STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS II INC.,
DEPOSITOR
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
TRUSTEE
and
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
SERVICER, SELLER AND
COMPANY
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 1, 2005
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STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS II INC.
GreenPoint MTA Trust 2005-AR2,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-AR2
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE OF
MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
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Section 2.01
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Conveyance of Mortgage Loans to
Trustee
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Section 2.02
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Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by
Trustee
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Section 2.03
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Assignment of Interest in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement
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42
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Section 2.04
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Substitution of Mortgage Loans
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Section 2.05
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Issuance of Certificates
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Section 2.06
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Representations and Warranties Concerning the
Depositor
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ARTICLE
III
ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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Section 3.01
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Servicer
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Section 3.02
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REMIC-Related Covenants
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Section 3.03
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Monitoring of Servicers
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Section 3.04
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Fidelity Bond
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48
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Section 3.05
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Power to Act; Procedures
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48
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Section 3.06
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Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements
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49
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Section 3.07
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Release of Mortgage Files
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49
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Section 3.08
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Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of
Servicer To Be Held for Trustee
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50
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Section 3.09
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Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance
Policies
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51
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Section 3.10
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Presentment of Claims and Collection of
Proceeds
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51
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Section 3.11
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Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies
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52
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Section 3.12
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Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain
Insurance Policies and Documents
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52
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Section 3.13
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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans
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52
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Section 3.14
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Compensation for the Servicer
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53
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Section 3.15
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REO Property
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Section 3.16
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Annual Officer’s Certificate as to
Compliance
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54
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Section 3.17
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Annual Independent Accountant’s Servicing
Report
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54
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Section 3.18
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Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange
Commission
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55
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Section 3.19
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UCC
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Section 3.20
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Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage
Loans
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ARTICLE
IV
ACCOUNTS
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Section 4.01
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Custodial Account
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58
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Section 4.02
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Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the
Custodial Account
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59
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Section 4.03
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Distribution Account
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60
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Section 4.04
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Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the
Distribution Account
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60
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Section 4.05
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Class A Reserve Fund
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60
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Section 4.06
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Statements to the Trustee
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60
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ARTICLE
V
CERTIFICATES
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Section 5.01
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Certificates
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Section 5.02
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Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates
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69
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Section 5.03
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates
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72
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Section 5.04
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Persons Deemed Owners
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73
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Section 5.05
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Transfer Restrictions on Residual
Certificates
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Section 5.06
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Restrictions on Transferability of
Certificates
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74
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Section 5.07
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ERISA Restrictions
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Section 5.08
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Rule 144A Information
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76
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ARTICLE
VI
PAYMENTS TO
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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Section 6.01
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Distributions on the Certificates
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Section 6.02
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Allocation of Losses and Subsequent
Recoveries
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82
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Section 6.03
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Payments
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Section 6.04
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Statements to Certificateholders
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Section 6.05
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Monthly Advances
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87
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Section 6.06
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Compensating Interest Payments
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Section 6.07
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Distributions on REMIC I Regular Interests and
REMIC II Regular Interests
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88
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ARTICLE
VII
THE
SERVICER
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Section 7.01
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Liabilities of the Servicer
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89
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Section 7.02
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Merger or Consolidation of the
Servicer
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89
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Section 7.03
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Indemnification of the Trustee, the Servicer and
the Trustee
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89
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Section 7.04
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Limitations on Liability of the Servicer and
Others
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90
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Section 7.05
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Servicer Not to Resign
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Section 7.06
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Successor Servicer
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Section 7.07
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Sale and Assignment of Servicing
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ARTICLE
VIII
DEFAULT
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Section 8.01
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Events of Default
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Section 8.02
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Trustee to Act; Appointment of
Successor
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94
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Section 8.03
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Notification to Certificateholders
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Section 8.04
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Waiver of Defaults
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Section 8.05
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List of Certificateholders
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ARTICLE
IX
CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE
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Section 9.01
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Duties of Trustee
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Section 9.02
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Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee
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Section 9.03
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Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans
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Section 9.04
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Trustee May Own Certificates
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101
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Section 9.05
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Trustee’s Fees and Expenses
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101
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Section 9.06
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Eligibility Requirements for Trustee
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101
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Section 9.07
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Insurance
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Section 9.08
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Resignation and Removal of the
Trustee
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102
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Section 9.09
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Successor Trustee
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103
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Section 9.10
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Merger or Consolidation of Trustee
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104
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Section 9.11
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Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee
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Section 9.12
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Federal Information Returns and Reports to
Certificateholders; REMIC Administration
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ARTICLE
X
TERMINATION
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Section 10.01
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Termination Upon Repurchase by EMC or its
Designee or Liquidation of the Mortgage Loans
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108
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Section 10.02
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Additional Termination Requirements
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110
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section 11.01
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Intent of Parties
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Section 11.02
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Amendment
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112
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Section 11.03
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Recordation of Agreement
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Section 11.04
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Limitation on Rights of
Certificateholders
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Section 11.05
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Acts of Certificateholders
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Section 11.06
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Governing Law
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Section 11.07
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Notices
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Section 11.08
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Severability of Provisions
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Section 11.09
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Successors and Assigns
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116
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Section 11.10
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Article and Section Headings
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Section 11.11
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Counterparts
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116
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Section 11.12
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Notice to Rating Agencies
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116
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APPENDIX
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Appendix 1
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Calculation of Class Y Principal Reduction
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Class A Certificates
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Exhibit A-2
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Form of Class M Certificates
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Exhibit A-3
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Form of Class B-1, B-2 and B-3
Certificates
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Exhibit A-4
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Form of Class R Certificates
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Exhibit A-5
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Form of Class X-1 Certificates
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Exhibit A-6
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Form of Class M-X Certificates
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Exhibit A-7
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Form of Class B-4, B-5 and B-6
Certificates
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Exhibit B
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Mortgage Loan Schedule
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Exhibit C
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit D
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Request for Release of Documents
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Exhibit E
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Form of Affidavit pursuant to
Section 860E(e)(4)
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Exhibit F-1
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Form of Investment Letter
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Exhibit F-2
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Form of Rule 144A and Related Matters
Certificate
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Exhibit G
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Form of Custodial Agreement
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Exhibit H
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Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
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Exhibit I
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Form of Trustee Limited Power of
Attorney
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Exhibit J
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit K
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Loan Level Format for Tape Input, Servicer
Period Reporting
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Exhibit LReporting Data for Defaulted
Loans
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of May 1, 2005, among Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments II Inc., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
“Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a
banking association organized under the laws of the United States,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the
“Trustee”) and EMC Mortgage Corporation, as servicer
(in such capacity, the “Servicer”), as company (in such
capacity, the “Company” or “EMC”) and, as
seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Depositor acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Seller. On the
Closing Date, the Depositor will sell the Mortgage Loans and
certain other property to the Trust Fund and receive in
consideration therefor Certificates evidencing the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund.
The Trustee on behalf of the Trust
shall make an election for the assets constituting REMIC I to be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a REMIC. On the Startup
Day, the REMIC I Regular Interests will be designated
“regular interests” in such REMIC.
The Trustee on behalf of the Trust
shall make an election for the assets constituting REMIC II to be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a REMIC. On the Startup
Day, the REMIC II Regular Interests will be designated
“regular interests” in such REMIC.
The Class R Certificate will
evidence ownership of the “residual interest” in each
REMIC.
The Mortgage Loans will have an
Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date of
$813,147,730.96.
In consideration of the mutual
agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Seller, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article.
Accepted Servicing
Practices : With respect
to any Mortgage Loan, as applicable, those customary mortgage
servicing practices, including prudent collection and loan
administration procedures, of prudent mortgage servicing
institutions that service mortgage loans of the same type and
quality as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related
Mortgaged Property is located, to the extent applicable to the
Servicer.
Account : The Custodial Account, the Distribution
Account and the Class A Reserve Fund as the context may
require.
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Accrued Certificate
Interest : With respect
to the Certificates of any Class (other than the Class R
Certificates) on any Distribution Date, is equal to the amount of
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the
applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Current Principal Amount or
Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Certificate immediately
prior to such Distribution Date, less (1) in the case of a Senior
Certificate, such Certificate’s share of (a) Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans, to the extent not
covered by Compensating Interest Payments paid by the Servicer, (b)
interest shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans resulting from the
application of the Relief Act or similar state law, (c) after the
Cross-Over Date, the interest portion of any Realized Losses on the
related Mortgage Loans, in each case, allocated thereto in
accordance with Section 6.02(g) and (d) any shortfalls resulting
from Net Deferred Interest allocated thereto in accordance with
Section 6.01(e), (2) in the case of a Subordinate Certificate, such
Certificate’s share of (a) Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on
the Mortgage Loans, to the extent not covered by Compensating
Interest Payment paid by the Servicer, (b) interest shortfalls on
the Mortgage Loans resulting from the application of the Relief Act
or similar state law, (c) the interest portion of any Realized
Losses on the related Mortgage Loans, in each case, allocated
thereto in accordance with Section 6.02(g) and (d) any shortfalls
resulting from Net Deferred Interest allocated thereto in
accordance with Section 6.01(e) and (3) in the case of the Class X
Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for each Class on
any Distribution Date will be reduced by the amount of any
Carryover Shortfall Amount for the Class A Certificates (in the
case of the Class X-1 Certificates) and any Carryover Shortfall
Amount for the Class M Certificates and the Class B Certificates
(in the case of the Class M-X Certificates). Accrued Certificate
Interest is calculated on the basis of (i) a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months for the Class X Certificates and
(ii) a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the
Interest Accrual Period for the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates. No Accrued Certificate Interest will be payable with
respect to any Class of Certificates if the outstanding Current
Principal Amount of such Certificate has been reduced to
zero.
Affiliate : As to any Person, any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person. “Control” means the power to direct the
management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. “Controlled” and “Controlling”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing. The Trustee may
conclusively presume that a Person is not an Affiliate of another
Person unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge to the contrary.
