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DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES, INC.
Depositor
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Master Servicer and Securities Administrator
and
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 1, 2005
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Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2005-2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS..................................................................................
Section 1.1
Whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise
requires, shall have the meanings specified in this
Article:.................................
Section 1.2
Allocation of Certain Interest
Shortfall.....................................................
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES..................................
Section 2.1
Conveyance of Trust
Fund.....................................................................
Section 2.2
Acceptance by
Trustee........................................................................
Section 2.3
Repurchase or Substitution of
Loans..........................................................
Section 2.4
Authentication and Delivery of Certificates; Designation of
Certificates as REMIC
Regular and Residual
Interests...............................................................
Section 2.5
Representations and Warranties of the Master
Servicer........................................
Section 2.6
Establishment of the
Trust...................................................................
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE LOANS;
ACCOUNTS..........................................
Section 3.1
Master
Servicer..............................................................................
Section 3.2
REMIC-Related
Covenants......................................................................
Section 3.3
Monitoring of Servicers and Interim
Servicers................................................
Section 3.4
Fidelity
Bond................................................................................
Section 3.5
Power to Act;
Procedures.....................................................................
Section 3.6
Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements...................................................
Section 3.7
Release of Mortgage
Files....................................................................
Section 3.8
Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer To Be
Held for Trustee.........
Section 3.9
Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance
Policies.......................................
Section 3.10
Presentment of Claims and Collection of
Proceeds.............................................
Section 3.11
Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies.......................................
Section 3.12
Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies and
Documents.....................
Section 3.13
Realization Upon Defaulted
Loans.............................................................
Section 3.14
Compensation for the Master
Servicer.........................................................
Section 3.15
REO
Property.................................................................................
Section 3.16
Annual Officer's Certificate as to
Compliance................................................
Section 3.17
Annual Independent Accountant's Servicing
Report.............................................
Section 3.18
Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange
Commission........................................
Section 3.19
UCC..........................................................................................
Section 3.20
Obligation of the Master Servicer in Respect of Compensating
Interest........................
Section 3.21
Reserved.....................................................................................
Section 3.22
Protected
Accounts...........................................................................
Section 3.23
Distribution
Account.........................................................................
Section 3.24
Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution
Account............................
Section 3.25
Reserve
Funds................................................................................
Section 3.26
Prepayment Penalty
Verification..............................................................
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS; ADVANCES; STATEMENTS AND
REPORTS.............................
Section 4.1
Distributions to
Certificateholders..........................................................
Section 4.2
Allocation Realized
Losses...................................................................
Section 4.3
Reduction of Certificate Principal Balances on the
Certificates..............................
Section 4.4
Compliance with Withholding
Requirements.....................................................
Section 4.5
Distributions on the Uncertificated REMIC Regular
Interests..................................
Section 4.6
Statements to
Certificateholders.............................................................
Section 4.7
Advances.....................................................................................
ARTICLE V
THE
CERTIFICATES.............................................................................
Section 5.1
The
Certificates.............................................................................
Section 5.2
Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates........................................
Section 5.3
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates............................................
Section 5.4
Persons Deemed
Owners........................................................................
Section 5.5
Certain Available
Information................................................................
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE CREDIT RISK
MANAGER............................
Section 6.1
Liability of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer...........................................
Section 6.2
Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer..............................
Section 6.3
Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Interim Servicers,
the Servicers, the Securities Administrator and
Others.......................................
Section 6.4
Limitation on Resignation of the Master
Servicer.............................................
Section 6.5
Assignment of Master
Servicing...............................................................
Section 6.6
Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master
Servicer....................................
Section 6.7
Duties of the Credit Risk
Manager............................................................
Section 6.8
Limitation Upon Liability of the Credit Risk
Manager.........................................
Section 6.9
Removal of the Credit Risk
Manager...........................................................
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT......................................................................................
Section 7.1
Master Servicer Events of
Default............................................................
Section 7.2
Trustee to Act;
Appointment of
Successor.....................................................
Section 7.3
Notification to
Certificateholders...........................................................
Section 7.4
Waiver of Master Servicer Events of
Default..................................................
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR......................................
Section 8.1
Duties of Trustee and Securities
Administrator...............................................
Section 8.2
Certain Matters Affecting Trustee and Securities
Administrator...............................
Section 8.3
Trustee and Securities Administrator not Liable for Certificates or
Loans....................
Section 8.4
Trustee, Master Servicer and Securities Administrator May Own
Certificates...................
Section 8.5
Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Securities
Administrator....................................
Section 8.6
Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Securities
Administrator............................
Section 8.7
Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Securities
Administrator..............................
Section 8.8
Successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator................................................
Section 8.9
Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities
Administrator...............................
Section 8.10
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee................................................
Section 8.11
Appointment of Office or
Agency..............................................................
Section 8.12
Representations and Warranties of the
Trustee................................................
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION..................................................................................
Section 9.1
Termination Upon Purchase or Liquidation of the
Loans........................................
Section 9.2
Additional Termination
Requirements..........................................................
ARTICLE X
REMIC
PROVISIONS.............................................................................
Section 10.1
REMIC
Administration.........................................................................
Section 10.2
Prohibited Transactions and
Activities.......................................................
Section 10.3
Indemnification..............................................................................
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS.....................................................................
Section 11.1
Amendment....................................................................................
Section 11.2
Recordation of Agreement;
Counterparts.......................................................
Section 11.3
Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders...................................................
Section 11.4
Governing
Law................................................................................
Section 11.5
Notices......................................................................................
Section 11.6
Severability of
Provisions...................................................................
Section 11.7
Notice to Rating
Agencies....................................................................
Section 11.8
Article and Section
References...............................................................
Section 11.9
Grant of Security
Interest...................................................................
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Class I-A-[1] [3] [5] Certificates
Exhibit A-2
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Form of Class I-A-[2] [4] [6] Certificates
Exhibit A-3
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Form of Class I-A-7 Certificates
Exhibit A-4
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Form of Class II-A-1 Certificates
Exhibit A-5
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Form of Class II-A-2 Certificates
Exhibit A-6
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Form of Class II-A-3 Certificates
Exhibit A-7
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Form of Class M Certificates
Exhibit A-8
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Form of Class B-[1][2] Certificates
Exhibit A-9
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Form of Class B-[3][4][5] Certificates
Exhibit A-10
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Form of Class R Certificates
Exhibit B-1
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Form of Rule 144A Investment Letter
Exhibit B-2
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Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
Exhibit B-3
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Form of Regulation S Transfer Certificate
Exhibit B-4
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Form of Clearing System Certificate
Exhibit C
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Form of Transfer Affidavit
Schedule One
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Loan Schedule
Schedule Two
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Prepayment Charge Schedule
Schedule Three -
Servicing Advances Incurred Prior to Cut-Off Date
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective as
of February 1, 2005 (this "Agreement"), is
executed by and among Deutsche Alt-A
Securities, Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as master servicer (the
"Master Servicer") and securities
administrator (the "Securities
Administrator"), and HSBC Bank USA, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined have
the meanings ascribed to such terms in
Article I hereof.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor at the Closing Date is the owner of the Loans
and the other property being conveyed by it
to the Trustee for inclusion in the
Trust Fund. On the Closing Date, the
Depositor will acquire the Certificates
from the Trust Fund as consideration for
its transfer to the Trust Fund of the
Loans and certain other assets and will be
the owner of the Certificates. The
Depositor has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Agreement to
provide for the conveyance to the Trustee
of the Loans and the issuance to the
Depositor of the Certificates representing
in the aggregate the entire
beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund. All
covenants and agreements made by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee
herein with respect to the Loans and the
other property constituting the Trust
Fund are for the benefit of the Holders
from time to time of the Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee
are entering into this Agreement, and the
Trustee is accepting the trust created
hereby, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged.
The Certificates issued hereunder, other than the Junior
Subordinate Certificates, have been offered
for sale pursuant to a Prospectus,
dated January 28, 2005, and a Prospectus
Supplement, dated February 25, 2005 of
the Depositor (together, the "Prospectus").
The Junior Subordinate Certificates
have been offered for sale pursuant to a
Private Placement Memorandum, dated
February 25, 2005. The Trust Fund created
hereunder is intended to be the
"Trust" as described in the Prospectus and
the Certificates are intended to be
the "Certificates" described therein.
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REMIC I
As provided herein, the Trustee will make an election to treat
the segregated pool of assets described in
the definition of REMIC I (as defined
herein), and subject to this Agreement, as
a real estate mortgage investment
conduit (a "REMIC") for federal income tax
purposes and such segregated pool of
assets will be designated as "REMIC I." The
REMIC I Regular Interests will be
the "regular interests" in REMIC I and
Component R-1 of the Class R Certificates
will represent the sole Class of "residual
interests" in REMIC I for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein)
under the federal income tax law. The
following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Uncertificated REMIC
I Pass-Through Rate, the initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance, and for
purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the
"latest possible maturity date" for each of
the REMIC I Regular Interests. None
of the REMIC I Regular Interests will be
certificated.
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Uncertificated
Initial
REMIC I
REMIC I
Uncertificated
Latest Possible
Regular Interest
Designation
Pass-Through Rate
Principal Balance
Maturity Date(1)
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LT-1SUB
(2)
$29,033.22
April 25, 2035
LT-1GRP
(2)
$523,119.92
April 25, 2035
LT-2SUB
(2)
$3,027.58
April 25, 2035
LT-2GRP
(2)
$54,550.48
March 25, 2020
LT-ZZZ
(2)
$577,060,572.39
April 25, 2035
LT-R
(2)
$100.00
April 25, 2035
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(1) For
purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
latest
possible maturity date for the Group I Loans and Group II Loans
has
been designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each
REMIC I
Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate" herein.
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REMIC II
As provided herein, the Trustee shall elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the
REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such
segregated pool of assets shall be
designated as "REMIC II". The REMIC II
Regular Interests will be the "regular
interests" in REMIC II and Component R-2 of
the Class R Certificates will
represent the sole Class of "residual
interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions (as defined herein) under
the federal income tax law. The
following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Uncertificated REMIC
II Pass-Through Rate, the initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance, and for
purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the
"latest possible maturity date" for each of
the REMIC II Regular Interests. None
of the REMIC II Regular Interests will be
certificated.
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Uncertificated
Initial
REMIC II
REMIC II
Uncertificated
Latest Possible
Regular Interest
Designation
Pass-Through Rate
Principal Balance
Maturity Date(1)
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LT-IA1
(2)
$210,000,000.00
April 25, 2035
LT-IA3
(2)
$75,000,000.00
April 25, 2035
LT-IA5
(2)
$110,269,700.00
April 25, 2035
LT-IA7
(2)
$98,817,000.00
April 25, 2035
LT-IIA1
(2)
$41,217,800.00
March 25, 2020
LT-IIA3
(2)
$10,305,000.00
March 25, 2020
LT-ISUB
(2)
$29,033,221.68
April 25, 0035
LT-IISUB
(2)
$3,027,581.92
April 25, 2035
LT-R
(2)
$100.00
April 25, 2035
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(1) For
purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the
latest
possible maturity date for the Group I Loans and Group II Loans
has
been designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each
REMIC
II Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Uncertificated REMIC
II Pass-Through Rate" herein.
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REMIC III
As provided herein, the Trustee shall elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the
REMIC II Regular Interests as a
REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and
such segregated pool of assets shall
be designated as "REMIC III". Component R-3
of the Class R Certificates shall
represent the sole Class of "residual
interests" in REMIC III for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions under federal income
tax law. The following table
irrevocably sets forth the designations,
the Initial Pass-Through Rate and
initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance for each Class of Certificates
which, together with Component R-3,
constitute the entire beneficial interests
in REMIC III. Determined for purposes of
satisfying Treasury regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible
maturity date" for each Class of
Certificates shall be the Distribution Date
in the month following the maturity
date for the Group I Loan and Group II Loan
with the latest maturity date:
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Initial aggregate
Certificate
Assumed Final Maturity
Class Designation
Principal Balance Initial Pass-Through
Rate
Date (1)
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I-A-1
$ 210,000,000.00
LIBOR + 0.40%
April 25, 2035
I-A-2
(2)
(2)
April 25, 2035
I-A-3
$ 75,000,000.00
LIBOR + 0.35%
April 25, 2035
I-A-4
(3)
(3)
April 25, 2035
I-A-5
$ 110,269,700.00
LIBOR + 0.50%
April 25, 2035
I-A-6
(4)
(4)
April 25, 2035
I-A-7
$ 98,817,000.00
(5)
April 25, 2035
II-A-1
$ 41,217,800.00
LIBOR + 0.30%
March 25, 2020
II-A-2
(6)
(6)
March 25,
2020
II-A-3
$ 10,305,000.00
(5)
March 25, 2020
R
$
100.00
(5)
April 25, 2035
M
$ 13,575,300.00
(7)
April 25, 2035
B-1
$
6,643,200.00
(7)
April 25, 2035
B-2
$
3,754,900.00
(7)
April 25, 2035
B-3
$
2,310,700.00
(7)
April 25, 2035
B-4
$
2,021,800.00
(7)
April 25, 2035
B-5
$ 3,754,903.00
(7)
April 25, 2035
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(1) The
Distribution Date in the month after the maturity date for the
latest maturing Group I Loan and Group II Loans. For purposes
of
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the
Distribution Date in the month following the maturity date for
the
Group I Loan and Group II Loan with the latest maturity date has
been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class
of
Certificates.
(2) The Class
I-A-2 Certificates will accrue interest at the Pass-Through
Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class I-A-2 Certificates
calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Notional Amount" herein.
The
Class I-A-2 Certificates will not be entitled to distributions
in
respect of principal.
(3) The Class
I-A-4 Certificates will accrue interest at the Pass-Through
Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class I-A-4 Certificates
calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Notional Amount" herein.
The
Class I-A-4 Certificates will not be entitled to distributions
in
respect of principal.
(4) The Class
I-A-6 Certificates will accrue interest at the Pass-Through
Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class I-A-6 Certificates
calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Notional Amount" herein.
The
Class I-A-6 Certificates will not be entitled to distributions
in
respect of principal.
(5) Calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate"
herein.
(6) The Class
II-A-2 Certificates will accrue interest at the Pass-Through
Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class II-A-2 Certificates
calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Notional Amount" herein.
The
Class II-A-2 Certificates will not be entitled to distributions
in
respect of principal.
(7) Calculated
in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate"
herein. The subordinate pass-through rate for the first
Interest
Accrual Period is 5.8888%.
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W I T N E S S E T H
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In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Whenever used herein, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article:
ACCEPTED MASTER SERVICING PRACTICES: With respect to any Loan,
those customary mortgage servicing
practices of prudent mortgage servicing
institutions that master service mortgage
loans of the same type and quality as
such Loan in the jurisdiction where the
related Mortgaged Property is located,
to the extent applicable to the Master
Servicer (except in its capacity as
successor to a Servicer).
ACCOUNT: The Distribution Account and any Protected Account as
the context may require.
ADVANCE: Either (i) a Monthly Advance made by a Servicer or an
Interim Servicer as such term is defined in
and pursuant to the related
Servicing Agreement or (ii) an advance made
by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.7.
AFFILIATE: With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or
under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and
the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to
the foregoing. The Trustee may obtain
and rely on an Officer's Certificate of a
Servicer or the Depositor to determine
whether any Person is an Affiliate of such
party.
AGGREGATE SENIOR PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a
fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Group I Senior Certificates
(other than the Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4
and Class I-A-6 Certificates) and Group
II Senior Certificates (other than the
Class II-A-2 Certificates) immediately
prior to that Distribution Date, and the
denominator of which is the sum of the
Scheduled Principal Balances of the Group I
Loans and Group II Loans as of the
first day of the related Due Period.
AGGREGATE SUBORDINATE AMOUNT: With respect to any date of
determination, an amount equal to the
excess of the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Group I Loans and
Group II Loans over the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Group
I Senior Certificates (other than the
Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4 and Class I-A-6
Certificates) and Group II Senior
Certificates (other than the Class II-A-2
Certificates) then outstanding.
AGGREGATE SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: With respect to any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Aggregate
Senior Percentage for that
Distribution Date.
AGREEMENT: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments and supplements hereto.
ANNIVERSARY: Each anniversary of the Cut-Off Date.
APPRAISED VALUE: The amount set forth in an appraisal made by
or for the mortgage originator in
connection with its origination of each Loan.
ASSIGNMENT: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer
or equivalent instrument, in recordable
form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged
Property is located to reflect of
record the sale and assignment of the Loan
to the Trustee, which assignment,
notice of transfer or equivalent instrument
may, if permitted by law, be in the
form of one or more blanket assignments
covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged
Properties located in the same county.
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENTS: Shall mean (i) the Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated
as of February 28, 2005, among the
Seller, the Depositor and National City,
pursuant to which the National City
Servicing Agreement was assigned to the
Depositor, (ii) the Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated
as of February 28, 2005, among the
Seller, the Depositor and M&T pursuant
to which the M&T Servicing Agreement was
assigned to the Depositor, (iii) the
Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2005,
among the Seller, the Depositor and
GreenPoint, pursuant to which the
GreenPoint Servicing Agreement was assigned to
the Depositor, (iv) the Assignment,
Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated
as of February 28, 2005, among the Seller,
the Depositor and Pinnacle Financial,
pursuant to which the Pinnacle Financial
Servicing Agreement was assigned to the
Depositor, (v) the Assignment, Assumption
and Recognition Agreement, dated as of
February 28, 2005, among the Seller, the
Depositor and Pinnacle Direct, pursuant
to which the Pinnacle Direct Servicing
Agreement was assigned to the Depositor,
(vi) the Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreement, dated as of February
28, 2005, among the Seller, the Depositor
and First Financial, pursuant to which
the First Financial Servicing Agreement was
assigned to the Depositor, and (vii)
the Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of February 28,
2005, among the Seller, the Depositor and
Cameron, pursuant to which the Cameron
Servicing Agreement was assigned to the
Depositor.
