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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of June 1, 2005

Pooling and Servicing Agreement

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

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Title: POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of June 1, 2005
Governing Law: New York     Date: 7/15/2005

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 1, 2005, Parties: phhmc mortgage pass-throu , phh mortgage capital llc , phh mortgage corporation , citibank  n.a
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EXHIBIT 4.1

 

 


 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

PHH MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC,

Depositor

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION,

Master Servicer

CITIBANK, N.A.,

Trustee

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 1, 2005

PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01

Defined Terms.

Section 1.02

Accounting.

 

 

ARTICLE II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

 

Section 2.01

Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.

 

Section 2.02

Acceptance of Trust Fund by the Trustee.

 

Section 2.03

Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Sellers- Assignment of Interest in Additional Collateral.

 

Section 2.04

Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer.

Section 2.05

Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.

 

Section 2.06

Purpose and Powers of the Trust.

 

Section 2.07

Issuance of Certificates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND

 

Section 3.01

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.

 

Section 3.02

Sub-Servicing Agreements Between the Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers.

 

Section 3.03

Successor Sub-Servicers.

 

Section 3.04

Liability of the Master Servicer.

 

Section 3.05

No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicers and Trustee or Certificateholders.

Section 3.06

Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by Trustee.

 

Section 3.07

Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.

 

Section 3.08

Sub-Servicing Accounts.

 

Section 3.09

Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.

 

Section 3.10

Collection Account and Distribution Account.

 

Section 3.11

Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution Account.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.12

Investment of Funds in the Collection Account, Servicing Accounts and the Distribution Account.

 

Section 3.13

Maintenance of the Primary Insurance Policies; Collections Thereunder.

 

Section 3.14

Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.

Section 3.15

Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.

 

Section 3.16

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.

 

Section 3.17

Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.

 

Section 3.18

Servicing Compensation.

 

Section 3.19

Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Section 3.20

Statement as to Compliance.

 

Section 3.21

Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report.

 

Section 3.22

Access to Certain Documentation.

 

Section 3.23

Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.

 

Section 3.24

Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.

 

Section 3.25

Administration of Buydown Funds.

 

Section 3.26

Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Loan Rates and Monthly Payments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

 

Section 4.01

Distribution Account; Distributions.

 

Section 4.02

Statements to Certificateholders.

 

Section 4.03

Remittance Reports; Advances by the Master Servicer.

 

Section 4.04

Allocation of Realized Losses.

 

Section 4.05

Information Reports to Be Filed by the Master Servicer.

Section 4.06

Compliance with Withholding Requirements.

 

Section 4.07

[Reserved].

 

Section 4.08

Limited Purpose Surety Bond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

THE CERTIFICATES

 

Section 5.01

The Certificates.

 

Section 5.02

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.

Section 5.03

Mutilated. Destroyed. Lost or Stolen Certificates.

 

Section 5.04

Persons Deemed Owners.

 

Section 5.05

Appointment of Paying Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR

 

Section 6.01

Liability of the Master Servicer and the Depositor.

 

Section 6.02

Merger or Consolidation of or Assumption of the Obligations of the Master Servicer or the Depositor.

 

Section 6.03

Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others.

Section 6.04

Master Servicer Not to Resign.

 

Section 6.05

Delegation of Duties.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

DEFAULT

 

Section 7.01

Master Servicer Events of Termination.

 

 

 


 

Section 7.02

Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.

 

Section 7.03

Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Termination.

Section 7.04

Notification to Certificateholders.

 

Section 7.05

Survivability of Master Servicer Liabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 8.01

Duties of Trustee.

 

Section 8.02

Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.

 

Section 8.03

Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.

 

Section 8.04

Trustee May Own Certificates.

 

Section 8.05

Master Servicer to Pay Trustee Expenses; Trustee Fees.

 

Section 8.06

Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.

 

Section 8.07

Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

 

Section 8.08

Successor Trustee.

 

Section 8.09

Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.

 

Section 8.10

Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.

 

Section 8.11

Limitation of Liability.

 

Section 8.12

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Certificates.

 

Section 8.13

Suits for Enforcement.

 

Section 8.14

Waiver of Bond Requirement.

 

Section 8.15

Waiver of Inventory. Accounting and Appraisal Requirement.

 

Section 8.16

Right of Trustee in Capacity of Certificate Registrar or Paying Agent.

Section 8.17

Periodic Filings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

REMIC ADMINISTRATION

 

Section 9.01

REMIC Administration.

 

Section 9.02

Prohibited Transactions and Activities.

 

Section 9.03

Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

TERMINATION

 

Section 10.01

Termination.

 

Section 10.02

Additional Termination Requirements.

 

ARTICLE XI

[RESERVED]

 

 

 


 

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 12.01

Amendment.

 

Section 12.02

Recordation of Agreement: Counterparts.

 

Section 12.03

Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.

Section 12.04

Governing Law: Jurisdiction.

 

Section 12.05

Notices.

 

Section 12.06

Severability of Provisions.

 

Section 12.07

Article and Section References.

 

Section 12.08

Notice to the Rating Agencies.

 

Section 12.09

Further Assurances.

 

Section 12.10

Benefits of Agreement.

 

Section 12.11

Acts of Certificateholders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXHIBITS :

Exhibit A

Form of Class A Certificates

 

Exhibit B

[reserved]

 

Exhibit C-1

Form of Class R Certificates

 

Exhibit C-2

Form of Class B Certificates

 

Exhibit D

Mortgage Loan Schedule

 

Exhibit E

Form of Request for Release

 

Exhibit F-1

Form of Rule 144A Representation Letter

 

Exhibit F-2

Form of Transferor Certificate

 

Exhibit F-3

Form of Transferee Representation Letter

 

Exhibit F-4

Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and Form of Transferor Affidavit

Exhibit G-1

Form of ERISA Representation Letter (Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6)

 

Exhibit G-2

Form of ERISA Representation Letter (Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3)

 

Exhibit H

Form of Lost Note Affidavit

 

Exhibit I-1

Form of Trustee’s Initial Certification

 

Exhibit I-2

Form of Trustee’s Final Certification

 

Exhibit J

Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit K

Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement (Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement)

 

Exhibit L

Planned Principal Balances

 

Exhibit M

Form of Form 10-K Certificate

 

Exhibit N

Form of Back-up Certification to Form 10-K Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated as of June 1, 2005 (the “Agreement”), among PHH MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, as depositor (the “Depositor”), PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) and CITIBANK, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:

The Depositor intends to sell mortgage pass-through certificates (collectively, the “Certificates”), to be issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans (as defined herein). As provided herein, the Trustee will make, in accordance with Section 9.01, an election to treat the entire segregated pool of assets described in the definition of Trust Fund (as defined herein), and subject to this Agreement (including the Mortgage Loans), as two real estate mortgage investment conduits (each a “REMIC”) for federal income tax purposes.

REMIC I

The following table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation, Pass-Through Rate and Uncertificated Principal Balance, for each Class of REMIC I Regular Interest comprising the interests in REMIC I created hereunder:

 

REMIC I Regular Interest

 

Uncertificated
Principal Balance

 

Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate (1)

 

Assumed Final
Maturity Date (2)

 

A-1

 

$

22,202,550.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-2

 

$

29,429,740.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-3

 

$

3,233,166.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-4

 

$

3,564,210.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-5

 

$

14,111,411.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-6

 

$

16,884,450.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-7

 

$

1,484,841.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-8

 

$

13,303,985.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

R-II Interest

 

$

100.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-1

 

$

4,822,695.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-2

 

$

766,066.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-3

 

$

388,033.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-4

 

$

277,166.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-5

 

$

166,300.00

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-6

 

$

221,731.82

 

Variable Rate

 

July 18, 2035

 

 

(1)

Calculated in accordance with the definition of “Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate” herein.

 

 

(2)

For purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the Distribution Date in the month following the month of the maturity date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the “latest possible maturity date” for each REMIC I Regular Interest.

 

 

 

 


 

REMIC II

The following table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation, Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Principal Balance for each Class of Certificates comprising the interests in the Trust Fund created hereunder:

 

Class

 

Original Certificate
Principal Balance

 

Initial Pass-
Through Rate

 

Assumed Final
Maturity Dates (5)

 

A-1

 

$

22,202,550.00

 

Variable Rate (1)

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-2

 

$

29,429,740.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-3

 

$

3,233,166.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-4

 

$

3,564,210.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-5

 

$

14,111,411.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-6

 

$

16,884,450.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-7

 

$

1,484,841.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

A-8 (4)

 

$

13,303,985.00

 

Variable Rate (3)

 

July 18, 2035

 

R-I

 

$

100.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

R-II

 

$

100.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-1

 

$

4,822,695.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-2

 

$

776,066.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-3

 

$

388,033.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-4

 

$

277,166.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-5

 

$

166,300.00

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

B-6

 

$

221,731.82

 

Variable Rate (2)

 

July 18, 2035

 

 

(1)

Varies according to (i) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rate on each Mortgage Loan minus (ii) 1.17% per annum.

 

 

(2)

Varies according to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rate on each Mortgage Loan.

 

 

(3)

Varies according to the sum of (i) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rate on each Mortgage Loan and (ii) 1.17% per annum multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and the denominator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates.

 

 

(4)

For federal income tax purposes, the Class A-8 Certificates represent ownership of two components which are regular interests in REMIC II: the Class A-8A Component and the Class A-8B Component. The Class A-8A Component has a principal balance equal to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates and a Pass-Through Rate as set forth herein. The Class A-8B Component is an interest only component which has a Pass-Through Rate as set forth herein and a notional amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest A-1.

 

 

(5)

For purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the Distribution Date in the month following the month of the maturity date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the “latest possible maturity date” for each Regular Certificate.

 

 

 

 


 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01

Defined Terms.

Whenever used in this Agreement or in the Preliminary Statement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article. Unless otherwise specified, interest will be calculated for all Certificates on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“1933 Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Account”: Any of the Collection Account and Distribution Account.

“Accretion Termination Date”: With respect to the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-3 Accretion Termination Date, with respect to the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-4 Accretion Termination Date, with respect to the Class A-7 Certificates, the Class A-7 Accretion Termination Date and with respect to the Class A-8 Certificates, the Class A-8 Accretion Termination Date.

“Accrual Distribution Amount”: With respect to the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-3 Accrual Distribution Amount, with respect to the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-4 Accrual Distribution Amount, with respect to the Class A-7 Certificates, the Class A-7 Accrual Distribution Amount and with respect to the Class A-8 Certificates, the Class A-8 Accrual Distribution Amount.

“Additional Collateral”: (i) With respect to any Mortgage 100 K Loan, the Securities Account and the financial assets held therein subject to a security interest pursuant to the related Mortgage 100 K Pledge Agreement, or (ii) with respect to any Parent Power® Mortgage Loan, the related Parent Power® Agreement and collateral pledged pursuant thereto.

