HMB ACCEPTANCE CORP., as Depositor
[ ],
as Securities Administrator and Master Servicer
[HOMEBANC CORP.], as Seller and Servicer
and
[ ], as Trustee
___________________________
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of [ ]
___________________________
HOMEBANC MORTGAGE TRUST
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES [
]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions .
3
Section 1.02. Calculations With Respect to the Mortgage
Loans
35
Section 1.03. Calculations With Respect to Accrued
Interest
35
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 2.01. Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance
of Mortgage
Loans .
35
Section 2.02. Acceptance of Trust Fund; Review of
Documentation .
40
Section 2.03. Grant Clause .
42
Section 2.04. Option to Contribute Derivative Instrument
44
Section 2.05. The Certificates .
44
Section 2.06. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of
Certificates .
45
Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates .
49
Section 2.08. Persons Deemed Owners .
50
Section 2.09. Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names
and Addresses .
50
Section 2.10. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
50
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
and the Seller .
51
Section 3.02. Discovery of Breach ..
53
Section 3.03. Repurchase, Purchase or Substitution of Mortgage
Loans .
53
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE
SERVICER
Section 4.01. Servicer to Perform Servicing Responsibilities
.
54
Section 4.02. Servicing of the Mortgage Loans .
55
Section 4.03. Payments to the Master Servicer .
70
Section 4.04. General Servicing Procedures .
73
Section 4.05. Representations, Warranties and Agreements
.
77
Section 4.06. The Servicer .
80
Section 4.07. Termination for Cause .
82
Section 4.08. Successor to Servicer .
84
Section 4.09. Subservicers and Subservicing Agreements;
Subcontractors .
85
Section 4.10. Superior Liens .
87
ARTICLE V
ADMINISTRATION AND MASTER SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE MASTER
SERVICER AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
Section 5.01. Duties of the Master Servicer; Representations and
Warranties .
87
Section 5.02. Master Servicer Fidelity Bond and Master Servicer
Errors and
Omissions Insurance Policy .
89
Section 5.03. Master Servicer’s Financial Statements and
Related Information .
90
Section 5.04. Power to Act; Procedures .
91
Section 5.05. Enforcement of Servicer’s and Master
Servicer’s Obligations .
92
Section 5.06. Collection Account .
92
Section 5.07. Application of Funds in the Collection Account
.
94
Section 5.08. Reports to Trustee and Certificateholders
.
95
Section 5.09. Termination of Servicer; Successor Servicers
.
100
Section 5.10. Master Servicer Liable for Enforcement .
101
Section 5.11. Assumption of Master Servicing by Trustee
.
101
Section 5.12. Release of Mortgage Files .
101
Section 5.13. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of
Master Servicer to
be Held for Trustee .
103
Section 5.14. Opinion .
104
Section 5.15. Trustee To Retain Possession of Certain Insurance
Policies and
Documents ..
104
Section 5.16. Compensation to the Master Servicer ..
104
Section 5.17. Annual Officer’s Certificate as to
Compliance .
105
Section 5.18. Annual Independent Accountants’ Servicing
Report ..
106
Section 5.19. Merger or Consolidation .
106
Section 5.20. Resignation of Master Servicer .
106
Section 5.21. Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Master
Servicer .
107
Section 5.22. Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer and
Others .
107
Section 5.23. Indemnification; Third Party Claims . .
108
Section 5.24. Alternative Index . .
108
Section 5.25. Transfer of Servicing .
109
Section 5.26. Compliance with Safeguarding Customer
Information
Requirements .
110
Section 5.27. REO Property .
110
ARTICLE VI
DEPOSITS AND PAYMENTS TO HOLDERS
Section 6.01. The Distribution Account .
111
Section 6.02. Payments from the Distribution Account .
112
Section 6.03. Monthly Advances by Master Servicer and
Servicer .
114
Section 6.04. [ Cap Agreements .
115
Section 6.05. Allocation of Losses .
116
Section 6.06. The Basis Risk Reserve Fund .
116
Section 6.07. The Capitalized Interest Account .
117
Section 6.08. [The Pre-Funding Account] [The Revolving
Account] .
117
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee and the Securities
Administrator .
119
Section 7.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the
Securities
Administrator .
121
Section 7.03. Neither Trustee nor Securities Administrator
Liable for Certificates
or Mortgage Loans .
122
Section 7.04. Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own
Certificates .
122
Section 7.05. Fees and Expenses of the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and
Others .
123
Section 7.06. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee and the
Securities
Administrator .
123
Section 7.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee or Securities
Administrator .
124
Section 7.08. Successor Trustee or Securities Administrator
.
125
Section 7.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities
Administrator .
125
Section 7.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
.
126
Section 7.11. Tax Matters .
127
Section 7.12. REMIC-Related Covenants .
130
Section 7.13. Reporting Requirements of the Commission and
Indemnification .
130
ARTICLE VIII
MASTER SERVICER EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 8.01. Master Servicer Events of Default; Trustee To Act;
Appointment of
Successor .
131
Section 8.02. Additional Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of
Default .
135
Section 8.03. Waiver of Defaults .
135
Section 8.04. Notification to Holders .
135
Section 8.05. Directions by Certificateholders and Duties of
Trustee During
Master Servicer Event of Default .
136
Section 8.06. Action Upon Certain Failures of the Master
Servicer and Upon
Master Servicer Event of Default ..
136
Section 8.07. Preparation of Reports .
136
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination ..
138
Section 9.02. Optional Termination of the Trust Fund .
138
Section 9.03. Certain Notices upon Final Payment .
139
Section 9.04. Additional Termination Requirements .
139
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment .
140
Section 10.02. Entire Agreement .
140
Section 10.03. Amendment .
140
Section 10.04. Acts of Certificateholders .
141
Section 10.05. Recordation of Agreement .
141
Section 10.06. Governing Law .
141
Section 10.07. Notices .
142
Section 10.08. Severability of Provisions .
143
Section 10.09. Indulgences; No Waivers .
144
Section 10.10. Headings Not To Affect Interpretation .
144
Section 10.11. Benefits of Agreement . .
144
Section 10.12. Special Notices to the Rating Agencies .
144
Section 10.13. Counterparts .
145
ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit A-1
Form of Initial Certification
Exhibit A-2
Form of Interim Certification
Exhibit A-3
Form of Final Certification
Exhibit A-4
Form of Endorsement
Exhibit A-5
Form of Request For Release
Exhibit B
Form of Lost Note Affidavit
Exhibit C
Custodial Agreement
Exhibit D
Custodial Account Letter Agreement
Exhibit E
Escrow Account Letter Agreement
Exhibit F
Standard Layout For Monthly Defaulted Loan Report
Schedule A
Mortgage Loan Schedule
[Schedule B
Revolving Credit Loans Schedule]
This POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of [
] (this “Agreement” or this
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), is by and among HMB
ACCEPTANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
“Depositor”), [ ], as trustee
(the “Trustee”), [ ], as
securities administrator (in such capacity, the “Securities
Administrator”) and master servicer (in such capacity, the
“Master Servicer”) and [HOMEBANC CORP.], a [Georgia]
corporation, as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”)
and servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
WHEREAS, the Depositor has acquired all of the rights, title and
interest of the Seller in certain conventional, first and second
lien, adjustable rate, residential mortgage loans identified in
Schedule A hereto (the “Mortgage Loans”) from the
Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and at the
Closing Date is the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the other
property being conveyed by it to the Trustee hereunder for
inclusion in the Trust Fund;
WHEREAS, the Depositor has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Agreement to provide for the conveyance to the
Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and the other property constituting
the Trust Fund;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the Depositor will acquire the
Certificates from the Trustee as consideration for its transfer to
the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and the other property
constituting the Trust Fund;
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires that the Servicer
service the Mortgage Loans upon such transfer to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, and the Servicer has agreed to do
so;
WHEREAS, the Master Servicer shall be obligated under this
Agreement, among other things, to supervise the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund, and shall have the
right, under certain circumstances, to terminate the rights and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement upon the
occurrence and continuance of a Servicing Event of Default as
provided herein;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, at the
direction of the Depositor, the Seller will assign all of its
rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to have the Securities Administrator
perform certain duties consistent with the terms of this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Securities Administrator has the capacity to provide
the services required hereby and is willing to perform such
services on the terms set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Trustee is accepting the Trust Fund created
hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
[REMIC TAX ANALYSIS TO BE PROVIDED FOR EACH
TRANSACTION]
The following table sets forth (or describes) the class
designation, Certificate Interest Rate, initial Class Principal
Amount and minimum denomination for each Class of Certificates
issued pursuant to this Agreement:
|
Class
Designation
|
Certificate Interest Rate
|
Initial
Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount
|
Minimum
Denominations
|
|
Class [ ]
|
(1)
|
$[ ]
|
$[ ]
|
|
Class [ ]
|
(2)
|
$[ ]
|
$[ ]
|
|
Class [ ]
|
(3)
|
$[ ]
|
$[ ]
|
_______________
(1)
[The
Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) for the Class [
] Certificates is the per annum rate equal
to the least of (i) LIBOR plus [ ]% per
annum, (ii) the Maximum Certificate Interest Rate and (iii) the
Available Funds Rate with respect to such Distribution Date;
provided , that the per annum rate calculated pursuant to
clause (i) above with respect to the Class [
] Certificates will be equal to LIBOR plus
[ ]% per annum beginning on the Step-up
Date (and the related Accrual Period) and on each Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) thereafter.]
(2)
[The
Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) for the Class [
] Certificates is the per annum rate equal
to the least of (i) LIBOR plus [ ]% per
annum, (ii) the Maximum Certificate Interest Rate and (iii) the
Available Funds Rate with respect to such Distribution Date;
provided , that the per annum rate calculated pursuant to
clause (i) above with respect to the Class [
] Certificates will be equal to LIBOR plus
[ ]% per annum beginning on the Step-up
Date (and the related Accrual Period) and on each Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) thereafter.]
(3)
[The
Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) for the Class [
] Certificates is the per annum rate equal
to the least of (i) LIBOR plus [ ]% per
annum, (ii) the Maximum Certificate Interest Rate and (iii) the
Available Funds Rate with respect to such Distribution Date;
provided , that the per annum rate calculated pursuant to
clause (i) above with respect to the Class [
] Certificates will be equal to LIBOR plus
[ ]% per annum beginning on the Step-up
Date (and the related Accrual Period) and on each Distribution Date
(and the related Accrual Period) thereafter.]
[May vary in
accordance with transaction.]
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions . The following words
and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices : With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, those mortgage loan servicing practices (including
collection procedures) of prudent mortgage banking institutions
which service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan
in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is
located, and which are in accordance with Fannie Mae servicing
practices and procedures, for MBS pool mortgages, as defined in the
Fannie Mae Guides including future updates.
Accountant : A Person engaged in the practice of
accounting who (except when this Agreement provides that an
Accountant must be Independent) may be employed by or affiliated
with the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor.
Accounts : Any or all of the Custodial Accounts, the
Escrow Accounts, the Collection Account, the Certificate Account,
[the Capitalized Interest Account], [the Pre-Funding Account], [the
Revolving Account] and any other accounts created or maintained by
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement.
Accrual Period : With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Class of Certificates, the period beginning on immediately
preceding Distribution Date (or on the Closing Date, in the case of
the first Accrual Period) and ending on the day immediately
preceding the related Distribution Date.
[Addition Notice : With respect to each sale of
[Subsequent Mortgage Loans] [Additional Mortgage Loans] to the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section [
] of this Agreement, a notice from the Depositor
substantially in the form of Exhibit [ ] hereto
delivered to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Custodian and each Rating Agency.
[ Additional Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan that is
conveyed as of the Transfer Date to the Trust by the Depositor
pursuant to a Transfer Supplement to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, which Mortgage Loan shall be identified in such Transfer
Supplement as a Additional Mortgage Loan and added by the Depositor
to the Mortgage Loan Schedule.]
Adjustment Date : With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the date on which an adjustment is made to the Monthly Payment to
correspond to an adjustment in the related Mortgage Note.
[ Advance Reimbursement Shortfall Amount : As defined
in Section 4.02(a).]
Adverse REMIC Event : Either (i) loss of status as a
REMIC, within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code, for any
group of assets identified as a REMIC in the Preliminary Statement
to this Agreement, or (ii) imposition of any tax, including the tax
imposed under Section 860F(a)(1) on prohibited transactions, and
the tax imposed under Section 860G(d) on certain contributions to a
REMIC, on any REMIC created hereunder to the extent such tax would
be payable from assets held as part of the Trust Fund.
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.
Agreement : This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
all amendments and supplements hereto.
Ancillary Income : All income
derived from the Mortgage Loans, excluding Servicing Fees
attributable to the Mortgage Loans and other amounts treated as
payment proceeds of the Mortgage Loans, including but not
limited to, late charges, fees received with respect to checks
or bank drafts returned by the related bank for non-sufficient
funds, assumption fees, optional insurance administrative fees
and all other incidental fees and charges.
Applied Loss Amount : The amount by which the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Offered Certificates
exceeds the Pool Balance for any Distribution Date after giving
effect to all Realized Losses incurred with respect to the Mortgage
Loans during the related Collection Period and distributions of
principal on such Distribution Date.
Appraised Value : With respect to any Mortgaged
Property, the value thereof as determined by an appraisal made for
the originator of the Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of
the Mortgage Loan by an appraiser who met the requirements of the
Servicer and Fannie Mae, or as determined by use of an automated
valuation model.
Assignment of Mortgage : An assignment of Mortgage,
notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form,
which is sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the
related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the sale
of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments
covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the
same county, if permitted by law.
Available Funds Rate : [With respect to any
Distribution Date and the Certificates, the per annum rate equal to
the product of (1) (a) 360 divided by (b) the actual number
of days in the Accrual Period, and (2) (a) Interest Funds for such
Distribution Date, divided by (b) the aggregate Class
Principal Amount of the Certificates as of the first day of the
related Accrual Period.][May vary in accordance with
transaction.]
Authorized Officer : Any Person who may execute an
Officer’s Certificate on behalf of the Trustee or the Trust
Fund.
Bankruptcy : As to any Person, the making of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, the filing of a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy, adjudication as a bankrupt or insolvent,
the entry of an order for relief in a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding, the seeking of reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar
relief, or seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment
of a trustee, receiver or liquidator, dissolution, or termination,
as the case may be, of such Person pursuant to the provisions of
either the Bankruptcy Code, or any other similar state laws.
Bankruptcy Code : The United States Bankruptcy Code of
1986, as amended.
Bankruptcy Loss : Any loss resulting from a
bankruptcy court, in connection with a personal bankruptcy of a
borrower, (1) establishing the value of a Mortgaged Property at an
amount less than the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loan secured by such Mortgaged Property or (2) reducing the amount
of the Monthly Payment on the related Mortgage Loan, in each case,
as reported by the Servicer to the Master Servicer.
Basis Risk Payment : With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) any Basis Risk Shortfall
for such Distribution Date, (ii) any Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfall
for such Distribution Date and (iii) any Required Reserve Fund
Amount for such Distribution Date. The amount of the Basis
Risk Payment for any Distribution Date cannot exceed the amount of
Monthly Excess Cashflow otherwise available for distribution
pursuant to Section [[ ]] of this Agreement.
