STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS II INC.,
DEPOSITOR
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
TRUSTEE
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
MASTER SERVICER AND SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR
and
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
SELLER AND COMPANY
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 1, 2005
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II
Inc.
Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2005-6
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE
LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
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Section 2.01
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Conveyance of Mortgage Loans to
Trustee.
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Section 2.02
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Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by
Trustee.
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Section 2.03
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Assignment of Interest in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
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Section 2.04
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Substitution of Mortgage
Loans.
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Section 2.05
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Issuance of Certificates.
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Section 2.06
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Representations and Warranties
Concerning the Depositor.
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ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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Section 3.01
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Master Servicer.
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Section 3.02
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REMIC-Related Covenants.
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Section 3.03
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Monitoring of Servicers.
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Section 3.04
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Fidelity Bond.
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Section 3.05
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Power to Act; Procedures.
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Section 3.06
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Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
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Section 3.07
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Release of Mortgage
Files.
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Section 3.08
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Documents, Records and Funds in
Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for Trustee.
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Section 3.09
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Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood
Insurance Policies.
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Section 3.10
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Presentment of Claims and Collection
of Proceeds.
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Section 3.11
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Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies.
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Section 3.12
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Trustee to Retain Possession of
Certain Insurance Policies and Documents.
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Section 3.13
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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans.
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Section 3.14
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Compensation for the Master
Servicer.
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Section 3.15
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REO Property.
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Section 3.16
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Annual Officer’s Certificate
as to Compliance.
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Section 3.17
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Annual Independent
Accountant’s Servicing Report.
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Section 3.18
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Reports Filed with Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Section 3.19
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UCC.
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Section 3.20
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Optional Purchase of Defaulted
Mortgage Loans.
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ARTICLE IV ACCOUNTS
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Section 4.01
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Protected Accounts.
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Section 4.02
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Master Servicer Collection
Account.
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Section 4.03
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Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers
from the Master Servicer Collection Account.
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Section 4.04
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Distribution Account.
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Section 4.05
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Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers
from the Distribution Account.
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ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES
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Section 5.01
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Certificates.
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Section 5.02
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Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
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Section 5.03
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
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Section 5.04
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Persons Deemed Owners.
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Section 5.05
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Transfer Restrictions on Residual
Certificates.
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Section 5.06
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Restrictions on Transferability of
Certificates.
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Section 5.07
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ERISA Restrictions.
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Section 5.08
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Rule 144A Information.
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Section 5.09
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Appointment of Paying Agent and
Certificate Registrar.
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ARTICLE VI PAYMENTS TO
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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Section 6.01
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Distributions on the
Certificates.
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Section 6.02
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Allocation of Losses.
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Section 6.03
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Payments.
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Section 6.04
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Statements to
Certificateholders.
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Section 6.05
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Monthly Advances.
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Section 6.06
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Compensating Interest
Payments.
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ARTICLE VII THE MASTER
SERVICER
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Section 7.01
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Liabilities of the Master
Servicer.
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Section 7.02
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Merger or Consolidation of the
Master Servicer.
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Section 7.03
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Indemnification of the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator.
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Section 7.04
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Limitations on Liability of the
Master Servicer and Others.
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Section 7.05
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Master Servicer Not to
Resign.
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Section 7.06
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Successor Master
Servicer.
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Section 7.07
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Sale and Assignment of Master
Servicing.
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ARTICLE VIII DEFAULT
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Section 8.01
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Events of Default.
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Section 8.02
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Trustee to Act; Appointment of
Successor.
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Section 8.03
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Notification to
Certificateholders.
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Section 8.04
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Waiver of Defaults.
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Section 8.05
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List of
Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE IX CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
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Section 9.01
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Duties of Trustee.
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Section 9.02
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Certain Matters Affecting the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator.
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Section 9.03
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Trustee and Securities Administrator
Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
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Section 9.04
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Trustee and Securities Administrator
May Own Certificates.
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Section 9.05
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Trustee’s and Securities
Administrator’s Fees and Expenses.
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Section 9.06
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Eligibility Requirements for
Trustee, Paying Agent and Securities Administrator.
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Section 9.07
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Insurance.
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Section 9.08
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Resignation and Removal of the
Trustee and Securities Administrator.
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Section 9.09
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Successor Trustee, Successor Paying
Agent and Successor Securities Administrator.
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Section 9.10
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Merger or Consolidation of Trustee,
Paying Agent or Securities Administrator.
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Section 9.11
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Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee.
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Section 9.12
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Federal Information Returns and
Reports to Certificateholders; REMIC Administration.
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ARTICLE X TERMINATION
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Section 10.01
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Termination Upon Repurchase by the Depositor or
its Designee or Liquidation of the Mortgage Loans.
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Section 10.02
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Additional Termination
Requirements.
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ARTICLE XI [RESERVED]
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section 12.01
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Intent of Parties.
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Section 12.02
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Amendment.
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Section 12.03
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Recordation of Agreement.
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Section 12.04
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Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders.
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Section 12.05
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Acts of
Certificateholders.
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Section 12.06
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Governing Law.
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Section 12.07
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Notices.
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Section 12.08
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Severability of
Provisions.
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Section 12.09
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Successors and Assigns.
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Section 12.10
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Article and Section
Headings.
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Section 12.11
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Counterparts.
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Section 12.12
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Notice to Rating
Agencies.
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Class A
Certificates
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Exhibit A-2
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Form of Class B
Certificates
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Exhibit A-3
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Form of Class R
Certificates
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Exhibit B
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Mortgage Loan Schedule
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Exhibit C
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit D
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Request for Release of
Documents
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Exhibit E
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Form of Affidavit pursuant to
Section 860E(e)(4)
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Exhibit F-1
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Form of Investment Letter
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Exhibit F-2
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Form of Rule 144A and Related
Matters Certificate
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Exhibit G
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Form of Custodial
Agreement
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Exhibit H-1 to H-6
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Servicing Agreements
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Exhibit I
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Assignment Agreements
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Exhibit J
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Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement
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Exhibit K
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit L
- [Reserved]
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of July 1, 2005, among Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments II Inc., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
“Depositor”), U.S. Bank National Association, a
national banking association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer
(in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”) and as
securities administrator (in such capacity, the “Securities
Administrator”), and EMC Mortgage Corporation, as seller (in
such capacity, the “Seller”) and as company (in such
capacity, the “Company”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Depositor acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Seller. On the
Closing Date, the Depositor will sell the Mortgage Loans and
certain other property to the Trust Fund and receive in
consideration therefor Certificates evidencing the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund.
The Trustee on behalf of the Trust
shall make an election for the assets constituting REMIC I to be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a REMIC. On the Startup
Day, the REMIC I Regular Interests will be designated
“regular interests” in such REMIC and the Class R-I
Certificate will be designated the “residual interest”
in such REMIC.
The Trustee on behalf of the Trust
shall make an election for the assets constituting REMIC II to be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a REMIC. On the Startup
Day, the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates) will be
designated “regular interests” in such REMIC and the
Class R-II Certificate will be designated the “residual
interest” in such REMIC.
The Mortgage Loans will have an
Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date, after
deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or before the Cut-off
Date, of $746,440,833.06. The initial principal amount of the
Certificates will not exceed such Outstanding Principal Balance.
The Group I Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal
Balance as of the Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled
Principal due on or before the Cut-off Date, of $335,536,436.71.
The Group II Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal
Balance as of the Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled
Principal due on or before the Cut-off Date, of $81,619,684.12. The
Group III Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance
as of the Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due
on or before the Cut-off Date, of $122,151,793.63. The Group IV
Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or
before the Cut-off Date, of $135,256,696.70. The Group V Mortgage
Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-off
Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or before the
Cut-off Date, of $71,876,221.90.
In consideration of the mutual
agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Company and the
Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article.
Accepted Master Servicing
Practices : With respect
to any Mortgage Loan, those customary mortgage servicing practices
of prudent mortgage servicing institutions that master service
mortgage loans of the same type and quality as such Mortgage Loan
in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is
located, to the extent applicable to the Trustee or the Master
Servicer (except in its capacity as successor to a
Servicer).
Account : The Master Servicer Collection Account, the
Distribution Account and the Protected Account as the context may
require.
Accrued Certificate
Interest : For any
Certificate for any Distribution Date, the interest accrued during
the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through
Rate on the Current Principal Amount of such Certificate
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, less (i) in the
case of a Senior Certificate, such Certificate’s share of any
Net Interest Shortfall from the related Mortgage Loans and, after
the Cross-Over Date, the interest portion of any Realized Losses on
the related Mortgage Loans allocated thereto in accordance with
Section 6.02(g) and (ii) in the case of a Subordinate Certificate,
such Certificate’s share of any Net Interest Shortfall from
the related Mortgage Loans and the interest portion of any Realized
Losses on the related Mortgage Loans allocated thereto in
accordance with Section 6.02(g).
Affiliate : As to any Person, any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person. “Control” means the power to direct the
management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. “Controlled” and “Controlling”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing. The Trustee may
conclusively presume that a Person is not an Affiliate of another
Person unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge to the contrary.
Aggregate Expense Rate
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate and the Lender-Paid PMI Rate (if
applicable).
Agreement : This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
Allocable Share
: With respect to each Class of
Subordinate Certificates:
(a) as to any
Distribution Date and amounts distributable pursuant to clauses (i)
and (iv) of the definition of Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount,
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the Current Principal Amount of such Class and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of all Classes of
the Subordinate Certificates; and
(b) as to any
Distribution Date and amounts distributable pursuant to clauses
(ii), (iii) and (v) of the definition of Subordinate Optimal
Principal Amount, and as to each Class of Subordinate Certificates
(other than the Class of Subordinate Certificates having the lowest
numerical designation as to which the Class Prepayment Distribution
Trigger shall not be applicable) for which (x) the Class Prepayment
Distribution Trigger has been satisfied on such Distribution Date,
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the Current Principal Amount of such Class and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of all such Classes
of Subordinate Certificates and (y) the Class Prepayment
Distribution Trigger has not been satisfied on such Distribution
Date, 0%; provided that if on a Distribution Date, the Current
Principal Amount of any Class of Subordinate Certificates for which
the Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger was satisfied on such
Distribution Date is reduced to zero, any amounts distributed
pursuant to this clause (b), to the extent of such Class’s
remaining Allocable Share, shall be distributed to the remaining
Classes of Subordinate Certificates which satisfy the Class
Prepayment Distribution Trigger and to the Class of Subordinate
Certificates having the lowest numerical Class designation in
reduction of their respective Current Principal Amounts in the
order of their numerical Class designations.
Applicable Credit
Rating : For any
long-term deposit or security, a credit rating of AAA in the case
of S&P and Aaa in the case of Moody’s. For any short-term
deposit or security, or a rating of A-l+ in the case of S&P and
P-1 in the case of Moody’s.
Applicable State Law
: For purposes of Section 9.12(d),
the Applicable State Law shall be (a) the law of the State of New
York and (b) such other state law whose applicability shall have
been brought to the attention of the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
delivered to it by the Master Servicer or the Depositor, or (ii)
written notice from the appropriate taxing authority as to the
applicability of such state law.
Appraised Value
: For any Mortgaged Property related
to a Mortgage Loan, the amount set forth as the appraised value of
such Mortgaged Property in an appraisal made for the mortgage
originator in connection with its origination of the related
Mortgage Loan.
Assignment Agreements
: The agreements attached hereto as
Exhibit I, whereby the Servicing Agreements were assigned to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Assumed Final Distribution
Date : August 25, 2035,
or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day.
Available Funds
: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of the Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV and
Group V Available Funds for such Distribution Date.
Average Loss Severity
Percentage : With respect
to any Distribution Date and each Loan Group, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
Loss Severity Percentages for each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group
which had a Realized Loss and the denominator of which is the
number of Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group which had
Realized Losses.
Bank of America
: Bank of America, National
Association, or its successor in interest.
Bank of America Servicing
Agreement : The Flow
Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated March 1, 2003
between the Seller and Bank of America, attached hereto as Exhibit
H-1, as modified by the related Assignment Agreement.
Bankruptcy Code
: The United States Bankruptcy Code,
as amended as codified in 11 U.S.C.
§§101-1330.
Bankruptcy Loss
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
any Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction related to such
Mortgage Loan as reported by the applicable Servicer to the Master
Servicer.
Book-Entry
Certificates : Initially,
all Classes of Certificates other than the Private Certificates and
the Residual Certificates.
Business Day
: Any day other than (i) a Saturday
or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or
Federal Reserve is closed or on which banking institutions in the
jurisdiction in which the Trustee, the Master Servicer, any
Servicer or the Securities Administrator is located are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Certificate
: Any mortgage pass-through
certificate evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund signed and countersigned by the Certificate Registrar in
substantially the forms annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3
with the blanks therein appropriately completed.
Certificate Group
: The Group I Senior Certificates,
Group II Senior Certificates, Group III Senior Certificates, Group
IV Senior Certificates and Group V Senior Certificates, as
applicable.
Certificate Owner
: Any Person who is the beneficial
owner of a Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or
its nominee.
Certificate Register
: The register maintained pursuant
to Section 5.02.
Certificate Registrar
: The Securities Administrator or
any successor certificate registrar appointed hereunder.
Certificateholder
: A Holder of a
Certificate.
Class : With respect to the Certificates, I-A-1,
II-A-1, III-A-1, IV-A-1, V-A-1, R-I, R-II, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5
and B-6.
Class Prepayment Distribution
Trigger : For a Class of
Subordinate Certificates for any Distribution Date, the Class
Prepayment Distribution Trigger is satisfied if the fraction
(expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the
aggregate Current Principal Amount of such Class and each Class of
Subordinate Certificates subordinate thereto, if any, and
the
denominator of which is the
Scheduled Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the
related Due Date, equals or exceeds such percentage calculated as
of the Closing Date.
Class R Certificates
: The Class R-I Certificates and
Class R-II Certificates.
Closing Date
: July 29, 2005.
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Compensating Interest
Payment : As defined in
Section 6.06.
Corporate Trust Office
: The office of the Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business is
administered, which office, at the date of the execution of this
Agreement, is located at U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services, One
Federal Street, 3 rd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110,
Attention: Corporate Trust Services/BART Series 2005-6. With
respect to the Certificate Registrar and the presentment of
Certificates for registration of transfer, exchange or final
payment, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Sixth Street and
Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention:
Corporate Trust/BART Series 2005-6, and for all other purposes,
P.O. Box 98, Columbia, Maryland 21046 (or for overnight deliveries,
9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045), Attention:
Corporate Trust/BART Series 2005-6.
Countrywide
: Countrywide Home Loans Servicing
LP, as successor to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., or its successor
in interest.
Countrywide Servicing
Agreement : The
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
September 1, 2002, as amended on January 1, 2003 and September 1,
2004, between the Seller and Countrywide, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-2, as modified by the related Assignment
Agreement.
Cross-Over Date
: The first Distribution Date on
which the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates has been reduced to zero (giving effect to all
distributions on such Distribution Date).
Current Principal
Amount : With respect to
any Certificate as of any Distribution Date, the initial principal
amount of such Certificate plus any Subsequent Recoveries added to
the Current Principal Amount of such Certificate pursuant to
Section 6.02(h), and reduced by (i) all amounts distributed on
previous Distribution Dates on such Certificate with respect to
principal, (ii) the principal portion of all Realized Losses
allocated prior to such Distribution Date to such Certificate,
taking account of the Loss Allocation Limitation and (iii) in the
case of a Subordinate Certificate, such Certificate’s pro
rata share, if any, of the applicable Subordinate Certificate
Writedown Amount for previous Distribution Dates. With respect to
any Class of Certificates, the Current Principal Amount thereof
will equal the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of all
Certificates in such Class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely
for purposes of giving consents, directions, waivers, approvals,
requests and notices, the Class R-I Certificates and Class R-II
Certificates after the Distribution Date on which they each receive
the distribution of the last dollar of their respective original
principal amount shall be deemed to have Current
Principal
Amounts equal to their respective
Current Principal Amounts on the day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
Custodial Agreement
: An agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date among the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee
and the Custodian in substantially the form of Exhibit G
hereto.
Custodian : Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor
custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and of the
Custodial Agreement.
Cut-off Date
: July 1, 2005.
Cut-off Date Balance
: $746,440,833.06.
Debt Service Reduction
: Any reduction of the Scheduled
Payments which a Mortgagor is obligated to pay with respect to a
Mortgage Loan as a result of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar state law or other proceeding.
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 then outstanding
indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, which valuation results from
a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar state law or other proceeding.
Depositor : Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, or its successors in interest.
Depository
: The Depository Trust Company, the
nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any successor
thereto.
Depository Agreement
: The meaning specified in
Subsection 5.01(a) hereof.
Depository Participant
: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time
the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depository.
Designated Depository
Institution : A
depository institution (commercial bank, federal savings bank,
mutual savings bank or savings and loan association) or trust
company (which may include the Trustee), the deposits of which are
fully insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law.
Determination Date
: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the Determination Date as defined in the related Servicing
Agreement.
Disqualified
Organization : Any of the
following: (i) the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are
subject to tax and, except for the Freddie Mac or any successor
thereto, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign
government, any international
organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain
farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code)
which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code
(including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated
business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code or (v)
any other Person so designated by the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an
ownership interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person may
cause any REMIC contained in the Trust or any Person having an
ownership interest in the Residual Certificate (other than such
Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the
Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the transfer of an
ownership interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person. The
terms “United States,” “State” and
“international organization” shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor
provisions.