“Additional Collateral Agreements”: Each Mortgage 100 K Pledge Agreement, Parent Power® Guaranty and Security Agreement for Securities Account and Control Agreement, as applicable, for each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan.

“Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is supported by Additional Collateral.

“Additional Collateral Servicer”: MLCC.

“Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement”: The Additional Collateral Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2001, between MLCC and the Master Servicer.

“Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any advance made by the Master Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.03.

“Adverse REMIC Event”: As defined in Section 9.01(f) hereof.

 

 


 

“Affiliate”: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Agreement”: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments and supplements hereto.

“Assignment”: An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect or record the sale of the Mortgage.

“Assumed Final Maturity Date”: As to each Class of Certificates, the date set forth as such in the Preliminary Statement.

“Available Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the related Monthly Payments received on or prior to the related Determination Date, (b) Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and other unscheduled recoveries of principal and interest in respect of the Mortgage Loans, and Principal Prepayments during the related Prepayment Period, (c) the aggregate of any amounts received in respect of a related REO Property withdrawn from any REO Account and deposited in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date, (d) the aggregate of any amounts deposited in the Collection Account by the Master Servicer in respect of related Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date and (e) the aggregate of any related Advances made by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date, over (ii) the sum of (a) related amounts reimbursable or payable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10, (b) related Stayed Funds, (c) related amounts deposited in the Collection Account or the Distribution Account, as the case may be, in error, (d) any Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses and (e) the Trustee Fee. The Available Distribution Amount shall also be increased by any Required Surety Payment.

“Bankruptcy Amount”: As of any date of determination prior to the first anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) $100,000 over (B) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance with Section 4.02. As of any date of determination on or after the first anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the lesser of (a) the Bankruptcy Amount calculated as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date coinciding with or preceding such date of determination (or, if such date of determination is an anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such date of determination) (for purposes of this definition, the “Relevant Anniversary”) and (b) the greater of:

(A)       the greater of (i) 0.0006 times the aggregate principal balance of all the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool as of the Relevant Anniversary having a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination which exceeds 75% and (ii) $100,000; and (B) the greater of (i) the product of (x) an amount equal to the largest difference in the related Monthly Payment for any Non-Primary Residence Loan remaining in the Mortgage Pool which

 

 


had an original Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than 80% that would result if the Net Mortgage Rate thereof was equal to the greater of (I) 5% or (II) the weighted average (based on the principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Relevant Anniversary) of the Net Mortgage Rates of all Mortgage Loans as of the Relevant Anniversary less 1.25% per annum, (y) a number equal to the weighted average remaining term to maturity, in months, of all Mortgage Loans with a Loan-to-Value Ratio of greater than 80% remaining in the Mortgage Pool as of the Relevant Anniversary, and (z) one plus the quotient of the number of all Non-Primary Residence Loans with a Loan-to-Value Ratio of greater than 80% remaining in the Mortgage Pool divided by the total number of outstanding Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool as of the Relevant Anniversary, and (ii) $100,000,

over (2) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance with Section 4.02 since the Relevant Anniversary.

The Bankruptcy Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer (including accelerating the manner in which such coverage is reduced) provided that prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the then current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such written confirmation to the Trustee.

“Bankruptcy Code”: The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11 of the United States Code), as amended.

“Bankruptcy Losses”: Losses that are incurred as a result of Debt Service Reductions and Deficient Valuations.

“Book-Entry Certificates”: Any of the Certificates that shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which is reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as a “Depository Participant”, or indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules of the Depository and as described in Section 5.02 hereof). On the Closing Date, the Certificates (other than the Class R, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates) shall be Book-Entry Certificates.

“Business Day”: Any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a legal holiday in the State of New Jersey or the State of New York, or (c) a day on which banking or savings and loan institutions in the State of New Jersey or the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

“Buydown Account”: The custodial account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.25.

“Buydown Agreement”: An agreement between the applicable originator and a Mortgagor, or an agreement among such originator, a Mortgagor and an employer of a relocated Mortgagor which, in each case, provides for the application of Buydown Funds.

 

 


 

“Buydown Funds”: In respect of any Buydown Mortgage Loan, any amount contributed by the related originator or the employer of a relocated borrower in order to enable the Mortgagor to reduce the payments required to be made from the Mortgagor’s funds during the Buydown Period. The Buydown Funds are not part of the Trust Fund prior to deposit into the Collection Account or the Distribution Account.

“Buydown Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan in respect of which, pursuant to a Buydown Agreement, (i) the Mortgagor pays less than the full monthly payment specified in the Mortgage Note during the Buydown Period and (ii) the difference between the payments required under such Buydown Agreement and the Mortgage Note is paid from the related Buydown Funds.

“Buydown Period”: The period during which Buydown Funds are required to be applied to the related Buydown Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.25.

“Cash-Out Refinancing”: A Refinanced Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were more than 2% or $2,000 in excess of the principal balance of any existing first mortgage or seasoned subordinate mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property and related closing costs.

“Cash Liquidation”: As to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than REO Property which has been acquired by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, a determination by the Master Servicer that it has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer reasonably or in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to such Mortgage Loan, plus, with respect to a defaulted Mortgage Loan that is an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the amount realized on the related Additional Collateral with respect to such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 3.16.

“Certificate”: Any Regular Certificate or Class R Certificate.

“Certificateholder” or “Holder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a Disqualified Organization or non-U.S. Person shall not be a Holder of a Class R Certificate for any purpose hereof.

“Certificate Owner”: With respect to each Book-Entry Certificate, any beneficial owner thereof.

“Certificate Principal Balance”: With respect to any Certificate as of any date of determination, (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, plus (y) (i) in the case of the Class A-3 Certificates, an amount equal to the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount added to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination on or prior to the Class A-3 Accretion Termination Date, (ii) in the case of the Class A-4 Certificates, an amount equal to the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount added to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-4 Certificates on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination on or prior to the Class A-4 Accretion Termination Date, (iii) in the case of the Class A-7 Certificates, an amount equal to the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount added to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-

 

 


7 Certificates on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination on or prior to the Class A-7 Accretion Termination Date and (iv) in the case of the Class A-8 Certificates, an amount equal to the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount added to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination on or prior to the Class A-8 Accretion Termination Date plus (z) in the case of the Class B Certificates, any Subsequent Recoveries added to the Certificate Principal Balance of any such Certificate pursuant to Section 4.01(g), reduced by the aggregate of (a) all distributions of principal made thereon on such immediately prior Distribution Date and (b) without duplication of amounts described in clause (a) above, reductions in the Certificate Principal Balance thereof in connection with allocations thereto of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans and Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses on such immediately prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of any date of determination up to and including the initial Distribution Date, the initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate, as stated on the face thereon); provided, however, that the Certificate Principal Balance of each Subordinate Certificate of the Class of Subordinate Certificates outstanding with the highest numerical designation at any given time shall be calculated to equal the Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate multiplied by the excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of all other Classes of Certificates then outstanding.

“Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar”: The register maintained and registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof.

“Class”: Collectively, Certificates which have the same priority of payment and bear the same class designation and the form of which is identical except for variation in the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby.

“Class A Certificate”: Any of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7 or Class A-8 Certificates as designated on the face thereof substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein.

“Class A Certificateholder”: Any Holder of a Class A Certificate.

“Class A-3 Accretion Termination Date”: The earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero and (ii) the Credit Support Depletion Date.

“Class A-3 Accrual Distribution Amount”: With respect to each Distribution Date prior to the Class A-3 Accretion Termination Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-3 Certificates, for such date, to the extent added to the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(i); provided that, with respect to each Distribution Date on or after the Class A-3 Accretion Termination Date, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-3 Certificates for such date remaining after reduction of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates to zero on the Class A-3 Accretion Termination Date will be payable to the Class A-3 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof; and provided further, that if the Class A-3 Accretion Termination Date is the Credit Support Depletion Date, the entire

 

 


amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-3 Certificates for that date will be payable to the Class A-3 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof.

“Class A-4 Accretion Termination Date”: The earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero and (ii) the Credit Support Depletion Date.

“Class A-4 Accrual Distribution Amount”: With respect to each Distribution Date prior to the Class A-4 Accretion Termination Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-4 Certificates, for such date, to the extent added to the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(j); provided that, with respect to each Distribution Date on or after the Class A-4 Accretion Termination Date, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-4 Certificates for such date remaining after reduction of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates to zero on the Class A-4 Accretion Termination Date will be payable to the Class A-4 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof; and provided further, that if the Class A-4 Accretion Termination Date is the Credit Support Depletion Date, the entire amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-4 Certificates for that date will be payable to the Class A-4 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof.

“Class A-7 Accretion Termination Date”: The earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero and (ii) the Credit Support Depletion Date.

“Class A-7 Accrual Distribution Amount”: With respect to each Distribution Date prior to the Class A-7 Accretion Termination Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-7 Certificates, for such date, to the extent added to the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(k); provided that, with respect to each Distribution Date on or after the Class A-7 Accretion Termination Date, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-7 Certificates for such date remaining after reduction of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-6 Certificates to zero on the Class A-7 Accretion Termination Date will be payable to the Class A-7 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof; and provided further, that if the Class A-7 Accretion Termination Date is the Credit Support Depletion Date, the entire amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-7 Certificates for that date will be payable to the Class A-7 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof.

“Class A-8 Accretion Termination Date”: The earliest to occur of (i) the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero, (ii) the Credit Support Depletion Date and (iii) the Distribution Date occurring in July 2010.

“Class A-8 Accrual Distribution Amount”: With respect to each Distribution Date prior to the Class A-8 Accretion Termination Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-8 Certificates, for such date, to the extent added to the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(l); provided that, with

 

 


respect to each Distribution Date on or after the Class A-8 Accretion Termination Date, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-8 Certificates for such date remaining after reduction of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates to zero on the Class A-8 Accretion Termination Date will be payable to the Class A-8 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof; and provided further, that if the Class A-8 Accretion Termination Date is the Credit Support Depletion Date or the Distribution Date occurring in June 2010, the entire amount of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Class A-8 Certificates for that date will be payable to the Class A-8 Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) hereof.

“Class A-8A Component”: A regular interest in REMIC II which has a principal amount which will at all times be equal to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates and a per annum Pass-Through Rate as set forth herein.

“Class A-8A Component Principal Amount”: An amount equal to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates.

“Class A-8B Component”: A regular interest in REMIC II which has a notional amount which will at all times be equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest A-1, a per annum Pass-Through Rate as set forth herein, and no principal amount.