Basis Risk Reserve Fund : A fund created as part of
the Trust Fund pursuant to Section [[ ]] of this Agreement
but which is not an asset of any of the REMICs.
Basis Risk Shortfall : [With respect to each
Distribution Date and any Class of Certificates, an amount equal to
the sum of (1) the excess, if any, of (a) Current Interest
calculated without regard to the Available Funds Rate over (b) the
aggregate of interest accrued on such Class at an interest rate
equal to the Available Funds Rate, (2) any amount described in
clause (1) above for such Class remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates and (3) interest on the amount in clause (2)
above at such Class's applicable Certificate Interest Rate (without
regard to the Available Funds Rate).]
Basis Risk Shortfall Carryforward Amount : With
respect to each Class of Certificates and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of Basis Risk Shortfall for
such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date, plus any
unpaid Basis Risk Shortfall for such Class of Certificates from
prior Distribution Dates, plus interest thereon at the Certificate
Interest Rate for such Distribution Date for such Class for the
related Accrual Period, to the extent previously unpaid from
Monthly Excess Cashflow [or from proceeds of the Cap
Agreements].
Book-Entry Certificates : Beneficial interests in
Certificates designated as “Book-Entry Certificates” in
this Agreement, ownership and transfers of which shall be evidenced
or made through book entries by a Depository; provided that
after the occurrence of a condition whereupon book-entry
registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive
Certificates are to be issued to Certificate Owners, such
Book-Entry Certificates shall no longer be “Book-Entry
Certificates.” As of the Closing Date, the following
Classes of Certificates constitute Book-Entry Certificates:
the Class [A], Class [M] and Class [B] Certificates.
Business Day : Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a
Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York or, if other than New York, the city in which the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee is located, or the States of Delaware,
Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota or Texas are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
[ Cap Account : A separate account established and
maintained by the Securities Administrator for the benefit of the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 6.05.]
[ Cap Agreement Distribution Date : With respect to
any Cap Agreement, one Business Day immediately prior to the
related Distribution Date, beginning with the Distribution Date in
[ ] and ending with the Distribution
Date in [ ].]
[ Cap Agreements : The interest rate cap agreements
dated on or before the Closing Date between the Trustee and the Cap
Counterparty.]
[Cap Counterparty : [ ].]
[ Capitalized Interest Account : The capitalized
interest account established by the [Securities Administrator] for
the benefit of the [Certificateholders and the Depositor].]
[ Capitalized Interest Requirement : As to any
Distribution Date to and including the Distribution Date following
the end of the Pre-Funding Period and each Mortgage Pool, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate
of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool divided by 12,
multiplied by (ii) the excess of (a) the balance in the related
Pre-Funding Account as of the Closing Date over (b) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
included in the related Mortgage Pool that will have a scheduled
interest payment included in the Interest Funds for such
Distribution Date.]
[ Cap Receipt : With respect to any Cap Agreement
Distribution Date, any amount received from the Cap Counterparty
under any Cap Agreement.]
Carryforward Interest : With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Class of Certificates, the sum of
(i) the amount, if any, by which (x) the sum of (A) Current
Interest for such Class for the immediately preceding Distribution
Date and (B) any unpaid Carryforward Interest for such Class from
previous Distribution Dates exceeds (y) the amount distributed in
respect of interest on such Class on such immediately preceding
Distribution Date, and (ii) interest on such amount for the related
Accrual Period at the applicable Certificate Interest Rate.
Certificate : Any of the Class [ ],
Class [ ] and Class [ ]
Certificates and the Residual Certificates issued pursuant to this
Agreement.
Certificate Interest Rate : With respect to each Class
of Certificates and any Distribution Date, the applicable per annum
rate set forth or described in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
Certificate Owner or Owner : With respect to a
Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the owner of such
Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on the books of the
Depository, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with
such Depository (directly or as an indirect participant, in
accordance with the rules of such Depository) and with respect to
any other Class of Certificates, the Certificateholder.
Certificateholder : The meaning provided in the
definition of “Holder.”
Certificate Principal Amount : With respect to any
Certificate (other than the Class R Certificates), the initial
Certificate Principal Amount thereof on the Closing Date, less the
amount of all principal distributions previously distributed with
respect to such Certificate and, in the case of the Subordinate
Certificates, any Applied Loss Amount previously allocated to such
Certificate; provided, however , that on each Distribution
Date on which a Subsequent Recovery is distributed, the Certificate
Principal Amount of any Subordinate Certificate whose Certificate
Principal Amount has previously been reduced by application of any
Applied Loss Amount shall be increased, in order of seniority, by
an amount (to be applied pro rata to all Certificates of
such Class) equal to the lesser of (i) any Deferred Amount for each
such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (ii) the
total amount of any Subsequent Recovery distributed on such
Distribution Date to Certificateholders, after application (for
this purpose) to any more senior Classes of Certificates. The
Class R Certificate is issued without a Certificate Principal
Amount.
Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar :
The register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant
to Section 2.06.
Civil Relief Act : The Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act, as such may be amended from time to time, and any similar
state or local laws.
Class : All Certificates bearing the same class
designation.
Class [ ] Principal Distribution
Amount : [With respect to any Distribution Date on or
after the Stepdown Date, as long as a Trigger Event has not
occurred with respect to such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the excess of (x) the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Class
[ ]
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y)
the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [ ]%
and (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the last day of the related Collection Period and (B)
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Collection Period minus the
Overcollateralization Floor.]
Class [ ] Principal Distribution
Amount : [With respect to any Distribution Date on or
after the Stepdown Date, as long as a Trigger Event has not
occurred with respect to such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for
that Distribution Date after payment of the Class [
] Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the
excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Class Principal
Amount of the Class [ ] Certificates
(after taking into account the payment of the Class [
] Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date) and (2) the Class Principal Amount of the Class
[ ] Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, over (B) the lesser of (a) the product of
(i) approximately [ ]% and (ii) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Collection Period, and (b) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Collection Period minus the
Overcollateralization Floor.]
Class [ ] Principal Distribution
Amount : [With respect to any Distribution Date on or
after the Stepdown Date, as long as a Trigger Event has not
occurred with respect to such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for
that Distribution Date after payment of the Class [
]Principal Distribution Amount and the
Class [ ] Principal Distribution
Amount and (y) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Class [
] Certificates (after taking into account
the payment of the Class [ ]
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date), (2) the
Class Principal Amount of the Class [
] Certificates (after taking into account
the payment of the Class [ ]
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date) and (3)
the Class Principal Amount of the Class [
] Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over (B) the lesser of (a) the product of (i)
approximately [ ]% and (ii) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Collection Period, and (b) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Collection Period minus the
Overcollateralization Floor.
Class Principal Amount : With respect to any Class of
Certificates as of any Distribution Date, its initial Class
Principal Amount as of the Closing Date, as reduced by all amounts
previously paid on that Class in respect of principal prior to such
Distribution Date.
Class R Certificate : Each Class R Certificate
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the
Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A and evidencing the ownership of the [Class LT1-R
Interest], [Class LT2-R Interest], [Class LT3-R Interest] and the
residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC.
Clearing Agency : An organization registered as a
“clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Exchange Act, as amended. As of the Closing Date, the
Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust Company.
Closing Date : [ ].
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Collection Account : A separate account maintained by
the Master Servicer established in the name of the Trustee and for
the benefit of the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06.
Collection Period : [With respect to any Distribution
Date, the one-month period commencing on the second day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs].
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio : With respect to a
Second Lien Mortgage Loan, at any time, the ratio, expressed as a
percentage, of the sum of (1) the principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan and (2) the principal balance of the related first
lien mortgage loan, each as of the applicable date of
determination, to (a) in the case of a purchase, the lesser of the
sale price of the Mortgaged Property and its appraised value at the
time of sale or (b) in the case of a refinancing or modification,
the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of the
refinancing or modification.
Commission : The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Compensating Interest Payment : With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the
aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall Amount with respect to such
Distribution Date and (y) the aggregate Servicing Fee payable to
the Servicer in respect of such Distribution Date.
Condemnation Proceeds : All awards
of settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether
permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the
power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not
required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the
terms of the related mortgage loan documents.
[ Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan : A First Lien
Mortgage Loan that has a Scheduled Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date that is less than or equal to the Fannie Mae maximum
original loan amount limitation for one-to four-family Mortgaged
Properties for the applicable jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is located.]
Control : The meaning specified in Section 8-106 of
the New York UCC.
Corporate Trust Office : With respect to (i) the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the principal
corporate trust office of the Securities Administrator which, for
purposes of presentment of Securities for transfer and exchange and
final payment, is located at [ ]; and (iii)
the Trustee, the principal office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located
at [ ], or at such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholders, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Trustee at the address designated by such successor
Trustee by notice to the Certificateholders.
[ Credit Advance Rate : The related per annum interest
rate set forth in the related Mortgage Note with respect to any
Revolving Credit Loan.]
[ Credit Line : With respect to a Revolving Credit
Loan, the maximum principal amount which may be advanced to a
Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Note.]
[Credit Line Advance : With respect to a Revolving
Credit Loan, a principal disbursement to a Mortgagor under the
terms of the related Mortgage Note (collectively, “Credit
Line Advances”).]
Cumulative Loss Trigger Event : A Cumulative Loss
Trigger Event shall have occurred with respect to any Distribution
Date beginning in [ ] if the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses incurred on the Mortgage Loans from the
Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Collection Period
by (y) the Cut-off Date Balance, exceeds the applicable percentage
described below with respect to such Distribution Date:
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Current Interest : With respect to any Distribution
Date and any Class of Certificates, the aggregate amount of
interest accrued at the applicable Certificate Interest Rate during
the related Accrual Period on the Class Principal Amount of such
Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Custodial Account : The separate custodial account
(other than an Escrow Account) established and maintained by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02(d) of this Agreement.
Custodial Agreement : The custodial agreement dated as
of [ ], relating to the custody of certain
of the Mortgage Loans, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit C hereto, among the Custodian, the Master Servicer, the
Depositor and the Trustee.
Custodian : The custodian appointed pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement, and any successor thereto. The initial
Custodian is [ ].
Custodian Fee : The annual on-going fee payable by the
Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund to the Custodian from
income on funds held in the Collection Account as provided in
Section 5.07 and pursuant to the terms of the separate fee letter
agreement for HomeBanc Mortgage Trust Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series [ ].
Cut-off Date : [ ].
Cut-off Date Balance : $[
].
Deferred Amount : With respect to any Distribution
Date and each Class of Subordinate Certificates, the amount by
which (x) the aggregate of Applied Loss Amounts previously applied
in reduction of the Class Principal Amount thereof exceeds (y) the
sum of (i) the aggregate of amounts previously reimbursed in
respect thereof and (ii) the amount by which the Class Principal
Amount of such Class has been increased due to any Subsequent
Recovery.
Deficient Valuation : With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, a valuation of the Mortgaged Property by a court of competent
jurisdiction in an amount less than the unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan secured by such Mortgaged Property.
Deleted Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan that is
repurchased from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms hereof or as
to which one or more Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loans are
substituted therefor.
Delinquency Event : A Delinquency Event shall have
occurred with respect to any Distribution Date if the Rolling Three
Month Delinquency Rate as of the last day of the immediately
preceding calendar month equals or exceeds [
]% of the Senior Enhancement Percentage for
such Distribution Date.
Delinquency Rate : With respect to any calendar month,
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans 60
days Delinquent or more (including all foreclosures, bankruptcies
and REO Properties) as of the close of business on the last day of
such month and as reported by the Servicer to the Master Servicer,
and the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the close of
business on the last day of such month.
Delinquent : For reporting purposes, a Mortgage Loan
is “delinquent” when any payment contractually due
thereon has not been made by the close of business on the Due Date
therefor. Such Mortgage Loan is “30 days
Delinquent” if such payment has not been received by the
close of business on the corresponding day of the month immediately
succeeding the month in which such payment was first due, or, if
there is no such corresponding day ( e.g. , as when a 30-day
month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st
day of such month), then on the last day of such immediately
succeeding month. Similarly for “60 days
Delinquent” and the second immediately succeeding month and
“90 days Delinquent” and the third immediately
succeeding month.
Depositor : HMB Acceptance Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
Depository : The initial Depository shall be The
Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which is Cede & Co.,
as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The
Depository shall at all times be a “clearing
corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York.
Depository Agreement : The agreement dated [
], between the Trustee and The Depository
Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, relating to the
Book-Entry Certificates.
Determination Date : With respect to each Distribution
Date, the [15]th day of the related calendar month, or, if such day
is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Distribution Account : The separate Eligible Account
established and maintained by the Securities Administrator in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.01.
Distribution Date : The [25]th day of each month or,
if such [25]th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day, commencing in [ ].
Due Date : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the day
of the month each Monthly Payment is due.
Eligible Account : Either (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution
or trust company that complies with the definition of Eligible
Institution or (ii) an account or accounts the deposits in which
are insured by the FDIC to the limits established by such
corporation, provided that any such deposits not so insured
shall be maintained in an account at a depository institution or
trust company whose commercial paper or other short term debt
obligations (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust
company which is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the
commercial paper or other short term debt or deposit obligations of
such holding company or depository institution, as the case may be)
have been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term
rating category, or (iii) a segregated trust account or accounts
(which shall be a “special deposit account”) maintained
with the Securities Administrator or any other federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company, acting in its
fiduciary capacity, in a manner acceptable to the Rating Agencies.
Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
Eligible Institution : Any of the following:
(i)
An institution whose:
(A)
commercial paper, short-term debt obligations, or other short-term
deposits are rated at least “A-1+” and
“P-1” or long-term unsecured debt obligations are rated
at least “AA-” or “Aa3” by S&P and
Moody’s, respectively (or assigned comparable ratings
by the other Rating Agencies), if the amounts on deposit are to be
held in the account for no more than 365 days; or
(B)
commercial paper, short-term debt obligations, demand deposits, or
other short-term deposits are rated at least “A-2” and
“P-1” by S&P and Moody’s, respectively (or
assigned comparable ratings by the other Rating Agencies), if the
amounts on deposit are to be held in the account for no more than
30 days and are not intended to be used as credit enhancement.