Agreement : This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
Allocable Share
: With respect to any Class of
Subordinate Certificates and any Distribution Date, an amount equal
to the product of (i) the Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount and
(ii) the fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Principal
Amount of such Class and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Current Principal Amount of all Classes of the
Subordinate Certificates; provided, however, that no Class of
Subordinate Certificates (other than the outstanding Class M
Certificates or if no Class M Certificates are outstanding, the
Class of Class B Certificates with the lowest numerical
designation) shall be entitled on any Distribution Date to receive
distributions pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) and (v) of the
definition of Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount unless the
related Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger
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for such Distribution Date has been
satisfied (any amount distributable pursuant to clauses (ii),
(iii) and (v) of the definition of Subordinate Optimal
Principal Amount shall be distributed among the Classes entitled
thereto, pro rata based on their respective Current Principal
Amounts); provided, further, that if on a Distribution Date, the
Current Principal Amount of any Class of Subordinate
Certificates for which the related Class Prepayment
Distribution Trigger has been satisfied is reduced to zero, such
Class’s remaining Allocable Share shall be distributed to the
remaining Classes of Subordinate Certificates which satisfy the
related Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger in reduction of
their respective Current Principal Amounts, sequentially, first to
the Class M Certificates and then to the Class B Certificates, in
each case, in the order of their numerical Class
designations.
Applicable Credit
Rating : For any
long-term deposit or security, a credit rating of AAA in the case
of S&P or Aaa in the case of Moody’s (or with respect to
investments in money market funds, a credit rating of
“AAAm” or “AAAm-G” in the case of S&P
and the highest rating given by Moody’s for money market
funds in the case of Moody’s). For any short-term deposit or
security, or a rating of A-l+ in the case of S&P or Prime-1 in
the case of Moody’s.
Applicable State Law
: For purposes of
Section 9.12(d), the Applicable State Law shall be (a) the law
of the State of New York and (b) such other state law whose
applicability shall have been brought to the attention of the
Trustee by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee delivered to it by the Servicer or the
Depositor, or (ii) written notice from the appropriate taxing
authority as to the applicability of such state law.
Appraised Value
: For any Mortgaged Property related
to a Mortgage Loan, the amount set forth as the appraised value of
such Mortgaged Property in an appraisal made for the mortgage
originator in connection with its origination of the related
Mortgage Loan.
Assumed Final Distribution
Date : June 25, 2045, or
if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day.
Available Funds
: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the aggregate of the following amounts:
(a) all previously undistributed payments on account of principal
(including the principal portion of Scheduled Payments, Principal
Prepayments and the principal portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds)
and all previously undistributed payments on account of interest
received after the Cut-off Date, and on or prior to the
Determination Date, (b) any Monthly Advances and Compensating
Interest Payments by the Servicer with respect to such Distribution
Date and (c) any reimbursed amount in connection with losses on
investments of deposits in an account, except:
(i)
all payments that were received
before the Cut-off Date;
(ii) all Principal Prepayments and Liquidation
Proceeds received after the applicable Prepayment
Period;
(iii)
all payments, other than Principal
Prepayments, that represent early receipt of Scheduled Payments due
on a date or dates subsequent to the related Due Date;
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(iv) amounts received on particular Mortgage Loans
as late payments of principal or interest and respecting which, and
to the extent that, there are any unreimbursed Monthly
Advances;
(v) amounts representing Monthly Advances
determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances;
(vi) any investment earnings on amounts on deposit
in the Custodial Account, the Class A Reserve Fund and the
Distribution Account and amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the
Custodial Account and the Distribution Account pursuant to this
Agreement;
(vii)
amounts needed to pay the Servicing
Fee or the Trustee Fee or to reimburse the Servicer for amounts due
under this Agreement to the extent such amounts have not been
retained by, or paid previously to, the Servicer;
(viii)
amounts applied to pay any fees with
respect to any lender-paid primary mortgage insurance policy (if
any); and
(ix) any expenses or other amounts reimbursable to
the Trustee, the Servicer and the Custodian pursuant to
Section 7.04(c) or Section 9.05.
Average Loss Severity
Percentage : With respect
to any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the numerator of which is the sum of the Loss Severity Percentages
for each Mortgage Loan which had a Realized Loss and the
denominator of which is the number of Mortgage Loans that had
Realized Losses.
Bankruptcy Code
: The United States Bankruptcy Code,
as amended as codified in 11 U.S.C.
§§ 101-1330.
Bankruptcy Loss
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
any Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction related to such
Mortgage Loan as reported by the Servicer.
Book-Entry
Certificates : Initially,
all Classes of Certificates other than the Private Certificates and
the Residual Certificates.
Business Day
: Any day other than (i) a
Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which the New York
Stock Exchange or Federal Reserve is closed or on which banking
institutions in the jurisdiction in which the Trustee, the
Custodian or the Servicer are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
Carryover Shortfall
Amount : For any
Distribution Date and for any Class of Certificates, an amount
equal to the sum of: (i) the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of
Accrued Certificate Interest that would have accrued on such Class
at a Pass-Through Rate equal to the lesser of (I) One-Month LIBOR
plus the related Margin and (II) 10.50%, over (b) the amount of
Accrued Certificate Interest on such Class for such Distribution
Date less the amount of any Net Deferred Interest added to the
Current Principal Amount of such Class on that Distribution Date;
(ii) the portion of the amount described in clause (i) above
remaining unpaid from prior Distribution
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Dates; and (iii) one month’s
interest at the rate described in clause (i)(a) above on the amount
described in clause (ii) above.
Cash Liquidation
: As to any defaulted Mortgage Loan
other than a Mortgage Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred,
a determination by the Servicer that it has received all Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or cash
recoveries which the Servicer reasonably and in good faith expects
to be finally recoverable with respect to such Mortgage
Loan.
Certificate
: Any mortgage pass-through
certificate evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund signed and countersigned by the Trustee in substantially the
forms annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 and A-5 with
the blanks therein appropriately completed.
Certificate Owner
: Any Person who is the beneficial
owner of a Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or
its nominee.
Certificate Register
: The register maintained pursuant
to Section 5.02.
Certificateholder
: A Holder of a
Certificate.
Class : With respect to the Certificates, any of Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-1, Class M-X, Class M-1, Class
M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class
B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 and
Class R Certificates.
Class A
Certificates : The Class
A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates.
Class A Reserve Fund
: As described in Section 4.05
herein.
Class B Certificates
: The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class
B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
Class M Certificates
: The Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class M-7
Certificates.
Class M-X Notional
Amount : With respect to
any Distribution Date and the Class M-X Certificates, the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Class M-X, Class M and the Class B
Certificates (before taking into account the payment of principal
on such Certificates on such Distribution Date).
Class Prepayment
Distribution Trigger :
For a Class of Subordinate Certificates for any Distribution
Date, the Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger is satisfied
if the fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which
is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of such Class and
each Class of Subordinate Certificates, respectively,
subordinate thereto, if any, and the denominator of which is the
Scheduled Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the
related Due Date, equals or exceeds such percentage calculated as
of the Closing Date.
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Class R
Certificate : Any one of
the Class R Certificates substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-4 and evidencing ownership of interests
designated as “residual interests” in REMIC I and
REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Component I of the Class R Certificates is designated as the
sole class of “residual interest” in REMIC I and
Component II of the Class R Certificates is designated as the
sole class of “residual interest” in
REMIC II.
Class R Deposit
: The $100 deposit into the
Distribution Account by the Depositor on the Closing Date to pay
the Class R Certificates in accordance with
Section 6.01(a) on the Distribution Date occurring in June
2005.
Class X Certificates
: The Class X-1 Certificates and the
Class M-X Certificates.
Class X-1 Notional
Amount : With respect to
any Distribution Date and the Class X-1 Certificates, the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Class A Certificates and the Class
X-1 Certificates (before taking into account the payment of
principal on such Certificates on such Distribution
Date).
Class Y Principal Reduction
Amounts : For any
Distribution Date, the amounts by which the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of the Class Y Regular Interests will be reduced
on such Distribution Date by the allocation of Realized Losses and
the distribution of principal, determined as described in Appendix
I.
Class Y Regular
Interests : The Class
Y-1, Class Y-2, Class Y-3 and Class Y-4 Regular
Interests.
Class Y-1 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Y-1 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Y-1 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date.
Class Y-1 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Y
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Y-1 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Y-1 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class Y-2 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Y-2 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Y-2 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date.
Class Y-2 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Y
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Y-2 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Y-2 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
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Class Y-3 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Y-3 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Y-3 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date.
Class Y-3 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Y
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Y-3 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Y-3 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class Y-4 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Y-4 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Y-1 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date.
Class Y-4 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Y
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Y-4 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Y-4 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class Z Principal Reduction
Amounts : For any
Distribution Date, the amounts by which the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of the Class Z Regular Interests will be reduced
on such Distribution Date by the allocation of Realized Losses and
the distribution of principal, which shall be in each case the
excess of (A) the sum of (x) the excess of the REMIC I
Available Distribution Amount for the related Group (i.e. the
“related Group” for the Class Z-1 Regular Interest is
the Group I Loans, the “related Group” for the Class
Z-2 Regular Interest is the Group II Loans, the “related
Group” for the Class Z-3 Regular Interest is the Group III
Loans and the “related Group” for the Class Z-4 Regular
Interest is the Group IV Loans) over the sum of the amounts thereof
distributable (i) in respect of interest on such Class Z Regular
Interest and the related Class Y Regular Interest, (ii) to such
Class Z Regular Interest and the related Class Y Regular Interest
pursuant to clause (c)(ii) of the definition of “REMIC I
Distribution Amount” and (iii) in the case of the Group I
Loans, to the Class R Residual Interest and (y) the amount of
Realized Losses allocable to principal for the related Group over
(B) the Class Y Principal Reduction Amount for the related Group.
Class Z Regular
Interests : The Class
Z-1, Class Z-2, Class Z-3 and Class Z-4 Regular
Interests.
Class Z-1 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Z-1 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Z-1 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date.
Class Z-1 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Z
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Z-1 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Z-1 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
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Class Z-2 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Z-2 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Z-2 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date.
