee, upon the earliest to
occur of (1) reasonable direction by the Majority
Certificateholders, (2) the occurrence of a bankruptcy or
insolvency relating to the Seller or the Depositor, or (3) with
respect to any one Assignment of Mortgage, the occurrence of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor
under the related Mortgage. Subject to the preceding
sentence, as soon as practicable after the Closing Date (but in
no event more than three months thereafter except to the extent
delays are caused by the applicable recording office), the
Seller shall properly record (or the Seller will cause the
applicable Servicer to properly record), at the expense of the
Seller (with the cooperation of the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Master Servicer), in each public recording office where the
related Mortgages are recorded, each assignment referred to in
Section 2.01(v) above with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is
not a MERS Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver to the
Depositor on or prior to the Closing Date an acknowledgment of
receipt of the original Mortgage Note (with any exceptions
noted), substantially in the form attached as Exhibit G-1
hereto.
If the original lender’s title insurance
policy, or a certified copy thereof, was not delivered pursuant
to Section 2.01(viii) above, the Seller shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Trustee the original or a copy of a
written commitment or interim binder or preliminary report of
title issued by the title insurance or escrow company, with the
original or a certified copy thereof to be delivered to the
Trustee, promptly upon receipt thereof, but in any case within
175 days of the Closing Date. The Seller shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee, promptly upon receipt
thereof, any other documents constituting a part of a Mortgage
File received with respect to any Mortgage Loan sold to the
Depositor by the Seller, including, but not limited to, any
original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of
any Mortgage Loan.
For Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been
prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing
Date, the Seller, in lieu of delivering the above documents,
herewith delivers to the Trustee, or to the Custodian on behalf
of the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate which shall
include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in
connection with such prepayment that are required to be
deposited in the Distribution Account have been so deposited.
All original documents that are not delivered to the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be held by the Master
Servicer or the applicable Servicer in trust for the Trustee,
for the benefit of the Trust and the Certificateholders.
Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any
materially defective document in, or that a document is missing
from, a Mortgage File, the Seller shall have 90 days to cure
such defect or deliver such missing document to the Trustee.
If the Seller does not cure such defect or deliver such
missing document within such time period, the Seller shall
either repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan in
accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee
an executed copy of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by
Trustee .
The Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as
Custodian hereunder and acknowledges the receipt, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.01 and subject to the review described
below and any exceptions noted on the exception report described
in the next paragraph below, of the documents referred to in
Section 2.01 above and all other assets included in the
definition of “Trust Fund” and declares that, in its
capacity as Custodian, it holds and will hold such documents and
the other documents delivered to it constituting a Mortgage
File, and that it holds or will hold all such assets and such
other assets included in the definition of “Trust
Fund” in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee further agrees, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File delivered
to it and to certify and deliver to the Depositor, the Seller
and the Rating Agency an interim certification in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2, within 90 days after
the Closing Date (or, with respect to any document delivered
after the Startup Day, within 45 days of receipt and with
respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage, within five
Business Days after the assignment thereof) 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 the exception report annexed thereto as not being
covered by such certification), (i) all documents required
to be delivered to it pursuant Section 2.01 of this
Agreement are in its possession, (ii) such documents have
been reviewed by it and have not been mutilated, damaged or torn
and relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its
examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set
forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items
(i), (ii), (iii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xviii) of the Mortgage Loan
Schedule accurately reflects information set forth in the
Mortgage File. It is herein acknowledged that, in
conducting such review, the Trustee is under no duty or
obligation to inspect, review or examine any such documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they
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.
No later than 180 days after the Closing Date,
the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Seller a
final certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G-3
evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any
applicable exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the process of reviewing the Mortgage
Files and making or preparing, as the case may be, the
certifications referred to above, the Trustee finds any document
or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be
missing or not conforming to the requirements set forth herein,
at the conclusion of its review the Trustee (or the
Custodian as its designated agent) shall promptly notify the
Seller, the Depositor and the Master Servicer. In
addition, upon the discovery by the Seller or the Depositor (or
upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such
breach) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties
made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in
respect of any Mortgage Loan that materially adversely affects
such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the related
Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties to this Agreement.