Upon the loss of the required rating set forth in this clause
(ii), the accounts shall be transferred immediately to accounts
which have the required rating. Furthermore, commingling by
the Servicer is acceptable at the A-2 and P-1 rating level if the
Servicer is a bank, thrift or depository and provided the Servicer
has the capability to immediately segregate funds and commence
remittance to an Eligible Deposit Account upon a downgrade; or
(ii)
the corporate trust department of a federal depositor institution
or state-chartered depositor institution subject to regulations
regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the
U.S. Code of Federal Regulation Section 9.10(b), which, in either
case, has corporate trust powers and is acting in its fiduciary
capacity;
Eligible Investments : Any one or more of the
following obligations or securities:
(i)
direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America (“Direct
Obligations”);
(ii)
federal funds, or demand and time deposits in, certificates of
deposits of, or bankers’ acceptances issued by, any
depository institution or trust company (including U.S.
subsidiaries of foreign depositories and the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator or any agent of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, acting in its respective commercial
capacity) incorporated or organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision
and examination by federal or state banking authorities, so long as
at the time of investment or the contractual commitment providing
for such investment the commercial paper or other short-term debt
obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in
the case of a depository institution or trust company which is the
principal subsidiary of a holding company, the commercial paper or
other short-term debt or deposit obligations of such holding
company or deposit institution, as the case may be) have been rated
by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating category or
one of its two highest long-term rating categories;
(iii)
repurchase agreements collateralized by Direct Obligations or
securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac with
any registered broker/dealer subject to Securities Investors’
Protection Corporation jurisdiction or any commercial bank insured
by the FDIC, if such broker/dealer or bank has an uninsured,
unsecured and unguaranteed obligation rated by each Rating Agency
in its highest short-term rating category;
(iv)
securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof which have a credit rating from each
Rating Agency, at the time of investment or the contractual
commitment providing for such investment, at least equal to one of
the two highest long-term credit rating categories of each Rating
Agency; provided, however, that securities issued by any particular
corporation will not be Eligible Investments to the extent that
investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount
of securities issued by such corporation and held as part of the
Trust Fund to exceed [20]% of the sum of the Pool Balance and the
aggregate principal amount of all Eligible Investments in the
Collection Account; provided, further, that such securities will
not be Eligible Investments if they are published as being under
review with negative implications from any Rating Agency;
(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 180 days after the date of
issuance thereof) rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
short-term rating category;
(vi)
a Qualified GIC;
(vii)
certificates or receipts representing direct ownership interests in
future interest or principal payments on obligations of the United
States of America or its agencies or instrumentalities (which
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America) held by a custodian in safekeeping on behalf of
the holders of such receipts; and
(viii)
any other demand, money market, common trust fund or time deposit
or obligation, or interest-bearing or other security or investment
(including those managed or advised by the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, or any Affiliate thereof),
(A) rated in the highest rating category by each Rating Agency or
(B) that would not adversely affect the then current rating
assigned by each Rating Agency of any of the Certificates.
Such investments in this subsection (viii) may include money
market mutual funds or common trust funds, including any fund for
which [ ] (the “Bank”) in its
capacity other than as the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or an affiliate thereof serves as an investment
advisor, administrator, shareholder servicing agent, and/or
custodian or subcustodian, notwithstanding that (x) the Bank, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof charges and
collects fees and expenses from such funds for services rendered,
(y) the Bank, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer or any affiliate thereof charges and collects fees and
expenses for services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, and (z)
services performed for such funds and pursuant to this Agreement
may converge at any time. The Bank or an affiliate thereof is
specifically authorized to charge and collect from the Trustee such
fees as are collected from all investors in such funds for services
rendered to such funds (but not to exceed investment earnings
thereon);
provided, however , that no such instrument shall be an
Eligible Investment if such instrument evidences either (i) a right
to receive only interest payments with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument, or (ii) both principal and interest
payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and
the principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument
provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations, provided
that any such investment will be a “permitted
investment” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(5) of the
Code.
ERISA : The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate : Any
Class [B], Class [ ] or Class R Certificate, and any
other Certificate with a rating below the lowest applicable
rating permitted under the Underwriter’s Exemption.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting : A
best efforts or firm commitment underwriting or private
placement that meets the requirements of an Underwriter’s
Exemption.
Errors and Omissions Insurance :
Errors and Omissions Insurance to be maintained by the
Servicer in accordance with Section 4.02.
Escrow Account : The separate escrow account (other
than a Custodial Account) established and maintained by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement.
Escrow Payments : With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges,
mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums,
condominium charges, and any other payments required to be
escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the
Mortgage or any other document.
Event of Default : A Servicer Event of Default or a
Master Servicer Event of Default, as applicable.
Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount : [With respect to
any Distribution Date, the lesser of (1) the Monthly Excess
Interest for such Distribution Date and (2) the excess, if any, of
(a) the Overcollateralization Target Amount over (b) the
Overcollateralized Amount on such Distribution Date (after giving
effect to payment to the Certificates of Principal Funds on such
Distribution Date).]
Fannie Mae : Fannie Mae, a federally chartered and
privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor
thereto.
Fannie Mae Guide(s) : The Fannie Mae Selling Guide and
the Fannie Mae Servicing Guide and all amendments or additions
thereto.
FDIC : The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or
any successor thereto.
FHA Regulations : Regulations promulgated by HUD under
the National Housing Act, codified in 24 Code of Federal
Regulations, and other HUD issuances relating to FHA loans,
including the related handbooks, circulars, notices and mortgagee
letters.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date : With respect to
each Class of Certificates, the Distribution Date occurring in [
] 20[
].
[First Lien Mortgage Loans : Mortgage Loans secured by
mortgages or deeds of trust or similar security instruments
creating a first lien on the related Mortgaged Property.]
Fitch : Fitch, Inc., or any successor in interest.
Freddie Mac : The Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, a corporate instrumentality of the United States
created and existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance
Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Ginnie Mae : The Government National Mortgage
Association, a wholly owned corporate instrumentality of the United
States within HUD.
Gross Margin : With respect to a Mortgage Loan, a
fixed percentage amount specified in the related mortgage note that
is added to an index to determine the related Mortgage Rate.
Guidelines : As defined in Section 4.02(p).
Holder or Certificateholder : The registered
owner of any Certificate as recorded on the books of the
Certificate Registrar except that, solely for the purposes of
taking any action or giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement,
any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
Servicer, any Subservicer retained by the Servicer, or any
Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding in
determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect
any such consent has been obtained, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be
protected in relying upon any such consent, only Certificates which
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be
disregarded. The Trustee may request and conclusively rely on
certifications by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer or the Servicer in determining whether any
Certificates are registered to an Affiliate of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Servicer.
[Home Equity Accepted Servicing Practices : With
respect to any Revolving Credit Loan, those mortgage loan servicing
practices (including collection procedures) of prudent mortgage
banking institutions which service home equity mortgage loans of
the same type as such Revolving Credit Loan in the jurisdiction
where the related Mortgaged Property is located.]
HUD : The United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development, or any successor thereto and including the
Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
Independent : When used with respect to any
Accountants, a Person who is “independent” within the
meaning of Rule 2-01(b) of the Commission’s Regulation S-X.
When used with respect to any other Person, a Person who (a)
is in fact independent of another specified Person and any
Affiliate of such other Person, (b) does not have any material
direct financial interest in such other Person or any Affiliate of
such other Person, and (c) is not connected with such other Person
or any Affiliate of such other Person as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person
performing similar functions.
Index : [Either the One-Month LIBOR Index or the
Six-Month LIBOR Index].
[ Initial Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan that is
conveyed to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund pursuant to
this Agreement on the Closing Date. The Initial Mortgage
Loans subject to this Agreement are identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.]
Initial Purchase Date : The first Distribution Date
following the month in which the Pool Balance is initially reduced
to less than [ ]% of the Cut-off Date
Balance.
Insurance Policy : Any primary mortgage insurance
policy, standard hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy,
earthquake insurance policy or title insurance policy relating to
the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties, to be in effect as
of the Closing Date or thereafter during the term of this
Agreement.
Insurance Proceeds : Any amounts
paid by an insurer under a primary mortgage insurance policy,
any standard hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy,
title insurance policy or any other insurance policy relating to
the Mortgage Loans or related mortgaged properties other than
amounts to cover expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection
with procuring such proceeds, applied to the restoration and
repair of the related Mortgaged Property or to be paid to the
borrower pursuant to the related Mortgage Note or state law.
Interest Funds : [With respect to
any Distribution Date, the sum of (1) all interest received or
advanced by the Servicer or the Master Servicer for the related
Collection Period and available in the Distribution Account on
that Distribution Date, (2) all Compensating Interest Payments
paid with respect to Mortgage Loans that were prepaid during the
related Prepayment Period and (3) the portion of any purchase
price or other amount paid with respect to the Mortgage Loans
allocable to interest; net of any fees or other amounts
reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Custodian as
provided in the Operative Agreements.] [For each Distribution
Date up to and including the Distribution Date in
[ ]
, 20 [ ] , Interest Funds shall include amounts
distributable from the Capitalized Interest Account in an amount
equal to the product of (i) the weighted average Net Mortgage
Rate of the Mortgage Loans divided by 12, multiplied by (ii) the
excess of (a) the balance in the Pre-Funding Account as of the
Closing Date, over (b) the aggregate principal balance of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans that will have an interest payment
included in the Interest Funds for such Distribution Date.]
Latest Possible Maturity Date : The Distribution Date
occurring in [
] 20[
].
Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance Rate : The Lender Paid
Mortgage Insurance Rate shall be a rate per annum equal to the
percentage shown on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
[ Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy :
Any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy for which premiums are
paid by the Servicer.]
[ Level I LPMI : an LPMI Policy for First Lien
Mortgage Loans with Loan-to-Value Ratios at origination ranging
from [ ]% to [ ]%.]
[ Level II LPMI : an LPMI Policy for First Lien
Mortgage Loans with Loan-to-Value Ratios at origination ranging
from [ ]% to [ ]%.]
[ Level III LPMI : an LPMI Policy for First Lien
Mortgage Loans with Loan-to-Value Ratios at origination ranging
from [ ]% to [ ]%.]
[ Level IV LPMI : an LPMI Policy for First Lien
Mortgage Loans with Loan-to-Value Ratios at origination ranging
from [ ]% to [ ]%.]
LIBOR : [(a) With respect to the first Accrual Period,
the per annum rate of [ ]%. With
respect to each subsequent Accrual Period, a per annum rate
determined on the LIBOR Determination Date in the following manner
by the Securities Administrator on the basis of the “Interest
Settlement Rate” set by the British Bankers’
Association (the “BBA”) for one-month United States
dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Telerate Page 3750, as
of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date.
(b)
If on such a LIBOR Determination Date, the BBA’s Interest
Settlement Rate does not appear on the Telerate Page 3750 as of
11:00 a.m. (London time), or if the Telerate Page 3750 is not
available on such date, the Securities Administrator will determine
such rate on the basis of the offered rates of the Reference Banks
for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear
on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
such LIBOR Determination Date.
(c)
If LIBOR is determined under clause (b) above, on each LIBOR
Determination Date, LIBOR for the related Accrual Period for the
Certificates will be established by the Securities Administrator as
follows:
(1)
If on such LIBOR Determination Date two or more Reference Banks
provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the related Accrual
Period for the Certificates shall be the arithmetic mean of such
offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of [ ]%).
(2)
If on such LIBOR Determination Date fewer than two Reference Banks
provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the related Accrual
Period shall be the higher of (x) LIBOR as determined on the
previous LIBOR Determination Date and (y) the Reserve Interest
Rate.
(d)
The establishment of LIBOR by the Securities Administrator and the
Securities Administrator’s subsequent calculation of the
Certificate Interest Rate applicable to the Certificates for the
relevant Accrual Period, in the absence of manifest error, will be
final and binding.]
LIBOR Business Day : Any day on which banks in London
and New York are open and conducting transactions in foreign
currency and exchange.
LIBOR Determination Date : The second LIBOR Business
Day immediately preceding the commencement of each Accrual
Period.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan : Any defaulted Mortgage Loan
as to which the Servicer has determined that all amounts that it
expects to recover from or on account of such Mortgage Loan have
been recovered, [and any Second Lien Mortgage Loan that is more
than 180 days Delinquent], in each case, as reported by the
Servicer to the Master Servicer.
Liquidation Expenses : Expenses that are incurred by
the Master Servicer or the Servicer, as applicable, in connection
with the liquidation of any defaulted Mortgage Loan and are not
recoverable under the applicable primary mortgage insurance policy,
if any, including, without limitation, foreclosure and
rehabilitation expenses, legal expenses and unreimbursed amounts,
if any, expended pursuant to Sections 4.02(c), 4.02(j) or
4.02(o).
Liquidation Proceeds : Cash
received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted
Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such
Mortgage Loan, trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, payment
in full, discounted payoff or otherwise, or the sale of the
related REO Property, if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in
satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio : With respect
to a First Lien Mortgage Loan, at any time, the ratio, expressed
as a percentage, of the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the applicable date of determination, to (a) in the case
of a purchase, the lesser of the sale price of the Mortgaged
Property and its appraised value at the time of sale or (b) in
the case of a refinancing or modification, the appraised value
of the Mortgaged Property at the time of the refinancing or
modification.
Lower Tier REMIC : [
].
Majority Certificateholders : Until such time as the
sum of the Class Principal Amounts of all Classes of Certificates
has been reduced to zero, the holder or holders of in excess of 50%
of the aggregate Class Principal Amount of all Classes of
Certificates; and thereafter, the holder of the Ownership
Certificate.
Margin : With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in each related
Mortgage Note which is added to the Index in order to determine the
related Mortgage Rate, as set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Master Servicer : [ ], or any
successor in interest, or if any successor master servicer shall be
appointed as herein provided, then such successor master
servicer.
Master Servicer Errors and Omission Insurance Policy :
Any errors and omission insurance policy required to be
obtained by the Master Servicer satisfying the requirements of
Section 5.02.
Master Servicer Event of Default : Any one of the
conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 8.01(a).
Master Servicer Fidelity Bond : Any fidelity bond to
be maintained by the Servicer in accordance with Section 5.02.
Master Servicer Remittance Date : [With respect to
each Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.]
Material Defect : With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
as defined in Section 2.02(c) hereof.
Maximum Mortgage Rate : The maximum level to which a
Mortgage Rate can adjust in accordance with its terms, regardless
of changes in the applicable Index.
Maximum Certificate Interest Rate : [
]% per annum.
MERS : Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, or any successor in interest thereto.
MERS Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan as to which the
related Mortgage, or an Assignment of Mortgage, has been or will be
recorded in the name of MERS, as nominee for the holder from time
to time of the Mortgage Note.
MIN : The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage
Loans registered with MERS on the MERS® System.
Minimum Mortgage Rate : The minimum level to which a
Mortgage Rate can adjust in accordance with its terms, regardless
of changes in the applicable Index.
Monthly Advance: An advance made by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.03(c) or the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.04, as applicable, with respect to delinquent payments of
principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans, adjusted to the
related Net Mortgage Rate.
Monthly Excess Cashflow : [With respect to any
Distribution Date, (a) the sum of (1) the
Overcollateralization Release Amount for such date, (2) Monthly
Excess Interest for such date and (3) any Principal Distribution
Amount for such date remaining after application pursuant to either
clauses (i)(1) through (7) or clauses (ii)(1) through (7), as
applicable, of Section 6.02(b) on such date minus (b) the
Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such date.]
Monthly Excess Interest : [With respect to any
Distribution Date, the amount of Interest Funds remaining after
application pursuant to clauses (i) through (vii) of Section
6.02(a) on such Date.]
Monthly Payment : With respect to any Mortgage Loan
and any month, the scheduled payment or payments of principal and
interest due during such month on such mortgage loan, which either
is payable by a mortgagor in such month under the related mortgage
note, or in the case of any Mortgaged Property acquired through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, would otherwise have
been payable under the related Mortgage Note.
[ Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., or any successor in interest.]
Mortgage : A mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument encumbering a fee simple interest in real property
securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File : The mortgage documents listed in
Section 2.01(b) pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan required
to be delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian) pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Loan : The conventional, adjustable rate,
first and second lien residential mortgage loans sold by the Seller
to the Depositor pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
and subsequently transferred by the Depositor to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, [including any [Subsequent Mortgage
Loan] [Additional Mortgage Loan]].
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement : The mortgage loan
purchase agreement dated as of [ ], between
the Seller and the Depositor.
Mortgage Loan Schedule : The schedule attached hereto
as Schedule A, which shall identify each Mortgage Loan, as such
schedule may be amended from time to time to reflect the addition
of Mortgage Loans to, or the deletion of Mortgage Loans from, the
Trust Fund, including any [Subsequent Mortgage Loan] [Additional
Mortgage Loan]]. The Depositor shall be responsible for
providing the Master Servicer and the Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee with all amendments to the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Mortgage Note : The original executed note or other
evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured under the
Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Pool : The pool of Mortgage Loans in the
Trust Fund.
Mortgaged Property : With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, the underlying real property securing such Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Rate : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, its
applicable interest rate determined as provided in the related
mortgage note, as reduced by any Relief Act Reduction.
Mortgagor : The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Net Excess Spread : With respect to any Distribution
Date, (A) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is equal to the product of (i) the amount, if any, by which
(a) the aggregate of Interest Funds for such Distribution Date
exceeds (b) the Current Interest payable with respect to the
Certificates for such date and (ii) twelve, and the denominator of
which is the Pool Balance for such Distribution Date, multiplied by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is thirty and the
denominator of which is the greater of thirty and the actual number
of days in the immediately preceding calendar month
Net Liquidation Proceeds : All amounts, net of (1)
unreimbursed expenses and (2) unreimbursed Monthly Advances and
Servicing Advances, received and retained in connection with the
liquidation of defaulted Mortgage Loans, through Insurance Proceeds
or Condemnation Proceeds, by foreclosure or otherwise, together
with any net proceeds received on a monthly basis with respect to
any Mortgaged Properties acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure.
Net Mortgage Rate : With respect to any Mortgage Loan
at any time, the Mortgage Rate thereof reduced by the Servicing Fee
Rate for such Mortgage Loan and any Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance
Rate.
New York UCC : The Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the State of New York.
[ Non-Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan : Any First
Lien Mortgage Loan other than a Conforming Balance Mortgage
Loan.]
Non-MERS Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan other than
a MERS Mortgage Loan.
Nonrecoverable Advance : Any
advance previously made by the Servicer pursuant to Section
4.03(c) or by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 or
any Servicing Advance which, in the good faith judgment of the
Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, may not be
ultimately recoverable by the Servicer or the Master Servicer
from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds or otherwise. The determination by the Servicer or the
Master Servicer, as applicable, that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officer's
Certificate of the Servicer or the Master Servicer, as
applicable, delivered to the Trustee and the Master Servicer (in
the case of the Servicer) and detailing the reasons for such
determination
Offering Document : The Prospectus.
Officer’s Certificate : A certificate signed by
the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, the President, any
Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice
President or any Assistant Vice President of a Person.
One-Month LIBOR or One-Month LIBOR Index : The
Interest Settlement Rate for U.S. dollar deposits of one-month
maturity set by the BBA as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the LIBOR
Determination Date.
Operative Agreements : This Agreement, the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Depository
Agreement, [any Cap Agreement], and each other document
contemplated by any of the foregoing to which the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee or the Custodian is a party.
Opinion of Counsel : A written opinion of counsel,
reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Seller, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee and/or the Master Servicer,
as applicable, and who may be in-house or outside counsel to the
Seller, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee but which must be
Independent outside counsel with respect to any such opinion of
counsel concerning federal income tax or ERISA matters.
[ Original Capitalized Interest Amount : $[
].]
Overcollateralized Amount : With respect to any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (1) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans exceeds (2) the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Certificates as of such
Distribution Date (assuming that 100% of Principal Funds is applied
as a principal payment on the Certificates on such Distribution
Date).
Overcollateralization Deficiency : [With respect to
any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (1) the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date
exceeds (2) the Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution
Date, calculated for this purpose after giving effect to the
reduction on such Distribution Date of the Class Principal Amounts
of the Certificates resulting from the payment of Principal Funds
on such Distribution Date].
Overcollateralization Floor : $[
].
Overcollateralization Release Amount : [With respect
to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Principal Funds for
such Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (1) the
Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date (assuming
that 100% of such Principal Funds is applied as a principal payment
on such Distribution Date) over (2) the Overcollateralization
Target Amount for such Distribution Date (with the amount
determined pursuant to clause (y) deemed to be $0 if the
Overcollateralization Amount is less than or equal to the
Overcollateralization Target Amount on that Distribution
Date)].
Overcollateralization Target Amount : [With respect to
any Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date, [
]% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, (b) on or
after the Stepdown Date and if a Trigger Event is not in effect,
the greater of (i) the lesser of (1) [ ]%
of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date and (2) [ ]% of the
then current aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of that Distribution Date and (ii) $[
] and (c) on or after the Stepdown Date and
if a Trigger Event is in effect, the Overcollateralization Target
Amount for the immediately preceding Distribution Date.]
Payahead : Any Monthly Payment intended by the related
borrower to be applied in a Collection Period subsequent to the
Collection Period in which such payment was received.
Paying Agent : Initially, the Securities
Administrator, in its capacity as paying agent under this
Agreement, or any successor to the Securities Administrator in such
capacity.
Percentage Interest : With respect to any Certificate,
its percentage interest in the undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by all Certificates of the
same Class as such Certificate. With respect to any
Certificate other than the Class R Certificate, the Percentage
Interest evidenced thereby shall equal the initial Certificate
Principal Amount thereof divided by the initial Class Principal
Amount of all Certificates of the same Class. With respect to
the Class R Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby
shall be as specified on the face thereof, or otherwise be equal to
100%.
Permitted Transferee : Any person other than a
“disqualified organization” as defined in section
860E(e)(5) of the Code.
Periodic Cap : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
maximum adjustment that can be made to the Mortgage Rate on each
Adjustment Date in accordance with its terms, regardless of changes
in the applicable Index.
Person : Any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pool Balance : As of any date of determination, the
aggregate of the Scheduled Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans
in the Mortgage Pool as of such date [plus, during the [Pre-Funding
Period] [Revolving Period], the amount of the [Pre-Funding Amount]
[Revolving Amount] applicable to such Mortgage Pool which has not
been previously applied towards the purchase of [Subsequent
Mortgage Loans] [Additional Mortgage Loans].
[Pre-Funding Account: The pre-funding account established by
the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section [
].]
[Pre-Funding Amount: The amount deposited by the Securities
Administrator into the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing
Date.]
[Pre-Funding Period: The period beginning on the Closing Date
and ending on [ ].]
Prepayment Interest Shortfall : The amount by which
one month's interest at the Mortgage Rate (as reduced by the
Servicing Fee Rate) on a Mortgage Loan as to which a voluntary
prepayment has been made exceeds the amount of interest actually
received in connection with such prepayment.
Prepayment Period : [With respect to any Distribution
Date, the immediately preceding calendar month].
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy : Any primary
mortgage guaranty insurance policy issued in connection with a
Mortgage Loan which provides compensation to a Mortgage Note holder
in the event of default by the obligor under such Mortgage Note or
the related Mortgage, or any replacement policy therefor through
the related Accrual Period for such Class relating to a
Distribution Date.
Prime Rate : The prime rate of the United States money
center commercial banks as published in The Wall Street
Journal , Northeast Edition.
Principal Distribution Amount : [With respect to any
Distribution Date, (a) the sum of (1) the Principal Funds for such
Distribution Date and (2) the Extra Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date minus (b) the
Overcollateralization Release Amount for such date].
Principal Funds : [With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (1) the principal portion of all scheduled monthly
payments on the related Mortgage Loans due on the related Due Date,
to the extent received or advanced; (2) the principal portion of
all proceeds of the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan (or, in the case
of a substitution, certain amounts representing a principal
adjustment) as required by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
during the preceding calendar month; (3) the principal portion of
all other unscheduled collections received during the preceding
calendar month in respect of the related mortgage loans, including
full and partial prepayments, the proceeds of any purchase of
Mortgage Loans by the Seller, the Servicer, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds; net of any fees
payable to, and other amounts reimbursable to, the Master Servicer,
the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the
Custodian as provided in the Operative Agreements (to the extent
not reimbursed from Interest Funds)]. [On the first
Distribution Date after the end of the Revolving Period, Principal
Funds shall include amounts allocable to principal that were
deposited in the Revolving Account during the Revolving Period and
not withdrawn to purchase Additional Mortgage Loans.] [On the
first Distribution Date after the end of the Pre-Funding Period,
Principal Funds shall include amounts allocable to principal that
were deposited in the Pre-Funding Account during the Pre-Funding
Period and not withdrawn to purchase Subsequent Mortgage
Loans.]
Principal Prepayment : Any payment or other recovery
of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its
scheduled Due Date to the extent that it is not accompanied by an
amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on any
date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment, including Insurance Proceeds and Repurchase Proceeds,
but excluding the principal portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds
received at the time a mortgage loan becomes a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan. !
Proceeding : Any suit in equity, action at law or
other judicial or administrative proceeding.
Prospectus : The prospectus supplement dated [
], together with the accompanying
prospectus dated [ ], relating to the Class
[ ], Class [ ] and
Class [ ] Certificates.
Purchase Price : [With respect to the purchase of a
Mortgage Loan or related REO Property pursuant to this Agreement,
an amount equal to the sum of (a) 100% of the unpaid principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan, (b) accrued interest thereon at the
applicable Mortgage Rate, from the date as to which interest was
last paid to (but not including) the Due Date in the Collection
Period immediately preceding the related Distribution Date, (c) the
amount of any costs and damages incurred by the Trust Fund in
connection with any violation of any applicable federal, state or
local predatory or abusive lending law in connection with the
origination of such Mortgage Loan and (d) the fair market value of
all other property being purchased. The Servicer and the
Master Servicer shall be reimbursed from the Purchase Price for any
Mortgage Loan or related REO Property for any Monthly Advances and
Servicing Advances made or other amounts advanced with respect to
such Mortgage Loan that are reimbursable to the Servicer or the
Master Servicer under this Agreement, together with any accrued and
unpaid compensation due to the Servicer or the Master Servicer
hereunder].
Qualified GIC : A guaranteed investment contract or
surety bond providing for the investment of funds in the Collection
Account and insuring a minimum, fixed or floating rate of return on
investments of such funds, which contract or surety bond shall:
be an obligation of an insurance company or other corporation whose
long-term debt is rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two
highest rating categories or, if such insurance company has no
long-term debt, whose claims paying ability is rated by each Rating
Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, and whose
short-term debt is rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
rating category;
(i)
provide that the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee may
exercise all of the rights under such contract or surety bond
without the necessity of taking any action by any other Person;
(ii)
provide that if at any time the then current credit standing of the
obligor under such guaranteed investment contract is such that
continued investment pursuant to such contract of funds would
result in a downgrading of any rating of the Certificates, the
Securities Administrator shall terminate such contract without
penalty and be entitled to the return of all funds previously
invested thereunder, together with accrued interest thereon at the
interest rate provided under such contract to the date of delivery
of such funds to the Securities Administrator;
(iii)
provide that the Trustee’s interest therein shall be
transferable to any successor trustee hereunder; and
(iv)
provide that the funds reinvested thereunder and accrued interest
thereon be returnable to the Collection Account not later than the
Business Day prior to any Distribution Date.
Qualified Insurer : An insurance company duly
qualified as such under the laws of the states in which the related
Mortgaged Properties are located, duly authorized and licensed in
such states to transact the applicable insurance business and to
write the insurance provided and whose claims paying ability is
rated by each Rating Agency in its highest rating category or whose
selection as an insurer will not adversely affect the rating of the
Certificates.
Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan : [A mortgage loan
tendered to the Trustee or the Custodian pursuant to the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable, in each
case, (i) which has an outstanding principal balance not greater
nor materially less than the Mortgage Loan for which it is to be
substituted; (ii) which has a Mortgage Rate and Net Mortgage Rate
not less than, and not materially greater than, such Mortgage Loan;
(iii) which has a maturity date not materially earlier or later
than such Mortgage Loan and not later than the latest maturity date
of any Mortgage Loan or the Final Scheduled Distribution Date; (iv)
which is of the same property type and occupancy type as such
Mortgage Loan; (v) with respect to a First Lien Mortgage Loan,
which has a Loan-to-Value Ratio not greater than the Loan-to-Value
Ratio of such Mortgage Loan; (vi) with respect to a Second Lien
Mortgage Loan, which has a Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio not greater
than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan (vii)
which is current in payment of principal and interest as of the
date of substitution; (viii) as to which the payment terms do not
vary in any material respect from the payment terms of the Mortgage
Loan for which it is to be substituted and (ix) which has a Gross
Margin and Maximum Mortgage Rate no less than those of such
Mortgage Loan, has the same Index and interval between Adjustment
Dates as such Mortgage Loan, and a Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate
no lower than that of such Mortgage Loan].
Rating Agency : Each of [ ]
and [ ].
Realized Loss : With respect to a Mortgage Loan is (1)
a Bankruptcy Loss or (2) as to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
unpaid principal balance thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the related Mortgage Rate through the last day of the
month of liquidation less the Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect
to such Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgaged Property.
Reference Banks : Leading banks selected by the
Securities Administrator and engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (1) with an
established place of business in London, (2) whose quotations
appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page on the Determination Date in
question, (3) which have been designated as such by the Securities
Administrator and (4) not controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Seller or any
successor servicer.
Regulation AB : Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed
Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have
been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70
Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff
from time to time.
REIT : A real estate investment trust within the
meaning of sections 856 and 857 of the Code.
Relevant UCC : The Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the applicable jurisdiction.
Relief Act Reduction : With respect to a Mortgage
Loan, a reduction of the applicable Mortgage Rate by application of
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state or local
laws.
REMIC : Each of REMIC [ ] and REMIC [
], as described in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
REMIC Provisions : The provisions of the federal
income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment
conduits, which appear at sections 860A through 86OG of Subchapter
M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
regulations, including proposed regulations and rulings, and
administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the
foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
REO Property : A Mortgaged Property acquired by the
Servicer through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in
connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Repurchase Proceeds : The purchase price proceeds in
connection with any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan by the Seller and
any cash deposit in connection with the substitution of a Mortgage
Loan.
Request for Release : A request for release in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A-5.
Required Reserve Fund Amount : With respect to any
Distribution Date on which the Net Excess Spread for such date is
less than [0.25]%, the excess, if any, of (i) the product of
[0.50]% and the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans over (ii) the amount of funds on deposit in the
Basis Risk Reserve Fund prior to deposits thereto on such
Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date on
which the Net Excess Spread for such date is equal to or greater
than [0.25]%, the amount, if any, by which (i) $1,000 exceeds
(ii) the amount on deposit in the Basis Risk Reserve Fund
immediately prior to such date; provided, however , that on
any Distribution Date on which the Class Principal Amount of each
Class of LIBOR Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Required
Reserve Fund Amount shall be zero.