“Class A-8B Component Notional Amount”: An amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest A-1.

“Class B Certificate”: Any one of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates as designated on the face thereof substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-2, executed by the Trustee and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein.

“Class B Certificateholder”: Any Holder of a Class B Certificate.

“Class B Percentage”: The Class B-1 Percentage, Class B-2 Percentage, Class B-3 Percentage, Class B-4 Percentage, Class B-5 Percentage or Class B-6 Percentage.

“Class B-1 Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The initial Class B-1 Percentage is approximately 4.35%.

“Class B-2 Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The initial Class B-2 Percentage is approximately 0.70%.

 

 


 

“Class B-3 Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The initial Class B-3 Percentage is approximately 0.35%.

“Class B-4 Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The initial Class B-4 Percentage is approximately 0.25%.

“Class B-5 Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-5 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The initial Class B-5 Percentage is approximately 0.15%.

“Class B-6 Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-6 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The initial Class B-6 Percentage is approximately 0.20%.

“Class R Certificates”: The Class R-I Certificates and Class R-II Certificates executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-1 and each evidencing the ownership of an interest designated as the Residual Interest in the related REMIC.

“Class Subordination Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Class of Subordinate Certificates, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Subordinate Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes of Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

“Closing Date”: June 29, 2005.

“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10, which shall be entitled “PHH Mortgage Corporation, as Master Servicer for Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, in trust for registered Holders of PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-4”, and which must be an Eligible Account.

 

 


 

“Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Compensating Interest”: As defined in Section 3.24 hereof.

“Condemnation Proceeds”: All awards or settlements in respect of a taking of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation.

“Control Agreement”: With respect to each Mortgage 100 K Loan, the Merrill Lynch Pledged Collateral Account Control Agreement between the guarantor or mortgagor, as applicable, the Additional Collateral Servicer and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, pursuant to which the guarantor or mortgagor, as applicable, has granted a security interest in a Securities Account.

“Cooperative”: A corporation that has been formed for the purpose of cooperative apartment ownership.

“Cooperative Assets”: Shares issued by Cooperatives, the related Cooperative Lease and any other collateral securing the Cooperative Loans.

“Cooperative Building”: The building and other property owned by a Cooperative.

“Cooperative Lease”: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the proprietary lease or occupancy agreement with respect to the Cooperative Apartment occupied by the Mortgagor and relating to the related Cooperative Assets, which lease or agreement confers an exclusive right to the holder of such Cooperative Assets to occupy such apartment.

“Cooperative Loan”: The indebtedness of a Mortgagor evidenced by a Mortgage Note which is secured by Cooperative Assets and which is being sold to the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans so sold being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Cooperative Unit”: A specific dwelling unit in a Cooperative Building as to which exclusive occupancy rights have been granted pursuant to a Lease.

“Corporate Trust Office”: The principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this instrument is located, for Certificate transfer purposes, at 111 Wall Street, 15 th Floor, Attn: Securities Window, New York, New York 10005, Attention: PHHMC, Series 2005-4, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and the Master Servicer.

“Corresponding Certificated Interests”: With respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest, the Class with the same designation.

“Credit Support Depletion Date”: The first Distribution Date on which the Senior Percentage equals 100%.

“Curtailment”: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is not a Principal Prepayment in Full.

 

 


 

“Cut-off Date”: June 1, 2005.

“Cut-off Date Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance thereof as of the Cut-off Date (or as of the applicable date of substitution with respect to an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan).

“Debt Service Reduction”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.

“Defective Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans.

“Deficient Valuation”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.

“Definitive Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.02(c) hereof.

“Delinquent”: As used herein, a Mortgage Loan is considered to be: “one month” delinquent when a payment due on any scheduled due date remains unpaid as of the close of business on the last Business Day immediately prior to the next following monthly scheduled due date; “two months” delinquent when a payment due on any scheduled due date remains unpaid as of the close of business on the last Business Day immediately prior to the second following monthly scheduled due date; and so on. The determination as to whether a Mortgage Loan falls into these categories is made as of the close of business on the last Business Day of each month. For example, a Mortgage Loan with a payment due on July 1 that remained unpaid as of the close of business on July 31 would then be considered to be one month delinquent. Delinquency information as of the Cut-off Date is determined and prepared as of the close of business on the last Business Day immediately prior to the Cut-off Date.

“Depositor”: PHH Mortgage Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor in interest.

“Depository”: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, whose nominee is Cede & Co., or any other organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York.

“Depository Agreement”: With respect to any Book-Entry Certificates, either of the agreements among the Depositor, the Trustee and the initial Depository, to be dated on or about the Closing Date.

 

 


 

“Depository Participant”: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other person for whom from time to time a Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

“Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 8th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such 8th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 8th day.

“Directly Operate”: With respect to any REO Property, the furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the management or operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for sale to customers, the performance of any construction work thereon or any use of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust Fund other than through an Independent Contractor, provided, however, that the Trustee (or the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) shall not be considered to Directly Operate an REO Property solely because the Trustee (or the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property.

“Disqualified Organization”: Any of the following: (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for the Freddie Mac or any successor thereto, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code or (v) any other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, that the holding of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person may cause the Trust or any Person having an ownership interest in the Residual Certificate (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the transfer of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

“Distribution Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.10(b) which shall be entitled “Distribution Account, Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, in trust for the registered Holders of the PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-4” and which must be an Eligible Account.

“Distribution Date”: The 18th day of any calendar month, or if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 18th day, commencing in July 2005.

 

 


 

“Due Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the first day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs on which the Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan was due, exclusive of any days of grace.

“Due Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date (or with respect to the first Due Period, the day following the Cut-off Date) occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio”: With respect to an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (A) the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan at origination less the value of any Additional Collateral securing the Mortgage Loan, to (B) the lesser of (1) the appraised value determined in an appraisal or other collateral assessment tool obtained at origination of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the sales price for the related Mortgaged Property.

“Eligible Account”: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a depository institution the short-term debt obligations of which have been rated by each Rating Agency in their highest rating available, (ii) in a depository institution in which such accounts are fully insured to the limits established by the FDIC, provided that any deposits not so insured shall, to the extent acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing, be maintained such that (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and each Rating Agency) the registered Holders of Certificates have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first security interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is maintained, (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution, national banking association or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity, (iv) an account or accounts of a depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency (as evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency that use of any such account will not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency) or (v) an account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that meet the depository requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.

“Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A mortgage loan substituted for a Defective Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, not in excess of the outstanding principal balance of the Defective Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs, the amount of any shortfall to be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account in the month of substitution, (ii) have a Loan Rate, not less than the Loan Rate of the Defective Mortgage Loan and not more than 1% in excess of the Loan Rate of such Defective Mortgage Loan, (iii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the Defective Mortgage Loan, (iv) be current as of the date of substitution, (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 Defective Mortgage Loan

 

 


as of such date and (vi) conform to each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.04 hereof applicable to the Defective Mortgage Loan. In the event that one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Defective Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the basis of aggregate principal balances, the Loan Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted average Loan 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 and, except to the extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the representations and warranties described in clause (vi) hereof must be satisfied as to each Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be. Any Mortgage Loan substituted for a Mortgage Loan which has an arrearage due to the application of any related forbearance plan with respect to such Mortgage Loan, will be treated as having such an arrearage due to the application of any related forbearance plan with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

“ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“ERISA-Restricted Certificates”: Any of the Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 and Class R Certificates.

“Escrow Payments”: The amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums and other payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to any Mortgage Loan.

“Estate in Real Property”: A fee simple estate in a parcel of real property.

“Excess Losses”: (i) Special Hazard Losses in excess of the Special Hazard Amount, (ii) Bankruptcy Losses in excess of the Bankruptcy Amount, (iii) Fraud Losses in excess of the Fraud Loss Amount and (iv) Extraordinary Losses.

“Excess Subordinate Principal Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class or Classes of Certificates then outstanding with the Lowest Priority is to be reduced to zero and on which Realized Losses are to be allocated to that Class or those Classes, the amount, if any, by which (i) the amount of principal that would otherwise be distributable on that Class or those Classes of Certificates on such Distribution Date is greater than (ii) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of that Class or those Classes of Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over the aggregate amount of Realized Losses to be allocated to that Class or those Classes of Certificates on such Distribution Date.

“Exchange Act”: The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Extraordinary Loss”: Any Realized Loss or portion thereof caused by or resulting from:

(i)         nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive or chemical 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 the definition of the term “Special Hazard Loss”

 

 


 

(ii)         hostile or warlike action in time of peace or war, including action in hindering, combating or defending against an actual, impending or expected attack by any government or sovereign power, de jure or de facto , or by any authority maintaining or using military, naval or air forces, or by military, naval or air forces, or by an agent of any such government, power, authority or forces;

(iii)        any weapon of war employing atomic fission or radioactive forces whether in time of peace or war, and

(iv)        insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped power or action taken by governmental authority in hindering, combating or defending against such an occurrence, seizure or destruction under quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by order of any government or public authority, or risks of contraband or illegal transactions or trade.

“Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses”: Any amounts reimbursable to the Master Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to Section 6.03, any amounts reimbursable to the Trustee from the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement, including but not limited to Section 8.05, and any other costs, expenses, liabilities and losses borne by the Trust Fund (exclusive of any cost, expense, liability or loss that is specific to a particular Mortgage Loan or REO Property and is taken into account in calculating a Realized Loss in respect thereof) for which the Trust Fund has not and, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Trustee, shall not, obtain reimbursement or indemnification from any other Person.

“Fannie Mae”: Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.

“FDIC”: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Fidelity Bond”: Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.14.

“Final Recovery Determination”: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased by a Seller or the Master Servicer pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or 10.01), a determination made by the Master Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Master Servicer, in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered. The Master Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.

“Fitch”: Fitch, Inc., doing business as Fitch Ratings, and any successor thereto or its successor in interest.

“Foreclosure Price”: The amount reasonably expected to be received from the sale of the related Mortgaged Property net of any expenses associated with foreclosure proceedings.

“Foreclosure Profits”: As to any Distribution Date or related Determination Date and any Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and proceeds from any REO Disposition (net of all amounts reimbursable therefrom pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii)) in respect of each Mortgage Loan or REO Property for which a Cash Liquidation or

 

 


REO Disposition occurred in the related Prepayment Period over the sum of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property (determined, in the case of an REO Disposition, in accordance with Section 3.16) plus accrued and unpaid interest at the Mortgage Rate on such unpaid principal balance from the Due Date to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the first day of the month following the month in which such Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred.