The Depositor and the Trustee intend that the
assignment and transfer herein contemplated constitute a sale of
the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage Notes and the related
documents, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any
liens and encumbrances, from the Depositor to the Trustee and
that such property not be part of the Depositor’s estate
or property of the Depositor in the event of any insolvency by
the Depositor. In the event that such conveyance is deemed
to be, or to be made as security for, a loan, the parties intend
that the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted and does
hereby grant to the Trustee a first priority perfected security
interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title and
interest in and to the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage
Notes and the related documents, and that this Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or
Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller .
(a)
Upon discovery or receipt of written notice that
a document does not comply with the requirement of Section 2.01
hereof, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File or
of the breach by the Seller of any representation, warranty or
covenant under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or in
Section 2.04 or Section 2.08 hereof in respect of any
Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects the value of
that Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the
Certificateholders, the Trustee (or the Custodian as its
designated agent) shall promptly notify the Seller of such
noncompliance, missing document or breach and request that the
Seller deliver such missing document or cure such noncompliance
or breach within 90 days from the date that the Seller was
notified of such missing document, noncompliance or breach, and
if the Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure
such noncompliance or breach in all material respects during
such period, the Trustee shall enforce the Seller’s
obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and cause
the Seller to repurchase that Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund
at the Purchase Price on or prior to the Determination Date
following the expiration of such 90 day period (subject to
Section 2.03(e) below); provided, however , that, in
connection with any such breach that could not reasonably have
been cured within such 90 day period, if the Seller shall have
commenced to cure such breach within such 90 day period, the
Seller shall be permitted to proceed thereafter diligently and
expeditiously to cure the same within the additional period
provided under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; and,
provided further , that, in the case of the breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant made by the Seller in
Schedule III to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller
shall be obligated to cure such breach or purchase the affected
Mortgage Loans for the Purchase Price or, if the Mortgage Loan
or the related Mortgaged Property acquired with respect thereto
has been sold, then the Seller shall pay, in lieu of the
Purchase Price, any excess of the Purchase Price over the Net
Liquidation Proceeds received upon such sale. The Purchase
Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan or such other amount due
shall be deposited in the Collection Account on or prior to the
next Determination Date after the Seller’s obligation to
repurchase such Mortgage Loan arises. The Trustee, upon
receipt of written certification from the Master Servicer of the
related deposit in the Collection Account, shall release 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 furnish to it and as shall be
necessary to vest in the Seller any Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto and the Trustee shall have no further
responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File (it being
understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility for
determining the sufficiency of such assignment for its intended
purpose). In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan
as provided above, the Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be
removed from the Trust Fund (in which case it shall become a
Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d) below. It is
understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure
or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to
which a document is missing, a material defect in a constituent
document exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is
continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller
respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
The Trustee shall enforce the obligations of the
Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement including,
without limitation, any obligation of the Seller to purchase a
Mortgage Loan on account of missing or defective documentation
or on account of a breach of a representation, warranty or
covenant as described in this Section 2.03(a).
(b)
If pursuant to the provisions of Section
2.03(a), the Seller repurchases or otherwise removes from the
Trust Fund a Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Seller will take (or shall cause the applicable Servicer to
take), at the expense of the Seller (with the cooperation of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer), such actions as
are necessary either (i) cause MERS to execute and deliver an
Assignment of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the
Mortgage from MERS to the Seller and shall cause such Mortgage
to be removed from registration on the MERS® System in
accordance with MERS’ rules and regulations or (ii) cause
MERS to designate on the MERS® System the Seller or its
designee as the beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.
(c)
[Reserved].
(d)
Any substitution of Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to
Section 2.03(a) above must be effected prior to the last
Business Day that is within two years after the Closing Date.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller
substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such
substitution shall be effected by the Seller delivering to the
Trustee, for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans,
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee,
and such other documents and agreements, with all necessary
endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2.01 hereof,
together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that each
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition
thereof and specifying the Substitution Adjustment (as described
below), if any, in connection with such substitution;
provided, however , that, in the case of any Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Seller shall provide such documents and take such other action
with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as are
required pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof. The Trustee
shall acknowledge receipt for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans and, within five Business Days thereafter, shall
review such documents as specified in Section 2.02 hereof and
deliver to the related Servicer, with respect to such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2, with any exceptions
noted thereon. Within 180 days of the date of
substitution, the Trustee shall deliver to the Seller and the
Master Servicer a certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit G-3 hereto with respect to such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any exceptions noted thereon.
Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution are not part of the
Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller. For the
month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will
reflect the collections and recoveries in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan in the Due Period preceding the month of
substitution and the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may
be, shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts
subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
The Seller shall give or cause to be given written notice
to the Certificateholders that such substitution has taken
place, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this
Agreement and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall deliver a copy of such amended
Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such
substitution, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans
shall constitute part of the Trust Fund and shall be subject in
all respects to the terms of this Agreement and, in the case of
a substitution effected by the Seller, the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, including, in the case of a substitution
effected by the Seller all representations and warranties
thereof included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and all
representations and warranties thereof set forth in Section 2.04
hereof, in each case as of the date of substitution.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes
one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more
Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall determine, and provide
written certification to the Trustee and the Seller as to, the
amount (each, a “Substitution Adjustment”), if any,
by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate, as to each such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, of the principal balance thereof as of
the date of substitution, together with one month’s
interest on such principal balance at the applicable Net Loan
Rate. On or prior to the next Determination Date after the
Seller’s obligation to repurchase the related Deleted
Mortgage Loan arises, the Seller will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account
an amount equal to the related Substitution Adjustment, if any,
and the Trustee, upon receipt of the related Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, shall release to the Seller
the related Mortgage File or Files and shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, as the Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be
necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto.
In addition, the Seller shall obtain at its own
expense and deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such substitution (either specifically or as a class
of transactions) 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)(l) of the Code or on “contributions
after the startup date” under Section 860G(d)(l) of the
Code, or (b) any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding. If
such Opinion of Counsel cannot be delivered, then such
substitution may only be effected at such time as the required
Opinion of Counsel can be given.
(e)
Upon discovery by the Seller or the Trustee that
any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a “qualified
mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two Business
Days give written notice thereof to the other parties. In
connection therewith, the Seller shall repurchase or, subject to
the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d), substitute one or
more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected
Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or
receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage
Loan. Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in
the same manner as set forth in Section 2.03(a) above, if made
by the Seller. The Trustee shall reconvey to the Seller
the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same
manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a
Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or
warranty.
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties
of the Seller with Respect to the
Mortgage Loans.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders that the
representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to
Schedule III to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are hereby
being made to the Trustee and are true and correct as of the
Closing Date.
With respect to the representations and
warranties incorporated in this Section 2.04 that are made to
the best of the Seller’s knowledge or as to which the
Seller has no knowledge, if it is discovered by the Depositor,
the Seller or the Trustee that the substance of such
representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy
materially and adversely affects the value of the related
Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders
then, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with
respect to the substance of such representation and warranty
being inaccurate at the time the representation or warranty was
made, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable
representation or warranty.
Within 90 days of its discovery or its receipt
of notice of any such missing or materially defective
documentation or any such breach of a representation or
warranty, the Seller shall promptly deliver such missing
document or cure such defect or breach in all material respects
or, in the event such defect or breach cannot be cured, the
Seller shall repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or cause the
removal of such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute
for it one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, in
either case, in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
It is understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties incorporated in this Section 2.04
shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee and
shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders
notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or
assignment. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the
Seller or the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties which materially and adversely
affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interests therein
of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt written notice to the other parties, and in no
event later than two Business Days from the date of such
discovery. It is understood and agreed that the
obligations of the Seller set forth in Section 2.03(a) hereof to
cure, substitute for or repurchase a related Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement constitute the
sole remedies available to the Certificateholders or to the
Trustee on their behalf respecting a breach of the
representations and warranties incorporated in this Section
2.04.
SECTION 2.05. [ Reserved ].
SECTION 2.06. Representations and
Warranties of the Depositor .