Class Z-2 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Z
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Z-2 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Z-2 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class Z-3 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Z-3 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Z-3 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date .
Class Z-3 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Z
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Z-3 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Z-3 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
Class Z-4 Principal Distribution
Amount : For any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Class Z-4 Principal
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date over the principal
portion of Realized Losses allocated to the Class Z-4 Regular
Interest on such Distribution Date.
Class Z-4 Principal Reduction
Amount : The Class Z
Principal Reduction Amount for the Class Z-4 Regular Interest as
determined pursuant to the provisions of the Appendix 1.
Class Z-4 Regular
Interest : The
uncertificated undivided beneficial interest in REMIC I which
constitutes a REMIC I Regular Interest and is entitled to
distributions as set forth herein.
Closing Date
: May 31, 2005.
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Company : EMC.
Compensating Interest
Payment : As defined in
Section 6.06.
Corporate Trust Office
: The designated office of the
Trustee, where at any particular time its corporate trust business
with respect to this Agreement shall be administered. For the
purpose of registration and transfer and exchange only, the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be located at Sixth
Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479,
Attention: Corporate Trust Group, GreenPoint MTA 2005-AR2. The
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee at the date of the execution
of this Agreement for all other purposes is located at 9062 Old
Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate
Trust Group, GreenPoint MTA 2005-AR2.
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Cross-Over Date
: The first Distribution Date on
which the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates has been reduced to zero.
Current Principal
Amount : With respect to
any Class A, Class X or Subordinate Certificate as of any
Distribution Date, the initial principal amount of such Certificate
plus the amount of any Net Deferred Interest allocated thereto on
the related Distribution Date and all previous Distribution Dates
plus, in the case of the Subordinate Certificates, any Subsequent
Recoveries added to the Current Principal Amount of such
Certificates pursuant to Section 6.02(h) hereof, and reduced by
(i) all amounts distributed on previous Distribution Dates on
such Certificate with respect to principal, (ii) the principal
portion of all Realized Losses (other than Realized Losses
resulting from Debt Service Reductions) allocated prior to such
Distribution Date to such Certificate, taking account of the Loss
Allocation Limitation, and (iii) in the case of a Subordinate
Certificate, such Certificate’s pro rata share, if any, of
the applicable Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount for
previous Distribution Dates. With respect to any Class of
Certificates, the Current Principal Amount thereof will equal the
sum of the Current Principal Amounts of all Certificates in such
Class. The initial Current Principal Amount for each Class of
Certificates is set forth in Section 5.01(c)(iv). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, solely for purposes of giving consents, directions,
waivers, approvals, requests and notices, the Class R
Certificates after the Distribution Date on which the principal
thereof has been paid in full shall be deemed to have a Current
Principal Amount equal to the Current Principal Amount thereof on
the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Curtailment
: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor which is not a Principal Prepayment in full.
Custodial Account
: The trust account or accounts
created and maintained by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.01, which shall be denominated “Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Structured
Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., GreenPoint MTA Trust 2005-AR2,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR2, Custodial
Account.” The Custodial Account shall be an Eligible
Account.
Custodial Agreement
: An agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date among the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the
Custodian in substantially the form of Exhibit G
hereto.
Custodian : Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any
successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and
of the Custodial Agreement.
Cut-off Date
: May 1, 2005.
Cut-off Date Balance
: $813,147,730.96.
Debt Service Reduction
: Any reduction of the Scheduled
Payments which a Mortgagor is obligated to pay with respect to a
Mortgage Loan as a result of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar state law or other proceeding.
Deferred Interest
: The amount of interest which is
deferred and added to the Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan due
to negative amortization on such Mortgage Loan.
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Deficient Valuation
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
a valuation of the Mortgaged Property by a court of competent
jurisdiction in an amount less than the then outstanding
indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, which valuation results from
a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar state law or other proceeding.
Depositor : Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, or its successors in interest.
Depository
: The Depository Trust Company, the
nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any successor
thereto.
Depository Agreement
: The meaning specified in Section
5.01(a) hereof.
Depository Participant
: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time
the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depository.
Designated Depository
Institution : A
depository institution (commercial bank, federal savings bank,
mutual savings bank or savings and loan association) or trust
company (which may include the Trustee), the deposits of which are
fully insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law.
Determination Date
: The 15th day (or if such 15th day
is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such
15th day) of the month of the Distribution Date.
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 that the holding of an ownership
interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person may cause any
2005-AR2 REMIC contained in the Trust or any Person having an
ownership interest in the Residual Certificate (other than such
Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the
Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the transfer of an
ownership interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person. The
terms “United States,” “State” and
“international organization” shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor
provisions.
Distribution Account
: The trust account or accounts
created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.03, which shall be denominated “Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Structured
Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., GreenPoint MTA Trust 2005-AR2,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR2 -
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Distribution Account.” The
Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account.
Distribution Account Deposit
Date : The Business Day
prior to each Distribution Date.
Distribution Date
: The 25th day of any month,
beginning in the month immediately following the month of the
Closing Date, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following.
DTC Custodian
: Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, or its successors in interest as custodian for the
Depository.
Due Date : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date
in each month on which its Scheduled Payment is due if such due
date is the first day of a month and otherwise is deemed to be the
first day of the following month.
Due Period
: With respect to any Distribution
Date and each Mortgage Loan, the period commencing on the second
day of the month preceding the calendar month in which the
Distribution Date occurs and ending at the close of business on the
first day of the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs.
Eligible Account
: Any of (i) a segregated
account maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution (A) the short-term obligations of which are rated A-1
or better by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 by Moody’s
at the time of any deposit therein or (B) insured by the FDIC (to
the limits established by such Corporation), the uninsured deposits
in which account are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by
an Opinion of Counsel (obtained by the Person requesting that the
account be held pursuant to this clause (i)) delivered to the
Trustee prior to the establishment of such account, the
Certificateholders will have a claim with respect to the funds in
such account and a perfected first priority security interest
against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments, each of which shall mature not later than the Business
Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date next following the
date of investment in such collateral or the Distribution Date if
such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains the Distribution Account) securing such funds that is
superior to claims of any other depositors or general creditors of
the depository institution with which such account is maintained,
(ii) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company
with trust powers acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iii) a
segregated account or accounts of a depository institution
acceptable to the Rating Agencies (as evidenced in writing by the
Rating Agencies that use of any such account as the Distribution
Account will not have an adverse effect on the then-current ratings
assigned to the Classes of Certificates then rated by the Rating
Agencies). Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
EMC : EMC Mortgage Corporation, and any successor
thereto.
ERISA : The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
Event of Default
: As defined in Section
8.01.
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Excess Liquidation
Proceeds : To the extent
that such amount is not required by law to be paid to the related
Mortgagor, the amount, if any, by which Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan exceed the sum of
(i) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
and accrued but unpaid interest at the related Mortgage Interest
Rate through the last day of the month in which the related
Liquidation Date occurs, plus (ii) related Liquidation
Expenses.
Fannie Mae
: Federal National Mortgage
Association and any successor thereto.
Fannie Mae Guide
: The Fannie Mae Selling Guide and
the Fannie Mae Servicing Guide and all amendments or additions
thereto.
FDIC : Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any
successor thereto.
Final Certification
: The certification substantially in
the form of Exhibit Three to the Custodial
Agreement.
Fiscal Quarter
: December 1 through the last day of
February, March 1 through May 31, June 1 through August 31, or
September 1 through November 30, as applicable.
Fractional Undivided
Interest : With respect
to any Class of Certificates, the fractional undivided
interest evidenced by any Certificate of such Class the
numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount of such
Certificate and the denominator of which is the Current Principal
Amount of such Class. With respect to the Certificates in the
aggregate, the fractional undivided interest evidenced by
(i) a Residual Certificate will be deemed to equal 1.0% and
(ii) a Certificate of any other Class will be deemed to equal
99.0% multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Current Principal Amount of such Certificate and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of all the
Certificates.
Freddie Mac
: Freddie Mac, formerly the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and any successor
thereto.
Freddie Mac Guide
: The Freddie Mac Selling Guide and
the Freddie Mac Servicing Guide and all amendments or additions
thereto.
Global Certificate
: Any Private Certificate registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee, beneficial interests
in which are reflected on the books of the Depository or on the
books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depository
(directly or as an indirect participant in accordance with the
rules of such depository).
Gross Margin
: As to each Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note and
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule which percentage is added
to the related Index on each Interest Adjustment Date to determine
(subject to rounding, the minimum and maximum Mortgage Interest
Rate and the Periodic Rate Cap) the Mortgage Interest Rate until
the next Interest Adjustment Date.
Holder : The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that, subject to
Sections 11.02(b) and 11.05(e), solely for the purpose of giving
any
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consent pursuant to this Agreement,
any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor, the
Servicer or the Trustee or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed
not to be outstanding and the Fractional Undivided Interest
evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in determining
whether the requisite percentage of Fractional Undivided Interests
necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained.
Indemnified Persons
: The Trustee and the Custodian and
their officers, directors, agents and employees and, with respect
to the Trustee, any separate co-trustee and its officers,
directors, agents and employees.
Independent
: When used with respect to any
specified Person, this term means that such Person (a) is in fact
independent of the Depositor or the Servicer and of any Affiliate
of the Depositor or the Servicer, (b) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in
the Depositor or the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Depositor or
the Servicer and (c) is not connected with the Depositor or the
Servicer or any Affiliate as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions.
Index : The index, if any, specified in a Mortgage
Note by reference to which the related Mortgage Interest Rate will
be adjusted from time to time.
Individual Certificate
: Any Private Certificate registered
in the name of the Holder other than the Depository or its
nominee.
Initial Certification
: The certification substantially in
the form of Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement.
Institutional Accredited
Investor : Any Person
meeting the requirements of Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or (7) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act or any entity all of the
equity holders in which come within such paragraphs.
Insurance Policy
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
any standard hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy or
title insurance policy.