Residual Certificates : The Class R Certificates.
Responsible Officer : Any vice president, any
assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any associate,
any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated
officers and, in each case, having direct responsibility for the
administration of the Operative Agreements and also, with respect
to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Certificate : Any Class [B], Class [
] or Class R Certificate.
[ Revolving Account : The revolving account maintained
by the Securities Administrator in which Revolving Deposits are
deposited by the Securities Administrator to be used to acquire
Additional Mortgage Loans during the Revolving Period.]
[ Revolving Amount : With respect to each Distribution
Date during the Revolving Period, the total amount of Revolving
Deposits deposited in the Revolving Account on such Distribution
Date.]
[ Revolving Credit Loan Schedule : A schedule of the
Revolving Credit Loans setting forth information with respect to
such Revolving Credit Loans (including any MERS identification
number (if available) with respect to each MERS Mortgage Loan,
attached hereto as [Schedule B].]
[ Revolving Credit Loan : A Mortgage Loan that is
identified as a Revolving Credit Loan on the Revolving Credit Loan
Schedule, which Revolving Credit Loan includes without limitation
the Revolving Credit Loan documents, the monthly payments,
Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, REO disposition proceeds, and all other rights,
benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection
with such Revolving Credit Loan.]
[ Revolving Deposits : With respect to any
Distribution Date during the Revolving Period, all payments that
would otherwise be made to Certificateholders in respect of
principal [and excess interest] that is deposited in the Revolving
Account on such Distribution Date.]
Reuters Screen LIBO Page : The display designated as
page “LIBO” on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service
(or such other page as may replace the LIBO page on that service
for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of
major banks).
Rolling Three Month Delinquency Rate : With respect to
any Distribution Date, the average of the Delinquency Rates for
each of the three (or one and two, in the case of the first and
second Distribution Dates, respectively) immediately preceding
calendar months.
[ S&P : Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any
successor in interest.]
Scheduled Principal Balance : [With respect to any
Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date (1) the unpaid principal
balance of such mortgage loan as of the close of business on the
related Due Date (giving effect to the principal payment to be made
on such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency in its
payment), as specified in the amortization schedule at the time
relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization
schedule by reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding
occurring after the Cut-off Date (other than a Deficient Valuation)
or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) less (2) any
Principal Prepayments and the principal portion of any Net
Liquidation Proceeds received during or prior to the immediately
preceding Prepayment Period; provided that the Scheduled
Principal Balance of any Liquidated Mortgage Loan is zero].
[ Second Lien Mortgage Loans : Mortgage Loans secured
by mortgages or deeds of trust or similar security instruments
creating a second lien on the related Mortgaged Property.]
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Securities Administrator: [ ],
not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities
Administrator, or any successor in interest.
Securities Intermediary : The Person acting as
Securities Intermediary under this Agreement (which is the
Securities Administrator), its successor in interest, and any
successor Securities Intermediary appointed pursuant to Section
6.03.
Seller : [HomeBanc Corp.]
Senior Enhancement Percentage : With respect to any
Distribution Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate Class Principal
Amount of the Subordinate Certificates and the
Overcollateralization Amount (which, for purposes of this
definition only, will not be less than zero) after giving effect to
payments on such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is
the Pool Balance for such Distribution Date.
Senior Certificates : The Class [
] Certificates.
Servicer : [HomeBanc Corp.], or its successor in
interest or assigns or any successor to the Servicer under this
Agreement as herein provided.
Servicer Errors and Omission Insurance Policy : Any
errors and omission insurance policy required to be obtained by the
Servicer satisfying the requirements of Section 4.02(l).
Servicer Event of Default : Any one of the conditions
or circumstances enumerated in Section 4.07 with respect to the
Servicer.
Servicer Fidelity Bond : Any fidelity bond to be
maintained by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.02(l).
Servicer Remittance Date : The [18]th day of any
month, or if such [18]th day is not a Business Day, the first
Business Day immediately preceding such [18]th day.
Servicing Advances : All reasonable and customary
“out-of-pocket” costs and expenses, including costs and
expenses of foreclosures (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements) incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its
servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of
(1) the preservation, restoration, inspection and protection of the
Mortgaged Properties, (2) any enforcement or judicial proceedings
and (3) the management and liquidation of Mortgaged Properties
acquired in satisfaction of the related mortgage.
Servicing Criteria : The “servicing
criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such
may be amended from time to time.
Servicing Fee : The monthly fee calculated at the
Servicing Fee Rate on the outstanding principal balance of each
Mortgage Loan, including any Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Fee Rate : [For each Second Lien Mortgage
Loan, [ ]% per annum; for each
Non-Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan without an LPMI Policy, [
]% per annum; for each Non-Conforming
Balance Mortgage Loan with Level I LPMI, [
]%; for each Non-Conforming Balance
Mortgage Loan with Level II LPMI, [ ]%; for
each Non-Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level III LPMI, [
]%; for each Non-Conforming Balance
Mortgage Loan with Level IV LPMI, [ ]%; for
each Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan without an LPMI Policy but
with a Mortgage Rate that adjusts every one month or six months
from origination, [ ]% per annum; for each
Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level I LPMI and with a
Mortgage Rate that adjusts every one month or six months from
origination, [ ]% per annum; for each
Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level II LPMI and with a
Mortgage Rate that adjusts every one month or six months from
origination, [ ]% per annum; for each
Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level III LPMI and with a
Mortgage Rate that adjusts every one month or six months from
origination, [ ]% per annum; for each
Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level IV LPMI and with a
Mortgage Rate that adjusts every one month or six months from
origination, [ ]% per annum; for each
Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan without an LPMI Policy but with an
initial fixed rate period of three, five or seven years, [
]% per annum until the first Adjustment
Date and thereafter [ ]% per annum; for
each Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level I LPMI and with an
initial fixed rate period of three, five or seven years, [
]% per annum until the first Adjustment
Date and thereafter [ ]% per annum; for
each Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level II LPMI and with
an initial fixed rate period of three, five or seven years, [
]% per annum until the first Adjustment
Date and thereafter [ ]% per annum; for
each Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level III LPMI and with
an initial fixed rate period of three, five or seven years, [
]% per annum until the first Adjustment
Date and thereafter [ ]% per annum; and for
each Conforming Balance Mortgage Loan with Level IV LPMI and with
an initial fixed rate period of three, five or seven years, [0.65]%
per annum until the first Adjustment Date and thereafter [0.775]%
per annum.]
Servicing File : With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
the file retained by the Servicer, which may be in electronic media
so long as original documents are not required for purposes of
realization of Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds, consisting of all documents in the Mortgage
File which are not delivered to the Custodian, the originals of
such mortgage loan documents which are held in trust for the
Trustee by the Servicer.
Servicing Officer : Any officer of
the Servicer involved in or responsible for, the administration
and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on a list
of servicing officers furnished by the Servicer to the Master
Servicer upon request, as such list may from time to time be
amended.
Six-Month LIBOR Index : The
interbank offered rates for six-month United States dollar
deposits in the London market, calculated as provided in the
related mortgage note.
Stepdown Date : [The earlier to occur of (1) the first
Distribution Date on which the Class Principal Amount of the Class
[ ] Certificates has been reduced to zero
and (2) the later to occur of (a) the Distribution Date occurring
in [ ] and (b) the first Distribution Date
on which the Senior Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this
purpose after giving effect to payments or other recoveries in
respect of the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period
but before giving effect to payments on the Certificates on such
Distribution Date) is greater than or equal to approximately [
]%].
Step-up Date : [The first Distribution Date after the
Initial Purchase Date].
Subcontractor : Any vendor, subcontractor or other
Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as
“servicing” is commonly understood by participants in
the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but
performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d)
of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction
or authority of the Servicer or a Subservicer.
Subordinate Certificates : The Class [
] Certificates.
[ Subsequent Cut-off Date : The date specified as the
Cut-off Date with respect to a [Subsequent Mortgage Loan]
[Additional Mortgage Loan] in the related Transfer Supplement,
which shall be no later than [ ].]
[ Subsequent Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan that is
conveyed as of the Transfer Date to the Trust by the Depositor
pursuant to a Transfer Supplement to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, which Mortgage Loan shall be identified in such Transfer
Supplement as a Subsequent Mortgage Loan and added by the Depositor
to the Mortgage Loan Schedule.]
[ Subsequent Mortgage Loans : Those Mortgage Loans
which are intended to be acquired by the Trust Fund from time to
time subsequent to the Closing Date but prior to [
].]
Subsequent Recovery : With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, any collection or other recovery of amounts owed thereunder
after such Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Subservicer : Any Person that services Mortgage Loans
on behalf of the Servicer or any Subservicer, performing the
substantial majority of the material functions required to be
performed by the Servicer under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
Subservicing Agreement: The subservicing agreement
dated as of [ ], between the Servicer and
the Subservicer.
Substitution Amount : [The amount, if any, by which
the Scheduled Principal Balance of a Deleted Mortgage Loan exceeds
the Scheduled Principal Balance of the related Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan, or aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance,
if applicable, plus unpaid interest thereon, any related
unpaid Monthly Advances or Servicing Advances or unpaid Servicing
Fees and the amount of any costs and damages incurred by the Trust
Fund associated with a violation of any applicable federal, state
or local predatory or abusive lending law in connection with the
origination of such Deleted Mortgage Loan].
Superior Lien : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
other mortgage relating to the corresponding Mortgaged Property
which creates a lien on the Mortgaged Property which is senior to
the lien of the Mortgage Loan.
Tax Matters Person : [
]
Telerate Page 3750 : The display currently so
designated as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline Telerate
Service (or such other page selected by the Master Servicer as may
replace Page 3750 on that service for the purpose of displaying
daily comparable rates on prices).
Termination Price : [The sum, as calculated by the
Servicer, of (a) 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans, plus accrued interest thereon at the
applicable Mortgage Rate, (b) the fair market value of the REO
Property and all other property being purchased, (c) any
unreimbursed Servicing Advances, (d) any costs and damages incurred
by the Trust Fund as a result of violation of any applicable
federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law in
connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan and (e) all
other amounts to be paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Custodian under
the Operative Agreements].
Title Insurance Policy : A title insurance policy
maintained with respect to a Mortgage Loan.
[ Transfer Date : Any date during the [Pre-Funding
Period] [Revolving Period] on which [Subsequent Mortgage Loans]
[Additional Mortgage Loans] are conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trust Fund pursuant to Section [ ], as
specified in the applicable Transfer Supplement.
[ Transfer Price : With respect to any [Subsequent
Mortgage Loan] [Additional Mortgage Loan], the price specified in
the Transfer Supplement which shall be no less than the outstanding
principal balance of such [Subsequent Mortgage Loan] [Additional
Mortgage Loan] as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date specified in the
Transfer Supplement.]
[ Transfer Supplement : With respect to each sale of
[Subsequent Mortgage Loans] [Additional Mortgage Loans] from the
Seller to the Depositor pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, the transfer supplement entered into between the Seller
and the Depositor, substantially in the form of Exhibit [
] to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
Trigger Event : [A Trigger Event shall have occurred
with respect to any Distribution Date if (a) a Delinquency Event
has occurred for such Distribution Date or (b) a Cumulative Loss
Trigger Event has occurred for such Distribution Date.
Trust Accounts : The Collection Account, the
Distribution Account, [the Capitalized Interest Account], [the
Pre-Funding Account] and [the Revolving Account].
Trust Account Property : The Trust Accounts, all
amounts and investments held from time to time in the Trust
Accounts (whether in the form of deposit accounts, physical
property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities,
securities entitlements, investment property or otherwise) and all
proceeds of the foregoing.
Trustee : [ ], not in its
individual capacity but solely as Trustee, or any successor in
interest.
Trustee Fee : The annual on-going fee payable by the
Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund to the Trustee from
income on funds held in the Collection Account as provided in
Section 5.07 and pursuant to the terms of the separate fee letter
agreement for HomeBanc Mortgage Trust Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates Series [ ].
Trust Fund : The corpus of a trust created pursuant to
this Agreement and designated as the “Trust Fund,”
consisting of the Mortgage Loans, the assignment of the
Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the
Collection Account, the Distribution Account, [Capitalized Interest
Account], [Pre-Funding Account], [Revolving Account] and any Escrow
Account, the Basis Risk Reserve Fund, any Insurance Policies, any
REO Property and the other items referred to in, and conveyed to
the Trustee under, Section [[ ]].
UCC : The Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the
relevant jurisdiction.
Underwriters : [ ].
Upper Tier REMIC : [ ].
Voting Interests : The portion of the voting rights of
all the Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate for
purposes of the voting provisions of this Agreement. At all
times during the term of this Agreement, 98% of all Voting
Interests shall be allocated to the Class [A], Class [M] and Class
[B] Certificates. Voting Interests shall be allocated among
such Certificates based on the product of (i) 98% and (ii) the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of all Certificates then
outstanding and the denominator of which is the Pool Balance then
outstanding. The remainder of the Voting Interests not
otherwise allocated below shall be allocated to the Class R
Certificates. Voting Interests shall be allocated among the
other Classes of Certificates (and among the Certificates within
each such Class) in proportion to their Class Principal Amounts (or
Certificate Principal Amounts) or Percentage Interests.
Section 1.02. Calculations With Respect to the Mortgage
Loans . Calculations required to be made pursuant to this
Agreement with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Trust Fund shall
be made based upon current information as to the terms of the
Mortgage Loans and reports of payments received from the Mortgagor
on such Mortgage Loans provided by the Servicer to the Master
Servicer.
Section 1.03. Calculations With Respect to Accrued
Interest . [Accrued interest, if any, on any Certificate
shall be calculated based upon a 360-day year and the actual number
of days in each Accrual Period].
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 2.01. Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund;
Conveyance of Mortgage Loans .
(a)
Initial Mortgage Loans . As of the Closing Date, in
consideration of the Trustee’s delivery of the Certificates
to the Depositor or its designee, and concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor does hereby
transfer, assign, set over, deposit with and otherwise convey to
the Trustee, without recourse, subject to Section 3.01, in trust,
all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to all
accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, general
intangibles, chattel paper, instruments, documents, money, deposit
accounts, certificates of deposit, goods, notes, drafts, letters of
credit, advices of credit, investment property, uncertificated
securities claims and rights to payment of any and every kind
consisting of, arising from or relating to any of the following:
(a) the Mortgage Loans listed in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, and principal due and payable after the Cut-off Date, but
not including interest and principal due and payable on any
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date, together with the
Mortgage Files relating to such Mortgage Loans, (b) any Insurance
Proceeds, REO Property, Liquidation Proceeds and other recoveries
(in each case, subject to clause (a) above), (c) all Escrow
Payments, (d) any Insurance Policies, (e) the rights of the
Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (f) the
Depositor’s security interest in any collateral pledged to
secure the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgaged Properties, [(g)
all Credit Line Advances created with respect to Revolving Credit
Loans] and [(h)] all income, revenues, issues, products, revisions,
substitutions, replacements, profits, rents and all cash and
non-cash proceeds of the foregoing to have and to hold, in trust;
and the Trustee declares that, subject to the review provided for
in Section 2.02, it has received and shall hold the Trust Fund, as
Trustee, in trust, for the benefit and use of the
Certificateholders and for the purposes and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and, concurrently with
such receipt, the Trustee has issued and delivered the Certificates
and the Ownership Certificate to or upon the order of the
Depositor, in exchange for the Mortgage Loans and the other
property of the Trust Fund.