The Depositor represents and warrants to the
Trust and the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders as
follows:
(i)
this agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against the
Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general an except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);
(ii)
immediately prior to the sale and assignment by
the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust of each
Mortgage Loan, the Depositor had good and marketable title to
each Mortgage Loan (insofar as such title was conveyed to it by
the Seller) subject to no prior lien, claim, participation
interest, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other
encumbrance or other interest of any nature;
(iii)
as of the Closing Date, the Depositor has
transferred all right, title and interest in the Mortgage Loans
to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust;
(iv)
the Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage
Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust with any intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;
(v)
the Depositor has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own
its assets and conduct its business as presently being
conducted;
(vi)
the Depositor is not in violation of its
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or in default in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to
which the Depositor is a party or by which it or its properties
may be bound, which default might result in any material adverse
changes in the financial condition, earnings, affairs or
business of the Depositor or which might materially and
adversely affect the properties or assets, taken as a whole, of
the Depositor;
(vii)
the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Depositor, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not result in
a material breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions
of, or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party
or by which the Depositor is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Depositor is subject, nor will such
actions result in any violation of the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor or, to
the best of the Depositor’s knowledge without independent
investigation, any statute or any order, rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over the Depositor or any of its properties or assets (except
for such conflicts, breaches, violations and defaults as would
not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement);
(viii)
to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge
without any independent investigation, no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with
any court or governmental agency or body of the United States or
any other jurisdiction is required for the issuance of the
Certificates, or the consummation by the Depositor of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as (a) may be required under State securities or
“blue sky” laws, (b) have been previously obtained
or (c) the failure of which to obtain would not have a material
adverse effect on the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement; and
(ix)
there are no actions, proceedings or
investigations pending before or, to the Depositor’s
knowledge, threatened by any court, administrative agency or
other tribunal to which the Depositor is a party or of which any
of its properties is the subject: (a) which if determined
adversely to the Depositor would have a material adverse effect
on the business, results of operations or financial condition of
the Depositor; (b) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or
the Certificates; (c) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as the case may be;
or (d) which might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the
validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Issuance of
Certificates .
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of
the Mortgage Loans and the delivery to it of the Mortgage Files,
subject to the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02 hereof,
together with the assignment to it of all other assets included
in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in
exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request
of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, has
executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of
the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized denominations.
The interests evidenced by the Certificates constitute the
entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund.
SECTION 2.08. Representations and
Warranties of the Seller .
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Trust and the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders that,
as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided
herein:
(i)
the Seller is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the
State of Delaware and is and will remain in compliance with the
laws of each state in which any Mortgaged Property is located to
the extent necessary to fulfill its obligations hereunder;
(ii)
the Seller has the power and authority to hold
each Mortgage Loan, to sell each Mortgage Loan, to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate, all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and
this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or
other similar laws in relation to the rights of creditors
generally;
(iii)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Seller and the performance of and compliance with the terms
of this Agreement will not violate the Seller’s articles
of incorporation or by-laws or constitute a default under or
result in a material breach or acceleration of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a
party or which may be applicable to the Seller or its
assets;
(iv)
the Seller is not in violation of, and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and its
performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will
not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree
of any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
Seller or its assets, which violation might have consequences
that would materially and adversely affect the condition
(financial or otherwise) or the operation of the Seller or its
assets or might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect the performance of its obligations and duties
hereunder;
(v)
the Seller does not believe, nor does it have
any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and
every covenant contained in this Agreement;
(vi)
the Seller has good, marketable and indefeasible
title to the Mortgage Loans, free and clear of any and all
liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature
encumbering the Mortgage Loans and upon the payment of the
purchase price under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement by the
Depositor, the Depositor will have good and marketable title to
the Mortgage Notes and Mortgage Loans, free and clear of all
liens or encumbrances;
(vii)
the Mortgage Loans are not being transferred by
the Seller with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any
creditors of the Seller;
(viii)
there are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, the Seller before any court,
administrative or other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its
entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the sale of
the Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or (C) that might prohibit or
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of
its obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement;
(ix)
no consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of, or
compliance by the Seller with, this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except for such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders,
if any, that have been obtained; and
(x)
the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of
business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and
conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are not subject
to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions.
SECTION 2.09. Covenants of the
Seller .
The Seller hereby covenants that, except for the
transfer hereunder, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or
transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any lien on any Mortgage Loan, or any interest
therein; the Seller will notify the Trustee, as assignee of the
Depositor, and the Master Servicer of the existence of any lien
on any Mortgage Loan immediately upon discovery thereof, and the
Seller will defend the right, title and interest of the Trust,
as assignee of the Depositor, in, to and under the Mortgage
Loans, against all claims of third parties claiming through or
under the Seller; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 2.09 shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit the Seller
from suffering to exist upon any of the Mortgage Loans any liens
for municipal or other local taxes and other governmental
charges if such taxes or governmental charges shall not at the
time be due and payable or if the Seller shall currently be
contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and shall have set aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect thereto.