Insurance Proceeds
: Amounts paid by the insurer under
any Insurance Policy covering any Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged
Property other than amounts required to be paid over to the
Mortgagor pursuant to law or the related Mortgage Note or Security
Instrument and other than amounts used to repair or restore the
Mortgaged Property or to reimburse insured expenses, including the
related Servicer's costs and expenses incurred in connection with
presenting claims under the related Insurance Policies.
Interest Accrual
Period : For each Class
of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates and for any
Distribution Date, the period commencing on the Distribution Date
in the month preceding the month in which a Distribution Date
occurs (or the Closing Date, in the case of the first Interest
Accrual Period) and ending on the day immediately prior to such
Distribution Date. For each Class of Class X Certificates and for
any Distribution Date, the one-month period preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
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Interest Adjustment
Date : With respect to a
Mortgage Loan, the date, if any, specified in the related Mortgage
Note on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is subject to
adjustment.
Interest Shortfall
: With respect to any Distribution
Date and each Mortgage Loan that during the related Prepayment
Period was the subject of a Principal Prepayment or constitutes a
Relief Act Mortgage Loan, an amount determined as
follows:
(a) Partial principal prepayments (other than any
collections on REO Property treated as a Curtailment pursuant to
Section 3.15(b)) received during the relevant Prepayment Period:
The difference between (i) one month’s interest at the
applicable Net Rate on the amount of such prepayment and
(ii) the amount of interest for the calendar month of such
prepayment (adjusted to the applicable Net Rate) received at the
time of such prepayment;
(b) Principal prepayments in full received during
the relevant Prepayment Period: The difference between (i) one
month’s interest at the applicable Net Rate on the Scheduled
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such
prepayment and (ii) the amount of interest for the calendar
month of such prepayment (adjusted to the applicable Net Rate)
received at the time of such prepayment; and
(c) Relief Act Mortgage Loans: As to any Relief Act
Mortgage Loan, the excess of (i) 30 days’ interest (or,
in the case of a principal prepayment in full, interest to the date
of prepayment) on the Scheduled Principal Balance thereof (or, in
the case of a principal prepayment in part, on the amount so
prepaid) at the related Net Rate over (ii) 30 days’
interest (or, in the case of a principal prepayment in full,
interest to the date of prepayment) on such Scheduled Principal
Balance (or, in the case of a Principal Prepayment in part, on the
amount so prepaid) at the annual interest rate required to be paid
by the Mortgagor as limited by application of the Relief
Act.
Interest-Only
Certificates : The Class
X-1 Certificates and the Class M-X Certificates.
Interim Certification
: The certification substantially in
the form of Exhibit Two to the Custodial Agreement.
Investment Letter
: The letter to be furnished by each
Institutional Accredited Investor which purchases any of the
Private Certificates in connection with such purchase,
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit F-1
hereto.
LIBOR Business Day
: Any day other than a Saturday or a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the city of
London, England are required or authorized by law to be
closed.
LIBOR Determination
Date : With respect to
each Class of Offered Certificates and for the first Interest
Accrual Period, May 27, 2005. With respect to each Class of Offered
Certificates and any Interest Accrual Period thereafter, the second
LIBOR Business Day preceding the commencement of such Interest
Accrual Period.
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Liquidated Mortgage
Loan : Any defaulted
Mortgage Loan as to which the Servicer has determined that all
amounts it expects to recover from or on account of such Mortgage
Loan have been recovered.
Liquidation Date
: With respect to any Liquidated
Mortgage Loan, the date on which the Servicer has certified that
such Mortgage Loan has become a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan.
Liquidation Expenses
: With respect to a Mortgage Loan in
liquidation, unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by or for the
account of the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of such
Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage Property, such expenses
including (a) property protection expenses, (b) property sales
expenses, (c) foreclosure and sale costs, including court costs and
reasonable attorneys’ fees, and (d) similar expenses
reasonably paid or incurred in connection with
liquidation.
Liquidation Proceeds
: Cash received in connection with
the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through
trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, Insurance Proceeds,
condemnation proceeds or otherwise and Subsequent
Recoveries.
Loan-to-Value Ratio
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the
denominator of which is the Original Value of the related Mortgaged
Property.
Loss Allocation
Limitation : The meaning
specified in Section 6.02(c) hereof.
Loss Severity
Percentage : With respect
to any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the numerator of which is the amount of Realized Losses incurred on
a Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the Scheduled
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan.
Lost Notes
: The original Mortgage Notes that
have been lost, as indicated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Margin : With respect to any Distribution Date on or
prior to the first possible Optional Termination Date and (i) the
Class A-1 Certificates, 0.230% per annum, (ii) the Class A-2
Certificates, 0.270% per annum, (iii) the Class A-3 Certificates,
0.320% per annum, (iv) the Class M-1 Certificates, 0.440% per
annum, (v) the Class M-2 Certificates, 0.470% per annum; (vi) the
Class M-3 Certificates, 0.500% per annum; (vii) the Class M-4
Certificates, 0.630% per annum; (viii) the Class M-5 Certificates,
0.650% per annum; (ix) the Class M-6 Certificates, 0.710% per
annum; (x) the Class M-7 Certificates, 1.150% per annum; (xi) the
Class B-1 Certificates, 1.250% per annum; (xii) the Class B-2
Certificates, 1.800% per annum; (xiii) the Class B-3 Certificates,
1.800% per annum; (xiv) the Class B-4 Certificates, 1.800% per
annum; (xv) the Class B-5 Certificates, 1.800% per annum; and (xvi)
the Class B-6 Certificates, 1.800% per annum; and with respect to
any Distribution Date after the first possible Optional Termination
Date and (i) the Class A-1 Certificates, 0.460% per annum, (ii) the
Class A-2 Certificates, 0.540% per annum, (iii) the Class A-3
Certificates, 0.640% per annum, (iv) the Class M-1 Certificates,
0.660% per annum, (v) the Class M-2 Certificates, 0.705% per annum;
(vi) the Class M-3 Certificates, 0.750% per annum; (vii) the Class
M-4 Certificates, 0.945% per annum; (viii) the Class M-5
Certificates, 0.975% per annum; (ix) the Class M-6
Certificates,
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1.065% per annum; (x) the Class M-7
Certificates, 1.725% per annum; (xi) the Class B-1 Certificates,
1.875% per annum; (xii) the Class B-2 Certificates, 2.700%, per
annum; (xiii) the Class B-3 Certificates, 2.700%, per annum; (xiv)
the Class B-4 Certificates, 2.700% per annum; (xv) the Class B-5
Certificates, 2.700% per annum; and (xvi) the Class B-6
Certificates, 2.700% per annum.
Marker Rate
: With respect to the Class X-1
Certificates or the X-1 REMIC II Regular Interest and any
Distribution Date, in relation to the REMIC I Regular Interests
LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT-5, LT-6 and LT-7, a per annum rate equal to
two (2) times the weighted average of the Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass Through Rates for REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 and REMIC I
Regular Interest LT3. With respect to the Class M-X Certificates or
the M-X REMIC II Regular Interest and any Distribution Date, in
relation to the REMIC I Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5,
LT6 and LT7, a per annum rate equal to two (2) times the weighted
average of the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rates for REMIC
I Regular Interest LT6 and REMIC I Regular Interest LT7.
Material Defect
: The meaning specified in
Section 2.02(a).
Maximum Lifetime Mortgage
Rate : The maximum level
to which a Mortgage Interest Rate can adjust in accordance with its
terms, regardless of changes in the applicable Index.
MERS : Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
MERS® System
: The system of recording transfers
of Mortgage Loans electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN : The Mortgage Identification Number for
Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS®
System.
Minimum Lifetime Mortgage
Rate : The minimum level
to which a Mortgage Interest Rate can adjust in accordance with its
terms, regardless of changes in the applicable Index.
MOM Loan : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting
as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the
originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at
the origination thereof.
Monthly Advance
: An advance of interest required to
be made by the Servicer or the Trustee as successor servicer
pursuant to Section 6.05.
Moody’s
: Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. or its successor in interest.
Mortgage : The mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument creating a first priority lien on an estate in fee
simple or leasehold interest in real property securing a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage File
: The mortgage documents listed in
Section 2.01(b) pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and
any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File
pursuant to this Agreement.
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Mortgage Interest Rate
: The annual rate at which interest
accrues from time to time on any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
related Mortgage Note, which rate is initially equal to the
“Mortgage Interest Rate” set forth with respect thereto
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Mortgage Loan
: A mortgage loan transferred and
assigned to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01 and held as a
part of the Trust Fund, as identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(which shall include, without limitation, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage
File and all rights appertaining thereto), including a mortgage
loan the property securing which has become an REO
Property.
Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement : The Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2005, between EMC, as
seller, and Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., as
purchaser, and all amendments thereof and supplements thereto,
attached as Exhibit H.
Mortgage Loan
Documents : The original
Mortgage Loan legal documents held by the Custodian.
Mortgage Loan Schedule
: The schedule, attached hereto as
Exhibit B with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as amended from
time to time to reflect the repurchase or substitution of Mortgage
Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, as the case may be.
Mortgage Note
: The originally executed note or
other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under the related
Mortgage Loan.
Mortgaged Property
: Land and improvements securing the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan or, in
the case of REO Property, such REO Property.
Mortgagor : The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Net Deferred Interest
: On any Distribution Date, Deferred
Interest on the Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period net of
Principal Prepayments in full, partial Principal Prepayments, Net
Liquidation Proceeds, Repurchase Proceeds and Scheduled Principal,
in that order included in Available Funds for such Distribution
Date and available to make principal distributions on the
Certificates on that Distribution Date.
Net Interest Shortfall
: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date
net of Compensating Interest Payments made with respect to such
Distribution Date.
Net Liquidation
Proceeds : As to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of
(i) Liquidation Expenses which are payable therefrom to the
Servicer in accordance with this Agreement and
(ii) unreimbursed advances by the Servicer and unreimbursed
Monthly Advances.
Net Rate : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Interest Rate in effect from time to time less the
Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate, expressed as a per
annum rate.
