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SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII,
INC.
Depositor
LITTON LOAN SERVICING LP
Servicer
U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
Trust Administrator
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 1, 2002
Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-WMC2
Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2002-WMC2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined
Terms........................................................................-1-
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest
Shortfalls...........................................-45-
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of the Mortgage
Loans....................................................-47-
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by
Trustee....................................................-49-
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by
the
Originator..........................................................................-50-
SECTION 2.04.
Reserved............................................................................-52-
SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Servicer...........................-52-
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the
Class R-I
Interest............................................................................-54-
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests;
Acceptance of REMIC
II by the
Trustee...................................................................-55-
SECTION 2.08. Issuance of Class R
Certificates....................................................-55-
SECTION 2.09. Conveyance of the Class M-4 Interest; Acceptance
of REMIC III by the
Trustee.............................................................................-55-
SECTION 2.10. Conveyance of the Class M-5 Interest; Acceptance
of REMIC IV by the
Trustee.............................................................................-55-
SECTION 2.11. Conveyance of the Class CE-I Interest and the
Class CE-II Interest;
Acceptance of REMIC V by the
Trustee................................................-55-
SECTION 2.12. Conveyance of the Class P Interest; Acceptance of
REMIC VI by the
Trustee.............................................................................-56-
SECTION 2.13. Issuance of Class R-X
Certificates..................................................-56-
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Act as
Servicer.........................................................-57-
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Servicer and
Sub-Servicers.......................................................................-59-
SECTION 3.03. Successor
Sub-Servicers.............................................................-60-
SECTION 3.04. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer,
Trust Administrator,
Trustee or the
Certificateholders...................................................-60-
SECTION 3.05. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing
Agreement by Trust
Administrator.......................................................................-60-
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SECTION 3.06.
[Reserved]..........................................................................-60-
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan
Payments........................................-61-
SECTION 3.08.
[Reserved]..........................................................................-61-
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Servicing Accounts..............-61-
SECTION 3.10. Collection Account, Distribution Account and
Initial Deposit Accounts...............-62-
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Distribution Account....................-64-
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the Investment
Accounts......................................-66-
SECTION 3.13.
[Reserved]..........................................................................-67-
SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and
Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage............................................................................-67-
SECTION 3.15. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements...........................-68-
SECTION 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans...........................................-69-
SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.....................................-71-
SECTION 3.18. Servicing
Compensation..............................................................-72-
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trust Administrator and the
Trustee; Collection Account
Statements..........................................................................-73-
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to
Compliance..........................................................-73-
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report....................................-73-
SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain
Documentation.....................................................-74-
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO
Property...................................-74-
SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls............-77-
SECTION 3.25.
[Reserved]..........................................................................-77-
SECTION 3.26. Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Mortgage
Rates and Monthly
Payments............................................................................-77-
SECTION 3.27. Reserve
Fund........................................................................-77-
SECTION 3.28. Advance
Facility....................................................................-79-
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01.
Distributions.......................................................................-80-
SECTION 4.02. Statements to
Certificateholders....................................................-88-
SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports;
Advances........................................................-91-
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized
Losses.......................................................-92-
SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding
Requirements............................................-94-
SECTION 4.06 Exchange Commission; Additional
Information.........................................-95-
SECTION 4.07 Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve
Account..............................................-95-
SECTION 4.08. Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve
Fund....................................................-96-
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The
Certificate.....................................................................-98-
SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates..............................-100-
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates..................................-104-
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed
Owners..............................................................-105-
SECTION 5.05. Certain Available
Information......................................................-105-
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the
Servicer........................................-107-
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Servicer...........................-107-
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Servicer and Others..................-107-
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the
Servicer..........................................-108-
SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the
Servicer.................................-109-
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Servicer Events of
Default.........................................................-110-
SECTION 7.02. Trust Administrator or Trustee to Act; Appointment
of Successor....................-112-
SECTION 7.03. Notification to
Certificateholders.................................................-113-
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Servicer Events of
Default...............................................-114-
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee and Trust
Administrator..........................................-115-
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the
Trust
Administrator......................................................................-116-
SECTION 8.04. Trustee and Trust Administrator May Own
Certificates. .............................-117-
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's and Trust Administrator's Fees and
Expenses. ............................-118-
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Trust
Administrator. .....................-118-
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and the
Trust
Administrator
.....................................................................-119-
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee or Trust
Administrator...........................................-120-
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of
Trustee.................................................-121-
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee......................................-121-
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Office or
Agency....................................................-122-
SECTION 8.12. Representations and
Warranties.....................................................-122-
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All
Mortgage
Loans..............................................................................-124-
SECTION 9.02 Additional Termination
Requirements................................................-126-
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. REMIC
Administration...............................................................-127-
SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and
Activities.............................................-129-
SECTION 10.03. Servicer and Trustee and Trust Administrator
Indemnification....................................................................-130-
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01.
Amendment..........................................................................-131-
SECTION 11.02. Recordation of Agreement;
Counterparts.............................................-132-
SECTION 11.03. Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders.........................................-132-
SECTION 11.04. Governing
Law......................................................................-133-
SECTION 11.05.
Notices............................................................................-133-
SECTION 11.06. Severability of
Provisions.........................................................-134-
SECTION 11.07. Notice to Rating
Agencies..........................................................-134-
SECTION 11.08. Article and Section
References.....................................................-135-
SECTION 11.09. Grant of Security
Interest.........................................................-135-
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class M-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class M-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class M-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class M-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class M-5 Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class CE Certificate
Exhibit A-9 Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit A-10 Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit A-11 Form of Class R-X Certificate
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C-1 Form of Trustee's Initial Certification
Exhibit C-2 Form of Trustee's Final Certification
Exhibit D Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit E-1 Request for Release
Exhibit E-2 Request for Release Mortgage Loans paid in full
Exhibit F-1 Form of Transferor Representation Letter and Form of
Transferee Representation Letter
in Connection with Transfer of the Private Certificates Pursuant
to Rule 144A Under the
1933 Act
Exhibit F-2 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and Form of
Transferor Affidavit in Connection
with Transfer of Residual Certificates
Exhibit G Form of Certification with respect to ERISA and the
Code
Exhibit H Form of Report Pursuant to Section 4.06
Exhibit I [Reserved]
Exhibit J Form of Officer's Certificate with respect to
Prepayments
Exhibit K Form of Lost Note Affidavit
Exhibit L-1 Form of Certification to Be Provided by the
Depositor with Form 10-K
Exhibit L-2 Form of Certification to Be Provided to Depositor by
the Trustee
Exhibit L-3 Form of Certification to Be Provided to Depositor by
the Servicer
Schedule 1 Mortgage Loan Schedule
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is dated and effective
as of September 1, 2002, among SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC. as
Depositor, LITTON LOAN SERVICING LP as Servicer, U. S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee and CITIBANK N.A. as Trust Administrator.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates to
be
issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate
will evidence the
entire beneficial ownership interest in each REMIC (as defined
herein) created
hereunder. The Trust Fund will consist of a segregated pool of
assets comprised
of the Mortgage Loans and certain other related assets subject
to this
Agreement.
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REMIC I
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and
certain other
related assets (other than the Servicer Prepayment Charge
Payment Amount, the
Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve Account, and the Excess Net WAC
Rate Reserve
Fund) subject to this Agreement as a REMIC for federal income
tax purposes, and
such segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC I."
The Class R-I
Interest will be the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC
I for purposes
of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein). The following table
irrevocably
sets forth the designation, the REMIC I Remittance Rate, the
initial
Uncertificated Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying
Treasury
regulation section 1.860G- 1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible
maturity date" for
each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as defined herein). None
of the REMIC I
Regular Interests will be certificated.
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REMIC I Initial Latest Possible
Designation Remittance Rate Uncertificated Balance Maturity
Date(1)
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I-LTAA Variable(2) $309,116,745.70 September 25, 2032
I-LTA-1 Variable(2) $3,154,250.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTZZ Variable(2) $3,154,255.01 September 25, 2032
II-LTAA Variable(2) $166,908,779.90 September 25, 2032
II-LTA-2 Variable(2) $1,071,690.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM1 Variable(2) $291,440.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM2 Variable(2) $157,870.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM3 Variable(2) $97,140.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM4 Variable(2) $12,150.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM5 Variable(2) $12,140.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTZZ Variable(2) $1,763,871.63 September 25, 2032
I-LTP Variable(2) $ 100.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the
Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
maturity
date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has
been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC
I
Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC I
Remittance
Rate" herein.
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REMIC II
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular
Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of
assets will be
designated as "REMIC II." The Class R-II Interest will evidence
the sole class
of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions under
federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets
forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate
Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the
indicated
Classes of Certificates.
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Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class A-I Variable(2) $315,425,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class A-II Variable(2) $107,169,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-1 Variable(2) $29,144,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-2 Variable(2) $15,787,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-3 Variable(2) $9,714,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-4 Interest Variable(2) $1,215,000.00 September 25,
2032
Class M-5 Interest Variable(2) $1,214,000.00 September 25,
2032
Class CE-I Interest Variable(3) $250.71 September 25, 2032
Class CE-II Interest Variable(4) $6,072,081.53 September 25,
2032
Class P Interest N/A(5) $ 100.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the
Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
maturity
date for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has
been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class
of
Certificates.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of
"Pass-Through Rate"
herein.
(3) The Class CE-I Interest will accrue interest at its
variable
Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class CE-I
Interest
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the
Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTAA, I-LTA-1 and I-LTZZ.
The
Class CE-I Interest will not accrue interest on its
Certificate
Principal Balance.
(4) The Class CE-II Interest will accrue interest at its
variable
Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class CE-II
Interest
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the
Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interests II-LTAA, II-LTA-II,
II-LTM-1,
II-LTM-2, II-LTM-3, II-LTM-4, II-LTM-5 and II-LTZZ. The Class
CE-II
Interest will not accrue interest on its Certificate Principal
Balance.
(5) The Class P Interest will not accrue interest.
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REMIC III
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class M-4 Interest
as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets
will be
designated as "REMIC III." The Class R-III Certificates will
evidence the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably
sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate
Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the
indicated
Classes of Certificates.
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Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class M-4 Variable(2) $ 1,215,000.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the
Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
maturity
date for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has
been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class
of
Certificates.
(2) The Class M-4 Certificates will receive 100% of amounts
received in
respect of the Class M-4 Interest.
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REMIC IV
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class M-5 Interest
as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets
will be
designated as "REMIC IV." The Class R-IV Certificates will
evidence the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC IV for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably
sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate
Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the
indicated
Classes of Certificates.
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Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class M-5 Variable(2) $ 1,214,000.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the
Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
maturity
date for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has
been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class
of
Certificates.
(2) The Class M-5 Certificates will receive 100% of amounts
received in
respect of the Class M-5 Interest.
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REMIC V
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class CE Interest as
a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets
will be
designated as "REMIC V." The Class R-V Certificates will
evidence the sole class
of "residual interests" in REMIC V for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions under
federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets
forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate
Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the
indicated
Classes of Certificates.
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Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class CE Variable(2) $ 6,072,332.24 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the
Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
maturity
date for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has
been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class
of
Certificates.
(2) The Class CE Certificates will receive 100% of amounts
received in
respect of the Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II
Interest.
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REMIC VI
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class P Interest as
a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets
will be
designated as "REMIC VI." The Class R-VI Certificates will
evidence the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC VI for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably
sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate
Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the
indicated
Classes of Certificates.
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Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Class P Variable(2) $ 100.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the
Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
maturity
date for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has
been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class
of
Certificates.
(2) The Class P Certificates will receive 100% of amounts
received in
respect of the Class P Interest.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate
principal balance equal to $485,740,432.24.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator agree as
follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, in the Preliminary Statement hereto, the following
words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
meanings
specified in this Article. Unless otherwise specified, all
calculations
described herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
"Accepted Servicing Practices": The servicing standards set
forth in Section 3.01.
"Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to any Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate, the Class CE-I Interest or
the Class CE-II
Interest and each Distribution Date, interest accrued during the
related
Interest Accrual Period at the Pass-Through Rate for such
Certificate for such
Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance, in the
case of the Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, or on the
Notional Amount, in the
case of the Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II Interest, of
such
Certificate immediately prior to such Distribution Date plus, in
the case of the
Mezzanine Certificates and solely for federal income tax
purposes, the amount of
the Excess Net WAC Pass-Through Rate Amount, if any, for such
class of Mezzanine
Certificates for such Distribution Date. The Class P Interest is
not entitled to
distributions in respect of interest and, accordingly, will not
accrue interest.
All distributions of interest on the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine
Certificates will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
and the actual
number of days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period. All
distributions of
interest on the Class CE Interest will be based on a 360-day
year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. Accrued Certificate Interest with respect
to each
Distribution Date, as to any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine
Certificate, the
Class CE-I Interest or the Class CE-II Interest, shall be
reduced by (i) an
amount equal to the portion allocable to such Certificate
pursuant to Section
1.02 hereof of the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest
Shortfall, if
any, for such Distribution Date to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant
to Section 3.24 and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act
Interest
Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date and (ii) in the
case of the
Mezzanine Certificates and solely for federal income tax
purposes, the amount of
the Excess REMIC Net WAC Rate Amount, if any, for such
Distribution Date. In
addition, Accrued Certificate Interest with respect to each
Distribution Date,
as to the Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II Interest,
shall be reduced by
an amount equal to the portion allocable to the Class CE
Interest, as
applicable, of Realized Losses, if any, pursuant to Section 4.04
hereof.
"Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage
Rate that is
subject to adjustment.
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the first day of the month in which the Mortgage
Rate of such
Mortgage Loan changes pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The
first
Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date as to each
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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"Administration Fee": The amount payable to the Trust
Administrator on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 8.05
as compensation
for all services rendered by it or the Trustee in the execution
of the trust
hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the
powers and
duties of the Trust Administrator and the Trustee hereunder,
which amount shall
equal the product of (i) the Administration Fee Rate, multiplied
by (ii) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any
REO Properties.
The fee payable to the Trustee for all services rendered by it
in the execution
of the trust hereby created and the exercise and performance of
any of the
powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder will be paid by the
Trust
Administrator out of the Trust Administrator's own funds or out
of the
Administration Fee received by the Trust Administrator.
"Administration Fee Rate": 0.009% per annum.
"Advance": As to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the
Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.03.
"Advance Facility": As defined in Section 3.28 hereof.
"Advance Facility Notice": As defined in Section 3.28
hereof.
"Advance Financing Person": As defined in Section 3.28
hereof.
"Advance Reimbursement Amounts": As defined in Section 3.28
hereof.
"Affiliate": With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with
such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used
with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
"controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Aggregate Loss Severity Percentage": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of
which is the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred on any
Mortgage Loans
from the Cut-off Date to the last day of the preceding calendar
month and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loans
immediately prior to the liquidation of such Mortgage Loans.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer
or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form (excepting therefrom,
if applicable,
the mortgage recordation information which has not been required
pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof or returned by the applicable recorder's
office), which is
sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the
related Mortgaged
Property is located to reflect of record the sale of the
Mortgage, which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be
in the form of
one or more blanket assignments covering
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Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
county, if
permitted by law.
"Available Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (1) the sum of (a) the
aggregate of the
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and Distribution
Account
attributable to the Mortgage Loans as of the close of business
on the related
Determination Date, (b) the aggregate of any amounts received in
respect of an
REO Property withdrawn from any REO Account and deposited in the
Distribution
Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.23, (c)
the aggregate
of any amounts deposited in the Distribution Account by the
Servicer in respect
of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls attributable to the Mortgage
Loans for such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.24, (d) the aggregate of
any Advances
attributable to the Mortgage Loans made by the Servicer for such
Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 4.03 and (e) the aggregate of any
advances attributable
to the Mortgage Loans made by the Trust Administrator or the
Trustee, as
applicable, for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section
7.02(b), reduced (to
not less than zero), by (2) the sum of (x) the portion of the
amount described
in clause (1)(a) above that represents (i) Monthly Payments on
the Mortgage
Loans received from a Mortgagor on or prior to the Determination
Date but due
during any Due Period subsequent to the related Due Period, (ii)
Principal
Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received after the related
Prepayment Period
(together with any interest payments received with such
Principal Prepayments to
the extent they represent the payment of interest accrued on the
Mortgage Loans
during a period subsequent to the related Prepayment Period)
(other than
Prepayment Charges), (iii) Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance
Proceeds received
in respect of the Mortgage Loans after the related Prepayment
Period, (iv)
amounts reimbursable or payable to the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator, the Seller or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.11 or
Section 3.12 or otherwise payable in respect of Extraordinary
Trust Fund
Expenses attributable to the Mortgage Loans, (v) Stayed Funds,
(vi) the
Administration Fee attributable to the Mortgage Loans payable
from the
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.05, (vii) amounts
deposited in the
Collection Account or the Distribution Account in error and
(viii) the amount of
any Prepayment Charges collected by the Servicer in connection
with the
Principal Prepayment of any of the Mortgage Loans or any
Servicer Prepayment
Charge Payment Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and
(y) amounts
reimbursable to the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as
applicable, for an
advance made pursuant to Section 7.02(b) which advance the
Trustee or Trust
Administrator, as applicable, has determined to be
nonrecoverable from the
Stayed Funds in respect of which it was made.
"Bankruptcy Code": The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title
11
of the United States Code), as amended.
"Bankruptcy Loss": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
Realized Loss resulting from a Deficient Valuation or Debt
Service Reduction.
"Book-Entry Certificate": The Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates for so long as the Certificates of such
Class shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.
"Book-Entry Custodian": The custodian appointed pursuant to
Section 5.01.
"Business Day": Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking
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or savings and loan institutions in the State of New York or in
the city in
which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trust Administrator or
the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee is located, are authorized or
obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
"Cash-Out Refinancing": A Refinanced Mortgage Loan the
proceeds of which are more than a nominal amount in excess of
the principal
balance of any existing first mortgage or subordinate mortgage
on the related
Mortgaged Property and related closing costs.
"Certificate": Any one of the Asset Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2002- WMC2, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class
M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class CE, Class P, Class R and
Class R-X issued
under this Agreement.
"Certificate Factor": With respect to any Class of Regular
Certificates as of any Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed
as a decimal
carried to six places, the numerator of which is the aggregate
Certificate
Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in the case of the
Class CE
Certificates) of such Class of Certificates on such Distribution
Date (after
giving effect to any distributions of principal and in the case
of the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates, the allocations of
Realized Losses
in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance (or the
Notional Amount, in
the case of the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of
Certificates to be made
on such Distribution Date), and the denominator of which is the
initial
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount,
in the case of
the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates as of
the Closing Date.
"Certificate Margin": With respect to the Class A-1
Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of Group I
Marker Rate, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTA, 0.325% in the case of each Distribution
Date through and
including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof)
remaining in the
Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate
Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and 0.65% in the case of
each Distribution
Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates and, for purposes
of the definition of Group I Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTA, 0.28%
in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans (and
properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust
Fund is reduced
to less than 10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date and 0.56% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and, for purposes
of the definition of Group II Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM1,
0.85% in the case of each Distribution Date through and
including the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans
(and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the
Trust Fund is
reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and 1.275% in the case of each
Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and, for purposes
of the definition of Group II Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM2,
1.45% in the case of each Distribution
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Date through and including the Distribution Date on which the
aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired
in respect
thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10%
of the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date and
2.175% in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and, for purposes
of the definition of Group II Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM3,
2.25% in the case of each Distribution Date through and
including the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans
(and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the
Trust Fund is
reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and 3.375% in the case of each
Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-4 Interest and, for purposes of
the definition of Group II Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM4, 2.50%
in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans (and
properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust
Fund is reduced
to less than 10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date and 3.75% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-5 Interest and, for purposes of
the definition of Group II Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM5, 2.50%
in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans (and
properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust
Fund is reduced
to less than 10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date and 3.75% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except
that a
Disqualified Organization or a Non-United States Person shall
not be a Holder of
a Residual Certificate for any purposes hereof and, solely for
the purposes of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate
registered in the
name of the Depositor or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof
shall be deemed
not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is
entitled shall not be
taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage of Voting
Rights necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained,
except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee and the Trust
Administrator may
conclusively rely upon a certificate of the Depositor or the
Servicer in
determining whether a Certificate is held by an Affiliate
thereof. All
references herein to "Holders" or "Certificateholders" shall
reflect the rights
of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such
rights through the
Depository and participating members thereof, except as
otherwise specified
herein; provided, however, that the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator shall be
required to recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder" only
the Person in
whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate
Register.
"Certificate Owner": With respect to a Book-Entry
Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as
reflected on the
books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository
Participant or on the
books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a
Depository
Participant acts as agent.