ARTICLE III
AD MINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to
Service and Administer the Mortgage Loans .
The Master Servicer shall supervise, monitor and
oversee the obligation of the Servicers to service and
administer their respective Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the terms of the applicable Servicing Agreement and, where
applicable, the Correspondent Sellers Guide and the Master
Servicing Guide, and shall have full power and authority to do
any and all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in
connection with such master servicing and administration.
In performing its obligations hereunder, the Master
Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master
Servicing Practices and, where applicable, the Master Servicing
Guide. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and
consult with each Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to
carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder,
shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and
other data provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer and
shall cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants,
obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by such
Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement. The
Master Servicer shall independently and separately monitor each
Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each
related Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring
with such information provided in the previous sentence on a
monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to the
Servicers’ and Master Servicer’s records, and based
on such reconciled and corrected information, prepare the
statements specified in Section 5.04 and any other information
and statements required hereunder. The Master Servicer
shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with
the actual remittances of the Servicers to the related Servicing
Accounts pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreements.
The Trustee shall furnish the Servicers and the
Master Servicer with any limited powers of attorney and other
documents in form acceptable to the Trustee, necessary or
appropriate to enable the Servicers and the Master Servicer to
service and administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO
Property, which limited powers of attorney shall provide that
the Trustee will not be liable for the actions or omissions of
the Servicers or Master Servicer in exercising such powers.
The Trustee shall provide access to the records
and documentation in possession of the Trustee (including in its
capacity as Custodian hereunder) regarding the related Mortgage
Loans and REO Property and the servicing thereof to the
Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and
examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon
reasonable prior written request and during normal business
hours at the office of the Trustee; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise required by law, the Trustee shall not be
required to provide access to such records and documentation if
the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy
of any Mortgagor. The Trustee shall allow representatives
of the above entities to photocopy any of the records and
documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a
charge that covers the Trustee’s actual costs.
The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the
related Servicer and the Master Servicer any court pleadings,
requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary
or desirable to (i) the foreclosure or trustee’s sale with
respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought
to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage; (iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the
Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any other rights or remedies provided
by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law
or equity.
SECTION 3.02. REMIC-Related
Covenants .
For as long as each REMIC created hereunder
shall exist, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall
act in accordance herewith to assure continuing treatment of
each such REMIC as a REMIC, and the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall comply with any directions of the Depositor,
the related Servicer or the Master Servicer to assure such
continuing treatment. In particular, the Trustee shall not
(a) sell or permit the sale of all or any portion of the
Mortgage Loans or of any investment of deposits in an Account
unless such sale is as a result of a repurchase of the Mortgage
Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Trustee has received a
REMIC Opinion prepared at the expense of the Trust; and (b)
other than with respect to a substitution pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.03 or 2.04 of this
Agreement, as applicable, accept any contribution to any REMIC
after the Startup Day without receipt of a REMIC Opinion.
SECTION 3.03. Monitoring of
Servicers .
(a)
The Master Servicer shall be responsible for
reporting to the Trustee (on behalf of the Trust) and the
Depositor the compliance by each Servicer with its duties under
the related Servicing Agreement. In the review of each
Servicer’s activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon
an officer’s certificate of the Servicer with regard to
such Servicer’s compliance with the terms of its Servicing
Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its
judgment, determines that a Servicer should be terminated in
accordance with its Servicing Agreement, or that a notice should
be sent pursuant to such Servicing Agreement with respect to the
occurrence of an event that, unless cured, would constitute
grounds for such termination, the Master Servicer shall notify
the Depositor and the Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer
shall issue such notice or take such other action as it deems
appropriate.
(b)
The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the
Trust and the Certificateholders, shall (acting as agent of the
Trust when enforcing the Trust’s rights under each
Servicing Agreement) (i) enforce the obligations of each
Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement, and (ii) in the
event that a Servicer fails to perform its obligations in
accordance with the related Servicing Agreement, subject to the
preceding paragraph, terminate the rights and obligations of
such Servicer thereunder and act as servicer of the related
Mortgage Loans or enter into a new Servicing Agreement with a
successor Servicer selected by the Master Servicer which the
Master Servicer shall cause the Trustee to acknowledge;
provided, however , it is understood and acknowledged by
the parties hereto that there will be a period of transition
(not to exceed 90 days) before the actual servicing functions
can be fully transferred to such successor Servicer. Such
enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal
prosecution of claims, termination of 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, provided that the Master Servicer shall not be
required to prosecute or defend any legal action except to the
extent that the Master Servicer shall have received reasonable
indemnity for its costs and expenses in pursuing such
action.