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Net Rate Cap
: For any Distribution Date, the
weighted average of the Net Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted
on the basis of the Scheduled Principal Balances thereof as of the
preceding Distribution Date, as adjusted to an effective rate
reflecting the accrual of interest on the basis of a 360-day year
and the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest
Accrual Period. For federal income tax purposes, the Net Rate Cap
is equal to the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT1.
Non-Offered Subordinate
Certificates : The
Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates.
Nonrecoverable Advance
: Any advance or Monthly Advance
(i) which was previously made or is proposed to be made by the
Servicer or the Trustee (as successor Servicer) and
(ii) which, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer or the
Trustee, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance or Monthly
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer or
the Trustee (as successor Servicer) from Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds or future payments on the Mortgage Loan for
which such advance or Monthly Advance was made or is proposed to be
made.
Notional Amount
: The Class X-1 Notional Amount and
the Class M-X Notional Amount, as applicable.
Offered Certificates
: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class
A-3, Class X-1, Class M-X, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class
B-3 and Class R Certificates.
Offered Subordinate
Certificates : The
Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates.
Officer’s
Certificate : A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman
of the Board, the President or a Vice President or Assistant Vice
President or other authorized officer of the Servicer or the
Depositor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee, as required
by this Agreement.
One-Month LIBOR
: With respect to any Interest
Accrual Period, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related
LIBOR Determination Date on the basis of the rate for U.S. dollar
deposits for one month that appears on Telerate Screen Page 3750 as
of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date;
provided that the parties hereto acknowledge that One-Month LIBOR
for the first Interest Accrual Period shall equal 3.09% per annum.
If such rate does not appear on such page (or such other page as
may replace that page on that service, or if such service is no
longer offered, such other service for displaying One-Month LIBOR
or comparable rates as may be reasonably selected by the Trustee),
One-Month LIBOR for the applicable Interest Accrual Period will be
the Reference Bank Rate. If no such quotations can be obtained by
the Trustee and no Reference Bank Rate is available, One-Month
LIBOR will be One-Month LIBOR applicable to the preceding Interest
Accrual Period. The Trustee’s determination of One-Month
LIBOR and the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates
(other than the Class R Certificates) for any Interest Accrual
Period shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and
binding.
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Opinion of Counsel
: A written opinion of counsel who
is or are acceptable to the Trustee and who, unless required to be
Independent (an “Opinion of Independent Counsel”), may
be internal counsel for the Company, the Servicer or the
Depositor.
Optional Termination
Date : The Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans is less than 10% of the the Cut-off Date
Balance.
Original Subordinate Principal
Balance : The sum of the
aggregate Current Principal Amounts of each Class of
Subordinate Certificates as of the Closing Date.
Original Value
: The lesser of (i) the
Appraised Value or (ii) the sales price of a Mortgaged
Property at the time of origination of a Mortgage Loan, except in
instances where either clauses (i) or (ii) is
unavailable, the other may be used to determine the Original Value,
or if both clauses (i) and (ii) are unavailable, Original
Value may be determined from other sources reasonably acceptable to
the Depositor.
Outstanding Mortgage
Loan : With respect to
any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan which, prior to such Due Date, was
not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full, did not become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan and was not purchased or
replaced.
Outstanding Principal
Balance : As of the time
of any determination, the principal balance of a Mortgage Loan
remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor, or, in the case of an REO
Property, the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan
remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor at the time such property was
acquired by the Trust Fund less any Net Liquidation Proceeds with
respect thereto to the extent applied to principal.
Pass-Through Rate
: As to each Class of
Certificates, the REMIC I Regular Interests and REMIC II Regular
Interests, the rate of interest determined as provided with respect
thereto, in Section 5.01(c). Any monthly calculation of
interest at a stated rate for the REMIC I Regular Interests, the
REMIC II Regular Interest X-1, the REMIC II Regular Interest M-X,
the Class X-1 Certificates and the Class M-X Certificates shall be
based upon annual interest at such rate divided by twelve. Any
monthly calculation of interest at a stated rate for the Class A,
Class M or Class B Certificates shall be based on a year of 360
days and the actual number of days in the accrual period for which
the calculation is being performed.
Paying Agent
: The Trustee.
Periodic Rate Cap
: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the maximum adjustment that can be made to the Mortgage
Interest Rate on each Interest Adjustment Date in accordance with
its terms, regardless of changes in the applicable
Index.
Permitted Investments
: Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities held in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders:
(i)direct obligations of, and obligations the
timely payment of which are fully guaranteed by the United States
of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America;
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(ii) (a)
demand or time deposits, federal funds or bankers’
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof (including the Trustee or its Affiliates acting in
its commercial banking capacity) and subject to supervision and
examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, provided
that the commercial paper and/or the short-term debt rating and/or
the long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such investment have the
Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating Agency and (b)
any other demand or time deposit or certificate of deposit that is
fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation;
(iii) repurchase
obligations with respect to (a) any security described in clause
(i) above or (b) any other security issued or guaranteed by an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the
obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States of America, in either case entered into with a
depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (ii)(a) above where the Trustee holds the
security therefor;
(iv) securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation
(including the Trustee or the Servicer or their Affiliates)
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof that have the Applicable Credit Rating or better from
each Rating Agency at the time of such investment or contractual
commitment providing for such investment; provided, however, that
securities issued by any particular corporation will not be
Permitted Investments to the extent that investments therein will
cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by
such corporation and held as part of the Trust to exceed 10% of the
aggregate Outstanding Principal Balances of all the Mortgage Loans
and Permitted Investments held as part of the Trust;
(v) commercial
paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and
interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified
date not more than one year after the date of issuance thereof)
having the Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating
Agency at the time of such investment;
(vi) a
Reinvestment Agreement issued by any bank, insurance company or
other corporation or entity;
(vii) any
other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or
investment as may be acceptable to each Rating Agency as evidenced
in writing by each Rating Agency to the Trustee; and
(viii) any
money market or common trust fund having the Applicable Credit
Rating or better from each Rating Agency, including any such fund
for which the Trustee or the Servicer, any affiliate of the Trustee
or the Servicer acts as a manager or an advisor; provided, however,
that no instrument or security shall be a Permitted Investment if
such instrument or security evidences a right to receive only
interest payments with respect to the obligations underlying such
instrument or if such security provides for payment of both
principal and interest
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with a yield to maturity in excess
of 120% of the yield to maturity at par or if such instrument or
security is purchased at a price greater than par.
Permitted Transferee
: Any Person other than a
Disqualified Organization or an “electing large
partnership” (as defined by Section 775 of the
Code).
Person : Any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates
: The Residual Certificates and the
Private Certificates.
Plan : The meaning specified in Section
5.07(a).
Prepayment Charge
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the charges or premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or
partial prepayment of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the
terms thereof.
Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls : With respect
to any Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the
subject of a partial Principal Prepayment or a Principal Prepayment
in full during the related Prepayment Period, the amount, if any,
by which (i) one month’s interest at the applicable Net Rate
on the Scheduled Principal Balance immediately prior to such
prepayment or in the case of a partial Principal Prepayment on the
amount of such prepayment exceeds (ii) the amount of interest paid
or collected in connection with such Principal Prepayment less the
sum of (a) any Prepayment Charges and (b) the related Servicing
Fee.
Prepayment Period
: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the period from the sixteenth day of the calendar month
preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs
through the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar
month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy : Any primary
mortgage guaranty insurance policy issued in connection with a
Mortgage Loan which provides compensation to a Mortgage Note holder
in the event of default by the obligor under such Mortgage Note or
the related Security Instrument, if any or any replacement policy
therefor through the related Interest Accrual Period for such
Class relating to a Distribution Date.
Prime Rate
: The prime rate of U.S. money
center banks as published from time to time in The Wall Street
Journal .
Principal Prepayment
: Any payment (whether partial or
full) or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is
received in advance of its scheduled Due Date to the extent that it
is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing
scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment, including Insurance Proceeds
and Repurchase Proceeds, but excluding the principal portion of Net
Liquidation Proceeds.
Private Certificates
: The Class B-4, Class B-5
and Class B-6 Certificates.
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Prospectus
: The prospectus, dated December 20,
2004, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated May 26,
2005, relating to the offering of the Offered
Certificates.
QIB : A Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined in
Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Qualified Insurer
: Any insurance company duly
qualified as such under the laws of the state or states in which
the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties is or are
located, duly authorized and licensed in such state or states to
transact the type of insurance business in which it is engaged and
approved as an insurer by the Servicer, so long as the claims
paying ability of which is acceptable to the Rating Agencies for
pass-through certificates having the same rating as the
Certificates rated by the Rating Agencies as of the Closing
Date.
Rating Agencies
: Moody’s and
S&P.
Realized Loss
: Any (i) Bankruptcy Loss or
(ii) as to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, (x) the Outstanding
Principal Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate through the
last day of the month of such liquidation, less (y) the related Net
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan and the
related Mortgage Property. In addition, to the extent the 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 Current Principal Amount of any Class of Certificates on any
Distribution Date.
Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans shall be allocated to the REMIC I Regular Interests as
follows: (1) The interest portion of Realized Losses and Net
Interest Shortfalls on the Group I Loans, if any, shall be
allocated between the Class Y-1 and Class Z-1 Regular Interests pro
rata according to the amount of interest accrued but unpaid
thereon, in reduction thereof; (2) the interest portion of Realized
Losses and Net Interest Shortfalls on the Group II Loans, if any,
shall be allocated between the Class Y-2 and Class Z-2 Regular
Interests pro rata according to the amount of interest accrued but
unpaid thereon, in reduction thereof; (3) the interest portion of
Realized Losses and Net Interest Shortfalls on the Group III Loans,
if any, shall be allocated between the Class Y-3 and Class Z-3
Regular Interests pro rata according to the amount of interest
accrued but unpaid thereon, in reduction thereof; and (4) the
interest portion of Realized Losses and Net Interest Shortfalls on
the Group IV Loans, if any, shall be allocated between the Class
Y-4 and Class Z-4 Regular Interests pro rata according to the
amount of interest accrued but unpaid thereon, in reduction
thereof. Any interest portion of such Realized Losses in excess of
the amount allocated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
treated as a principal portion of Realized Losses not attributable
to any specific Mortgage Loan in such Group and allocated pursuant
to the succeeding sentences. The principal portion of Realized
Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interests as follows: (1) the principal
portion of Realized Losses on the Group I Loans shall be allocated,
first, to the Class Y-1 Regular Interest to the extent of the Class
Y-1 Principal Reduction Amount in reduction of the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such Regular Interest and, second, the
remainder, if any, of such principal portion of such Realized
Losses shall be allocated to the Class Z-1 Regular Interest in
reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance thereof; (2) the
principal portion of Realized Losses on the Group II Loans shall be
allocated, first, to the Class Y-2 Regular Interest
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to the extent of the Class Y-2
Principal Reduction Amount in reduction of the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such Regular Interest and, second, the
remainder, if any, of such principal portion of such Realized
Losses shall be allocated to the Class Z-2 Regular Interest in
reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance thereof; (3) the
principal portion of Realized Losses on the Group III Loans shall
be allocated, first, to the Class Y-3 Regular Interest to the
extent of the Class Y-3 Principal Reduction Amount in reduction of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such Regular Interest and,
second, the remainder, if any, of such principal portion of such
Realized Losses shall be allocated to the Class Z-3 Regular
Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance
thereof; and (4) the principal portion of Realized Losses on the
Group III Loans shall be allocated, first, to the Class Y-4 Regular
Interest to the extent of the Class Y-3 Principal Reduction Amount
in reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such
Regular Interest and, second, the remainder, if any, of such
principal portion of such Realized Losses shall be allocated to the
Class Z-4 Regular Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated
Principal Balance thereof. For any Distribution Date, reductions in
the Uncertificated Principal Balances of the Class Y and Class Z
Regular Interest pursuant to this definition of Realized Loss shall
be determined, and shall be deemed to occur, prior to any
reductions of such Uncertificated Principal Balances by
distributions on such Distribution Date.
Record Date
: For each Class of Offered
Certificates (other than the Class X Certificates), and for any
Distribution Date, the close of business on the Business Day prior
to such Distribution Date. For the Class X Certificates and for any
Distribution Date, the close of business on the last Business Day
of the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank
: A leading bank selected by the
Trustee that is engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in
the international Eurocurrency market.
Reference Bank Rate
: With respect to any Interest
Accrual Period, the arithmetic mean, rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%, of the offered rates for
United States dollar deposits for one month that are quoted by the
Reference Banks as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
related interest determination date to prime banks in the London
interbank market for a period of one month in amounts approximately
equal to the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Offered
Certificates (other than the Class X Certificates and the Class R
Certificates) for such Interest Accrual Period, provided that at
least two such Reference Banks provide such rate. If fewer than two
offered rates appear, the Reference Bank Rate will be the
arithmetic mean, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
whole multiple of 0.03125%, of the rates quoted by one or more
major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee, as of 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on such date for loans in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks for a period of one month in amounts
approximately equal to the aggregate Current Principal Amount of
the Offered Certificates (other than the Class X Certificates and
the Class R Certificates).
Reinvestment
Agreements : One or more
reinvestment agreements, acceptable to the Rating Agencies, from a
bank, insurance company or other corporation or entity (including
the Trustee).
Relief Act
: The Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act, as amended, or similar state law.
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Relief Act Mortgage
Loan : Any Mortgage Loan
as to which the Scheduled Payment thereof has been reduced due to
the application of the Relief Act.
REMIC : A “real estate mortgage investment
conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the
Code.
REMIC Administrator
: The Trustee; provided that if the
REMIC Administrator is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to no longer be able to fulfill its obligations as REMIC
Administrator under this Agreement the Servicer shall appoint a
successor REMIC Administrator, subject to assumption of the REMIC
Administrator obligations under this Agreement.
REMIC Interest
: Any of REMIC I Interests and
REMIC II Interests.
REMIC Opinion
: An Opinion of Independent Counsel,
to the effect that the proposed action described therein would not,
under the REMIC Provisions, (i) cause any 2005-AR2 REMIC to
fail to qualify as a REMIC while any regular interest in such
2005-AR2 REMIC is outstanding, (ii) result in a tax on
prohibited transactions with respect to any 2005-AR2 REMIC or
(iii) constitute a taxable contribution to any 2005-AR2 REMIC
after the Startup Day.
REMIC Provisions
: The provisions of the federal
income tax law relating to REMICs, which appear at Sections 860A
through 860G of the Code, and related provisions and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time
to time.
REMIC Regular Interest
: Any of REMIC I Regular
Interests and REMIC II Regular Interests.
REMIC I
: The segregated pool of assets,
with respect to which a REMIC election is made pursuant to this
Agreement, consisting of:
(a) the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage
Files and collateral securing such Mortgage Loans,
(b) all payments on and collections in respect of
the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date as shall be on
deposit in the Custodial Account or in the Distribution Account and
identified as belonging to the Trust Fund,
(c) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and that
has been acquired for the benefit of the Certificateholders by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure,
(d) the hazard insurance policies and Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any, and
(e) all proceeds of clauses (a) through (d)
above.
REMIC I Available Distribution
Amount : The Available
Funds.
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REMIC I Distribution
Amount : On each
Distribution Date, the following amounts, in the following order of
priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II on account of
the REMIC I Regular Interests:
(i) to the extent of the REMIC I Available
Distribution Amount, to REMIC II as the holder of REMIC I Regular
Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT-5, LT6 and LT7, pro rata, in an
amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for each
such REMC I Regular Interest for such Distribution Date reduced, in
each case, by any Net Deferred Interest allocated to such REMIC I
Regular Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts
in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution
Dates; and
(ii) on each Distribution Date, to REMIC II as the
holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests, in an amount equal to the
remainder of the REMIC I Available Distribution Amount after the
distributions made pursuant to clause (i) above, allocated as
follows (except as provided below):
(A) in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests
LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6 and LT7, their respective Principal
Distribution Amounts;
(B) in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT1
any remainder until the Uncertificated Principal Balance thereof is
reduced to zero;
(C) any remainder in respect of the REMIC I Regular
Interests LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6 and LT7, pro rata according to
their respective Uncertificated Principal Balances as reduced by
the distributions deemed made pursuant to (A) above, until their
respective Uncertificated Principal Balances are reduced to zero;
and
(D) any remaining amounts to the Holders of the
Class R Certificates in respect of Component 1 thereof.
REMIC I Interest
: The REMIC I Regular Interests
and Component I of the Class R Certificates.
REMIC I Net Deferred
Interest : Net Deferred
Interest for any Distribution Date shall be allocated to REMIC I
Regular Interest LT1.
REMIC I Principal Reduction
Amounts : For any
Distribution Date, the amounts by which the principal balances of
the REMIC I Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6,
and LT7, respectively, will be reduced on such Distribution Date by
the allocation of Realized Losses and the distribution of
principal, determined as follows:
For purposes of the succeeding
formulas the following symbols shall have the meanings set forth
below:
Y 1 =
the principal balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 after distributions, the
allocation of Net Deferred Interest and the allocation of Realized
Losses on the prior Distribution Date.
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Y 2 =
the principal balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 after distributions, the
allocation of Net Deferred Interest and the allocation of Realized
Losses on the prior Distribution Date.
Y 3 =
the principal balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT3 after distributions, the
allocation of Net Deferred Interest and the allocation of Realized
Losses on the prior Distribution Date.
Y 4 =
the principal balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT4 after distributions, the
allocation of Net Deferred Interest and the allocation of Realized
Losses on the prior Distribution Date (note: Y 3 = Y
4 ).
Y 5 =
the principal balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT5 after distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses and Net Deferred Interest on the
prior Distribution Date (note: Y 5 = Y 7
).
Y 6 =
the principal balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT6 after distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses and Net Deferred Interest on the
prior Distribution Date.
Y 7 =
the principal balance of the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT7 after distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses and Net Deferred Interest on the
prior Distribution Date.
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ΔY 1 =
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the REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 Principal
Reduction Amount.
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ΔY 2 =
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the REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 Principal
Reduction Amount.
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ΔY 3 =
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the REMIC I Regular Interest LT3 Principal
Reduction Amount.
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ΔY 4 =
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the REMIC I Regular Interest LT4 Principal
Reduction Amount.
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ΔY 5 =
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the REMIC I Regular Interest LT5 Principal
Reduction Amount.
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ΔY 6 =
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the REMIC I Regular Interest LT6 Principal
Reduction Amount.
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ΔY 7 =
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the REMIC I Regular Interest LT7 Principal
Reduction Amount.
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P 0 =
the aggregate principal balance of
the REMIC I Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6 and
LT7 after distributions, the allocation of Net Deferred Interest
and the allocation of Realized Losses on the prior Distribution
Date.
P 1 =
the aggregate principal balance of
the REMIC I Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6 and
LT7 after distributions, the allocation of Net Deferred Interest
and the allocation of Realized Losses to be made on such
Distribution Date.
?P = P 0 - P 1 = the aggregate
of the REMIC I Regular Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6
and LT7 Principal Reduction Amounts.
= the aggregate of the Net Deferred Interest and
the principal portions of Realized Losses to be allocated to, and
the principal distributions to be made on, the Certificates on
such
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Distribution Date (including
distributions of accrued and unpaid interest on the Class X-1
and Class M-X Certificates for prior Distribution
Dates).
R 0 =
the Net Rate Cap (stated as a
monthly rate) after giving effect to amounts distributed and
Realized Losses and Net Deferred Interest allocated on the prior
Distribution Date.
R 1 =
the Net Rate Cap (stated as a
monthly rate) after giving effect to amounts to be distributed and
Realized Losses and Net Deferred Interest to be allocated on such
Distribution Date.
α = (Y 2 + Y 3 )/P
0 . The initial value of α on the Closing Date for
use on the first Distribution Date shall be 0.0001.