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION: With respect to the Certificates
(other than the Residual Certificates), a
minimum initial Certificate Principal
Balance or Notional Amount of $25,000 each
and integral multiples of $1 in
excess thereof as set forth on the face
thereof. With respect to the Class R
Certificates, one Certificate with a
Percentage Interest equal to 100% as set
forth on the face thereof.
BANKRUPTCY COVERAGE: As of the Cut-Off Date, $100,000. The
Bankruptcy Coverage may be reduced upon
written confirmation from each Rating
Agency that such reduction will not
adversely affect the then current Ratings
assigned to the Certificates by each Rating
Agency.
BANKRUPTCY LOSS: Any Debt Service Reduction or Deficient
Valuation.
BENEFICIAL HOLDER: A Person holding a beneficial interest in
any Book-Entry Certificate as or through a
Depository Participant or an Indirect
Depository Participant or a Person holding
a beneficial interest in any
Definitive Certificate.
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES: The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class
I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class I-A-5, Class
I-A-6, Class I-A-7, Class II-A-1, Class
II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class M, Class B-1
and Class B-2 Certificates.
BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a
day on which banking institutions in
Maryland, Minnesota or New York or the city
in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee is located, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
CAMERON: Cameron Financial Group, a California corporation, or
any successor thereto.
CAMERON SERVICING AGREEMENT: Shall mean the Master Mortgage
Loan Purchase and Interim Servicing
Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2005
between the Seller and Cameron (as modified
pursuant to the related Assignment
Agreement).
CAP CONTRACTS: Shall mean (i) the Cap Contract between the
Trustee and Barclays Bank PLC, together
with any successor thereto, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Class I-A-1
Certificates, (ii) the Cap Contract
between the Trustee and Deutsche Bank AG
New York Branch, together with any
successor thereto, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Class I-A-3
Certificates, (iii) the Cap Contract
between the Trustee and Deutsche Bank AG
New York Branch, together with any
successor thereto, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Class I-A-5 Certificates,
and (iv) the Cap Contract between the
Trustee and Deutsche Bank AG New York
Branch, together with any successor
thereto, for the benefit of the Holders of
Class II-A-1 Certificates.
CERTIFICATE: Any one of the Certificates issued pursuant to
this Agreement, executed and authenticated
by or on behalf of the Securities
Administrator hereunder in substantially
one of the forms set forth in Exhibits
A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9
and A-10 hereto.
CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: The Certificate Principal
Balance with respect to any Senior
Certificate (other than the Class I-A-2,
Class I-A-4, Class I-A-6 and Class II-A-2
Certificates, which have no
Certificate Principal Balance) and any
Subordinate Certificate outstanding at
any time, represents the then maximum
amount that the holder of such Certificate
is entitled to receive as distributions
allocable to principal from the cash
flow on the Group I Loans or Group II
Loans, as applicable, and the other assets
in the Trust Fund. The Certificate
Principal Balance of a Senior Certificate
(other than the Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4,
Class I-A-6 and Class II-A-2
Certificates, which have no Certificate
Principal Balance) and any Subordinate
Certificate, as of any date of
determination is equal to the initial Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate
reduced by the aggregate of (i) all
amounts allocable to principal previously
distributed with respect to that
Certificate and (ii) any reductions in the
Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificate deemed to have occurred in
connection with allocations of Realized
Losses, if any. The initial Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of
Certificates is set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto. When used in
reference to a Class, the term Certificate
Principal Balance means the aggregate
of the Certificate Principal Balances of
all Certificates of such Class, and
when used in reference to a group of
Certificates (such as the Group I Senior
Certificates, Group II Senior Certificates
and Subordinate Certificates) shall
mean the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balances of all Classes of Certificates
included in such group.
CERTIFICATE REGISTER: The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.2.
CERTIFICATEHOLDER OR HOLDER: The person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the
Certificate Register, except that, solely for
the purposes of giving any consent pursuant
to this Agreement, any Certificate
registered in the name of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee or any Affiliate
thereof shall be deemed not to be
outstanding and the Percentage Interest
evidenced thereby shall not be taken
into account in determining whether the
requisite percentage of Percentage
Interests necessary to effect any such
consent has been obtained. The Trustee or
the Securities Administrator may
conclusively rely upon a certificate of the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master
Servicer in determining whether a
Certificate is held by an Affiliate
thereof. All references herein to "Holders"
or "Certificateholders" shall reflect the
rights of Certificate Owners as they
may indirectly exercise such rights through
the Depository and participating
members thereof, except as otherwise
specified herein; provided, however, that
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator
shall be required to recognize as a
"Holder" or "Certificateholder" only the
Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register.
CERTIFICATE OWNER: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate or
Global Certificate, the Person who is the
beneficial owner of such Certificate
as reflected on the books of the Depository
or on the books of a Depository
Participant or on the books of an Indirect
Depository Participant.
CLASS: All Certificates having the same priority and rights to
payments from the Group I Available
Distribution Amount and/or Group II
Available Distribution Amount, as
applicable, designated as a separate Class, as
set forth in the forms of Certificates
attached hereto as Exhibits A-1, A-2,
A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9 and A-10,
as applicable.
CLASS B CERTIFICATES: The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3,
Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates.
CLASS I-A-1 RESERVE FUND: The separate trust account created
and maintained by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 3.25 of this
Agreement for the benefit of the Class
I-A-1 Certificates.
CLASS I-A-3 RESERVE FUND: The separate trust account created
and maintained by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 3.25 of this
Agreement for the benefit of the Class
I-A-3 Certificates.
CLASS I-A-5 RESERVE FUND: The separate trust account created
and maintained by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 3.25 of this
Agreement for the benefit of the Class
I-A-5 Certificates.
CLASS I-A-7 LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE: For any Distribution Date
shall be equal to (1) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class I-A-7
Certificates divided by (2) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of all
Group I Loans as of the related Due
Date.
CLASS I-A-7 LOCKOUT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: For any Distribution
Date, the product of:
(1) the Class
I-A-7 Lockout Percentage;
(2) the
related Step Down Percentage; and
(3) the sum of
the following for that Distribution Date:
(a) the
Principal Distribution Amount with
respect to the Group I Loans;
(b) the
Principal Prepayment Amount with respect
to the Group I Loans; and
(c) the
Liquidation Principal with respect to
the Group I Loans.
CLASS II-A-1 RESERVE FUND: The separate trust account created
and maintained by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 3.25 of this
Agreement for the benefit of the Class
II-A-1 Certificates.
CLASS II-A-3 LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE: For any Distribution Date
shall be equal to (1) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class II-A-3
Certificates divided by (2) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of all
Group II Loans as of the related Due
Date.
CLASS II-A-3 LOCKOUT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: For any Distribution
Date, the product of:
(1) the Class
II-A-3 Lockout Percentage;
(2) the
related Step Down Percentage; and
(3) the sum of
the following for that Distribution Date:
(a) the
Principal Distribution Amount with
respect to the Group II Loans;
(b)
the Principal
Prepayment Amount with respect
to the Group II Loans; and
(c) the
Liquidation Principal with respect to
the Group II Loans.
CLEARING AGENCY: An organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, which initially shall be the
Depository.
CLEARING AGENCY PARTICIPANT: A broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for
whom the Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
CLEARSTREAM: Clearstream, Luxembourg, societe anonyme
(formerly known as Cedelbank), a
corporation organized under the laws of the
Duchy of Luxembourg.
CLOSING DATE: February
28, 2005.
CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COLLATERAL DEFICIENCY AMOUNT: With respect the Group I Loans
and Group II Loans and any Distribution
Date prior to the Credit Support
Depletion Date, the amount by which (i) the
sum of (x) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Group I Senior
Certificates (other than the Class
I-A-2, Class I-A-4 and Class I-A-6
Certificates) or Group II Senior Certificates
(other than the Class II-A-2 Certificates),
as applicable, after giving effect
to payments of principal (other than the
related Collateral Deficiency Amount)
on that Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the
Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Loans in the related Loan Group as of the
last day of the related Due Period.
COMPENSATING INTEREST: For any Distribution Date (a) with
respect to the Loans serviced by National
City, the aggregate Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls and Curtailment
Shortfalls for such Loans for such
Distribution Date, (b) with respect to the
Loans serviced by GreenPoint and M&T,
the lesser of (i) the aggregate Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls for such Loans
for such Distribution Date and (ii) the
aggregate Servicing Fee payable to such
Servicer for the related Due Period and (c)
with respect to the Loans serviced
by an Interim Servicer, the amount set
forth in the related Servicing Agreement.
COMPONENT R-1: The uncertificated residual interest in REMIC
I.
COMPONENT R-2: The uncertificated residual interest in REMIC
II.
COMPONENT R-3: The uncertificated residual interest in REMIC
III.
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The principal corporate trust office
of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as the case may be, at which at
any particular time its corporate trust
business in connection with this
Agreement shall be administered, which
office at the date of the execution of
this instrument is located at (i) with
respect to the Trustee, HSBC Bank USA,
National Association, 452 Fifth Avenue, New
York, New York 10018, or at such
other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator, or (ii) with respect to the
Securities Administrator, (A) for
Certificate transfer and surrender
purposes, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, Sixth Street and Marquette
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479,
Attention: DBALT 2005-2 and (B) for all
other purposes, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, 9062 Old Annapolis
Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045,
Attention: DBALT 2005-2, or at such other
address as the Securities
Administrator may designate from time to
time by notice to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee.
CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT OR CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENTS: Each agreement between the
Credit Risk Manager and a Servicer or the
Master Servicer, regarding the loss
mitigation and advisory services to be
provided by the Credit Risk Manager.
CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT FEE: The amount payable to the Credit
Risk Manager on each Distribution Date as
compensation for all services rendered
by it in the exercise and performance of
any and all powers and duties of the
Credit Risk Manager under any Credit Risk
Management Agreement, which amount
shall equal one twelfth of the product of
(i) the Credit Risk Management Fee
Rate multiplied by (ii) the Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Loans and any
related REO Properties as of the first day
of the related Due Period.
CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT FEE RATE: 0.010% per annum.
CREDIT RISK MANAGER: The Murrayhill Company, a Colorado
corporation, and its successors and
assigns.
CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE: The Distribution Date on which
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Subordinate Certificates have
been reduced to zero, prior to giving
effect to principal distributions thereon
and the allocation of Realized Losses on
such Distribution Date.
CROSS PAYMENT TRIGGER DATE: Any Distribution Date on which (i)
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Group I Senior Certificates
(other than the Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4
and Class I-A-6 Certificates) or the
Group II Senior Certificates (other than
the Class II-A-2 Certificates) have
been reduced to zero and (ii) either (a)
the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage is
less than 200% times the Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage as of the Closing
Date, or (b) the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Group I Loans and Group II
Loans (including Group I Loans and Group II
Loans in bankruptcy, foreclosure and
REO) which are 60 or more days delinquent
(averaged over the preceding six-month
period), as a percentage of the Aggregate
Subordinate Amount, is equal to or
greater than 50% as of such Distribution
Date.
CURTAILMENT: Any voluntary payment of principal on a Loan,
made by or on behalf of the related
Mortgagor, other than a Monthly Payment, a
Prepaid Monthly Payment or a Payoff, which
is applied to reduce the outstanding
Principal Balance of the Loan.
CURTAILMENT SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Curtailment received during the
related Prepayment Period, an amount
equal to one month's interest on such
Curtailment at the applicable Net Mortgage
Rate on such Loan.
CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: The Custodial Agreement dated as of
February 28, 2005, among the Trustee, Wells
Fargo as Custodian, National City,
M&T and GreenPoint as such agreement
may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, or any other custodial agreement
entered into after the date hereof with
respect to any Loan subject to this
Agreement.
CUSTODIAN: Either Wells Fargo or any other custodian appointed
under any custodial agreement entered into
after the date of this Agreement.
CUT-OFF DATE: February 1, 2005; except that with respect to
each Substitute Loan, the Cut-Off Date
shall be the date of substitution.
DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION: Any reduction of the amount of the
monthly payment on a Loan made by a
bankruptcy court in connection with a
personal bankruptcy of a Mortgagor.
DEFICIENT VALUATION: In connection with a personal bankruptcy
of a Mortgagor on a Loan, the positive
difference, if any, resulting from the
outstanding principal balance on a Loan
less a bankruptcy court's valuation of
the related Mortgaged Property.
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: As defined in Section 5.1.
DELETED LOAN: A Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Substitute Loan.
DEPOSITOR: Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its
successor-in-interest.
DEPOSITORY: The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of
the initial Depository, for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are
to be Book-Entry Certificates, is
Cede & Co. The Depository shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New
York and a Clearing Agency.
DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT: A broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for
whom the Depository effects book-entry
transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with the Depository.
DETERMINATION DATE: With respect to each Servicer and Interim
Servicer, the day of the month set forth as
the Determination Date in the
related Servicing Agreement.
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION: A "disqualified organization" as
defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code,
and, for purposes of Article V
herein, any Person which is not a Permitted
Transferee; provided, that a
Disqualified Organization does not include
any Pass-Through Entity which owns or
holds a Residual Certificate and of which a
Disqualified Organization, directly
or indirectly, may be a stockholder,
partner or beneficiary.
DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The trust account or accounts created
and maintained by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 3.23, for the
benefit of the related Certificateholders
and designated "Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Securities
Administrator, in trust for registered
holders of Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc.
Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-2."
Funds in the Distribution Account shall be
held in trust for the related
Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement. Each
Distribution Account must be an Eligible
Account.
DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT DEPOSIT DATE: With respect to each
Distribution Date, the Business Day prior
to such Distribution Date.
DISTRIBUTION DATE: The 25th day (or, if such 25th day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately
succeeding such 25th day) of each
month, with the first such date being March
25, 2005.
DUE DATE: The first day of each calendar month, which is the
day on which the Monthly Payment for each
Loan is due, exclusive of any days of
grace. The "related Due Date" for any
Distribution Date is the Due Date
immediately preceding such Distribution
Date.
DUE PERIOD: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Loans, (a) with respect to the Loans
serviced by GreenPoint and National City,
the period commencing on the second day of
the month immediately preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date
occurs, (b) with respect to the Loans
serviced by M&T, the calendar month
preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, and (c) with
respect to the Loans serviced by an
Interim Servicer, the period set forth in
the related Servicing Agreement.
ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT: Any account or accounts held and established
by the Securities Administrator in trust
for the Certificateholders at any
Eligible Institution.
ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION: An institution having (i) the highest
short-term debt rating, and one of the two
highest long-term debt ratings of
each Rating Agency, (ii) with respect to
the Distribution Account, an unsecured
long-term debt rating of at least one of
the two highest unsecured long-term
debt ratings of each Rating Agency, or
(iii) the approval of each Rating Agency.
ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS: Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities payable on demand
or having a scheduled maturity on or
before the Business Day preceding the
following Distribution Date (or, with
respect to the Distribution Account
maintained with the Securities
Administrator, having a scheduled maturity
on or before the following
Distribution Date; provided that, such
Eligible Investments shall be managed by,
or an obligation of, the institution that
maintains the Distribution Account if
such Eligible Investments mature on the
Distribution Date), regardless of
whether any such obligation is issued by
the Depositor, the applicable Servicer,
the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or any of their
respective Affiliates and having at the
time of purchase, or at such other time
as may be specified, the required ratings,
if any, provided for in this
definition:
(a) direct obligations of, or guaranteed as to full and timely
payment of principal and interest by, the
United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof, provided, that
such obligations are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of
America;
(b) direct obligations of, or guaranteed as to timely payment
of principal and interest by, Freddie Mac,
Fannie Mae or the Federal Farm Credit
System, provided, that any such obligation,
at the time of purchase or
contractual commitment providing for the
purchase thereof, is qualified by each
Rating Agency as an investment of funds
backing securities rated "AAA" in the
case of S&P and Moody's (the initial
rating of the Senior Certificates);
(c) demand and time deposits in or certificates of deposit of,
or bankers' acceptances issued by, any bank
or trust company, savings and loan
association or savings bank, provided, that
the short-term deposit ratings
and/or long-term unsecured debt obligations
of such depository institution or
trust company (or in the case of the
principal depository institutions in a
holding company system, the commercial
paper or long-term unsecured debt
obligations of such holding company) have,
in the case of commercial paper, the
highest rating available for such
securities by each Rating Agency and, in the
case of long-term unsecured debt
obligations, one of the two highest ratings
available for such securities by each
Rating Agency, or in each case such lower
rating as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating or
ratings then assigned to any Class of
Certificates by any Rating Agency but in
no event less than the initial rating of
the Senior Certificates;
(d) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any
state of the United States or the District
of Columbia receiving one of the two
highest long-term debt ratings available
for such securities by each Rating
Agency, or such lower rating as will not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the rating or ratings then assigned to
any Class of Certificates by any
Rating Agency;
(e) commercial or finance company 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) that is rated by each
Rating Agency in its highest
short-term unsecured rating category at the
time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such
investment, and is issued by a
corporation the outstanding senior
long-term debt obligations of which are then
rated by each Rating Agency in one of its
two highest long-term unsecured rating
categories, or such lower rating as will
not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating or ratings then
assigned to any Class of Certificates
by any Rating Agency but in no event less
than the initial rating of the Senior
Certificates;
(f) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank,
insurance company or other corporation
rated in one of the two highest rating
levels available to such issuers by each
Rating Agency at the time of such
investment, provided, that any such
agreement must by its terms provide that it
is terminable by the purchaser without
penalty in the event any such rating is
at any time lower than such level; (g)
repurchase obligations with respect to
any security described in clause (a) or (b)
above entered into with a depository
institution or trust company (acting as
principal) meeting the rating standards
described in (c) above;
(h) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that are
issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof and rated by
each Rating Agency in one of its two
highest long-term unsecured rating
categories at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such
investment; provided, however, that
securities issued by any such corporation
will not be Eligible Investments to
the extent that investment therein would
cause the outstanding principal amount
of securities issued by such corporation
that are then held as part of the
Distribution Account to exceed 20% of the
aggregate principal amount of all
Eligible Investments then held in the
Distribution Account;
(i) units of taxable money market funds (including those for
which the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer or any
affiliate thereof receives compensation
with respect to such investment) which
funds have been rated by each Rating Agency
rating such fund in its highest
rating category or which have been
designated in writing by each Rating Agency
as Eligible Investments with respect to
this definition;
(j) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator, any other demand,
money market or time deposit, or any
other obligation, security or investment,
as may be acceptable to each Rating
Agency as a permitted investment of funds
backing securities having ratings
equivalent to the initial rating of the
Senior Certificates; and
(k) such other obligations as are acceptable as Eligible
Investments to each Rating Agency;
provided, however, that such instrument
continues to qualify as a "cash flow
investment" pursuant to Code Section
860G(a)(6) and that no instrument or
security shall be an Eligible Investment if
(i) such instrument or security
evidences a right to receive only interest
payments or (ii) the right to receive
principal and interest payments derived
from the underlying investment provides
a yield to maturity in excess of 120% of
the yield to maturity at par of such
underlying investment.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
EUROCLEAR: Euroclear Bank SA/NV, Brussels office, as operator
of the Euroclear system.