Distribution Account
: The trust account or accounts
created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.04, which shall be
denominated “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Paying Agent, for the benefit of the registered holders of
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., Bear Stearns ARM
Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-6 -
Distribution Account.” The Distribution Account shall be an
Eligible Account.
Distribution Account Deposit
Date : The Business Day
prior to each Distribution Date.
Distribution Date
: The 25th day of any month,
beginning in the month immediately following the month of the
Closing Date, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following.
DTC Custodian
: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or its
successors in interest as custodian for the Depository.
Due Date : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date
in each month on which its Scheduled Payment is due if such due
date is the first day of a month and otherwise is deemed to be the
first day of the following month or such other date specified in
the related Servicing Agreement.
Due Period
: With respect to any Distribution
Date and each Mortgage Loan, the period commencing on the second
day of the month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs and ending at the close of business on the first day of the
month in which the Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account
: Any of (i) a segregated account
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution
(A) the short-term obligations of which are rated A-2 or better by
S&P and P-1 by Moody’s at the time of any deposit therein
or (B) insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by such
Corporation), the uninsured deposits in which account are otherwise
secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained
by the Person requesting that the account be held pursuant to this
clause (i)) delivered to the Trustee prior to the establishment of
such account, the Certificateholders will have a claim with respect
to the funds in such
account and a perfected first
priority security interest against any collateral (which shall be
limited to Permitted Investments, each of which shall mature not
later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution
Date next following the date of investment in such collateral or
the Distribution Date if such Permitted Investment is an obligation
of the institution that maintains the Distribution Account)
securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or general creditors of the depository institution with
which such account is maintained, (ii) a segregated trust account
or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution or trust company with trust powers acting in its
fiduciary capacity or (iii) a segregated account or accounts of a
depository institution acceptable to the Rating Agencies (as
evidenced in writing by the Rating Agencies that use of any such
account as the Distribution Account will not have an adverse effect
on the then-current ratings assigned to the Classes of Certificates
then rated by the Rating Agencies). Eligible Accounts may bear
interest.
EMC : EMC Mortgage Corporation, or its successor in
interest.
EMC Mortgage Loans
: Shall mean those Mortgage Loans
serviced by EMC pursuant to the terms of the EMC Servicing
Agreement.
EMC Servicing
Agreement : The Servicing
Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, between the Seller and EMC,
attached hereto as Exhibit H-3, as modified by the related
Assignment Agreement.
ERISA : The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
Event of Default
: An event of default described in
Section 8.01.
Excess Liquidation
Proceeds : To the extent
that such amount is not required by law to be paid to the related
Mortgagor, the amount, if any, by which Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan exceed the sum of (i) the
Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and accrued but
unpaid interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate through the
last day of the month in which the related Liquidation Date occurs,
plus (ii) related Liquidation Expenses.
Fannie Mae
: Federal National Mortgage
Association or any successor thereto.
FDIC : Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
successor thereto.
Final Certification
: The certification substantially in
the form of Exhibit Three to the Custodial Agreement.
Fiscal Quarter
: December 1 to February 29 (or the
last day in such month), March 1 to May 31, June 1 to August 31, or
September 1 to November 30, as applicable.
Fractional Undivided
Interest : With respect
to any Class of Certificates, the fractional undivided interest
evidenced by any Certificate of such Class the numerator of which
is the Current Principal Amount of such Certificate and the
denominator of which is the Current
Principal Amount of such Class. With
respect to the Certificates in the aggregate, the fractional
undivided interest evidenced by (i) each Class of Residual
Certificates will be deemed to equal 0.25% multiplied by the
percentage interest of such Residual Certificate and (ii) a
Certificate of any other Class will be deemed to equal 99.50%
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Current
Principal Amount of such Certificate and the denominator of which
is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of all the
Certificates.
Freddie Mac
: Freddie Mac, formerly the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
Global Certificate
: Any Private Certificate registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee, beneficial interests
in which are 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).
Gross Margin
: As to each Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note and
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule which percentage is added
to the related Index on each Interest Adjustment Date to determine
(subject to rounding, the minimum and maximum Mortgage Interest
Rate and the Periodic Rate Cap) the Mortgage Interest Rate until
the next Interest Adjustment Date.
Group I Available Funds, Group II
Available Funds, Group III Available Funds, Group IV Available
Funds and Group V Available Funds : With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the aggregate of the following amounts with respect
to the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group: (a) all previously
undistributed payments on account of principal (including the
principal portion of Scheduled Payments, Principal Prepayments and
the principal portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds) and all
previously undistributed payments on account of interest received
after the Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related Determination
Date, (b) any Monthly Advances and Compensating Interest Payments
by the Servicers or the Master Servicer with respect to such
Distribution Date and (c) any reimbursed amount in connection with
losses on investments of deposits in an account, except:
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(i)
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all payments that were due on or
before the Cut-off Date;
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(ii) all
Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds received after the
applicable Prepayment Period;
(iii) all payments,
other than Principal Prepayments, that represent early receipt of
Scheduled Payments due on a date or dates subsequent to the related
Due Date;
(iv) amounts
received on particular Mortgage Loans as late payments of principal
or interest and respecting which, and to the extent that, there are
any unreimbursed Monthly Advances;
(v) amounts
representing Monthly Advances determined to be Nonrecoverable
Advances;
(vi) any investment
earnings on amounts on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection
Account and the Distribution Account and amounts permitted to be
withdrawn from the Master Servicer Collection Account and the
Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) amounts
needed to pay the Servicing Fees or to reimburse any Servicer or
the Master Servicer for amounts due under the applicable Servicing
Agreement and the Agreement to the extent such amounts have not
been retained by, or paid previously to, such Servicer or the
Master Servicer;
(viii) any
fees payable under any lender-paid primary mortgage insurance
policy; and
(ix) any expenses
or other amounts reimbursable to the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Custodian pursuant to Section 7.04(c) or
Section 9.05.
Group I Mortgage Loans
: The Mortgage Loans identified as
such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Group I Senior
Certificates : The Class
I-A-1, Class R-I and Class R-II Certificates.
Group I Senior Optimal Principal
Amount, Group II Senior Optimal Principal Amount, Group III Senior
Optimal Principal Amount, Group IV Senior Optimal Principal Amount
and Group V Senior Optimal Principal Amount : With respect to each Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of the following (but
in no event greater than the aggregate Current Principal Amount of
the Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV or Group V Senior
Certificates, as applicable, immediately prior to such Distribution
Date):
(i) the
applicable Senior Percentage of the principal portion of all
Scheduled Payments due on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan in the
related Loan Group on the related Due Date as specified in the
amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after
adjustments for previous Principal Prepayments but before any
adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar
waiver or grace period);
(ii) the
applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the Scheduled Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which was
the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full received by the
Master Servicer during the related Prepayment Period;
(iii) the
applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of all Principal
Prepayments in part received by the Master Servicer during the
related Prepayment Period with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the
related Loan Group;
(iv) the lesser of
(a) the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (A)
all Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received in
respect of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment
Period (other than Mortgage Loans described in the immediately
following clause
(B)) and all Subsequent Recoveries
received in respect of each Liquidated Mortgage Loan in the related
Loan Group during the related Due Period and (B) the Scheduled
Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan in the related Loan
Group purchased by an insurer from the Trustee during the related
Prepayment Period pursuant to the related Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy, if any, or otherwise; and (b) the applicable
Senior Percentage of the sum of (A) the Scheduled Principal Balance
of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period
(other than the Mortgage Loans described in the immediately
following clause (B)) and (B) the Scheduled Principal Balance of
each such Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was
purchased by an insurer from the Trust during the related
Prepayment Period pursuant to the related Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy, if any or otherwise; and
(v) the
applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) the
Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related
Loan Group which was repurchased by the Seller in connection with
such Distribution Date and (b) the excess, if any, of the Scheduled
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
that has been replaced by the Seller with a Substitute Mortgage
Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in connection
with such Distribution Date over the Scheduled Principal Balance of
each such Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Group I Senior
Percentage : Initially,
94.75%. On any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii)
the percentage (carried to six places rounded up) obtained by
dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group I
Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage
Loans as of the beginning of the related Due Period.
Group I Senior Prepayment
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date occurring during the periods set forth below, as
follows:
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Group I Senior Prepayment
Percentage
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August 25, 2005 – July 25,
2012
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100%
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August 25, 2012 – July 25,
2013
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Group I Senior Percentage plus 70%
of the Group I Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2013 – July 25,
2014
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Group I Senior Percentage plus 60%
of the Group I Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2014 – July 25,
2015
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Group I Senior Percentage plus 40%
of the Group I Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2015 – July 25,
2016
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Group I Senior Percentage plus 20%
of the Group I Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2016 and
thereafter
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Group I Senior Percentage
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In addition, no reduction of the
Group I Senior Prepayment Percentage shall occur on any
Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month preceding
such Distribution Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any such
Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to
which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the
Trust), averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the
sum of the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates does not exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including August 2012 and July 2013, (b) 35% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including August 2013 and July 2014, (c) 40% of
the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs between and including August 2014 and July 2015, (d)
45% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including August 2015 and July
2016, and (e) 50% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if
such Distribution Date occurs during or after August
2016.
In addition, if on any Distribution
Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure
and bankruptcy and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50% and (b)(i) on or prior to the Distribution Date in July
2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of the end
of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 20% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance and (ii) after the Distribution Date
in July 2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then, the Group I Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the
Group I Senior Percentage; provided, however, if on such
Distribution Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate
Percentages is equal to or greater than two times the initial
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on or prior to the
Distribution Date occurring in July 2008 and the above delinquency
and loss tests are met, then the Group I Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group I Senior
Percentage plus 50% of the Group I Subordinate
Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on
any Distribution Date, the percentage, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the denominator
of which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the beginning of the related Due Period, exceeds such
percentage as of the Cut-off Date, then the Group I Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.
On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of
the Group I Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group I
Senior Prepayment Percentage shall be the minimum percentage
sufficient to effect such reduction and thereafter shall be
zero.
Group I Subordinate
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group I Senior
Percentage.
Group I Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage : With respect
to the Group I Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group I Senior Prepayment Percentage, except that on any
Distribution Date after the Current Principal Amounts of the Group
I Senior Certificates have each been reduced to zero, if (a) the
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on such
Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times the initial weighted
average of the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60
days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 100%, the Group I Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal 100%. If the test set forth in the preceding sentence is not
satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current Principal
Amount of the Group I Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, then the Group I Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal
zero for such Distribution Date.
Group II Mortgage
Loans : The Mortgage
Loans identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Group II Senior
Certificates: The Class
II-A-1 Certificates.
Group II Senior
Percentage : Initially,
94.75%. On any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii)
the percentage (carried to six places rounded up) obtained by
dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group II
Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage
Loans as of the beginning of the related Due Period.
Group II Senior Prepayment
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date occurring during the periods set forth below, as
follows:
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Group II Senior Prepayment
Percentage
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August 25, 2005 – July 25,
2012
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100%
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August 25, 2012 – July 25,
2013
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Group II Senior Percentage plus 70%
of the Group II Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2013 – July 25,
2014
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Group II Senior Percentage plus 60%
of the Group II Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2014 – July 25,
2015
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Group II Senior Percentage plus 40%
of the Group II Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2015 – July 25,
2016
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Group II Senior Percentage plus 20%
of the Group II Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2016 and
thereafter
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Group II Senior
Percentage
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In addition, no reduction of the
Group II Senior Prepayment Percentage shall occur on any
Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month preceding
such Distribution Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and
Mortgage Loans
with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including
August 2012 and July 2013, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including August 2013 and July 2014, (c) 40% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including August 2014 and July 2015, (d) 45% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including August 2015 and July 2016, and (e) 50%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs during or after August 2016.
In addition, if on any Distribution
Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure
and bankruptcy and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50% and (b)(i) on or prior to the Distribution Date in July
2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of the end
of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 20% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance and (ii) after the Distribution Date
in July 2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then, the Group II Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the
Group II Senior Percentage; provided, however, if on such
Distribution Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate
Percentages is equal to or greater than two times the initial
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on or prior to the
Distribution Date occurring in July 2008 and the above delinquency
and loss tests are met, then the Group II Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group II
Senior Percentage plus 50% of the Group II Subordinate
Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on
any Distribution Date, the percentage, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the denominator
of which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the beginning of the related Due Period, exceeds such
percentage as of the Cut-off Date, then the Group II Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.
On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of
the Group II Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group II
Senior Prepayment Percentage shall be the minimum percentage
sufficient to effect such reduction and thereafter shall be
zero.
Group II Subordinate
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group II Senior
Percentage.
Group II Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage : With respect
to the Group II Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100%
minus the Group II Senior Prepayment Percentage, except that on any
Distribution Date after the Current Principal Amounts of the Group
II Senior Certificates have each been reduced to zero, if (a) the
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on such
Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times the initial weighted
average of the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60
days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 100%, the Group II Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal 100%. If the test set forth in the preceding sentence is not
satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current Principal
Amount of the Group II Senior Certificates have each been reduced
to zero, then the Group II Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal zero for such Distribution Date.
Group III Mortgage
Loans : The Mortgage
Loans identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Group III Senior
Certificates: The Class
III-A-1 Certificates.
Group III Senior
Percentage : Initially,
94.75%. On any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii)
the percentage (carried to six places rounded up) obtained by
dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group III
Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group III Mortgage
Loans as of the beginning of the related Due Period.
Group III Senior Prepayment
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date occurring during the periods set forth below, as
follows:
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Group III Senior Prepayment
Percentage
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August 25, 2005 – July 25,
2012
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100%
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August 25, 2012 – July 25,
2013
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Group III Senior Percentage plus 70%
of the Group III Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2013 – July 25,
2014
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Group III Senior Percentage plus 60%
of the Group III Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2014 – July 25,
2015
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Group III Senior Percentage plus 40%
of the Group III Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2015 – July 25,
2016
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Group III Senior Percentage plus 20%
of the Group III Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2016 and
thereafter
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Group III Senior
Percentage
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In addition, no reduction of the
Group III Senior Prepayment Percentage shall occur on any
Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month preceding
such Distribution Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and
Mortgage Loans
with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including
August 2012 and July 2013, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including August 2013 and July 2014, (c) 40% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including August 2014 and July 2015, (d) 45% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including August 2015 and July 2016, and (e) 50%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs during or after August 2016.
In addition, if on any Distribution
Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure
and bankruptcy and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50% and (b)(i) on or prior to the Distribution Date in July
2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of the end
of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 20% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance and (ii) after the Distribution Date
in July 2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then, the Group III Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the
Group III Senior Percentage; provided, however, if on such
Distribution Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate
Percentages is equal to or greater than two times the initial
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on or prior to the
Distribution Date occurring in July 2008 and the above delinquency
and loss tests are met, then the Group III Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group III
Senior Percentage plus 50% of the Group III Subordinate
Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on
any Distribution Date, the percentage, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the denominator
of which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the beginning of the related Due Period, exceeds such
percentage as of the Cut-off Date, then the Group III Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.
On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of
the Group III Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group
III Senior Prepayment Percentage shall be the minimum percentage
sufficient to effect such reduction and thereafter shall be
zero.
Group III Subordinate
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group III Senior
Percentage.
Group III Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage : With respect
to the Group III Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100%
minus the Group III Senior Prepayment Percentage, except that on
any Distribution Date after the Current Principal Amounts of the
Group III Senior Certificates have each been reduced to zero, if
(a) the weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on such
Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times the initial weighted
average of the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60
days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 100%, the Group III Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal 100%. If the test set forth in the preceding sentence is not
satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current Principal
Amount of the Group III Senior Certificates have each been reduced
to zero, then the Group III Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal zero for such Distribution Date.
Group IV Mortgage
Loans : The Mortgage
Loans identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Group IV Senior
Certificates : The Class
IV-A-1 Certificates.
Group IV Senior
Percentage : Initially,
94.75%. On any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii)
the percentage (carried to six places rounded up) obtained by
dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group IV
Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group IV Mortgage
Loans as of the beginning of the related Due Period.
Group IV Senior Prepayment
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date occurring during the periods set forth below, as
follows:
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Group III Senior Prepayment
Percentage
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August 25, 2005 - July 25,
2012
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100%
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August 25, 2012 – July 25,
2013
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Group IV Senior Percentage plus 70%
of the Group IV Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2013 – July 25,
2014
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Group IV Senior Percentage plus 60%
of the Group IV Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2014 – July 25,
2015
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Group IV Senior Percentage plus 40%
of the Group IV Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2015 – July 25,
2016
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Group IV Senior Percentage plus 20%
of the Group IV Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2016 and
thereafter
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Group IV Senior
Percentage
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In addition, no reduction of the
Group IV Senior Prepayment Percentage shall occur on any
Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month preceding
such Distribution Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and
Mortgage Loans
with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including
August 2012 and July 2013, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including August 2013 and July 2014, (c) 40% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including August 2014 and July 2015, (d) 45% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including August 2015 and July 2016, and (e) 50%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs during or after August 2016.