γ 0 =
the lesser of (A) the sum of (1) for
all Classes of Class A Certificates of the product for each
Class of (i) the monthly interest rate (as limited by the Net
Rate Cap, if applicable) for such Class applicable for
distributions to be made on such Distribution Date and (ii) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance for such Class after
distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses and Net
Deferred Interest on the prior Distribution Date and (2) for all
Classes of Class M and Class B Certificates of the
product for each Class of (i) the Net Rate Cap, stated as a
monthly interest rate, applicable for distributions to be made on
such Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance for such Class after distributions and the allocation
of Realized Losses and Net Deferred Interest on the prior
Distribution Date and (B) R 0 *P 0
.
γ 1 =
the lesser of (A) the sum of (1) for
all Classes of Class A Certificates of the product for each
Class of (i) the monthly interest rate (as limited by the Net
Rate Cap, if applicable) for such Class applicable for
distributions to be made on the next succeeding Distribution Date
and (ii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance for such
Class after distributions and the allocation of Realized
Losses and Net Deferred Interest to be made on such Distribution
Date and (2) for all Classes of Class M and Class B
Certificates of the product for each Class of (i) the Net Rate
Cap, stated as a monthly interest rate, applicable for
distributions to be made on the next succeeding Distribution Date
and (ii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance for such
Class after distributions and the allocation of Realized
Losses and Net Deferred Interest to be made on such Distribution
Date and (B) R 1 *P 1 .
Then, based on the foregoing
definitions:
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ΔY 1 =
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ΔP - ΔY 2 - ΔY
3 - ΔY 4 - ΔY 5 -
ΔY 6 - ΔY 7 ;
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ΔY 2 =
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(α/2){( γ 0 R 1
- γ 1 R 0 )/R 0 R
1 };
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ΔY 3 =
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αΔP - ΔY 2 ;
and
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ΔY 4 =
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ΔY 3 .
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if both ΔY 2 and
ΔY 3 , as so determined, are non-negative numbers.
Otherwise:
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(1)
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If ΔY 2 , as so determined, is
negative, then
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ΔY 2 = 0;
ΔY 3 = a{γ
1 R 0 P 0 - γ 0 R
1 P 1 }/{γ 1 R 0
};
ΔY 4 = ΔY
3 ; and
ΔY 1 = ΔP -
ΔY 2 - ΔY 3 - ΔY 4
- ΔY 5 - ΔY 6 - ΔY
7 .
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(2)
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If ΔY 3 , as so determined, is
negative, then
|
ΔY 3 = 0;
ΔY 2 = α{γ
1 R 0 P 0 - γ 0 R
1 P 1 }/{2R 1 R 0 P
1 - γ 1 R 0 };
ΔY 4 = ΔY
3 ; and
ΔY 1 = ΔP -
ΔY 2 - ΔY 3 - ΔY 4
. - ΔY 5 - ΔY 6 - ΔY
7 .
For purposes of the succeeding
formulas the following symbols shall have the meanings set forth
below:
β = (Y 6 + Y 7 )/P
0 . The initial value of β on the Closing Date for
use on the first Distribution Date shall be 0.0001.
Γ 0 =
the lesser of (A) the sum of (1) for
all Classes of Class A Certificates of the product for each
Class of (i) the Net Rate Cap, stated as a monthly rate, for
such Class applicable for distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance for such Class after distributions and the allocation
of Net Deferred Interest and Realized Losses on the prior
Distribution Date and (2) for all Classes of Class M and
Class B Certificates of the product for each Class of (i)
the monthly interest rate (as limited by the Net Rate Cap, if
applicable) for such Class applicable for distributions to be
made on such Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance for such Class after distributions and the
allocation of Net Deferred Interest and Realized Losses on the
prior Distribution Date and (B) R 0 *P 0
.
Γ 1 =
the lesser of (A) the sum of (1) for
all Classes of Class A Certificates of the product for each
Class of (i) the Net Rate Cap, stated as a monthly interest
rate, applicable for distributions to be made on the next
succeeding Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance for such Class after distributions and the
allocation of Net Deferred Interest and Realized Losses to be made
on such Distribution Date and (2) for all Classes of Class M
and Class B Certificates of the product for each Class of
(i) the monthly interest rate (as limited by the Net Rate Cap, if
applicable) for such Class applicable for distributions to be
made on the next succeeding Distribution Date and (ii) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance for such Class after
distributions and the allocation of Net Deferred Interest and
Realized Losses to be made on such Distribution Date and (B) R
1 *P 1 .
Then, based on the foregoing
definitions:
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ΔY 6 =
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(β/2){(Γ 0 R 1 -
Γ 1 R 0 )/R 0 R 1
};
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ΔY 7 =
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βΔP - ΔY 6 ;
and
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ΔY 5 =
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ΔY 7 .
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|
|
if both ΔY 6 and
ΔY 7 , as so determined, are non-negative numbers.
Otherwise:
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(1)
|
If ΔY 6 , as so determined, is
negative, then
|
ΔY 6 = 0;
ΔY 7 = β{Γ
1 R 0 P 0 - Γ 0 R
1 P 1 }/{Γ 1 R 0
}; and
ΔY 5 = ΔY
7 .
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(2)
|
If ΔY 7 , as so determined, is
negative, then
|
ΔY 7 = 0;
ΔY 6 = β{Γ
1 R 0 P 0 - Γ 0 R
1 P 1 }/{2R 1 R 0 P
1 - Γ 1 R 0 }; and
ΔY 5 = ΔY
7 .
REMIC I Realized
Losses : Realized Losses
on Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to the REMIC I Regular
Interests as follows: The interest portion of Realized Losses on
Group I Loans, if any, shall be allocated among the LT1, LT2, LT4,
LT5 and LT6 REMIC I Regular Interests pro rata according to the
amount of interest accrued but unpaid thereon, in reduction
thereof. Any interest portion of such Realized Losses in excess of
the amount allocated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
treated as a principal portion of Realized Losses not attributable
to any specific Mortgage Loan and allocated pursuant to the
succeeding sentences. The principal portion of Realized Losses
shall be allocated to the REMIC I Regular Interests as follows: (1)
The principal portion of Realized Losses shall be allocated, first,
to the LT 2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6 and LT7 REMIC I Regular Interests
pro-rata according to their respective REMIC I Principal Reduction
Amounts to the extent thereof in reduction of the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interests and, second,
the remainder, if any, of such principal portion of such Realized
Losses shall be allocated to the LT1 REMIC I Regular Interest in
reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance
thereof.
REMIC I Regular Interest LT1
Principal Distribution Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 Principal Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date over the Realized Losses allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular Interest LT2
Principal Distribution Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 Principal Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date over the Realized Losses allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 on such Distribution Date.
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REMIC I Regular Interest LT3
Principal Distribution Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT3 Principal Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date over the Realized Losses allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT3 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular Interest LT4
Principal Distribution Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT4 Principal Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date over the Realized Losses allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT4 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular Interest LT5
Principal Distribution Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT5 Principal Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date over the Realized Losses allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT5 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular Interest LT6
Principal Distribution Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT6 Principal Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date over the Realized Losses allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT6 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular Interest LT7
Principal Distribution Amount : For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of the REMIC I Regular Interest LT7 Principal Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date over the Realized Losses allocated to the
REMIC I Regular Interest LT7 on such Distribution Date.
REMIC I Regular
Interest : Any of the
separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in
REMIC I set forth in Section 5.01(c) and issued hereunder
and designated as a “regular interest” in REMIC I.
Each REMIC I Regular Interest shall accrue interest at the
Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate specified for such REMIC I
Interest in Section 5.01(c), and shall be entitled to
distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance as set forth in Section 5.01(c). The
designations for the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are
set forth in Section 5.01(c).
REMIC II : That group of assets contained in the Trust
Fund designated as a REMIC consisting of the REMIC I Regular
Interests and any proceeds thereof.
REMIC II Interests
: The REMIC II Regular Interests and
Component 2 or the Class R Certificate.
REMIC II Net Deferred
Interest : Net Deferred
Interest for any Distribution Date shall be allocated to REMIC II
Regular Interests to the same extent that Net Deferred Interest is
allocated to the related Class of Certificates.
REMIC II Regular Interest
X-1 : A regular interest
in REMIC II that has an initial principal balance equal to zero,
that bears interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rate on its Uncertificated Notional Amount, and that
has such other terms as are described herein.
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REMIC II Regular Interest
M-X : A regular interest
in REMIC II that has an initial principal balance equal to zero,
that bears interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rate on its Uncertificated Notional Amount, and that
has such other terms as are described herein.
REMIC II Regular
Interests : As defined
above and in Section 5.01(c).
REO Acquisition
: The acquisition by the Servicer on
behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of
any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.15.
REO Disposition
: As to any REO Property, a
determination by the Servicer that it has received all Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments and
recoveries (including proceeds of a final sale) which the Servicer
expects to be finally recoverable from the sale or other
disposition of the REO Property.
REO Proceeds
: Proceeds, net of expenses,
received in respect of any REO Property.
REO Property
: A Mortgaged Property acquired in
the name of the Trust, for the benefit of Certificateholders, by
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Repurchase Price
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
(or any property acquired with respect thereto) required to be
repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Article II of this Agreement, an amount equal to the
sum of (i)(a) 100% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase (or if the related
Mortgaged Property was acquired with respect thereto, 100% of the
Outstanding Principal Balance at the date of the acquisition), plus
(b) accrued but unpaid interest on the Outstanding Principal
Balance at the related Mortgage Interest Rate, through and
including the last day of the month of repurchase, plus (c) any
unreimbursed Monthly Advances and servicing advances payable to the
Servicer and (ii) any costs and damages (if any) incurred by
the Trust in connection with any violation of such Mortgage Loan of
any predatory or abusive lending laws.
Repurchase Proceeds
: The Repurchase Price in connection
with any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan by the Seller and any cash
deposit in connection with the substitution of a Mortgage
Loan.
Request for Release
: A request for release in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Required Insurance
Policy : With respect to
any Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy which is required to be
maintained from time to time under this Agreement with respect to
such Mortgage Loan.
Residual Certificates
: The Class R
Certificates.