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"Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each Class
A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or Class P Interest as of any
date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificate on the
Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of
determination, minus all
distributions allocable to principal made thereon and Realized
Losses allocated
thereto on such immediately prior Distribution Date (or, in the
case of any date
of determination up to and including the first Distribution
Date, the initial
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate, as stated on
the face
thereof). With respect to the Class CE-I Interest as of any date
of
determination, an amount equal to the Percentage Interest
evidenced by such
Certificate times the excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate
Uncertificated
Balances of the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests over (B) the
then aggregate
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A-1 Certificates and
the Class P
Interest then outstanding. With respect to the Class CE-II
Interest as of any
date of determination, an amount equal to the Percentage
Interest evidenced by
such Certificate times the excess, if any, of (A) the then
aggregate
Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Group II Regular
Interests over (B) the
then aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A-2
Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates then outstanding.
"Certificate Register": The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02.
"Class": Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the
same class designation.
"Class A Certificates": Collectively, the Class A-1
Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates.
"Class A-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-1
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class A-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-2
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class A Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (y)
the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 74.00% and (ii) the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B)
an amount, not less than zero, equal to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related
Due Period, to
the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal
received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$2,428,702.
"Class CE Certificate": Any one of the Class CE Certificates
executed, authenticated
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and delivered by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator,
substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8 and evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC VI
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class CE-I Interest": An uncertificated interest in the
Trust
Fund held by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class
CE Certificates,
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class CE-II Interest": An uncertificated interest in the
Trust Fund held by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the
Class CE
Certificates, evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for
purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class CE Interest": The Class CE-I Interest and the Class
CE-II Interest.
"Class M-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-1
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to
any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date)
and (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser
of (A) the
product of (i) 86.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period
(after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due
Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) an amount, not
less than zero,
equal to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent
received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment
Period) minus $2,428,702.
"Class M-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-2
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to
any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date) and (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (y) the
lesser of (A) the product of (i) 92.50% and (ii) the aggregate
Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period
(after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due
during the related
Due Period, to the extent received
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or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the
related Prepayment Period) and (B) an amount, not less than
zero, equal to the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of
the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment
Period) minus $2,428,702.
"Class M-3 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-3
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to
any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class
M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and
(iv) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates
immediately prior to
such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of
(i) 96.50% and
(ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent
received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment
Period) and (B) an amount, not less than zero, equal to the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) minus
$2,428,702.
"Class M-4 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-4
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-4 Interest": An uncertificated interest in the
Trust
Fund held by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class
M-4 Certificates,
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to
any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class
M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv)
the
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Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates
(after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-4
Interest immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y)
the lesser of (A)
the product of (i) 97.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period
(after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due
Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) an amount, not
less than zero,
equal to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent
received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment
Period) minus $2,428,702.
"Class M-5 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-5
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-5 Interest": An uncertificated interest in the
Trust
Fund held by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class
M-5 Certificates,
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to
any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class
M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv)
the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking
into account the
payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution
Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4
Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (vi) the
Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution
Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 97.50% and
(ii) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last
day of the related
Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during
the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B)
an amount, not less than zero, equal to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related
Due Period, to
the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal
received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$2,428,702.
"Class P Certificate": Any one of the Class P Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-9 and
evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC VI for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
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"Class P Interest": An uncertificated interest in the Trust
Fund held by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates,
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class R Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A- 10 and
evidencing the
ownership of the Class R-I Interest and the Class R-II
Interest.
"Class R-X Certificate": Any one of the Class R-X
Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-11 and
evidencing the
ownership of the Class R-III Interest, the Class R-IV Interest,
the Class R-V
Interest and the Class R-VI Interest.
"Class R-I Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in
REMIC I.
"Class R-II Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in
REMIC II.
"Class R-III Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in REMIC III.
"Class R-IV Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in
REMIC IV.
"Class R-V Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in
REMIC V.
"Class R-VI Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in
REMIC VI.
"Closing Date": September 25, 2002.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained, or caused to be created and maintained, by the
Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.10(a), which shall be entitled "Litton Loan Servicing
LP, as Servicer
for U. S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, in trust for
the registered
holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Salomon Home Equity
Loan Trust, Series 2002-WMC2, Asset Backed Pass-Through
Certificates." The
Collection Account must be an Eligible Account.
"Commission": The Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Corporate Trust Office": The principal corporate trust
office
of the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be,
at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business in connection with
this Agreement
shall be administered, which office, with respect to the Trust
Administrator, at
the date of the execution of this instrument is located at 111
Wall Street, 14th
Floor, Zone 3, New York New York 10005, or such other address as
the Trust
Administrator may designate from time to time by notice to
the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee
and, with
respect to the Trustee, at the date of the execution of this
instrument is
located at 180 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101,
Attn: Structured
Finance/SBMSVII 2002-WMC2,
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or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice
to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trust
Administrator.
"Corresponding Certificate": With respect to (i) REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTA-I, (ii) REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTA-II, (iii) REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM1, (iv) REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM2,
(v) REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM3, (vi) REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM4
and the Class
M-4 Interest, (vii) REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM5 and the
Class M-5 Interest,
(viii) the Class CE Interest and (ix) REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTP and the
Class P Interest, (i) the Class A-1 Certificates, (ii) the Class
A-2
Certificates, (iii) the Class M-1 Certificates, (iv) the Class
M-2 Certificates,
(v) the Class M-3 Certificates, (vi) the Class M-4 Certificates,
(vii) (vi) the
Class M-5 Certificates, (viii) the Class CE Certificates and
(ix) the Class P
Certificates, respectively.
"Credit Enhancement Percentage": For any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which
is the sum of
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Mezzanine
Certificates and
the Class CE Interest, and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period).
"Cumulative Loss Percentage": With respect to any
Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the
aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off
Date to the last
day of the preceding calendar month and the denominator of which
is the sum of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the Cut-off
Date.
"Cut-off Date": With respect to each Original Mortgage Loan,
September 1, 2002. With respect to all Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans,
their respective dates of substitution. References herein to the
"Cut-off Date,"
when used with respect to more than one Mortgage Loan, shall be
to the
respective Cut-off Dates for such Mortgage Loans.
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage
Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of
competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding Principal Balance of
the Mortgage
Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under
the Bankruptcy
Code.
"Definitive Certificates": As defined in Section 5.01(b).
"Deleted Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be
replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
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"Delinquency Percentage": As of the last day of any Due
Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator
of which is the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that,
as of the last
day of the previous calendar month, are 60 or more days
delinquent, are in
foreclosure, have been converted to REO Properties or have been
discharged by
reason of bankruptcy, and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties as of
the last day of
such calendar month; provided, however, that any Mortgage Loan
purchased by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16(c) shall not be included in
either the
numerator or the denominator for purposes of calculating the
Delinquency
Percentage.
"Depositor": Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.
"Depository": The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial
Depository, for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry
Certificates, is
CEDE & Co. 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 and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section
17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Depository Institution": Any depository institution or
trust
company, including the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, that
(a) is
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or
any State
thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and examination by
federal or state
banking authorities and (c) has outstanding commercial paper,
short term debt
obligation, or other short-term deposits are rated at least F-1
by Fitch and
A-1+ by S&P if the deposits are to be held in the account
for less than 30 days
or long term unsecured debt obligations are rated at least AA-
if the deposits
are to be held in the account more than 30 days
"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": With respect to each Distribution
Date,
the 15th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution
Date occurs or, if
such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately preceding such
15th day.
"Directly Operate": With respect to any REO Property, the
furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the
management or
operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property
primarily for
sale to customers, the performance of any construction work
thereon or any use
of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by REMIC I
other than
through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that the
Trustee (or the
Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) shall not be considered to
Directly Operate
an REO Property solely because the Trustee (or the Servicer on
behalf of the
Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into
or renews
leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to
repairs or
capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property.
"Disqualified Organization": Any of the following: (i) the
United States, any State
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or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United
States, or any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality
which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to
tax and, except
for Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not
selected by such
governmental unit), (ii) any foreign government, any
international organization,
or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii)
any organization
(other than certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section
521 of the Code)
which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code
(including the tax
imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable
income), (iv)
rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section
1381(a)(2)(C) of
the Code, (v) an "electing large partnership" and (vi) any other
Person so
designated by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator based upon
an Opinion of
Counsel that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate by
such Person may cause any Trust REMIC or any Person having an
Ownership Interest
in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a
liability for
any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise
be imposed but
for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to such
Person. The terms "United States," "State" and "international
organization"
shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or
successor
provisions.
"Distribution Account": The trust account or accounts
created
and maintained by the Trust Administrator pursuant to Section
3.10(b), which
shall be entitled "Citibank, N.A., as Trust Administrator for
U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of
Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2002-WMC2,
Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates." The Distribution
Account must be an
Eligible Account.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any month, or if such
25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
following such 25th
day, commencing in October 2002.
"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 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan under terms of which
the Monthly
Payment for such Mortgage Loan was due on a day other than the
first day of the
calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, the day
during the
related Due Period on which such Monthly Payment was due), in
each case
exclusive of any days of grace.
"Due Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the second day of the month immediately
preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first
day of the month
of such Distribution Date.
"Eligible Account": Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a Depository Institution, (ii) an account or
accounts the
deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC or (iii) a
segregated trust
account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust
department of a federal
depository institution or state-chartered depository institution
subject to
regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to
Title 12 of the Code
of Federal Regulation Section 9.10(b), which, in either case,
has corporate
trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity .
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974,
as amended.
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"Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate in a parcel
of
land.
"Excess Net WAC Pass-Through Rate Amount": For any
Distribution Date and the Mezzanine Certificates, the positive
excess, if any,
of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Mezzanine
Certificates for such
Distribution Date calculated at the Mezzanine Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate over
(ii) the amount of interest accrued on the Mezzanine
Certificates at the REMIC
Net WAC Pass-Through Rate.
"Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Fund": As defined in Section [
].
"Excess Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to the
Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralized Amount for such
Distribution Date
over (ii) the Overcollateralization Target Amount for such
Distribution Date.
"Excess REMIC Net WAC Pass-Through Rate Amount": For any
Distribution Date and the Mezzanine Certificates, the positive
excess, if any,
of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Mezzanine
Certificates for such
Distribution Date calculated at the REMIC Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate over (ii)
the amount of interest accrued on the Mezzanine Certificates at
the Mezzanine
Net WAC Pass- Through Rate.
"Expense Adjusted Mortgage 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 applicable Mortgage Rate thereon
as of the first
day of the related Due Period minus the sum of (i) the
Administration Fee Rate
and (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Expense Adjusted Maximum Mortgage 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 applicable Maximum
Mortgage Rate (or the
applicable Mortgage Rate in the case of any Fixed-Rate Mortgage
Loan) thereon as
of the first day of the related Due Period minus the sum of (i)
the
Administration Fee Rate and (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Extraordinary Trust Fund Expense": Any amounts reimbursable
to the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, or any director,
officer, employee or
agent of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator from the Trust
Fund pursuant to
Section 7.02(b), 8.05 or 10.01(c) and any amounts payable from
the Distribution
Account in respect of taxes pursuant to Section
10.01(g)(iii).
"Fannie Mae": Fannie Mae, formally known as the Federal
National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
"FDIC": 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 Originator, the Depositor or the Servicer
pursuant to or as
contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01),
a determination
made by the Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and
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other payments or recoveries which the Servicer, in its
reasonable good faith
judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof
have been so
recovered. The Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by a
Servicing Officer,
of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.
"Fitch": Fitch Ratings, or its successor in interest.
"Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a fixed
Mortgage Rate.
"Formula Rate": For any Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the REMIC I Regular
Interests
(other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ,
REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTZZ and REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTP) the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus
the related
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate.
"Freddie Mac": Freddie Mac, formally known as the Federal
Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage
Note that is added
to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the
terms of the related
Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such
Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan.
"Group I Interest Remittance Amount": For any Distribution
Date, that portion of the Available Distribution Amount for the
related
Distribution Date that represents interest received or advanced
on the Group I
Mortgage Loans.
"Group I Marker Rate": With respect to the Class CE-I
Interest
and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2)
times the weighted
average of the REMIC I Remittance Rate for each of the REMIC I
Group I Regular
Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC
I Regular
Interest I-LTP), with the rate on each such REMIC I Group I
Regular Interest
subject to a cap equal to the related Formula Rate for the
purpose of this
calculation for such Distribution Date and with the rate on
REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ subject to a cap of zero for the purpose of this
calculation;
provided however, each cap and the REMIC I Remittance Rate shall
be multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number days
in the related
Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.
"Group I Mortgage Loan": Each Mortgage Loan transferred,
assigned and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01
or Section
2.03(b) of this Agreement, as held from time to time as a part
of the Trust
Fund, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
The Group I Mortgage Loans consist of Mortgage Loans with
Principal Balances
that conform to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loan limits.
"Group I Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": With respect to each
REMIC I Group I Regular Interest and the Class A-1 Certificates
and any
Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the product of (x)
the weighted
average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates of the Group
I
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Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Stated Principal
Balances as of the
first day of the related Due Period and (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which
is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days
elapsed in the
related Interest Accrual Period.
"Group I Parity Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the greater of (i) zero and (ii) the excess, if any, of
(x) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates
immediately prior to
such Distribution Date over (y) the aggregate Principal Balance
of the Group I
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period.
"Group I Principal Distribution Amount": The Group I
Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date is the
lesser of (A)
the greatest of (1) the product of (x) the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the
excess of (i) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group I
Mortgage Loans as
of the first day of the related Due Period, over (ii) the
aggregate Principal
Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related Due
Period, and the denominator of which is the excess of (i) the
aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of
the related Due
Period, over (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Due Period, (2) the Group I Parity
Amount and (3)
the excess of (i) the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for
such Distribution
Date over (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-2 Certificates
immediately prior to the applicable Distribution Date and (B)
the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates immediately
prior to such
Distribution Date.
"Group II Interest Remittance Amount": For any Distribution
Date, that portion of the Available Distribution Amount for the
related
Distribution Date that represents interest received or advanced
on the Group II
Mortgage Loans.
"Group II Marker Rate": With respect to the Class CE-II
Interest and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
two (2) times the
weighted average of the REMIC I Remittance Rate for each of the
REMIC I Group II
Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTAA),
with the rate
on each such REMIC I Group II Regular Interest subject to a cap
equal to the
related Formula Rate for the purpose of this calculation for
such Distribution
Date and with the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTZZ
subject to a cap of
zero for the purpose of this calculation; provided however, each
cap and the
REMIC I Remittance Rate shall be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of
which is the actual number days in the related Interest Accrual
Period and the
denominator of which is 30.
"Group II Mortgage Loan": Each Mortgage Moan transferred,
assigned and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01
or Section
2.03(b) of this Agreement, as held from time to time as a part
of the Trust
Fund, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
The Group II Mortgage Loans consist predominantly of Mortgage
Loans with
Principal Balances that do not conform to Freddie Mac or Fannie
Mae loan limits.
"Group II Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": With respect to each
REMIC I Group II Regular Interest and the Class A-2 Certificates
and any
Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the product of (x)
the weighted
average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates of the Group II
Mortgage Loans,
weighted based on their Stated Principal Balances as of the
first day of the
related
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Due Period and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator
of which is the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Interest Accrual
Period.
"Group II Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to
any
Distribution Date, the excess of (1) the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date over (2) the Group I Principal
Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date.
"Independent": When used with respect to any specified
Person,
any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor,
the Servicer,
the Seller and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have
any direct
financial interest in or any material indirect financial
interest in the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof,
and (c) is not
connected with the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller or any
Affiliate thereof
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, trust
administrator,
partner, director or Person performing similar functions;
provided, however,
that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Depositor,
the Servicer,
the Seller 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, the
Servicer, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may
be.
"Independent Contractor": Either (i) any Person (other than
the Servicer) that would be an "independent contractor" with
respect to REMIC I
within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if REMIC I
were a real
estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set
forth in that
section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns,
directly or
indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates), so long
as REMIC I does
not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided
that the
relationship between such Person and REMIC I is at arm's length,
all within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii)
any other Person
(including the Servicer) if the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator have
received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the taking of
any action in
respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any
conditions therein
specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by
an Independent
Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify
as "foreclosure
property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code
(determined
without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of
Section 860D(a) of
the Code), or cause any income realized in respect of such REO
Property to fail
to qualify as Rents from Real Property.
"Index": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan
and each related Adjustment Date, the index specified in the
related Mortgage
Note.
"Insurance Proceeds": 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 Mortgagor in accordance with the
procedures that the
Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its
own account,
subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note
and Mortgage.
"Interest Accrual Period": With respect to any Distribution
Date and the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates, the period
commencing on the Distribution Date of the month immediately
preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the
first
Distribution Date, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on
the day
preceding such
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Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Class CE-I
Interest, the Class CE-II Interest and the REMIC I Regular
Interests, the
one-month period ending on the last day of the calendar month
preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
"Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine
Certificates,
the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which (a) the Interest
Distribution Amount
for such Class of Certificates as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date
exceeded (b) the actual amount distributed on such Class of
Certificates in
respect of interest on such immediately preceding Distribution
Date, (ii) the
amount of any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class of
Certificates
remaining unpaid from the previous Distribution Date and (iii)
accrued interest
on the sum of (i) and (ii) above calculated at the related
Pass-Through Rate for
the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period.
"Interest Determination Date": With respect to the Class A-1
Certificates, and, for purposes of the definition of the Group I
Marker Rate and
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA and any Interest Accrual Period
therefor, the
second London Business Day preceding the commencement of such
Interest Accrual
Period. With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates and the
Mezzanine
Certificates, and, for purposes of the definition of the Group
II Marker Rate
and REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTA-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTM1, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC I Regular II-LTM3, REMIC I
Regular II-LTM4 and
REMIC I Regular II-LTM5, and any Interest Accrual Period
therefor, the second
London Business Day preceding the commencement of such Interest
Accrual Period.
"Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Class A Certificates, the
aggregate Accrued
Certificate Interest on the Certificates of such Class for such
Distribution
Dateand the Interest Carry Forward Amount. With respect to any
Distribution Date
and any Class of Mezzanine Certificate and any Class CE
Certificate is equal to
(i) the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest on the
Certificates of such Class
for such Distribution Date plus solely for federal income tax
purposes (ii) the
amount of the Excess Net WAC Pass-Through Rate Amount, if any,
for such
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Distribution Date, and reduced (to not less than zero), in the
case of each such
Class, by the amount of the REMIC Net WAC Pass-Through Rate
Amount, if any, for
such Distribution Date.
"Interest Remittance Amount": Collectively, the Group I
Interest Remittance Amount and the Group II Interest Remittance
Amount.
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan and
any
Due Period, all amounts received subsequent to the Determination
Date
immediately following such Due Period, whether as late payments
of Monthly
Payments or as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or
interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related
Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously
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 REMIC I, by reason of its being purchased,
sold or replaced
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c)
or Section 9.01.
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 REMIC I by reason of its being
purchased pursuant to
Section 9.01.
"Liquidation Proceeds": The amount (other than Insurance
Proceeds or amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO
Property prior
to REO Disposition) received by the Servicer in connection with
(i) the taking
of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the
power of eminent
domain or condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted
Mortgage Loan
through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or
(iii) the
repurchase, substitution or sale of a Mortgage Loan or an REO
Property pursuant
to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c), Section
3.23 or Section
9.01.
"Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date of determination, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date and the
denominator of which
is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
"London Business Day": Any day on which banks in the City of
London are open and conducting transactions in United States
dollars.
"Loss Severity Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the
amount of Realized Losses incurred on a Mortgage Loan and the
denominator of
which is the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately
prior to the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan.
"Maximum Cap Rate": For any Distribution Date and the Class
A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, a per annum rate
equal to the
product of (x) the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted
Maximum Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Principal
Balances
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as of the first day of the related Due Period and (y) a
fraction, the numerator
of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
of days elapsed
in the related Interest Accrual Period.
"Maximum I-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount":
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the of (i) accrued interest at
the REMIC I
Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ
for such
Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTZZ minus the REMIC I Group I
Overcollateralization Amount,
in each case for such Distribution Date, over (ii)
Uncertificated Interest on
the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
Regular Interest
I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP) for
such Distribution Date, with the rate on each REMIC I Group I
Regular Interest
subject to a cap equal to the related Formula Rate for the
purpose of this
calculation for such Distribution Date; provided however, each
cap and the REMIC
I Remittance Rate shall be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is
the actual number days in the related Interest Accrual Period
and the
denominator of which is 30.
"Maximum II-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount":
With respect to any Distribution Date, the of (i) accrued
interest at the REMIC
I Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTZZ
for such
Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTZZ minus the REMIC I Group II
Overcollateralization
Amount, in each case for such Distribution Date, over (ii)
Uncertificated
Interest on the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests (other than
REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTAA, and REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTZZ) for such
Distribution
Date, with the rate on each REMIC I Group II Regular Interest
subject to a cap
equal to the related Formula Rate for the purpose of this
calculation for such
Distribution Date; provided however, each cap and the REMIC I
Remittance Rate
shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
actual number
days in the related Interest Accrual Period and the denominator
of which is 30.
"Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each
Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage
Note as the
maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Mezzanine Certificates": The Class M-1 Certificates, the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class
M-4 Certificates
or the Class M-4 Interest, as applicable and the Class M-5
Certificates or the
Class M-5 Interest, as applicable.