(b)
[[ Subsequent Mortgage Loans] [Additional Mortgage Loans] .
On each Transfer Date occurring during the [Pre-Funding
Period] [Revolving Period], provided that each condition set forth
in this Section 2.01(b) is satisfied, the Depositor shall convey to
the Trust Fund, and the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund shall
purchase pursuant to this Section 2.01(b), all [Subsequent Mortgage
Loans] [Additional Mortgage Loans] which satisfy the criteria set
forth in this Section 2.01(b) then offered for sale by the
Depositor; provided, however , that the related aggregate
Transfer Price shall not exceed the [Pre-Funding Amount] [Revolving
Amount].
Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.01(b), in
consideration of the Securities Administrator’s delivery on
the related Transfer Date to the Depositor or its designee, or upon
the order of the Depositor, of the Transfer Price for the related
[Subsequent Mortgage Loans] [Additional Mortgage Loans] from
amounts on deposit in the related [Pre-Funding Account] [Revolving
Amount], the Depositor shall, on each Transfer Date, sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer,
without recourse, but subject to the other terms and provisions of
this Agreement, all of the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to each [Subsequent Mortgage Loan] [Additional
Mortgage Loan] (including all interest and principal thereon
received after the related Subsequent Cut-off Date specified in the
Transfer Supplement) identified in the Addition Notice delivered by
the Depositor on such Transfer Date and all items in the related
Mortgage File. In connection therewith, the Depositor shall
amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the inclusion of such
[Subsequent Mortgage Loan] [Additional Mortgage Loan] in the
Mortgage Pool as part of the assets of the Trust Estate. The
Depositor shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Master Servicer a copy of the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as so amended.
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of each Transfer
Supplement, the Depositor does hereby assign to the Trust Fund all
of its rights and interest under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement with respect to the [Subsequent Mortgage Loans]
[Additional Mortgage Loans] added to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement pursuant to such Transfer Supplement, but only to the
extent assigned under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
The Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund hereby accepts such
assignment, and shall be entitled to exercise all the rights of the
Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as amended by
the related Transfer Supplement as if, for such purpose, it were
the Depositor.
The Depositor shall on any Transfer Date transfer to the Trust Fund
the applicable [Subsequent Mortgage Loans] [Additional Mortgage
Loans] and the other property and rights related thereto described
in the immediately preceding paragraph, as applicable, and the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund shall purchase such [Subsequent
Mortgage Loans] [Additional Mortgage Loans], property and rights
only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on
or prior to the related Transfer Date:
(i)
[
];
(ii)
[
];
and
(iii)
[
].
[To be added for each transaction with Subsequent
Mortgage Loans or Additional Mortgage Loans]
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Depositor does hereby assign to the Trustee all of its rights and
interest under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement but without
delegation of any of its obligations thereunder. The Trustee
hereby accepts such assignment, and shall be entitled to exercise
all the rights of the Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement as if, for such purpose, it were the Depositor.
Upon the issuance of the Certificates, ownership in the Trust
Fund shall be vested in the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment,
set-over, deposit and conveyance does not and is not intended to
result in creation or assumption by the Trustee of any obligation
of the Depositor, the Seller, or any other Person in connection
with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto except as specifically set forth herein.
It is agreed and understood by the Seller, the Depositor and the
Trustee (and the Depositor so represents and recognizes) that it is
not intended that any Mortgage Loan to be included in the Trust
Fund be (i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New Jersey
Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003, (ii) a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act
effective January 1, 2004, (iii) a "High-Cost Home Mortgage Loan"
as defined in the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act
effective November 7, 2004 or (iv) a "High Cost Home Loan" as
defined in the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act effective January 1,
2005.
(c)
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor does
hereby deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to
and deposited with, the Trustee, and/or the Custodian acting on the
Trustee’s behalf, the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (each a “Mortgage File”)
so transferred and assigned:
(i)
the original Mortgage Note, endorsed either (A) in blank or (B) to
the order of the Trustee in the form of the Form of Endorsement set
forth in Exhibit A-4 hereto, or with respect to any lost Mortgage
Note, an original Lost Note Affidavit, in the form set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost,
misplaced or destroyed, together with a copy of the related
Mortgage Note;
(ii)
except as provided below, the original Mortgage with evidence of
recording thereon (if the related Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage
Loan, the Mortgage shall note the MIN and contain language that
such Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage Loan). If in
connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer cannot deliver or
cause to be delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of
recording thereon on or prior to the Closing Date because of a
delay caused by the public recording office where such Mortgage has
been delivered for recordation or because such Mortgage has been
lost or because such public recording office retains the original
recorded Mortgage, the Servicer shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Custodian a photocopy of such Mortgage together
with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer stating that
such Mortgage has been delivered to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and that the original recorded
Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon
receipt thereof by the Servicer; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage
where a public recording office retains the original recorded
Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation
in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage with the
recording information thereon certified by such public recording
office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
Mortgage;
(iii)
with respect to each Non-MERS Mortgage Loan, an original Assignment
of Mortgage (which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if
permitted in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is
located) with evidence of recording thereon unless an Opinion of
Counsel described in clause (c) below is delivered to the Trustee
and the Rating Agencies, in which case, the Assignment of Mortgage
shall be in form and substance acceptable for recording. The
Mortgage shall be assigned either (A) in blank, without recourse,
or (B) to “U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee of the
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
[ ]”, without recourse or (C) to the
order of the Trustee;
(iv)
an original copy of any intervening assignment of Mortgage showing
a complete chain of assignments or, in the case of an intervening
assignment that has not been received by the Servicer from the
public recording office, an Officer’s Certificate of the
Servicer stating that such intervening assignment has been
delivered to the appropriate public recording office for
recordation and that the original recorded intervening assignment
or a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded intervening assignment will be promptly delivered to the
Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Servicer, or in the case of
an intervening assignment where a public recording office retains
the original recorded intervening assignment, a copy of such
intervening assignment with the recording information thereon
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded intervening assignment; or in the
case of an intervening assignment that has been lost, a written
Opinion of Counsel for the Seller that such original intervening
assignment is not required to enforce the Trustee’s interest
in the Mortgage Loans;
(v)
the original or a certified copy of lender’s Title Insurance
Policy (or, in lieu thereof, a commitment to issue such Title
Insurance Policy, with an original or a certified copy of such
Title Insurance Policy to follow as soon after the Closing Date as
reasonably practicable) or attorney’s opinion of title and
abstract of title;
(vi)
the original or copy of the policy or certificate of primary
mortgage guaranty insurance, to the extent available, if any;
(vii)
the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any, or as to any such
agreement which cannot be delivered prior to the Closing Date
because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such
assumption, modification or substitution agreement has been
delivered for recordation, a photocopy of such assumption,
modification or substitution agreement, pending delivery of the
original thereof, together with an Officer’s Certificate of
the Depositor certifying that the copy of such assumption,
modification or substitution agreement delivered to the Custodian
is a true copy and that the original of such agreement has been
forwarded to the public recording office; [and]
(viii)
the original of any security agreement or equivalent instrument
executed in connection with the Mortgage or as to any security
agreement or equivalent instrument that cannot be delivered on or
prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such document has been delivered for
recordation, a photocopy of such document, pending delivery of the
original thereof, together with an Officer’s Certificate of
the Depositor certifying that the copy of such security agreement,
chattel mortgage or their equivalent delivered to the Custodian is
a true copy and that the original of such document has been
forwarded to the public recording office[;and]
(ix)
[all Revolving Credit Loan documents.]
The Depositor and the Seller acknowledge and agree that the form of
endorsement attached hereto as Exhibit A-4 is intended to effect
the transfer to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages.
(d)
Assignments of Mortgage with respect to each Non-MERS Mortgage Loan
shall be recorded; provided, however , that such Assignments
of Mortgage need not be recorded if, on or prior to the Closing
Date, the Seller delivers an Opinion of Counsel (which must be
Independent counsel) acceptable to the Rating Agencies, to the
effect that recording in such states is not required to protect the
Trustee’s interest in the related Non-MERS Mortgage
Loans.
(e)
In instances where a Title Insurance Policy is required to be
delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee
under clause (b)(vi) above and is not so delivered, the Seller will
provide a copy of such Title Insurance Policy to the Trustee, or to
the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee no later than ninety (90)
days of the receipt by the Seller of the recorded documents from
the applicable public recording office.
(f)
For Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been prepaid in full after
the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in
lieu of delivering the above documents, herewith delivers to the
Trustee, or to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, an
Officer’s Certificate which shall include a statement to the
effect that all amounts received in connection with such prepayment
that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 5.06 have been so deposited. All original
documents that are not delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee shall be held by the Servicer in trust for
the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
Section 2.02. Acceptance of Trust Fund; Review of
Documentation .
(a)
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.01, the Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the assets transferred by the Depositor of the assets
included in the Trust Fund and has directed that the documents
referred to in Section 2.01 and all other assets included in the
definition of “Trust Fund” be delivered to the Trustee
(or the Custodian) on its behalf.
The Trustee, by execution and delivery hereof, acknowledges receipt
by it or by the Custodian on its behalf of the Mortgage Files
pertaining to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, subject to review thereof by the Trustee, or by the
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, under this Section 2.02.
The Trustee, or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, will
execute and deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Servicer (and the Trustee if delivered by the Custodian) on the
Closing Date an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-1.
(b)
Within 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the Custodian
on behalf of the Trustee, will, for the benefit of
Certificateholders, review each Mortgage File to ascertain that all
required documents set forth in Section 2.01 have been received and
appear on their face to contain the requisite signatures by or on
behalf of the respective parties thereto, and shall deliver to the
Depositor, the Seller (and the Trustee if delivered by the
Custodian) an Interim Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-2 to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan prepaid in
full or any specifically identified in such certification as not
covered by such certification), (i) all of the applicable documents
specified in Section 2.01(c) are in its possession and (ii) such
documents have been reviewed by it and appear to relate to such
Mortgage Loan. The Trustee, or the Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee, shall determine whether such documents are executed and
endorsed, but shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect,
review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or
other papers to determine that the same are valid, binding, legally
effective, properly endorsed, genuine, enforceable or appropriate
for the represented purpose or that they have actually been
recorded or are in recordable form or that they are other than what
they purport to be on their face. Neither the Trustee nor the
Custodian shall have any responsibility for verifying the
genuineness or the legal effectiveness of or authority for any
signatures of or on behalf of any party or endorser or for the
perfection or priority of any document.
(c)
If in the course of the review described in paragraph (b) above the
Trustee discovers any document or documents constituting a part of
a Mortgage File that is missing, does not appear regular on its
face ( i.e. , is mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn or
otherwise physically altered) or appears to be unrelated to the
Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as
applicable (each, a “Material Defect”), the Trustee or
the Custodian, discovering such Material Defect shall identify the
Mortgage Loan to which such Material Defect relates in the Interim
Certification delivered to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Within 90 days of its receipt of such notice, the Seller
shall be required to cure such Material Defect (and, in such event,
the Seller shall provide the Trustee and the Custodian with an
Officer’s Certificate confirming that such cure has been
effected). If the Seller does not so cure such Material
Defect, if a loss has been incurred with respect to such Mortgage
Loan that would, if such Mortgage Loan were not purchased from the
Trust Fund, constitute a Realized Loss, and such loss is
attributable to the failure of the Seller to cure such Material
Defect, the Seller shall repurchase the related Mortgage Loan from
the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price. A loss shall be deemed
to be attributable to the failure of the Seller to cure a Material
Defect if, as determined by the Seller acting in good faith, absent
such Material Defect, such loss would not have been incurred.
The Seller may, in lieu of repurchasing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to this Section 2.02, substitute for such Mortgage Loan a
Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan subject to the provisions of
Section 3.03. The failure of the Trustee or the Custodian to
deliver the Interim Certification within 90 days after the Closing
Date shall not affect or relieve the Seller of its obligation to
repurchase any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.02 or any
other Section of this Agreement requiring the repurchase of
Mortgage Loans from the Trust Fund.
(d)
Within 180 days following the Closing Date, the Trustee, or the
Custodian, shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Servicer (and the Trustee if delivered by the Custodian) a
Final Certification substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
A-3 evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files in its
possession or control, with any exceptions noted thereto.
(e)
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an
assumption by the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Custodian or the
Certificateholders of any unsatisfied duty, claim or other
liability on any Mortgage Loan or to any Mortgagor.
(f)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each of
the parties hereto acknowledges that the Custodian shall perform
the applicable review of the Mortgage Loans and respective
certifications thereof as provided in the Custodial Agreement.
(g)
Upon execution of this Agreement, the Depositor hereby delivers to
the Trustee and the Trustee acknowledges a receipt of the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement.
(h)
For purposes of the determinations required to be made by the
Trustee or the Custodian pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (d) of
this Section 2.02, the Trustee or the Custodian, as applicable,
shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the diskette, tape or
other electronic media provided by or on behalf of the Seller with
respect to the Mortgage Loans as to whether (i) any guarantee was
executed in connection with any Mortgage Loan, (ii) any assumption,
modification or substitution agreement was executed in connection
with any Mortgage Loan, (iii) primary mortgage guaranty insurance
is required with respect to any Mortgage Loan or (iv) any security
agreement or equivalent instrument was executed in connection with
any Mortgage Loan.
Section 2.03. Grant Clause .
(a)
It is intended that the conveyance by the Depositor to the Trustee
of the Mortgage Loans, as provided for in Section 2.01 be construed
as a sale by the Depositor to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and
other assets in the Trust Fund for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. Further, it is not intended that any such
conveyance be deemed to be a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of
the Depositor. However, in the event that the Mortgage Loans
are held to be property of the Depositor or if for any reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in the
Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund, then it is
intended that (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a
security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the
New York UCC (or the Relevant UCC if not the New York UCC); (b) the
conveyances provided for in Section 2.01 shall be deemed to be (1)
a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in
all of the Depositor’s right (including the power to convey
title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in and to (A) the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgage
Notes, the Mortgages, any related insurance policies and all other
documents in the related Mortgage Files, (B) all amounts payable
pursuant to the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof
and (C) any and all general intangibles consisting of, arising from
or relating to any of the foregoing, and all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash,
instruments, securities or other property, including without
limitation all Liquidation Proceeds, all Insurance Proceeds, all
amounts from time to time held or invested in the Collection
Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or
other property and (2) an assignment by the Depositor to the
Trustee of any security interest in any and all of the
Depositor’s right (including the power to convey title
thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in and to the property described in the foregoing clauses
(1)(A) through (C); (c) the possession by the Trustee or any other
agent of the Trustee of Mortgage Notes, and such other items of
property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or
chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the
secured party,” or possession by a purchaser or a person
designated by such secured party, for purposes of perfecting the
security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and any other
Relevant UCC (including, without limitation, Section 9-313, 8-313
or 8-321 thereof); and (d) notifications to persons holding such
property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from
persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial
intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee
for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under
applicable law.