In addition, if on any Distribution
Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure
and bankruptcy and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50% and (b)(i) on or prior to the Distribution Date in July
2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of the end
of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 20% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance and (ii) after the Distribution Date
in July 2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then, the Group IV Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the
Group IV Senior Percentage; provided, however, if on such
Distribution Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate
Percentages is equal to or greater than two times the initial
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on or prior to the
Distribution Date occurring in July 2008 and the above delinquency
and loss tests are met, then the Group IV Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group IV
Senior Percentage plus 50% of the Group IV Subordinate
Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on
any Distribution Date, the percentage, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the denominator
of which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the beginning of the related Due Period, exceeds such
percentage as of the Cut-off Date, then the Group IV Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.
On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of
the Group IV Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group IV
Senior Prepayment Percentage shall be the minimum percentage
sufficient to effect such reduction and thereafter shall be
zero.
Group IV Subordinate
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group IV Senior
Percentage.
Group IV Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage : With respect
to the Group IV Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100%
minus the Group IV Senior Prepayment Percentage, except that on any
Distribution Date after the Current Principal Amounts of the Group
IV Senior Certificates have each been reduced to zero, if (a) the
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on such
Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times the initial weighted
average of the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60
days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 100%, the Group IV Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal 100%. If the test set forth in the preceding sentence is not
satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current Principal
Amount of the Group IV Senior Certificates have each been reduced
to zero, then the Group IV Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal zero for such Distribution Date.
Group V Mortgage Loans
: The Mortgage Loans identified as
such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Group V Senior
Certificates : The Class
V-A-1 Certificates.
Group V Senior
Percentage : Initially,
94.75%. On any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii)
the percentage (carried to six places rounded up) obtained by
dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group V
Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group V Mortgage
Loans as of the beginning of the related Due Period.
Group V Senior Prepayment
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date occurring during the periods set forth below, as
follows:
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Group V Senior Prepayment
Percentage
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August 25, 2005 - July 25,
2012
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100%
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August 25, 2012 – July 25,
2013
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Group V Senior Percentage plus 70%
of the Group V Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2013 – July 25,
2014
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Group V Senior Percentage plus 60%
of the Group IV Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2014 – July 25,
2015
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Group V Senior Percentage plus 40%
of the Group V Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2015 – July 25,
2016
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Group V Senior Percentage plus 20%
of the Group V Subordinate Percentage
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August 25, 2016 and
thereafter
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Group V Senior Percentage
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In addition, no reduction of the
Group V Senior Prepayment Percentage shall occur on any
Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month preceding
such Distribution Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and
Mortgage Loans
with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including
August 2012 and July 2013, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including August 2013 and July 2014, (c) 40% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including August 2014 and July 2015, (d) 45% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including August 2015 and July 2016, and (e) 50%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs during or after August 2016.
In addition, if on any Distribution
Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure
and bankruptcy and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50% and (b)(i) on or prior to the Distribution Date in July
2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of the end
of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 20% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance and (ii) after the Distribution Date
in July 2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then, the Group IV Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the
Group V Senior Percentage; provided, however, if on such
Distribution Date the current weighted average of the Subordinate
Percentages is equal to or greater than two times the initial
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on or prior to the
Distribution Date occurring in July 2008 and the above delinquency
and loss tests are met, then the Group V Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group V Senior
Percentage plus 50% of the Group IV Subordinate
Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on
any Distribution Date, the percentage, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the denominator
of which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the beginning of the related Due Period, exceeds such
percentage as of the Cut-off Date, then the Group V Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.
On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of
the Group V Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group IV
Senior Prepayment Percentage shall be the minimum percentage
sufficient to effect such reduction and thereafter shall be
zero.
Group V Subordinate
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group V Senior
Percentage.
Group V Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage : With respect
to the Group V Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group V Senior Prepayment Percentage, except that on any
Distribution Date after the Current Principal Amounts of the Group
V Senior Certificates have each been reduced to zero, if (a) the
weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on such
Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times the initial weighted
average of the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60
days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over
the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 100%, the Group V Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will
equal 100%. If the test set forth in the preceding sentence is not
satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current Principal
Amount of the Group V Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, then the Group V Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal
zero for such Distribution Date.
Holder : The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that, subject to
Subsections 12.02(b) and 12.05(e), solely for the purpose of giving
any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered
in the name of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee or
any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken
into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of
Fractional Undivided Interests necessary to effect any such consent
has been obtained.
HBMC : HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation, or its
successor in interest.
HBMC Servicing
Agreement : The Purchase,
Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated January 1, 2004, between
EMC and HBMC, attached hereto as Exhibit H-6, as modified by the
related Assignment Agreement.
Indemnified Persons
: The Trustee, the Master Servicer,
the Custodian and the Securities Administrator and their officers,
directors, agents and employees and, with respect to the Trustee,
any separate co-trustee and its officers, directors, agents and
employees.
Independent
: When used with respect to any
specified Person, this term means that such Person (a) is in fact
independent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer and of any
Affiliate of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, (b) does not
have any direct financial interest or any material indirect
financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any
Affiliate of the Depositor or the Master Servicer and (c) is not
connected with the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any
Affiliate as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar
functions.
Index : The index, if any, specified in a Mortgage
Note by reference to which the related Mortgage Interest Rate will
be adjusted from time to time.
Individual Certificate
: Any Private Certificate registered
in the name of the Holder other than the Depository or its
nominee.
Initial Certification
: The certification substantially in
the form of Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement.
Institutional Accredited
Investor : Any Person
meeting the requirements of Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or (7) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act or any entity all of the
equity holders in which come within such paragraphs.
Insurance Policy
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
any standard hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy or
title insurance policy.
Insurance Proceeds
: Amounts paid by the insurer under
any Insurance Policy covering any Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged
Property other than amounts required to be paid over to the
Mortgagor pursuant to law or the related Mortgage Note or Security
Instrument and other than amounts used to repair or restore the
Mortgaged Property or to reimburse insured expenses.
Interest Accrual
Period : With respect to
each Distribution Date, for each Class of Certificates, the
calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Interest Adjustment
Date : With respect to a
Mortgage Loan, the date, if any, specified in the related Mortgage
Note on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is subject to
adjustment.
Interest Shortfall
: With respect to any Distribution
Date and each Mortgage Loan that during the related Prepayment
Period was the subject of a Principal Prepayment or constitutes a
Relief Act Mortgage Loan, an amount determined as
follows:
(a) Partial
principal prepayments received during the relevant Prepayment
Period: The difference between (i) one month’s interest at
the applicable Net Rate on the amount of such prepayment and (ii)
the amount of interest of such prepayment (adjusted to the
applicable Net Rate) received at the time of such
prepayment;
(b) Principal
prepayments in full received during the relevant Prepayment Period:
The difference between (i) one month’s interest at the
applicable Net Rate on the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such prepayment and (ii) the
amount of interest of such prepayment (adjusted to the applicable
Net Rate) received at the time of such prepayment; and
(c) Relief
Act Mortgage Loans: As to any Relief Act Mortgage Loan, the excess
of (i) 30 days’ interest (or, in the case of a principal
prepayment in full, interest to the date of prepayment) on the
Scheduled Principal Balance thereof (or, in the case of a principal
prepayment in part, on the amount so prepaid) at the related Net
Rate over (ii) 30 days’ interest (or, in the case of a
principal prepayment in full, interest to the date of prepayment)
on such Scheduled Principal Balance (or, in the case of a Principal
Prepayment in part, on the amount so prepaid) at the Net Rate
required to be paid by the Mortgagor as limited by application of
the Relief Act.
Interim Certification
: The certification substantially in
the form of Exhibit Two to the Custodial Agreement.
Investment Letter
: The letter to be furnished by each
Institutional Accredited Investor which purchases any of the
Private Certificates in connection with such purchase,
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit F-1
hereto.
Lender-Paid PMI Rate
: With respect to each Mortgage Loan
covered by a lender-paid primary mortgage insurance policy, the
amount payable to the related insurer, as stated in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
Liquidated Mortgage
Loan : Any defaulted
Mortgage Loan as to which the related Servicer or the Master
Servicer has determined that all amounts it expects to recover from
or on account of such Mortgage Loan have been recovered.
Liquidation Date
: With respect to any Liquidated
Mortgage Loan, the date on which the Master Servicer or the related
Servicer has certified that such Mortgage Loan has become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Liquidation Expenses
: With respect to a Mortgage Loan in
liquidation, unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by or for the
account of the Master Servicer or the related Servicers in
connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan and the
related Mortgage Property, such expenses including (a) property
protection expenses, (b) property sales expenses, (c) foreclosure
and sale costs, including court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees, and (d) similar expenses reasonably paid or
incurred in connection with liquidation.
Liquidation Proceeds
: Cash received in connection with
the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through
trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, Insurance Proceeds,
condemnation proceeds or otherwise and any Subsequent
Recoveries.
Loan Group
: Loan Group I, Loan Group II, Loan
Group III, Loan Group IV or Loan Group V, as applicable.
Loan Group I
: The group of Mortgage Loans
designated as belonging to Loan Group I on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Loan Group II
: The group of Mortgage Loans
designated as belonging to Loan Group II on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Loan Group III
: The group of Mortgage Loans
designated as belonging to Loan Group III on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Loan Group IV
: The group of Mortgage Loans
designated as belonging to Loan Group IV on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Loan Group V
: The group of Mortgage Loans
designated as belonging to Loan Group V on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Loan-to-Value Ratio
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the
denominator of which is the Original Value of the related Mortgaged
Property.
Loss Allocation
Limitation : The meaning
specified in Section 6.02(c) hereof.
Loss Severity
Percentage : With respect
to any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the numerator of which is the amount of Realized Losses incurred on
a Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the Scheduled
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan.
Lost Notes
: The original Mortgage Notes that
have been lost, as indicated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Master Servicer
: As of the Closing Date, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. and, thereafter, its respective successors in
interest who meet the qualifications of the Servicing Agreements
and this Agreement.
Master Servicer
Certification : A written
certification covering servicing of the Mortgage
Loans by all Servicers and signed by
an officer of the Master Servicer that complies with (i) the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from time to time, and (ii)
the February 21, 2003 Statement by the Staff of the Division of
Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Regarding Compliance by Asset-Backed Issuers with Exchange Act
Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as in effect from time to time; provided
that if, after the Closing Date (a) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
is amended, (b) the Statement referred to in clause (ii) is
modified or superceded by any subsequent statement, rule or
regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
statement of a division thereof, or (c) any future releases, rules
and regulations are published by the Securities and Exchange
Commission from time to time pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, which in any such case affects the form or substance of the
required certification and results in the required certification
being, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer,
materially more onerous than the form of the required certification
as of the Closing Date, the Master Servicer Certification shall be
as agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Depositor following a
negotiation in good faith to determine how to comply with any such
new requirements.
Master Servicer Collection
Account : The trust
account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
4.02, which shall be denominated “U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments II Inc., Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-6 - Master Servicer Collection
Account.” The Master Servicer Collection Account shall be an
Eligible Account.
Master Servicing
Compensation : The
meaning specified in Section 3.14.
Material Defect
: The meaning specified in Section
2.02(a).
Maximum Lifetime Mortgage
Rate : The maximum level
to which a Mortgage Interest Rate can adjust in accordance with its
terms, regardless of changes in the applicable Index.
MERS : Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
MERS® System
: The system of recording transfers
of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN : The Mortgage Identification Number for
Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS®
System.
Minimum Lifetime Mortgage
Rate : The minimum level
to which a Mortgage Interest Rate can adjust in accordance with its
terms, regardless of changes in the applicable Index.
MOM Loan : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting
as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the
originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at
the origination thereof, or as nominee for any subsequent assignee
of the originator pursuant to an assignment of mortgage to
MERS.
Monthly Advance
: An advance of principal or
interest required to be made by the applicable Servicer pursuant to
the related Servicing Agreement or the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.05.
Moody’s
: Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. or its successor in interest.
Mortgage File
: The mortgage documents listed in
Section 2.01(b) pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any
additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File
pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Interest Rate
: The annual rate at which interest
accrues from time to time on any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
related Mortgage Note, which rate is initially equal to the
“Mortgage Interest Rate” set forth with respect thereto
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Mortgage Loan
: A mortgage loan transferred and
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.04
and held as a part of the Trust Fund, as identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (which shall include, without limitation, each
related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage File and all rights
appertaining thereto), including a mortgage loan the property
securing which has become an REO Property.
Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement : The Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of July 29, 2005, between EMC
Mortgage Corporation, as seller, and Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments II Inc., as purchaser, and all amendments thereof and
supplements thereto, attached as Exhibit J.
Mortgage Loan Schedule
: The schedule, attached hereto as
Exhibit B with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and as amended from
time to time to reflect the repurchase or substitution of Mortgage
Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
Mortgage Note
: The originally executed note or
other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under the related
Mortgage Loan.
Mortgaged Property
: Land and improvements securing the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan or, in
the case of REO Property, such REO Property.
Mortgagor : The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
National City
: National City Mortgage Company, or
its successor in interest.
National City Servicing
Agreement : The Purchase,
Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2001,
between EMC and National City, which is attached hereto as Exhibit
H-4, as modified by the related Assignment Agreement
Net Interest Shortfall
: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date
net of Compensating Interest Payments made with respect to such
Distribution Date.
Net Liquidation
Proceeds : As to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of (i)
Liquidation Expenses which are payable therefrom to the related
Servicer or the Master Servicer in accordance with the related
Servicing Agreement or this Agreement and (ii) unreimbursed
advances by the related Servicer or the Master Servicer and Monthly
Advances.
Net Rate : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Interest Rate in effect from time to time less the
Aggregate Expense Rate (expressed as a per annum rate).
Non-Offered Subordinate
Certificates : The Class
B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
Nonrecoverable Advance
: Any advance or Monthly Advance (i)
which was previously made or is proposed to be made by the Master
Servicer, the Trustee (as successor Master Servicer) or the
applicable Servicer and (ii) which, in the good faith judgment of
the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the applicable Servicer, will
not or, in the case of a proposed advance or Monthly Advance, would
not, be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer, the Trustee
(as successor Master Servicer) or the applicable Servicer from
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future payments on the
Mortgage Loan for which such advance or Monthly Advance was made or
is proposed to be made.
Offered Certificates
: The Class I-A-1, Class II-A-1,
Class III-A-1, Class IV-A-1, Class V-A-1, Class R-I, Class R-II,
Class B-l, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.
Offered Subordinate
Certificates : The Class
B-l, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.
Officer’s
Certificate : A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman
of the Board, the President or a Vice President or Assistant Vice
President or other authorized officer of the Master Servicer or the
Depositor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee, as required
by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel
: A written opinion of counsel who
is or are acceptable to the Trustee and who, unless required to be
Independent (an “Opinion of Independent Counsel”), may
be internal counsel for the Company, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor.
Original Subordinate Principal
Balance : The sum of the
aggregate Current Principal Amounts of each Class of Subordinate
Certificates as of the Closing Date.
Original Value
: The lesser of (i) the Appraised
Value or (ii) the sales price of a Mortgaged Property at the time
of origination of a Mortgage Loan, except in instances where either
clauses (i) or (ii) is unavailable, the other may be used to
determine the Original Value, or if both clauses (i) and (ii) are
unavailable, Original Value may be determined from other sources
reasonably acceptable to the Depositor.
Outstanding Mortgage
Loan : With respect to
any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan which, prior to such Due Date, was
not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full, did not become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan and was not purchased or
replaced.
Outstanding Principal
Balance : As of the time
of any determination, the principal balance of a Mortgage Loan
remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor, or, in the case of an REO
Property, the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan
remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor at the time such property was
acquired by the Trust Fund less any Net Liquidation Proceeds with
respect thereto to the extent applied to principal.
Pass-Through Rate
: As to each Class of Certificates,
the REMIC I Regular Interests and the REMIC II Regular Interests,
the rate of interest determined as provided with respect thereto in
Section 5.01(c). Any monthly calculation of interest at a stated
rate shall be based upon annual interest at such rate divided by
twelve.
Paying Agent
: The Securities Administrator or
any successor paying agent appointed hereunder.
Periodic Rate Cap
: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the maximum adjustment that can be made to the Mortgage
Interest Rate on each Interest Adjustment Date in accordance with
its terms, regardless of changes in the applicable
Index.
Permitted Investments
: Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities held in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders:
(i) direct
obligations of, and obligations the timely payment of which are
fully guaranteed 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;
(ii) (a)
demand or time deposits, federal funds or bankers’
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof (including the Trustee or the Master Servicer or its
Affiliates acting in its commercial banking capacity) and subject
to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities,
provided that the commercial paper and/or the short-term debt
rating and/or the long-term unsecured debt obligations of such
depository institution or trust company at the time of such
investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment
have the Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating Agency
and (b) any other demand or time deposit or certificate of deposit
that is fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation;
(iii) repurchase
obligations with respect to (a) any security described in clause
(i) above or (b) any other security issued or guaranteed by an
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, in either case entered into with a
depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (ii)(a) above where the Trustee holds the
security therefor;
(iv) securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation
(including the Trustee or the Master Servicer or its Affiliates)
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof that have the Applicable Credit Rating or better from
each Rating Agency at the time of such investment or contractual
commitment providing for such investment; provided, however, that
securities issued by any particular corporation will not be
Permitted Investments to the extent that investments therein will
cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by
such corporation and held as part of the Trust to exceed 10% of the
aggregate Outstanding Principal Balances of all the Mortgage Loans
and Permitted Investments held as part of the Trust;
(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 one year after the date of issuance thereof)
having the Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating
Agency at the time of such investment;
(vi) a
Reinvestment Agreement issued by any bank, insurance company or
other corporation or entity;
(vii) any other
demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or
investment as may be acceptable to each Rating Agency as evidenced
in writing by each Rating Agency to the Trustee; and
(viii) interests in any
money market fund (including any such fund managed or advised by
the Trustee or Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof) which at
the date of acquisition of the interests in such fund and
throughout the time such interests are held in such fund has the
highest applicable long term rating by each Rating Agency or such
lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating
Agency; provided, however, that no instrument or security shall be
a Permitted Investment if such instrument or security evidences a
right to receive only interest payments with respect to the
obligations underlying such instrument or if such security provides
for payment of both principal and interest with a yield to maturity
in excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par or if such
instrument or security is purchased at a price greater than
par.