“Fraud Loss Amount”: As of any date of determination after the Cut-off Date, (X) prior to the second anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to 2.00% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date minus the Fraud Losses allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance with Section 4.02 since the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date up to such date of determination and (Y) from the second to the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to (1) the lesser of (a) the Fraud Loss Amount as of the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date and (b) 1.00% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date minus (2) the Fraud Losses allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance with Section 4.02 since the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date up to such date of determination. On and after the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Amount shall be zero.

The Fraud Loss Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer (including accelerating the manner in which such coverage is reduced) provided that prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written conformation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such written conformation to the Trustee.

“Fraud Losses”: Losses sustained on a Liquidated Mortgage Loan by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.

“Freddie Mac”: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Highest Priority”: As of any date of determination, the Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with the earliest priority for payments pursuant to Section 4.01(c), in the following order: Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

“HUD”: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto and including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.

“Independent”: When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, and (c) is not connected with the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided , however ,

 

 


that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.

“Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person (other than the Master Servicer) that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the Trust Fund within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if the Trust Fund were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 35 percent or more of any Class of Certificates), so long as the Trust Fund does not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the relationship between such Person and the Trust Fund is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any other Person (including the Master Servicer) if the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the Trust Fund, to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code), or cause any income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as rents from real property.

“Initial Certificate Principal Balance”: With respect to any Regular Certificate, the amount designated “Initial Certificate Principal Balance” on the face thereof.

“Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds of any title policy, hazard policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.

“Interest Accrual Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Certificates, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Late Collections”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts received subsequent to the Determination Date immediately following any related Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) but delinquent on a contractual basis for such Due Period and not previously recovered.

“Limited Purpose Surety Bond”: The Limited Purpose Surety Bond (Policy No. AB0039BE), dated February 28, 1996 in respect to certain Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (f/k/a Ambac Indemnity Corporation) for the benefit of certain beneficiaries, including the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, but only to the extent that such Limited Purpose Surety Bond covers any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.

 

 


 

“Liquidated Mortgage Loan”: As to any Distribution Date, any Mortgage Loan in respect of which the Master Servicer has determined, in accordance with the servicing procedures specified herein, as of the end of the related Due Period, that all Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds which it expects to recover with respect to the liquidation of the Mortgage Loan or disposition of the related REO Property have been recovered.

“Liquidation Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage Loan is removed from the Trust Fund by reason of its being purchased, sold or replaced pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or Section 10.01. With respect to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final Recovery Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO Property is removed from the Trust Fund by reason of its being sold or purchased pursuant to Section 3.23 or Section 10.01.

“Liquidation Proceeds”: The amount (other than amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO Property prior to REO Disposition) received by the Master Servicer in connection with (i) the taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan by means of a trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise (including, with respect to a defaulted Mortgage Loan that is an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the amount realized on the related Additional Collateral with respect to such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 3.16), or (iii) the repurchase, substitution or sale of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16 or Section 10.01.

“Loan Balance”: As of any date, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of such date.

“Loan-to-Value Ratio”: As of any date and Mortgage Loan (other than an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan), the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, and the denominator of which is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property. As of any date and any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the related Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio.

“Loan Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, which rate shall remain constant at the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Loan Rate in effect immediately following the Cut-off Date. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property, as of any date of determination, the annual rate determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.

“Lockout Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates, divided by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates, in each case immediately prior to any allocations of losses or distributions on that Distribution Date.

“Lockout Prepayment Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the Lockout Percentage and (ii) the Stepdown Percentage.

 

 


 

“Lockout Scheduled Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date (i) occurring prior to July 2010, 0% and (ii) occurring in or after July 2010, the Lockout Percentage.

“Lost Note Affidavit”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the original Mortgage Note has been permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced, an affidavit from the Depositor as applicable certifying that the original Mortgage Note has been lost, misplaced or destroyed (together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note and indemnifying the Trust against any loss, cost or liability resulting from the failure to deliver the original Mortgage Note) in the form of Exhibit H hereto.

“Lower Priority”: As of any date of determination and with respect to any Class of Subordinate Certificates, any other Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with a later priority for payments pursuant to Section 4.01(c).

“Lowest Priority”: As of any date of determination, the Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with the latest priority for payments pursuant to Section 4.01(c), in the following order: Class B-6, Class B-5, Class B-4, Class B-3, Class B-2 and Class B-1 Certificates.

“Majority Certificateholders”: The Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights.

“Master Servicer Affiliate”: A Person (i) controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Master Servicer or which is 50% or more owned by the Master Servicer and (ii) which is qualified to service residential mortgage loans.

“Master Servicer Event of Termination”: One or more of the events described in Section 7.01.

“Master Servicer Remittance Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Business Day prior to such Distribution Date.

“MERS”: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.

“MERS® System”: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.

“MIN”: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS® System.

“MLCC”: Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation and its successors in interest.

“MOM Loan”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof.

“Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”: An amount equal to the interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period on the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of

 

 


Certificates at the then-applicable Pass-Through Rate. The Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on any Class of Certificates will be reduced by the amount of (i) Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not offset by the Master Servicer with a payment of Compensating Interest as provided in Section 3.24), (ii) the interest portion (adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate) of Realized Losses (including Excess Losses and Extraordinary Losses) not allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02, (iii) the interest portion of Advances previously made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or REO Property which remained unreimbursed following the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property that were made with respect to delinquencies that were ultimately determined to be Excess Losses or Extraordinary Losses and (iv) any other interest shortfalls not covered by the subordination provided by the Class B Certificates, including Relief Act Shortfalls, with all such reductions allocated among all of the Certificates in proportion to their respective amounts of Monthly Interest Distributable Amount payable on such Distribution Date which would have resulted absent such reductions.

“Monthly Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan which is payable by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage Note, determined: (a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient Valuation and/or Debt Service Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction in the amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension granted or agreed to by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01; and (c) on the assumption that all other amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid when due.

“Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

“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 100 K Loan”: A Mortgage Loan secured by Additional Collateral in the form of a security interest in the Securities Account and the financial assets held therein and having a value, as of the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, of at least equal to the related Original Additional Collateral Requirement.

“Mortgage 100 K Pledge Agreement”: With respect to each Mortgage 100 K Loan, the Pledge Agreement for Securities Account between the related mortgagor and the Additional Collateral Servicer pursuant to which such mortgagor granted a security interest in the related securities and other financial assets held therein.

“Mortgage File”: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01(A) and (B) pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.

“Mortgage Loan”: Each mortgage loan (including the Cooperative Loans) transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03(d) as from time to time held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

 


 

“Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of June 1, 2005, among the Sellers and the Depositor, regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule”: As of any date, the list of Mortgage Loans identifying the Mortgage Loans transferred from the Sellers, and attached hereto as Exhibit D. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

 

(i)

 

the Sellers’ Mortgage Loan identifying number;

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

[reserved];

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

the zip code of the related Mortgaged Property;

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

 

a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied;

 

 

 

 

 

(v)

 

the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the Mortgaged Property;

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

 

the original months to maturity;

 

 

 

 

 

(vii)

 

the original date of the mortgage;

 

 

 

 

 

(viii)

 

the Loan-to-Value Ratio or Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio, as applicable, at origination;

 

 

 

 

 

(ix)

 

the loan rate;

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan;

 

 

 

 

 

(xi)

 

the stated maturity date;

 

 

 

 

 

(xii)

 

the amount of the Monthly Payment at origination;

 

 

 

 

 

(xiii)

 

the amount of the Monthly Payment as of the Cut-off Date;

 

 

 

 

 

(xiv)

 

the next Due Date on which a Monthly Payment is due;

 

 

 

 

 

(xv)

 

the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;

 

 

 

 

 

(xvi)

 

the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date;

 

 

 

 

 

(xvii)

 

a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan (i.e., purchase financing, Rate/Term Refinancing, Cash-Out Refinancing);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

(xviii)

 

a code indicating the documentation style (i.e., full, alternative or reduced);

 

(xix)

 

a code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is subject to a Primary Insurance Policy;

 

 

 

 

 

(xx)

 

the name of the Qualified Insurer and the certificate number for any Primary Insurance Policy, if applicable;

 

 

 

 

 

(xxi)

 

the depth of coverage of any Primary Insurance Policy, if applicable;

 

 

 

 

 

(xxii)

 

the Value of the Mortgaged Property;

 

 

 

 

 

(xxiii)

 

the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if applicable;

 

 

 

 

 

(xxiv)

 

the Servicing Fee;

 

 

 

 

 

(xxv)

 

whether the Mortgage Loan is a Buydown Mortgage Loan; and

 

 

 

 

 

(xxvi)

 

the amount of the Original Additional Collateral Requirement, if any.

 

The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate as of the Cut-off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Loan Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from time to time by the Master Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. With respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, Cut-off Date shall refer to the related Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined in accordance with the definition of Cut-off Date herein.

“Mortgage Note”: The original executed note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Pool”: The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on Exhibit D from time to time, and any REO Properties acquired in respect thereof.

“Mortgaged Property”: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan, including any REO Property, consisting of an Estate in Real Property improved by a Residential Dwelling.

“Mortgagor”: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

“Net Liquidation Proceeds”: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan or any other disposition of related Mortgaged Property (including REO Property) the related Liquidation Proceeds net of Advances, Servicing Advances, Servicing Fees and any other accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees received and retained in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property Rate.

 

 


 

“Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, (x) the Loan Rate minus (y) the Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate.

“New Lease”: Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf of the Trust, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of the Trust if the Trust has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.

“Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any Advance or Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed Advance or Servicing Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from Late Collections on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.

“Officers’ Certificate”: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a vice president (however denominated), and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Master Servicer or the Depositor, as applicable.

“Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be a salaried counsel for the Depositor 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.

“Optional Termination Date”: The first Distribution Date on which the Master Servicer may opt to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 10.01.

“Original Additional Collateral Requirement’: With respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to the Additional Collateral required at the time of the origination of such Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan in order to achieve an Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio for such Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, generally equal to seventy percent (70%); for purposes of the Required Surety Payment, in no event shall the Original Additional Collateral Requirement for an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan exceed thirty percent (30%) of its original principal balance.

“Original Certificate Principal Balance”: With respect to each Class of the Certificates, the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on the Closing Date, as set forth opposite such Class above in the Preliminary Statement.

“Original Subordinated Principal Balance”: The aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances of the Subordinate Certificates as of the Cut-off Date.

“Other Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds of any title policy, hazard policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, other than the Primary Insurance Policy, if any, to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account.

 

 


 

“Ownership Interest”: As to any Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.

“Parent Power® Agreement”: With respect to each Parent Power® Mortgage Loan, a Parent Power® Guaranty and Security Agreement for Securities Account.