"Mezzanine Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": For any Distribution
Date and the Mezzanine Certificates, a rate per annum (adjusted
for the actual
number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period) equal to
the Group II Net
WAC Pass-Through Rate less the Mezzanine WAC Adjustment.
"Mezzanine WAC Adjustment": For any Distribution Date, a per
annum rate (adjusted for the actual number of days in the
related Interest
Accrual Period) equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Group II
Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate over (B) the sum of (1) the product of (i) the
Group I Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate multiplied by (ii) a fraction not to exceed
1.0, the numerator
of which is the amount, if any, that the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance
of the Class A-2 Certificates plus the Mezzanine Certificates
immediately prior
to such Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate Principal
Balance of the
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Group II Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due
Period, and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the
Mezzanine Certificates, and (2) the product of (i) the Group II
Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate multiplied by (ii) a fraction not to exceed
1.0, the numerator
of which is the amount, if any, that the aggregate Principal
Balance of the
Group II Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due
Period exceeds
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2
Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator
of which is the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Mezzanine
Certificates.
"Minimum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each
Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage
Note as the
minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on such
Mortgage Loan which
is payable by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the
related Mortgage
Note, determined: (a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient
Valuation and/or
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 Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07 and (c) on the assumption
that all other
amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid when
due.
"Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or its successor
in interest.
"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien or second lien on, or first priority or
second priority
security interest in, a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage
Note.
"Mortgage File": The mortgage documents listed in Section
2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional
documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
"Mortgage Loan": Collectively, the Group I Mortgage Loans
and
the Group II Mortgage Loans.
"Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement among the
Originator, the Seller and the Depositor, regarding the sale of
the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Depositor, substantially in the form
of Exhibit D
annexed hereto.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date, the list of
Mortgage
Loans included in REMIC I on such date, attached hereto as
Schedule 1. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information
with respect to
each Mortgage Loan in each Group:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name;
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(iii) the street address of the Mortgaged Property
including the state and zip code;
(iv) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
(v) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the
Mortgaged Property;
(vi) the original months to maturity;
(vii) the stated remaining months to maturity from the
Cut-off Date based on the original amortization
schedule;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the
Cut-off Date;
(x) (A) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was
due on the Mortgage Loan and (B) if such date is not
consistent with the Due Date currently in effect,
such Due Date;
(xi) the stated maturity date;
(xii) the amount of the Monthly Payment at origination;
(xiii) the amount of the Monthly Payment due on the first
Due Date after the Cut-off Date;
(xiv) the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was
actually applied to the unpaid Stated Principal
Balance;
(xv) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xvi) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
close of business on the Cut- off Date;
(xvii) a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan
(i. e., purchase financing, Rate/Term Refinancing,
Cash-Out Refinancing);
(xviii) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
the Adjustment Dates, the Gross Margin, the Maximum
Mortgage Rate, the Minimum Mortgage Rate, the
Periodic Rate Cap, the maximum first Adjustment Date
Mortgage Rate adjustment and the first Adjustment
Date immediately following the Cut-off Date;
(xix) the Mortgage Rate at origination;
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(xx) a code indicating the documentation program (i.e.,
Full Documentation, Full- Alternative Documentation,
Lite Documentation, Stated Documentation, No
Income-No Asset, or NINA, Disclosure Documentation
and Express Documentation);
(xxi) the risk grade;
(xxii) the Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xxiii) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if
applicable;
(xxiv) the actual unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan as of the Cut-off Date;
(xxv) a code indicating the type and term of the related
Prepayment Charge;
(xxvi) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
the rounding code (i.e., nearest 0.125%, next highest
0.125%);
(xxvii) the program code; and
(xxviii) whether such Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan or a Fixed- Rate Mortgage Loan.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate
and in each
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 Mortgage Rate
of the Mortgage Loans and (4) the weighted average maturity of
the Mortgage
Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from time to
time by the
Depositor in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
With respect to
any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Cut-off Date shall
refer to the
related Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined in
accordance with the
definition of Cut-off Date herein.
"Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other
evidence
of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgage Pool": The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on
Schedule 1 and existing from time to time thereafter, and any
REO Properties
acquired in respect thereof.
"Mortgage 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,
which rate with
respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, (A) as of any
date of
determination until the first Adjustment Date following the
Cut-off Date shall
be the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the
Mortgage Rate in
effect immediately following the Cut-off Date and (B) as of any
date of
determination thereafter shall be the rate as adjusted on the
most recent
Adjustment Date
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equal to the sum, rounded as provided in the Mortgage Note, of
the Index, as
most recently available as of a date prior to the Adjustment
Date as set forth
in the related Mortgage Note, plus the related Gross Margin;
provided that the
Mortgage Rate on such Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan on any
Adjustment Date shall
never be more than the lesser of (i) the sum of the Mortgage
Rate in effect
immediately prior to the Adjustment Date plus the related
Periodic Rate Cap, if
any, and (ii) the related Maximum Mortgage Rate, and shall never
be less than
the greater of (i) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior
to the
Adjustment Date less the Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the
related Minimum
Mortgage Rate. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that becomes
an REO Property,
as of any date of determination, the annual rate determined in
accordance with
the immediately preceding sentence as of the date such Mortgage
Loan became an
REO Property.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property securing a
Mortgage Loan, including any REO Property, consisting of an
Estate in Real
Property improved by a Residential Dwelling.
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
"Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) any Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of (x) the Available
Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date over (y) the sum for such
Distribution Date of
(A) the Senior Interest Distribution Amount payable to the
holders of the Class
A Certificates and the Interest Distribution Amount payable to
the holders of
the Mezzanine Certificates and (B) the Principal Remittance
Amount.
"Net Mortgage 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 Mortgage Rate for such
Mortgage Loan minus
the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": With respect to each REMIC I
Regular Interest, the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates and
any Distribution Date, (i) with respect to the Class A-1
Certificates, the Group
I Net WAC Pass-Through Rate, (ii) with respect to the Class A-2
Certificates,
the Group II Net WAC Pass-Through Rate or (iii) with respect to
the Mezzanine
Certificates, the Mezzanine Net WAC Pass-Through Rate.
"Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount": With respect to any Class
of
the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any
Distribution
Date, the sum of (A) the positive excess of (i) the amount of
interest accrued
on such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date
calculated at the
related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii) the
amount of interest
accrued on such Class of Certificates at the applicable Net WAC
Pass-Through
Rate for such Distribution Date and (B) the related Net WAC Rate
Carryover
Amount for the previous Distribution Date not previously paid,
together with
interest thereon at a rate equal to the related Formula Rate for
such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date.
"Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve Account": As defined in
Section 3.27.
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"New Lease": Any lease of REO Property entered into on
behalf
of REMIC I, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of
REMIC I, if
REMIC I has the right to renegotiate the terms of such
lease.
"Nonrecoverable Advance": Any Advance previously made or
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the
good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in
the case of a
proposed Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from
related Late
Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such
Mortgage Loan or
REO Property as provided herein.
"Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance": Any Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage
Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the
Servicer, will not or,
in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not be
ultimately recoverable
from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds on
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Non-United States Person": Any Person other than a United
States Person.
"Notional Amount": With respect to the Class CE-I Interest
and
any Distribution Date, the aggregate Uncertificated Balance of
the REMIC I Group
I Regular Interests for such Distribution Date. With respect to
the Class CE-II
Interest and any Distribution Date, the aggregate Uncertificated
Balance of the
REMIC I Group II Regular Interests for such Distribution
Date.
"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), and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or
one of the
assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Servicer,
the Seller or the
Depositor, as applicable.
"One-Month LIBOR": With respect to the Class A Certificates,
the Mezzanine Certificates, and for purposes of the definition
of Group I Marker
Rate, Group II Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA-1,
REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTA-2, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC I
Regular Interest
II-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM3, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM4 and
REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM5 and any Interest Accrual Period
therefor, the
rate determined by the Trust Administrator on the related
Interest Determination
Date on the basis of the offered rate for one- month U. S.
dollar deposits, as
such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such
Interest Determination Date; provided that if such rate does not
appear on
Telerate Page 3750, the rate for such date will be determined on
the basis of
the offered rates of the Reference Banks for one- month U. S.
dollar deposits,
as of 11: 00 a. m. (London time) on such Interest Determination
Date. In such
event, the Trust Administrator will request the principal London
office of each
of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If on
such Interest
Determination Date, two or more Reference Banks provide such
offered quotations,
One-Month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period shall be
the arithmetic
mean of such offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to
the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16%). If on such Interest Determination
Date, fewer than two
Reference Banks provide such offered
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quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual
Period shall be the
higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest
Determination Date
and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if, under the
priorities described above, LIBOR for an Interest Determination
Date would be
based on LIBOR for the previous Interest Determination Date for
the third
consecutive Interest Determination Date, the Trust Administrator
shall select an
alternative comparable index (over which the Trust Administrator
has no
control), used for determining one-month Eurodollar lending
rates that is
calculated and published (or otherwise made available) by an
independent party.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor or the
Servicer,
acceptable to the Trustee, if such opinion is delivered to the
Trustee, or
acceptable to the Trust Administrator, if such opinion is
delivered to the Trust
Administrator, except that any opinion of counsel relating to
(a) the
qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance
with the REMIC
Provisions must be an opinion of Independent counsel.
"Original Mortgage Loan": Any of the Mortgage Loans included
in REMIC I as of the Closing Date.
"Originator": WMC Mortgage Corp. or its successor in
interest,
in its capacity as originator under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
"Overcollateralization Increase Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the
Overcollateralization Target
Amount exceeds the Overcollateralized Amount on such
Distribution Date
(calculated for this purpose only after taking into account the
distribution of
the Principal Remittance Amount on such Distribution Date).
"Overcollateralization Reduction Amount": With respect to
any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the
Principal Remittance
Amount on such Distribution Date and (b) the excess, if any, of
(i) the
Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date (calculated
for this
purpose only after assuming that 100% of the Principal
Remittance Amount on such
Distribution Date have been distributed) over (ii) the
Overcollateralization
Target Amount for such Distribution Date.
"Overcollateralization Target Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, (i) prior to the Stepdown Date, an amount
equal to
$6,072,271, (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date provided a
Trigger Event is not
in effect, the greater of (x) 2.50% of the then current
aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of
the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (y)
$2,428,702, or (iii) on or after the Stepdown Date and if a
Trigger Event is in
effect, the Overcollateralization Target Amount for the
immediately preceding
Distribution Date.
"Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any
Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties as of the last day of the
related Due Period
(after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due
during the related
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period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) over
(b) the sum of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A
Certificates, the
Mezzanine Certificates and the Class P Certificates after giving
effect to
distributions to be made on such Distribution 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 the Class A
Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate
per annum equal
to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for such
Distribution Date and
(ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.
With respect to
the Class CE Interest and any Distribution Date, a rate per
annum equal to the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
the sum of the
amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (A) through (H) below,
and the
denominator of which is the Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC
I Regular
Interests. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate for
the Class CE-I
Interest, the numerator is equal to the sum of the following
components:
(A) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I- LTAA minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied
to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest I-LTAA;
(B) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I- LTA-1 minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied
to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest I-LTA-1;
(C) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I- LTZZ minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied
to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest I-LTZZ; and
(D) 100% of the interest on REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP.
For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate for the Class
CE-II Interest,
the numerator is equal to the sum of the following
components:
(A) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTAA minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTAA;
(B) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTA-2 minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to
an amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC
I
Regular Interest II-LTA-2;
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(C) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTM1 minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTM1;
(D) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTM2 minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTM2;
(E) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTM3 minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTM3;
(F) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTM4 minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTM4;
(G) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTM5 minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTM5; and
(H) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTZZ minus the Group II Marker Rate,
applied to an
amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTZZ; and
With respect to the Class CE Certificates, 100% of the
interest payable to the Class CE-I Interest and Class CE-II
Interest.
"Percentage Interest": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), the
undivided percentage
ownership in such Class evidenced by such Certificate, expressed
as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the initial Certificate
Principal Balance
or Notional Amount represented by such Certificate and the
denominator of which
is the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance or
initial Notional
Amount of all of the Certificates of such Class. The Class A
Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates are issuable only in minimum
Percentage Interests
corresponding to minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances
of $100,000 and
integral multiples of $1.00 in thereof. The Class P Certificates
are issuable
only in Percentage Interests corresponding to initial
Certificate Principal
Balances of $20 and integral multiples thereof. The Class CE
Certificates are
issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to
minimum initial
Certificate Principal Balances of $100,000 and integral
multiples of $1.00 in
thereof; provided, however, that a single Certificate of each
such Class of
Certificates may be issued having a Percentage Interest
corresponding to the
remainder of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance
or Notional
Amount of such Class or to an otherwise authorized denomination
for such Class
plus such remainder. With respect to any Residual Certificate,
the undivided
percentage ownership in such Class evidenced by such
Certificate, as set forth
on the face of such Certificate. The Residual Certificates are
issuable in
Percentage Interests of 20% and multiples thereof.
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"Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed
percentage set forth
in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by
which the Mortgage
Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without
regard to the
Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate) on such
Adjustment Date from
the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment
Date.
"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 by the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the
Trust Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates:
(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) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit
of,
or bankers' acceptances issued by, any Depository
Institution;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository
Institution (acting as principal);
(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 or any state thereof and that are rated by
each
Rating Agency that rates such securities 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 payable on
demand
or on a specified date not more than 30 days after the date
of
acquisition thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that
rates
such securities in its highest short-term unsecured debt
rating
available at the time of such investment;
(vi) units of money market funds that have been rated "AAA"
by
Fitch (if rated by Fitch) and "AAAm" or "AAAm-G" by S&P or
"Aaa" by
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; and
(viii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee and
the Trust Administrator, any other demand, money market or
time
deposit, or any other obligation, security or investment, as may
be
acceptable to the Rating Agencies as a permitted investment of
funds
backing securities having ratings equivalent to its highest
initial
rating of the Class A 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.
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"Permitted Transferee": Any Transferee of a Residual
Certificate other than a Disqualified Organization or Non-United
States 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.
"Plan": Any employee benefit plan or certain other
retirement
plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts
and annuities,
Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance
company general
or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or
arrangements are invested,
that are subject to ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.
"Prepayment Assumption": A prepayment rate for the Mortgage
Loans of [__]% CPR. The Prepayment Assumption is used solely for
determining the
accrual of original issue discount on the Certificates for
federal income tax
purposes. A CPR (or Constant Prepayment Rate) represents an
annualized constant
assumed rate of prepayment each month of a pool of mortgage
loans relative to
its outstanding principal balance for the life of such pool.
"Prepayment Charge": With respect to any Prepayment Period,
any prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable by a Mortgagor
in connection
with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
terms of the
related Mortgage Note (other than any Servicer Prepayment Charge
Payment
Amount).
"Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the
related Prepayment
Period the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part
that was applied
by the Servicer to reduce the outstanding principal balance of
such loan on a
date preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period,
an amount equal
to interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of
such Principal
Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the date on
which the prepayment
is applied and ending on the last day of the related Prepayment
Period. The
obligations of the Servicer in respect of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfall are
set forth in Section 3.24.
"Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date
occurs.
"Principal Balance": As to any Mortgage Loan other than a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, and any day, the related Stated
Principal Balance as
of the Cut-off Date, MINUS all collections credited against the
Principal
Balance of any such Mortgage Loan. 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
minus any REO
Principal Amortization received with respect thereto on or prior
to such day.
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"Principal Distribution Amount ": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of:
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment on the
Mortgage Loans due during the related Due Period, received or
advanced
on or prior to the related Determination Date;
(ii) the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan that
was purchased during the related Prepayment Period pursuant to
or as
contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01
and the
amount of any shortfall deposited in the Collection Account
in
connection with the substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan
pursuant to
Section 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period (other
than
Prepayment Charges);
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled
collections (including, without limitation, Principal
Prepayments,
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Principal
Amortization) received with respect to the Mortgage Loans during
the
related Prepayment Period; and
(iv) the amount of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount
for such Distribution Date;
minus:
(v) the amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount
for such Distribution Date.
"Principal Prepayment": Any payment of principal made by the
Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its
scheduled Due
Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest
representing the full
amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or
months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
"Principal Remittance Amount": The sum of the amounts set
forth in (i) through (iii) of the definition of Principal
Distribution Amount.
"Private Certificates": As defined in Section 5.02(b).
"PTCE": A Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption issued by
the
United States Department of Labor which provides that exemptive
relief is
available to any party to any transaction which satisfies the
conditions of the
exemption.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by
Section 2.03, Section
3.16(c) or Section 9.01, and as confirmed by a certification
from a Servicing
Officer to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, an amount
equal to the sum
of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the
date of purchase
(or such other price as provided in Section 9.01), (ii) in the
case of (x) a
Mortgage Loan, accrued interest on such Stated Principal
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Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from time
to time from the
Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a payment by
the Mortgagor or
an Advance by the Servicer, which payment or Advance had as of
the date of
purchase been distributed pursuant to Section 4.01, 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 Stated Principal Balance
at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time from
the Due Date as to
which interest was last covered by a payment by the Mortgagor or
an Advance by
the Servicer through the end of the calendar month immediately
preceding the
calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired, 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, Liquidation Proceeds and
Advances that as
of the date of purchase had been distributed as or to cover REO
Imputed Interest
pursuant to Section 4.01, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and Advances
(including Nonrecoverable Advances and Nonrecoverable Servicing
Advances) and
any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO
Property, (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in
respect of such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix)
and Section
3.16(b), and (v) in the case of a Mortgage Loan required to be
purchased
pursuant to Section 2.03, expenses reasonably incurred or to be
incurred by the
Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Administrator in respect of
the breach or
defect giving rise to the purchase obligation.
"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 the Stated
Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Due
Date in the
calendar month during which the substitution occurs, (ii) have a
Mortgage Rate
not less than (and not more than one percentage point in excess
of) the Mortgage
Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) with respect to any
Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, have a Maximum Mortgage Rate not less than the
Maximum Mortgage
Rate on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) with respect to any
Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, have a Minimum Mortgage Rate not less than the
Minimum Mortgage
Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) with respect to any
Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, have a Gross Margin equal to the Gross Margin of
the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (vi) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, have a
next Adjustment Date not more than two months later than the
next Adjustment
Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii) have a remaining term
to maturity not
greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (viii) have the same Due Date as the Due Date on the
Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (ix) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of
substitution equal to or
lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted Mortgage Loan
as of such date,
(x) have a risk grading determined by the originator of the
Mortgage Loan at
least equal to the risk grading assigned on the Deleted Mortgage
Loan and (xi)
conform to each representation and warranty set forth in Section
6 of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement 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 Mortgage Rates
described in
clause (ii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted
average Mortgage
Rates, the terms described in clause (vii) hereof shall be
determined on the
basis of weighted
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average remaining term to maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios
described in clause
(ix) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan,
the risk gradings
described in clause (x) 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 (xi) hereof
must be satisfied
as to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the
aggregate, as the case
may be.
"Rate/Term Refinancing": A Refinanced Mortgage Loan, the
proceeds of which are not more than a nominal amount in excess
of the existing
first mortgage loan and any subordinate mortgage loan on the
related Mortgaged
Property and related closing costs, and were used exclusively
(except for such
nominal amount) to satisfy the then existing first mortgage loan
and any
subordinate mortgage loan of the Mortgagor on the related
Mortgaged Property and
to pay related closing costs.
"Rating Agency or Rating Agencies": Fitch and S&P or
their
successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer
in existence,
"Rating Agencies" shall be such nationally recognized
statistical rating
agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the
Depositor, notice of
which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and the
Servicer.
"Realized Loss": With respect to each Mortgage Loan as to
which a Final Recovery Determination has been made, an amount
(not less than
zero) equal to (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the
commencement of the calendar month in which the Final Recovery
Determination was
made, plus (ii) accrued interest from the Due Date as to which
interest was last
paid by the Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month in
which such Final
Recovery Determination was made, calculated in the case of each
calendar month
during such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual
rate at which
interest was then accruing on such Mortgage Loan and (B) on a
principal amount
equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as
of the close of
business on the Distribution Date during such calendar month,
plus (iii) any
amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in
respect of such
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section
3.16(b), minus (iv)
the proceeds, if any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan
during the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was
made, net of
amounts that are payable therefrom to the Servicer with respect
to such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii).
With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final
Recovery
Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero)
equal to (i) the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the
date of
acquisition of such REO Property on behalf of REMIC I, plus (ii)
accrued
interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by
the Mortgagor
in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the
calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO
Property was
acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during
such period (A)
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was
then accruing
on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal
to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close
of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) 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 Final Recovery Determination was
made, plus (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in
respect of the
related Mortgage
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Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus
(v) the
aggregate of all Advances and Servicing Advances (in the case of
Servicing
Advances, without duplication of amounts netted out of the
rental income,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds described in clause
(vi) below) made
by the Servicer in respect of such REO Property or the related
Mortgage Loan for
which the Servicer has been or, in connection with such Final
Recovery
Determination, will be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.23 out
of rental income,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect
of such REO
Property, minus (vi) the total of all net rental income,
Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such REO Property
that has been, or
in connection with such Final Recovery Determination, will be
transferred to the
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the
principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such
Deficient Valuation
and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the
Deficient
Valuation.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the portion, if any, of the
reduction in
each affected Monthly Payment attributable to a reduction in the
Mortgage Rate
imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each such Realized
Loss shall be
deemed to have been incurred on the Due Date for each affected
Monthly Payment.