EXCESS
LOSS: A Special Hazard Loss incurred on a Loan in
excess of the Special Hazard Coverage, a
Fraud Loss incurred on a Loan in excess
of the Fraud Coverage and a Bankruptcy Loss
incurred on a Loan in excess of the
Bankruptcy Coverage.
EXCHANGE
ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FANNIE MAE: Fannie Mae, formerly known as the Federal National
Mortgage Association, or any successor
thereto.
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FIRST FINANCIAL: First Financial Equities, Inc., a New York
corporation, or any successor thereto.
FIRST FINANCIAL SERVICING AGREEMENT: Shall mean the Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Interim
Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1,
2005, between the Seller and First
Financial (as modified pursuant to the
related Assignment Agreement).
FITCH: Fitch Ratings
or any successor thereto.
FRAUD COVERAGE: As of the Cut-Off Date, will be approximately
$10,462.398.43 with respect to the Group I
Loans and $1,091,009.64 with respect
to the Group II Loans. As of any date of
determination after the Cut-Off Date,
the Fraud Coverage will generally be equal
to:
(1) before the
second Anniversary, an amount equal to:
(a) 2.00% of
the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans as of
the Cut-Off Date, minus
(b) the
aggregate amounts allocated to the
Certificates with respect to Fraud Losses on
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans up to
such date of determination;
(2) from the
second to and including the fifth
Anniversary, an amount equal to:
(a) 1.00% of
the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans as of
the Cut-Off Date, minus
(b) the
aggregate amounts allocated to the
Certificates with respect to Fraud Losses on
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans up to
such date of determination;
(3) after the
fifth Anniversary, the Fraud Coverage will
be zero.
FRAUD LOSS: The occurrence of a loss on a Loan, as reported by
the related Servicer, arising from any
action, event or state of facts with
respect to such Loan which, because it
involved or arose out of any dishonest,
fraudulent, criminal, negligent or
knowingly wrongful act, error or omission by
the Mortgagor, originator (or assignee
thereof) of such Loan, or the related
Servicer, would result in an exclusion
from, denial of, or defense to coverage
which otherwise would be provided by an
insurance policy previously issued with
respect to such Loan.
FREDDIE MAC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or
any successor thereto.
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE: A Regulation S Temporary Global
Certificate or a Regulation S Permanent
Global Certificate.
GREENPOINT: GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., or any
successor thereto.
GREENPOINT SERVICING AGREEMENT: Shall mean the Amended and
Restated Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of
January 1, 2005, between the Seller and
GreenPoint (as modified pursuant to the
related Assignment Agreement).
GROUP I AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to a
Distribution Date, the sum of the following
amounts that are related to the
Group I Loans:
(1) the total
amount of all cash received by or on behalf
of each Interim Servicer and each Servicer with
respect to the Group I Loans by the Determination
Date for such Distribution Date and not previously
distributed (including Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, condemnation proceeds and
Subsequent Recoveries), except:
(a) all
scheduled payments of principal and
interest collected on the Group I Loans but
due on a date after the related Due Date;
(b) all
Curtailments received with respect to
the Group I Loans after the related
Prepayment Period, together with all
interest paid by the Mortgagors in
connection with such Curtailments;
(c)
all
Payoffs received with respect to the
Group I Loans after the related Prepayment
Period, together with all interest paid by
the Mortgagors in connection with such
Payoffs;
(d)
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
condemnation proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries received on the Group I Loans
after the related Prepayment Period;
(e) all
amounts reimbursable to the related
Interim Servicer or the related Servicer
pursuant to the terms of the related
Servicing Agreement or to the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee or the Custodian pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement;
(f)
reinvestment income on the balance of funds,
if any, in the Protected Accounts or the
Distribution Account;
(g) any fees
payable to the Interim Servicers,
the Master Servicer (including any Master
Servicing Fees), the Servicers and the
Credit Risk Manager with respect to the
Group I Loans, and any premiums payable in
connection with any lender paid primary
mortgage insurance policies maintained on
the Group I Loans; and
(h) all
Prepayment Charges received in
connection with the Group I Loans;
(2) all
Advances made by an Interim Servicer, a Servicer
and/or the Master Servicer with respect to the Group
I Loans for that Distribution Date;
(3) any
amounts paid as Compensating Interest on the
Group I Loans by an Interim Servicer, a Servicer
and/or the Master Servicer for that Distribution
Date; and
(4) the total
amount of any cash deposited in the
Distribution Account in connection with the
repurchase of any Group I Loan by the Depositor or
the Mortgage Loan Seller.
GROUP I LOANS: Those Loans having original terms to maturity
not greater than thirty (30) years and
identified on the Loan Schedule as Group
I Loans.
GROUP I SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2,
Class I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class I-A-5,
Class I-A-6 and Class I-A-7 Certificates.
GROUP II AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to a
Distribution Date, the sum of the following
amounts that are related to the
Group II Loans:
(1) the total
amount of all cash received by or on behalf
of each Interim Servicer and each Servicer with
respect to the Group II Loans by the Determination
Date for such Distribution Date and not previously
distributed (including Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, condemnation proceeds and
Subsequent Recoveries), except:
(a) all
scheduled payments of principal and
interest collected on the Group II Loans but
due on a date after the related Due Date;
(b) all
Curtailments received with respect to
the Group II Loans after the related
Prepayment Period, together with all
interest paid by the Mortgagors in
connection with such Curtailments;
(c) all
Payoffs received with respect to the
Group II Loans after
the related Prepayment
Period, together with interest paid by the
Mortgagors in connection with such Payoffs;
(d)
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
condemnation proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries received on the Group II Loans
after the related Prepayment Period;
(e) all
amounts reimbursable to the related
Interim Servicer or the related Servicer
pursuant to the terms of the related
Servicing
Agreement or to the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee or the Custodian pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement;
(f)
reinvestment income on the balance of funds,
if any, in the Protected Accounts or the
Distribution Account;
(g) any fees
payable to the Interim Servicers,
the Master Servicer (including any Mater
Servicing Fees), the Servicers and the
Credit Risk Manager with respect to the
Group II Loans, and any premiums payable in
connection with any lender paid primary
mortgage insurance policies maintained on
the Group II Loans; and
(h) all
Prepayment Charges received in
connection with the Group II Loans;
(2) All
Advances made by an Interim Servicer, a Servicer
and/or the Master Servicer with respect to the Group
II Loans for that Distribution Date;
(3) Any
amounts paid as Compensating Interest on the
Group II Loans by an Interim Servicer, a Servicer
and/or the Master Servicer for that Distribution
Date; and
(4) The total
amount of any cash deposited in the
Distribution Account in connection with the
repurchase of any Group II Loan by the Depositor or
the Mortgage Loan Seller.
GROUP II LOANS: Those Loans having original terms to maturity
of not greater than fifteen (15) years and
identified on the Loan Schedule as
Group II Loans.
GROUP II SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
Class II-A-3 and Class R Certificates.
INDEPENDENT: When used with respect to any specified Person,
any such Person who (i) is in fact
independent of the Depositor, each Servicer,
the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator, (ii) does not have any
direct financial interest or any material
indirect financial interest in the
Depositor, Servicer, the Master Servicer or
the Securities Administrator or any
Affiliate of either and (iii) is not
connected with the Depositor, any Servicer,
the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or person performing similar
functions.
INDIRECT DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANTS: Entities such as banks,
brokers, dealers or trust companies that
clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Depository Participant,
either directly or indirectly.
INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Proceeds of any title policy, hazard
policy or other insurance policy covering a
Loan, to the extent such proceeds
are not to be applied to the restoration of
the related Mortgaged Property or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with the applicable Servicing Agreement.
INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD: For the Group I Senior Certificates
(other than the Class I-A-7 Certificates)
and the Group II Senior Certificates
(other than the Class II-A-3 Certificates),
(a) as to the Distribution Date in
March 2005, the period commencing on
February 25, 2005, and ending on the day
preceding the Distribution Date in March
2005, and (b) as to any Distribution
Date after the Distribution Date in March
2005, the period commencing on the
Distribution Date in the month immediately
preceding the month in which that
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the
day preceding that Distribution Date.
The Interest Accrual Period for the Class
I-A-7, Class II-A-3 and Subordinate
Certificates will be the calendar month
preceding the month in which that
Distribution Date occurs. Interest on the
Certificates will be calculated based
on a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months regardless of the actual
number of days in the related Interest
Accrual Period.
INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: On any Distribution Date, for
any Class of Certificates, the sum of (i)
interest accrued on the related
Certificate which shall be equal to (a) the
product of (1) 1/12th of the
Pass-Through Rate for such Class and (2)
the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable,
for such Class before giving effect
to allocations of Realized Losses in
connection with such Distribution Date or
distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date, reduced by (b) Net Interest
Shortfalls allocated to such Class pursuant
to the definition of "Net Interest
Shortfall", including the interest portion
of Realized Losses allocated to such
Class pursuant to Section 4.2 and (ii) the
amount of interest accrued but unpaid
to such class from prior Distribution
Dates.
INTERIM SERVICER: Any of Cameron, First Financial, Pinnacle
Direct or Pinnacle Financial.
INVESTMENT WITHDRAWAL DISTRIBUTION DATE: As defined in Section
3.23(c).
JUNIOR SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES: The Class B-3, Class B-4 and
Class B-5 Certificates, collectively.
LAST SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: The Distribution Date in
April 2035, which is the Distribution Date
immediately following the maturity
date for the Loan with the latest maturity
date.
LIBOR: For the initial Interest Accrual Period, the Securities
Administrator will determine One-Month
LIBOR for such Interest Accrual Period
based on information available on the
second Business Day preceding the Closing
Date with respect to the Group I Senior
Certificates (other than the Class I-A-7
Certificates) and the Group II Senior
Certificates (other than the Class II-A-3
Certificates), and for any Interest Accrual
Period thereafter, on the second
Business Day preceding the related Interest
Accrual Period, the one month rate
which appears on the Dow Jones Telerate
System, page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time on the LIBOR Determination
Date. If such rate is not provided, LIBOR
shall mean the rate determined by the
Securities Administrator (or a calculation
agent on its behalf) in accordance with the
following procedure:
(i) The Securities Administrator on the LIBOR Determination
Date will request the principal London
offices of each of four major Reference
Banks in the London interbank market, as
selected by the Securities
Administrator, to provide the Securities
Administrator with its offered
quotation for deposits in United States
dollars for the upcoming one-month
period, commencing on the second LIBOR
Business Day immediately following such
LIBOR Determination Date, to prime banks in
the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on
such LIBOR Determination Date and in a
principal amount that is representative for
a single transaction in United
States dollars in such market at such time.
If at least two such quotations are
provided, LIBOR determined on such LIBOR
Determination Date will be the
arithmetic mean of such quotations.
(ii) If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR
determined on such LIBOR Determination Date
will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m. in
New York City on such LIBOR
Determination Date by three major banks in
New York City selected by the
Securities Administrator for one-month
United States dollar loans to lending
European banks, in a principal amount that
is representative for a single
transaction in United States dollars in
such market at such time; provided,
however, that if the banks so selected by
the Securities Administrator are not
quoting as mentioned in this sentence,
LIBOR determined on such LIBOR
Determination Date will continue to be
LIBOR as then currently in effect on such
LIBOR Determination Date.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the
Group I Senior Certificates (other than the
Class I-A-7 Certificates) and Group
II Senior Certificates (other than the
Class II-A-3 Certificates) by the
Securities Administrator shall (in the
absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of
a Group I Senior Certificates (other
than the Class I-A-7 Certificates) and
Group II Senior Certificates (other than
the Class II-A-3 Certificates) and the
Securities Administrator.
LIBOR BUSINESS DAY: Any day on which dealings in United States
dollars are transacted in the London
interbank market.
LIBOR DETERMINATION DATE: The second LIBOR Business Day before
the first day of the related Interest
Accrual Period.
LIQUIDATED LOAN: A Loan as to which the related Interim
Servicer or Servicer, as applicable, has
determined in accordance with its
customary servicing practices that all
amounts which it expects to recover from
or on account of such Loan, whether from
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise, have been recovered.
For purposes of this definition,
acquisition of a Mortgaged Property by the
Trust Fund shall not constitute final
liquidation of the related Loan.
LIQUIDATION PRINCIPAL: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Loan Group, the principal portion
of net Liquidation Proceeds received
with respect to each such Loan which became
a Liquidated Loan (but not in excess
of the Principal Balance thereof) during
the related Prepayment Period.
LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: The amount (other than Insurance
Proceeds or amounts received in respect of
the rental of any REO Property prior
to REO Disposition) received by the related
Interim Servicer or Servicer, as
applicable, pursuant to the related
Servicing Agreement in connection with (i)
the taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged
Property by exercise of the power of
eminent domain or condemnation, (ii) the
liquidation of a defaulted Loan through
a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or
otherwise, or (iii) the repurchase,
substitution or sale of a Loan or an REO
Property pursuant to or as contemplated
by Section 2.3 or Section 9.1, in each case
net of any portion thereof that
represents a recovery of principal or
interest for which an Advance was made by
an Interim Servicer, a Servicer or the
Master Servicer.
LOAN DOCUMENTS: The documents evidencing or relating to each
Loan delivered to the Custodian under the
Custodial Agreement on behalf of the
Trustee.
LOAN GROUP: The Group I Loans or Group II Loans, as
applicable.
LOAN SCHEDULE: The schedule, as amended from time to time, of
Loans, attached hereto as Schedule One,
which shall set forth as to each Loan
the following, among other things:
(i) the loan
number of the Loan and name of the related
Mortgagor;
(ii)
the street address of the Mortgaged Property
including city, state and zip code;
(iii) the
Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-Off Date;
(iv)
the original term and maturity date of the related
Mortgage Note;
(v) the
original Principal Balance;
(vi)
the first payment date;
(vii) the
Monthly Payment in effect as of the Cut-Off Date;
(viii) the date
of the last paid installment of interest;
(ix)
the unpaid Principal Balance as of the close of
business on the Cut-Off Date;
(x) the
Loan-to-Value ratio at origination;
(xi)
the type of property and the Original Value of the
Mortgaged Property;
(xii)
whether a primary mortgage insurance policy is in
effect as of the Cut-Off Date;
(xiii) the
nature of occupancy at origination; and
(xiv) the
related Loan Group.
LOANS: The Mortgages and the related Mortgage Notes, each
transferred and assigned to the Trustee
pursuant to the provisions hereof as
from time to time are held as part of the
Trust Fund, as so identified in the
Loan Schedule. Each of the Loans is
referred to individually in this Agreement
as a "Loan".
LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO: The original principal amount of a Loan
divided by the Original Value; however,
references to "current Loan-to-Value
Ratio" shall mean the then current
Principal Balance of a Loan divided by the
Original Value.
M&T: M&T Mortgage Corporation, a New York banking
corporation,
or any successor thereto.
M&T SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Interim Servicing and
Servicing
Rights Purchase Agreement, dated as of
March 1, 2004 between the Seller and M&T
(as modified pursuant to the related
Assignment Agreement).
MASTER SERVICER: As of the Closing Date, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association and thereafter, its
respective successors in interest who
meet the qualifications of this Agreement.
The Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator shall at all times
be the same Person or Affiliates.
MASTER SERVICER EVENT OF DEFAULT: One or more of the events
described in Section 7.1 hereof.
MASTER SERVICING FEE: As to each Loan and any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to one twelfth of the
product of the Master Servicing Fee
Rate multiplied by the Scheduled Principal
Balance of such Loan as of the Due
Date in the month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date.
MASTER SERVICING FEE RATE: 0.002% per annum.
MASTER SERVICING COMPENSATION: As defined in Section 3.14(b).
MONTHLY ADVANCE: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any
advance made by an Interim Servicer or a
Servicer in respect of any
Determination Date or in respect of any
Distribution Date by a successor
Servicer (including the Master Servicer) or
by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.7 of this Agreement (which
advances shall not include principal or
interest shortfalls due to bankruptcy
proceedings or application of the Relief
Act or similar state or local laws.)
MONTHLY PAYMENT: The scheduled payment of principal and
interest on a Loan which is due on any Due
Date for such Loan after giving
effect to any reduction in the amount of
interest collectible from any Mortgagor
pursuant to the Relief Act.
MOODY'S: Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in
interest.
MORTGAGE: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on, or first priority
security interest in, a Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Note.
MORTGAGE FILE: The Loan Documents pertaining to a particular
Loan.
MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE: For any Loan, the per annum rate at
which interest accrues on such Loan
pursuant to the terms of the related
Mortgage Note without regard to any
reduction thereof as a result of the Relief
Act.
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2005
between the Depositor and the Seller.
MORTGAGE NOTE: The note or other evidence of indebtedness
evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor
under a Loan.
MORTGAGE POOL: All of the Loans.
MORTGAGED PROPERTY: With respect to any Loan, the real
property, together with improvements
thereto, securing the indebtedness of the
Mortgagor under the related Loan.
MORTGAGOR: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
NATIONAL CITY: National City Mortgage Co., or any successor
thereto.
NATIONAL CITY SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Master Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of January 1, 2005 between the
Seller and National City (as modified
pursuant to the related Assignment
Agreement).
NET INTEREST SHORTFALL: For any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for
such Distribution Date, (ii) any
Relief Act Interest Shortfall for such
Distribution Date and (iii) the portion
of Realized Losses attributable to interest
allocated to the Certificates.
NET MORTGAGE RATE: For each Loan and for any date of
determination, a per annum rate equal to
the Mortgage Interest Rate for such
Loan less the related Servicing Fee Rate,
the Master Servicing Fee Rate and the
Credit Risk Management Fee Rate.
NET WAC PASS THROUGH RATE: The Net WAC Pass Through Rate for
any Distribution Date and the Class I-A-1,
Class I-A-3 and Class I-A-5
Certificates is a rate per annum equal to
the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the then outstanding
Group I Loans, weighted based on their
Scheduled Principal Balances as of the
first day of the calendar month preceding
the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs. For federal income tax
purposes, the equivalent of the foregoing
shall be expressed as the weighted
average of the Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rate on REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-IA1, REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IA3, REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IA5 and REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IA7, weighted on the basis of the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
such REMIC II Regular Interest.
The Net WAC Pass Through Rate for any Distribution Date and
the Class II-A-1 Certificates is a rate per
annum equal to the weighted average
of the Net Mortgage Rates of the then
outstanding Group II Loans, weighted based
on their Scheduled Principal Balances as of
the first day of the calendar month
preceding the month in which the
Distribution Date occurs. For federal income
tax purposes, the equivalent of the
foregoing shall be expressed as the weighted
average of the Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rate on REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-IIA1 and REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-IIA3, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
each such REMIC II Regular Interest.
The Net WAC Pass Through Rate for any Distribution Date and
the Subordinate Certificates is a rate per
annum equal to the weighted average
of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Group I
Loans and the Group II Loans (weighted
on the basis of the results of subtracting
from the aggregate Principal Balance
of each Loan Group the current aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the
related Senior Certificates (other than the
Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4, Class
I-A-6 and Class II-A-2 Certificates), as of
the first day of the calendar month
preceding the month in which the
Distribution Date occurs). For federal income
tax purposes, the equivalent of the
foregoing shall be expressed as the weighted
average of the Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rates on REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-ISUB and REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-IISUB, weighted on the basis
of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
each such REMIC II Regular Interest.
NET WAC RATE CARRYOVER AMOUNT: Will be (a) with respect to the
Class I-A-1 Certificates and any
Distribution Date on which the Class I-A-1
Pass-Through Rate is limited to the related
Net WAC Pass-Through Rate, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) the excess of (x)
the amount of interest such Class
I-A-1 Certificates would have been entitled
to receive on such Distribution Date
had the applicable Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate not been applicable to such
Certificates on such Distribution Date over
(y) the amount of interest paid on
such Distribution Date at the applicable
Net WAC Pass-Through Rate plus (ii) the
Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the
previous Distribution Date not previously
distributed together with interest thereon
at a rate equal to the Class I-A-1
Pass-Through Rate for the most recently
ended Interest Accrual Period determined
without taking into account the applicable
Net WAC Pass-Through Rate; (b) with
respect to the Class I-A-3 Certificates and
any Distribution Date on which the
Class I-A-3 Pass-Through Rate is limited to
the related Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
excess of (x) the amount of interest
such Class I-A-3 Certificates would have
been entitled to receive on such
Distribution Date had the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate not been applicable
to such Certificates on such Distribution
Date over (y) the amount of interest
paid on such Distribution Date at the
related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate and (ii)
the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the
previous Distribution Date not
previously distributed, together with
interest thereon at a rate equal to the
Class I-A-3 Pass-Through Rate for the most
recently ended Interest Accrual
Period determined without taking into
account the related Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate; (c) with respect to the Class I-A-5
Certificates and any Distribution Date
on which the Class I-A-5 Pass-Through Rate
is limited to the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate, an amount equal to the
sum of (i) the excess of (x) the
amount of interest such Class I-A-5
Certificates would have been entitled to
receive on such Distribution Date had the
related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate not
been applicable to such Certificates on
such Distribution Date over (y) the
amount of interest paid on such
Distribution Date at the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amount for the previous
Distribution Date not previously
distributed, together with interest thereon at
a rate equal to the Class I-A-5
Pass-Through Rate for the most recently ended
Interest Accrual Period determined without
taking into account the related Net
WAC Pass-Through Rate; and (d) with respect
to the Class II-A-1 Certificates and
any Distribution Date on which the Class
II-A-1 Pass-Through Rate is limited to
the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the
excess of (x) the amount of interest such
Class II-A-1 Certificates would have
been entitled to receive on such
Distribution Date had the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate not been applicable to
such Certificates on such Distribution
Date over (y) the amount of interest paid
on such Distribution Date at the
related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate and (ii)
the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for
the previous Distribution Date not
previously distributed, together with
interest thereon at a rate equal to the
Class II-A-1 Pass-Through Rate for the
most recently ended Interest Accrual Period
determined without taking into
account the related Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate.
NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE: With respect to any Loan, any Advance
or Servicing Advance which the related
Servicer or Interim Servicer shall have
determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance
as defined in and pursuant to the
related Servicing Agreement, or which the
Master Servicer shall have determined
to be nonrecoverable pursuant to Section
4.7, respectively, and which was, or is
proposed to be, made by such Servicer,
Interim Servicer or the Master Servicer.
NON-U.S. PERSON: A Person that is not a U.S. Person.
NOTIONAL AMOUNT: With respect to the Class I-A-2 Certificates
and any Distribution Date, an amount equal
to the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class I-A-1 Certificates. For
federal income tax purposes the Notional
Amount of the Class I-A-2 Certificates will
equal the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IA1.
With respect to the Class I-A-4 Certificates and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class I-A-3 Certificates. For federal
income tax purposes the Notional Amount of
the Class I-A-4 Certificates will equal the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of
REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IA3.
With respect to the Class I-A-6 Certificates and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class I-A-5 Certificates. For federal
income tax purposes the Notional Amount of
the Class I-A-6 Certificates will equal the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of
REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IA5.
With respect to the Class II-A-2 Certificates and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class II-A-1 Certificates. For federal
income tax purposes the Notional Amount
of the Class II-A-2 Certificates will equal
the Uncertificated Principal Balance
of REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IIA1.
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE: With respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President or a
Vice-President, however denominated, of
such Person (or, in the case of a Person
which is not a corporation, signed by the
person or persons having like
responsibilities), and delivered to the
Trustee.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be salaried counsel for
the Depositor, an Interim Servicer,
a Servicer, the Securities Administrator or
the Master Servicer, acceptable to
the Trustee, except that any opinion of
counsel relating to (a) the
qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC or
(b) compliance with the REMIC
Provisions must be an opinion of
Independent counsel.
ORIGINAL VALUE: With respect to any Loan other than a Loan
originated for the purpose of refinancing
an existing mortgage debt, the lesser
of (a) the Appraised Value (if any) of the
Mortgaged Property at the time the
Loan was originated or (b) the purchase
price paid for the Mortgaged Property by
the Mortgagor. With respect to a Loan
originated for the purpose of refinancing
existing mortgage debt, the Original Value
shall be equal to the lesser of (a)
the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property at the time the Loan was
originated or (b) the appraised value at
the time the refinanced mortgage debt
was incurred.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision, or any successor
thereto.
OWNERSHIP INTEREST: With respect to any Residual Certificate,
any ownership or security interest in such
Residual Certificate, including any
interest in a Residual Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest
therein whether direct or indirect, legal
or beneficial, as owner or as pledge.
PASS-THROUGH ENTITY: Any regulated investment company, real
estate investment trust, common trust fund,
partnership, trust or estate, and
any organization to which Section 1381 of
the Code applies.
PASS-THROUGH RATE: With respect to the Class I-A-1
Certificates and the Distribution Date in
March 2005, approximately 3.00% per
annum, and with respect to any Distribution
Date thereafter, a per annum rate
equal to the lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR
plus 0.40% per annum and (b) the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates
of the Group I Loans for the related
Distribution Date. For federal income tax
purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on the
Class I-A-1 Certificates will equal the
lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus 0.40%
per annum and (b) the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate.
With respect to the Class I-A-2 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 2.9447% per annum, and with
respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter, a per annum rate equal to the
excess, if any, of the weighted average of
the Net Mortgage Rates of the Group I
Loans over One-Month LIBOR plus 0.40% per
annum. For federal income tax
purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on the
Class I-A-2 Certificates will equal (i)
the excess, if any, of (a) the
Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate on
REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IA1 over (b)
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.40% per annum.
With
respect to the Class I-A-3 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 2.95% per annum, and with respect
to any Distribution Date thereafter, will
be a per annum rate equal to the least
of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus 0.35% per
annum, (b) the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Group I Loans for the
related Distribution Date and (c)
6.25% per annum, with respect to the first
twelve Distribution Dates and 8.50%
per annum, with respect to any Distribution
Date thereafter. For federal income
tax purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on the
Class I-A-3 Certificates will equal
the least of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus 0.35%
per annum, (b) the Uncertificated
REMIC II Pass-Through Rate on REMIC II
Regular Interest LT-IA3 and (c) 6.25% per
annum, with respect to the first twelve
Distribution Dates and 8.50% per annum,
with respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class I-A-4 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 2.9947% per annum, and with
respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter, a per annum rate equal to the
excess, if any, of the weighted average of
the Net Mortgage Rates of the Group I
Loans for the related Distribution Date
over the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR
plus 0.35% per annum and (ii) 6.25% per
annum, with respect to the first twelve
Distribution Dates and 8.50% per annum,
with respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter. For federal income tax
purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on the Class
I-A-4 Certificates will equal (i) the
excess, if any, of (a) the Uncertificated
REMIC II Pass-Through Rate on REMIC II
Regular Interest LT-IA3 over (b) the
lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus 0.35%
per annum and (ii) 6.25% per annum,
with respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class I-A-5 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 3.10% per annum, and with respect
to any Distribution Date thereafter, a per
annum rate equal to the lesser of (a)
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.50% per annum and
(b) the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Group I Loans for the
related Distribution Date. For
federal income tax purposes, the
Pass-Through Rate on the Class I-A-5
Certificates will equal the lesser of (a)
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.50% per annum
and (b) the related Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate.
With respect to the Class I-A-6 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 2.8447% per annum, and as to any
Distribution Date thereafter, a per annum
rate equal to the excess, if any, of
the weighted average of the Net Mortgage
Rates of the Group I Loans for the
related Distribution Date over One-Month
LIBOR plus 0.50% per annum. For federal
income tax purposes, the Pass-Through Rate
on the Class I-A-6 Certificates will
equal (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the
Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through
Rate on REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IA5
over (b) One-Month LIBOR plus 0.50% per
annum.
With respect to the Class I-A-7 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 5.9447% per annum, and with
respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates
of the Group I Loans for the related
Distribution Date. For federal income tax
purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on the
Class I-A-7 Certificates will equal the
Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through
Rate on REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IA7.
With respect to the Class II-A-1 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 2.90% per annum, and with respect
to any Distribution Date thereafter, a per
annum rate equal to lesser of (a)
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.30% per annum and
(b) the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Group II Loans for
the related Distribution Date. For
federal income tax purposes, the
Pass-Through Rate on the Class II-A-1
Certificates will equal the lesser of (a)
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.30% per annum
and (b) the related Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate.
With respect to the Class II-A-2 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 2.4532% per annum, and with
respect to any Distribution thereafter, a
per annum rate equal to the excess, if
any, of the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Group II Loans for
the related Distribution Date over (i)
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.30% per annum. For
federal income tax purposes, the
Pass-Through Rate on the Class II-A-2
Certificates will equal (i) the excess, if
any, of (a) the Uncertificated REMIC
II Pass-Through Rate on REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-II-A-2 over (b) One-Month
LIBOR plus 0.30% per annum.
With respect to the Class II-A-3 Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 5.3532% per annum, and with
respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates
of the Group II Loans for the related
Distribution Date. For federal income tax
purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on the
Class II-A-3 Certificates will equal the
Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through
Rate on REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IIA3.
With respect to the Subordinate Certificates and the
Distribution Date in March 2005,
approximately 5.8888% per annum, and with
respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter, will be a per annum rate equal to
the weighted average of the Net Mortgage
Rates of the Group I Loans and the
Group II Mortgage Loans for the related
Distribution Date (weighted on the basis
of the results of subtracting from the
aggregate Principal Balance of each Loan
Group the current aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the related Senior
Certificates (other than the Class I-A-2,
Class I-A-4, Class I-A-6, and Class
II-A-2 Certificates)). For federal income
tax purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on
the Subordinate Certificates will equal the
weighted average of the
Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rates
on REMIC II Regular Interest LT-ISUB
and REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IISUB.
PAYOFF: Any voluntary payment of principal on a Loan by a
Mortgagor equal to the entire outstanding
Principal Balance of such Loan, if
received in advance of the last scheduled
Due Date for such Loan and is not
accompanied by scheduled interest due on
any date or dates in any month or
months subsequent to the month of such
payment-in-full.
PERCENTAGE INTEREST: With respect to any Class of Certificates
(other than the Residual Certificates) and
any date of determination, the
undivided percentage ownership in such
Class evidenced by such Certificate,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the initial Certificate
Principal Balance or Notional Amount
represented by such Certificate and the
denominator of which is the aggregate
initial Certificate Principal Balance or
Notional Amount of all of the Certificates
of such Class. Each Certificate is
issuable only in minimum Percentage
Interests corresponding to the Authorized
Denomination of the related Class of
Certificates; provided, however, that a
single Certificate of each such Class of
Certificates may be issued having a
Percentage Interest corresponding to the
remainder of the aggregate initial
Certificate Principal Balance or Notional
Amount of such Class or to an
otherwise Authorized Denomination for such
Class plus such remainder. With
respect to any Residual Certificate, the
undivided percentage ownership in such
Class evidenced by such Certificate, is as
set forth on the face of such
Certificate.
PERMITTED TRANSFEREE: With respect to the holding or ownership
of any Residual Certificate, any Person
other than (i) the United States, a
State or any political subdivision thereof,
or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign
government or International Organization,
or any agency or instrumentality of either
of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers'
cooperatives described in Code Section
521) which is exempt from the taxes imposed
by Chapter 1 of the Code (unless
such organization is subject to the tax
imposed by Section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income), (iv)
rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in Code Section
1381(a)(2)(C), (v) any electing large
partnership under Section 775 of the Code,
(vi) any Person from whom the Trustee
or the Securities Administrator has not
received an affidavit to the effect that
it is not a "disqualified organization"
within the meaning of Section 860E(e)(5)
of the Code, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based
upon an Opinion of Counsel (which shall not
be an expense of the Securities
Administration or the Trustee) that the
transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate to such Person may
cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding. The terms
"United States," "State" and "International
Organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Code Section 7701 or
successor provisions. A corporation
shall not be treated as an instrumentality
of the United States or of any State
or political subdivision thereof if all of
its activities are subject to tax,
and, with the exception of Freddie Mac, a
majority of its board of directors is
not selected by such governmental unit.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
PINNACLE DIRECT: Pinnacle Direct Funding Corporation, a
Florida corporation, or any successor
thereto.
PINNACLE DIRECT SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Amended and Restated
Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Interim
Servicing Agreement, date as of
November 1, 2004 between the Seller and
Pinnacle Direct (as modified pursuant to
the related Assignment Agreement).
PINNACLE FINANCIAL: Pinnacle Financial Corporation, a Florida
corporation, or any successor thereto.
PINNACLE FINANCIAL SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Amended and
Restated Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Interim Servicing Agreement, date as
of January 1, 2005 between the Seller and
Pinnacle Financial (as modified
pursuant to the related Assignment
Agreement).
PLAN: As defined in Section 5.2.
PLAN ASSETS: As defined in Section 5.2.
PREPAID MONTHLY PAYMENT: Any Monthly Payment received prior to
its scheduled Due Date, which is intended
to be applied to a Loan on its
scheduled Due Date and held in the related
Protected Account until the related
Servicer Remittance Date following its
scheduled Due Date.
PREPAYMENT CHARGE: With respect to any Principal Prepayment,
any prepayment premium, penalty or charge
payable by a Mortgagor in connection
with any Principal Prepayment on a Loan
pursuant to the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
PREPAYMENT CHARGE SCHEDULE: As of any date, the list of Loans
providing for a Prepayment Charge included
in the Trust Fund on such date,
attached hereto as Schedule Two (including
the prepayment charge summary
attached thereto). The Depositor shall
deliver or cause the delivery of the
Prepayment Charge Schedule to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee and the Credit
Risk Manager on the Closing Date. The
Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set forth
the following information with respect to
each Prepayment Charge:
(i) the Loan
identifying number;
(ii)
a code indicating the type of Prepayment Charge;
(iii) the
date on which the first Monthly Payment was due
on the related Mortgaged Loan;
(iv)
the term of the related Prepayment Charge;
(v) the
original Principal Balance of the related Loan;
and
(vi)
the Principal Balance of the related Loan as of the
Cut-Off Date.
PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL: For any Distribution Date and
any Loan on which a Payoff was made by a
Mortgagor during the related Prepayment
Period, an amount equal to one month's
interest at the applicable Net Mortgage
Rate on such Loan less the amount of
interest actually paid by the Mortgagor
with respect to such Payoff.
PREPAYMENT PERIOD: For any Distribution Date is (i) with
respect to the Loans serviced by National
City, the period commencing on the
second day of the month preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date
occurs and ending on the first day of the
month in which such Distribution Date
occurs, (ii) with respect to the Loans
serviced by M&T, the period commencing on
the 16th day of the month preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date
occurs and ending on the 15th day of the
month in which such Distribution Date
occurs with respect to Payoffs, and the
calendar month immediately preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date
occurs with respect to Curtailments, (iii)
with respect to the Loans serviced by
GreenPoint, the calendar month immediately
preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, and (iv) with
respect to the Loans serviced by an Interim
Servicer, as set forth in the
related Servicing Agreement.
PRINCIPAL BALANCE: For any Loan and at the time of any
determination, the principal balance of
such Loan remaining to be paid at the
close of business on the Cut-Off Date,
after deduction of all principal payments
due on or before the Cut-Off Date whether
or not received, reduced by the
principal portion of all amounts received
with respect to such Loan after the
Cut-Off Date and distributed or to be
distributed to Certificateholders through
the Distribution Date in the month of such
determination. In the case of a
Substitute Loan, "Principal Balance" shall
mean, at the time of any
determination, the principal balance of
such Substitute Loan on the related
Cut-Off Date, reduced by the principal
portion of all amounts received with
respect to such Loan after the Cut-Off Date
and distributed or to be distributed
to Certificateholders through the
Distribution Date in the month of
determination. The Principal Balance of a
Liquidated Loan shall be zero.
PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date and a Loan Group, the sum
of:
(1) scheduled
principal payments on the Group I Loans or
Group II Loans, as applicable, due during the related
Due Period;
(2) the
principal portion of repurchase proceeds received
with respect to the Group I Loans or Group II Loans,
as applicable, which were repurchased as permitted or
required by this Agreement during the related
Prepayment Period; and
(3) any other
unscheduled payments of principal which
were received on the Group I Loans or Group II Loans,
as applicable, during the related Prepayment Period,
other than Payoffs, Curtailments or Liquidation
Principal.
PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any payment of principal on a Loan which
constitutes a Payoff or a Curtailment.
PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT AMOUNT: On any Distribution Date and for
any Loan Group, the sum of (i) Curtailments
received during the related
Prepayment Period, (ii) Payoffs received
during the related Prepayment Period
and (iii) Subsequent Recoveries received
during the related Prepayment Period.
PRO RATA ALLOCATION: On any Distribution Date with respect to
(i) the allocation of the principal portion
of certain losses relating to a
Group I Loan or Group II Loan to the
related Senior Certificates (other than the
Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4, Class I-A-6 and
Class II-A-2 Certificates) and/or to
the Subordinate Certificates, as
applicable, pro rata, according to their
respective aggregate Certificate Principal
Balances on such date of allocation;
and (ii) the allocation of the interest
portion of certain losses relating to a
Group I Loan or Group II Loan to the
related Senior Certificates and/or to the
Subordinate Certificates, as applicable,
pro rata, first according to the
Interest Distribution Amounts due to such
Classes on such date of allocation in
reduction thereof until the amount accrued
but unpaid on such Distribution Date
has been reduced to zero and then, pro
rata, according to their respective
aggregate Certificate Principal Balances on
such date of allocation in reduction
thereof until the Certificate Principal
Balances thereof have been reduced to
zero.
PROTECTED ACCOUNT: An account or accounts established and
maintained for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by each Interim Servicer
and each Servicer with respect to the
related Loans and with respect to REO
Property pursuant to the applicable
Servicing Agreement.
PURCHASE OBLIGATION: An obligation of the Depositor or the
Seller to repurchase Loans under the
circumstances and in the manner provided in
Section 2.3.
PURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Loan to be purchased
pursuant to a Purchase Obligation, or any
Loan to be purchased or repurchased
relating to an REO Property, and as
confirmed by an Officers' Certificate from
the Master Servicer to the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
Principal Balance thereof as of the date of
purchase (or in the case of an REO Property
being purchased as provided in
Section 9.1, 100% of the fair market value
of such REO Property), (ii) in the
case of (x) a Loan, accrued interest on
such Principal Balance at the applicable
Net Mortgage Rate from the date interest
was last paid by the related Mortgagor
or the date an Advance by the applicable
Servicer or the Master Servicer, which
payment or Advance had as of the date of
purchase been distributed pursuant to
Section 4.1, through the end of the
calendar month in which the purchase is to
be effected and (y) an REO Property, the
sum of (1) accrued interest on such
Principal Balance at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate from the date interest was
last paid by the related Mortgagor or the
date an Advance by the applicable
Servicer or the Master Servicer through the
end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in
which such REO Property was
acquired, plus (2) REO Imputed Interest for
such REO Property for each calendar
month commencing with the calendar month in
which such REO Property was acquired
and ending with the calendar month in which
such purchase is to be effected, net
of the total of all net rental income,
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and Advances that as of the date of
purchase had been distributed as or to cover
REO Imputed Interest in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement,
(iii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances
and Advances (including Nonrecoverable
Advances) and any unpaid Servicing Fees or
Master Servicing Fees allocable to
such Loan or REO Property and (iv) in the
case of a Loan required to be
purchased pursuant to Section 2.3, expenses
reasonably incurred or to be
incurred by the Master Servicer, the
Interim Servicers, the Servicers, the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator in
respect of the breach or defect
giving rise to a Purchase Obligation and
any costs and damages incurred by the
Trust Fund in connection with any violation
by any such Loan of any predatory or
abusive lending law.
RATING AGENCY: Initially, each of Fitch and Moody's;
thereafter, each nationally recognized
statistical rating organization that has
rated the Certificates at the request of
the Depositor, or their respective
successors in interest.
RATINGS: As of any date of determination, the ratings, if any,
of the Certificates as assigned by each
Rating Agency.
REALIZED LOSS: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Liquidated Loan which became a Liquidated
Loan during the related Prepayment
Period, the sum of (i) the Principal
Balance of such Loan remaining outstanding
(after all recoveries of principal,
including net Liquidation Proceeds, have
been applied thereto) and the principal
portion of Nonrecoverable Advances with
respect to such Loan which have been
reimbursed from amounts received in respect
of the Loans in such Loan Group other than
the related Loan, and (ii) the
accrued interest on such Loan remaining
unpaid and the interest portion of
Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to
such Loan which have been reimbursed
from amounts received in respect of the
Loans in such Loan Group other than the
related Loan. The amounts described in
clause (i) shall be the principal portion
of Realized Losses and the amounts
described in clause (ii) shall be the
interest portion of Realized Losses. For
any Distribution Date and any Loan
which is not a Liquidated Loan, the amount
of any Bankruptcy Loss incurred with
respect to such Loan as of the related Due
Date shall be treated as a Realized
Loss allocable to principal.
RECORD DATE: With respect to the Group I Senior Certificates
(other than the Class I-A-7 Certificates)
and the Group II Senior Certificates
(other than the Class II-A-3 Certificates),
the Business Day prior to the
related Distribution Date; and with respect
to the Class I-A-7, Class II-A-3 and
Subordinate Certificates, the last Business
Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related
Distribution Date occurs.
REFERENCE BANKS: Barclay's Bank PLC, The Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank
and National Westminster Bank PLC and their
successors in interest; provided,
however, that if any of the foregoing banks
are not suitable to serve as a
Reference Bank, then any leading banks
selected by the Securities Administrator
which are engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar deposits in the International
Eurocurrency market (i) with an established
place of business in London, (ii)
not controlling, under the control of or
under common control with the Depositor
or any Affiliate thereof and (iii) which
have been designated as such by the
Securities Administrator.
REGULAR INTEREST CERTIFICATES: The Certificates, other than
the Class R Certificates.
REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL CERTIFICATE: As defined in
Section 5.1.
REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL CERTIFICATE: As defined in
Section 5.1.
RELEASE DATE: The 40th day after the later of (i) commencement
of the offering of the Certificates and
(ii) the Closing Date.
RELIEF ACT: The Servicemembers Relief Act of 2003, as amended,
or similar state laws.
RELIEF ACT INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any
Distribution Date and a Loan, any reduction
in the amount of interest
collectible on such Loan for the most
recently ended calendar month immediately
preceding such Distribution Date as a
result of the application of the Relief
Act.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC OPINION: An Opinion of Counsel stating that, under the
REMIC Provisions, any contemplated action
will not 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).
REMIC PROVISIONS: Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment
conduits which appear at Section
860A through 860G of Subchapter M of
Chapter 1 of the Code, and related
provisions, and regulations and rulings
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing
may be in effect from time to time.
REMIC REGULAR INTERESTS: Any of the REMIC I Regular Interests,
REMIC II Regular Interests or Regular
Interest Certificates.
REMIC I: The segregated pool of assets, with respect to which
a REMIC election is to be made, consisting
of: (i) the Loans (exclusive of
payments of principal and interest due on
or before the Cut-off Date, if any,
received by the Master Servicer which shall
not constitute an asset of the Trust
Fund) as from time to time are subject to
this Agreement and all payments under
and proceeds of such Loans (exclusive of
any late payment charges received on
the Loans), together with all documents
included in the related Mortgage File,
subject to Section 2.1; (ii) such funds or
assets as from time to time are
deposited in the Distribution Account and
belonging to the Trust Fund; (iii) any
REO Property in respect of a Group I Loan
or a Group II Loan; (iv) the primary
hazard insurance policies, if any, the
primary insurance policies, if any, and
all other insurance policies with respect
to the Loans; and (v) the Depositor's
interest in respect of the representations
and warranties made by the Seller in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.1 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, REMIC I specifically
excludes the Reserve Funds, the Cap
Contracts and any payments made thereunder.
REMIC I REGULAR INTERESTS: Any of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership
interests in REMIC I (as defined in the
Preliminary Statement) issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in
REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest
shall accrue interest at the related
Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in
effect from time to time, and shall
be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial Uncertificated Principal
Balance as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto.
REMIC I SUBORDINATE 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 between:
(1) the excess of (x) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Group I Loans over (y) the
aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Group I Senior Certificates
(other than the Class I-A-2, Class
I-A-4 and Class I-A-6 Certificates).
(2) the excess of (x) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Group II Loans over (y) the
aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Group II Senior Certificates
(other than the Class II-A-2
Certificates).
REMIC II: The pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular
Interests and all payments of principal or
interest on or with respect to the
REMIC I Regular Interests after the Cut-Off
Date.
REMIC II REGULAR INTERESTS: Any of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership
interests in REMIC II (as defined in the
Preliminary Statement) issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in
REMIC II. Each REMIC II Regular Interest
shall accrue interest at the related
Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through Rate
in effect from time to time, and shall
be entitled to distributions of principal,
subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial Uncertificated Principal
Balance as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto.
REMIC III: The pool of assets consisting of the REMIC II
Regular Interests and all payments of
principal or interest on or with respect
to the REMIC II Regular Interests after the
Cut-Off Date.
REMIC III CERTIFICATES: The Group I Senior Certificates, Group
II Senior Certificates and the Subordinate
Certificates.
REMITTANCE REPORT: A report by the Securities Administrator
pursuant to Section 4.6.
REO DISPOSITION: The sale or other disposition of an REO
Property on behalf of REMIC I.
REO IMPUTED INTEREST: As to any REO Property, for any calendar
month during which such REO Property was at
any time part of REMIC I, one
month's interest at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate on the Scheduled Principal
Balance of such REO Property (or, in the
case of the first such calendar month,
of the related Loan, if appropriate) as of
the close of business on the
Distribution Date in such calendar
month.
REO PROPERTY: A Mortgaged Property, title to which has been
acquired by a Servicer on behalf of the
Trust Fund through foreclosure, deed in
lieu of foreclosure or otherwise.
RESERVE FUND: The Class I-A-1 Reserve Fund, the Class I-A-3
Reserve Fund, the Class I-A-5 Reserve Fund
or the Class II-A-1 Reserve Fund, as
applicable.
RESIDUAL CERTIFICATEHOLDER: The registered Holder of a Class R
Certificate.
RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES: The Class R Certificates. Components
R-1, R-2 and R-3 of the Class R
Certificates are hereby designated as the sole
Class of "residual interests" in each of
REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III,
respectively.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: When used with respect to the Trustee,
any officer in the corporate trust
department or similar group of the Trustee
with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement and also,
with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom
such matter is referred because of his or
her knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject. When used with
respect to the Master Servicer or the
Securities Administrator, the Chairman or
Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Directors or Trustees, the Chairman or
Vice-Chairman of the Executive or
Standing Committee of the Board of
Directors or Trustees, the President, the
Chairman of the Committee on Trust Matters,
any Vice-President, any Assistant
Vice-President, the Secretary, any
Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, the Cashier, any
Assistant Cashier, any Trust Officer or
Assistant Trust Officer, the Controller,
any Assistant Controller or any other
officer customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of
the above-designated officers and in each
case having direct responsibility for
the administration of this Agreement, and
also, with respect to a particular
matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject. When used
with respect to the Depositor or any other
Person, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman
of the Board of Directors, the Chairman or
Vice-Chairman of any executive
committee of the Board of Directors, the
President, any Vice-President, the
Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, or
any other officer of the Depositor
customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the
above-designated officers and also, with respect
to a particular matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular
subject.
S&P: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. provided, that
at any time it is a Rating Agency.
SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Loan and a
Due Date, the unpaid principal balance of
such Loan as specified in the
amortization schedule (before any
adjustment to such schedule by reason of
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any
moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period) for such Due Date, after giving
effect to any previously applied
Curtailments, the payment of principal on
such Due Date and any reduction of the
Principal Balance of such Loan by a
bankruptcy court, irrespective of any
delinquency in payment by the related
Mortgagor.
SECURITIES ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR: As of the Closing Date, Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association and thereafter,
its respective successors in interest
who meet the qualifications of this
Agreement. The Securities Administrator and
the Master Servicer shall at all times be
the same Person or Affiliates.
SELLER: DB Structured Products, Inc., or its successor in
interest, in its capacity as seller under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
and in its capacity as assignor under the
Assignment Agreements.
SENIOR INTEREST SHORTFALL AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date
and the Group I Senior Certificates and
Group II Senior Certificates will be
equal to that amount by which the Interest
Distribution Amount payable to the
related Senior Certificates on such
Distribution Date exceeds the Group I
Available Distribution Amount or Group II
Available Distribution Amount, as
applicable.
SENIOR LIQUIDATION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date and the
Group I Loans and Group II Loans, the
aggregate with respect to each related
Loan which became a Liquidated Loan during
the related Prepayment Period, of the
lesser of: (i) the related Senior
Percentage of the Principal Balance of such
Loan, and (ii) the related Senior
Prepayment Percentage of the Liquidation
Principal with respect to such Loan.
SENIOR PERCENTAGE: As of the Closing Date, 94.45% for the
Group I Loans, and 94.45% for the Group II
Loans; thereafter, with respect to a
Group I Loan and Group II Loan for any
Distribution Date, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Senior
Certificates (other than the Class I-A-2, Class
I-A-4, Class I-A-6 and Class II-A-2
Certificates), as applicable, immediately
preceding such Distribution Date, and the
denominator of which is the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans in
such Loan Group, in each case as of
the first day of the related Due
Period.
SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: For Loan Group I and Loan Group
II and any Distribution Date, the percentage indicated in the
following
table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN
SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE
------------------------------
----------------------------
<S>
<C>
March 2005 through February
2010.....................100%.
March 2010 through February
2011.....................Senior Percentage + 70% of the Subordinate
Percentage
March 2011 through February
2012.....................Senior Percentage + 60% of the Subordinate
Percentage
March 2012 through February
2013.....................Senior Percentage + 40% of the Subordinate
Percentage
March 2013 through February
2014.....................Senior Percentage + 20% of the Subordinate
Percentage
March 2014 and
thereafter............................Senior Percentage
</TABLE>
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Senior
Prepayment Percentage with respect to
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans will
be equal to 100% on any Distribution
Date on which (i) the Aggregate Senior
Percentage for that Distribution Date
exceeds the Aggregate Senior Percentage as
of the Closing Date or (ii) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans
(including Group I Loans and Group II Loans
in bankruptcy, foreclosure and
related REO Property) which are 60 or more
days delinquent (averaged over the
preceding six-month period), as a
percentage of the Aggregate Subordinate
Amount, is equal to or greater than 50% as
of such Distribution Date, or
cumulative Realized Losses on the Group I
Loans and Group II Loans allocated to
the Subordinate Certificates are greater
than the following amounts:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PERCENTAGE OF THE AGGREGATE SUBORDINATE
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN
AMOUNT AS OF THE CUT-OFF DATE
------------------------------
-----------------------------
<S>
<C>
March 2010 through February
2011.............................
30%
March 2011 through February
2012.............................
35%
March 2012 through February
2013.............................
40%
March 2013 through February
2014.............................
45%
March 2014 and
thereafter....................................
50%
</TABLE>
If on any Distribution Date the allocation
to the Group I Senior Certificates
(other than the Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4
and Class I-A-6 Certificates) or Group
II Senior Certificates (other than the
Class II-A-2 Certificates) of Principal
Prepayments in the percentage required
would reduce the sum of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balances of the Group
I Senior Certificates (other than
the Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4 and Class
I-A-6 Certificates) or Group II Senior
Certificates (other than the Class II-A-2
Certificates) below zero, the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution
Date shall be limited to the
percentage necessary to reduce such sum to
zero.
SENIOR PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date and a Loan Group, the sum
of the following for that
Distribution Date:
(1) the related Senior Percentage of the related Principal
Distribution Amount;
(2) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the related
Principal Prepayment Amount; and
(3) the related Senior Liquidation Amount.