“Parent Power® Guaranty and Security Agreement for Securities Account”: With respect to a Parent Power® Mortgage Loan, an agreement between the Additional Collateral Servicer and a guarantor on behalf of the mortgagor under such Parent Power® Mortgage Loan pursuant to which such guarantor guarantees the payment of certain losses under such Parent Power® Mortgage Loan and has granted a security interest to the Additional Collateral Servicer in certain marketable securities to collateralize such guaranty. The required amount of such collateral is at least equal to the Original Additional Collateral Requirement for such Parent Power® Mortgage Loan.

“Parent Power® Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan having at the time of origination a Loan-to-Value Ratio generally in excess of the Master Servicer’s maximum acceptable Loan-to-Value Ratio for such Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Underwriting Guide, which Mortgage Loan is supported by a Parent Power® Agreement.

“Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to the Certificates (other than the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-8 Certificates) and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on each Mortgage Loan. With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to (i) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rate on each Mortgage Loan minus (ii) 1.17%. For federal income tax purposes, however, the Class A-1 Certificates will have a per annum rate equal to (i) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate on the REMIC I Regular Interest A-1 minus (ii) 1.17%. With respect to the Class A-8 Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the sum of (i) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rate on each Mortgage Loan and (ii) 1.17% per annum multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and the denominator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-8 Certificates. For federal income tax purposes, the Class A-8 Certificates will represent ownership of the Class A-8A Component and Class A-8B Component; the Pass-Through Rate with respect to the Class A-8A Component is a per annum rate equal to the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest A-8, which will be applied to the Class A-8A Component Principal Amount and the Pass-Through Rate with respect to the Class A-8B Component is 1.17% per annum, which will be applied to the Class A-8B Component Notional Amount.

“Paying Agent”: Any paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.05.

“Percentage Interest”: With respect to any Certificate (other than a Class R Certificate), a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Initial Certificate Principal Balance, represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which is the Original Certificate Principal Balance of the related Class. With respect to any Class of Class R Certificates, the portion of such Class evidenced thereby, expressed as a percentage, as stated on the face of such

 

 


Certificate; provided, however, that the sum of all such percentages for each such Class totals 100%.

“Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless of whether issued or managed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates or for which an Affiliate of the Trustee serves as an advisor:

(i)         obligations of or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;

(ii)         repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (i) maturing not more than one month from the date of acquisition thereof, provided that the unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating available;

(iii)        federal funds, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more than 30 days) denominated in United States dollars of any U.S. depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or of any domestic branch of a foreign depository institution or trust company; provided that the debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, if the only Rating Agency is S&P, in the case of the principal depository institution in a depository institution holding company, debt obligations of the depository institution holding company) at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating available; and provided further that, if the only Rating Agency is S&P and if the depository or trust company is a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company and the debt obligations of such subsidiary are not separately rated, the applicable rating shall be that of the bank holding company; and, provided further that, if the original maturity of such short-term obligations of a domestic branch of a foreign depository institution or trust company shall exceed 30 days, the short-term rating of such institution shall be A-1+ in the case of S&P if S&P is the Rating Agency;

(iv)        commercial paper and demand notes (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating available; provided that such commercial paper shall have a remaining maturity of not more than 30 days;

(v)        a money market fund or a qualified investment fund rated by each Rating Agencies in its highest long-term rating available; and

(vi)        other obligations or securities that are acceptable to each Rating Agency as a Permitted Investment hereunder and will not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the

 

 


rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;

provided, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.

“Permitted Transferee”: Any Person other than a Disqualified Organization, an “electing large partnership” as defined in Section 775(a) of the Code, or a non-U.S. Person.

“Person”: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Planned Principal Balance”: With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-5 Certificates and each Distribution Date, the amount set forth for such Class and such Distribution Date on Exhibit L hereto.

“Prepayment Distribution Trigger”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Subordinate Certificates (other than the Class B-1 Certificates), a test that shall be satisfied if the fraction (expressed as a percentage) equal to the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances of such Class and each Class of Subordinate Certificates with a Lower Priority than such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date divided by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date is greater than or equal to the sum of the related initial Class B Percentages of such Classes of Subordinate Certificates.

“Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: As to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property) that was the subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in Full during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the excess of one month’s interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan over the amount of interest (adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate) paid by the Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to the date of such Principal Prepayment in Full or (b) a Curtailment during the prior calendar month, an amount equal to one month’s interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such Curtailment. The obligations of the Master Servicer in respect of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall are set forth in Section 3.24.

“Prepayment Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Primary Insurance Policy”: Each policy of primary guaranty mortgage insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer in effect with respect to any Mortgage Loan, or any replacement policy therefor obtained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.13.

“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and which is not

 

 


accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.

“Principal Prepayment in Full”: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of the entire unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan.

“Private Certificates”: Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

“Property Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds of any title policy, hazard policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are received by the Master Servicer and are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer’s servicing procedures, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.

“Purchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or 10.01, and as confirmed by an Officers’ Certificate from the Master Servicer to the Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the date of purchase (or such other price as provided in Section 10.01), (ii) in the case of (x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Loan Rate in effect from time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer, which payment or advance had as of the date of purchase been distributed pursuant to Section 4.01, through the end of the calendar month in which the purchase is to be effected, and (y) an REO Property, the sum of (1) accrued interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Loan Rate in effect from time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the 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 pursuant to Section 4.07, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, (iv) any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to Section 3.23, and (v) in the case of a Mortgage Loan required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.03, expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of the breach or defect giving rise to the purchase obligation.

“Qualified Insurer”: Any insurance company acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

“Rate/Term Refinancing”: A Refinanced Mortgage Loan which is not a Cash-Out Refinancing.

“Rating Agency or Rating Agencies”: Fitch, Moody’s or their successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in existence, “Rating Agencies” shall be such

 

 


nationally recognized statistical rating agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and Master Servicer.

“Realized Loss”: With respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount by which the remaining unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan exceeds the amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied to the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan. To the extent the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the extent such recoveries are applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date.

“Record Date”: With respect to all of the Certificates, the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.

“Refinanced Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were used to satisfy an existing mortgage loan on the Mortgaged Property.

“Regular Certificate”: Any of the Class A Certificates and Class B Certificates.

“Related Documents”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages and other related documents.

“Relief Act”: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

“Relief Act Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date, for any Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended Due Period as a result of the application of the Relief Act, the amount by which (i) interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan during such Due Period is less than (ii) one month’s interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the Loan Rate for such Mortgage Loan before giving effect to the application of the Relief Act.

“REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code.

“REMIC I”: The segregated pool of assets, with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made, consisting of: (i) each Mortgage Loan (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 Mortgage Loans (exclusive of any prepayment fees and late payment charges received on the Mortgage Loans), together with all documents included in the related Mortgage File, subject to Section 2.01; (ii) such funds or assets as from time to time are deposited in the Collection Account or the Distribution Account and belonging to the Trust Fund; (iii) any REO Property; (iv) the Primary Hazard Insurance Policies, if any, the Primary Insurance Policies, if any, and all other Insurance Policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (v) the Depositor’s rights in respect of the Additional Collateral and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond, including the assignment of the Depositor’s rights under the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement; and (vi) the Depositor’s interest in respect of the representations and

 

 


warranties made by the Sellers in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof. The Trust Fund shall not include the Buydown Account.

“REMIC I Regular Interests”: The uncertificated partial undivided beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I, designated as REMIC I Regular Interests A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6 and R-II, with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made.

“REMIC II”: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7, Class A-8, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 and Class R-II Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be made pursuant to Section 9.01.

“REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits which appear at Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Remittance Report”: A report prepared by the Master Servicer and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03.

“Rents from Real Property”: With respect to any REO Property, gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code.

“REO Account”: The account or accounts maintained by the Master Servicer in respect of an REO Property pursuant to Section 3.23.

“REO Disposition”: The sale or other disposition of an REO Property on behalf of the Trust Fund.

“REO Imputed Interest”: As to any REO Property, for any calendar month during which such REO Property was at any time part of the Trust Fund, one month’s interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such REO Property (or, in the case of the first such calendar month, of the related Mortgage Loan if appropriate) as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such calendar month.

“REO Principal Amortization”: With respect to any REO Property, for any calendar month, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of all amounts received in respect of such REO Property during such calendar month, whether in the form of rental income, sale proceeds (including, without limitation, that portion of the Termination Price paid in connection with a purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 10.01 that is allocable to such REO Property) or otherwise, net of any portion of such amounts (i) payable pursuant to Section 3.23 in respect of the proper operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property or (ii) payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 for unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage

 

 


Loan, over (b) the REO Imputed Interest in respect of such REO Property for such calendar month.

“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, as described in Section 3.23 hereto.

“Request for Release”: A release signed by a Servicing Officer, in the form of Exhibit E attached

“Required Surety Payment”: With respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan that becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (i) the principal portion of the Realized Loss with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the Original Additional Collateral Requirement with respect to such Mortgage Loan over (b) the net proceeds realized by the Additional Collateral Servicer from the related Additional Collateral as set forth in Section 3.16.

“Residential Dwelling”: Any one of the following: (i) an attached or detached one-family dwelling unit, (ii) two- to four-family dwelling unit, (iii) condominium, (iv) townhouse, (v) row house, or (vi) individual unit in a planned unit development.

“Residual Certificate”: Any of the Class R Certificates.

“Residual Interest”: The sole class of “residual interests” in a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.

“Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.

“Restricted Classes”: With respect to any Class of Certificates, any Classes of Certificates with a lower priority of payment relative to such Class.

“S&P”: Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

“Securities Account”: With respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, the account, together with the financial assets held therein, that is the subject of the related Mortgage 100 K Pledge Agreement.

“Security Agreement”: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the agreement creating a security interest in favor of the originator in the related Cooperative Assets.

“Seller”: Either of (i) PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, or any successor in interest or (ii) Bishop’s Gate Residential Mortgage Trust, a Delaware business trust, or any successor in interest.

 

 


 

“Senior Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7, Class A-8 and Class R Certificates.

“Senior Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount to be distributed to the Holders of the Senior Certificates for such Distribution Date.