"Record Date": With respect to each Distribution Date and
any
Book-Entry Certificate, the Business Day immediately preceding
such Distribution
Date. With respect to each Distribution Date and any other
Certificates,
including any Definitive Certificates, the last Business Day of
the month
immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Reference Banks": Bankers Trust Company, Barclays' Bank
PLC,
The Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank and National Westminster Bank PLC and
their successors
in interest; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing
banks are not
suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks
selected by the
Trust Administrator which are engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar deposits in
the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established
place of business
in London, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under
common control
with the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof and (iii) which have
been designated
as such by the Trust Administrator.
"Refinanced Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of
which were not used to purchase the related Mortgaged
Property.
"Regular Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine
Certificate, Class CE Certificate or Class P Certificate.
"Regular Interest": A "regular interest" in a REMIC within
the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
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"Relief Act Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the
amount of interest
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended
calendar month as
a result of the application of the Relief Act.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within
the meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto,
constituting one of the primary trusts created hereby and to be
administered
hereunder, with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made,
consisting of:
(i) such Mortgage Loans and Prepayment Charges related thereto
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; (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 Collection
Account (other than any amounts representing any Servicer
Prepayment Charge
Payment Amount), the Distribution Account (other than any
amounts representing
any Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount) and 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, REMIC I specifically
excludes all
payments and other collections of principal and interest due on
the Mortgage
Loans on or before the Cut-off Date, all Prepayment Charges
payable in
connection with Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans made
before the
Cut-off Date, the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account and the
Excess Net WAC
Rate Reserve Fund.
"REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, an amount (subject to
adjustment based on the
actual number of days elapsed in the respective Interest Accrual
Periods for the
indicated Regular Interests for such Distribution Date) equal to
(a) the product
of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group I
Mortgage Loans and
REO Properties then outstanding and (ii) the REMIC I Remittance
Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTAA minus the Group I Marker Rate, divided
by (b) 12.
"REMIC I Group II Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, an amount (subject to
adjustment based on the
actual number of days elapsed in the respective Interest Accrual
Periods for the
indicated Regular Interests for such Distribution Date) equal to
(a) the product
of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group II
Mortgage Loans and
REO Properties then outstanding and (ii) the REMIC I Remittance
Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTAA minus the Group II Marker Rate, divided
by (b) 12.
"REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to
any date of determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate
Uncertificated Balances of
the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate
of the
Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Group I Regular
Interests, in each case
as of such date of determination.
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"REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount": With respect
to
any date of determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate
Uncertificated Balances of
the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate
of the
Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Group II Regular
Interests, in each case
as of such date of determination.
"REMIC I Group I Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product
of (i) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans
and REO
Properties then outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the
numerator of which
is two times the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of the
REMIC I Group I
Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ
and REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTP) and the denominator of which is the
aggregate of the
Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests
(other than
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTP).
"REMIC I Group II Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product
of (i) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans
and REO
Properties then outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the
numerator of which
is two times the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of the
REMIC I Group
II Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTZZ) and the
denominator of which is the aggregate of the Uncertificated
Balances of the
REMIC I Group II Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular
Interest
II-LTAA).
"REMIC I Group I Regular Interest": REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA-1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ and
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP.
"REMIC I Group II Regular Interest": REMIC I Regular
Interest
II-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTA-2, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM1,
REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTM3, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM4, REMIC I Regular Interest II- LTM5 and
REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTZZ.
"REMIC I Regular Interest": Any of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I
Regular Interest
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time or shall otherwise be entitled to interest as set forth
herein, and
shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and
conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated
Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The
designations for
the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set forth in the
Preliminary
Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTAA
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
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"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA-1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTA-1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP
shall be entitled to any Prepayment Charges collected by the
Servicer with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and to a distribution of
principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTA-2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTA-2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM3": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial
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ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated
as a Regular
Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM3 shall
accrue interest at
the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time to time,
and shall be
entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and
conditions
hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM4": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM4
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM5": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM5
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I
issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in
effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Remittance Rate": With respect to the REMIC I
Regular
Interests and any Distribution Date, the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate.
"REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Target Amount": 1% of
the
Group I Overcollateralization Target Amount.
"REMIC I Group II Required Overcollateralized Amount": 1% of
the Group II Required Overcollateralization Amount.
"REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all
of
the REMIC I Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee,
for the benefit
of the REMIC II Certificates, pursuant to Section 2.09, and all
amounts
deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC
election is to be
made.
"REMIC II Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Class M-1
Certificate, Class M-2 Certificate, Class M-3 Certificate or
Class R-II
Interest.
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"REMIC II Certificateholder": The Holder of any REMIC II
Certificate.
"REMIC III": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the
Class M-4 Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the
Class M-4 Certificates and all amounts deposited therein, with
respect to which
a separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC IV": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the
Class M-5 Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the
Class M-5 Certificates and all amounts deposited therein, with
respect to which
a separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC V": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the
Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II Interest conveyed in
trust to the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Class CE Certificates and all
amounts deposited
therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to
be made.
"REMIC VI": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the
Class P Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Class
P Certificates and all amounts deposited therein, with respect
to which a
separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": A per annum rate (but not
less than zero) equal to the least of:
(a) the related Formula Rate for the applicable Class of
Certificates;
(b) the Group I Net WAC Pass-Through Rate; and
(c) the Group II Net WAC Pass-Through Rate.
"REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which
appear at Section
860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and
proposed, temporary
and final regulations and published rulings, notices and
announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time.
"Remittance Report": A report in form and substance
acceptable
to the Trust Administrator on an electronic data file or tape
prepared by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03 with such additions, deletions
and
modifications as agreed to by the Trust Administrator and the
Servicer.
"Rents from Real Property": With respect to any REO
Property,
gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the
Code as being
included in the term "rents from real property."
"REO Account": The account or accounts maintained, or caused
to be maintained, by the Servicer in respect of an REO Property
pursuant to
Section 3.23.
"REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO
Property on behalf of REMIC
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I.
"REO Imputed Interest": As to any REO Property, for any
calendar month during which such REO Property was at any time
part of REMIC I,
one month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the
Stated 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
Distribution 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
9.01 that is allocable to such REO Property) or otherwise, net
of any portion of
such amounts (i) payable pursuant to Section 3.23(c) in respect
of the proper
operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property or
(ii) payable or
reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23(d) for
unpaid 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
Servicer
on behalf of REMIC I through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, as
described in Section 3.23.
"Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing
Officer, in the form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2 attached
hereto.
"Reserve Interest Rate": With respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trust
Administrator determines
to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if
necessary to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16%) of the one-month U. S. dollar
lending rates
which New York City banks selected by the Trust Administrator
are quoting on the
relevant Interest Determination Date to the principal London
offices of leading
banks in the London interbank market or (ii) in the event that
the Trust
Administrator can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest
one-month U. S.
dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the
Trust
Administrator are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to
leading
European banks.
"Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) an
attached, detached or semi- detached one-family dwelling, (ii)
an attached,
detached or semi-detached two-to four-family dwelling, (iii) a
one-family
dwelling unit in a Fannie Mae eligible condominium project, or
(iv) an attached,
detached or semi-detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit
development,
none of which is a co-operative, mobile or manufactured home (as
defined in 42
United States Code, Section 5402(6)).
"Residual Certificates": The Class R Certificates and the
Class R-X Certificates.
"Residual Interest": The sole class of "residual interests"
in
a REMIC within the meaning
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of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
"Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee
or the Trust Administrator, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of
Directors or Trustees, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Executive or
Standing Committee of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the
President, the
Chairman of the Committee on Trust Matters, any vice president,
any assistant
vice president, the Secretary, any assistant secretary, the
Treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the Cashier, any assistant cashier, any
trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the Controller and any assistant
controller or any
other officer of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the
case may be,
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.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
the
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.
"Seller": Salomon Brothers Realty Corp. or its successor in
interest, in its capacity as seller under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
"Senior Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Interest Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date for the Class A Certificates
and (ii) the
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, for such Distribution
Date for the Class
A Certificates.
"Senior Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or during the
continuation of
a Trigger Event, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount and
(b) on or after
the Stepdown Date so long as a Trigger Event is not effect, the
Class A
Principal Distribution Amount.
"Servicer": Litton Loan Servicing LP or any successor
servicer
appointed as herein provided, in its capacity as Servicer
hereunder.
"Servicer Assignee": As defined in Section 3.28 hereof.
"Servicer Event of Default": One or more of the events
described in Section 7.01.
"Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount": The amounts
payable by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment
Charges pursuant to
Section 3.01.
"Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any Distribution
Date, by 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day preceding
the related
Distribution Date.
"Servicer Termination Trigger": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Cumulative Realized Losses incurred since
the Cut-off
Date through the last day of the related Due Period exceeds
the
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applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such
Distribution Date:
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN PERCENTAGE
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October 2002 through September 2006 3.50%
October 2006 through September 2007 5.00%
October 2007 through September 2008 6.25%
October 2008 and September 2009 7.00%
October 2009 and thereafter 7.50%
"Servicing Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09.
"Servicing Advances": The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs
and
expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with a default,
delinquency or
other unanticipated event by the Servicer in the performance of
its servicing
obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation,
restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any
enforcement or
judicial proceedings, including but not limited to foreclosures,
in respect of a
particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management (including
reasonable fees in
connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property and
(iv) the
performance of its obligations under Section 3.01, Section 3.09,
Section 3.14,
Section 3.16 and Section 3.23. The Servicer shall not be
required to make any
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances.
"Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for
any calendar month, an amount equal to the Servicing Fee Rate
accrued for one
month (or in the event of any payment of interest which
accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in full or in part made by the Mortgagor during such
calendar month,
interest for the number of days covered by such payment of
interest) on the same
principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan accrues
for such
calendar month, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve
30-day months. A portion of such Servicing Fee may be retained
by any
Sub-Servicer as its servicing compensation.
"Servicing Fee Rate": 0.50% per annum.
"Servicing Officer": Any officer of the 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 Servicer to the Trust Administrator, the Trustee and the
Depositor on the
Closing Date, as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Servicing Rights Pledgee": One or more lenders, selected by
the Servicer, to which the Servicer will pledge and assign all
of its right,
title and interest in, to and under this Agreement, including
Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as the representative of certain
lenders.
"Single Certificate": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates and the
Residual
Certificates), a hypothetical Certificate of such Class
evidencing a Percentage
Interest for such Class corresponding to an initial Certificate
Principal
Balance of $1,000. With respect to
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the Class P Certificates and the Residual Certificates, a
hypothetical
Certificate of such Class evidencing a 100% Percentage Interest
in such Class.
"Startup Day": With respect to each of REMIC I, REMIC II,
REMIC III, REMIC IV, REMIC V and REMIC VI the day designated as
such pursuant to
Section 10.01(b) hereof.
"Stated Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan:
(a) as of any date of determination up to but not including the
Distribution
Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with
respect to such
Mortgage Loan would be distributed, the Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan
as of the Cut-off Date, as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
minus the sum of
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on a Due
Date subsequent
to the Cut-off Date, to the extent received from the Mortgagor
and distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of
determination, (ii) all
Principal Prepayments received after the Cut-off Date, to the
extent distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of
determination, (iii) all
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds applied by the
Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3.16, to
the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before
such date of
determination, and (iv) any Realized Loss incurred with respect
thereto as a
result of a Deficient Valuation made during or prior to the
Prepayment Period
for the most recent Distribution Date coinciding with or
preceding such date of
determination; and (b) as of any date of determination
coinciding with or
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: (a) as of any date of
determination up to but
not 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 REMIC I, minus the sum of (i) if such REO Property was
acquired before the
Distribution Date in any calendar month, the principal portion
of the Monthly
Payment due on the Due Date in the calendar month of
acquisition, to the extent
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of
determination,
and (ii) 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 4.01 on or before such date of
determination; and (b) as of
any date of determination coinciding with or 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.
"Stayed Funds": If the Servicer is the subject of a
proceeding
under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the making of a Remittance
(as defined in
Section 7.02(b)) is prohibited by Section 362 of the federal
Bankruptcy Code,
funds that are in the custody of the Servicer, a trustee in
bankruptcy or a
federal bankruptcy court and should have been the subject of
such Remittance
absent such prohibition.
"Stepdown Date": The earlier to occur of (i) the
Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A
Certificates has been reduced to zero and (ii) the later to
occur of (a) the
Distribution Date occurring in October 2005 and (b) the first
Distribution Date
on which the Credit Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this
purpose only
prior to any distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount
to the
Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such
Distribution
Date) is equal to or greater than 26.00%.
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"Sub-Servicer": Any Person with which the Servicer has
entered
into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and which meets the
qualifications of a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the
Servicer and a Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and
administration of certain
Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.
"Substitution Shortfall Amount": As defined in Section
2.03(b).
"Tax Returns": The federal income tax return on Internal
Revenue Service Form 1066, U. S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment
Conduit Income
Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to
Residual Interest
Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any
successor forms,
to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund due to the
classification of portions
thereof as REMICs 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.
"Telerate Page 3750": The display designated as page "3750"
on
the Dow Jones Telerate Capital Markets Report (or such other
page as may replace
page 3750 on that report for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered
rates of major banks).
"Termination Price": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Terminator": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge,
hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership
Interest in a
Certificate.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Trigger Event": A Trigger Event is in effect if:
(a) the percentage obtained by dividing the principal amount
of (A)(i) Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more, (ii)
Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure, (iii) REO Properties and (iv) Mortgage Loans
discharged due to
bankruptcy by the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans, in each
case, as of the last day of the previous calendar month, exceeds
(B)(i) 50% of
the then current Credit Enhancement Percentage, multiplied by a
fraction, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Fixed-Rate Mortgage
Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and the
denominator of which
is the aggregate Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans
as of the last
day of the related Due Period, plus (ii) 40% of the then current
Credit
Enhancement Percentage, multiplied by a
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fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate Principal
Balance of the
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of
all of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period;
or
(b) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since
the
Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Due Period
divided by aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date
exceeds the
applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such
Distribution Date:
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN PERCENTAGE
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October 2005 through September 2006 3.50%
October 2006 through September 2007 5.00%
October 2007 through September 2008 6.25%
October 2008 and September 2009 7.00%
October 2009 and thereafter 7.50%
"Trust Administrator": Citibank, N.A., a national banking
association, or its successor in interest, or any successor
trust administrator
appointed as herein provided.
"Trust Fund": Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC IV, REMIC V, REMIC VI, the Net WAC
Rate Carryover
Reserve Account, the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Fund and the
other assets
conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee pursuant to Section
2.01.
"Trust REMIC": Either REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC
IV,
REMIC V or REMIC VI.
"Trustee": U. S. Bank National Association, a national
banking
association, or its successor in interest, or any successor
trustee appointed as
herein provided.
"Uncertificated Balance": The amount of any REMIC I Regular
Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the
Closing Date,
the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest
shall equal the
amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its
initial
uncertificated balance. On each Distribution Date, the
Uncertificated Balance of
each REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by all
distributions of principal
made on such REMIC I Regular Interest, as applicable, on such
Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.01 and, if and to the extent necessary and
appropriate,
shall be further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized
Losses as
provided in Section 4.04. The Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I
Regular
Interest I-LTZZ and REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTZZ shall be
increased by
interest deferrals as provided in Section 4.01(a)(1)(A)(I)(i).
The
Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall
never be less than
zero.
"Uncertificated Interest": With respect to any REMIC I
Regular
Interest for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the
REMIC I
Remittance Rate applicable to such REMIC I Regular Interest for
such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Uncertificated Balance thereof
immediately
prior to such
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Distribution Date. Uncertificated Interest in respect of any
REMIC I Regular
Interest shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day
months. Uncertificated Interest with respect to each
Distribution Date, as to
any REMIC I Regular Interest, shall be reduced by an amount
equal to the sum of
(a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for
such Distribution
Date to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section
3.24 and (b) the
aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, if any
allocated, in each
case, to such REMIC I Regular Interest pursuant to Section 1.02.
In addition,
Uncertificated Interest with respect to each Distribution Date,
as to any REMIC
I Regular Interest shall be reduced by Realized Losses, if any,
allocated to
such REMIC I Regular Interest pursuant to Section 1.02 and
Section 4.04.
"Underwriters' Exemption": An individual exemption issued by
the United States Department of Labor, Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 91-23
(56 Fed. Reg. 15936, April 19, 1991), as amended, to Salomon
Smith Barney Inc.
(formerly known as Smith Barney Inc.), for specific offerings in
which Salomon
Smith Barney Inc. or any person directly or indirectly, through
one or more
intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common
control with Salomon
Smith Barney Inc. is an underwriter, placement agent or a
manager or co-manager
of the underwriting syndicate or selling group where the trust
and the offered
certificates meet specified conditions. The Underwriters'
Exemption, as amended,
provides a partial exemption for transactions involving
certificates
representing a beneficial interest in a trust and entitling the
holder to
pass-through payments of principal, interest and/or other
payments with respect
to the trust's assets.
"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 pursuant
to Section
3.14.
"United States Person": A citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or,
District of Columbia
(except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in
regulations)
provided that, for purposes solely of the restrictions on the
transfer of
Residual Certificates, no partnership or other entity treated as
a partnership
for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated
as a United
States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such
partnership either
directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for
United States
federal income tax purposes are required by the applicable
operative agreement
to be United States Persons or an estate whose income is subject
to United
States federal income tax regardless of its source, 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 the
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. To
the extent
prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of the Treasury,
which have not yet
been issued, a trust which was in existence on August 20, 1996
(other than a
trust treated as owned by the grantor under subpart E of part I
of subchapter J
of chapter 1 of the Code), and which was treated as a United
States person on
August 20, 1996 may elect to continue to be treated as a United
States person
notwithstanding the previous sentence. The term "United States"
shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.
"Value": With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the value
thereof as determined by an
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independent appraisal made at the time of the origination of the
related
Mortgage Loan or the sale price, if the appraisal is not
available; except that,
with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a purchase money
mortgage loan, the
lesser of (i) the value thereof as determined by an independent
appraisal made
at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, if any,
and (ii) the sales
price of the related Mortgaged Property.
"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of
the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. With
respect to any date
of determination, 98% of all Voting Rights will be allocated
among the holders
of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the
Class CE
Certificates in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate
Principal
Balances of their respective Certificates, 1% of all Voting
Rights will be
allocated to the holders of the Class P Certificates and 1% of
all Voting Rights
will be allocated among the holders of the Residual
Certificates. The Voting
Rights allocated to each Class of Certificate shall be allocated
among Holders
of each such Class in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests as
of the most recent Record Date.
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest
Shortfalls.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Accrued
Certificate
Interest and the amount of the Interest Distribution Amount for
the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class CE-I
Interest and the Class
CE-II Interest for any Distribution Date, (1) the aggregate
amount of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act Interest
Shortfall
incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution
Date shall be
allocated first, to the Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II
Interest based
on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable respective
Pass-Through Rate on the respective Notional Amount of each such
Certificate
and, thereafter, among the Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates
on a PRO RATA basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's
interest at the
then applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective
Certificate
Principal Balance of each such Certificate and (2) the aggregate
amount of any
Realized Losses incurred for any Distribution Date shall be
allocated among the
Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II Interest based on, and
to the extent of,
one month's interest at the then applicable respective
Pass-Through Rate on the
respective Notional Amount of each such Certificate.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated
Interest for the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests for any
Distribution Date,
the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to
the extent not
covered by payments by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24)
and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Group I Mortgage
Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to Uncertificated
Interest payable
to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTZZ up to an
aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Group I Interest Loss
Allocation Amount,
98% and 2%, respectively, and thereafter among REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTAA,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA-1 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTZZ PRO RATA
based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable
respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective Uncertificated
Balance of each
such REMIC I Group I Regular Interest.