Permitted Transferee
: Any Person other than a
Disqualified Organization or an “electing large
partnership” (as defined by Section 775 of the
Code).
Person : Any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
PHH : PHH Mortgage Corporation (formerly known as
Cendant Mortgage Corporation), or its successor in
interest.
PHH Servicing
Agreement : The Mortgage
Loan Flow Purchase, Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April
26, 2001, among EMC, PHH and Bishop’s Gate Residential
Mortgage Trust, which is attached hereto as Exhibit H-5, as
modified by the related Assignment Agreement.
Physical Certificates
: The Residual Certificates and the
Private Certificates.
Prepayment Charge
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the charges or premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or
partial prepayment of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the
terms thereof.
Prepayment Period
: As to any Distribution Date and
(i) each EMC Mortgage Loan, the period commencing on the 16
th day of the month prior to the month in which the
related Distribution Date occurs (or, with respect to the first
Distribution Date, the Cut-off Date) and ending on the 15
th day of the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs and (ii) any other Mortgage Loan, the period set forth in
the related Servicing Agreement.
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 Security Instrument, if any or any replacement policy
therefor through the related Interest Accrual Period for such Class
relating to a Distribution Date.
Principal Prepayment
: Any payment (whether partial or
full) 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.
Private Certificates
: The Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class
B-6 Certificates.
Protected Account
: An account established and
maintained for the benefit of Certificateholders by each Servicer
with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and with respect to REO
Property pursuant to the respective Servicing
Agreements.
QIB : A Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined in
Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Qualified Insurer
: Any insurance company duly
qualified as such under the laws of the state or states in which
the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties is or are
located, duly authorized and licensed in such state or states to
transact the type of insurance business in which it is engaged and
approved as an insurer by the Master Servicer, so long as the
claims paying ability of which is acceptable to the Rating Agencies
for pass-through certificates having the same rating as the
Certificates rated by the Rating Agencies as of the Closing
Date.
Rating Agencies
: Moody’s and
S&P.
Realized Loss
: Any (i) Bankruptcy Loss or (ii) as
to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, (x) the Outstanding Principal
Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate through the last day
of the month of such liquidation, less (y) the related Net
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan and the
related Mortgaged Property. In addition, to the extent the Paying
Agent receives Subsequent Recoveries with respect to any Mortgage
Loan, the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to that Mortgage
Loan will be reduced to the extent such recoveries are applied to
reduce the Current Principal Amount of any Class of Certificates on
any Distribution Date.
Record Date
: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month of such Distribution
Date.
Reinvestment
Agreements : One or more
reinvestment agreements, acceptable to the Rating Agencies, from a
bank, insurance company or other corporation or entity (including
the Trustee).
Relief Act
: The Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act, or similar state law.
Relief Act Mortgage
Loan : Any Mortgage Loan
as to which the Scheduled Payment thereof has been reduced due to
the application of the Relief Act.
REMIC : A real estate mortgage investment conduit, as
defined in the Code.
REMIC I : That group of assets contained in the Trust
Fund designated as a REMIC consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans,
(ii) the Master Servicer Collection Account, (iii) the Distribution
Account, (iv) any REO Property relating to the Mortgage Loans, (v)
the rights with respect to any related Servicing Agreement, (vi)
the rights with respect to any related Assignment Agreement and
(vii) any proceeds of the foregoing.
REMIC I Interests
: The REMIC I Regular Interests and
the Class R-I Certificates.
REMIC I Regular
Interests : REMIC I
Regular Interests I-Sub, I-Grp, II-Sub, II-Grp, III-Sub, III-Grp,
IV-Sub, IV-Grp, V-Sub, V-Grp and ZZZ.
REMIC I Subordinated Balance
Ratio : The ratio among
the Uncertificated Principal Balances of each of the REMIC I
Regular Interests ending with the designation “Sub,”
equal to the ratio among, with respect to each such REMIC I Regular
Interest, the excess of (x) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y)
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
in the related Certificate Group .
REMIC II : That group of assets contained in the Trust
Fund designated as a REMIC consisting of the REMIC I Regular
Interests.
REMIC Opinion
: An Opinion of Independent Counsel,
to the effect that the proposed action described therein would not,
under the REMIC Provisions, (i) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify
as a REMIC while any regular interest in such REMIC is outstanding,
(ii) result in a tax on prohibited transactions with respect to any
REMIC or (iii) constitute a taxable contribution to any REMIC after
the Startup Day.
REMIC Provisions
: The provisions of the federal
income tax law relating to the REMIC, which appear at Sections 860A
through 860G of the Code, and related provisions and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time
to time.
REO Property
: A Mortgaged Property acquired in
the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of Certificateholders, by
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Repurchase Price
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
(or any property acquired with respect thereto) required to be
repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Article II of this Agreement, an amount equal to the
sum of (i)(a) 100% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase (or if the related
Mortgaged Property was acquired with respect thereto, 100% of the
Outstanding Principal Balance at the date of the acquisition), plus
(b) accrued but unpaid interest on the Outstanding Principal
Balance at the related Mortgage Interest Rate, through and
including the last day of the month of repurchase, plus (c) any
unreimbursed Monthly Advances and servicing advances payable to the
Servicer of the Mortgage Loan or to the Master Servicer and (ii)
any costs and damages (if any) incurred by the Trust in connection
with any violation of such Mortgage Loan of any anti-predatory
lending laws.
Repurchase Proceeds
: the Repurchase Price 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 D.
Required Insurance
Policy : With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy which is required to be
maintained from time to time under this Agreement with respect to
such Mortgage Loan.
Residual Certificates
: Any of the Class R
Certificates.
Responsible Officer
: Any officer assigned to the
Corporate Trust Office (or any successor thereto), including any
Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, any
Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and having direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement, and any
other officer of the Trustee to whom a matter arising hereunder may
be referred.
Rule 144A Certificate
: The certificate to be furnished by
each purchaser of a Private Certificate (which is also a Physical
Certificate) which is a Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined
under Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, substantially
in the form set forth as Exhibit F-2 hereto.
S&P : Standard & Poor’s, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors in
interest.
Scheduled 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 REO Property, would otherwise have been
payable under the related Mortgage Note.
Scheduled Principal
: The principal portion of any
Scheduled Payment.
Scheduled Principal
Balance : With respect to
any Mortgage Loan on any Distribution Date, (i) the unpaid
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business
on the related Due Date (i.e., taking account of 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) and
less (ii) any Principal Prepayments (including the principal
portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds) received during or prior to
the related Prepayment Period; provided that the Scheduled
Principal Balance of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan is zero.
Securities Act
: The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Securities
Administrator : Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., or its successor in interest, or any successor
securities administrator appointed as herein provided.
Securities Legend
: “THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT
BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,
AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE
HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE
HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE
OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2)
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (3) IN CERTIFICATED FORM
TO AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE
MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) OF REGULATION D
UNDER THE ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME
WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION
OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE
AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM
PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE AND
THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE
TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE,
PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND
OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED [in
the case of a Residual Certificate:] UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO THE
DEPOSITOR, TRUSTEE, MASTER SERVICER AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
AND ON WHICH THEY MAY RELY THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT
THE PURCHASE OF CERTIFICATES ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON WILL NOT
RESULT IN OR CONSTITUTE A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION, IS
PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW AND WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY
ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER
SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OR THE TRUSTEE [in the case
of the Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates:], UNLESS
THE TRANSFEREE CERTIFIES OR REPRESENTS THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER
AND HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I) WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR
CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION (“PTE”) 84-14, PTE
91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 OR PTE 96-23 AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE
TO ANY ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, ANY SERVICER OR THE
TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE OR UNLESS AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.07 OF THE AGREEMENT IS
PROVIDED.”
Security Agreement
: With respect to a Cooperative
Loan, the agreement creating a security interest in favor of the
originator in the related Cooperative Stock.
Security Instrument
: A written instrument creating a
valid first lien on a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note,
which may be any applicable form of mortgage, deed of trust, deed
to secure debt or security deed, including any riders or addenda
thereto.
Seller : EMC Mortgage Corporation, as mortgage loan
seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
Senior Certificates
: The Class I-A-1, Class II-A-1,
Class III-A-1, Class IV-A-1, Class V-A-1, Class R-I and Class R-II
Certificates.
Senior Optimal Principal
Amount : The Group I
Senior Optimal Principal Amount, Group II Senior Optimal Principal
Amount, Group III Senior Optimal Principal Amount, Class IV Senior
Optimal Principal Amount or Class V Senior Optimal Principal
Amount, as applicable.
Senior Percentage
: The Group I Senior Percentage,
Group II Senior Percentage, Group III Senior Percentage, Group IV
Senior Percentage or Group V Senior Percentage, as
applicable.
Senior Prepayment
Percentage : The Group I
Senior Prepayment Percentage, Group II Senior Prepayment
Percentage, Group III Senior Prepayment Percentage, Group IV Senior
Prepayment Percentage or Group V Senior Prepayment Percentage, as
applicable.
Servicer : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, National
City, HBMC, Countrywide, Bank of America, PHH and EMC.
Servicer Remittance
Date : With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, the date set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.
Servicing Agreements
: The National City Servicing
Agreement, HBMC Servicing Agreement, Countrywide Servicing
Agreement, Bank of America Servicing Agreement, PHH Servicing
Agreement and EMC Servicing Agreement.
Servicing Fee
: As to any Mortgage Loan and
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the
Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due
Date in the preceding calendar month and (ii) the applicable
Servicing Fee Rate.
Servicing Fee Rate
: As to any Mortgage Loan, a per
annum rate as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Servicing Officer
: Any officer of the related
Servicer or Master Servicer involved in or responsible for the
administration and servicing or master servicing, as applicable, of
the Mortgage Loans as to which officer evidence, reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee, of due authorization of such officer by
such Servicer or Master Servicer, has been furnished from time to
time to the Trustee.
Startup Day
: July 29, 2005.
Subordinate
Certificates : The Class
B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates.
Subordinate Certificate Writedown
Amount : As to any
Distribution Date, the amount by which (a) the sum of the Current
Principal Amounts of all the Certificates (after giving effect to
the distribution of principal and the allocation of applicable
Realized Losses in reduction of the Current Principal Amounts of
the Certificates on such Distribution Date) exceeds (b) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on the
Due Date related to such Distribution Date.
Subordinate Optimal Principal
Amount : As to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum, without duplication,
of the following for the Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV and
Group V Mortgage Loans (but in no event greater than the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date):
(i)
the applicable Subordinate
Percentage of the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments due
on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group on the
related Due Date as specified in the amortization schedule at the
time applicable thereto (after adjustment for previous Principal
Prepayments but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule
by reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium
or similar waiver or grace period);
(ii)
the applicable Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage of the Scheduled Principal Balance of each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full received by the Master Servicer during
the related Prepayment Period;
(iii)
the applicable Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage of each Principal Prepayment in part received
during the related Prepayment Period with respect to each Mortgage
Loan in the related Loan Group;
(iv)
the excess, if any, of (a) all Net
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received during the
related Prepayment Period in respect of each Liquidated Mortgage
Loan in the related Loan Group and all Subsequent Recoveries
received in respect of each Liquidated Mortgage Loan in the related
Loan Group during the related Due Period over (b) the sum of the
amounts distributable to the related Senior Certificateholders
pursuant to clause (iv) of the related definition of Senior Optimal
Principal Amount on such Distribution Date;
(v)
the applicable Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) the Scheduled Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which was
purchased with respect to such Distribution Date and (b) the
difference, if any, between the Scheduled Principal Balance of each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that has been replaced by
the Seller with a
Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in connection with such
Distribution Date over the Scheduled Principal Balance of each such
Substitute Mortgage Loan; and
(vi)
on the Distribution Date on which
the Current Principal Amounts of the Group I Senior Certificates,
Group II Senior Certificates, Group III Senior Certificates, Group
IV Senior Certificates or Group V Senior Certificates have all been
reduced to zero, 100% of the related Senior Optimal Principal
Amount. After the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the
Subordinate Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Subordinate
Optimal Principal Amount shall be zero.
Subordinate Percentage
: The Group I Subordinate
Percentage, Group II Subordinate Percentage, Group III Subordinate
Percentage, Group IV Subordinate Percentage or Group V Subordinate
Percentage with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, Group II
Mortgage Loans, Group III Mortgage Loans, Group IV Mortgage Loans
and Group V Mortgage Loans, respectively.
Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage : The Group I
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage, Group II Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage, Group III Subordinate Prepayment Percentage, Group IV
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage or Group V Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, Group II
Mortgage Loans, Group III Mortgage Loans, Group IV Mortgage Loans
and Group V Mortgage Loans, respectively.
Subsequent Recoveries
: As of any Distribution Date,
amounts received by the Master Servicer during the related Due
Period or surplus amounts held by the Master Servicer to cover
estimated expenses (including, but not limited to, recoveries in
respect of the representations and warranties made by the Seller
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) specifically
related to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan or disposition of an REO
Property prior to the related Prepayment Period that resulted in a
Realized Loss, after the liquidation or disposition of such
Mortgage Loan.
Substitute Mortgage
Loan : A mortgage loan
tendered to the Trustee pursuant to the related Servicing
Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of
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 Interest Rate and Net 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; (iv) which is of the same property type and occupancy type as
such Mortgage Loan; (v) which has a Loan-to-Value Ratio not greater
than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan; (vi) which is
current in payment of principal and interest as of the date of
substitution; (vii) 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 (viii) which has a Gross
Margin, Periodic Rate Cap and Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate no
less than those of such Mortgage Loan, has the same Index and
interval between Interest Adjustment Dates as such Mortgage Loan,
and a Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate no lower than that of such
Mortgage Loan.
Tax Administration and Tax
Matters Person : The
Securities Administrator or any successor thereto or assignee
thereof shall serve as tax administrator hereunder and as agent for
the Tax Matters Person. The Holder of each Class of Residual
Certificates shall be the Tax Matters Person for the related REMIC,
as more particularly set forth in Section 9.12 hereof.
Trust Fund or Trust
: The corpus of the trust created by
this Agreement, consisting of the Mortgage Loans and the other
assets described in Section 2.01(a).
Trustee : U.S. Bank National Association, or its
successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein
provided.
Uncertificated Principal
Balance : With respect to
any REMIC I Regular Interest as of any Distribution Date, the
initial principal amount of such regular interest as set forth in
Section 5.01(c)(i), reduced by (i) all amounts distributed on
previous Distribution Dates on such regular interest with respect
to principal, and (ii) the principal portion of all Realized Losses
allocated prior to such Distribution Date to such regular interest,
taking account of the Loss Allocation Limitation.
Underlying Seller
: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, National City, HBMC, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Bank of
America, PHH and EMC, as indicated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Uninsured Cause
: Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged
Property or related REO Property such that the complete restoration
of such Mortgaged Property or related REO Property is not fully
reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies required to be
maintained pursuant the related Servicing Agreement, without regard
to whether or not such policy is maintained.
United States Person
: A citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation or partnership (including an entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax
purposes) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United
States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (except, in
the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations),
provided that, for purposes solely of the Class R Certificates, no
partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for United
States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a United
States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such
partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a
corporation for United States federal income tax purposes are
United States Persons, or an estate whose income is subject to
United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a
trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or
more such United States Persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust. To the extent prescribed in
regulations by the Secretary of the Treasury, which have not yet
been issued, a trust which was in existence on August 20, 1996
(other than a trust treated as owned by the grantor under subpart E
of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code), and which was
treated as a United States Person on August 20, 1996, may elect to
continue to be treated as a United States Person notwithstanding
the previous sentence.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
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Section 2.01
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Conveyance of Mortgage Loans to
Trustee.
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(a) The
Depositor concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, sells, transfers and assigns to the Trust without
recourse all its right, title and interest in and to (i) the
Mortgage Loans identified in their respective Mortgage Loan
Schedules, including all interest and principal due with respect to
the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date but excluding any
payments of principal and interest due on or prior to the Cut-off
Date; (ii) such assets as shall from time to time be credited or
are required by the terms of this Agreement to be credited to the
Master Servicer Collection Account, (iii) such assets relating to
the Mortgage Loans as from time to time may be held by the
Servicers in Protected Accounts, the Master Servicer in the Master
Servicer Collection Account and the Paying Agent in the
Distribution Account, (iv) any REO Property, (v) the Required
Insurance Policies and any amounts paid or payable by the insurer
under any Insurance Policy (to the extent the mortgagee has a claim
thereto), (vi) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the extent
provided in Subsection 2.03(a), (vii) the rights with respect to
the Servicing Agreements as assigned to the Trustee on behalf of
the Certificateholders by the Assignment Agreements, (viii) such
assets as shall from time to time be credited or are required by
the terms of this Agreement to be credited to the Distribution
Account and (ix) any proceeds of the foregoing. Although it is the
intent of the parties to this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage
Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement
shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan, in the event
that such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of
the parties to this Agreement that the Depositor shall be deemed to
have granted to the Trustee a first priority perfected security
interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest
in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust
Fund, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law.