“Senior Percentage”: As of any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates and Class R Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans or related REO Properties immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

“Senior Prepayment Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage indicated below:

Distribution Date

Senior Prepayment Percentage

July 2005 through June 2010

100%

July 2010 through June 2011

Senior Percentage, plus 70% of the Subordinate Percentage

July 2011 through June 2012

Senior Percentage, plus 60% of the Subordinate Percentage

July 2012 through June 2013

Senior Percentage, plus 40% of the Subordinate Percentage

July 2013 through June 2014

Senior Percentage, plus 20% of the Subordinate Percentage

July 2014 and thereafter

Senior Percentage

 

provided, however, (i) that any scheduled reduction to the Senior Prepayment Percentage described above shall not occur as of any Distribution Date unless either (a)(1)(x) the outstanding principal balance of Mortgage Loans Delinquent 60 days or more (including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO Property) averaged over the last six months as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B Certificates as of such Distribution Date, is less than 50%, or (y) the outstanding principal balance of Mortgage Loans Delinquent 60 days or more (including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO Property) averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date, does not exceed 2% and (2) Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans to date for such Distribution Date if occurring during the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth year (or any year thereafter) after the Closing Date are less than 30%, 35%, 40%, 45% or 50%, respectively, of the sum of the Initial Certificate Principal Balances of the Class B Certificates or (b) (1) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans Delinquent 60 days or more (including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO Property) averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date, does not exceed 4% and (2) Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans to date for such Distribution Date if occurring during the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth year (or any year thereafter) after the

 

 


Closing Date are less than 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% or 30%, respectively, of the sum of the Initial Certificate Principal Balances of the Class B Certificates and (ii) that for any Distribution Date on which the Senior Percentage is greater than the Original Senior Percentage, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date shall be 100%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the reduction of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates to zero, the Senior Prepayment Percentage will equal 0%.

“Senior Principal Distribution Amount”: As to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the balance of the Available Distribution Amount remaining after the distribution of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(i) and (b) the sum of the following:

(A)       the Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date times the sum of the following:

(1)        the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due during the related Due Period on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan whether or not received on or prior to the related Determination Date, minus the principal portion of any Debt Service Reduction, which together with other Bankruptcy Losses exceeds the Bankruptcy Amount;

(2)        the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan repurchased during the related Prepayment Period pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 3.15 or 3.16; and

(3)        the principal portion of all other unscheduled collections (other than Principal Prepayments in Full and Curtailments and amounts received in connection with a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition of a Mortgage Loan, including without limitation Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and REO Proceeds), received during the related Prepayment Period to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.16;

(B)        with respect to each Mortgage Loan for which a Cash Liquidation or a REO Disposition occurred during the related Prepayment Period and did not result in any Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date times the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date times the related unscheduled collections (including without limitation Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.16;

(C)       the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date times the aggregate of all Principal Prepayments in Full and Curtailments received in the related Prepayment Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(D)

any Excess Subordinate Principal Amount for such Distribution Date; and

 

 

 


 

(E)        any amounts described in clauses (A), (B) or (C) of this definition, as determined for any previous Distribution Date, which remain unpaid after application of amounts previously distributed pursuant to this clause (E) to the extent that such amounts are not attributable to Realized Losses which have been allocated to the Class B Certificates;

“Servicing Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.09.

“Servicer Event of Termination”: One or more of the events described in Section 7.01.

“Servicing Advances”: The reasonable “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer in the performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, (a) reasonable attorneys’ fees and (b) 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 Mortgage Loan, including any expenses incurred in relation to any such proceedings that result from the Mortgage Loan being registered on the MERS System, (iii) the management (including reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property, and (iv) the performance of its obligations under Section 3.01, Section 3.09, Section 3.13, Section 3.14, Section 3.16 and Section 3.23. The Master Servicer shall not be required to make any Servicing Advance in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, would not be ultimately recoverable from related Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.

“Servicing Officer”: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of Mortgage Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers famished by the Master Servicer to the Trustee and the Depositor on the Closing Date, as such list may from time to time be amended.

“Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any calendar month, an amount equal to one month’s interest (or in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment in Full made by the Mortgagor during such calendar month, interest for the number of days covered by such payment of interest) at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the same principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan accrues for such calendar month.

“Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.

“Special Hazard Amount”: As of any Distribution Date, an amount equal to $2,620,000 minus the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Special Hazard Losses allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance with Section 4.02 and (ii) the Adjustment Amount (as defined below) as most recently calculated. For each anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Adjustment Amount shall be equal to the amount, if any, by which the amount calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence (without giving effect to the deduction of the Adjustment Amount for such anniversary) exceeds the greater of (A) the greatest of (i) twice

 

 


the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the Trust Fund which has the largest outstanding principal balance on the Distribution Date immediately preceding such anniversary, (ii) the product of 1.00% multiplied by the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans on the Distribution Date immediately preceding such anniversary and (iii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance (as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date) of the Mortgage Loans in any single five-digit California zip code area with the largest amount of Mortgage Loans by aggregate principal balance as of such anniversary and (B) the greater of (i) the product of 0.50% multiplied by the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans on the Distribution Date immediately preceding such anniversary multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate outstanding principal balance (as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date) of all of the Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of California divided by the aggregate outstanding principal balance (as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date) of all of the Mortgage Loans, expressed as a percentage, and the denominator of which is equal to 15.54% (which percentage is equal to the percentage of Mortgage Loans initially secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of California) and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance (as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date) of the largest Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in the State of California.

The Special Hazard Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer (including accelerating the manner in which coverage is reduced) provided that prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written confirmation from the Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such written confirmation to the Trustee.

“Special Hazard Losses”: Realized Losses in respect of Special Hazard Mortgage Loans.

“Special Hazard Mortgage Loan”: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which the ability to recover the full amount due thereunder was substantially unpaired by a hazard not insured against under a standard hazard insurance policy.

“Startup Day”: As defined in Section 9.01(b) hereof.

“Stated Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date, as specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period), after giving effect to any previous partial prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds received and to the payment of principal due on such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor.

“Stayed Funds”: If the Master Servicer is the subject of a proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the mailing of a remittance by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement is prohibited by Section 362 of the federal Bankruptcy Code, funds which are in the custody of the Master Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court and should have been the subject of such remittance absent such prohibition.

 

 


 

“Stepdown Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage indicated below:

Distribution Date

Stepdown Percentage

July 2005 through June 2010

0%

July 2010 through June 2011

30%

July 2011 through June 2012

40%

July 2012 through June 2013

60%

July 2013 through June 2014

80%

July 2014 and thereafter

100%

 

“Subordinate Certificates”: The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

“Subordinate Percentage”: For any Distribution Date, the difference between 100% and the Senior Percentage for such date.

“Subordinate Prepayment Percentage”: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Class of Subordinate Certificates, under the applicable circumstances set forth below, the respective percentages set forth below:

(i)

For any Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date in June 2010, 0%.

(ii)         For any Distribution Date for which clause (i) does not apply, and on which any Class of Subordinate Certificates are outstanding:

(a)        in the case of the Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with the Highest Priority and each other Class of Subordinate Certificates for which the related Prepayment Distribution Trigger has been satisfied, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to such date and the denominator of which is the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances immediately prior to such date of (1) the Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with the Highest Priority and (2) all other Classes of Subordinate Certificates for which the respective Prepayment Distribution Triggers have been satisfied; and

(b)        in the case of each other Class of Subordinate Certificates for which the Prepayment Distribution Triggers have not been satisfied, 0%; and

(iii)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the application of the foregoing percentages on any Distribution Date as provided in Section 4.01(c) of this Agreement (determined without regard to the proviso to the definition of “Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount”) would result in a distribution in respect of principal of any Class or Classes of Subordinate Certificates in an amount greater than the remaining Certificate Principal Balance thereof (any such class, a “Maturing Class”), then: (a) the Subordinate

 

 


Prepayment Percentage of each Maturing Class shall be reduced to a level that, when applied as described above, would exactly reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class to zero; (b) the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of each other Class of Subordinate Certificates (any such Class, a “Non-Maturing Class”) shall be recalculated in accordance with the provisions in paragraph (ii) above, as if the Certificate Principal Balance of each Maturing Class had been reduced to zero (such percentage as recalculated, the “Recalculated Percentage”); (c) the total amount of the reductions in the Subordinate Prepayment Percentages of the Maturing Class or Classes pursuant to clause (a) of this sentence, expressed as an aggregate percentage, shall be allocated among the Non-Maturing Classes in proportion to their respective Recalculated Percentages (the portion of such aggregate reduction so allocated to any Non-Maturing Class, the “Adjustment Percentage”); and (d) for purposes of such Distribution Date, the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of each Non-Maturing Class shall be equal to the sum of (1) the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage thereof, calculated in accordance with the provisions in paragraph (ii) above as if the Certificate Principal Balance of each Maturing Class had not been reduced to zero, plus (2) the related Adjustment Percentage.

“Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Class of Class B Certificates, the sum of the following:

(i)         the product of (x) the related Class B Percentage for such Class and (y) the aggregate of the following amounts:

(1)        the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due during the related Due Period on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan, whether or not received on or prior to the related Determination Date minus the principal portion of any Debt Service Reduction, which together with other Bankruptcy Losses exceeds the Bankruptcy Amount;

(2)        the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan repurchased during the related Prepayment Period pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 3.15 or 3.16; and

(3)        the principal portion of all other unscheduled collections (other than Principal Prepayments in Full and Curtailments and amounts received in connection with a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition of a Mortgage Loan, including without limitation Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and REO Proceeds) received during the related Prepayment Period to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.16;

(ii)         such Class’s pro rata share, based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class B Certificates then outstanding, of, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, for which a Cash Liquidation or a REO Disposition occurred during the related Prepayment Period and did not result in any Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses, an amount equal to the related unscheduled collections (including without limitation Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as

 

 


recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.16, to the extent such collections are not otherwise distributed to the Senior Certificates;

(iii)        the product of (x) the related Subordinate Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date and (y) the aggregate of all Principal Prepayments in Full and Curtailments on the Mortgage Loans received in the related Prepayment Period, to the extent not payable to the Senior Certificates; and

(iv)        if such Class is the Class of Class B Certificates then outstanding with the Highest Priority, an amount equal to the Excess Subordinate Principal Amount; and

(v)        any amounts described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) as determined for any previous Distribution Date, that remain undistributed to the extent that such amounts are not attributable to Realized Losses which have been allocated to a Class of Subordinate Certificates;

provided, however, that such amount shall in no event exceed the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates immediately prior to such date.

“Subsequent Recoveries”: Any amount recovered by the Master Servicer (net of reimbursable expenses) with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan with respect to which a Realized Loss was incurred after the liquidation or disposition of such Mortgage Loan.

“Sub-Servicer”: Any Person with which the Master Servicer has entered into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02.

“Sub-Servicing Account”: An account established by a Sub-Servicer which meets the requirements set forth in Section 3.08 and is otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer.

“Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The written contract between the Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.

“Substitution Shortfall Amount”: As defined in Section 2.03(c) hereof.

“Tax Matters Person”: The tax matters person appointed pursuant to Section 9.01(c) hereof.

“Tax Returns”: The federal income tax return on Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of the REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed on behalf of the Trust in its capacity as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other information reports or returns that may be required to be famished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws.

“Termination Price”: As defined in Section 10.01(a) hereof.