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For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated
Interest for the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests for any
Distribution Date,
the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to
the extent not
covered by payments by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24)
and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Group II Mortgage
Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to Uncertificated
Interest payable
to REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTZZ up to
an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Group II Interest Loss
Allocation
Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively, and thereafter among REMIC I
Regular Interest
II-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTA-2, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM1,
REMIC I Regular Interest II- LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTM3, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM4, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM5 and
REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTZZ PRO RATA based on, and to the extent of, one
month's interest
at the then applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the
respective
Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC I Group II Regular
Interest.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of the 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 the Mortgage
Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of the
Depositor under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and all other assets included
or to be
included in REMIC I. Such assignment includes all interest and
principal
received by the Depositor or the Servicer on or with respect to
the Mortgage
Loans (other than payments of principal and interest due on such
Mortgage Loans
on or before the Cut-off Date). The Depositor herewith delivers
to the Trustee
an executed copy of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the
Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee, the
following documents
or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred
and assigned (a
"Mortgage File"):
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of U. S. Bank National
Association,
as Trustee under the applicable agreement, without recourse,"
with all
prior and intervening endorsements showing a complete chain
of
endorsement from the originator to the Person so endorsing to
the
Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage 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;
(iii) an original Assignment in blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing
a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the
Person
assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated by the
immediately preceding clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy (except
with
respect to any Mortgage Loan originated with a Principal Balance
of
$150,000 or less), together with all endorsements or riders that
were
issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy,
insuring the
priority of the Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged
Property
represented therein as a fee interest vested in
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the Mortgagor, or in the event such original title policy is
unavailable, a written commitment or uniform binder or
preliminary
report of title issued by the title insurance or escrow
company.
The Trustee, at the expense of the Originator, shall
promptly
(within sixty Business Days following the later of the Closing
Date and the date
of receipt by the Trustee of the recording information for a
Mortgage, but in no
event later than ninety days following the Closing Date) submit
or cause to be
submitted for recording, at no expense to the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Trust
Administrator, the Servicer or the Depositor, in the appropriate
public office
for real property records, each Assignment referred to in
Sections 2.01(iii) and
(iv) above and the Depositor shall execute each original
Assignment in the
following form: "U. S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
under the
applicable agreement." In the event that any such Assignment is
lost or returned
unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Originator shall
promptly prepare or
cause to be prepared a substitute Assignment or cure or cause to
be cured such
defect, as the case may be, and thereafter cause each such
Assignment to be duly
recorded. If the Originator is unable to pay the cost of
recording the
Assignments, such expense will be paid by the Trust
Administrator and shall be
reimbursable to the Trust Administrator as an Extraordinary
Trust Fund Expense.
With respect to a maximum of 2.0% of the Original Mortgage
Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Original Mortgage
Loans as of the
Cut-off Date, if any original Mortgage Note referred to in
Section 2.01(i) above
cannot be located, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver
such documents
shall be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Trustee of
a photocopy of
such Mortgage Note, if available, with a lost note affidavit
substantially in
the form of Exhibit K attached hereto. If any of the original
Mortgage Notes for
which a lost note affidavit was delivered to the Trustee is
subsequently
located, such original Mortgage Note shall be delivered to the
Trustee within
three Business Days.
If any of the documents referred to in Sections 2.01(ii),
(iii) or (iv) above has, as of the Closing Date, been submitted
for recording
but either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public
recording office
or (y) has been lost or such public recording office has
retained the original
of such document, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver
such documents
shall be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee
of a copy of
each such document certified by the Originator in the case of
(x) above or the
applicable public recording office in the case of (y) above to
be a true and
complete copy of the original that was submitted for recording
and (2) if such
copy is certified by the Originator, delivery to the Trustee
promptly upon
receipt thereof of either the original or a copy of such
document certified by
the applicable public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the
original. Notice shall be provided to the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and
the Rating Agencies by the Seller if delivery pursuant to clause
(2) above will
be made more than 180 days after the Closing Date. If the
original lender's
title insurance policy was not delivered pursuant to Section
2.01(vi) above, the
Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee,
promptly after
receipt thereof, the original lender's title insurance policy.
The Depositor
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee promptly
upon receipt
thereof any other original documents constituting a part of a
Mortgage File
received with respect to any Mortgage Loan, including, but not
limited to, any
original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of
any Mortgage
Loan.
All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that
are
not delivered to the Trustee
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are and shall be held by the Seller, the Depositor or the
Servicer, as the case
may be, in trust for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of
the
Certificateholders. In the event that any such original document
is required
pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage
File, such
document shall be delivered promptly to the Trustee. Any such
original document
delivered to or held by the Depositor that is not required
pursuant to the terms
of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File, shall be
delivered promptly to
the Servicer.
The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator an executed copy of the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee.
The Trustee, acknowledges receipt, subject to the provisions
of Section 2.01 and subject to any exceptions noted on the
exception report
described in the next paragraph below, the documents referred to
in Section 2.01
(other than such documents described in Section 2.01(v)) above
and all other
assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" under clauses
(i), (iii), (iv)
and (v) (to the extent of amounts attributable thereto deposited
into the
Distribution Account) and declares that 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 "REMIC I" in trust for the exclusive use and
benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders,
to review each Mortgage File on or before the Closing Date and
to certify in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 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
constituting part of such Mortgage File (other than such
documents described in
Section 2.01(v)) required to be delivered to it pursuant to this
Agreement are
in its possession, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it
and appear
regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii)
based on its
examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set
forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items (i) through
(iii), (vi),
(x)(A), (xi), (xii), (xv), (xvii), (xviii), (xx) through (xxiii)
and (xxv) of
the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects
information set
forth in the Mortgage File. It is herein acknowledged that, in
conducting such
review, the Trustee was under no duty or obligation (i) to
inspect, review or
examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other
papers to
determine whether they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate
for the
represented purpose or whether they have actually been recorded
or that they are
other than what they purport to be on their face or (ii) to
determine whether
any Mortgage File should include any of the documents specified
in clause (v) of
Section 2.01.
Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trust Administrator
a final certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-2
evidencing the
completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable
exceptions noted
thereon, and the Servicer shall forward a copy thereof to any
Sub-Servicer.
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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 defective in any material respect, at the
conclusion of its
review the Trustee shall so notify the Depositor, the Servicer
and the Trust
Administrator. In addition, upon the discovery by the Depositor,
the Servicer,
the Trust Administrator or the Trustee of a breach of any of the
representations
and warranties made by the Originator or the Seller in the
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which
materially adversely
affects such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the
Certificateholders in such
Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written
notice to the other parties.
The Trustee shall, at the written request and expense of any
Certificateholder, provide a written report to such
Certificateholder of all
Mortgage Files released to the Servicer for servicing
purposes.
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of
Mortgage Loans by the Originator and
the Seller.
(a) Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially
defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a
Mortgage File or of
the breach by the Originator or the Seller of any
representation, warranty or
covenant under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect
of any Mortgage
Loan that materially adversely affects the value of such
Mortgage Loan or the
interest therein of the Certificateholders, the Trustee shall
promptly notify
the Seller, the Originator, the Servicer and the Trust
Administrator of such
defect, missing document or breach and request that the
Originator or the
Seller, as applicable, deliver such missing document or cure
such defect or
breach within 60 days from the date the Originator or the
Seller, as applicable,
was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and if
the Originator
or the Seller, as applicable, does not deliver such missing
document or cure
such defect or breach in all material respects during such
period, the Servicer,
in accordance with Section 3.02(b), shall enforce the
obligations of the
Originator or the Seller, as applicable, under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase
Agreement to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from REMIC I at the
Purchase Price
within 90 days after the date on which the Originator or the
Seller, as
applicable, was notified (subject to Section 2.03(c)) of such
missing document,
defect or breach, if and to the extent that the Originator or
the Seller is
obligated to do so under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
The Purchase
Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in
the Collection
Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification
from the Servicer
of such deposit, shall release to the Originator or the Seller,
as applicable,
the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and
deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, as the
Originator or the Seller, as applicable, shall furnish to it and
as shall be
necessary to vest in the Originator or the Seller, as
applicable, any Mortgage
Loan released pursuant hereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Trust
Administrator
shall have any further responsibility with regard to such
Mortgage File. In lieu
of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as provided above, if so
provided in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Originator or the Seller
may cause such
Mortgage Loan to be removed from REMIC I (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(b).
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the
Originator and the Seller
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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 respecting such omission, defect or breach available to
the Trustee and
the Certificateholders.
(b) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) must
be effected
prior to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for
REMIC I.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Originator or
the Seller substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, such
substitution shall be effected by the Originator or the Seller,
as applicable,
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, together with an Officers' Certificate
providing that
each such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the
definition thereof
and specifying the Substitution Shortfall Amount (as described
below), if any,
in connection with such substitution. The Trustee shall
acknowledge receipt for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten
Business Days
thereafter, review such documents as specified in Section 2.02
and deliver to
the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trust Administrator, with
respect to such
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification
substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1, with any applicable
exceptions noted
thereon. Within one year of the date of substitution, the
Trustee shall deliver
to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trust Administrator a
certification
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto with respect to
such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans in the
month of substitution are not part of REMIC I and will be
retained by the
Originator or the Seller, as applicable. For the month of
substitution,
distributions to Certificateholders will reflect the Monthly
Payment due on such
Deleted Mortgage Loan on or before the Due Date in the month of
substitution,
and the Originator or the Seller, as applicable, shall
thereafter be entitled to
retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage
Loan. The Depositor 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 and the Trust Administrator. Upon such
substitution,
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall
constitute part of the
Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all respects to the terms
of this
Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including,
all applicable
representations and warranties thereof included in the Mortgage
Loan Purchase
Agreement.
For any month in which the Originator or the Seller, as
applicable, substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans for one
or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the
amount (the
"Substitution Shortfall Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate
Purchase Price
of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as
to each such
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Stated Principal Balance
thereof as of
the date of substitution, together with one month's interest on
such Stated
Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate, plus all
outstanding
Advances and
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Servicing Advances (including Nonrecoverable Advances and
Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advances) related thereto. On the date of such
substitution, the
Originator or the Seller, as applicable, will deliver or cause
to be delivered
to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an amount
equal to the
Substitution Shortfall Amount, if any, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of the
related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and
certification by the
Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the Originator or the
Seller, as
applicable, the related Mortgage File or Files and the Trustee
shall execute and
deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case
without
recourse, the Originator or the Seller, as applicable, shall
deliver to it and
as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan
released
pursuant hereto.
In addition, the Originator or the Seller, as applicable,
shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trust
Administrator and the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
substitution will not
cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on any Trust REMIC,
including without
limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions"
under Section
860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after the startup
date" under
Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or (b) any Trust REMIC to fail
to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.
(c) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Servicer,
the Trustee or the Trust Administrator 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(b),
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).
The Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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. Reserved.
SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of the Servicer.
The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to
the
Trust Administrator and the Trustee, for the benefit of each of
the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator, the Certificateholders and to the Depositor
that as of the
Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided
herein:
(i) The Servicer is a limited partnership duly formed,
validly
existing and in good standing as a limited partnership under the
laws
of the State of Delaware and is duly authorized and qualified
to
transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to
be
conducted by the Servicer in any state in which a Mortgaged
Property is
located or is otherwise not required under applicable law to
effect
such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the
doing
business laws of any such State, to the extent necessary to
ensure its
ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to service the
Mortgage Loans
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
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(ii) The Servicer has the full power and authority to
conduct
its business as presently conducted by it and to execute,
deliver and
perform, and to enter into and consummate, all transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Servicer 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 Depositor, the
Trust
Administrator and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding
obligation of the Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance
with
its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
principles of
equity;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Servicer, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the
Servicer
hereunder, the consummation by the Servicer of any other of
the
transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or
compliance
with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of
the
Servicer and will not (A) result in a breach of any term or
provision
of the limited partnership agreement of the Servicer or (B)
conflict
with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or
result in a
default under, the terms of any other material agreement or
instrument
to which the Servicer is a party or by which it may be bound, or
any
statute, order or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any
court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having
jurisdiction over the Servicer; and the Servicer is not a party
to,
bound by, or in breach or violation of any indenture or other
agreement
or instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute,
order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which materially
and
adversely affects or, to the Servicer's knowledge, would in the
future
materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of the Servicer
to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, (y) the
business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Servicer
taken as a whole or (z) the legality, validity or enforceability
of
this Agreement;
(iv) The Servicer is a HUD approved mortgagee pursuant to
Section 203 and Section 211 of the National Housing Act. No
event has
occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance
coverage,
that would make the Servicer unable to comply with HUD
eligibility
requirements or that would require notification to HUD;
(v) The Servicer does not believe, nor does it have any
reason
or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every
covenant
made by it and contained in this Agreement;
(vi) No litigation is pending against the Servicer that
would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of the Servicer
to
service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other
obligations
hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;
(vii) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, the Servicer before any
court,
administrative or other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its
entering
into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated by this
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Agreement or (C) that might prohibit or materially and adversely
affect
the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or
the
validity or enforceability of, this Agreement;
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution,
delivery and performance by the Servicer of, or compliance by
the
Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation by it of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such
consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been
obtained
prior to the Closing Date; and
(ix) The Servicer does and will continue to accurately
report
its borrower credit files for each Mortgage Loan to the three
major
credit bureaus in existence as of the Closing Date in a timely
manner.
It is understood and agreed that the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 2.05 shall
survive delivery
of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee and shall inure to the
benefit of the Trust
Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Certificateholders. Upon
discovery by any of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trust
Administrator or the
Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations,
warranties and
covenants which materially and adversely affects the value of
any Mortgage Loan,
Prepayment Charge or the interests therein of the
Certificateholders, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice (but in
no event later
than two Business Days following such discovery) to the Trust
Administrator and
the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.01, unless such breach shall
not be
susceptible of cure within 90 days, the obligation of the
Servicer set forth in
Section 2.03(c) to cure breaches shall constitute the sole
remedy against the
Servicer available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor or
the Trust
Administrator and the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders respecting a
breach of the representations, warranties and covenants
contained in this
Section 2.05. The foregoing shall not, however, limit any
remedies available to
the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator
or the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase
Agreement, respecting a breach of the representations,
warranties and covenants
of the Originator or the Seller contained in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase
Agreement.
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests and the Class R-I
Interest.
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
Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, together with the assignment to
it of all other
assets included in REMIC I, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged.
Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in exchange
therefor, the
Trust Administrator, 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 Class R Certificates (in
respect of the
Class R-I Interest) in authorized denominations. The interests
evidenced by the
Class R-I Interest, together with the REMIC I Regular Interests,
constitute the
entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC I. The rights of
the Class R-I
Interest and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular
Interest) to receive
distributions from the proceeds of REMIC I in respect of the
Class R-I Interest
and the REMIC I Regular Interests, and
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all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class
R-I Interest and
the REMIC I Regular Interests, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests; Acceptance of REMIC II by
the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and interest of
the Depositor in
and to the REMIC I Regular Interests for the benefit of the
Class R-II Interest
and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests). The
Trustee
acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests and
declares that it holds
and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and
benefit of all present
and future Class R-II Interest and REMIC II (as holder of the
REMIC I Regular
Interests). The rights of the Class R-II Interest and REMIC II
(as holder of the
REMIC I Regular Interests) to receive distributions from the
proceeds of REMIC
II in respect of the Class R-II Interest and REMIC II Regular
Interests,
respectively, and all ownership interests evidenced or
constituted by the Class
R-II Interest and the REMIC II Regular Interests, shall be as
set forth in this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.08. Issuance of Class R Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the REMIC
Regular Interests and, concurrently therewith and in exchange
therefor, pursuant
to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer
of the Depositor,
the Trust Administrator has executed, authenticated and
delivered to or upon the
order of the Depositor, the Class R Certificates in authorized
denominations.
SECTION 2.09. Conveyance of the Class M-4
Interest; Acceptance of REMIC III by
the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and interest of
the Depositor in
and to the Class M-4 Interest for the benefit of the Holders of
the Class M-4
Certificates and the Class R-III Interest, and REMIC III (as
holder of the Class
M-4 Interest). The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class M-4
Interest and
declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the
exclusive use and
benefit of all present and future Holders of the Class M-4
Certificates and the
Class R-X Certificates, in respect of the Class R-III Interest,
and REMIC III
(as holder of the Class M-4 Certificates). The rights of the
Class R-X
Certificates, in respect of the Class R-III Interest, and REMIC
III (as holder
of the Class M-4 Certificates) to receive distributions from the
proceeds of
REMIC III, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted
by the Class R-X
Certificates, in respect of the Class R-III Interest, and the
Class M-4
Certificates shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.10. Conveyance of the Class M-5
Interest; Acceptance of REMIC IV by
the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer,
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assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee, without
recourse all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Class
M-5 Interest for
the benefit of the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates and the
Class R-IV
Interest, and REMIC IV (as holder of the Class M-5 Interest).
The Trustee
acknowledges receipt of the Class M-5 Interest and declares that
it holds and
will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of
all present and
future Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates and the Class R-X
Certificates, in
respect of the Class R-IV Interest, and REMIC IV (as holder of
the Class M-5
Certificates). The rights of the Class R-X Certificates, in
respect of the Class
R-IV Interest, and REMIC IV (as holder of the Class M-5
Certificates) to receive
distributions from the proceeds of REMIC IV, and all ownership
interests
evidenced or constituted by the Class R-X Certificates, in
respect of the Class
R-IV Interest, and the Class M-5 Certificates shall be as set
forth in this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.11. Conveyance of the Class CE-I
Interest and the Class CE-II
Interest; Acceptance of REMIC V by
the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and interest of
the Depositor in
and to the Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II Interest for
the benefit of
the Holders of the Class CE Certificates and the Class R-V
Interest, and REMIC V
(as holder of the Class CE-I Interest and the Class CE-II
Interest). The Trustee
acknowledges receipt of the Class CE-I Interest and the Class
CE-II Interest and
declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the
exclusive use and
benefit of all present and future Holders of the Class CE
Certificates and the
Class R-X Certificates, in respect of the Class R-V Interest,
and REMIC V (as
holder of the Class CE Certificates). The rights of the Class
R-X Certificates,
in respect of the Class R-V Interest, and REMIC V (as holder of
the Class CE
Certificates) to receive distributions from the proceeds of
REMIC V, and all
ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R-X
Certificates, in
respect of the Class R-V Interest, and the Class CE Certificates
shall be as set
forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.12. Conveyance of the Class P Interest;
Acceptance of REMIC VI by the
Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and interest of
the Depositor in
and to the Class P Interest for the benefit of the Holders of
the Class P
Certificates and the Class R-VI Interest, and REMIC VI (as
holder of the Class P
Interest). The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class P
Interest and declares
that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive
use and benefit
of all present and future Holders of the Class P Certificates
and the Class R-X
Certificates, in respect of the Class R-VI Interest, and REMIC
VI (as holder of
the Class P Certificates). The rights of the Class R-X
Certificates, in respect
of the Class R-VI Interest, and REMIC VI (as holder of the Class
P Certificates)
to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC VI, and all
ownership
interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R-X
Certificates, in respect of
the Class R-VI Interest, and the Class P Certificates shall be
as set forth in
this Agreement.
SECTION 2.13. Issuance of Class R-X Certificates.
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The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Class
R-III Interest, the Class R-IV Interest, the Class R-V Interest
and the Class
R-VI Interest and, concurrently therewith and in exchange
therefor, pursuant to
the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of
the Depositor,
the Trust Administrator has executed, authenticated and
delivered to or upon the
order of the Depositor, the Class R-X Certificates in authorized
denominations.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Act as Servicer.
The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans
on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interests of and for
the benefit of
the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its
reasonable
judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
respective
Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in
the same manner
in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for
its own
portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual
standards of practice
of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering
similar mortgage
loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of
the
Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any
Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer's obligation to make Advances or
Servicing
Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer's right to receive compensation for its
services hereunder or with respect to any particular
transaction.
To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer
shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of
principal and
interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-
described servicing
standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective
Mortgage Loans,
the Servicer shall have full power and authority, to do or cause
to be done any
and all things in connection with such servicing and
administration which it may
deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing,
the Servicer in its own name is hereby authorized and empowered
by the Trustee
when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment,
to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders and
the Trustee or
any of them, and upon notice to the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator, any and
all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial
or full release
or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect
to the Mortgage
Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure
proceedings or
obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the
ownership of such
properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such
properties, on behalf
of the
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Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the
Certificateholders. The
Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with
applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the
Mortgagors any reports
required to be provided to them thereby. The Servicer shall also
comply in the
performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of each
insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to
Section 3.17, the
Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer,
and furnish to
the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other
documents
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its
servicing and
administrative duties hereunder and the Trustee shall not be
liable for the
actions of the Servicer under such powers of attorney.
In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph,
the Servicer shall make or cause to be made Servicing Advances
as necessary for
the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on
the Mortgaged
Properties, which Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in
the first instance
from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section
3.09, and
further as provided in Section 3.11; provided, however, the
Servicer shall only
make such Servicing Advance if the Mortgagor has made such
payment as set forth
in Section 3.09 or if the Mortgagor has not made such payment,
if the failure to
make such Servicing Advance would affect the lien position of
the Mortgage Loan.