SERVICER: National City, GreenPoint or M&T, as applicable,
or
any successor appointed under the
applicable Servicing Agreement.
SERVICER REMITTANCE DATE: With respect to each Distribution
Date shall mean (i) with respect to
National City and M&T, the 18th day of the
calendar month in which such Distribution
Date occurs or, if such 18th day is
not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately preceding such 18th day, (ii)
with respect to GreenPoint, the 10th day of
the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs or, if such 10th
day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately preceding such
10th day, and (iii) with respect to each
Interim Servicer, the date set forth in the
related Servicing Agreement.
SERVICING ADVANCES: The customary reasonable and necessary
"out-of-pocket" costs and expenses incurred
prior to or on or after the Cut-Off
Date (the amounts incurred prior to the
Cut-Off Date are identified on Schedule
3 hereto) by the related Interim Servicer
or the related Servicer in connection
with a default, delinquency or other
unanticipated event by the related Interim
Servicer, or the related Servicer in the
performance of its servicing
obligations, including, but not limited to,
the cost of (i) the preservation,
restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (ii) any enforcement or
judicial proceedings, including
foreclosures, in respect of a particular Loan
and (iii) the management (including
reasonable fees in connection therewith) and
liquidation of any REO Property. No Interim
Servicer or Servicer shall be
required to make any Servicing Advance in
respect of a Loan or REO Property
that, in the good faith business judgment
of such Interim Servicer or Servicer,
as applicable, would not be ultimately
recoverable from related Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such
Loan or REO Property as provided
herein.
SERVICING AGREEMENT: The National City Servicing Agreement,
the GreenPoint Servicing Agreement, the
M&T Servicing Agreement, the Cameron
Servicing Agreement, the First Financial
Servicing Agreement, the Pinnacle
Direct Servicing Agreement or the Pinnacle
Financial Servicing Agreement, each
as modified by the related Assignment
Agreement.
SERVICING FEE: With respect to each Loan and for any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to one
twelfth of the product of the related
Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the
Scheduled Principal Balance of such Loan as
of the Due Date in the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date. The
Servicing Fee is payable solely from
collections of interest on the Loans or as
otherwise provided in the related Servicing
Agreement.
SERVICING FEE RATE: As set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.
SERVICING OFFICER: Any individual involved in, or responsible
for, the administration and servicing of
the Loans whose name and specimen
signature appear on a list of servicing
officers furnished to the Trustee, the
Depositor and the Securities Administrator
on the Closing Date by each Servicer
and the Master Servicer, as such lists may
from time to time be amended.
SPECIAL HAZARD COVERAGE: As of the Cut-Off Date, approximately
$5,231,199.22 with respect to the Group I
Loans and $2,610,000 with respect to
the Group II Loans. On each Anniversary,
the Special Hazard Coverage will be
reduced to an amount equal to the lesser
of:
(1) the
greatest of:
(a) the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Group
I Loans and Group II Loans located in the
zip code containing the largest aggregate
Principal Balance of the Group I Loans and
Group II Loans;
(b) 1.0% of
the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans; and
(c) twice the
Principal Balance of the largest
Group I Loan or Group II Loan, calculated as
of the Due Date in the immediately preceding
month (after giving effect to all scheduled
payments whether or not received); and
(2) the
Special Hazard Coverage as of the Cut-Off Date as
reduced by the Special Hazard Losses allocated to the
Certificates related to the Group I Loans and Group
II Loans since the Cut-Off Date.
SPECIAL HAZARD LOSS: The occurrence of any direct physical
loss or damage to a Mortgaged Property
relating to a Liquidated Loan, as
reported by the related Servicer, not
covered by a standard hazard maintenance
policy with extended coverage which is
caused by or results from any cause
except: (i) fire, lightning, windstorm,
hail, explosion, riot, riot attending a
strike, civil commotion, vandalism,
aircraft, vehicles, smoke, sprinkler
leakage, except to the extent of that
portion of the loss which was uninsured
because of the application of a
co-insurance clause of any insurance policy
covering these perils; (ii) normal wear and
tear, gradual deterioration,
inherent vice or inadequate maintenance of
all or part thereof; (iii) errors in
design, faulty workmanship or materials,
unless the collapse of the property or
a part thereof ensues and then only for the
ensuing loss; (iv) nuclear reaction
or nuclear radiation or radioactive
contamination, all whether controlled or
uncontrolled and whether such loss be
direct or indirect, proximate or remote or
be in whole or in part caused by,
contributed to or aggravated by a peril
covered by this definition of Special
Hazard Loss; (v) hostile or warlike action
in time of peace or war, including action
in hindering, combating or defending
against an actual, impending or expected
attack (a) by any government or
sovereign power (dejure or defacto), or by
an authority maintaining or using
military, naval or air forces, (b) by
military, naval or air forces, or (c) by
an agent of any such government, power,
authority or forces; (vi) any weapon of
war employing atomic fission or radioactive
force whether in time of peace or
war; (vii) insurrection, rebellion,
revolution, civil war, usurped power or
action taken by governmental authority in
hindering, combating or defending
against such occurrence; or (viii) seizure
or destruction under quarantine or
customs regulations, or confiscation by
order of any government or public
authority.
STARTUP DAY: With respect to each REMIC, the day designated as
such pursuant to Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
STEP DOWN PERCENTAGE: For the related Distribution Date and
the Class I-A-7 Certificates and Class
II-A-3 Certificates, the percentage
indicated below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN:
STEP DOWN PERCENTAGE:
-------------------------------
---------------------
<S>
<C>
March 2005 through February 2010
0%
March 2010 through February 2011
30%
March 2011 through February 2012
40%
March 2012 through February 2013
60%
March 2013 through February 2014
80%
March 2014 and thereafter
100%
</TABLE>
SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES: The Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2,
Class B-3, Class B-4 and Class B-5
Certificates.
SUBORDINATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT: For a Distribution Date and
the Group I Loans and Group II Loans, the
excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
Liquidation Principal for all Loans in such
Loan Group which became Liquidated
Loans during the related Prepayment Period,
over (ii) the related Senior
Liquidation Amount for such Distribution
Date received during the related
Prepayment Period.
SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: For any Distribution Date and the
Group I Loans and Group II Loans, 100%
minus the related Senior Percentage for
such date. As of the Closing Date, the
Subordinate Percentage will be 5.55% with
respect to the Group I Loans and 5.55% with
respect to the Group II Loans.
SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: For any Distribution Date,
100% minus the related Senior Prepayment
Percentage. As of the Closing Date, the
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will be
0% for the Group I Loans and 0% for
the Group II Loans.
SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date and the Group I Loans and Group II
Loans, an amount equal to the sum of the
following for that Distribution Date:
(1) the
related Subordinate Percentage of the related
Principal Distribution Amount;
(2) the
related Subordinate Principal Prepayment Amount;
and
(3) the
related Subordinate Liquidation Amount.
SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT AMOUNT: For any Distribution
Date and the Group I Loans and Group II
Loans, the related Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage of the Principal
Prepayment Amount for such Distribution
Date.
SUBORDINATION LEVEL: On any specified date and any Class of
Subordinate Certificates, the percentage
obtained by dividing: (1) the sum of
the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balances of all Classes of Subordinate
Certificates which are subordinate in right
of payment to such Class as of such
date, before giving effect to distributions
of principal or allocations of
related Realized Losses on such date; by
(2) the sum of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balances of all
Classes of Certificates relating to the
Group I Loans or Group II Loans (other than
the Class I-A-2, Class I-A-4, Class
I-A-6 and Class II-A-2 Certificates) as of
such date, before giving effect to
distributions of principal or allocations
of related Realized Losses on such
date.
SUBSEQUENT RECOVERIES: With respect to any Distribution Date,
all amounts received during the related
Prepayment Period by the related Interim
Servicer or the related Servicer
specifically related to a defaulted 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
defaulted Loan.
SUBSTITUTE LOAN: A mortgage loan substituted for a Deleted
Loan pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement which must, on the date of such
substitution, (i) have an outstanding
principal balance, after application of
all scheduled payments of principal and
interest due during or prior to the
month of substitution, not in excess of the
Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Deleted Loan as of the Due Date in the
calendar month during which the
substitution occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage
Interest Rate not less than (and not
more than one percentage point in excess
of) the Mortgage Interest Rate of the
Deleted Loan, (iii) have a remaining term
to maturity not greater than (and not
more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Loan, (iv) have the same Due
Date as the Due Date on the Deleted Loan,
(v) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of
the date of substitution equal to or lower
than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the
Deleted Loan as of such date, (vi) have a
risk grading at least equal to the
risk grading assigned on the Deleted Loan,
(vii) is a "qualified mortgage" as
defined in the REMIC Provisions and (viii)
conform to each representation and
warranty set forth in Section 6 of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
applicable to the Deleted Loan. In the
event that one or more mortgage loans are
substituted for one or more Deleted Loans,
the amounts described in clause (i)
hereof shall be determined on the basis of
aggregate principal balances, the
Mortgage Interest Rates described in clause
(ii) hereof shall be determined on
the basis of weighted average Mortgage
Interest Rates, the terms described in
clause (iii) hereof shall be determined on
the basis of weighted average
remaining term to maturity, the
Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (v)
hereof shall be satisfied as to each such
mortgage loan, the risk gradings
described in clause (vi) hereof shall be
satisfied as to each such mortgage loan
and, except to the extent otherwise
provided in this sentence, the
representations and warranties described in
clause (vii) hereof must be
satisfied as to each Substitute Loan or in
the aggregate, as the case may be.
TAX MATTERS PERSON: The Holder of the Class R Certificates
issued hereunder or any Permitted
Transferee of such Class R Certificateholder
shall be the initial "tax matters person"
for REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III
within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of
the Code.
TERMINATION PRICE: As defined in Section 9.1.
TRANSFEREE: Any Person who is acquiring by an Ownership
Interest in a Junior Subordinate
Certificate or Residual Certificate.
TRUST FUND: Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III, the Cap Contracts, the
Reserve Funds and any amounts on deposit
therein and any proceeds thereof.
TRUST REMIC: Any of REMIC I , REMIC II or REMIC III.
TRUSTEE: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a national
banking association, or its successor in
interest, or any successor trustee
appointed as herein provided.
UNCERTIFICATED ACCRUED INTEREST: With respect to each REMIC
Regular Interest on each Distribution Date,
an amount equal to one month's
interest at the related Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate on the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such REMIC Regular
Interest. In each case, Uncertificated
Accrued Interest will be reduced by any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and
shortfalls resulting from application of
the Relief Act.
UNCERTIFICATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to each REMIC
Regular Interest, the principal amount of
such REMIC Regular Interest
outstanding as of any date of
determination. As of the Closing Date, the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
REMIC Regular Interest shall equal the
amount set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto as its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance. On each
Distribution Date, the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each REMIC Regular
Interest shall be reduced by all
distributions of principal made on such
REMIC Regular Interest on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Sections 4.1
and 4.3, as applicable and, if and to
the extent necessary and appropriate, shall
be further reduced on such
Distribution Date by Realized Losses, as
provided in Sections 4.2. The
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
REMIC Regular Interest shall never be
less than zero.
UNCERTIFICATED REMIC I PASS-THROUGH RATE: With respect to
REMIC I Regular Interest LT-1GRP, the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates
on the Group I Loans for that Distribution
Date. With respect to REMIC I Regular
Interest LT-2GRP, the weighted average of
the Net Mortgage Rates on the Group II
Loans for that Distribution Date. With
respect to REMIC I Regular Interest
LT-1SUB, REMIC I Regular Interest LT-2SUB,
REMIC I Regular Interest LT-ZZZ and
REMIC I Regular Interest LT-R, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates on
the Group I Loans and the Group II Loans
for that Distribution Date.
UNCERTIFICATED REMIC II PASS-THROUGH RATE: With respect to
REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IA1, REMIC I
Regular Interest LT-IA3, REMIC I
Regular Interest LT-IA5 and REMIC I Regular
Interest LT-IA7, the weighted
average of the Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular
Interest LT-1GRP, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance
of such REMIC I Regular Interest. With
respect to REMIC II Regular Interest
LT-IIA1, REMIC II Regular Interest LT-IIA3
and REMIC II Regular Interest LT-R,
the weighted average of the Uncertificated
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I
Regular Interest LT-2GRP, weighted on the
basis of the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest.
With respect to REMIC II Regular
interest LT-ISUB and REMIC II Regular
Interest LT-IISUB, the weighted average of
the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through
Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest LT-1SUB
(subject to a cap and a floor equal to the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage
Rates on the Group I Loans) and the
Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on
REMIC I Regular Interest LT-2SUB (subject
to a cap and a floor equal to the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates
on the Group II Loans), weighted on
the basis of the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of each such REMIC I Regular
Interest.
UNDERWRITER: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
UNINSURED CAUSE: Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property
such that the complete restoration of such
property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies required to
be maintained pursuant to Section 3.9.
U.S. PERSON: A citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation or partnership (including an
entity treated as a corporation or
partnership for United States 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) 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 U.S. 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 1 of
subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code), and
which was treated as a U.S. Person on
August 20, 1996 may elect to continue to
be treated as a U.S. Person notwithstanding
the previous sentence.
WELLS FARGO: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any
successor thereto.
Section
1.2 ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN INTEREST SHORTFALL.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated
Accrued Interest for the REMIC I Regular
Interests for any Distribution Date,
the aggregate amount of any Unpaid Interest
Shortfalls incurred in respect of
the Loans for any Distribution Date shall
be allocated to the REMIC I Regular
Interests, pro rata, to the extent of one
month's interest at the then
applicable respective Uncertificated REMIC
I Pass-Through Rate on the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
such REMIC I Regular Interest.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated
Accrued Interest for the REMIC II Regular
Interests for any Distribution Date,
the aggregate amount of any Unpaid Interest
Shortfalls incurred in respect of
the Loans for any Distribution Date shall
be allocated to the REMIC II Regular
Interests, pro rata, to the extent of one
month's interest at the then
applicable respective Uncertificated REMIC
II Pass-Through Rate on the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
such REMIC II Regular Interest.
<PAGE>
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.1 CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND. The Depositor,
concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, does hereby transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to
the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
without recourse, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, all the right,
title and interest of the Depositor,
including any security interest therein for
the benefit of the Depositor, in and to the
Loans identified on the Loan
Schedule, the rights of the Depositor under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
and the Assignment Agreements (including,
without limitation the right to
enforce the obligations of the other
parties thereto thereunder), and all other
assets included or to be included in REMIC
I. Such assignment includes all
interest and principal received by the
Depositor or the applicable Servicer on
or with respect to the Loans (other than
payments of principal and interest due
on such Loans on or before the Cut-Off
Date). The Depositor herewith delivers to
the Trustee executed copies of the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, the
Servicing Agreements and the Assignment
Agreements.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with
the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement the documents with respect to
each Loan as described under Section 2
of the Custodial Agreement (the "Loan
Documents"). In connection with such
delivery and as further described in the
Custodial Agreement, the Custodian will
be required to review such Loan Documents
and deliver to the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Seller certifications (in the forms
attached to the Custodial Agreement) with
respect to such review with exceptions
noted thereon. In addition, the Depositor
under the Custodial Agreement will
have to cure certain defects with respect
to the Loan Documents for the related
Loans after the delivery thereof by the
Depositor to the Custodian as more
particularly set forth therein.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
parties hereto acknowledge that the
functions of the Trustee with respect to the
custody, acceptance, inspection and release
of the Mortgage Files, including,
but not limited to certain insurance
policies and documents contemplated by
Section 3.12, and preparation and delivery
of the certifications shall be
performed by the Custodian pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the Custodial
Agreement.
The Depositor shall deliver or cause the related originator to
deliver to the related Servicer copies of
all trailing documents required to be
included in the related Mortgage File at
the same time the originals or
certified copies thereof are delivered to
the Trustee or Custodian, such
documents including the mortgagee policy of
title insurance and any Mortgage
Loan Documents upon return from the
recording office. The Servicers shall not be
responsible for any custodian fees or other
costs incurred in obtaining such
documents and the Depositor shall cause the
Servicers to be reimbursed for any
such costs the Servicers may incur in
connection with performing its obligations
under this Agreement.
The Mortgage Loans permitted by the terms of this Agreement to
be included in the Trust are limited to (i)
Mortgage Loans (which the Depositor
acquired pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, which contains, among
other representations and warranties, a
representation and warranty of the
Seller that no Mortgage Loan is a
"High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Jersey Home Ownership Act effective
November 27, 2003, as defined in the New
Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective
January 1, 2004, as defined in the
Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices
Act, effective November 7, 2004
(Mass. Ann. Laws Ch. 183C) or as defined in
the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act,
effective January 1, 2005 (Ind. Code Ann.
Sections 24-9-1 through 24-9-9)) and
(ii) Substitute Loans (which, by definition
as set forth herein and referred to
in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
are required to conform to, among other
representations and warranties, the
representation and warranty of the Seller
that no Substitute Loan is a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined in the New Jersey
Home Ownership Act effective November 27,
2003, as defined in the New Mexico
Home Loan Protection Act effective January
1, 2004, as defined in the
Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices
Act, effective November 7, 2004
(Mass. Ann. Laws Ch. 183C) or as defined in
the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act,
effective January 1, 2005 (Ind. Code Ann.
Sections 24-9-1 through 24-9-9). The
Depositor and the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust understand and agree that it is
not intended that any mortgage loan be
included in the Trust that is a
"High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Jersey Home Ownership Act effective
November 27, 2003, as defined in the New
Mexico Home Loan Protection Act
effective January 1, 2004, as defined in
the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan
Practices Act, effective November 7, 2004
(Mass. Ann. Laws Ch. 183C) or as
defined in the Indiana Home Loan Practices
Act, effective January 1, 2005 (Ind.
Code Ann. Sections 24-9-1 through
24-9-9).