 

 


 

“Transition Cost: Any documented fees, expenses and allocated costs reasonably incurred by a successor master servicer or the Trustee in connection with a transfer of servicing from the Master Servicer to a successor master servicer, including without limitation, any costs or expenses associated with the complete transfer of all master servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such master servicing data as may be required by the Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the master servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee to master service the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively.

“Trustee Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any calendar month, an amount equal to one month’s interest at the applicable Trustee Fee Rate on the same principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan accrues for such calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate Trustee Fee in a calendar year be less than $7,000.

“Trustee Fee Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a rate equal to 0.0125% per annum.

“Trust Fund”: REMIC I and REMIC II.

“Uncertificated Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”: An amount equal to the interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period on the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each Class of REMIC I Regular Interest at the then-applicable Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate. The Uncertificated Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on any Class of REMIC I Regular Interest will be reduced by the amount of (i) Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not offset by the Master Servicer with a payment of Compensating Interest as provided in Section 3.24), (ii) the interest portion (adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate) of Realized Losses (including Excess Losses) not allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02, (iii) the interest portion of Advances previously made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or REO Property which remained unreimbursed following the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property that were made with respect to delinquencies that were ultimately determined to be Excess Losses and (iv) any other interest shortfalls not covered by the subordination provided by the Class B Certificates, including Relief Act Shortfalls, with all such reductions allocated among all of the REMIC I Regular Interests in proportion to their respective amounts of Uncertificated Monthly Interest Distributable Amount payable on such Distribution Date which would have resulted absent such reductions.

“Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on each mortgage loan as of the Due Date in the related Due Period, weighted on the basis of the respective Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans as of the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (or, with respect to the initial Distribution Date, at the close of business on the Cut-off Date).

“Uncertificated Principal Balance”: The principal amount of any REMIC I Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. The Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest initially shall be equal to the amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement with respect to such REMIC I Regular Interest, and thereafter shall be reduced by all distributions of principal made on such REMIC I Regular Interest and shall be further reduced by

 

 


Realized Losses allocated thereto. The Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall never be less than zero.

“Underwriting Guide”: The underwriting guide of the Master Servicer, as revised from time to time.

“Uninsured Cause” Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies.

“United States Person” or “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 federal income tax purposes) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations), provided that, for purposes solely of the Class R Certificates, no partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a United States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes are United States Persons, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if (i) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more such United States Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) it is a trust which was in existence on August 20, 1996, and was treated as a United States person, for federal income tax purposes, on the previous day, and elected to continue to be so treated.

“Value”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the value thereof as determined by an independent appraisal (or other collateral assessment, permitted by the Underwriting Guide) made at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan; except that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a purchase money mortgage loan, the lesser of (i) the value thereof as determined by an independent appraisal (or other collateral assessment, permitted by the Underwriting Guide) made at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, if any, and (ii) the sales price of the related Mortgaged Property.

“Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. The Voting Rights allocated among Holders of such Certificates outstanding shall be the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all the Certificates of such Class then outstanding and the denominator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all the Certificates then outstanding. 99% of all Voting Rights will be allocated among all holders of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates) in proportion to their then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances, 0.50% and 0.50% of all Voting Rights will be allocated to the holders of the Class R-I Certificates and Class R-II Certificates, respectively, in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced by their respective Certificates; provided, however, that any Certificate registered in the name of the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee or any of their respective affiliates shall not be included in the calculation of Voting Rights.

“Written Order to Authenticate”: A written order by which the Depositor directs the Trustee to issue the Certificates.

 

 


 

Section 1.02

Accounting.

Unless otherwise specified herein, for the purpose of any definition or calculation, whenever amounts are required to be netted, subtracted or added or any distributions are taken into account such definition or calculation and any related definitions or calculations shall be determined without duplication of such functions.

 

 

 


 

ARTICLE II

 

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;

ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

Section 2.01

Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.

The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of the Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (except Section 3.2 thereof), the interest in the Limited Purpose Surety Bond transferred to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.03(e) and all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal received by the Depositor or the Master Servicer on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans (but excluding any payments of principal and interest due on or prior to the Cut-off Date). The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee an executed copy of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

The parties hereto agree that it is not intended that any mortgage loan be included in the Trust that is (i) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003, (ii) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004, (iii) a “High Cost Home Mortgage Loan” as defined in the Massachusetts Predatory Home Practices Act effective November 7, 2004 or (iv) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law effective January 1, 2005.

In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, PHH Mortgage Corporation and the Trustee shall enter into an Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement with MLCC, in the form of Exhibit K hereto, pursuant to which PHH Mortgage Corporation shall assign to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all of its right, title and interest in and to the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement with respect to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, and the Trustee shall assume all of PHH Mortgage Corporation’s obligations under the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement with respect to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans from and after the date hereof.

In connection with the transfer and assignment described herein, the Master Servicer on behalf of the Depositor, shall deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee, the following documents or instruments:

(A)

with respect to each Mortgage Loan, other than a Cooperative Loan:

(i)         the original Mortgage Note endorsed “Pay to the order of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of the PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-4, without recourse”, or endorsed “Pay to the order of_____________________ without recourse,” and signed in the name of the last named endorsee by an authorized officer, together with all prior and intervening

 

 


endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so endorsing to the last endorsee;

(ii)         the original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, with evidence of recording thereon which have been recorded, with evidence of recording thereon or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded;

(iii)        Unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS® System, an original Assignment of the Mortgage (A) executed in the following form “Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of the PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-4”, or (B) in blank, which assignment appears to be in form and substance acceptable for recording;

(iv)        the original recorded Assignment or Assignments of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee (or to MERS, if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS® System and noting the presence of a MIN) as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (iii), if applicable and only to the extent available to the Depositor with evidence of recording thereon;

(v)        the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements, with evidence of recording thereon, if any;

(vi)        a copy of any guarantee (other than Additional Collateral) executed in connection with the Mortgage Note;

(vii)       the original of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with the Mortgage;

(viii)

the original power of attorney, if applicable; and

(ix)        if such Mortgage Loan is a Buydown Mortgage Loan (as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule), the original Buydown Agreement or a copy thereof; and

(B)        in addition, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan (as indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule):

(i)         a copy of the related Mortgage 100 K Pledge Agreement or Parent Power Agreement, as applicable; and

(ii)         a copy of the related UCC-1, to the extent that MLCC was required to deliver such UCC-1 to the Master Servicer, and an original form UCC-3, if applicable, to the extent that MLCC was required to deliver such UCC-3 to the Master Servicer; or

(C)       with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Cooperative Loan (as indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule):

 

 


 

(i)         the original Mortgage Note endorsed “Pay to the order of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of the PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-4, without recourse”, or endorsed “Pay to the order of _____________________ without recourse,” and signed in the name of the last named endorsee by an authorized officer, together with all prior and intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so endorsing to the last endorsee;

(ii)         the original duly executed assignment of Security Agreement to the Trustee;

(iii)        the acknowledgment copy of the original executed Form UCC-1 (or certified copy thereof) with respect to the Security Agreement, and any required continuation statements;

(iv)        the acknowledgment copy of the original executed Form UCC-3 with respect to the security agreement, indicating the Trustee as the assignee of the secured party;

(v)        the stock certificate representing the Cooperative Assets allocated to the cooperative unit, with a stock power in blank attached;

(vi)        the original collateral assignment of the proprietary lease by Mortgagor to the originator;

(vii)

a copy of the recognition agreement;

(viii)      if applicable and to the extent available, the original intervening assignments, including warehousing assignments, if any, showing, to the extent available, an unbroken chain of the related Mortgage Loan to the Trustee, together with a copy of the related Form UCC-3 with evidence of filing thereon; and

(ix)        the originals of each assumption, modification or substitution agreement, if any, relating to the Mortgage Loan;

provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Depositor may deliver the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: (x) in lieu of the original Mortgage, assignments to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being delivered or will, upon receipt of recording information relating to the Mortgage required to be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to the Depositor within 270 days of the Closing Date, the Depositor may deliver a true copy thereof with an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Mortgage, assignment to the Trustee or intervening assignment has been delivered to the appropriate recording office for recording; and (y) in lieu of the Mortgage, assignment to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents (as evidenced by a certification from the Depositor or the Master Servicer, to such effect) the Depositor may deliver photocopies of such documents containing an original certification by the judicial or other governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such documents were recorded; and provided, further,

 

 


however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee a certification to such effect and shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans in the Distribution Account on the Closing Date. The Depositor shall deliver such original documents (including any original documents as to which certified copies had previously been delivered) to the Trustee promptly after they are received.

The Depositor may, in lieu of delivering the original of the documents set forth in Section 2.01(A), (B) and (C) (other than Section 2.01(A)(i) and Section 2.01(C)(i)) (or copies thereof as permitted by this Section 2.01) to the Trustee, deliver such documents to the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall hold such documents in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders until such time as is set forth in the next sentence. Within 60 days following the earlier of (i) the receipt of the original of all of the documents or instruments set forth in Section 2.01(A), (B) and (C) (other than Section 2.01(A)(i) and Section 2.01(C)(i)) (or copies thereof as permitted by such Section) for any Mortgage Loan and (ii) a written request by the Trustee to deliver those documents with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans then being held by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver a complete set of such documents to the Trustee.

The Depositor shall, at its expense, cause the Assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee to be recorded not later than 270 days after the Closing Date, unless (a) such recordation is not required by the Rating Agencies or an Opinion of Counsel has been provided as set forth below in this Section 2.01 or (b) MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as the mortgagee of record. With respect to the Cooperative Loans, the Depositor will, promptly after the Closing Date, cause the related financing statements (if not yet filed) and an assignment thereof from the Depositor to the Trustee to be filed in the appropriate offices. The Depositor need not cause to be recorded any assignment in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Depositor to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan; provided, however, notwithstanding the delivery of any Opinion of Counsel, each assignment shall be submitted for recording by the Depositor in the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust Fund or the Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust Fund, (ii) the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Termination, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Depositor, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in Section 7.02 hereof and (v) with respect to any one assignment, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Depositor fails to pay the cost of recording the assignments, such expense will be paid by the Trustee and the Trustee shall be reimbursed for such expenses by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 8.05.

In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS® System, the Depositor further agrees that it will cause, at the Depositor’s own expense, within 30 Business Days after the Closing Date, the MERS® System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Depositor to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files (a) the code in the

 

 


field which identifies the specific Trustee and (b) the code in the field “Pool Field” which identifies the series of the Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Depositor further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master Servicer to, and the Master Servicer agrees that it will not, alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

If any original Mortgage Note referred to in Section 2.01(A)(i) or 2.01(C)(i) above cannot be located, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents shall be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Trustee of a photocopy of such Mortgage Note, if available, with a Lost Note Affidavit. If any of the original Mortgage Notes for which a Lost Note Affidavit was delivered to the Trustee is subsequently located, such original Mortgage Note shall be delivered to the Trustee within three Business Days.