(c)
To the extent that the costs and expenses of the
Master Servicer related to any termination of a Servicer,
appointment of a successor Servicer or the transfer and
assumption of servicing by the Master Servicer with respect to
any Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) all
legal costs and expenses and all due diligence costs and
expenses associated with an evaluation of the potential
termination of the Servicer as a result of an event of default
by such Servicer and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with
the complete transfer of servicing, including all servicing
files and all servicing data and the completion, correction or
manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the
successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in
the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor servicer
to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the related
Servicing Agreement) are not fully and timely reimbursed by the
terminated Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement of such costs and expenses from the Collection
Account.
(d)
The Master Servicer shall require each Servicer
to comply with the remittance requirements and other obligations
set forth in the related Servicing Agreement.
(e)
If the Master Servicer acts as Servicer, it will
not assume liability for the representations and warranties of
the Servicer, if any, that it replaces.
(f)
With respect to Additional Collateral Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to
supervise, monitor or oversee the activities of each Servicer
under its Servicing Agreement with respect to Additional
Collateral, except (a) with respect to any instances where a
Servicer, in the course of fulfilling its obligations under the
related Servicing Agreement seeks directions, instructions,
consents or waivers from the Master Servicer with respect to any
item of Additional Collateral, or (b) upon the occurrence of the
following events (i) in the case of a final liquidation of any
Mortgaged Property secured by Additional Collateral, the Master
Servicer shall enforce the obligation of the Servicer under the
related Servicing Agreement to liquidate such Additional
Collateral as required by such Servicing Agreement, and (ii) if
the Master Servicer assumes the obligations of such Servicer as
successor Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement
pursuant to this Section 3.03, as successor Servicer, it shall
be bound to service and administer the Additional Collateral in
accordance with the provisions of such Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. Fidelity Bond .
The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall
maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and
omissions insurance policy, affording coverage with respect to
all directors, officers, employees and other Persons acting on
such Master Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and
omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer’s
obligations hereunder. The errors and omissions insurance
policy and the fidelity bond shall be in such form and amount
generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers or
trustees.
SECTION 3.05. Power to Act;
Procedures .
The Master Servicer shall master service the
Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, subject
to the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article X hereof,
to do any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable
in connection with the master servicing and administration of
the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to the power and
authority (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Trust and the Trustee, customary
consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to
consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions
of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages, (iii) to collect
any Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries and
(iv) to effectuate, in its own name, on behalf the Trust, or in
the name of the Trust, foreclosure or other conversion of the
ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan,
in each case, in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable;
provided, however , that the Master Servicer shall not
(and, consistent with its responsibilities under Section 3.03,
shall not permit any Servicer to) knowingly or intentionally
take any action, or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken)
any action reasonably within its control and the scope of duties
more specifically set forth herein, that, under the REMIC
Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, would
result in an Adverse REMIC Event unless the Master
Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel (but not at the
expense of the Master Servicer) to the effect that the
contemplated action will not result in an Adverse REMIC Event.
The Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer, upon
written request from a Servicing Officer, with any limited
powers of attorney empowering the Master Servicer or any
Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and to
foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to
appeal, prosecute or defend in any court action relating to the
Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver such other documents, as the
Master Servicer may request, to enable the Master Servicer to
master service and administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out
its duties hereunder, in each case in accordance with Accepted
Master Servicing Practices (and the Trustee shall have no
liability for misuse of any such powers of attorney by the
Master Servicer or any Servicer). In instituting
foreclosures or similar proceedings, the Master Servicer shall
institute such proceedings either in its own name on behalf of
the Trust or in the name of the Trust (or cause the related
Servicer, pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, to
institute such proceedings either in the name of such Servicer
on behalf of the Trust or in the name of the Trust), unless
otherwise required by law or otherwise appropriate. If the
Master Servicer or the Trustee has been advised that it is
likely that the laws of the state in which action is to be taken
prohibit such action if taken in the name of the Trust or the
Trustee on its behalf or that the Trust or the Trustee, as
applicable, would be adversely affected under the “doing
business” or tax laws of such state if such action is
taken in its name, the Master Servicer sha
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