Section
2.2 ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE. The Trustee acknowledges
receipt, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.1 hereof and Section 2 of the
Custodial Agreement, of the Loan Documents
and all other assets included in the
definition of "REMIC I" under clauses (i),
(iii), (iv) and (v) (to the extent of
amounts deposited into the Distribution
Account) and declares that it holds (or
the Custodian on its behalf holds) and will
hold such documents and the other
documents delivered to it constituting a
Loan Document, and that it holds (or
the Custodian on its behalf holds) or will
hold all such assets and such other
assets included in the definition of "REMIC
I" in trust for the exclusive use
and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders.
Section 2.3 REPURCHASE OR SUBSTITUTION OF LOANS.
(a) Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any
materially defective document in, or that a
document is missing from, a Mortgage
File or of a breach by the Seller of any
representation, warranty or covenant
under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
in respect of any Loan that
materially and adversely affects the value
of such Loan or the interest therein
of the Certificateholders, the Trustee
shall promptly notify the Seller of such
defect, missing document or breach and
request that the Seller deliver such
missing document, cure such defect or
breach within 60 days from the date the
Seller was notified of such missing
document, defect or breach, and if the
Seller does not deliver such missing
document or cure such defect or breach in
all material respects during such period,
the Trustee shall enforce the
obligations of the Seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to
repurchase such Loan from REMIC I at the
Purchase Price within 90 days after the
date on which the Seller was notified of
such missing document, defect or
breach, if and to the extent that the
Seller is obligated to do so under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The
Purchase Price for the repurchased Loan
shall be deposited in the Distribution
Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of
written certification from the Securities
Administrator of such deposit and
receipt by the Custodian of a properly
completed request for release for such
Loan in the form of EXHIBIT 3 to the
Custodial Agreement, shall release or cause
the Custodian to release to the Seller the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments
of transfer or assignment, in each
case without recourse, representation or
warranty, as the Seller shall furnish
to it and as shall be necessary to vest in
the Seller any Loan released pursuant
hereto, and the Trustee shall not have any
further responsibility with regard to
such Mortgage File. In lieu of repurchasing
any such Loan as provided above, if
so provided in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, the Seller may cause such
Loan to be removed from REMIC I (in which
case it shall become a Deleted Loan)
and substitute one or more Substitute Loans
in the manner and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.3(b). It
is understood and agreed that the
obligation of the Seller to cure or to
repurchase (or to substitute for) any
Loan as to which a document is missing, a
material defect in a constituent
document exists or as to which such a
breach has occurred and is continuing
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting
such omission, defect or breach
available to the Trustee and the
Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the representation made by
the Seller in Section 6(xxiv) of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement is
breached, the Trustee shall enforce the
obligation of the Seller to repurchase such
Loan at the Purchase Price, or to
provide a Substitute Loan (plus any costs
and damages incurred by the Trust Fund
in connection with any violation by any
such Loan of any predatory or abusive
lending law) within 90 days after the date
on which the Seller was notified of
such breach.
In addition, promptly upon the earlier of discovery by the
Master Servicer or receipt of notice from
the Servicer or the Seller to a
Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer
of the breach of the representation
of the Seller set forth in Section 5(x) of
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Holders of the
Certificates in any Prepayment Charge, the
Master Servicer shall promptly notify
the Seller and the Trustee of such breach.
The Trustee shall enforce the
obligations of the Seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to remedy
such breach to the extent and in the manner
set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
(b) Any substitution of Substitute Loans for Deleted
Loans made pursuant to Section 2.3(a) must
be effected prior to the date which
is two years after the Startup Day for
REMIC I.
As to any Deleted Loan for which the Seller, substitutes a
Substitute Loan or Loans, such substitution
shall be effected by the Seller
delivering to the Trustee or the Custodian
on behalf of the Trustee, for such
Substitute Loan or Loans, the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the
Trustee, and such other documents and
agreements, with all necessary
endorsements thereon, as are required by
Section 2 of the Custodial Agreement,
as applicable, together with an Officers'
Certificate providing that each such
Substitute Loan satisfies the definition
thereof and specifying the Substitution
Shortfall Amount (as described below), if
any, in connection with such
substitution. The Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee shall acknowledge receipt
of such Substitute Loan or Loans and,
within ten Business Days thereafter,
review such documents and deliver to the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master
Servicer, with respect to such Substitute
Loan or Loans, an initial
certification pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon. Within one year
of the date of substitution, the
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Master Servicer a final
certification pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement with respect to such Substitute
Loan or Loans, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments
due with respect to Substitute Loans
in the month of substitution are not part
of REMIC I and shall be retained by
the Seller. For the month of substitution,
distributions to Certificateholders
shall reflect the Monthly Payment due on
such Deleted Loan on or before the Due
Date in the month of substitution, and the
Seller shall thereafter be entitled
to retain all amounts subsequently received
in respect of such Deleted Loan. The
Depositor shall give or cause to be given
written notice to the
Certificateholders that such substitution
has taken place, shall amend the Loan
Schedule to reflect the removal of such
Deleted Loan from the terms of this
Agreement and the substitution of the
Substitute Loan or Loans and shall deliver
a copy of such amended Loan Schedule to the
Trustee and the Master Servicer.
Upon such substitution, such Substitute
Loan or Loans shall constitute part of
the Trust Fund and shall be subject in all
respects to the terms of this
Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement including all applicable
representations and warranties thereof
included herein or in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more
Substitute Loans for one or more Deleted
Loans, the Master Servicer shall
determine the amount (the "Substitution
Shortfall Amount"), if any, by which the
aggregate Purchase Price of all such
Deleted Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as
to each such Substitute Loan, the Scheduled
Principal Balance thereof as of the
Due Date in the month of substitution,
together with one month's interest on
such Scheduled Principal Balance at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate, plus all
outstanding Advances and Servicing Advances
(including Nonrecoverable Advances)
related thereto. On the date of such
substitution, the Seller shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Securities
Administrator for deposit in the
Distribution Account an amount equal to the
Substitution Shortfall Amount, if
any, and the Trustee or the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee, upon receipt of
the related Substitute Loan or Loans and
certification by the Securities
Administrator of such deposit and receipt
by the Custodian of a properly
completed request for release for such Loan
in the form of EXHIBIT 3 to the
Custodial Agreement, shall release to the
Seller the related Mortgage File or
Files and the Trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment, in each case without recourse,
representation or warranty, as the
Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be
necessary to vest therein any Deleted
Loan released pursuant hereto.
In addition, the Seller shall obtain at its own expense and
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such
substitution will not cause (a) any federal
tax to be imposed on any REMIC,
including without limitation, any federal
tax imposed on "prohibited
transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of
the Code or on "contributions after
the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1)
of the Code, or (b) any REMIC to fail
to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding.
(c) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee that any
Loan does not constitute a "qualified
mortgage" within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party
discovering such fact shall within two
Business Days give written notice thereof
to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Seller shall repurchase or
substitute one or more Substitute Loans for
the affected Loan within 90 days of
the earlier of discovery or receipt of such
notice with respect to such affected
Loan. Such repurchase or substitution shall
be made by (i) the Seller, if the
affected Loan's status as a non-qualified
mortgage is or results from a breach
of any representation, warranty or covenant
made by the Seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (ii)
the Depositor, if the affected Loan's
status as a non-qualified mortgage does not
result from a breach of
representation or warranty. Any such
repurchase or substitution shall be made in
the same manner as set forth in Section
2.3(a). The Trustee shall reconvey to
the Seller or the Depositor the Loan to be
released pursuant hereto in the same
manner, and on the same terms and
conditions, as it would a Loan repurchased for
breach of a representation or warranty.
(d) Within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the
Master Servicer or receipt of notice by the
Master Servicer of the breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the
Master Servicer set forth in Section
2.5 which materially and adversely affects
the interests of the related
Certificateholders in any Loan or
Prepayment Charge, the Master Servicer shall
cure such breach in all material
respects.
Section 2.4
AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES;
DESIGNATION OF CERTIFICATES AS REMIC
REGULAR AND RESIDUAL INTERESTS.
(a) The Trustee acknowledges the transfer to the
extent provided herein and assignment to it
of the Trust Fund and, concurrently
with such transfer and assignment, has
caused the Securities Administrator to
execute and authenticate and has delivered
to or upon the order of the
Depositor, in exchange for the Trust Fund,
Certificates evidencing the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund.
(b) This Agreement shall be construed so as to carry
out the intention of the parties that each
of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III be
treated as a REMIC at all times prior to
the date on which the Trust Fund is
terminated. The "regular interests" (within
the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of
the Code) in REMIC III shall consist of the
Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class
I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class I-A-5, Class
I-A-6, Class I-A-7, Class II-A-1, Class
II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class M, Class B-1,
Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4 and
Class B-5 Certificates. The "residual
interest" (within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(2) of the Code) in REMIC III shall
consist of Component R-3. The
"regular interests" (within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code) of
REMIC II shall consist of the REMIC II
Regular Interests. The "residual
interest" (within the meaning of Section
860(G)(a)(2) of the Code) of REMIC II
shall consist of Component R-2. The
"regular interests" (within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code) of REMIC I
shall consist of the REMIC I Regular
Interests. The "residual interest" (within
the meaning of Section 860(G)(a)(2)
of the Code) of REMIC I shall consist of
Component R-1.
Section 2.5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE MASTER
SERVICER. The Master Servicer hereby
represents, warrants and covenants to the
Trustee, for the benefit of each of the
Trustee, the Certificateholders and the
Depositor that as of the Closing Date or as
of such date specifically provided
herein:
(i) The Master Servicer is a national
banking association duly formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the United States of America and is
duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the Master
Servicer;
(ii) The Master Servicer has the full
power and authority to conduct its business as presently
conducted by it and to execute, deliver and perform, and to
enter into and consummate, all transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. The Master Servicer has duly authorized the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, has
duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by the Depositor and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
principles of equity;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Master Servicer, the consummation by the
Master Servicer of any other of the transactions herein
contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the
terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of the
Master Servicer and will not (A) result in a breach of any
term
or provision of charter and by-laws of the Master
Servicer or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation
or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Master
Servicer is a party or by which it may be bound, or any
statute, order or regulation applicable to the Master Servicer
of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Master
Servicer; and the Master Servicer is not a party to, bound by,
or in breach or violation of any indenture or other agreement
or instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute,
order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to the
Master Servicer's knowledge, would in the future materially
and adversely affect, (x) the ability of the Master Servicer
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or (y) the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or
assets of the Master Servicer taken as a whole;
(iv) The Master Servicer does not believe,
nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it
cannot perform each and every covenant made by it and
contained in this Agreement;
(v) No litigation is pending against the
Master Servicer that would materially and adversely affect the
execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or the
ability of the Master Servicer to perform any of its other
obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;
(vi) There are no actions or proceedings
against, or investigations known to it of, the Master Servicer
before any court, administrative or other tribunal (A) that
might prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking
to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or (C) that might prohibit or materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Master Servicer of its
obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement; and
(vii) No consent, approval, authorization
or order of any court or governmental agency or body is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the
Master Servicer of, or compliance by the Master Servicer with,
this Agreement or the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been
obtained prior to the Closing Date.
It is understood and agreed that the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this
Section 2.5 shall inure to the
benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor and
the Certificateholders.
Section 2.6 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST.
The Depositor does hereby establish, pursuant to the further
provisions of this Agreement and the laws
of the State of New York, an express
trust to be known, for convenience, as
"Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc.,
Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-2" and
does hereby appoint HSBC Bank USA,
National Association, as Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE LOANS; ACCOUNTS
Section 3.1 MASTER SERVICER. The Master Servicer shall
supervise, monitor and oversee the
obligation of the Servicers and the Interim
Servicers to service and administer their
respective Loans in accordance with
the terms of the applicable Servicing
Agreement 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 and
Interim 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
Interim Servicer and shall cause each
Servicer and Interim Servicer to perform
and observe the covenants, obligations
and conditions to be performed or observed
by such Servicer or Interim Servicer
under the applicable Servicing Agreement.
The Master Servicer shall
independently and separately monitor each
Servicer's and Interim Servicer's
servicing activities with respect to each
related 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', Interim
Servicers' and Master Servicer's records,
and based on such reconciled and
corrected information, prepare the
statements specified in Section 4.6 and any
other information and statements required
to be provided by the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Master Servicer shall
reconcile the results of its Loan
monitoring with the actual remittances of
the Servicers and the Interim
Servicers to the Distribution Account
pursuant to the applicable Servicing
Agreements.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Servicing
Agreement to the contrary, the Master
Servicer shall not have any duty or
obligation to enforce any Credit Risk
Management Agreement that a Servicer is a
party to (a "Servicer Credit Risk
Management Agreement") or to supervise,
monitor or oversee the activities of the
Credit Risk Manager under any such
Servicer Credit Risk Management Agreement
with respect to any action taken or
not taken by the applicable Servicer
pursuant to a recommendation of the Credit
Risk Manager.
The Trustee shall furnish the Interim Servicers, the Servicers
and the Master Servicer with any limited
powers of attorney and other documents
in form as provided to it necessary or
appropriate to enable the Interim
Servicers, the Servicers and the Master
Servicer to service or master service
and administer the related Loans and REO
Property. The Trustee shall have no
responsibility for any action of the Master
Servicer or any Interim Servicer or
Servicer pursuant to any such limited power
of attorney and shall be indemnified
by the Master Servicer or such Interim
Servicer or Servicer for any cost,
liability or expense arising from the
misuse thereof by the Master Servicer or
such Servicer or Interim Servicer.
The Trustee, the
Custodian and the Securities Administrator
shall provide access to the records and
documentation in possession of the
Trustee, the Custodian or the Securities
Administrator regarding the related
Loans and REO Property and the servicing
thereof to the Certificateholders, the
FDIC, and the supervisory agents and
examiners of the FDIC, such access being
afforded only upon reasonable prior written
request and during normal business
hours at the office of the Trustee, the
Custodian or the Securities
Administrator; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise required by law, none
of the Trustee, the Custodian or the
Securities Administrator shall 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, the
Custodian and the Securities Administrator
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, the
Custodian's or the Securities
Administrator's actual costs.
The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the related Interim
Servicer, the related Servicer or the
Master Servicer upon request any court
pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or
other documents necessary or desirable
and, in each case, provided to the Trustee
by such Interim Servicer, such
Servicer or Master Servicer 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 any other Loan Document;
(iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against
the Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any
other rights or remedies provided by the
Mortgage Note or any other Loan
Document or otherwise available at law or
equity.
Section 3.2 REMIC-RELATED COVENANTS. For as long as each REMIC
shall exist, the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall treat each REMIC
as a REMIC, and the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator shall comply with
any directions of the Seller, the related
Interim Servicer, 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 Loans
or of any investment of deposits in an
Account unless such sale is as a result
of a repurchase of the Loans pursuant to
this Agreement or the Trustee has
received an Opinion of Counsel stating that
such sale will not result in an
Adverse REMIC Event as defined in Section
10.1(f) hereof prepared at the expense
of the Trust Fund; and (b) other than with
respect to a substitution pursuant to
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the
Assignment Agreements or Section 2.3
of this Agreement, as applicable, accept
any contribution to any REMIC after the
Startup Day without receipt of an Opinion
of Counsel stating that such
contribution will not result in an Adverse
REMIC Event as defined in Section
10.1(f) hereof.
Section 3.3 MONITORING OF SERVICERS AND INTERIM SERVICERS. (a)
The Master Servicer shall be responsible
for monitoring the compliance by each
Servicer and each Interim Servicer with its
duties under the related Servicing
Agreement. In the review of each Servicer's
and Interim Servicer's activities,
the Master Servicer may rely upon an
officer's certificate of any Interim
Servicer or Servicer with regard to such
Interim Servicer's or such Servicer's
compliance with the terms of its Servicing
Agreement. In the event that the
Master Servicer, in its judgment,
determines that an Interim Servicer or 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 Seller and the Trustee
thereof and the Master Servicer shall issue
such notice or take such other
action as it deems appropriate.
(a) The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall
enforce the obligations of each
Servicer and each Interim Servicer under
the related Servicing Agreement, and
shall, in the event that a Servicer or an
Interim 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 or
such Interim Servicer thereunder and act as
servicer of the related Loans or to
cause the Trustee to enter in to 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 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 indemnity reasonably acceptable to
it for its costs and expenses in
pursuing such action.
(b) To the extent that the costs and expenses of the
Master Servicer related to any termination
of an Interim Servicer or 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
related Interim Servicer or the related
Servicer as a result of an event of
default by such Interim Servicer or 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 Loans in accordance with the
related Servicing Agreement) are not fully
and timely reimbursed by the
terminated Interim Servicer or terminated
Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement of such costs and
expenses from the Distribution
Account.
(c) The Master Servicer shall require each Interim
Servicer and each Servicer to comply with
the remittance requirements and other
obligations set forth in the related
Servicing Agreement.
(d)
If the Master Servicer acts as Interim Servicer
or Servicer, it shall not assume liability
for the representations and
warranties of the Interim Servicer or the
Servicer, if any, that it replaces.
Section 3.4 FIDELITY BOND. The Master Servicer, at its
expense, shall maintain in effect a blanket
fidelity bond and an errors and
omissions insurance policy that would meet
the requirements of Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac, 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.
Any such errors and omissions policy
and fidelity bond may not be cancelable
without thirty (30) days' prior written
notice to the Trustee.
Section 3.5 POWER TO ACT; PROCEDURES. The Master Servicer
shall master service the 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 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 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 3.3, shall not permit any
Interim Servicer or Servicer to)
knowingly or intentionally take any action,
or fail to take (or fail to cause to
be taken) any action reasonably within its
control and the scope of duties more
specifically set forth herein, that, under
the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not
taken, as the case may be, would 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 will 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 Interim Servicer or 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 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, applicable Interim
Servicer or Servicer may request, to enable
the Master Servicer to master
service and administer the 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 the misuse of
any such powers of attorney by the
Master Servicer, any Interim Servicer or
any Servicer and shall be indemnified
by the Master Servicer, such Interim
Servicer or such Servicer for any costs,
liabilities or expenses incurred by the
Trustee in connection with such misuse).