(b) In
connection with the above transfer and assignment, the Depositor
hereby delivers to the Custodian, as agent for the Trustee, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the
original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse (A) to the order
of the Trustee, or (B) in the case of a loan registered on the MERS
system, in blank, and in each case showing an unbroken chain of
endorsements from the originator thereof to the Person endorsing it
to the Trustee, or lost note affidavit together with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note;
(ii) the
original Mortgage and, if the related Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan,
noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating that such
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if
the original is not available, a copy), with evidence of such
recording indicated thereon (or if clause (w) in the proviso below
applies, shall be in recordable form);
(iii) unless the
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, a certified copy of the assignment
(which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted in
the jurisdiction in
which the Mortgaged Property is
located) to “U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee”, with evidence of recording with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in the name of the Trustee thereon (or if clause (w)
in the proviso below applies or for Mortgage Loans with respect to
which the related Mortgaged Property is located in a state other
than Maryland or an Opinion of Counsel has been provided as set
forth in this Section 2.01(b), shall be in recordable
form);
(iv) all
intervening assignments of the Security Instrument, if applicable
and only to the extent available to the Depositor with evidence of
recording thereon;
(v) the
original or a copy of the policy or certificate of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance, to the extent available, if any;
(vi) the original
policy of title insurance or mortgagee’s certificate of title
insurance or commitment or binder for title insurance;
and
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(vii)
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originals of all modification
agreements, if applicable and available;
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provided , however , that in lieu of the
foregoing, the Depositor may deliver to the Custodian, as agent of
the Trustee, the following documents, under the circumstances set
forth below: (w) in lieu of the original Security Instrument,
assignments to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which
have been delivered, are being delivered or will, upon receipt of
recording information relating to the Security Instrument required
to be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for
recording and have not been returned to the Depositor in time to
permit their delivery as specified above, the Depositor may deliver
a true copy thereof with a certification by the Depositor, on the
face of such copy, substantially as follows: “Certified to be
a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted
for recording” (x) in lieu of the Security Instrument,
assignment to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if
the applicable jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents
(as evidenced by a certification from the Depositor to such effect)
the Depositor may deliver photocopies of such documents containing
an original certification by the judicial or other governmental
authority of the jurisdiction where such documents were recorded;
(y) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans
identified on Exhibit 5 to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
the Depositor may deliver lost note affidavits from the Seller; and
(z) the Depositor shall not be required to deliver intervening
assignments or Mortgage Note endorsements between the related
Underlying Seller and the Seller, between the Seller and the
Depositor, and between the Depositor and the Trustee; and provided,
further, however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which 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, may deliver to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, a certification to such effect and shall deposit all amounts
paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans in the Master Servicer
Collection Account on the Closing Date. The Depositor shall deliver
such original documents (including any original documents as to
which certified copies had previously been delivered) to the
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, promptly after they are
received. The Depositor shall cause the Seller, at its expense, to
cause each assignment of the Security Instrument to the Trustee to
be recorded not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, unless
(a) such recordation is not required by the Rating Agencies or an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee has been provided to
the Trustee (with a copy to the
Custodian) which states that
recordation of such Security Instrument is not required to protect
the interests of the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage
Loans or (b) MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly
recorded assignment of the Mortgage as the mortgagee of record
solely as nominee for the Seller and its successor and assigns;
provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, each assignment
shall be submitted for recording by the Seller in the manner
described above, at no expense to the Trust or the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, upon the earliest to occur of: (i)
reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing
Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the
Trust, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii) the
occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to
the Seller and (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as
described in Section 8.02 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Seller fails to pay the cost of recording the assignments, such
expense will be paid by the Trustee and the Trustee shall be
reimbursed for such expenses by the Trust in accordance with
Section 9.05.
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Section 2.02
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Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by
Trustee.
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(a) The
Trustee acknowledges the sale, transfer and assignment of the Trust
Fund to it by the Depositor and receipt of, subject to further
review and the exceptions which may be noted pursuant to the
procedures described below, and declares that it holds, the
documents (or certified copies thereof) delivered to the Custodian,
as its agent, pursuant to Section 2.01, and declares that it will
continue to hold those documents and any amendments, replacements
or supplements thereto and all other assets of the Trust Fund
delivered to it as Trustee in trust for the use and benefit of all
present and future Holders of the Certificates. On the Closing
Date, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Custodian shall
acknowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan by delivery to the
Depositor and the Trustee of an Initial Certification receipt of
the Mortgage File, but without review of such Mortgage File, except
to the extent necessary to confirm that such Mortgage File contains
the related Mortgage Note or lost note affidavit. No later than 90
days after the Closing Date (or with respect to any Substitute
Mortgage Loan, within five Business Days after the receipt by the
Trustee or Custodian thereof), the Trustee agrees, for the benefit
of the Certificateholders, to review or cause to be reviewed by the
Custodian on its behalf (under the Custodial Agreement), each
Mortgage File delivered to it and to execute and deliver, or cause
to be executed and delivered, to the Depositor and the Trustee an
Interim Certification. In conducting such review, the Trustee or
Custodian will ascertain whether all required documents have been
executed and received, and based on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, whether those documents relate, determined on the basis
of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number,
to the Mortgage Loans it has received, as identified in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule. In performing any such review, the Trustee
or the Custodian, as its agent, may conclusively rely on the
purported due execution and genuineness of any such document and on
the purported genuineness of any signature thereon. If the Trustee
or the Custodian, as its agent, finds any document constituting
part of the Mortgage File has not been executed or received, or to
be unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name,
original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans
identified in Exhibit B, or to appear defective on its face (a
“Material Defect”), the Trustee or the Custodian, as
its agent, shall promptly notify the Seller. In accordance with the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller shall correct or cure
any such defect within ninety (90) days from the date of notice
from the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, of the defect and
if the Seller fails to correct or cure the
defect within such period, and such
defect materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall
enforce the Seller’s obligation under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, within 90 days from the Trustee’s or the
Custodian’s notification, provide a Substitute Mortgage Loan
(if within two years of the Closing Date) or purchase such Mortgage
Loan at the Repurchase Price; provided that, if such defect would
cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified
mortgage” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any
such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date
such breach was discovered; provided, however, that if such defect
relates solely to the inability of the Seller to deliver the
original Security Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or
a certified copy because the originals of such documents, or a
certified copy have not been returned by the applicable
jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan if the Seller delivers such original documents or
certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than
360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase
obligation shall not apply in the event that the Seller cannot
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for
recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such
office; provided that the Seller shall instead deliver a recording
receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not
available, a certificate confirming that such documents have been
accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the Seller within
thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded
document.
(b) No later
than 180 days after the Closing Date (or with respect to any
Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five Business Days after the
receipt by the Trustee or the Custodian thereof), the Trustee or
the Custodian, as its agent, will review, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, the Mortgage Files delivered to it and will
execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the
Depositor and the Trustee a Final Certification. In conducting such
review, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, will ascertain
whether an original of each document required to be recorded has
been returned from the recording office with evidence of recording
thereon or a certified copy has been obtained from the recording
office. If the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, finds a
Material Defect, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall
promptly notify the Seller (provided, however, that with respect to
those documents described in subsections (b)(iv), (v) and (vii) of
Section 2.01, the Trustee’s and Custodian’s obligations
shall extend only to the documents actually delivered to the
Custodian pursuant to such subsections). In accordance with the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller shall correct or cure
any such defect within 90 days from the date of notice from the
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, of the Material Defect and
if the Seller is unable to cure such defect within such period, and
if such defect materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee
shall enforce the Seller’s obligation under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, within 90 days from the Trustee’s or
Custodian’s notification, provide a Substitute Mortgage Loan
(if within two years of the Closing Date) or purchase such Mortgage
Loan at the Repurchase Price, provided that, if such defect would
cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified
mortgage” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any
such cure, repurchase or substitution must occur within 90 days
from the date such breach was discovered, provided, however, that
if such defect relates solely to the inability of the Seller to
deliver the original Security Instrument or intervening assignments
thereof, or a certified copy, because the originals of such
documents or a certified copy, have not been
returned by the applicable
jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan, if the Seller delivers such original documents or
certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than
360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase
obligation shall not apply in the event that the Seller cannot
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for
recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such
office; provided that the Seller shall instead deliver a recording
receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not
available, a certificate confirming that such documents have been
accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the Seller within
thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded
document.
(c) In the
event that a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Seller in accordance
with Subsections 2.02(a) or (b) above, the Seller shall remit to
the Master Servicer the Repurchase Price for deposit in the Master
Servicer Collection Account and the Seller shall provide to the
Master Servicer, Securities Administrator, the Paying Agent and the
Trustee written notification detailing the components of the
Repurchase Price to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Master
Servicer. Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Master
Servicer Collection Account, the Depositor shall notify the Trustee
and the Custodian, as agent of the Trustee (upon receipt of a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto with
respect to such Mortgage Loan), shall release to the Seller the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver all
instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse,
representation or warranty, furnished to it by the Seller, as are
necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under the
Mortgage Loan. Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on
the date on which the Repurchase Price in available funds is
received by the Paying Agent. The Trustee or the Custodian, as
agent of the Trustee, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which
was previously delivered to it by the Depositor in a form agreed to
between the Depositor and the Trustee, to reflect such repurchase
and shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies and the Master
Servicer of such amendment. The obligation of the Seller to
repurchase or substitute for any Mortgage Loan a Substitute
Mortgage Loan as to which such a defect in a constituent document
exists shall be the sole remedy respecting such defect available to
the Certificateholders or to the Trustee on their
behalf.
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Section 2.03
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Assignment of Interest in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
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(a) The
Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, all of its right, title and interest in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to the
Depositor’s rights and obligations pursuant to the Servicing
Agreements (noting that the Seller has retained the right in the
event of breach of the representations, warranties and covenants,
if any, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans of the related
Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement to enforce the
provisions thereof and to seek all or any available remedies). The
obligations of the Seller to substitute or repurchase, as
applicable, a Mortgage Loan shall be the Trustee’s and the
Certificateholders’ sole remedy for any breach thereof. At
the request of the Trustee, the Depositor shall take such actions
as may be necessary to enforce the above right, title and interest
on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or shall
execute such further documents as the Trustee may reasonably
require in order to enable the Trustee to carry out such
enforcement.
(b) If the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee discovers a
breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which breach materially and
adversely affects the value of the interests of Certificateholders
or the Trustee in the related Mortgage Loan, the party discovering
the breach shall give prompt written notice of the breach to the
other parties. The Seller, within 90 days of its discovery or
receipt of notice that such breach has occurred (whichever occurs
earlier), shall cure the breach in all material respects or,
subject to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of
this Agreement, as applicable, shall purchase the Mortgage Loan or
any property acquired with respect thereto from the Trustee;
provided, however, that if there is a breach of any representation
set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04
of this Agreement, as applicable, and the Mortgage Loan or the
related property acquired with respect thereto has been sold, then
the Seller shall pay, in lieu of the Repurchase Price, any excess
of the Repurchase Price over the Net Liquidation Proceeds received
upon such sale. If the Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the
Repurchase Price, any excess shall be paid to the Seller to the
extent not required by law to be paid to the borrower. Any such
purchase by the Seller shall be made by providing an amount equal
to the Repurchase Price to the Master Servicer for deposit in the
Master Servicer Collection Account and written notification
detailing the components of such Repurchase Price to the Trustee,
the Paying Agent and the Master Servicer. The Depositor shall
notify the Trustee and submit to the Custodian, as agent for the
Trustee, a Request for Release, and the Custodian shall release, or
the Trustee shall cause the Custodian to release, to the Seller the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver all
instruments of transfer or assignment furnished to it by the
Seller, without recourse, representation or warranty as are
necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under the
Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto. Such
purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the
Repurchase Price in available funds is received by the Trustee. The
Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
such repurchase and shall promptly notify the Trustee and the
Rating Agencies of such amendment. Enforcement of the obligation of
the Seller to purchase (or substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan
for) any Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect
thereto (or pay the Repurchase Price as set forth in the above
proviso) as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the
Certificateholders or the Trustee on their behalf.
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Section 2.04
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Substitution of Mortgage
Loans.
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Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, in lieu of purchasing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02
or 2.03 of this Agreement, the Seller may, no later than the date
by which such purchase by the Seller would otherwise be required,
tender to the Trustee a Substitute Mortgage Loan accompanied by a
certificate of an authorized officer of the Seller that such
Substitute Mortgage Loan conforms to the requirements set forth in
the definition of “Substitute Mortgage Loan” in this
Agreement; provided, however, that substitution pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement,
as applicable, in lieu of purchase shall not be permitted after the
termination of the two-year period beginning on the Startup Day;
provided, further, that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan
to be other than a “qualified mortgage” as defined in
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure or substitution must
occur within 90 days from the date the breach was discovered. The
Custodian, as agent for the Trustee, shall examine the
Mortgage File for any Substitute
Mortgage Loan in the manner set forth in Section 2.02(a) and the
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall notify the Seller, in
writing, within five Business Days after receipt, whether or not
the documents relating to the Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfy the
requirements of the fifth sentence of Subsection 2.02(a). Within
two Business Days after such notification, the Seller shall provide
to the Paying Agent for deposit in the Distribution Account the
amount, if any, by which the Outstanding Principal Balance as of
the next preceding Due Date of the Mortgage Loan for which
substitution is being made, after giving effect to the Scheduled
Principal due on such date, exceeds the Outstanding Principal
Balance as of such date of the Substitute Mortgage Loan, after
giving effect to Scheduled Principal due on such date, which amount
shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as if it were
the payment by the Seller of the Repurchase Price for the purchase
of a Mortgage Loan by the Seller. After such notification to the
Seller and, if any such excess exists, upon receipt of such
deposit, the Trustee shall accept such Substitute Mortgage Loan
which shall thereafter be deemed to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder.
In the event of such a substitution, accrued interest on the
Substitute Mortgage Loan for the month in which the substitution
occurs and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during such month
shall be the property of the Trust Fund and accrued interest for
such month on the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made
and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during such month shall
be the property of the Seller. The Scheduled Principal on a
Substitute Mortgage Loan due on the Due Date in the month of
substitution shall be the property of the Seller and the Scheduled
Principal on the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made
due on such Due Date shall be the property of the Trust Fund. Upon
acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage Loan (and delivery to the
Custodian of a Request for Release for such Mortgage Loan), the
Custodian, as agent for the Trustee, shall release to the Seller
the related Mortgage File related to any Mortgage Loan released
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of
this Agreement, as applicable, and shall execute and deliver all
instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse,
representation or warranty in form as provided to it as are
necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable. The
Seller shall deliver to the Custodian the documents related to the
Substitute Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Subsections 2.01(b) and 2.02(b)
of this Agreement, as applicable, with the date of acceptance of
the Substitute Mortgage Loan deemed to be the Closing Date for
purposes of the time periods set forth in those Subsections. The
representations and warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been made by the Seller
with respect to each Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acceptance of such Mortgage Loan by the Trustee. The Master
Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such
substitution and shall provide a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan
Schedule to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies.
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Section 2.05
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Issuance of Certificates.
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(a) The
Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and
the other assets comprising the Trust Fund and, concurrently
therewith, the Securities Administrator has signed, and
countersigned and delivered to the Depositor, in exchange therefor,
Certificates in such authorized denominations representing such
Fractional Undivided Interests as the Depositor has requested. The
Trustee agrees that it will hold the Mortgage Loans and such
other
assets as may from time to time be
delivered to it segregated on the books of the Trustee in trust for
the benefit of the Certificateholders.
(b) The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in
trust to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Mortgage Loans and the
other assets of REMIC I for the benefit of the holders of the REMIC
I Interests. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of such assets and
declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the
exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the REMIC I
Interests.
(c) The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in
trust to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the REMIC I Regular Interests
and the other assets of REMIC II for the benefit of the Holders of
the Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I
Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) and the other assets
of REMIC II and declares that it holds and will hold the same in
trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Holders of the
Certificates.
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Section 2.06
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Representations and Warranties
Concerning the Depositor.
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The Depositor hereby represents and
warrants to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator as follows:
(i) the
Depositor (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (b) is
qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation to do
business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is
necessary, except where the failure so to qualify would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Depositor’s business as presently conducted or on the
Depositor’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(ii) the
Depositor has full corporate power to own its property, to carry on
its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement;
(iii) the execution
and delivery by the Depositor of this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Depositor; and neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will
conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule,
regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Depositor or
its properties or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the
Depositor, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would
not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Depositor’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(iv) the execution,
delivery and performance by the Depositor of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require
the
consent or approval of, the giving
of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other
action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental
authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices,
registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given
or made;
(v) this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor
and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of
the Depositor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors
generally);
(vi) there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor, threatened against the Depositor, before or by any
court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i)
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the
judgment of the Depositor will be determined adversely to the
Depositor and will if determined adversely to the Depositor
materially and adversely affect the Depositor’s ability to
enter into this Agreement or perform its obligations under this
Agreement; and the Depositor is not in default with respect to any
order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(vii) immediately
prior to the transfer and assignment to the Trustee, each Mortgage
Note and each Mortgage were not subject to an assignment or pledge,
and the Depositor had good and marketable title to and was the sole
owner thereof and had full right to transfer and sell such Mortgage
Loan to the Trustee free and clear of any encumbrance, equity,
lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
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Section 3.01
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Master Servicer.