Any cost incurred by the Servicer in effecting the payment of
taxes and
assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not, for the purpose
of calculating
the Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan or distributions
to
Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of
the related
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage
Loan so permit.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a
Mortgage Loan
(except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Servicer shall not
permit any
modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change
the Mortgage
Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for
reductions resulting
from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity
date on such
Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the
Mortgagor is in default
with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the
judgment of the
Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or
amendment of
any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an
exchange or
reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code
(or final,
temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated
thereunder) and (B) cause
any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC
under the Code
or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or
"contributions
after the startup date" under the REMIC Provisions.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
in
the event of a Principal Prepayment in full of a Mortgage Loan,
the Servicer may
not waive any Prepayment Charge or portion thereof required by
the terms of the
related Mortgage Note unless (i) the Servicer determines that
such waiver would
maximize recovery of Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage
Loan, taking into
account the value of such Prepayment Charge, or (ii)(A) the
enforceability
thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership, or
other similar law relating to creditors' rights generally or (2)
due to
acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other
involuntary payment, or
(B) the enforceability is otherwise limited or prohibited by
applicable law.
In the event of a Principal Prepayment in full with respect
to
any Mortgage Loan, the
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Servicer shall deliver to the Trust Administrator a
certification of a Servicing
Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit J no later than the
third Business
Day following the immediately succeeding Determination Date with
a copy to the
Class CE Certificateholder.
Promptly upon the earlier of discovery by the Servicer or
receipt of notice by the Servicer of the breach of the covenant
of the Servicer
set forth above which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the
Holders of the Class P Certificates in any Prepayment Charge,
the Servicer shall
promptly pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (or
such portion
thereof as had been waived), for the benefit of the holders of
the Class P
Certificates by depositing such amount into the Collection
Account for
distribution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The
foregoing shall
not, however, limit any remedies available to the
Certificateholders, the
Depositor or the Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trust Fund
and for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase
Agreement, respecting a breach of the representations,
warranties and covenants
of the Originator or the Seller contained in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase
Agreement.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full, which prepayment is not
accompanied by the payment
of a Prepayment Charge, the Trust Administrator shall verify
that such Mortgage
Loan was identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as not being
subject to a
Prepayment Charge.
The Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this
Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall
release the Servicer
from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this
Agreement.
As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer,
for the benefit of the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and
the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of the
Originator and the
Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including,
without
limitation, any obligation of the Originator or 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 Section
2.03(a).
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between
Servicer and Sub-Servicers.
The Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any
Mortgage
Loan by a Sub- Servicer pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement;
provided that
such sub-servicing arrangement and the terms of the related
Sub-Servicing
Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans
in a manner
consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated
hereunder.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any Sub-Servicing Agreement,
any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or
arrangements between the
Servicer or a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through
a Servicer or
otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the
Depositor, the
Trust, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the
Certificateholders for the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the
provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such
obligation or liability
by virtue of such Sub- Servicing Agreements or arrangements or
by virtue of
indemnification from the Sub-Servicer and to the same extent and
under the same
terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing
and
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administering the Mortgage Loans. Every Sub-Servicing Agreement
entered into by
the Servicer shall contain a provision giving the successor
Servicer the option
to terminate such agreement in the event a successor Servicer is
appointed. All
actions of each Sub-Servicer performed pursuant to the related
Sub- Servicing
Agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Servicer with
the same force and
effect as if performed directly by the Servicer.
For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed
to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with
respect to the
Mortgage Loans that are received by a Sub- Servicer regardless
of whether such
payments are remitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Servicer.
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any
Sub-Servicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such
Sub-Servicing
Agreement and to either itself directly service the related
Mortgage Loans or
enter into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor
Sub-Servicer which
qualifies under Section 3.02. Any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall
include the
provision that such agreement may be immediately terminated by
the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee (if the Trust Administrator or the
Trustee is
acting as Servicer) without fee, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement,
in the event that the Servicer (or the Trust Administrator or
the Trustee, if it
is then acting as Servicer) shall, for any reason, no longer be
the Servicer
(including termination due to a Servicer Event of Default).
SECTION 3.04. No Contractual Relationship Between
Sub-Servicer, Trust Administrator,
Trustee or the Certificateholders.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement and any other transactions or
services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer
shall be deemed
to be between the Sub-Servicer and the Servicer alone and the
Trust
Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificateholders shall not
be deemed
parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations,
duties or
liabilities with respect to any Sub- Servicer except as set
forth in Section
3.05.
SECTION 3.05. Assumption or Termination of
Sub-Servicing Agreement by Trust
Administrator.
In connection with the assumption of the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities and of the authority, power and rights of
the Servicer
hereunder by the Trust Administrator pursuant to Section 7.02 or
another
successor Servicer, it is understood and agreed that the
Servicer's rights and
obligations under any Sub-Servicing Agreement then in force
between the Servicer
and a Sub-Servicer shall be assumed simultaneously by the Trust
Administrator or
another successor Servicer without act or deed on the part of
the Trust
Administrator; provided, however, that the Trust Administrator
or any other
successor Servicer may terminate the Sub-Servicer.
The Servicer shall, upon the reasonable request of the Trust
Administrator, but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to
the assuming party
documents and records relating to each Sub- Servicing Agreement
and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use
its best
reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer
of the
Sub-Servicing Agreements to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.06. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan
Payments.
The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the
Mortgage Loans, and
shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with
this Agreement,
follow such collection procedures as it would follow with
respect to mortgage
loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own
account. Consistent
with the foregoing, the Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive
any late
payment charge or, if applicable, penalty interest or (ii)
extend the due dates
for the Monthly Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of
not greater than
180 days; provided that any extension pursuant to this clause
shall not affect
the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of
any computation
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any
Mortgage Loan is
in default or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is
reasonably
foreseeable, the Servicer, consistent with the standards set
forth in Section
3.01 may waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan
(including
modifications that change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment
of principal or
interest or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage
Loan), accept
payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the
Stated Principal
Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan (such
payment, a "Short
Pay-off"), or consent to the postponement of strict compliance
with any such
term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the
Servicer's
determination such waiver, modification, postponement or
indulgence is not
materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders
(taking into
account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent
such action).
SECTION 3.08. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and
Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.
The Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more
accounts
(the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all collections from the
Mortgagors (or
related advances from Sub-Servicers) for the payment of taxes,
assessments,
fire, flood, and hazard insurance premiums, and comparable items
for the account
of the Mortgagors ("Escrow Payments") shall be deposited and
retained. Servicing
Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. The Servicer shall deposit
in the Servicing
Accounts on a daily basis and in no event later than the second
Business Day
after receipt, and retain therein, all Escrow Payments collected
on account of
the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting the timely
payment of any such
items as required under the terms of this Agreement. Withdrawals
of amounts from
a Servicing Account may be made only to (i) effect timely
payment of taxes,
assessments, fire, flood, and hazard insurance premiums, and
comparable items;
(ii) reimburse the Servicer out of related collections for any
advances made
pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments)
and Section
3.14 (with respect to fire, flood and hazard insurance); (iii)
refund to
Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv)
pay interest, if
required and
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as described below, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing
Account; or (v)
clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of
the Servicer's
obligations and responsibilities in respect of the Mortgage
Loans under this
Agreement in accordance with Article IX. As part of its
servicing duties, the
Servicer shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in
Servicing Accounts, to
the extent required by law and, to the extent that interest
earned on funds in
the Servicing Accounts is insufficient, to pay such interest
from its or their
own funds, without any reimbursement therefor. Notwithstanding
the foregoing,
the Servicer shall not be obligated to collect Escrow Payments
if the related
Mortgage Loan does not require such payments but the Servicer
shall nevertheless
be obligated to make Servicing Advances as provided in Section
3.01. In the
event the Servicer shall deposit in the Servicing Accounts any
amount not
required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw
such amount from
the Servicing Accounts, any provision to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SECTION 3.10. Collection Account, Distribution
Account and Initial Deposit
Accounts.
(a) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Servicer shall
establish
and maintain one or more accounts (such account or accounts, the
"Collection
Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator
and the Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the
Servicer shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account on a
daily basis and
in no event later than two Business Days after receipt, as and
when received or
as otherwise required hereunder, the following payments and
collections received
or made by it on or subsequent to the Cut-off Date:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including
Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the related
Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (other
than proceeds collected in respect of any particular REO
Property and
amounts paid by the Servicer in connection with a purchase of
Mortgage
Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01);
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section
3.12 in connection with any losses realized on Permitted
Investments
with respect to funds held in the Collection Account;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer
pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.14(a) in respect
of any
blanket policy deductibles;
(vi) any Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount
delivered to the Servicer and all proceeds (net of amounts
payable or
reimbursable to the Servicer) of Mortgage Loans purchased in
accordance
with Section 9.01; and
(vii) any Prepayment Charges or amounts required to be
deposited by the Servicer in
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connection with a breach of its obligations under Section 3.01
with
respect to the waiver of Prepayment Charges.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection
Accounts shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed
that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature
of late payment
charges, assumption fees or other similar fees need not be
deposited by the
Servicer in the Collection Account. In the event the Servicer
shall deposit in
the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited
therein, it may
at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account,
any provision
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Trust Administrator, as
agent for the Trustee, shall establish and maintain one or more
accounts (such
account or accounts, the "Distribution Account"), held in trust
for the benefit
of the Trustee, the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. On
behalf of the
Trust Fund, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trust
Administrator in immediately
available funds for deposit in the Distribution Account on or
before 3:00 p.m.
New York time (i) on the Servicer Remittance Date, that portion
of the Available
Distribution Amount (calculated without regard to the references
in clause (2)
of the definition thereof to amounts that may be withdrawn from
the Distribution
Account) for the related Distribution Date then on deposit in
the Collection
Account and the amount of all Prepayment Charges collected by
the Servicer in
connection with the Principal Prepayment of any of the Mortgage
Loans (including
the amount of any payment by the Servicer in respect of a waived
Prepayment
Charge, other than as permitted in Section 3.01) then on deposit
in the
Collection Account and the amount of any funds reimbursable to
an Advancing
Person pursuant to Section 3.28, and (ii) on each Business Day
as of the
commencement of which the balance on deposit in the Collection
Account exceeds
$75,000 following any withdrawals pursuant to the next
succeeding sentence, the
amount of such excess, but only if the Collection Account
constitutes an
Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the
definition of "Eligible
Account." If the balance on deposit in the Collection Account
exceeds $75,000 as
of the commencement of business on any Business Day and the
Collection Account
constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii)
of the definition
of "Eligible Account," the Servicer shall, on or before 5:00
p.m. New York time
on such Business Day, withdraw from the Collection Account any
and all amounts
payable or reimbursable to the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Trust
Administrator, the Originator or the Seller pursuant to Section
3.11 and shall
pay such amounts to the Persons entitled thereto.
(c) Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution
Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance
with the
provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The Servicer shall give
notice to the
Trustee and the Trust Administrator of the location of the
Collection Account
maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof. The Trust
Administrator shall give notice to the Servicer, the Trustee and
the Depositor
of the location of the Distribution Account when established and
prior to any
change thereof.
(d) Funds held in the Collection Account at any time may be
delivered by the Servicer in immediately available funds to the
Trust
Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account. In the
event the Servicer
shall deliver to the Trust Administrator for deposit in the
Distribution Account
any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any
time request that
the Trust Administrator
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withdraw such amount from the Distribution Account and remit to
it any such
amount, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In
no event shall
the Trust Administrator incur liability as a result of
withdrawals from the
Distribution Account at the direction of the Servicer in
accordance with the
immediately preceding sentence. In addition, the Servicer shall
deliver to the
Trust Administrator from time to time for deposit in the
Distribution Account
the amounts set forth in clauses (i) through (v) below:
(i) any Advances, as required pursuant to Section 4.03;
(ii) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section
3.23(d) or 3.23(f) in connection with any REO Property;
(iii) any amounts to be paid in connection with a purchase
of
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section
3.24 in connection with any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls;
and
(v) any Stayed Funds, as soon as permitted by the federal
bankruptcy court having jurisdiction in such matters.
(e) Promptly upon receipt of any Stayed Funds, whether from
the Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy, or federal bankruptcy
court or other
source, the Trust Administrator shall notify the Servicer of
such receipt and
deposit such funds in the Distribution Account, subject to
withdrawal thereof as
permitted hereunder. In addition, the Servicer shall deliver to
the Trust
Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account any
amounts required to be
deposited pursuant to Section 3.12 in connection with losses
realized on
Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the
Collection Account.
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection
Account and Distribution Account.
(a) The Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals
from the Collection Account for any of the following purposes or
as described in
Section 4.03:
(i) to remit to the Trust Administrator for deposit in the
Distribution Account the amounts required to be so remitted
pursuant to
Section 3.10(b) or permitted to be so remitted pursuant to the
first
sentence of Section 3.10(d);
(ii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to reimburse the Servicer
for
Advances, but only to the extent of amounts received which
represent
Late Collections (net of the related Servicing Fees) of
Monthly
Payments on Mortgage Loans with respect to which such Advances
were
made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(iii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to pay the Servicer any
unpaid Servicing Fees and
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reimburse the Servicer any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with
respect
to each Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of any
Liquidation
Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received with respect to such
Mortgage
Loan;
(iv) to pay to the Servicer as servicing compensation (in
addition to the Servicing Fee) on the Servicer Remittance Date
any
interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in
the
Collection Account;
(v) to pay to the Servicer, the Originator or the Seller, as
the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has
previously
been purchased or replaced pursuant to Section 2.03 or Section
3.16(c)
all amounts received thereon not included in the Purchase Price
or the
Substitution Shortfall Amount;
(vi) to reimburse the Servicer for any Advance or Servicing
Advance previously made which the Servicer has determined to be
a
Nonrecoverable Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance
in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(vii) to reimburse the Servicer or the Depositor for
expenses
incurred by or reimbursable to the Servicer or the Depositor, as
the
case may be, pursuant to Section 6.03;
(viii) to reimburse the Servicer, the Trust Administrator or
the Trustee, as the case may be, for expenses reasonably
incurred in
respect of the breach or defect giving rise to the purchase
obligation
under Section 2.03 of this Agreement that were included in the
Purchase
Price of the Mortgage Loan, including any expenses arising out
of the
enforcement of the purchase obligation;
(ix) to pay, or to reimburse the Servicer for advances in
respect of, expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage
Loan
pursuant to Section 3.16(b); and
(x) to clear and terminate the Collection Account pursuant
to
Section 9.01.
The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on
a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of
justifying any
withdrawal from the Collection Account, to the extent held by or
on behalf of
it, pursuant to subclauses (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (viii) and
(ix) above. The
Servicer shall provide written notification to the Trustee and
the Trust
Administrator, on or prior to the next succeeding Servicer
Remittance Date, upon
making any withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to
subclauses (vi)
and (vii) above.
(b) The Trust Administrator shall, from time to time, make
withdrawals from the Distribution Account, for any of the
following purposes,
without priority:
(i) to make distributions to Certificateholders in
accordance
with Section 4.01;
(ii) to pay to itself and the Trustee amounts to which it is
entitled pursuant to Section
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8.05;
(iii) to pay to itself any interest or investment income
earned on funds deposited in the Distribution Account pursuant
to
Section 3.12(b);
(iv) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 7.02;
(v) to pay to an Advancing Person reimbursements for
Advances
and/or Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 3.28;
(vi) to pay any amounts in respect of taxes pursuant to
Section 10.01(g)(iii); and
(vii) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account
pursuant
to Section 9.01.
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the
Investment Accounts.
(a) The Servicer may direct, by means of written directions
(which may be standing directions), any depository institution
maintaining the
Collection Account to invest the funds in the Collection Account
and the Trust
Administrator may direct the investment of funds in the
Distribution Account
(each, for purposes of this Section 3.12, an "Investment
Account") in one or
more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a
discount, and maturing,
unless payable on demand, (i) no later than the Business Day
immediately
preceding the date on which such funds are required to be
withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than the
Trust
Administrator is the obligor thereon, and (ii) no later than the
date on which
such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account
pursuant to this
Agreement, if the Trust Administrator is the obligor thereon.
All such Permitted
Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand.
Any investment
of funds shall be made in the name of the Trust Administrator
(in its capacity
as such) or in the name of a nominee of the Trust Administrator.
The Trust
Administrator shall be entitled to sole possession over each
such investment
(except with respect to investment direction of funds held in
the Collection
Account) and, subject to subsection (b) below, the income
thereon, and any
certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment
shall be
delivered directly to the Trust Administrator or its agent,
together with any
document of transfer necessary to transfer title to such
investment to the Trust
Administrator or its nominee. In the event amounts on deposit in
the Collection
Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment
payable on demand,
the Trust Administrator shall at the direction of the
Servicer:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given
thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day
such
Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount
equal
to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2)
the
amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly
upon
determination by a Responsible Officer of the Trust
Administrator that
such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted
Investment
in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment
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Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of
funds
deposited in the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the
Servicer or the
Trustee, shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be
subject to its
withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.11. The Servicer shall
deposit in the
Collection Account the amount of any loss incurred in respect of
any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such account immediately
upon
realization of such loss. All income and gain realized from the
investment of
funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be for the
benefit of the
Trust Administrator. The Trust Administrator shall deposit in
the Distribution
Account the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any such
Permitted
Investment made with funds in such account immediately upon
realization of such
loss.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement,
if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any
Permitted
Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance
required under any
Permitted Investment, the Trust Administrator may and, subject
to Section 8.01
and Section 8.02(v), shall, at the written direction of the
Servicer, take such
action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or
performance, including
the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 3.13. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and
Errors and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.
(a) The terms of each Mortgage Note require the related
Mortgagor to maintain fire, flood and hazard insurance policies.
To the extent
such policies are not maintained, the Servicer shall cause to be
maintained for
each Mortgaged Property fire and hazard insurance with extended
coverage as is
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located in
an amount which
is at least equal to the lesser of the current principal balance
of such
Mortgage Loan and the amount necessary to fully compensate for
any damage or
loss to the improvements which are a part of such property on a
replacement cost
basis, in each case in an amount not less than such amount as is
necessary to
avoid the application of any coinsurance clause contained in the
related hazard
insurance policy. The Servicer shall also cause to be maintained
fire and hazard
insurance on each REO Property with extended coverage as is
customary in the
area where the Mortgaged Property is located in an amount which
is at least
equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the
improvements which
are a part of such property and (ii) the outstanding principal
balance of the
related Mortgage Loan at the time it became an REO Property. The
Servicer will
comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable
rules and
requirements of each insurer under any such hazard policies. Any
amounts to be
collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than
amounts to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to
the related
Mortgage or amounts to be released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the
procedures that the Servicer would follow in servicing loans
held for its own
account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related
Mortgage and
Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the Collection Account,
subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11, if received in respect of a
Mortgage Loan,
or in the REO Account, subject to
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withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.23, if received in respect of
an REO Property.
Any cost incurred by the Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance shall not,
for the purpose of calculating distributions to
Certificateholders, be added to
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that
the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and
agreed that no
earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of
any Mortgagor
other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as
shall at any time
be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. If
the Mortgaged
Property or REO Property is at any time in an area identified in
the Federal
Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having
special flood
hazards, the Servicer will cause to be maintained a flood
insurance policy in
respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount
equal to the lesser
of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan
and (ii) the
maximum amount of such insurance available for the related
Mortgaged Property
under the national flood insurance program (assuming that the
area in which such
Mortgaged Property is located is participating in such
program).
In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a
blanket policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of
B:VI or better
in Best's Key Rating Guide insuring against hazard losses on all
of the Mortgage
Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its
obligations as set
forth in the first two sentences of this Section 3.14, it being
understood and
agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in
which case the
Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been
maintained on the
related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy complying
with the first two
sentences of this Section 3.14, and there shall have been one or
more losses
which would have been covered by such policy, deposit to the
Collection Account
from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the
blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. In connection with its
activities as
administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer
agrees to prepare
and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee, the Trust Fund
and the
Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy in a
timely fashion in
accordance with the terms of such policy.
(b) The Servicer shall keep in force during the term of this
Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and
omissions for
failure in the performance of its respective obligations under
this Agreement,
which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that
would meet the
requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac if it were the
purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans, unless the Servicer, has obtained a waiver of
such requirements
from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Servicer shall each also
maintain a fidelity
bond in the form and amount that would meet the requirements of
Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac, unless the Servicer, has obtained a waiver of such
requirements
from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Servicer shall be deemed to
have complied
with this provision if an Affiliate of the Servicer, has such
errors and
omissions and fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such
insurance policy
or fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to
the Servicer. Any
such errors and omissions policy and fidelity bond shall by its
terms not be
cancelable without thirty days' prior written notice to the
Trustee and the
Trust Administrator.
SECTION 3.15. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses;
Assumption Agreements.
The Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any
conveyance or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property
by any Mortgagor
(whether by absolute conveyance or by
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contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor remains or is
to remain
liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage), exercise
its rights to
accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the "due-
on-sale" clause,
if any, applicable thereto; provided, however, that the Servicer
shall not
exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from doing so. If
the Servicer
reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce
such
"due-on-sale" clause, or if any of the other conditions set
forth in the proviso
to the preceding sentence apply, the Servicer will enter into an
assumption and
modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been
conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which such
person becomes
liable under the Mortgage Note and, to the extent permitted by
applicable state
law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. The Servicer is also
authorized to
enter into a substitution of liability agreement with such
person, pursuant to
which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and such
person is
substituted as the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note,
provided that no such substitution shall be effective unless
such person
satisfies the then current underwriting criteria of the Servicer
for mortgage
loans similar to the Mortgage Loans. In connection with any
assumption or
substitution, the Servicer shall apply such underwriting
standards and follow
such practices and procedures as shall be normal and usual in
its general
mortgage servicing activities and as it applies to other
mortgage loans owned
solely by it. The Servicer shall not take or enter into any
assumption and
modification agreement, however, unless (to the extent
practicable in the
circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in writing,
of the continued
effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance policy. Any fee
collected by
the Servicer in respect of an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement
will be retained by the Servicer as additional servicing
compensation. In
connection with any such assumption, no material term of the
Mortgage Note
(including but not limited to the related Mortgage Rate and the
amount of the
Monthly Payment) may be amended or modified, except as otherwise
required
pursuant to the terms thereof. The Servicer shall notify the
Trustee and the
Trust Administrator that any such substitution or assumption
agreement has been
completed by forwarding to the Trustee (with a copy to the Trust
Administrator)
the executed original of such substitution or assumption
agreement, which
document shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall,
for all
purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same
extent as all
other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other
provision
of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in
default, breach or
any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of
any assumption of
a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the
Mortgage Note or any
assumption which the Servicer may be restricted by law from
preventing, for any
reason whatever. For purposes of this Section 3.15, the term
"assumption" is
deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged Property)
subject to the
Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or
substitution of liability
agreement.
SECTION 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans.
(a) The Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with
Accepted Servicing Practices, to foreclose upon or otherwise
comparably convert
the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans
as come into and
continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements
can be made for
collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.07. The
Servicer shall
be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by it in any
such
proceedings; provided, however, that such costs and
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expenses will be recoverable as Servicing Advances by the
Servicer as
contemplated in Sections 3.11 and 3.23. The foregoing is subject
to the
provision that, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property shall
have suffered
damage from an Uninsured Cause, the Servicer shall not be
required to expend its
own funds toward the restoration of such property unless it
shall determine in
its discretion that such restoration will increase the proceeds
of liquidation
of the related Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself for
such expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.16 or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to
any Mortgage Loan
as to which the Servicer has received actual notice of, or has
actual knowledge
of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the
related Mortgaged
Property, the Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trust Fund,
either (i) obtain
title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of
foreclosure or
otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any
other action
with respect to, such Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any
such action,
the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the
Certificateholders
would be considered to hold title to, to be a
"mortgagee-in-possession" of, or
to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within
the meaning of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of
1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law,
unless the Servicer
has also previously determined, based on its reasonable judgment
and a prudent
report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental
audits using
customary industry standards, that:
(1) such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable
environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in the best
economic
interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions as are necessary
to
bring the Mortgaged Property into compliance therewith; and
(2) there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged
Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any
hazardous
substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes or
petroleum-based
materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring,
containment,
clean-up or remediation could be required under any federal,
state or
local law or regulation, or that if any such materials are
present for
which such action could be required, that it would be in the
best
economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions with
respect
to the affected Mortgaged Property.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by
this Section 3.16 shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject to
the Servicer's
right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as
provided in
Section 3.11(a)(ix), such right of reimbursement being prior to
the rights of
Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection
Account received in
respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage
Loans.
If the Servicer determines, as described above, that it is
in
the best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such
actions as are
necessary to bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance
with applicable
environmental laws, or to take such action with respect to the
containment,
clean-up or remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous
materials, hazardous
wastes, or petroleum-based materials affecting any such
Mortgaged Property, then
the Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the
best economic
interest of the Trust Fund. The cost of any such compliance,
containment,
cleanup or remediation
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shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject to the Servicer's
right to be
reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as provided in
Sections
3.11(a)(iii) or 3.11(a)(ix), such right of reimbursement being
prior to the
rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the
Collection Account
received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other
Mortgage Loans.
(c) The Servicer shall have the right to purchase from REMIC
I
any defaulted Mortgage Loan that is 90 days or more delinquent,
which the
Servicer determines in good faith will otherwise become subject
to foreclosure
proceedings (evidence of such determination to be delivered in
writing to the
Trust Administrator and the Trustee, in form and substance
satisfactory to the
Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee prior to
purchase), at a price
equal to the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage
Loan purchased
hereunder shall be deposited in the Collection Account, and the
Trustee, upon
receipt of written certification from the Servicer of such
deposit, shall
release or cause to be released to the Servicer the related
Mortgage File and
the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or
assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Servicer shall
furnish and as
shall be necessary to vest in the Servicer title to any Mortgage
Loan released
pursuant hereto.
(d) Proceeds received in connection with any Final Recovery
Determination, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial
collection of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, in respect of any
Mortgage Loan,
will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the
Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and
Advances, pursuant
to Section 3.11(a)(ii) or (a)(iii); second, to accrued and
unpaid interest on
the Mortgage Loan, to the date of the Final Recovery
Determination, or to the
Due Date prior to the Distribution Date on which such amounts
are to be
distributed if not in connection with a Final Recovery
Determination; and third,
as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount
of the recovery
so allocated to interest is less than the full amount of accrued
and unpaid
interest due on such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such recovery
will be
allocated by the Servicer as follows: first, to unpaid Servicing
Fees; and
second, to the balance of the interest then due and owing. The
portion of the
recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall be
reimbursed to the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii). The portion of the
recovery allocated
to interest (net of unpaid Servicing Fees) and the portion of
the recovery
allocated to principal of the Mortgage Loan shall be applied as
follows: first,
to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Advances
in accordance
with Section 3.11(a)(ii) and any other amounts reimbursable to
the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.11, and second, as part of the amounts to
be transferred
to the Distribution Account in accordance with Section
3.10(b).
SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of
Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt
by the Servicer of a notification that payment in full shall be
escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, the Servicer will notify the
Trust
Administrator and the Trustee by a certification in the form of
Exhibit E-2
(which certification shall include a statement to the effect
that all amounts
received or to be received in connection with such payment which
are required to
be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10
have been or
will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request
delivery to it of
the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Trustee
shall promptly release the related Mortgage
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File to the Servicer. No expenses incurred in connection with
any instrument of
satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the
Collection
Account or the Distribution Account.
From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose,
collection under
any insurance policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Trustee
shall, upon
request of the Servicer and delivery to the Trustee of a Request
for Release in
the form of Exhibit E-l, release the related Mortgage File to
the Servicer, and
the Trustee or the Servicer as attorney-in-fact of the Trustee
shall, at the
direction of the Servicer, execute such documents as shall be
necessary to the
prosecution of any such proceedings. Such Request for Release
shall obligate the
Servicer to return each and every document previously requested
from the
Mortgage File to the Trustee when the need therefor by the
Servicer no longer
exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the
Liquidation
Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in
the Collection
Account or the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered
to an attorney,
or to a public trustee or other public official as required by
law, for purposes
of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for
the foreclosure
of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially,
and the Servicer
has delivered to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing
Officer certifying as
to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage
File or such
document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such
delivery. Upon
receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that
such Mortgage Loan
was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received
in connection
with such liquidation that are required to be deposited into the
Collection
Account have been so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan has
become an REO
Property, a copy of the Request for Release shall be released by
the Trustee to
the Servicer.
Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the
Trustee
shall execute and deliver to the Servicer, any court pleadings,
requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure
or trustee's sale
in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action
brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage
or to obtain a
deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights
provided by the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in
equity. Each such
certification shall include a request that such pleadings or
documents be
executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such
documents or
pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery
thereof by the
Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the
Mortgage, except
for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the
foreclosure or
trustee's sale. So long as no Servicing Termination Event shall
have occurred
and be continuing, the Servicer shall have the right to execute
any and all such
court pleadings, requests and other documents as
attorney-in-fact for, and on
behalf of the Trustee.
SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for the activities of the Servicer,
hereunder,
the Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with respect
to each
Mortgage Loan payable solely from payments of interest in
respect of such
Mortgage Loan, subject to Section 3.24. In addition, the
Servicer shall be
entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of Insurance
Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section
3.11(a)(iii) and out of
amounts derived from the operation and sale of an REO Property
to the extent
permitted by Section 3.23. Except as set forth in Section 6.04
hereof, the right
to receive the
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Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except
in connection
with the transfer of all of the Servicer's responsibilities and
obligations
under this Agreement to the extent permitted herein.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption
fees, late payment charges and other miscellaneous fees (other
than Prepayment
Charges) shall be retained by the Servicer only to the extent
such fees or
charges are received by the Servicer. The Servicer shall also be
entitled
pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iv) to withdraw from the Collection
Account and
pursuant to Section 3.23(b) to withdraw from any REO Account, as
additional
servicing compensation, interest or other income earned on
deposits therein,
subject to Section 3.12. The Servicer shall be required to pay
all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities
hereunder and shall
not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically
provided
herein.
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trust Administrator
and the Trustee; Collection Account
Statements.
Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date,
the
Servicer shall forward to the Trust Administrator, the Trustee
and the Depositor
a statement prepared by the institution at which the Collection
Account is
maintained setting forth the status of the Collection Account as
of the close of
business on such Distribution Date and showing, for the period
covered by such
statement, the aggregate amount of deposits into and withdrawals
from the
Collection Account of each category of deposit specified in
Section 3.10(a) and
each category of withdrawal specified in Section 3.11. Copies of
such statement
shall be provided by the Trust Administrator to any
Certificateholder and to any
Person identified to the Trust Administrator as a prospective
transferee of a
Certificate, upon request at the expense of the requesting
party, provided such
statement is delivered by the Servicer to the Trust
Administrator.
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to Compliance.
The Servicer will deliver to, the Trust Administrator, the
Trustee and the Depositor not later than 120 days following the
end of the
fiscal year of the Servicer, which as of the Closing Date ends
on the last day
in December, an Officers' Certificate stating, as to each
signatory thereof,
that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the
preceding year
and of performance under this Agreement has been made under such
officers'
supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge,
based on such
review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under
this Agreement
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any
such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officer and the
nature and status thereof. Copies of any such statement shall be
provided by the
Trust Administrator to any Certificateholder and to any Person
identified to the
Trust Administrator as a prospective transferee of a
Certificate, upon request
at the expense of the requesting party, provided such statement
is delivered by
the Servicer to the Trust Administrator.
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants'
Servicing Report.
Not later than 120 days following the end of each fiscal
year
of the Servicer (which, as of the Closing Date, ends on the last
day of
December), the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a
nationally
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recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish to the
Servicer a report stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of
representation
regarding certain matters from the management of the Servicer
which includes an
assertion that the Servicer has complied with certain minimum
residential
mortgage loan servicing standards, identified in the Uniform
Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers
Association of
America, with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage
loans during the
most recently completed fiscal year and (ii) on the basis of an
examination
conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established
by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation
is fairly stated
in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other
qualifications
that may be appropriate. Immediately upon receipt of such
report, the Servicer
shall furnish a copy of such report to the Trust Administrator,
the Trustee and
each Rating Agency. Copies of such statement shall be provided
by the Trust
Administrator to any Certificateholder upon request at the
Servicer's expense,
provided that such statement is delivered by the Servicer to the
Trust
Administrator.
SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Servicer shall provide to the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC, and any other federal or state banking or
insurance
regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any
Certificateholder,
access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
required by applicable
laws and regulations. Such access shall be afforded without
charge, but only
upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the
offices of the
Servicer designated by it. In addition, access to the
documentation regarding
the Mortgage Loans will be provided to any Certificateholder,
the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator and to any Person identified to the
Servicer, as a
prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon reasonable request
during normal
business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it
at the expense of
the Person requesting such access.
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of
REO Property.
(a) The deed or certificate of sale of any REO Property
shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, on behalf
of the Trust Fund
and for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer, on
behalf of REMIC
I, shall either sell any REO Property by the close of the third
calendar year
following the calendar year in which REMIC I acquires ownership
of such REO
Property for purposes of Section 860(a)(8) of the Code or
request from the
Internal Revenue Service, no later than 60 days before the day
on which the
three-year grace period would otherwise expire an extension of
the three-year
grace period, unless the Servicer had delivered to the Trust
Administrator and
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trust
Administrator, the
Trustee and the Depositor, to the effect that the holding by
REMIC I of such REO
Property subsequent to three years after its acquisition will
not result in the
imposition on any Trust REMIC created hereunder of taxes on
"prohibited
transactions" thereof, as defined in Section 860F of the Code,
or cause any
Trust REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
Federal law at any
time that any Certificates are outstanding. The Servicer shall
manage, conserve,
protect and operate each REO Property for the Certificateholders
solely for the
purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which
does not cause such
REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within
the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by any
Trust REMIC
created hereunder of any "income from non-permitted assets"
within the meaning
of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the
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Code, or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is
subject to taxation
under the REMIC Provisions.
(b) The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds
collected
and received in connection with the operation of any REO
Property separate and
apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish
and maintain
with respect to REO Properties an account held in trust for the
Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust Fund and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders (the "REO
Account"), which shall be an Eligible Account. The Servicer
shall be permitted
to allow the Collection Account to serve as the REO Account,
subject to separate
ledgers for each REO Property. The Servicer shall be entitled to
retain or
withdraw any interest income paid on funds deposited in the REO
Account.
(c) The Servicer shall have full power and authority,
subject
only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this
Agreement, to do any
and all things in connection with any REO Property as are
consistent with the
manner in which the Servicer manages and operates similar
property owned by the
Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for
such period as the
Servicer deems to be in the best interests of
Certificateholders. In connection
therewith, the Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited,
on a daily
basis in the REO Account all revenues received by it with
respect to an REO
Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the
proper operation,
management and maintenance of such REO Property including,
without limitation:
(i) all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of
such
REO Property;
(ii) all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of
such
REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien
thereon; and
(iii) all costs and expenses necessary to maintain such REO
Property.
To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account
with
respect to an REO Property are insufficient for the purposes set
forth in
clauses (i) through (iii) above with respect to such REO
Property, the Servicer
shall advance from its own funds such amount as is necessary for
such purposes
if, but only if, the Servicer would make such advances if the
Servicer owned the
REO Property and if in the Servicer's judgment, the payment of
such amounts will
be recoverable from the rental or sale of the REO Property.
Subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations
as
shall at any time be in force, and notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer
shall not:
(i) permit the Trust Fund to enter into, renew or extend any
New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the New Lease by
its
terms will give rise to any income that does not constitute
Rents from
Real Property;
(ii) permit any amount to be received or accrued under any
New
Lease other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real
Property;
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(iii) authorize or permit any construction on any REO
Property, other than the completion of a building or other
improvement
thereon, and then only if more than ten percent of the
construction of
such building or other improvement was completed before default
on the
related Mortgage Loan became imminent, all within the meaning
of
Section 856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or
(iv) allow any Person to Directly Operate any REO Property
on
any date more than 90 days after its date of acquisition by the
Trust
Fund;
unless, in any such case, the Servicer has obtained an Opinion
of Counsel,
provided to the Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the
Trustee, to the effect
that such action will not cause such REO Property to fail to
qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8)
of the Code at
any time that it is held by REMIC I, in which case the Servicer
may take such
actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.
The Servicer may contract with any Independent Contractor
for
the operation and management of any REO Property, provided
that:
(i) the terms and conditions of any such contract shall not
be
inconsistent herewith;
(ii) any such contract shall require, or shall be
administered
to require, that the Independent Contractor pay all costs and
expenses
incurred in connection with the operation and management of such
REO
Property, including those listed above and remit all related
revenues
(net of such costs and expenses) to the Servicer as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than thirty days following
the
receipt thereof by such Independent Contractor;
(iii) none of the provisions of this Section 3.23(c)
relating
to any such contract or to actions taken through any such
Independent
Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Servicer of any of its
duties
and obligations to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund and
for the
benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to the operation
and
management of any such REO Property; and
(iv) the Servicer shall be obligated with respect thereto to
the same extent as if it alone were performing all duties
and
obligations in connection with the operation and management of
such REO
Property.
The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement
with any Independent Contractor performing services for it
related to its duties
and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Servicer by
such
Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed to limit
or modify such indemnification. The Servicer shall be solely
liable for all fees
owed by it to any such Independent Contractor, irrespective of
whether the
Servicer's compensation pursuant to Section 3.18 is sufficient
to pay such fees.
(d) In addition to the withdrawals permitted under Section
3.23(c), the Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals
from the REO
Account for any REO Property: (i) to pay itself unpaid
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Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan; and (ii)
to reimburse
itself or any Sub-Servicer for unreimbursed Servicing Advances
and Advances made
in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan. On
the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall withdraw from each REO
Account maintained by
it and deposit into the Distribution Account in accordance with
Section
3.10(d)(ii), for distribution on the related Distribution Date
in accordance
with Section 4.01, the income from the related REO Property
received during the
prior calendar month, net of any withdrawals made pursuant to
Section 3.23(c) or
this Section 3.23(d).
(e) Subject to the time constraints set forth in Section
3.23(a), each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the
Servicer at such price
and upon such terms and conditions as the Servicer shall deem
necessary or
advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its Accepted
Servicing Practices.
(f) The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of any amount
required by law to be remitted to the Mortgagor under the
related Mortgage Loan
and net of any payment or reimbursement to the Servicer as
provided above, shall
be deposited in the Distribution Account in accordance with
Section 3.10(d)(ii)
on the Servicer Remittance Date in the month following the
receipt thereof for
distribution on the related Distribution Date in accordance with
Section 4.01.
Any REO Disposition shall be for cash only (unless changes in
the REMIC
Provisions made subsequent to the Startup Day allow a sale for
other
consideration).
(g) The Servicer shall file information returns with respect
to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or
business, reports of
foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property and
cancellation of
indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged Property as
required by
Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code, respectively. Such
reports shall be
in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by
such Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Servicer in
Respect of Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls.
The Servicer shall deliver to the Trust Administrator for
deposit into the Distribution Account on or before 5:00 p.m. New
York time on
the Servicer Remittance Date from its own funds an amount equal
to the lesser of
(i) the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
attributable to
prepayments in full for the related Distribution Date resulting
solely from
Principal Prepayments received by the Servicer during the
related Prepayment
Period and (ii) 50% of its aggregate Servicing Fee for the most
recently ended
Prepayment Period. The Servicer shall not have the right to
reimbursement for
any amounts remitted to the Trust Administrator in respect of
this Section 3.24.
The Servicer shall not be obligated to pay the amounts set forth
in this Section
3.24 with respect to Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
SECTION 3.25. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.26. Obligations of the Servicer in
Respect of Mortgage Rates and
Monthly Payments.
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In the event that a shortfall in any collection on or
liability with respect to any Mortgage Loan results from or is
attributable to
adjustments to Mortgage Rates, Monthly Payments or Stated
Principal Balances
that were made by the Servicer in a manner not consistent with
the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Servicer, upon
discovery or
receipt of notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the
Trust Administrator
for deposit in the Distribution Account from its own funds the
amount of any
such shortfall and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust
Fund, the Trust
Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor and any successor
Servicer in respect
of any such liability. Such indemnities shall survive the
termination or
discharge of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.27. Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve
Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trust Administrator
shall establish and maintain with itself, as agent for the
Trustee, a separate,
segregated trust account titled, "Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve
Account,
Citibank, N.A., as agent for U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee, in
trust for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII,
Inc., Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-WMC2, Asset
Backed
Pass-Through Certificates." On the Closing Date, the Depositor
will deposit, or
cause to be deposited, into the Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve
Account, $1,000.
(b) On each Distribution Date as to which there is a Net WAC
Rate Carryover Amount payable to the Class A Certificates or the
Mezzanine
Certificates, the Trust Administrator has been directed by the
Class CE
Certificateholders to, and therefore will, deposit into the Net
Wac Rate
Carryover Reserve Account the amounts described in Section
4.01(a)(5)(xiii),
rather than distributing such amounts to the Class CE
Certificateholders. On
each such Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall hold
all such amounts
for the benefit of the Holders of the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine
Certificates, and will distribute such amounts to the Holders of
the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates in the amounts and
priorities set
forth in Section 4.01(a). If no Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts
are payable on a
Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall deposit into
the Net Wac Rate
Carryover Reserve Account on behalf of the Class CE
Certificateholders, from
amounts otherwise distributable to the Class CE
Certificateholders, an amount
such that when added to other amounts already on deposit in the
Net Wac Rate
Carryover Reserve Account, the aggregate amount on deposit
therein is equal to
$1,000.