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 8.10
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 authorized pursuant to this
Agreement to be taken by it in the name of
the Trustee, be deemed to be the
agent of the Trustee.
Section 3.6 DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS. To the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing
Agreement and to the extent Loans
contain enforceable due-on-sale clauses,
the Master Servicer shall cause the
Servicers and the Interim 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 Loan is
assumed, the original Mortgagor may be
released from liability in accordance
with the applicable Servicing
Agreement.
Section 3.7 RELEASE OF MORTGAGE FILES.
(a) Upon becoming aware of Payoff with respect to any
Loan, or the receipt by any Interim
Servicer or 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 applicable
Interim Servicer or Servicer will (or if
the applicable Interim Servicer or the
applicable Servicer does not, the Master
Servicer may), if required under the
applicable Servicing Agreement, promptly
furnish to the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, two copies of a request for
release substantially in the form
attached to the Custodial Agreement, and
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 Interim Servicer or 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 Interim Servicer or 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 Interim Servicer or
Servicer and the Trustee and
Custodian shall have no further
responsibility with regard to such Mortgage
File. Upon any such Payoff, each Interim
Servicer and each Servicer is
authorized to give, as agent for the
Trustee, as the mortgagee under the
Mortgage that secured the 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
Distribution Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the
servicing or foreclosure of any 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 an
Interim Servicer, 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
an Interim Servicer, 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 attached to the Custodial
Agreement (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 related Interim Servicer,
the related Servicer or the Master
Servicer, as applicable. Such request for
release shall obligate the Servicer,
the Interim Servicer or the Master Servicer
to return the Mortgage File to the
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, when
the need therefor by the Interim
Servicer, the Servicer or the Master
Servicer no longer exists unless the 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 Interim Servicer,
the Servicer or the Master Servicer.
Section 3.8 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF
MASTER SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR TRUSTEE.
(a) The Master Servicer shall transmit, and each
Interim 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 such Servicer
or Interim Servicer from time to time as
are required by the terms hereof, or in
the case of the Interim Servicers and the
Servicers, the applicable Servicing
Agreement, to be delivered to the Trustee
or Custodian. Any funds received by
the Master Servicer, by an Interim Servicer
or by a Servicer in respect of any
Loan or which otherwise are collected by
the Master Servicer, by an Interim
Servicer or by a Servicer as Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or
Subsequent Recoveries in respect of any
Loan shall be held for the benefit of
the Trustee and the related
Certificateholders subject to the Master Servicer's
right to retain or withdraw from the
Distribution Account the Master Servicing
Compensation and other amounts provided in
this Agreement, and to the right of
each Interim Servicer and 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 Interim Servicer and each
Servicer to, provide access to information
and documentation regarding the 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 OTS, 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
OTS 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 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
related Certificateholders and shall be
and remain the sole and exclusive property
of the Trustee; provided, however,
that the Master Servicer, each Interim
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, such Interim Servicer or such
Servicer under this Agreement or the
applicable Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.9 STANDARD HAZARD INSURANCE AND FLOOD INSURANCE
POLICIES.
(a) For each Loan, the Master Servicer shall enforce
any obligation of the Interim Servicers and
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 3.23, any amounts collected
by the Master Servicer, by any Interim
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 related Distribution
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant
to Section 3.24. Any cost incurred by the
Master Servicer, any Interim 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 Loan where
the terms of the 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, such Interim Servicer or
such Servicer pursuant to Section
3.24.
Section 3.10 PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AND COLLECTION OF PROCEEDS.
The Master Servicer shall (to the extent
provided in the applicable Servicing
Agreement) cause the related Interim
Servicer or related Servicer to, prepare
and present on behalf of the Trustee and
the related Certificateholders all
claims under any 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 an Interim Servicer or to a
Servicer and remitted to the Master
Servicer) in respect of such policies, bonds
or contracts shall be promptly deposited in
the Distribution 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 Loan
to the insurer under any applicable
insurance policy need not be so deposited
(or remitted).
Section 3.11 MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE
POLICIES.
(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any
Interim Servicer or 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 primary mortgage
insurance policy or any loss which, but
for the actions of such Master Servicer,
Interim Servicer or Servicer, would
have been covered thereunder. The Master
Servicer shall use its best reasonable
efforts to cause each Interim Servicer and
each Servicer (to the extent required
under the related Servicing Agreement) to
keep in force and effect (to the
extent that the Loan requires the Mortgagor
to maintain such insurance), primary
mortgage insurance applicable to each 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 Interim Servicer or any Servicer
(to the extent required under the related
Servicing Agreement) to, cancel or
refuse to renew any 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 cause each Interim
Servicer and each Servicer (to the extent
required under the related Servicing
Agreement) to present, on behalf of the
Trustee and the related
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 Loans. Pursuant to
Sections 3.22 and 3.23, any amounts
collected by the Master Servicer, any
Interim Servicer or any Servicer under any
primary mortgage insurance policies shall
be deposited by the related Interim
Servicer or Servicer in its Protected
Account or by the Master Servicer in the
Distribution Account, subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 3.22 or 3.24, as
applicable.
Section 3.12 TRUSTEE TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF CERTAIN INSURANCE
POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS.
The Trustee or the applicable Custodian, 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 the Custodian
shall also retain possession and custody of
each Mortgage File in accordance
with and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Custodial
Agreement. The Master Servicer shall
promptly deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Trustee or the Custodian, 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 Loan Documents
that come into the possession of the Master
Servicer from time to time.
Section 3.13 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED LOANS. The Master
Servicer shall cause each Interim Servicer
and 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 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.
Section 3.14 COMPENSATION FOR THE MASTER SERVICER.
(a) In addition to the Master Servicer's right to
receive its Master Servicing Fee, all
income and gain realized from any
investment of funds in the Distribution
Account shall be for the benefit of the
Master Servicer as compensation
(collectively, the "Master Servicing
Compensation"). Servicing compensation in
the form of assumption fees, if any,
late payment charges, as collected, if any,
or otherwise (but not including any
Prepayment Charges) shall be retained by
the applicable Interim Servicer or
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.
(b) The amount of the Master Servicing Fee payable to
the Master Servicer in respect of any
Distribution Date shall be reduced in
accordance with Section 3.20.
Section 3.15 REO PROPERTY.
(a) In the event the Trust Fund acquires ownership of
any REO Property in respect of any related
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 Interim Servicer or
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. Further, the Master Servicer
shall, to the extent provided in the
related Servicing Agreement, cause the
applicable Interim Servicer or Servicer
to sell any REO Property prior to three
years after the end of the calendar year
of its acquisition by REMIC I, unless (i)
the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall have been supplied with
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the holding by the Trust Fund of such
REO Property subsequent to such
three-year period will not result in the
imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of any REMIC hereunder as
defined in Section 860F of the Code or
cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, in which case
the Trust Fund may continue to hold
such Mortgaged Property (subject to any
conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel) or (ii) the applicable Interim
Servicer or Servicer shall have applied
for, prior to the expiration of such
three-year period, an extension of such
three-year period in the manner
contemplated by Section 856(e)(3) of the Code,
in which case the three-year period shall
be extended by the applicable
extension period. The Master Servicer shall
cause the applicable Interim
Servicer or Servicer (to the extent
provided in the related Servicing Agreement)
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 Interim Servicer or
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, the applicable Interim
Servicer and the applicable Servicer, upon
the final disposition of any REO
Property, shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any related unreimbursed
Advances and other unreimbursed advances as
well as any unpaid Servicing Fees or
Master Servicing Fees from Liquidation
Proceeds received in connection with the
final disposition of such REO Property;
provided, that any such unreimbursed
Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing
Fees or Master 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, the applicable Interim
Servicer or 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
Distribution Account on the next
succeeding Remittance Date.
Section 3.16 ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.
(a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee
and the Rating Agencies on or before March
15 of each year, commencing on March
15, 2006, an Officer's Certificate signed
by a Servicing Officer, 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 Interim Servicer or
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 related 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).
Section 3.17 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S SERVICING REPORT.
If the Master Servicer has, during the
course of any fiscal year, directly
serviced any of the 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 Seller on or
before March 15 of each year, commencing on
March 15, 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 (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). 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
shall take prompt action to do so.
Section 3.18 REPORTS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.
(a) Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the
Master Servicer shall, in accordance with
industry standards, file with the
Commission via the Electronic Data
Gathering and Retrieval System ("EDGAR"), a
Form 8-K with a copy of the statement to be
furnished by the Securities
Administrator to the Certificateholders for
such Distribution Date as an exhibit
thereto. Prior to January 30, 2006, the
Master Servicer shall, in accordance
with industry standards, file a Form 15
Suspension Notice with respect to the
Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to March
30, 2006 and annually thereafter (if
required), the Master Servicer shall file a
Form 10-K, in substance conforming
to industry standards, with respect to the
Trust Fund. Such Form 10-K shall
include, to the extent available, as
exhibits (i) each applicable Servicer's
annual statement of compliance described
under the related Servicing Agreement,
(ii) each applicable Servicer's
accountant's report described under the related
Servicing Agreement, (iii) the Master
Servicer's accountant's report described
in Section 3.17, if applicable, in each
case to the extent timely delivered, if
applicable, to the Master Servicer, and
(iv) a written certification signed by
an officer of the Master Servicer or the
Depositor that complies with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as in effect on
the date of this Agreement and the
February 3, 2003, Statement by the Staff of
the Division of Corporation Finance
of the Commission Regarding Compliance by
Asset-Backed Issuers with Exchange Act
Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as in effect as of
the date of this Agreement. The
Depositor hereby grants to the Master
Servicer a limited power of attorney to
execute and file each Form 8-K and Form
10-K on behalf of the Depositor. Such
power of attorney shall continue until
either the earlier of (i) receipt by the
Master Servicer from the Depositor of
written termination of such power of
attorney and (ii) the termination of the
Trust Fund. The Depositor and the
Trustee each agree to promptly furnish to
the Master Servicer, from time to time
upon request, such further information,
reports and financial statements within
its control related to this Agreement and
the Loans as the Master Servicer
reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and
file all necessary reports with the
Commission. The Master Servicer shall
cooperate with the Depositor in connection
with any additional filings with respect to
the Trust Fund as the Depositor
deems necessary under the Exchange Act.
Copies of all reports filed by the
Master Servicer under the Exchange Act
shall be sent to the Depositor.
(b) The Master Servicer shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Depositor, the Trustee and
their respective officers, directors and
Affiliates from and against any losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures,
reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs
and expenses arising out of or based upon a
breach of the Master Servicer's
obligations under this Section 3.18 or the
Master Servicer's negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith. Fees and expenses incurred
by the Master Servicer in connection with
this Section 3.18 shall not be
reimbursable from the Trust Fund.
Section 3.19 UCC. The Depositor shall file any financing
statements or amendments thereto required
by any change in the Uniform
Commercial Code. The Depositor agrees to
file continuation statements for any
such Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements which the Seller or the
Depositor filed in connection with the
Trust Fund.
Section 3.20
OBLIGATION OF THE MASTER SERVICER IN RESPECT OF
COMPENSATING INTEREST. The Master Servicer
shall deposit in the Distribution
Account not later than each Distribution
Account Deposit Date an amount equal to
the lesser of (i) the aggregate amounts
required to be paid by the Interim
Servicers and the Servicers under the
Servicing Agreements with respect to
Compensating Interest on the related Loans
for the related Distribution Date,
and not so paid by the related Interim
Servicers or the related Servicers and
(ii) the Master Servicing Fee for such
Distribution Date without reimbursement
therefor.
Section 3.21 RESERVED.
Section 3.22 PROTECTED ACCOUNTS.
(a) The Master Servicer shall enforce the obligation
of each Interim Servicer and 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 Loan by
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
Loan and with respect to any REO Property
received by an Interim Servicer and a
Servicer, including Principal Prepayments,
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and
advances made from the Interim Servicer's or
Servicer's own funds (less servicing
compensation as permitted by the applicable
Servicing Agreement in the case of any
Interim Servicer or any Servicer) and all
other amounts to be deposited in the
Protected Account. Each Interim Servicer
and Servicer is hereby authorized to make
withdrawals from and deposits to the
related Protected Account for purposes
required or permitted by the related
Servicing Agreement. To the extent provided
in the related Servicing Agreement,
the Protected Account shall be held in a
depository institution and segregated
on the books of such institution in the
name of the Trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders.
(b) To the extent provided in the related Servicing
Agreement, amounts on deposit in a
Protected Account may be invested in Eligible
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 Eligible Investments to
mature, or to be subject to redemption
or withdrawal, no later than the date on
which such funds are required to be
withdrawn for deposit in the Distribution
Account, and shall be held until
required for such deposit. The income
earned from Eligible Investments made
pursuant to this Section 3.22 shall be paid
to the related Servicer or Interim
Servicer under the applicable Servicing
Agreement, and amount required to be
distributed to the Certificateholders
resulting from the loss of monies on such
investments shall be borne by and be the
risk of the related Interim Servicer or
the related Servicer. The related Interim
Servicer or 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
remitted to the Master Servicer or the
Securities Administrator.
(c) To the extent provided in the related Servicing
Agreement and subject to this Article III,
on or before each Servicer Remittance
Date, the related Interim Servicer and the
related Servicer shall withdraw or
shall cause to be withdrawn from the
Protected Accounts and shall immediately
deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Distribution Account amounts
representing the following collections and
payments (other than with respect to
principal of or interest on the Loans due
on or before the Cut-Off Date):
(i) Monthly Payments on the Loans received
or any related portion thereof advanced by the Interim
Servicer or the Servicers pursuant to the Servicing Agreements
which were due on or before the related Due Date, net of the
amount thereof comprising the Servicing Fees;
(ii) Principal Prepayments, Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries
received by the Interim Servicers or the Servicers with
respect to such Loans in the related Prepayment Period,
Compensating Interest and the amount of any related Prepayment
Charges; and
(iii) Any amount to be used as an Advance.
(d) Withdrawals may be made from an Account only to
make remittances as provided in Section
3.22(c), 3.23 and 3.24 or as otherwise
provided in the Servicing Agreements; to
reimburse the Master Servicer, an
Interim Servicer or a Servicer for Advances
which have been recovered by
subsequent collection 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 9.1.
As provided in Sections 3.22(c) and
3.23(b) or as otherwise provided in the
Servicing Agreements certain amounts
otherwise due to the Interim Servicers and
the Servicers may be retained by them
and need not be deposited in the
Distribution Account.
Section 3.23 DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.
(a) The Securities Administrator shall establish and
maintain, a Distribution Account with
respect to the Loans as a segregated trust
account or accounts. The Master Servicer
shall deposit in the Distribution
Account as identified by the Master
Servicer and as received by the Master
Servicer, the following amounts with
respect to the related Loans for the
benefit of the related
Certificateholders:
(i) Any amounts withdrawn from a Protected
Account;
(ii) Any Advance and any amounts in respect
of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Curtailment Shortfalls;
(iii) Any Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries received by or on behalf of
the Master Servicer;
(iv) The Purchase Price with respect to any
Loans purchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.3 and all
proceeds of any Loans or property acquired with respect
thereto purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
9.1;
(v) Any amounts required to be deposited by
the Master Servicer or any Servicer 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 Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) All amounts deposited to the Distribution Account
shall be held by the Securities
Administrator in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this
Agreement. The requirements for crediting
the Distribution Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed
that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, payments in the nature of
late payment charges or assumption,
tax service, statement account or payoff,
substitution, satisfaction, release
and other like fees and charges, need not
be credited by the Master Servicer,
the related Interim Servicer or the related
Servicer to the Distribution
Account. 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 Securities Administrator, 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 Distribution Account shall constitute a trust
account of the Trust Fund segregated on the
books of the Securities
Administrator and held by the Securities
Administrator 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 Securities Administrator
(whether made directly, or indirectly
through a liquidator or receiver of the
Securities Administrator). The amount at
any time credited to the Distribution
Account shall be invested in the name of
the Master Servicer, in such Eligible
Investments selected by the Master Servicer
or deposited in demand deposits with
such depository institutions as selected by
the Master Servicer, provided that
time deposits of such depository
institutions would be an Eligible Investment.
All Eligible Investments shall mature or be
subject to redemption or withdrawal
on or before, and shall be held until, the
Distribution Date following the date
of the investment of such funds (the
"Investment Withdrawal Distribution Date")
if the obligor for such Eligible Investment
is the Securities Administrator or,
if such obligor is any other Person, the
Business Day preceding such Investment
Withdrawal Distribution Date. All
investment earnings on amounts on deposit in
the Distribution Account from time to time
shall be for the account of the
Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall
be permitted to receive distribution
of any and all investment earnings from the
Distribution Account on each
Distribution Date. If there is any loss on
an Eligible Investment or demand
deposit, the Master Servicer shall deposit
such amount in the Distribution
Account. With respect to the Distribution
Account and the funds deposited
therein, the Securities Administrator shall
take such action as may be necessary
to ensure that the related
Certificateholders shall be entitled to the
priorities afforded to such a trust account
(in addition to a claim against the
estate of the Securities Administrator) as
provided by 12 U.S.C. ss. 92a(e), and
applicable regulations pursuant thereto, if
applicable, or any applicable
comparable state statute applicable to
state chartered banking corporations.
Section 3.24 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE
DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.
(a) The Securities Administrator shall, from time to
time on demand of the Master Servicer 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
the Servicing Agreements for the
following purposes, not in any order of
priority:
(i) to reimburse the Master Servicer, any
Interim Servicer or any Servicer for any Advance of its own
funds, the right of the Master Servicer, an Interim Servicer