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The Master Servicer shall, from and
after the Closing Date, supervise, monitor and oversee the
obligation of the Servicers to service and administer their
respective Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Servicing Agreements and shall have full power and
authority to do any and all things which it may deem necessary or
desirable in connection with such master servicing and
administration. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Master
Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master
Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee
and consult with each Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to
carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall
receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other
data provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer and shall
cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants,
obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by such
Servicer under its applicable Servicing Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall independently and separately monitor each
Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each related
Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such
information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis
and coordinate corrective adjustments to the Servicers’ and
Master Servicer’s records, and based on such reconciled and
corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such
information to the Securities Administrator as shall be necessary
in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section
6.04, and prepare any other information and statements required to
be forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer
shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with
the actual remittances of the Servicers pursuant to the applicable
Servicing Agreements.
The Trustee shall furnish the
Servicers and the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and
other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate
to enable the Servicers and the Master Servicer to service and
administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property.
The Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, shall provide access to the records and documentation in the
possession of the Custodian regarding the related Mortgage Loans
and REO Property and the servicing thereof to the
Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and
examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon
reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours
at the office of the Custodian; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise required by law, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, shall not be required to provide access to such records and
documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal
right to privacy of any Mortgagor. The Trustee or the Custodian, as
its agent, shall allow representatives of the above entities to
photocopy any of the records and documentation and shall provide
equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the
Trustee’s or the Custodian’s actual costs.
The Trustee shall execute and
deliver to the related Servicer and the Master Servicer any court
pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents
necessary or desirable to (i) the
foreclosure or trustee’s sale
with respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought
to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or
Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the
Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any other rights or remedies provided by
the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument or otherwise available at
law or equity.
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Section 3.02
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REMIC-Related Covenants.
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For as long as each REMIC shall
exist, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall act in
accordance herewith to assure continuing treatment of such REMIC as
a REMIC, and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall
comply with any directions of the Depositor, the related Servicer
or the Master Servicer to assure such continuing treatment. In
particular, the Trustee shall not (a) sell or permit the sale of
all or any portion of the Mortgage Loans or of any investment of
deposits in an Account unless such sale is as a result of a
repurchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the
Trustee has received a REMIC Opinion addressed to the Trustee
prepared at the expense of the Trust Fund; and (b) other than with
respect to a substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, accept
any contribution to any REMIC after the Startup Day without receipt
of a REMIC Opinion addressed to the Trustee .
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Section 3.03
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Monitoring of Servicers.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall be responsible for reporting to the Trustee
and the Depositor the compliance by each Servicer with its duties
under the related Servicing Agreement. In the review of each
Servicer’s activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon an
officer’s certificate of the Servicer (or similar document
signed by an officer of the Servicer) with regard to such
Servicer’s compliance with the terms of its Servicing
Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its judgment,
determines that a Servicer should be terminated in accordance with
its Servicing Agreement, or that a notice should be sent pursuant
to such Servicing Agreement with respect to the occurrence of an
event that, unless cured, would constitute grounds for such
termination, the Master Servicer shall notify the Depositor and the
Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer shall issue such notice or
take such other action as it deems appropriate.
(b) The
Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Servicer
under the related Servicing Agreement, and shall, in the event that
a Servicer fails to perform its obligations in accordance with the
related Servicing Agreement, subject to the preceding paragraph,
terminate the rights and obligations of such Servicer thereunder
and act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or to cause the
Trustee to enter into a new Servicing Agreement with a successor
Servicer selected by the Master Servicer; provided, however, it is
understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto that there will
be a period of transition (not to exceed 90 days) before the actual
servicing functions can be fully transferred to such successor
Servicer. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the
legal prosecution of claims, termination of Servicing Agreements
and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such
form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the
Master Servicer in its good faith business judgment, would require
were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master
Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its
own expense, provided that the
Master Servicer shall not be required to prosecute or defend any
legal action except to the extent that the Master Servicer shall
have received reasonable indemnity for its costs and expenses in
pursuing such action. Nothing herein shall impose any obligation on
the part of the Trustee to assume or succeed to the duties or
obligations of the Master Servicer.
(c) To the
extent that the costs and expenses of the Master Servicer related
to any termination of a Servicer, appointment of a successor
Servicer or the transfer and assumption of servicing by the Master
Servicer with respect to any Servicing Agreement (including,
without limitation, (i) all legal costs and expenses and all due
diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation of the
potential termination of the Servicer as a result of an event of
default by such Servicer and (ii) all costs and expenses associated
with the complete transfer of servicing, including all servicing
files and all servicing data and the completion, correction or
manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the
successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the
servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor servicer to
service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the related Servicing
Agreement) are not fully and timely reimbursed by the terminated
Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of
such costs and expenses from the Master Servicer Collection
Account.
(d) The
Master Servicer shall require each Servicer to comply with the
remittance requirements and other obligations set forth in the
related Servicing Agreements.
(e) If the
Master Servicer acts as Servicer, it will not assume liability for
the representations and warranties of the Servicer, if any, that it
replaces.
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Section 3.04
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Fidelity Bond.
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The Master Servicer, at its expense,
shall maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and
omissions insurance policy, affording coverage with respect to all
directors, officers, employees and other Persons acting on such
Master Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and omissions
in the performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations
hereunder. The errors and omissions insurance policy and the
fidelity bond shall be in such form and amount generally acceptable
for entities serving as master servicers or trustees.
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Section 3.05
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Power to Act; Procedures.
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The Master Servicer shall master
service the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority,
subject to the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article X
hereof, to do any and all things that it may deem necessary or
desirable in connection with the master servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to
the power and authority (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or
waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to
transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage
Notes and related Mortgages, (iii) to collect any Insurance
Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate
foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged
Property securing any Mortgage Loan, in each case, in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Servicing
Agreement,
as applicable; provided, however,
that the Master Servicer shall not (and, consistent with its
responsibilities under Section 3.03, shall not permit any Servicer
to) knowingly or intentionally take any action, or fail to take (or
fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control
and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that,
under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may
be, may cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in
the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not
limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set
forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Master Servicer
has received an Opinion of Counsel (but not at the expense of the
Master Servicer) to the effect that the contemplated action would
not cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the
imposition of a tax upon any REMIC. The Trustee shall furnish the
Master Servicer, upon written request from a Servicing Officer,
with any powers of attorney empowering the Master Servicer or any
Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and to
foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to
appeal, prosecute or defend in any court action relating to the
Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver such other documents, as the Master
Servicer may request, to enable the Master Servicer to master
service and administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties
hereunder, in each case in accordance with Accepted Master
Servicing Practices (and the Trustee shall have no liability for
misuse of any such powers of attorney by the Master Servicer or any
Servicer). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee has been advised
that it is likely that the laws of the state in which action is to
be taken prohibit such action if taken in the name of the Trustee
or that the Trustee would be adversely affected under the
“doing business” or tax laws of such state if such
action is taken in its name, the Master Servicer shall join with
the Trustee in the appointment of a co-trustee pursuant to Section
9.11 hereof. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the Master
Servicer shall be an independent contractor and shall not, except
in those instances where it is taking action in the name of the
Trustee, be deemed to be the agent of the Trustee.
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Section 3.06
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Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
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To the extent provided in the
applicable Servicing Agreement, to the extent Mortgage Loans
contain enforceable due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall
cause the Servicers to enforce such clauses in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement. If applicable law prohibits the
enforcement of a due-on-sale clause or such clause is otherwise not
enforced in accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement,
and, as a consequence, a Mortgage Loan is assumed, the original
Mortgagor may be released from liability in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement.
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Section 3.07
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Release of Mortgage
Files.
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(a) Upon
becoming aware of the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt by any Servicer of a notification that payment in full has
been escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes for payment
to Certificateholders on the next Distribution Date, the Servicer
will, if required under the applicable Servicing Agreement (or if
the Servicer does not, the Master Servicer may), promptly furnish
to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, two copies
of
a certification substantially in the
form of Exhibit D hereto signed by a Servicing Officer or in a
mutually agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu of a
signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all
amounts received in connection with such payment that are required
to be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the
applicable Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01 or by the applicable
Servicer pursuant to its Servicing Agreement have been or will be
so deposited) and shall request that the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, deliver to the applicable Servicer the related
Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly release the
related Mortgage File to the applicable Servicer and the Trustee
and Custodian shall have no further responsibility with regard to
such Mortgage File. Upon any such payment in full, each Servicer is
authorized, to give, as agent for the Trustee, as the mortgagee
under the Mortgage that secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of
satisfaction (or assignment of mortgage without recourse) regarding
the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of
satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered
to the Person or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor
of such payment, it being understood and agreed that no expenses
incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the
Protected Account.
(b) From time
to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan and in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement, the Trustee shall execute such documents as shall be
prepared and furnished to the Trustee by a Servicer or the Master
Servicer (in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) and as are
necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings. The
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall, upon the request of a
Servicer or the Master Servicer, and delivery to the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, of two copies of a request for release
signed by a Servicing Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit
D (or in a mutually agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu
of a signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer),
release the related Mortgage File held in its possession or control
to the Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable. Such trust
receipt shall obligate the Servicer or the Master Servicer to
return the Mortgage File to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee,
when the need therefor by the Servicer or the Master Servicer no
longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in
which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
similar to that hereinabove specified, the Mortgage File shall be
released by the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, to the
Servicer or the Master Servicer.
Section
3.08 Documents, Records and Funds in
Possession of Master Servicer To Be Held for Trustee.
(a) The
Master Servicer and each Servicer (to the extent required by the
related Servicing Agreement) shall transmit to the Trustee or
Custodian such documents and instruments coming into the possession
of the Master Servicer or such Servicer from time to time as are
required by the terms hereof, or in the case of the Servicers, the
applicable Servicing Agreement, to be delivered to the Trustee or
Custodian. Any funds received by the Master Servicer or by a
Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise are
collected by the Master Servicer or by a Servicer as Liquidation
Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan
shall be held for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders subject to the Master Servicer’s right to
retain or withdraw from the Master Servicer Collection
Account
the Master Servicing Compensation
and other amounts provided in this Agreement, and to the right of
each Servicer to retain its Servicing Fee and other amounts as
provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer
shall, and (to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing
Agreement) shall cause each Servicer to, provide access to
information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee, its agents and accountants at any time upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours, and to Certificateholders
that are savings and loan associations, banks or insurance
companies, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the FDIC and the
supervisory agents and examiners of such Office and Corporation or
examiners of any other federal or state banking or insurance
regulatory authority if so required by applicable regulations of
the Office of Thrift Supervision or other regulatory authority,
such access to be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable
request in writing and during normal business hours at the offices
of the Master Servicer designated by it. In fulfilling such a
request the Master Servicer shall not be responsible for
determining the sufficiency of such information.
(b) All
Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control
of, the Master Servicer, in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether
from the collection of principal and interest payments or from
Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, shall be held by the
Master Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive
property of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Master
Servicer and each Servicer shall be entitled to setoff against, and
deduct from, any such funds any amounts that are properly due and
payable to the Master Servicer or such Servicer under this
Agreement or the applicable Servicing Agreement.
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Section 3.09
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Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood
Insurance Policies.
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(a) For each
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall enforce any obligation of
the Servicers under the related Servicing Agreements to maintain or
cause to be maintained standard fire and casualty insurance and,
where applicable, flood insurance, all in accordance with the
provisions of the related Servicing Agreements. It is understood
and agreed that such insurance shall be with insurers meeting the
eligibility requirements set forth in the applicable Servicing
Agreement and that no earthquake or other additional insurance is
to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained on property
acquired in respect of a defaulted loan, other than pursuant to
such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance.
(b) Pursuant
to Section 4.01 and 4.02, any amounts collected by the Servicers or
the Master Servicer, or by any Servicer, under any insurance
policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or
repair of the property subject to the related Mortgage or released
to the Mortgagor in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement) shall be deposited into the Master Servicer Collection
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03.
Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in
maintaining any such insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its
obligation to do so shall be added to the amount owing under the
Mortgage Loan where the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit;
provided, however, that the addition of any such cost shall not be
taken into account for purposes of calculating the
distributions to be made to
Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer
or such Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03.
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Section 3.10
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Presentment of Claims and Collection
of Proceeds.
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The Master Servicer shall (to the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement) cause the
related Servicer to prepare and present on behalf of the Trustee
and the Certificateholders all claims under the Insurance Policies
and take such actions (including the negotiation, settlement,
compromise or enforcement of the insured’s claim) as shall be
necessary to realize recovery under such policies. Any proceeds
disbursed to the Master Servicer (or disbursed to a Servicer and
remitted to the Master Servicer) in respect of such policies, bonds
or contracts shall be promptly deposited in the Master Servicer
Collection Account upon receipt, except that any amounts realized
that are to be applied to the repair or restoration of the related
Mortgaged Property as a condition precedent to the presentation of
claims on the related Mortgage Loan to the insurer under any
applicable Insurance Policy need not be so deposited (or
remitted).
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Section 3.11
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Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Servicer (to the
extent such action is prohibited under the applicable Servicing
Agreement) to take, any action that would result in noncoverage
under any applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss
which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer or such Servicer,
would have been covered thereunder. The Master Servicer shall use
its best reasonable efforts to cause each Servicer (to the extent
required under the related Servicing Agreement) to keep in force
and effect (to the extent that the Mortgage Loan requires the
Mortgagor to maintain such insurance), primary mortgage insurance
applicable to each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as
applicable. The Master Servicer shall not, and shall not permit any
Servicer (to the extent required under the related Servicing
Agreement) to, cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial
issuance of the Mortgage Note and is required to be kept in force
hereunder except in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as
applicable.
(b) The
Master Servicer agrees to present, or to cause each Servicer (to
the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to
present, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders,
claims to the insurer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies
and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall be
necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section
4.01 and 4.02, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or any
Servicer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be
deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Sections 4.02 and 4.03.
Section
3.12 Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain
Insurance Policies and Documents.
The Trustee (or the Custodian, as
directed by the Trustee), shall retain possession and custody of
the originals (to the extent available) of any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies, or certificate of insurance if applicable, and
any certificates of renewal as to the foregoing as may be issued
from time to time as contemplated by this Agreement. Until all
amounts distributable in respect of the Certificates have been
distributed in full and the Master Servicer otherwise has fulfilled
its obligations under this Agreement, the Trustee (or its
Custodian, if any, as directed by the Trustee) shall also retain
possession and custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee (or the Custodian, as directed by the Trustee), upon the
execution or receipt thereof the originals of any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies, any certificates of renewal, and such other
documents or instruments that constitute portions of the Mortgage
File that come into the possession of the Master Servicer from time
to time.
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Section 3.13
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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans.
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The Master Servicer shall cause each
Servicer (to the extent required under the related Servicing
Agreement) to foreclose upon, repossess or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of Mortgaged 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, all in accordance with the applicable
Servicing Agreement.
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Section 3.14
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Compensation for the Master
Servicer.
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The Master Servicer will be entitled
to all income and gain realized from any investment of funds in the
Distribution Account and the Master Servicer Collection Account,
pursuant to Article IV, for the performance of its activities
hereunder. Servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees,
if any, late payment charges, as collected, if any, or otherwise
(but not including any prepayment premium or penalty) shall be
retained by the applicable Servicer and shall not be deposited in
the Protected Account. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay
all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities
hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as provided in this Agreement.
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Section 3.15
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REO Property.
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(a) In the
event the Trust Fund acquires ownership of any REO Property in
respect of any related Mortgage Loan, the deed or certificate of
sale shall be issued to the Trustee, or to its nominee, on behalf
of the related Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall, to
the extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, cause
the applicable Servicer to sell any REO Property as expeditiously
as possible and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable. Pursuant to its
efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall cause
the applicable Servicer to protect and conserve, such REO Property
in the manner and to the extent required by the applicable
Servicing Agreement, in accordance with the REMIC Provisions and in
a manner that does not result in a tax on “net income from
foreclosure property” or cause such REO Property to fail to
qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall, to the extent required by the related
Servicing Agreement, cause the applicable Servicer to deposit all
funds collected and received in connection with the operation of
any REO Property in the Protected Account.
(c) The
Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer, upon the final
disposition of any REO Property, shall be entitled to reimbursement
for any related unreimbursed Monthly Advances and other
unreimbursed advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees from
Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with the final
disposition of such REO Property; provided, that any such
unreimbursed Monthly Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees
may be reimbursed or paid, as the case may be, prior to final
disposition, out of any net rental income or other net amounts
derived from such REO Property.
(d) To the
extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement, the Liquidation
Proceeds from the final disposition of the REO Property, net of any
payment to the Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer as
provided above shall be deposited in the Protected Account on or
prior to the Determination Date in the month following receipt
thereof and be remitted by wire transfer in immediately available
funds to the Master Servicer for deposit into the related Master
Servicer Collection Account on the next succeeding Servicer
Remittance Date.