(c) For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class CE
Certificateholders will be deemed to be the owners of the Net
Wac Rate Carryover
Reserve Account and all amounts deposited into the Net Wac Rate
Carryover
Reserve Account (other than the initial deposit therein of
$1,000) shall be
treated as amounts distributed by REMIC II to the Holders of the
Class CE
Certificates. Upon the termination of the Trust Fund, or the
payment in full of
the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, all
amounts remaining
on deposit in the Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve Account will be
released by the
Trust Fund and distributed to the Class CE Certificateholders or
their
designees. The Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve Account will be
part of the Trust
Fund but not part of any Trust REMIC and any payments to the
Holders of the
Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates of Net WAC
Rate Carryover
Amounts will not be payments with respect to a "regular
interest" in a REMIC
within the meaning of Code Section 860(G)(a)(1).
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(d) By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder hereby agrees to direct the Trust
Administrator, and the Trust
Administrator hereby is directed to deposit into the Net Wac
Rate Carryover
Reserve Account the amounts described above on each Distribution
Date as to
which there is any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount rather than
distributing such
amounts to the Class CE Certificateholders. By accepting a Class
CE Certificate,
each Class CE Certificateholder further agrees that such
direction is given for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is
acknowledged by such acceptance.
(e) At the direction of the Holders of a majority in
Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates, the Trust
Administrator shall
direct any depository institution maintaining the Net Wac Rate
Carryover Reserve
Account to invest the funds in such account in one or more
Permitted Investments
bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless
payable on demand,
(i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
date on which such
funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to
this Agreement,
if a Person other than the Trust Administrator or an Affiliate
manages or
advises such investment, and (ii) no later than the date on
which such funds are
required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this
Agreement, if the
Trust Administrator or an Affiliate manages or advises such
investment. If no
investment direction of the Holders of a majority in Percentage
Interest in the
Class CE Certificates with respect to the Net Wac Rate Carryover
Reserve Account
is received by the Trust Administrator, the Trust Administrator
shall invest the
funds in such account in Permitted Investments managed by the
Trust
Administrator or an Affiliate of the kind described in clause
(vi) of the
definition of Permitted Investments. All income and gain earned
upon such
investment shall be deposited into the Net Wac Rate Carryover
Reserve Account.
(f) For federal tax return and information reporting, the
right of the Class A Certificateholders and the Mezzanine
Certificateholders to
receive payments from the Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve Account
in respect of
any Net Wac Rate Carryover Amount shall be assigned a value of
zero.
SECTION 3.28. Advance Facility.
(a) The Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into a
financing or other facility (any such arrangement, an "Advance
Facility"), the
documentation for which complies with Section 3.28(e) below,
under which (1) the
Servicer assigns or pledges its rights under this Agreement to
be reimbursed for
any or all Advances and/or Servicing Advances to (i) a
special-purpose
bankruptcy-remote entity (an "SPV") (or to a Person, who
simultaneously assigns
or pledges such rights to an SPV) or (ii) a lender (a "Lender"),
which, in the
case of an SPV, in turn, directly or through other assignees
and/or pledgees,
assigns or pledges such rights to a Person, which may include a
trustee acting
on behalf of holders of debt instruments (any such Person or any
such Lender, an
"Advance Financing Person"), and/or (2) an Advance Financing
Person agrees to
fund some or all Advances and/or Servicing Advances required to
be made by the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the
Trustee,
Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before
the Servicer may
enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the Trustee or the
Certificateholders
be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advance
Financing Person to
the Servicer. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance
Facility under which
an Advance Financing
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Person agrees to fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances, the
Servicer shall
remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make Advances
and/or Servicing
Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement, and
shall not be
relieved of such obligations by virtue of such Advance Facility.
If a Servicer
enters into an Advance Facility, and for so long as an Advance
Financing Person
remains entitled to receive reimbursement for any Advances
and/or Servicing
Advances outstanding and previously unreimbursed pursuant to
this Agreement,
then, to the extent prohibited under such Advance Facility, such
Servicer shall
not be permitted to reimburse itself for Advances and/or
Servicing Advances
pursuant to Section 3.11(a) of this Agreement, but instead such
Servicer's
assignee and the designee (the "Servicer's Assignee") shall have
the right to
receive from the Collection Account collections that such
Servicer would
otherwise have the right to receive from the Collection Account
pursuant to said
Section 3.11(a) of this Agreement, amounts available to
reimburse previously
unreimbursed Advances and/or Servicing Advances ("Advance
Reimbursement
Amounts").
(b) If the Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, the
Servicer and the related Advance Financing Person shall deliver
to the Trustee a
written notice of the existence of such Advance Facility (an
"Advance Facility
Notice"), stating the identity of the Advance Financing Person
and the
Servicer's Assignee, and specifying what Advances and/or
Servicing Advances are
covered by the Advance Facility. An Advance Facility may be
terminated by the
joint written direction of the Servicer and the related Advance
Financing
Person.
(c) Advance Reimbursement Amounts (i) shall consist solely
of
amounts in respect of Advances and/or Servicing Advances for
which the Servicer
would be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with
Section 3.11(a)
hereof, assuming the Servicer had made the related Advance(s)
and/or Servicing
Advance(s) and (ii) shall not consist of amounts payable to a
successor Servicer
in accordance with Section 3.11(a) to the extent permitted under
Section 3.28(e)
below.
(d) An Advance Financing Person who receives an assignment
or
pledge of rights to receive Advance Reimbursement Amounts and/or
whose
obligations are limited to the funding of Advances and/or
Servicing Advances
pursuant to an Advance Facility shall not be required to meet
the criteria for
qualification as a Sub-Servicer.
(e) As between a predecessor Servicer and its Advance
Financing Person, on the one hand, and a successor Servicer and
its Advance
Financing Person if any, on the other hand, Advance
Reimbursement Amounts on a
loan-by-loan basis with respect to each Mortgage Loan as to
which an Advance
and/or Servicing Advance shall have been made and be outstanding
shall be
allocated on a "first-in, first out" ("FIFO") basis. In the
event that some or
all of an Advance Reimbursement Amount related to Advances
and/or Servicing
Advances that were made by a Person other than such predecessor
Servicer or its
related Advance Financing Person shall have been paid in error
to the Servicer's
Assignee related to such predecessor Servicer, then such
Servicer's Assignee
shall be required to remit any portion of such Advance
Reimbursement Amount to
each Person entitled to such portion of such Advance
Reimbursement Amount. At
any time when an Advance Financing Person shall have ceased
funding Advances
and/or Servicing Advances, including without limitation a
servicing transfer
pursuant to Article VII, and the Servicer's Assignee shall have
received from
the Collection Account Advance Reimbursement
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Amounts sufficient to reimburse all Advances and/or Servicing
Advances, the
right to reimbursement for which were assigned to the Servicer's
Assignee, then
the Servicer's Assignee and the Advance Financing Person and the
Servicer
related to such Servicer's Assignee and Advance Financing Person
shall deliver a
written notice to the Trustee terminating the Advance Facility.
Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall remain
entitled to be
reimbursed by the Advance Financing Person for all Advances
and/or Servicing
Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent the related
Advance Reimbursement
Amounts have not been assigned or pledged to such Advance
Financing Person or
Servicer's Assignee.
(f) For purposes of any certification of a Servicing Officer
of the Servicer made pursuant to Section 4.06(iii), any
Nonrecoverable Advance
or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance referred to therein may have
been made by
such Servicer or any predecessor Servicer. In making its
determination that any
Advance or Servicing Advance theretofore made has become a
Nonrecoverable
Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Servicer shall
apply the same
criteria in making such determination regardless of whether such
Advance or
Servicing Advance shall have been made by the Servicer or any
predecessor
Servicer.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. Distributions.
(a)(1) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in
the following order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I
to REMIC II on
account of the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests or withdrawn
from the
Distribution Account and distributed to the holders of the Class
R-I Interest,
as the case may be:
(i) first, to Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA-1, in an amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated
Interest
for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect
thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates.
Amounts payable as Uncertificated Interest in respect of
REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTZZ shall be reduced when the sum of
the
REMIC I Group I Overcollateralization Amount is less than
the
REMIC I Group I Required Overcollateralized Amount, by the
lesser of (x) the amount of such difference and (y) the
Maximum Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount. Amounts
payable as Uncertificated Interest in respect of REMIC I
Regular Interest I- LTZZ shall be reduced when the REMIC I
Group I Overcollateralized Amount is less than the REMIC I
Group I Required Overcollateralization Amount, by the lesser
of (x) the amount of such difference and (y) the Maximum
I-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount and such
amount
will be payable to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-
LTA-1 in the same proportion as the Overcollateralization
Increase Amount is allocated to the Corresponding
Certificates;
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(ii) second, to the Holders of REMIC I Group I Regular
Interests, in an amount equal to the remainder of the
Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date
after
the distributions made pursuant to clause (i) above,
allocated
as follows:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTAA, 98.000% of such remainder (less the amount
payable in clause (d) below), until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero;
(b) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA-1, 1.000% of such remainder (less the amount
payable in clause (d) below), in the same proportion
as principal payments are allocated to the
Corresponding Certificates, until the Uncertificated
Balances of such REMIC I Regular Interests are
reduced to zero;
(c) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTZZ, 1.000% of such remainder (less the amount
payable in clause (d) below), until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero; then
(d) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP,
on the Distribution Date immediately following the
expiration of the latest Prepayment Charge as
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or any
Distribution Date thereafter until $100 has been
distributed pursuant to this clause; and
(e) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class
R Certificates (as Holder of the Class R-I Interest);
provided, however, that 98.000% and 2.000% of any principal
payments that are
attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall
be allocated to
Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTAA and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ,
respectively.
(2) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in
the following order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I
to REMIC II on
account of the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests or withdrawn
from the
Distribution Account and distributed to the holders of the Class
R-I Interest,
as the case may be:
(i) first, to Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTA-2, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM3, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTM5,
in an amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated Interest for
such
Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof
remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates. Amounts
payable as Uncertificated Interest in respect of REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTZZ shall be reduced when the sum of
the
REMIC I Group II Overcollateralization Amount is less than
the
REMIC I Group II Required Overcollateralized Amount, by the
lesser of (x) the amount of such difference and (y) the
Maximum Uncertificated Interest
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Deferral Amount. Amounts payable as Uncertificated Interest
in
respect of REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTZZ shall be reduced
when the REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount is less
than the REMIC I Group II Required Overcollateralization
Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of such difference
and
(y) the Maximum II-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral
Amount and such amount will be payable to the Holders of
REMIC
I Regular Interest II-LTA-1, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTM1,
REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest II- LTM4 and REMIC I
Regular
Interest II-LTM5 in the same proportion as the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount is allocated to the
Corresponding Certificates;
(ii) second, to the Holders of REMIC I Group II Regular
Interests, in an amount equal to the remainder of the
Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date
after
the distributions made pursuant to clause (i) above,
allocated
as follows:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTAA, 98.000% of such remainder (less the amount
payable in clause (d) below), until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero;
(b) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTA-1, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM4 and REMIC I
Regular Interest II- LTM5, 1.000% of such remainder
(less the amount payable in clause (d) below), in the
same proportion as principal payments are allocated
to the Corresponding Certificates, until the
Uncertificated Balances of such REMIC I Regular
Interests are reduced to zero;
(c) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
II-LTZZ, 1.000% of such remainder (less the amount
payable in clause (d) below), until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero; then
(d) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class
R Certificates (as Holder of the Class R-I Interest);
provided, however, that 98.000% and 2.000% of any principal
payments that are
attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall
be allocated to
Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest II- LTAA and REMIC I Regular
Interest
II-LTZZ, respectively.
(3) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw from the Distribution Account an amount equal to the
applicable
Interest Remittance Amount and distribute to the
Certificateholders the
following amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, PRO RATA
based
on their entitlements, an amount equal to the Senior
Interest
Distribution Amount allocable to the Class A Certificates;
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(ii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class
M-1
Certificates;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, an
amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class
M-2
Certificates;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class
M-3
Certificates;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class
M-4
Certificates; and
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class
M-5
Certificates.
(4) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw from the Distribution Account an amount equal to the
Principal
Distribution Amount and distribute to the Certificateholders the
following
amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date
or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Principal
Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order
of
priority;
first, to the Holders of the Class A Certificates,
the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II
Principal
Distribution Amount, as applicable, until the Certificate
Principal
Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
second, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
the Principal Distribution Amount remaining until the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
third, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
the Principal Distribution Amount remaining until the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
fourth, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates,
the Principal Distribution Amount remaining until the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
fifth, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates,
the Principal Distribution Amount remaining until the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero and
sixth, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates,
the Principal Distribution Amount remaining until the
Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero.
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(ii) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown
Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, the
Principal
Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order
of
priority;
first, the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates,
the
Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II
Principal
Distribution Amount, as applicable, until the Certificate
Principal
Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
second, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1
Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been
reduced
to zero;
third, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-2
Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been
reduced
to zero;
fourth, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-3
Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been
reduced
to zero;
fifth, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-4
Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been
reduced
to zero; and
sixth, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-5
Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been
reduced
to zero.
(5) On each Distribution Date, the Net Monthly Excess
Cashflow
(or, in the case of clause (i) below, the Net Monthly Excess
Cashflow exclusive
of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount) shall be
distributed by the Trust
Administrator as follows:
(i) to the Holders of the Class or Classes of
Certificates then entitled to receive distributions in respect
of
principal, as part of the Principal Distribution Amount in an
amount
equal to the Overcollateralization Increase Amount for the
Certificates, applied to reduce the Certificate Principal
Balance of
such Certificates until the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of
such Certificates is reduced to zero;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable
to such
Class of Certificates;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the
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Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable to such Class of
Certificates;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable
to such
Class;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable
to such
Class;
(vi) to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable
to such
Class;
(vii) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls
(to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24)
and
any Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans
allocated to
such Certificates;
(viii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest
Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to
Section
3.24) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage
Loans
allocated to such Certificates;
(ix) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls
(to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24)
and
any Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans
allocated to
such Certificates;
(x) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls
(to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24)
and
any Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans
allocated to
such Certificates;
(xi) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls
(to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24)
and
any Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans
allocated to
such Certificates;
(xii) to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest
Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to
Section
3.24) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage
Loans
allocated to such Certificates;
(xiii) to the Net Wac Rate Carryover Reserve Account,
the amount required by Section 3.27(b);
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(xiv) to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates the
Interest Distribution Amount and any remaining
Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date; and
(xv) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, any
remaining amounts; provided that if such Distribution Date is
the
Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the
latest
Prepayment Charge term on a Mortgage Loan as identified on the
Mortgage
Loan Schedule or any Distribution Date thereafter, then any
such
remaining amounts will be distributed first, to the Holders of
the
Class P Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof
has been reduced to zero; and second, to the Holders of the
Class R
Certificates.
On each Distribution Date, after making the distributions of
the Available Distribution Amount as set forth above, the Trust
Administrator
will FIRST, withdraw from the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve
Account all income
from the investment of funds in the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account and
distribute such amount to the Class CE Certificates, and SECOND,
withdraw from
the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, to the extent of
amounts remaining
on deposit therein, the amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover
Amount with respect
to the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates for
such Distribution
Date and distribute such amount first, to the Class A
Certificates; second, to
the Class M-1 Certificates, third, to the Class M-2
Certificates, fourth, to the
Class M-3 Certificates, fifth, to the Class M-4 Certificates and
sixth, to the
Class M-5 Certificates, in each case to the extent such Net WAC
Carryover Amount
is allocable to each such Class.
With respect to any distributions to be made on the Class
M-4
Certificates, the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class CE
Certificates or the Class
P Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3), (4) or (5), such
distributions
will be made first, on the Class M-4 Interest, the Class M-5
Interest, the Class
CE Interest or the Class P Interest, as applicable, and then, on
the related
Class of Certificates.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw any amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account
that represent
Prepayment Charges collected by the Servicer in connection with
the Principal
Prepayment of any of the Mortgage Loans or any Servicer
Prepayment Charge
Payment Amount and shall distribute such amounts to the Holders
of the Class P
Interest. Such distributions shall not be applied to reduce the
Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class P Interest.
(c) All distributions made with respect to each Class of
Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated PRO
RATA among the
outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective
Percentage
Interests. Payments in respect of each Class of Certificates on
each
Distribution Date will be made to the Holders of the respective
Class of record
on the related Record Date (except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.01(e) or
Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution on such Class),
based on the
aggregate Percentage Interest represented by their respective
Certificates, and
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the account of
any such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate
facilities
therefor, if such Holder shall have so notified the Trust
Administrator in
writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date
immediately prior
to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of
Certificates having an
initial aggregate Certificate Principal Balance or Notional
Amount that is in
excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the
initial
Certificate Principal Balance
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or Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise
by check mailed
by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in
the Certificate
Register. The final distribution on each Certificate will be
made in like
manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such
Certificate at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trust Administrator or such other
location
specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final
distribution.
Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate
shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the
Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the
accounts of its
Depository Participants in accordance with its normal
procedures. Each
Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such
distribution to
the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect
participating
brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating
firm") for which
it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for
disbursing funds
to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trust
Administrator,
the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer shall have any
responsibility
therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or
applicable law.
(d) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive
distributions in respect of the Certificates, and all interests
of the
Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth
in this
Agreement. None of the Holders of any Class of Certificates, the
Trust
Administrator, the Trustee or the Servicer shall in any way be
responsible or
liable to the Holders of any other Class of Certificates in
respect of amounts
properly previously distributed on the Certificates.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever
the
Trust Administrator expects that the final distribution with
respect to any
Class of Certificates will be made on the next Distribution
Date, the Trust
Administrator shall, no later than three (3) days before the
related
Distribution Date, mail to each Holder on such date of such
Class of
Certificates a notice to the effect that:
(i) the Trust Administrator expects that the final
distribution with respect to such Class of Certificates will be
made on
such Distribution Date but only upon presentation and surrender
of such
Certificates at the office of the Trust Administrator
therein
specified, and
(ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and
after the end of the related Interest Accrual Period.
Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of
Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of
the failure of
such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on
such date, be set
aside and held in trust by the Trust Administrator and credited
to the account
of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any
Certificates as to
which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(e)
shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time
specified in such
notice, the Trust Administrator shall mail a second notice to
the remaining
non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates
for
cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If
within one year after the second notice all such Certificates
shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trust Administrator
shall, directly or
through an agent, mail a final notice to the remaining
non-tendering
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates
but shall
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continue to hold any remaining funds for the benefit of
non-tendering
Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of maintaining the
funds in trust and
of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of the
assets remaining
in such trust fund. If within one year after the final notice
any such
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation,
the Trust
Administrator shall pay to Salomon Smith Barney Inc. all such
amounts, and all
rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to such amounts
shall thereupon
cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any
Certificateholder on any
amount held in trust by the Trust Administrator as a result of
such
Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for
final payment
thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(e). Any such
amounts held in trust
by the Trust Administrator shall be held in an Eligible Account
and the Trust
Administrator may direct any depository institution maintaining
such account to
invest the funds in one or more Permitted Investments. All
income and gain
realized from the investment of funds deposited in such accounts
held in trust
by the Trust Administrator shall be for the benefit of the Trust
Administrator;
provided, however, that the Trust Administrator shall deposit in
such account
the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any
such Permitted
Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon the
realization of
such loss.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in
no
event shall the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A
Certificate or a
Mezzanine Certificate be reduced more than once in respect of
any particular
amount allocated to such Certificate in respect of Realized
Losses pursuant to
Section 4.04 and (ii) in no event shall the Uncertificated
Balance of a REMIC I
Regular Interest be reduced more than once in respect of any
particular amount
both (a) allocated to such REMIC I Regular Interest in respect
of Realized
Losses pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b) distributed on such
REMIC I Regular
Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated Balance thereof
pursuant to this
Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.
On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
prepare and make available on its website at
www.sf.citidirect.com for access by
each Holder of the Regular Certificates, a statement as to the
distributions
made on such Distribution Date setting forth:
(i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution
Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable
to
principal, and the amount of the distribution made on such
Distribution
Date to the Holders of the Class P Interest and the Class P
Certificates allocable to Prepayment Charges;
(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such
Distribution
Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable
to
interest;
(iii) the aggregate Servicing Fee received by the Servicer
during the related Due Period and such other customary
information as
the Trust Administrator deems necessary or desirable, or which
a
Certificateholder reasonably requests, to enable
Certificateholders to
prepare their tax returns;
(iv) the aggregate amount of Advances for such Distribution
Date;
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(v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans and any REO Properties as of the close of business on
such
Distribution Date;
(vi) the number, aggregate principal balance, weighted
average
remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of
the
Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date;
(vii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of
Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 30 to 59 days, (b) delinquent 60
to 89
days, (c) delinquent 90 or more days, in each case, as of the
last day
of the preceding calendar month, (d) as to which foreclosure
proceedings have been commenced and (e) with respect to which
the
related Mortgagor has filed for protection under applicable
bankruptcy
laws, with respect to whom bankruptcy proceedings are pending or
with
respect to whom bankruptcy protection is in force;
(viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number of
such
Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance and the Stated
Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date it became an REO
Property;
(ix) the book value of any REO Property as of the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month
preceding the
Distribution Date;
(x) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made
during
the related Prepayment Period;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during
the related Prepayment Period (or, in the case of Bankruptcy
Losses
allocable to interest, during the
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