Section 2.02

Acceptance of Trust Fund by the Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 2.01 and subject to any exceptions noted on the exception report described in the next paragraph below, the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents referred to in Section 2.01 above and declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it constituting the Mortgage File, and that it holds or will hold all such assets and such other assets included in the definition of the “Trust Fund” and the rights of the Sellers with respect to any Additional Collateral and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.03(e) in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.

The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File on or before the Closing Date and to certify on the Closing Date in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1 that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception report annexed thereto as not being covered by such certification), (i) all documents constituting part of such Mortgage File required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession, provided that with respect to the documents described in Section 2.01(A)(v), (vi) and (vii) and 2.01(C)(ix) to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge that such documents exist, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and are not torn, mutilated, defaced or otherwise altered (except if initialed by the obligor) and relate to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items (i) through (iii) (except the ZIP Code), (ix) and (xv) of the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, it is herein acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the Trustee is under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine whether they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or whether they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face, or to determine whether any Person executing any documents is authorized to do so or whether any signature is genuine.

The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File within 60 days following the Closing Date and to certify in substantially the form attached

 

 


hereto as Exhibit I-2 that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception report annexed thereto as not being covered by such certification), (i) all documents constituting part of such Mortgage File (other than such documents described in Section 2.01(A)(v)) required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession, provided that with respect to the documents described in Section 2.01(A)(v), (vi) and (vii) and 2.01(C)(ix) to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge that such documents exist, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and are not tom, mutilated, defaced or otherwise altered (except if initialed by the obligor) and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items (i) through (iii)(except the ZIP code), (ix) and (xv) of the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File. It is herein acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the Trustee is under no duty or obligation (i) to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine whether they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or whether they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face, or to determine whether any Person executing any documents is authorized to do so or whether any signature is genuine.

Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a final certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit I-2 evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon, except with respect to the documents described in Section 2.01(A)(v), (vi) and (vii) and 2.01(C)(ix), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge that such documents exist.

If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and making or preparing, as the case may be, the certifications referred to above, the Trustee finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in any material respect, at the conclusion of its review the Trustee shall so notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer. In addition, upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and warranties made by the Sellers in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the related Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.

The Trustee shall, at the written request and expense of any Certificateholder, provide a written report to such Certificateholder of all Mortgage Files released to the Master Servicer for servicing purposes.

Section 2.03

Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Sellers- Assignment of Interest in Additional Collateral.

(a)        Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File or of the breach by a Seller of any representation, warranty or covenant under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders, by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor shall promptly notify such Seller and the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor of such

 

 


defect, missing document or breach and request that such Seller deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach within 90 days from the date such Seller was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and if such Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in all material respects during such period, the Master Servicer (or, in accordance with Section 3.02(b), the Trustee) shall enforce the obligations of such Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price within 90 days after the date on which such Seller was notified (subject to Section 2.03(d)) of such missing document, defect or breach, if and to the extent that such Seller is obligated to do so under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If such defect or breach can ultimately be cured but is not reasonably expected to be cured within the 90-day period, then the applicable Seller shall have such additional time, if any, as is reasonable, to cure such defect or breach, provided that the applicable Seller has commenced curing or correcting such defect or breach and is diligently pursuing same. The Purchase Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account, within three Business Days of expiration of the applicable time period referred to above, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification from the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the applicable Seller the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as such Seller shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in such Seller any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and the Trustee shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as provided above, if so provided in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, a Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from the Trust Fund (in which case it shall become a Defective Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d). If the breach of representation and warranty that gave rise to the obligation to repurchase or substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement was the representation and warranty set forth in clause (xlvi) of Section 3.1 thereof, then the Master Servicer shall request that PHH Mortgage pay to the Trust Fund, concurrently with and in addition to the remedies provided in the preceding four sentences, an amount equal to any liability, penalty or expense that was actually incurred and paid out of or on behalf of the Trust Fund, and that directly resulted from such breach, or if incurred and paid by the Trust Fund thereafter, concurrently with such payment. In furtherance of the foregoing, if the Seller that repurchases the Mortgage Loan is not a member of MERS and the Mortgage is registered on the MERS® System, the Master Servicer, at its own expense and without any right of reimbursement, shall cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to such Seller and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration on the MERS® System in accordance with MERS’ rules and regulations. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of a Seller to cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a document is missing, a material defect in a constituent document exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.

(b)        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 2.04 which materially and adversely affects the interests of

 

 


the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cure such breach in all material respects.

(c)        Any substitution of Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for Defective Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a), in the case of a Seller, must be effected prior to the date which is two years after the Closing Date.

As to any Defective Mortgage Loan for which a Seller substitutes a Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution shall be effected by such Seller delivering to the Trustee, for such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and agreements, with all necessary endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2.01, together with an Officers’ Certificate providing that each such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the Substitution Shortfall Amount (as described below), if any, in connection with such substitution. The Trustee shall acknowledge receipt of the original Mortgage Note for such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten Business Days thereafter, review such documents in the manner specified in Section 2.02 and deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, with respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of substitution, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 hereto with respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with respect to Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution are not part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the related Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will reflect the Monthly Payment due on such Defective Mortgage Loan on or before the Due Date in the month of substitution, and the related Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Defective Mortgage Loan. The Depositor shall give or cause to be given written notice to the Certificateholders that such substitution has taken place, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Defective Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution of the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall deliver a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and, in the case of a substitution effected by a Seller, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, in the case of a substitution effected by a Seller, all applicable representations and warranties thereof included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in each case as of the date of substitution.

For any month in which a Seller substitutes one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Defective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (the “Substitution Shortfall Amount”), if any, by which the aggregate principal balance of all such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Defective Mortgage Loans (in each case after application of the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due in the month of substitution that are to be distributed to the Certificateholders in the month of substitution). On the date of such substitution, the applicable Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if any, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the related Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or

 

 


Loans and certification by the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the applicable Seller the related Mortgage File or Files and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as such Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Defective Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.

In addition, the applicable 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 the Trust Fund, 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.

(d)        Upon discovery by the Depositor, a Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two Business Days give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the related Seller shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(c), substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan within 60 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. Such repurchase or substitution shall be made by the related Seller, as the case may be, if the affected Mortgage Loan’s status as a non-qualified mortgage is or results from a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by the related Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in Sections 2.03(a), if made by the related Seller. The Trustee shall reconvey to the related Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty.

(e)        The Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee its security interest in and to any Additional Collateral, its right to receive amounts due or to become due in respect of any Additional Collateral, all of its rights in each Additional Collateral Agreement, and its rights as beneficiary under the Limited Purpose Surety Bond in respect of any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans. With respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, the Additional Collateral Servicer shall cause to be filed in the appropriate recording office a Form UCC-3 giving notice of the assignment of the related security interest to the Trust Fund and shall thereafter cause the timely filing of all necessary continuation statements with regard to such financing statements.

Section 2.04

Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer.

The Master Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for the benefit of each of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein:

(i)         The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the Master Servicer in any state in which a Mortgaged Property is located

 

 


or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such State, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(ii)         The Master Servicer has the full corporate power and authority to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Master Servicer the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositor and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;

(iii)        The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Master Servicer hereunder, the consummation 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 the charter or 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 is an approved seller/servicer for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in good standing and is a HUD approved mortgagee pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act;

(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 service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

 


 

(vi)        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 of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to the Closing Date; and

(vii)       The Master Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS.

It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants which materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interests therein of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice (but in no event later than two Business Days following such discovery) to the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.01, the obligation of the Master Servicer set forth in Section 2.03(c) to cure breaches shall constitute the sole remedies against the Master Servicer available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders respecting a breach of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Section 2.04.

Section 2.05

Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.

The Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust and the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders as follows:

(i)         This agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);

(ii)         Immediately prior to the sale and assignment by the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust of each Mortgage Loan, the Depositor had good and marketable title to each Mortgage Loan (insofar as such title was conveyed to it by a Seller, as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) subject to no prior lien, claim, participation interest, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance or other interest of any nature;

(iii)        As of the Closing Date, the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust;

(iv)        The Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;

 

 


 

(v)        The Depositor has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its assets and conduct its business as presently being conducted;

(vi)        The Depositor is not in violation of its certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound, which default might result in any material adverse changes in the financial condition, earnings, affairs or business of the Depositor or which might materially and adversely affect the properties or assets, taken as a whole, of the Depositor;

(vii)       The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Depositor, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, do not and will not result in a material breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which the Depositor is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Depositor is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Depositor or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge without independent investigation, any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Depositor or any of its properties or assets (except for such conflicts, breaches, violations and defaults as would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement);

(viii)      To the best of the Depositor’s knowledge without any independent investigation, no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body of the United States or any other jurisdiction is required for the issuance of the Certificates, or the consummation by the Depositor of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as (a) may be required under State securities or Blue Sky laws, (b) have been previously obtained or (c) the failure of which to obtain would not have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement; and

(ix)        There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending before or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened by any court, administrative agency or other tribunal to which the Depositor is a party or of which any of its properties is the subject: (a) which if determined adversely to the Depositor would have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Depositor; (b) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the Certificates; (c) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as the case may be; (d) which might

 

 


materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.

Section 2.06

Purpose and Powers of the Trust.

The purpose of the trust, as created hereunder, is to engage in the following activities:

(i)         to issue the Certificates to or at the direction of the Depositor in exchange for the Mortgage Loans;

(ii)         to perform the activities of the trust that are expressly set forth in this Agreement;

(iii)        to engage in those activities that are reasonably necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and

(iv)        subject to compliance with this Agreement, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Fund and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders.

The trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities.

Section 2.07

Issuance of Certificates.

(a)        The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it on behalf of the Trust Fund of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets comprising the Trust Fund and, concurrently therewith, has signed, and authenticated and delivered to the Depositor, in exchange therefor, Certificates in such authorized denominations representing such Percentage Interests as the Depositor has requested. The Trustee agrees that it will hold the Mortgage Loans and such other assets as may from time to time be delivered to it segregated on the books of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

(b)        The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the assets of REMIC I for the benefit of the holders of the REMIC I Regular Interests. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the assets of REMIC I and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the REMIC I Regular Interests.

(c)        The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the REMIC I Regular Interests and the other assets of REMIC II for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) and the other assets of REMIC II and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Certificateholders.

 

 

 


 

ARTICLE III

 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND

Section 3.01

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.

The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:

(i)         any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor;

(ii)         the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer;

(iii)        the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or

(iv)        the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction.

To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loa