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Section 3.16
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Annual Officer’s Certificate
as to Compliance.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Rating
Agencies on or before March 1 of each year, commencing on March 1,
2006, an Officer’s Certificate, certifying that with respect
to the period ending December 31 of the prior year: (i) such
Servicing Officer has reviewed the activities of such Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and
its performance under this Agreement, (ii) to the best of such
Servicing Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such
Master Servicer has performed and fulfilled its duties,
responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement in all
material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or
obligations, specifying each such default known to such Servicing
Officer and the nature and status thereof, (iii) nothing has come
to the attention of such Servicing Officer to lead such Servicing
Officer to believe that any Servicer has failed to perform any of
its duties, responsibilities and obligations under its Servicing
Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if
there has been a material default in the performance or fulfillment
of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying
each such default known to such Servicing Officer and the nature
and status thereof.
(b) Copies of
such statements shall be provided to any Certificateholder upon
request, by the Master Servicer or by the Trustee at the Master
Servicer’s expense if the Master Servicer failed to provide
such copies (unless (i) the Master Servicer shall have failed to
provide the Trustee with such statement or (ii) the Trustee shall
be unaware of the Master Servicer’s failure to provide such
statement).
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Section 3.17
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Annual Independent
Accountant’s Servicing Report.
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If the Master Servicer has, during
the course of any fiscal year, directly serviced any of the
Mortgage Loans, then the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause
a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee, the Rating
Agencies and the Depositor on or before March 1 of each year,
commencing on March 1, 2006 to the effect that, with respect to the
most recently ended fiscal year, such firm has examined certain
records and documents relating to the Master Servicer’s
performance of its servicing obligations under this Agreement and
pooling and servicing and trust agreements in material respects
similar to this Agreement and to each other and that, on the basis
of such examination conducted substantially in compliance with the
audit program for mortgages serviced for Freddie Mac or the Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such firm is of
the opinion that the Master Servicer’s activities have been
conducted in compliance with this Agreement, or that such
examination has disclosed no material items of noncompliance except
for (i) such exceptions as such firm believes to be immaterial,
(ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such statement and
(iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program
for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by
Freddie Mac requires it to report. Copies of such statements shall
be provided to any Certificateholder upon request by the Master
Servicer, or by the Trustee at the expense of the Master Servicer
if the Master Servicer shall fail to provide such copies. If such
report discloses exceptions that are material, the Master Servicer
shall advise the Trustee whether such exceptions have been or are
susceptible of cure, and will take prompt action to do
so.
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Section 3.18
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Reports Filed with Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Within 15 days after each
Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall, in
accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via
the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System
(“EDGAR”), a Form 8-K (or other comparable Form
containing the same or comparable information or other information
mutually agreed upon) with a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit
thereto. Prior to January 30 in any year, the Securities
Administrator shall, in accordance with industry standards and only
if instructed by the Depositor, file a Form 15 Suspension Notice
with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to (i) March
15, 2006 and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice
shall have been filed, prior to March 15 of each year thereafter,
the Master Servicer shall provide the Securities Administrator with
a Master Servicer Certification, together with a copy of the annual
independent accountant’s servicing report and annual
statement of compliance of each Servicer, in each case, required to
be delivered pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, and, if
applicable, the annual independent accountant’s servicing
report and annual statement of compliance to be delivered by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.16 and
3.17. Prior to (i) March 31, 2006, or such earlier
filing date as may be required by the Commission, and (ii) unless
and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, March
31 of each year thereafter, or such earlier filing date as may be
required by the Commission, the Securities
Administrator shall file a Form 10-K, in substance
conforming to industry standards, with respect to the Trust. Such
Form 10-K shall include the Master Servicer Certification and other
documentation provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to the
second preceding sentence. The Depositor hereby grants to the
Securities Administrator a limited power of attorney to execute and
file each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of
attorney shall continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by
the Securities Administrator from the Depositor
of written termination of such power
of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund. The
Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the Securities
Administrator, from time to time upon request, such further
information, reports and financial statements within its control
related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Securities
Administrator reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all
necessary reports with the Commission. The Securities Administrator
shall have no responsibility to file any items other than those
specified in this Section 3.18; provided, however, the Securities
Administrator will cooperate with the Depositor in connection with
any additional filings with respect to the Trust Fund as the
Depositor deems necessary under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Fees and
expenses incurred by the Securities Administrator in connection
with this Section 3.18 shall not be reimbursable from the Trust
Fund.
The Depositor shall inform the
Trustee in writing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements that were filed on the Closing Date in
connection with the Trust with stamped recorded copies of such
financing statements to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon
receipt by the Depositor. The Trustee agrees to monitor
and notify the Depositor if any continuation statements for such
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements need to be filed. If
directed by the Depositor in writing, the Trustee will file any
such continuation statements solely at the expense of the
Depositor. The Depositor shall file any financing statements or
amendments thereto required by any change in the Uniform Commercial
Code.
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Section 3.20
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Optional Purchase of Defaulted
Mortgage Loans.
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(a) With
respect to any Mortgage Loan which as of the first day of a Fiscal
Quarter is delinquent in payment by 90 days or more or is an REO
Property, the Company shall have the right to purchase such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust at a price equal to the Repurchase
Price; provided however (i) that such Mortgage Loan is still 90
days or more delinquent or is an REO Property as of the date of
such purchase and (ii) this purchase option, if not theretofore
exercised, shall terminate on the date prior to the last day of the
related Fiscal Quarter. This purchase option, if not exercised,
shall not be thereafter reinstated unless the delinquency is cured
and the Mortgage Loan thereafter again becomes 90 days or more
delinquent or becomes an REO Property, in which case the option
shall again become exercisable as of the first day of the related
Fiscal Quarter.
(b) If at any
time the Company remits to the Master Servicer a payment for
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account covering the
amount of the Repurchase Price for such a Mortgage Loan, and the
Company provides to the Trustee a certification signed by a
Servicing Officer stating that the amount of such payment has been
deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account, then the
Trustee shall execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan to the
Company at the request of the Company without recourse,
representation or warranty and the Company shall succeed to all of
the Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to such
Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative thereto.
Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for
security. The Company will thereupon own such Mortgage, and all
such
security and documents, free of any
further obligation to the Trustee or the Certificateholders with
respect thereto.
ARTICLE IV
ACCOUNTS
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Section 4.01
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Protected Accounts.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall enforce the obligation of each Servicer to
establish and maintain a Protected Account in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement, with records to be kept with
respect thereto on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, into
which accounts shall be deposited within 48 hours (or as of such
other time specified in the related Servicing Agreement) of
receipt, all collections of principal and interest on any Mortgage
Loan and any REO Property received by a Servicer, including
Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds,
and advances made from the Servicer’s own funds (less
servicing compensation as permitted by the applicable Servicing
Agreement in the case of any Servicer) and all other amounts to be
deposited in the Protected Account. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to make withdrawals from and deposits to the related
Protected Account for purposes required or permitted by this
Agreement. To the extent provided in the related Servicing
Agreement, the Protected Account shall be held by a Designated
Depository Institution and segregated on the books of such
institution in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders.
(b) To the
extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement, amounts on
deposit in a Protected Account may be invested in Permitted
Investments in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders and, except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, not commingled with any other funds. Such Permitted
Investments shall mature, or shall be subject to redemption or
withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required
to be withdrawn for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection
Account, and shall be held until required for such deposit. The
income earned from Permitted Investments made pursuant to this
Section 4.01 shall be paid to the related Servicer under the
applicable Servicing Agreement, and the risk of loss of moneys
required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting from
such investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the related
Servicer. The related Servicer (to the extent provided in the
Servicing Agreement) shall deposit the amount of any such loss in
the Protected Account within two Business Days of receipt of
notification of such loss but not later than the second Business
Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested
are required to be distributed to the
Certificateholders.
(c) To the
extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement and subject to
this Article IV, on or before each Servicer Remittance Date, the
related Servicer shall withdraw or shall cause to be withdrawn from
its Protected Accounts and shall immediately deposit or cause to be
deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account amounts
representing the following collections and payments (other than
with respect to principal of or interest on the Mortgage Loans due
on or before the Cut-off Date) with respect to each Loan
Group:
(i) Scheduled
Payments on the Mortgage Loans received or any related portion
thereof advanced by such Servicer pursuant to its Servicing
Agreement which were due on or before the related Due Date, net of
the amount thereof comprising its Servicing Fee or any fees with
respect to any lender-paid primary mortgage insurance
policy;
(ii) Full
Principal Prepayments and any Liquidation Proceeds received by such
Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related
Prepayment Period, with interest to the date of prepayment or
liquidation, net of the amount thereof comprising its Servicing
Fee;
(iii) Partial
Principal Prepayments received by such Servicer for the Mortgage
Loans in the related Prepayment Period; and
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(iv)
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Any amount to be used as a Monthly
Advance.
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(d) Withdrawals
may be made from an Account only to make remittances as provided in
Section 4.01(c), 4.02 and 4.03; to reimburse the Master Servicer or
a Servicer for Monthly Advances which have been recovered by
subsequent collections from the related Mortgagor; to remove
amounts deposited in error; to remove fees, charges or other such
amounts deposited on a temporary basis; or to clear and terminate
the account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 10.01. As provided in Sections 4.01(a) and 4.02(b) certain
amounts otherwise due to the Servicers may be retained by them and
need not be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account.
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Section 4.02
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Master Servicer Collection
Account.
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(a) The
Master Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Master
Servicer Collection Account as a segregated trust account or
accounts. The Master Servicer Collection Account shall be an
Eligible Account. The Master Servicer will deposit in the Master
Servicer Collection Account as identified by the Master Servicer
and as received by the Master Servicer, the following
amounts:
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(i)
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Any amounts withdrawn from a
Protected Account;
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(ii)
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Any Monthly Advance and any
Compensating Interest Payments;
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(iii) Any Insurance
Proceeds or Net Liquidation Proceeds received by or on behalf of
the Master Servicer or which were not deposited in a Protected
Account;
(iv) The Repurchase
Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchased by the Seller
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02
or 2.03 hereof, any amounts which are to be treated pursuant to
Section 2.04 of this Agreement as the payment of a Repurchase Price
in connection with the tender of a Substitute Mortgage Loan by the
Seller, the Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.20, and all proceeds
of any Mortgage Loans or property acquired with respect thereto
repurchased by the Depositor or its designee pursuant to Section
10.01;
(v) Any
amounts required to be deposited with respect to losses on
investments of deposits in an Account; and
(vi) Any other
amounts received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer and
required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account
pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) All
amounts deposited to the Master Servicer Collection Account shall
be held by the Master Servicer in the name of the Trustee in trust
for the benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement. The requirements for
crediting the Master Servicer Collection Account or the
Distribution Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and
agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
payments in the nature of (i) prepayment or late payment charges or
assumption, tax service, statement account or payoff, substitution,
satisfaction, release and other like fees and charges and (ii) the
items enumerated in Subsections 4.05(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv),
(vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x), need not be credited by the
Master Servicer or the related Servicer to the Distribution Account
or the Master Servicer Collection Account, as applicable. In the
event that the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited to the Distribution Account any amount not required to be
credited thereto, the Trustee, upon receipt of a written request
therefor signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer,
shall promptly transfer such amount to the Master Servicer, any
provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(c) The
amount at any time credited to the Master Servicer Collection
Account may be invested, in the name of the Trustee, or its
nominee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in Permitted
Investments as directed by Master Servicer. All Permitted
Investments shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal
on or before, and shall be held until, the next succeeding
Distribution Account Deposit Date. Any and all investment earnings
on amounts on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account
from time to time shall be for the account of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer from time to time shall be permitted to
withdraw or receive distribution of any and all investment earnings
from the Master Servicer Collection Account. The risk of loss of
moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders
resulting from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk
of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall deposit the
amount of any such loss in the Master Servicer Collection Account
within two Business Days of receipt of notification of such loss
but not later than the second Business Day prior to the
Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are required to
be distributed to the Certificateholders.
Section
4.03 Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers
from the Master Servicer Collection Account.
(a) The
Master Servicer will, from time to time on demand of a Servicer or
the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made such
withdrawals or transfers from the Master Servicer Collection
Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or
withdrawal pursuant to this Agreement and the related Servicing
Agreement. The Master Servicer may clear and terminate the Master
Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 10.01 and remove
amounts from time to time deposited in error.
(b) On an
ongoing basis, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Master
Servicer Collection Account (i) any expenses, costs and liabilities
recoverable by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator or the Custodian pursuant to Sections 3.03, 7.04 and
9.05 and (ii) any amounts payable to the Master Servicer as set
forth in Section 3.14; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
shall be obligated to pay from its own funds any amounts which it
is required to pay under Section 7.03(a).
(c) In
addition, on or before each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the
Master Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account (or remit
to the Trustee for deposit therein) any Monthly Advances required
to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
(d) No later
than 3:00 p.m. New York time on each Distribution Account Deposit
Date, the Master Servicer will transfer all Available Funds on
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account with respect to
the related Distribution Date to the Paying Agent for deposit in
the Distribution Account.
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Section 4.04
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Distribution Account.
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(a) The
Paying Agent shall establish and maintain in the name of the Paying
Agent, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Distribution
Account as a segregated trust account or accounts.
(b) All
amounts deposited to the Distribution Account shall be held by the
Paying Agent in the name of the Paying Agent in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement.
(c) The
Paying Agent shall deposit in the Distribution Account the
Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchased by
the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Sections 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, any amounts which are to be treated
pursuant to Section 2.04 of this Agreement as the payment of a
Repurchase Price in connection with the tender of a Substitute
Mortgage Loan by the Seller, the Repurchase Price with respect to
any Mortgage Loans purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
3.20, and all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans or property acquired
with respect thereto repurchased by the Depositor or its designee
pursuant to Section 10.01;
(d) The
Distribution Account shall constitute a trust account of the Trust
Fund segregated on the books of the Paying Agent and held by the
Paying Agent in trust in its Corporate Trust Office, and the
Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein shall not be
subject to, and shall be protected from, all claims, liens, and
encumbrances of any creditors or depositors of the Paying Agent or
the Master Servicer (whether made directly, or indirectly through a
liquidator or receiver of the Paying Agent or the Master Servicer).
The Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account. The amount
at any time credited to the Distribution Account shall be (i) held
in cash and fully insured by the FDIC to the maximum coverage
provided thereby or (ii) invested in the name of the Paying Agent,
in such Permitted Investments as may be selected by the Master
Servicer or deposited in demand deposits with such depository
institutions as may be selected by the Master Servicer, provided
that time deposits of such depository institutions would be a
Permitted Investment. All Permitted Investments shall mature or be
subject to redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall be held
until, the next succeeding Distribution Date if the obligor for
such Permitted Investment is the Paying Agent or, if such obligor
is any other Person, the Business Day preceding such Distribution
Date. All investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the
Distribution Account or benefit from funds uninvested therein from
time to time shall be for the account of the Master Servicer. The
Master
Servicer shall be permitted to
withdraw or receive distribution of any and all investment earnings
from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date. If there
is any loss on a Permitted Investment or demand deposit, the Master
Servicer shall remit the amount of the loss to the Paying Agent who
shall deposit such amount in the Distribution Account. With respect
to the Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein, the
Master Servicer shall take such action as may be necessary to
ensure that the Certificateholders shall be entitled to the
priorities afforded to such a trust account (in addition to a claim
against the estate of the Paying Agent) as provided by 12 U.S.C.
§ 92a(e), and applicable regulations pursuant thereto, if
applicable, or any applicable comparable state statute applicable
to state chartered banking corporations.
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Section 4.05
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Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers
from the Distribution Account.
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(a) The
Paying Agent will, from time to time on demand of the Master
Servicer or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made
such withdrawals or transfers from the Distribution Account as the
Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal
pursuant to this Agreement and the Servicing Agreements or as the
Securities Administrator has instructed hereunder for the following
purposes (limited in the case of amounts due the Master Servicer to
those not withdrawn from the Master Servicer Collection Account in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement):
(i) to
reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for any Monthly
Advance of its own funds, the right of the Master Servicer or a
Servicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) being
limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan
(including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late
payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such
Mortgage Loan respecting which such Monthly Advance was
made;
(ii) to
reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer from Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage
Loan for amounts expended by the Master Servicer or such Servicer
in good faith in connection with the restoration of the related
Mortgaged Property which was damaged by an Uninsured Cause or in
connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan;
(iii) to reimburse
the Master Servicer or any Servicer from Insurance Proceeds
relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for insured expenses
incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the
Master Servicer or such Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds from a
particular Mortgage Loan for Liquidation Expenses incurred with
respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer
shall not be entitled to reimbursement for Liquidation Expenses
with respect to a Mortgage Loan to the extent that (i) any amounts
with respect to such Mortgage Loan were paid as Excess Liquidation
Proceeds pursuant to clause (viii) of this Subsection 4.05 (a) to
the Master Servicer; and (ii) such Liquidation Expenses were not
included in the computation of such Excess Liquidation
Proceeds;
(iv) to
reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for advances of funds
(other than Monthly Advances) made with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, and the right to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause
being limited to amounts received on the related
Mortgage Loan (including, for this
purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late recoveries of the
payments for which such advances were made;
(v) to
reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for any Monthly
Advance or advance, after a Realized Loss has been allocated with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan if the Monthly Advance or
advance has not been reimbursed pursuant to clauses (i) and
(iv);
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(vi)
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to pay the Master Servicer as set
forth in Section 3.14;
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(vii) to reimburse
the Master Servicer for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by
and reimbursable to it pursuant to Sections 3.03 and 7.04(c) and
(d);
(viii) to pay
to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing compensation, any
Excess Liquidation Proceeds to the extent not retained by the
related Servicer;
(ix) to
reimburse or pay any Servicer any such amounts as are due thereto
under the applicable Servicing Agreement and have not been retained
by or paid to the Servicer, to the extent provided in the related
Servicing Agreement;
(x) to
reimburse the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the
Custodian for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by or
reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement;
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(xi)
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to remove amounts deposited in
error; and
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(xii)
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to clear and terminate the
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 10.01.