(b)
The Depositor and, at the Depositor’s direction, the Trustee
shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such
reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage
Loans and the other property of the Trust Fund, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of
first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such
throughout the term of this Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Depositor shall prepare and file
any UCC financing statements that are necessary to perfect the
Trustee’s security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans,
as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Depositor,
and furnish a copy of each such filed financing statement to the
Securities Administrator. The Trustee shall prepare and file, at
the expense of the Depositor, all filings necessary to maintain the
effectiveness of any original filings necessary under the Relevant
UCC to perfect the Trustee’s security interest in or lien on
the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation (x) continuation
statements, and (y) to the extent that a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee has received written notice of such change or transfer,
such other statements as may be occasioned by (1) any change of
name of the Seller or the Depositor, (2) any change of location of
the place of business or the chief executive office of the Seller
or the Depositor or (3) any transfer of any interest of the Seller
or the Depositor in any Mortgage Loan.
The Depositor shall not organize under the law of any jurisdiction
other than the State under which each is organized as of the
Closing Date (whether changing its jurisdiction of organization or
organizing under an additional jurisdiction) without giving thirty
(30) days prior written notice of such action to its immediate and
mediate transferee, including the Trustee. Before effecting
such change, the Depositor proposing to change its jurisdiction of
organization shall prepare and file in the appropriate filing
office any financing statements or other statements necessary to
continue the perfection of the interests of its immediate and
mediate transferees, including the Trustee, in the Mortgage Loans.
In connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Depositor authorizes its immediate or mediate
transferee to file in any filing office any initial financing
statements, any amendments to financing statements, any
continuation statements, or any other statements or filings
described in this Section 2.03(b).
(c)
The Depositor shall not take any action inconsistent with the sale
by the Depositor of all of its right, title and interest in and to
the Trust Fund and shall indicate or shall cause to be indicated in
its records and records held on its behalf that ownership of each
Mortgage Loan and the other property of the Trust Fund is held by
the Trustee. In addition, the Depositor shall respond to any
inquiries from third parties with respect to ownership of a
Mortgage Loan or any other property of the Trust Fund by stating
that it is not the owner of such Mortgage Loan and that ownership
of such Mortgage Loan or other property of the Trust Fund is held
by the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04. Option to Contribute Derivative
Instrument
At any time on or after the Closing Date, the Seller shall have the
right to contribute to, and deposit into, the Trust Fund a
derivative contract or comparable instrument (a “Derivative
Instrument”). The Derivative Instrument may have a
notional amount in excess of the sum of the beneficial interests in
the Trust. Any such instrument shall constitute a fully
prepaid agreement. The Securities Administrator shall have no
tax reporting duties with respect to any such Derivative
Instrument.
Section 2.05. The Certificates .
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached as
Exhibit A hereto. The Certificates shall be issuable in
registered form, in the minimum denominations per Class set forth
in the Preliminary Statement and, to the extent applicable, in
integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof.
Subject to Section 9.03 hereof respecting the final distribution on
the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Securities
Administrator shall make distributions to each Certificateholder of
record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such
Holder has so notified the Securities Administrator not later than
the applicable Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) 100%
of the Class Principal Amount of any Class of Certificates or (B)
Certificates of any Class with aggregate principal Denominations of
not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed by first class mail
to such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing
in the Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Securities Administrator by an authorized
signatory of the Securities Administrator. Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were,
at the time when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign
on behalf of the Securities Administrator shall bind the Securities
Administrator, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to be so authorized prior to the countersignature and
delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the
date of such Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to
any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose,
unless countersigned by the Securities Administrator by manual
signature, and such countersignature upon any Certificate shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate
has been duly executed and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature.
On the Closing Date, the Securities Administrator shall
countersign the Certificates to be issued at the direction of the
Depositor, or any Affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Securities Administrator on a continuous basis, an adequate
inventory of specimen Certificates to facilitate transfers.
Section 2.06. Certificate Register; Registration of
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates .
(a)
The Securities Administrator shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained, a Certificate Register for the Trust Fund in which,
subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below and to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Securities
Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates
and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Certificate, the Securities Administrator shall execute and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Certificates of the same Class and aggregate
Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest
upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or
agency of the Securities Administrator. Whenever any
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Securities
Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver the
Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the
Securities Administrator in accordance with the Securities
Administrator’s customary procedures.
(b)
No Person shall transfer a Restricted Certificate unless such
transfer (i) is made pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities laws, (ii) is exempt from the registration requirements
under said Act and such state securities laws and (iii) is made in
compliance with the provisions of this Section. In the event
that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from
the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance
with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer and such Certificateholder’s
prospective transferee shall each certify to the Securities
Administrator in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in
substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit [ ] (the
“Transferor Certificate”) and deliver a letter in
substantially the form of either Exhibit [ ] (the
“Investment Letter”) or Exhibit [ ]
(the “Rule 144A Letter”). The Depositor shall
provide to any Holder of a Restricted Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information
regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such
other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to
eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such
Certificate without registration thereof under the Securities Act
pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A.
The Securities Administrator shall cooperate with the
Depositor in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the
preceding sentence, including providing to the Depositor such
information regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and
other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall
reasonably request to meet its obligation under the preceding
sentence. Each Holder of a Restricted Certificate desiring to
effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller,
the Servicer and the Master Servicer against any liability that may
result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless
the Securities Administrator shall have received either (i) a
representation from the transferee of such Certificate acceptable
to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities
Administrator (in the event such Certificate is a Restricted
Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by the Securities
Administrator’s receipt of a representation letter from the
transferee substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit [
] (or Exhibit [ ], in the case of a
Residual Certificate)), to the effect that such transferee is not
an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, a
“Plan”), nor a Person acting on behalf of any such Plan
or using the assets of any such Plan to effect such transfer, (ii)
if the ERISA-Restricted Certificate was the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying underwriting and the purchaser is an insurance
company, a representation substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit [ ], to the effect that the purchaser is an
insurance company which is purchasing such Certificate with funds
contained in an “insurance company general account” (as
such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60 (“PTCE 95-60”)) and the
acquisition and holding of the ERISA-Restricted Certificate are
covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60; or (iii) in the
case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for
registration in the name of a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of
such Plan or using such Plan’s assets, an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator to the
effect that the acquisition or holding of such ERISA-Restricted
Certificate will not result in prohibited transactions under
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor,
the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Servicer to any obligation
in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which
Opinion of Counsel will not be at the expense of any of the above
parties or the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything
else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the
delivery to the Securities Administrator of a representation letter
or an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Securities
Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect.
If the ERISA-Restricted Certificate is a Book-Entry
Certificate, the transferee will be deemed to have made a
representation as provided in (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, as
applicable.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not
limited to, ERISA), the Securities Administrator shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any
ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this
Section [[ ]] or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with
respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so
long as the transfer was registered by the Securities Administrator
in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(c)
Each Person who has or who acquires any ownership interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such ownership interest to have agreed to be bound
by the following provisions, and the rights of each Person
acquiring any ownership interest in a Residual Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i)
Each Person holding or acquiring any ownership interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee.
(ii)
No ownership interest in a Residual Certificate may be registered
on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred (except for an
initial registration on the Closing Date of the transfer to the
Depositor (or an Affiliate thereof), the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator), and the Securities Administrator shall not register
the transfer of any Residual Certificate (except for an initial
registration on the Closing Date of the transfer to the Depositor
(or an Affiliate thereof), the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator) unless, in addition to the certificates required to
be delivered to the Securities Administrator under subparagraph (b)
above, the Securities Administrator shall have been furnished with
an affidavit of the Holder desiring to effect such transfer (a
“Transferor Affidavit”) in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit [ ] and an affidavit of the proposed transferee
(a “Transferee Affidavit”) in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit [ ].
(iii)
Each Person holding or acquiring any ownership interest in a
Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transferee
Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to
Transfer its ownership interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transferee Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person
is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any
transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to transfer its
ownership interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the
transfer of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate to any
other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee.
(iv)
Any attempted or purported transfer of any ownership interest in a
Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
2.06(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights
in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 2.06(c), then the last preceding
Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder
thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such
Residual Certificate. The Securities Administrator shall be
under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer
of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section
2.06(b) and this Section 2.06(c) or for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action
with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement
so long as the transfer was registered after receipt of the related
Transferee Affidavit, Transferor Affidavit and either the Rule 144A
Letter or the Investment Letter. The Securities Administrator
shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a
Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at
the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it
became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such
Residual Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Securities Administrator shall be paid
and delivered by the Securities Administrator to the last preceding
Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.
(v)
The Depositor shall promptly make available, upon receipt of
written request from the Securities Administrator, all information
necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the
Code as a result of a transfer of an ownership interest in a
Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted
Transferee.
The restrictions on transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth
in this Section 206(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable
portions of the legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted)
with respect to transfers occurring after delivery to the
Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Securities
Administrator or the Depositor, to the effect that the elimination
of such restrictions will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.
Each Person holding or acquiring any ownership interest in a
Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this
Agreement which, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the
Securities Administrator is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that
the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person
that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means
to compel the transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a
Permitted Transferee.
(d)
The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 2.06(d) in connection with
transfer shall be at the expense of the parties to such
transfers.
(e)
Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all
times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its
nominee and at all times: (i) registration of the
Certificates may not be transferred by the Securities Administrator
except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with
respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates;
(iii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry
Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by
applicable rules established by the Depository; (iv) the Depository
may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from
its Depository Participants; (v) the Securities Administrator shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect
participating firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of
the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights
of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for
and votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate
Owners; and (vi) the Securities Administrator may rely and shall be
fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and
furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect
participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect
participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates
shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the
Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such
Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only
transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it
represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in
accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Securities
Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing
or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository,
and (ii) the Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to
locate a qualified successor, or (y) after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of
the Certificate Balance of the Book-Entry Certificates together
advise the Securities Administrator and the Depository through the
Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a
book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best
interests of the Certificate Owners, the Securities Administrator
shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive
Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to the Securities Administrator of the related Class of
Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by the instructions
from the Depository for registration, the Securities Administrator
shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the
Depositor nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instruction and each may conclusively
rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
The Depositor shall provide the Securities Administrator with
an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance
and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Certificates all references herein to obligations
imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed
to be imposed upon and performed by the Securities Administrator,
to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive
Certificates and the Securities Administrator shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders
hereunder; provided that the Securities Administrator shall
not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations become liable
to any party for any act or failure to act of the Depository.
Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates .
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Securities
Administrator, or the Securities Administrator receives evidence to
its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Depositor and the
Securities Administrator such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Securities Administrator that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Securities Administrator shall execute, countersign and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class, tenor and
Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any
new Certificate under this Section 2.07, the Securities
Administrator may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Securities Administrator) connected therewith.
Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section
2.07 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen
or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 2.08. Persons Deemed Owners .
The Securities Administrator and any agent of the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator may treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the
purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement
and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Securities
Administrator nor any agent of the Securities Administrator shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 2.09. Access to List of Certificateholders’
Names and Addresses .
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Securities Administrator, (b) state that such
Certificateholders desire to communicate with other
Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this
Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or
if the Depositor shall request such information in writing from the
Securities Administrator, then the Securities Administrator shall,
within ten Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide
the Depositor or such Certificateholders at such recipients’
expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of such
Trust Fund held by the Securities Administrator, if any. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a
Certificate, agree that the Securities Administrator shall not be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder,
regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.
Section 2.10. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities
Administrator. The Securities Administrator will give prompt
written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such
location of any such office or agency.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the
Depositor and the Seller .
(a)
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the
benefit of Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer, the Seller and the Servicer as of the Closing Date
or such other date as is specified, that:
(i)
This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity); !
(ii)
Immediately prior to the transfer by the Depositor to the Trust
Fund of each Mortgage Loan, the Depositor had good and equitable
title to each Mortgage Loan (insofar as such title was conveyed to
it by the Seller) subject to no prior lien, claim, participation
interest, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other
encumbrance or other interest of any nature;
(iii)
As of the Closing Date, the Depositor has transferred all right,
title and interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf
of the Trust Fund;
(iv)
The Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee
on behalf of the Trust Fund with any intent to hinder, delay or
defraud any of its creditors; and
(v)
The Depositor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with full
power and authority to own its assets and conduct its business as
presently being conducted.
(b)
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the
benefit of Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer and the Depositor as of the Closing Date or such
other date as is specified, that:
(i)
the Seller is a [Georgia] corporation, duly organized validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the [State of
Georgia], and has the corporate power to own its assets and to
transact the business in which it is currently engaged. The
Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character
of the business transacted by it or any properties owned or leased
by it requires such qualification and in which the failure so to
qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the
Seller;
(ii)
the Seller has the corporate power and authority to make, execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions
contemplated under the Agreement, and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered,
this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of
equitable remedies;
(iii)
the Seller is not required to obtain the consent of any other party
or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or
registration or declaration with, any governmental authority,
bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery,
performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except
for such consent, license, approval or authorization, or
registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or filed,
as the case may be, prior to the Closing Date;
(iv)
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Seller will not violate any provision of any existing law or
regulation or any order or decree of any court applicable to the
Seller or any provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws
of the Seller, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage,
indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Seller is a
party or by which the Seller may be bound;
(v)
no litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court,
tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the
knowledge of the Seller threatened, against the Seller or any of
its properties or with respect to this Agreement which in the
opinion of the Seller has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a
material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; and
(vi)
the Seller has been organized in conformity with the requirements
for qualification as a REIT; the Seller will file with its federal
income tax return for its taxable year ended December 31, 2004, an
election to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes;
and the Seller currently qualifies as, and it proposes to operate
in a manner that will enable it to continue to qualify as, a
REIT.
(c)
The Seller hereby makes for the benefit of the Trustee for the
benefit of Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer and the Depositor as of the Closing Date or such
other date as is specified, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the
representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
(d)
To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a
Mortgage Loan constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty
of the Seller under subsection (c) above or the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, the only right or remedy of the Trustee or any
Certificateholder hereunder shall be their rights to enforce the
obligations of the Seller under any applicable representation or
warranty made by it. The Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund
acknowledges that the Depositor shall have no obligation or
liability with respect to any breach of any representation or
warranty with respect to the Mortgage Loans (except as set forth in
Section 3.01(a)(ii)) under any circumstances.