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(b) The
Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of accounting
for any reimbursement from the Distribution Account pursuant to
subclauses (i) through (iv) or with respect to any such amounts
which would have been covered by such subclauses had the amounts
not been retained by the Master Servicer without being deposited in
the Distribution Account under Section 4.02(b).
(c) On each
Distribution Date, the Paying Agent shall distribute the Available
Funds to the extent on deposit in the Distribution Account for each
Loan Group to the Holders of the Certificates in accordance with
distribution instructions provided to it by the Securities
Administrator no later than two Business Days prior to such
Distribution Date and determined by the Securities Administrator in
accordance with Section 6.01.
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATES
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Section 5.01
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Certificates.
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(a) The
Depository, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator have
entered into a Depository Agreement dated as of the Closing Date
(the “Depository Agreement”). Except for the Residual
Certificates, the Private Certificates and the Individual
Certificates and as provided in Subsection 5.01(b), the
Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of
the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (i) registration of
such Certificates may not be transferred by the Certificate
Registrar except to a successor to the Depository; (ii) ownership
and transfers of registration of such Certificates on the books of
the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by
the Depository; (iii) the Depository may collect its usual and
customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository
Participants; (iv) the Certificate Registrar shall deal with the
Depository as representative of such Certificate Owners of the
respective Class of Certificates for purposes of exercising the
rights of Certificateholders under this Agreement, and requests and
directions for and votes of such representative shall not be deemed
to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different
Certificate Owners; and (v) the Certificate Registrar may rely and
shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by
the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants.
The Residual Certificates and the
Private Certificates are initially Physical Certificates. If at any
time the Holders of all of the Certificates of one or more such
Classes request that the Certificate Registrar cause such Class to
become Global Certificates, the Certificate Registrar and the
Depositor will take such action as may be reasonably required to
cause the Depository to accept such Class or Classes for trading if
it may legally be so traded.
All transfers by Certificate Owners
of such respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates and any
Global Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures
established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm
representing such Certificate Owners. 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.
(b) If (i)(A)
the Depositor advises the Certificate Registrar in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository and (B) the Certificate Registrar or
the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor within 30
days or (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Certificate
Registrar in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depository, the Certificate Registrar, as agent
of the Depositor, shall request that the Depository notify all
Certificate Owners of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of definitive, fully registered Certificates to
Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Certificate Registrar, as agent of the Depositor, of the
Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration
instructions from the Depository for registration, the Certificate
Registrar shall issue the definitive Certificates. Neither the
Depositor nor the Certificate Registrar shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of any
instructions required under this
section and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in
relying on, such instructions.
In addition, if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, each Certificate Owner materially
adversely affected thereby may at its option request a definitive
Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner’s Fractional
Undivided Interest in the related Class of Certificates. In order
to make such request, such Certificate Owner shall, subject to the
rules and procedures of the Depository, provide the Depository or
the related Depository Participant with directions for the
Certificate Registrar to exchange or cause the exchange of the
Certificate Owner’s interest in such Class of Certificates
for an equivalent Fractional Undivided Interest in fully registered
definitive form. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar of
instructions from the Depository directing the Certificate
Registrar to effect such exchange (such instructions to contain
information regarding the Class of Certificates and the Current
Principal Amount being exchanged, the Depository Participant
account to be debited with the decrease, the registered holder of
and delivery instructions for the definitive Certificate, and any
other information reasonably required by the Certificate
Registrar), (i) the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the
Depository to reduce the related Depository Participant’s
account by the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the definitive
Certificate, (ii) the Certificate Registrar shall execute,
authenticate and deliver, in accordance with the registration and
delivery instructions provided by the Depository, a definitive
Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner’s Fractional
Undivided Interest in such Class of Certificates and (iii) the
Certificate Registrar shall execute and authenticate a new
Book-Entry Certificate reflecting the reduction in the Current
Principal Amount of such Class of Certificates by the amount of the
definitive Certificates.
(c) (i) REMIC
I will be evidenced by (x) the REMIC I Regular Interests, which
will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are hereby
designated as the “regular interests” in REMIC I and
have the initial principal amounts and accrue interest at the
Pass-Through Rates equal to those set forth in this Section
5.01(c)(i) and (y) the Class R-I Certificates, which are hereby
designated as representing the sole class of “residual
interests” in REMIC I.
The REMIC I Regular Interests and
the Class R-I Certificate will have the following designations,
initial principal amounts and Pass-Through Rates:
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I-Sub
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$
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1,761.63
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(1)
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Loan Group I
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I-Grp
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$
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33,553.64
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(2)
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Loan Group I
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II-Sub
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$
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428.57
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(1)
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Loan Group II
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II-Grp
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$
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8,161.97
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(3)
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Loan Group II
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III-Sub
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$
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641.38
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(1)
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Loan Group III
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III-Grp
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$
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12,215.18
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(4)
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Loan Group III
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IV-Sub
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$
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710.17
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(1)
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Loan Group IV
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IV-Grp
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$
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13,525.67
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(5)
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Loan Group IV
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V-Sub
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$
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377.42
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(1)
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Loan Group V
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V-Grp
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$
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7,187.62
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(6)
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Loan Group V
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ZZZ
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$
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746,362,219.80
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(1)
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Loan Group I through Loan Group V
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Class R-I
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$
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50.00
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(2)
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Loan Group I
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(1) The
weighted average of the Net Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted
on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal Balances of each
such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
(2) The
weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group I Mortgage Loans,
weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due
Period immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date.
(3) The
weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans,
weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due
Period immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date.
(4) The
weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group III Mortgage Loans,
weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due
Period immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date.
(5) The
weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group IV Mortgage Loans,
weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due
Period immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date.
(6) The
weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group V Mortgage Loans,
weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due
Period immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date.
Distributions of principal shall be
deemed to be made from amounts received on the Mortgage Loans to
the REMIC I Regular Interests, first, so as to keep the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest
ending with the designation “Grp” equal to 0.01% of the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the
related Loan Group; second, to each REMIC I Regular Interest ending
with the designation “Sub,” so that the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest is equal to
0.01% of the excess of (x) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y)
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
in the related Certificate Group (except that if any such excess is
a larger number than in the preceding distribution period, the
least amount of principal shall be distributed to such REMIC I
Regular Interests such that the REMIC I Subordinated Balance Ratio
is maintained); and third, any remaining principal to REMIC I
Regular Interest ZZZ. Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall
be applied after all distributions have been made on each
Distribution Date, first, so as to keep the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest ending with the
designation “Grp” equal to 0.01% of the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related
Loan Group; second, to each REMIC I Regular Interest ending with
the designation “Sub,” so that the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest is equal to
0.01% of the excess of (x) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y)
the Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates in the
related Certificate Group (except that if any such excess is a
larger number than in the preceding distribution period, the least
amount of Realized Losses shall be applied to such REMIC I Regular
Interests such that the REMIC I Subordinated Balance Ratio is
maintained); and third, any remaining Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest
ZZZ.
The aggregate amount of any Net
Interest Shortfalls for any Distribution Date shall be allocated to
accrued interest payable to REMIC I Regular Interest I-Sub, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-Grp, REMIC I Regular Interest II-Sub, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-Grp, REMIC I Regular Interest III-Sub, REMIC I
Regular Interest III-Grp, REMIC I Regular Interest IV-Sub, REMIC I
Regular Interest IV-Grp, REMIC I Regular Interest V-Sub, REMIC I
Regular Interest V-Grp and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZZ, pro
rata , based on, and to the extent of, one month’s
interest at the then applicable respective Pass-Through Rates on
the respective Uncertificated Principal Balances of each such REMIC
I Regular Interest.
(ii) The
Classes of the Certificates shall have the following designations,
initial principal amounts and Pass-Through Rates:
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I-A-1
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$
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317,920,000.00
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(1)
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II-A-1
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$
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77,334,000.00
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(2)
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III-A-1
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$
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115,738,000.00
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(3)
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IV-A-1
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$
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128,155,000.00
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(4)
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V-A-1
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$
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68,102,000.00
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(5)
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R-I
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$
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50.00
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(1)
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R-II
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$
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50.00
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(1)
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B-1
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$
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15,675,000.00
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(6)
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B-2
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$
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8,957,000.00
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(6)
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B-3
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$
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4,852,000.00
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(6)
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B-4
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$
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4,105,000.00
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(6)
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B-5
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$
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3,359,000.00
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(6)
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B-6
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$
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2,243,733.06
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(6)
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(1) The
Class I-A-1, Class R-I and Class R-II Certificates will bear
interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted
average of the Net Rates of the Group I Mortgage Loans, weighted on
the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal Balances of each
such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date; provided that,
for federal income tax purposes the Class I-A-1 Certificates will
bear interest at a rate equivalent to the foregoing, expressed as
the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular
Interest I-Grp, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest immediately
preceding the related Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate for
the Class I-A-1, Class R-I and Class R-II with respect to the first
Interest Accrual Period is 5.170% per annum.
(2) The
Class II-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of
the Group II Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the
respective Scheduled Principal Balances of each such Mortgage Loan
as of the beginning of the Due Period immediately preceding the
related Distribution Date; provided that, for federal income tax
purposes the Class II-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a rate
equivalent to the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of
the Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest II-Grp, weighted
on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC
I Regular Interest immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date. The Pass-Through Rate with respect to the first Interest
Accrual Period is 5.415% per annum.
(3) The
Class III-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of
the Group III Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the
respective Scheduled Principal Balances of each such Mortgage Loan
as of the beginning of the Due Period immediately preceding the
related Distribution Date; provided that, for federal income tax
purposes the Class III-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a
rate equivalent to the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average
of the Pass-Through Rate
on REMIC I Regular Interest III-Grp,
weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
such REMIC I Regular Interest immediately preceding the related
Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate with respect to the first
Interest Accrual Period is 5.320% per annum.
(4) The
Class IV-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of
the Group IV Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the
respective Scheduled Principal Balances of each such Mortgage Loan
as of the beginning of the Due Period immediately preceding the
related Distribution Date; provided that, for federal income tax
purposes the Class IV-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a rate
equivalent to the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of
the Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest IV-Grp, weighted
on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC
I Regular Interest immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date. The Pass-Through Rate with respect to the first Interest
Accrual Period is 5.296% per annum.
(5) The
Class V-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of
the Group V Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the respective
Scheduled Principal Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the
beginning of the Due Period immediately preceding the related
Distribution Date; provided that, for federal income tax purposes
the Class V-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a rate
equivalent to the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of
the Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest V-Grp, weighted
on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC
I Regular Interest immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date. The Pass-Through Rate with respect to the first Interest
Accrual Period is 5.448% per annum.
(6) The
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates will each bear interest at a variable Pass-Through
Rate equal to the weighted average of the weighted average of the
Net Rates of the Mortgage Loans in each Loan Group, weighted in
proportion to the results of subtracting from the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans of each Loan
Group, the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the related Class
or Classes of Senior Certificates; provided that, for federal
income tax purposes such Certificates will bear interest at a rate
equivalent to the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of
the Pass-Through Rates on REMIC I Regular Interests I-Sub, II-Sub,
III-Sub, IV-Sub and V-Sub, weighted on the basis of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of each such REMIC I Regular
Interest immediately preceding the related Distribution Date,
provided that for purposes of calculating such weighted average,
the Pass-Through Rate of each such REMIC I Regular Interest shall
be subject to a cap and a floor equal to the Pass-Through Rate of
the REMIC I Regular Interest from the related Loan Group ending
with the designation “Grp”. The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period is 5.271% per
annum.
(d) For
purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
maturity date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date
in the Trust Fund has been designated as the “latest possible
maturity date” for the REMIC I Regular Interests and the
Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates).
(e) With
respect to each Distribution Date, each Class of Certificates shall
accrue interest during the related Interest Accrual Period. With
respect to each Distribution Date and each such Class of
Certificates, interest shall be calculated, on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months, based upon the
respective Pass-Through Rate set forth, or determined as provided,
above and the Current Principal Amount of such Class applicable to
such Distribution Date.
(f) The
Certificates shall be substantially in the forms set forth in
Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3. On original issuance, the Certificate
Registrar shall sign, countersign and shall deliver them at the
direction of the Depositor. Pending the preparation of definitive
Certificates of any Class, the Certificate Registrar may sign and
countersign temporary Certificates that are printed, lithographed
or typewritten, in authorized denominations for Certificates of
such Class, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Certificates in lieu of which they are issued and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers or authorized signatories executing such
Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Certificates. If temporary Certificates are issued, the Depositor
will cause definitive Certificates to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for
definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary
Certificates at the office of the Certificate Registrar, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or
more temporary Certificates, the Certificate Registrar shall sign
and countersign and deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate
principal amount, in authorized denominations for such Class, of
definitive Certificates of the same Class. Until so exchanged, such
temporary Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits as definitive Certificates.
(g) Each
Class of Book-Entry Certificates will be registered as a single
Certificate of such Class held by a nominee of the Depository or
the DTC Custodian, and beneficial interests will be held by
investors through the book-entry facilities of the Depository in
minimum denominations of (i) in the case of the Senior Certificates
(other than the Residual Certificates), $1,000 and in each case
increments of $1.00 in excess thereof, and (ii) in the case of the
Offered Subordinate Certificates, $25,000 and increments of $1.00
in excess thereof, except that one Certificate of each such Class
may be issued in a different amount so that the sum of the
denominations of all outstanding Certificates of such Class shall
equal the Current Principal Amount of such Class on the Closing
Date. On the Closing Date, the Certificate Registrar shall execute
and countersign Physical Certificates all in an aggregate principal
amount that shall equal the Current Principal Amount of such Class
on the Closing Date. The Private Certificates shall be issued in
certificated fully-registered form in minimum dollar denominations
of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof,
except that one Private Certificate of each Class may be issued in
a different amount so that the sum of the denominations of all
outstanding Private Certificates of such Class shall equal the
Current Principal Amount of such Class on the Closing Date. The
Residual Certificates shall each be issued in certificated
fully-registered form, each, in the denomination of $50. Each Class
of Global Certificates, if any, shall be issued in fully registered
form in minimum dollar denominations of $50,000 and integral
multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, except that one Certificate
of each Class may be in a different denomination so that the sum of
the denominations of all outstanding Certificates of such Class
shall equal the Current Principal Amount of such Class on the
Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Certificate Registrar shall
execute and countersign (i) in the case of each Class of Offered
Certificates, the Certificate in the entire Current Principal
Amount of the respective Class and (ii) in the case of each Class
of Private Certificates, Individual Certificates all in an
aggregate principal amount that shall equal the Current Principal
Amount of each such respective Class on the Closing Date. The
Certificates referred to in clause (i) and if at any time there are
to be Global Certificates, the Global Certificates shall be
delivered by the Depositor to the Depository or pursuant to the
Depository’s instructions, shall be delivered by the
Depositor on
behalf of the Depository to and
deposited with the DTC Custodian. The Certificate Registrar shall
sign the Certificates by facsimile or manual signature and
countersign them by manual signature on behalf of the Trustee by
one or more authorized signatories, each of whom shall be
Responsible Officers of the Certificate Registrar or its agent. A
Certificate bearing the manual and facsimile signatures of
individuals who were the authorized signatories of the Certificate
Registrar or its agent at the time of issuance shall bind the
Certificate Registrar, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such positions prior to the delivery of
such Certificate.
(h) No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement,
or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such
Certificate the manually executed countersignature of the
Certificate Registrar or its agent, 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 issued on the Closing Date
shall be dated the Closing Date. All Certificates issued thereafter
shall be dated the date of their countersignature.
(i) The
Closing Date is hereby designated as the “startup” day
of each REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the
Code.
(j) For
federal income tax purposes, each REMIC shall have a tax year that
is a calendar year and shall report income on an accrual
basis.
(k) The
Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall cause each REMIC to timely
elect to be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any
inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the
administration of any Trust established hereby shall be resolved in
a manner that preserves the validity of such elections.
(l) The
following legend shall be placed on the Residual Certificates,
whether upon original issuance or upon issuance of any other
Certificate of any such Class in exchange therefor or upon transfer
thereof:
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED,
UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE WITH AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITOR, TRUSTEE, CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR, MASTER SERVICER AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR AND ON
WHICH THEY MAY RELY THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE
PURCHASE OF CERTIFICATES ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON WILL NOT RESULT
IN OR CONSTITUTE A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION, IS PERMISSIBLE
UNDER APPLICABLE LAW AND WILL NOT