Section 3.02. Discovery of Breach . It is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties (i)
of the Depositor set forth in Section 3.01(a), (ii) of the Seller
set forth in Section 3.01(b) and (c) and (iii) of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.05 of this Agreement, shall each survive
delivery of the Mortgage Files and the Assignment of Mortgage of
each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee and shall continue throughout the
term of this Agreement. With respect to the representations
and warranties which are made to the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, if it is discovered by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Underwriters or the Servicer that the substance of such
representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy
materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or
the interests of the Certificateholders or the Trustee therein,
notwithstanding such Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect
to the substance of such representation or warranty, remedies for
breach will apply to such inaccuracy. Any breach of the
representation and warranty set forth in clauses (cc), (ee) and
(ff) of Exhibit A of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall be
deemed to materially and adversely affect the interest of the Trust
Fund in that Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack
of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation
and warranty. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee of a breach
of any of such representations and warranties made by the Seller
that adversely and materially affects the value of the related
Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other parties. Within 90 days of the
discovery by the Seller of a breach of any representation or
warranty given to the Trustee by the Seller or the Seller’s
receipt of written notice of such a breach, the Seller shall either
(a) cure such breach in all material respects, (b) repurchase such
Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect thereof from the
Trustee at the Purchase Price or (c) substitute a Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan.
Section 3.03. Repurchase, Purchase or Substitution of
Mortgage Loans .
(a)
[With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Seller
pursuant to Section 3.02(b) of this Agreement, the principal
portion of the funds in respect of such repurchase of a Mortgage
Loan will be considered a Principal Prepayment and the Purchase
Price shall be deposited in the Collection Account. Upon
receipt by the Securities Administrator of the full amount of the
Purchase Price for a Deleted Mortgage Loan and notification thereof
has been made to the Trustee, or upon receipt of notification from
the Custodian that it had received the Mortgage File for a
Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan substituted for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan (and any applicable Substitution Amount), the Trustee
shall release or cause to be released and reassign to the Depositor
or the Seller, as applicable, the related Mortgage File for the
Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to vest
in such party or its designee or assignee title to any Deleted
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, free and clear of all
security interests, liens and other encumbrances created by this
Agreement, which instruments shall be prepared by the Servicer and
the Trustee shall have no further responsibility with respect to
the Mortgage File relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
(b)
With respect to each Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan to be
delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian) in exchange for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan: (i) the Depositor or the Seller, as
applicable, must deliver to the Trustee (or a Custodian) the
Mortgage File for the Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan
containing the documents set forth in Section 2.01(c) along with a
written certification certifying as to the delivery of such
Mortgage File and containing the granting language set forth in
Section 2.01(a); and (ii) the Seller and the Depositor will be
deemed to have made, with respect to such Qualifying Substitute
Mortgage Loan, each of the representations and warranties made by
it with respect to the related Deleted Mortgage Loan. As soon
as practicable after the delivery of any Qualifying Substitute
Mortgage Loan hereunder, the Trustee, at the expense of the
Depositor and at the direction and with the cooperation of the
Servicer shall (i) with respect to a Qualifying Substitute
Mortgage Loan that is a Non-MERS Mortgage Loan, cause the
Assignment of Mortgage to be recorded by the Servicer if required
pursuant to Section 2.01(d), or (ii) with respect to a Qualifying
Substitute Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, cause to be
taken such actions as are necessary to cause the Trustee (on behalf
of the Trust Fund) to be clearly identified as the owner of each
such Mortgage Loan on the records of MERS if required pursuant to
Section 2.01(d).]
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE
MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE SERVICER
Section 4.01. Servicer to Perform Servicing
Responsibilities .
(a)
Contract for Servicing; Possession of Servicing Files .
The Trustee does hereby contract with the Servicer for the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Trust Fund
and the Trustee. The Servicer shall maintain a Servicing File
with respect to each Mortgage Loan in order to service such
Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement and each Servicing File
delivered to the Servicer shall be held in trust by the Servicer
for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Trustee. The
Servicer’s possession of any portion of the Mortgage Loan
documents shall be at the will of the Trustee for the sole purpose
of facilitating servicing of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this Agreement, and such retention and possession by the Servicer
shall be in a custodial capacity only. The ownership of each
Mortgage Note, Mortgage, and the contents of the Servicing File
shall be vested in the Trustee and the ownership of all records and
documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or
which come into the possession of the Servicer shall immediately
vest in the Trustee and shall be retained and maintained, in trust,
by the Servicer at the will of the Trustee in such custodial
capacity only. The Servicing File retained by the Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement shall be identified in accordance with
the Servicer’s file tracking system to reflect the ownership
of the related Mortgage Loan by the Trustee. The Servicer
shall release from its custody the contents of any Servicing File
retained by it only in accordance with this Agreement.
(b)
Books and Records . All rights arising out of the
Mortgage Loans shall be vested in the Trustee, subject to the
Servicer’s rights to service and administer the Mortgage
Loans hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
All funds received on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan,
other than the Servicing Fee and other compensation and
reimbursement to which the Servicer and the Master Servicer are
entitled as set forth herein, including but not limited to Section
4.04(c), shall be received and held by them in trust for the
benefit of the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
The Servicer shall forward to the Custodian
original documents evidencing an assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in
accordance with Section 4.02(a) within one week of their
execution; provided , however , that the Servicer
shall provide the Custodian with a Servicer certified true copy
of any such document submitted for recordation within one week
of its execution, and shall provide the original of any document
submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified
by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original within 180 days of its submission
for recordation.
Section 4.02. Servicing of the Mortgage Loans .
(a)
Servicer to Service . The Servicer, acting directly or
through one or more Subservicers as provided in Section 4.09, shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans from and after the
Closing Date and, except where prior consent of the Master Servicer
is required under this Agreement, in accordance with this Agreement
and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and shall have full power
and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which
the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with
the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices
and exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own
account. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer shall
service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing
provisions of the Fannie Mae Guides (special servicing option),
which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the
liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan
payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the
maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the
maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of
fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the
restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies, insurance claims, the title, management and disposition
of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO
Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and
abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged
Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and
examination of records and facilities. In the event of any
conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing
provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of
the Fannie Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement shall
control and be binding upon the Servicer and the other parties
hereto.
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the
Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan
or consent to the postponement of any such term or in any manner
grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's
reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification,
postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the
Trust Fund, Trustee and the Certificateholders, provided,
however, that unless the Servicer has obtained the prior written
consent of the Master Servicer, the Servicer shall not permit
any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would
change the Mortgage Rate, defer for more than [ninety (90)] days
or forgive any payment of principal or interest, reduce or
increase the outstanding principal balance (except for actual
payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such
Mortgage Loan. In the event of any such modification which has
been agreed to in writing by the Master Servicer and which
permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Servicer Remittance Date in any month
in which any such principal or interest payment has been
deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds,
in accordance with Section 4.03(c), the difference between (a)
such month's principal and one month's interest at the Net
Mortgage Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer
shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same
extent as for all other advances pursuant to Section 4.03.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer
shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to
prepare, execute and deliver on behalf of itself, the Trust Fund
and the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer may not enter into
a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to
any Mortgage Loan which runs more than one hundred eighty (180)
days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement
shall be approved by the Master Servicer and, if required, by
the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer and Lender Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer.
In servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans, the Servicer shall employ Accepted Servicing Practices,
giving due consideration to the reliance by the Trustee and
Certificateholders on the Servicer. Notwithstanding the
appointment of any Subservicer pursuant to Section 4.09, the
Servicer shall remain liable for the performance of all of the
servicing obligations and responsibilities under this
Agreement.
[The Servicer shall, in accordance with Home
Equity Accepted Servicing Practices, approve and make
disbursements of principal in connection with Mortgagor drafts
upon the credit line approved in connection with each Revolving
Credit Loan. The Servicer shall provide to the Mortgagors
all checks, drafts or other documentation necessary for such
Mortgagors to obtain a Credit Line Advance. On each
Servicer Remittance Date, with respect to each Credit Line
Advance disbursed by the Servicer and reported to the [Master
Servicer and the Securities Administrator], the Servicer shall
be entitled to reimburse itself, from amounts on deposit in the
Custodial Account, in an amount equal to (i) the principal
amount of each unreimbursed Credit Line Advance disbursed by
Servicer with respect to a Revolving Credit Loan and (ii)
interest, at the Credit Advance Rate, on the principal amount of
each such Credit Line Advance from the date such Credit Line
Advance was disbursed by Servicer to but not including such date
reimbursement is received by the Servicer. In the event
that there are insufficient funds on deposit in the Custodial
Account on any Servicer Remittance Date to reimburse the
Servicer as provided in the preceding sentence (such shortfall,
an “Advance Reimbursement Shortfall Amount”), the
Servicer shall deliver to the [Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator] a request for reimbursement of the
amount of such Advance Reimbursement Shortfall Amount at least
three Business Days prior to such Servicer Remittance Date.
The [Securities Administrator] shall promptly reimburse
the Servicer on such Servicer Remittance Date for such Advance
Reimbursement Shortfall Amount.]
[The Servicer, at its discretion and in accordance with Home Equity
Accepted Servicing Practices, may perform any of the following
actions in connection with a Revolving Credit Loan:
(i) with the approval of the [Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator], increase the amount of the related Credit Line;
(ii)
with the approval of the [Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator], terminate a dormant Revolving Credit Loan, to the
extent permitted under the related Mortgage Note;
(iii)
permit payments from the Mortgagor of interest only during the
period when Credit Line Advances may be made; or
(iv)
with the approval of the [Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator], eliminate the ability of the Mortgagor to make
future drafts upon the Credit Line, or reduce the Credit Line, to
the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Note.]
[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Servicer shall, in servicing the Revolving Credit Loans, follow and
comply with the servicing guidelines established by Fannie Mae, and
the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Revolving
Credit Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance
with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any
Mortgagor if in the Servicer’s reasonable and prudent
determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence
is in the best interests of the Certificateholders and is
consistent with the terms of this Agreement; provided,
however , that if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to
the Revolving Credit Loan or such default is, in the judgment of
the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer shall not permit
any modification of any material term of any Revolving Credit Loan,
including any modification that would change the mortgage interest
rate, defer or forgive the payment of principal or interest, reduce
or increase the outstanding principal balance (except for actual
payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such
Revolving Credit Loan. In the event of any such modification
which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any
Revolving Credit Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Servicer Remittance Date in any month in
which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred,
make a Monthly Advance pursuant to the provisions of Section
4.03(c), in an amount equal to the difference between (i) such
month’s principal and one month’s interest at the
Mortgage Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such Revolving
Credit Loan and (ii) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The
Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such Monthly
Advances to the same extent as for all other Monthly Advances made
pursuant to Section 4.03(c). Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby
authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of
itself and the [Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator],
all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or
full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and with respect to the
Mortgaged Properties. Upon the request of the Servicer, the
[Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator] shall execute
and deliver to the Servicer any powers of attorney and other
documents, furnished to it by the Servicer and reasonably
satisfactory to the [Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator], necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to
carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Servicer shall not, without the [Master
Servicer’s and the Securities Administrator’s] written
consent: (i) initiate any action suit or proceeding solely
under the [Master Servicer’s or the Securities
Administrator’s] name without indicating the Servicer’s
representative capacity; or (ii) take any action with the intent to
cause, and that actually causes, the [Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator] to be registered to do business in any
state. Promptly after the execution of any assumption,
modification, consolidation or extension of any Revolving Credit
Loan, the Servicer shall forward to the [Master Servicer] copies of
any documents evidencing such assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension.
In servicing and administering the Revolving Credit Loans, the
Servicer shall employ procedures (including collection procedures)
and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and
exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own
account, giving due consideration to Home Equity Accepted Servicing
Practices where such practices do not conflict with the
requirements of this Agreement and the Fannie Mae Guides.]
(b)
Servicer Discretion . In managing the liquidation of
defaulted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will have sole discretion,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, to sell defaulted Mortgage
Loans; provided, however , that the Servicer shall not take
any action that is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of
the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and
interests of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders
under this Agreement.
(c)
Collection and Liquidation of Mortgage Loans .
Continuously from the date hereof until the date each
Mortgage Loan ceases to be subject to this Agreement, the Servicer
will proceed diligently to collect all payments due under each
Mortgage Loan when the same shall become due and payable and shall,
to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this
Agreement, Accepted Servicing Practices, and the terms and
provisions of any related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and
Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, follow such collection
procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage loans comparable
to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Further, the
Servicer will take special care in ascertaining and estimating
annual escrow payments, and all other charges that, as provided in
the Mortgage, will become due and payable, so that the installments
payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as
and when they become due and payable.
The Servicer shall use its best efforts,
consistent with the procedures that the Servicer would use in
servicing loans for its own account, consistent with Accepted
Servicing Practices, any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and
Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and the best interest
of the Trust Fund, the Trustee and the Certificateholders, 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 4.02(a). Foreclosure or comparable proceedings shall be
initiated within [ninety (90)] days of default for Mortgaged
Properties for which no satisfactory arrangements can be made
for collection of delinquent payments, subject to state and
federal law and regulation. The Servicer shall use its
best efforts to realize upon defaulted Mortgage Loans in such
manner as will maximize the receipt of principal and interest by
the Trust, taking into account, among other things, the timing
of foreclosure proceedings. The Servicer, on behalf of the Trust
Fund, the Trustee and the Certificateholders, may also, in its
discretion, as an alternative to foreclosure, sell defaulted
Mortgage Loans at fair market value to third parties, if the
Servicer reasonably believes that such sale would maximize
proceeds to the Trust Fund (on a present value basis) with
respect to each such Mortgage Loan. The foregoing is subject to
the provisions that, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property
shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not be required
to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property
unless it shall determine in its discretion (i) that such
restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the
related Mortgage Loan to the Trust Fund after reimbursement to
itself for such expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable by the Servicer through Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds from the related
Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 4.02(e). Servicer
shall obtain prior approval of Purchaser or the Master Servicer
as to repair or restoration expenses in excess of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000). The Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer
in writing of the commencement of foreclosure proceedings and
not less than five (5) days prior to the acceptance or rejection
of any offer of reinstatement. The Servicer shall be responsible
for all costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings or functions; provided, however, that it shall be
entitled to reimbursement thereof from the related property, as
contemplated in Section 4.02(e). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in connection with a foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event the
Servicer has reasonable cause to believe that a Mortgaged
Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, or if the Master Servicer or the Trustee otherwise
requests an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged
Property, such an inspection or review is to be conducted by a
qualified inspector at the Master Servicer’s or
Trustee’s expense, as applicable. Upon completion of the
inspection, the Servicer shall promptly provide the Master
Servicer and the Trustee with a written report of the
environmental inspection. After reviewing the environmental
inspection report, the Master Servicer shall determine how the
Servicer shall proceed with respect to the Mortgaged
Property.
Notwithstanding the generality of the preceding
paragraph, the Servicer shall take such actions generally in
accordance with the Servicer’s established default
timeline and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices
with respect to each Mortgage Loan and Mortgagor for which there
is a delinquency until such time as the related Mortgagor is
current with all payments due under the Mortgage Loan.
(d)
Establishment of and Deposits to Custodial Account .
(i)
The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and
received pursuant to the Mortgage Loans separate and apart from any
of its own funds and general assets and shall initially establish
and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts, in the form of time
deposit or demand accounts, each of which accounts shall be titled
“[HomeBanc Corp. in trust for [ ], as
Trustee, for the HomeBanc Mortgage Trust Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series [
]” and referred to herein as a
“Custodial Account;” provided that so long as
[HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation] is the Subservicer under the
Subservicing Agreement, each Custodial Account shall be titled
“[HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation] in trust for [
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