Responsible Officer
: Any officer assigned to the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor thereto),
including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust
Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers
and
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having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement, and any other officer of the
Trustee to whom a matter arising hereunder may be
referred.
Rule 144A Certificate
: The certificate to be furnished by
each purchaser of a Private Certificate (which is also a Physical
Certificate) which is a Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined
under Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, substantially
in the form set forth as Exhibit F-2 hereto.
S&P : Standard & Poor’s, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors in
interest.
Scheduled Payment
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
and any Due Period, the scheduled payment or payments of principal
and interest due during such Due Period on such Mortgage Loan which
either is payable by a Mortgagor in such Due Period under the
related Mortgage Note or, in the case of REO Property, would
otherwise have been payable under the related Mortgage
Note.
Scheduled Principal
: The principal portion of any
Scheduled Payment.
Scheduled Principal
Balance : With respect to
any Mortgage Loan on any Distribution Date, (i) the unpaid
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business
on the related Due Date (taking account of the principal payment to
be made on such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency in its
payment), as specified in the amortization schedule at the time
relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization
schedule by reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding
occurring after the Cut-off Date (other than a Deficient Valuation)
or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) including any
Deferred Interest thereon and less (ii) any Principal
Prepayments (including the principal portion of Net Liquidation
Proceeds) received during or prior to the related Prepayment
Period; provided that the Scheduled Principal Balance of a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan is zero.
Securities Act
: The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Securities Legend
: “THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT
BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,
AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT
AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE
HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), PURCHASING
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB,
WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER,
RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
144A OR (2) IN CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN “INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE
501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE ACT OR ANY
ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF
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THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH
PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A
LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B)
THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN
EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON
BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT
(A “PLAN”) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, AND/OR SECTION
4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”), OR BY A PERSON USING “PLAN ASSETS”
OF A PLAN, UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE WITH
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUSTEE AND THE
SERVICER AND ON WHICH THEY MAY RELY WHICH IS SATISFACTORY TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT THE PURCHASE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
CODE AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE TO ANY
OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE
AGREEMENT.
Security Instrument
: A written instrument creating a
valid first lien on a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note,
which may be any applicable form of mortgage, deed of trust, deed
to secure debt or security deed, including any riders or addenda
thereto.
Seller : EMC, as mortgage loan seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
Senior Certificates
: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class
A-3 and Class X Certificates.
Senior Optimal Principal
Amount : With respect to
each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum, without
duplication, of the following (after giving effect to the
application of such amounts to cover Deferred Interest on the
Mortgage Loans on such Distribution Date in accordance with the
definition of Net Deferred Interest but in no event greater than
the aggregate Current Principal Amounts of the Senior Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date):
(i) the Senior Percentage of the principal portion
of all Scheduled Payments due on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan on
the related Due Date as specified in the amortization schedule at
the time applicable thereto (after adjustments for previous
Principal Prepayments but before any adjustment to such
amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy or similar
proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period if
the related Distribution Date occurs prior to the Cross-Over
Date);
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(ii) the Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
Scheduled Principal Balance of Mortgage Loan which was the subject
of a Principal Prepayment in full received by the Servicer during
the related Prepayment Period;
(iii)
the Senior Prepayment Percentage of
amount of all Principal Prepayments in part allocated to principal
received by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period in
respect to each Mortgage Loan;
(iv) the lesser of (a) the Senior Prepayment
Percentage of the sum of (A) all Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable
to principal received in respect of each Mortgage Loan that became
a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period
(other than Mortgage Loans described in the immediately following
clause (B)) and all Subsequent Recoveries received in respect of
each Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Due Period and (B)
the Scheduled Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan
purchased by an insurer from the Trust during the related
Prepayment Period pursuant to the related Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy, if any, or otherwise and (b) the related Senior
Percentage of the sum of (A) the Scheduled Principal Balance of
each Mortgage Loan which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during
the related Prepayment Period (other than the Mortgage Loans
described in the immediately following clause (B)) and all
Subsequent Recoveries received in respect of each Liquidated
Mortgage Loan during the related Due Period and (B) the Scheduled
Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan that was purchased by
an insurer from the Trust during the related Prepayment Period
pursuant to the related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any
or otherwise; and
(v) the Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of
(a) the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was
repurchased by the Seller in connection with such Distribution Date
and (b) the excess, if any, of the Scheduled Principal Balance of a
Mortgage Loan that has been replaced by the Seller with a
substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement in connection with such Distribution Date over the
Scheduled Principal Balance of such substitute Mortgage
Loan.
Senior Percentage
: Initially 90.00%. With respect to
any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and
(ii) the percentage obtained by dividing the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates immediately preceding
such Distribution Date by the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of the related Due
Period.
Senior Prepayment
Percentage : With respect
to any Distribution Date occurring during the periods set forth
below, as follows:
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Period (dates inclusive)
|
Senior Prepayment Percentage
|
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|
|
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June 2005 - May 2015
|
100%
|
|
|
|
|
June 2015 - May 2016
|
Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Subordinate
Percentage.
|
|
June 2016 - May 2017
|
Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Subordinate
Percentage.
|
|
June 2017 - May 2018
|
Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Subordinate
Percentage.
|
|
June 2018 - May 2019
|
Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Subordinate
Percentage.
|
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June 2019 and
thereafter
|
Senior Percentage
|
In addition, no reduction of the
Senior Prepayment Percentage shall occur on any Distribution Date
unless, as of the last day of the month preceding such Distribution
Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any
such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect
to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the
Trust), averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the
sum of the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates does not exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including June 2015 and May 2016, (b) 35% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including June 2016 and May 2017, (c) 40% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including June 2017 and May 2018, (d) 45% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including June 2018 and May 2019, and (e) 50% of
the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs during or after June 2019.
In addition, if on any Distribution
Date the Subordinate Percentage is equal to or greater than two
times the initial Subordinate Percentage, and (a) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60
days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50% and (b)(i) on or prior to the Distribution Date in
May 2008, cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the related Prepayment Period do not exceed 20% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance and (ii) after the
Distribution Date in May 2008 cumulative Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Prepayment Period do
not exceed 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then,
the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will
equal the Senior Percentage; provided, however, if on such
Distribution Date the Subordinate Percentage is equal to or greater
than two times the initial Subordinate Percentage on or prior to
the Distribution Date occurring in May 2008 and the above
delinquency and loss tests are met, then the Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Senior
Percentage plus 50% of the related Subordinate
Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on
any Distribution Date the percentage, the numerator of which is the
aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates
immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and the denominator
of which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the beginning of the related Due Period, exceeds such
percentage as of the Cut-Off Date, the Senior Prepayment Percentage
for the Senior Certificates will equal 100%.
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Servicer : As of the Closing Date, EMC Mortgage
Corporation and, thereafter, its respective successors in interest
that meet the qualifications of this Agreement.
Servicer Certification
: A written certification covering
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer and signed by an
officer of the Servicer that complies with (i) the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from time to time, and
(ii) the February 21, 2003 Statement by the Staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange
Commission Regarding Compliance by Asset-Backed Issuers with
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as in effect from time to
time; provided that if, after the Closing Date (a) the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is amended, (b) the Statement referred
to in clause (ii) is modified or superceded by any subsequent
statement, rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any statement of a division thereof, or (c) any
future releases, rules and regulations are published by the
Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time pursuant to
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which in any such case affects the
form or substance of the required certification and results in the
required certification being, in the reasonable judgment of the
Servicer, materially more onerous than the form of the required
certification as of the Closing Date, the Servicer Certification
shall be as agreed to by the Servicer and the Depositor following a
negotiation in good faith to determine how to comply with any such
new requirements.
Servicing Fee
: As to any Mortgage Loan and
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the
Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due
Date in the preceding calendar month and (ii) the Servicing
Fee Rate.
Servicing Fee Rate
: As to any Mortgage Loan, a per
annum rate as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Servicing Officer
: The President or a Vice President
or Assistant Vice President or other authorized officer of the
Servicer having direct responsibility for the administration of
this Agreement, and any other authorized officer of the Servicer to
whom a matter arising hereunder may be referred.
Startup Day
: May 31, 2005.
Subordinate Certificate Writedown
Amount : With respect to
the Subordinate Certificates and as to any Distribution Date, the
amount by which (i) the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of the
Certificates (after giving effect to the distribution of principal
and the allocation of applicable Realized Losses in reduction of
the Current Principal Amounts of the Certificates on such
Distribution Date in accordance with the definition of Net Deferred
Interest) exceeds (y) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of
the Mortgage Loans on the Due Date related to such Distribution
Date.
Subordinate
Certificates : The
Non-Offered Subordinate Certificates and the Offered Subordinate
Certificates.
Subordinate Optimal Principal
Amount : With respect to
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum, without
duplication, of the following (after giving effect to the
application of such amounts to cover Deferred Interest on the
Mortgage Loans on such
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Distribution Date but in no event
greater than the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the
Subordinate Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date):
(i) the Subordinate Percentage of the principal
portion of all Scheduled Payments due on each Outstanding Mortgage
Loan on the related Due Date as specified in the amortization
schedule at the time applicable thereto (after adjustment for
previous Principal Prepayments but before any adjustment to such
amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy or similar
proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period);
(ii) the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the
Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in full received by the Servicer
during the related Prepayment Period;
(iii)
the Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage of the amount of all Principal Prepayments in part
received by the Servicer in respect to the Mortgage Loan during the
related Prepayment Period;
(iv) the excess, if any, of (a) all Net Liquidation
Proceeds allocable to principal received during the related
Prepayment Period in respect of each Liquidated Mortgage Loan and
all Subsequent Recoveries received in respect of each Liquidated
Mortgage Loan during the related Due Period over (b) the sum of the
amounts distributable to the Senior Certificates pursuant to clause
(iv) of the definition of Senior Optimal Principal Amount on such
Distribution Date;
(v) the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the
sum of (a) the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan
that was purchased by the Seller in connection with such
Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any, between the
Scheduled Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan that has been
replaced by the Seller with a Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in connection with such
Distribution Date over the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
Substitute Mortgage Loan; and
(vi) on the Distribution Date on which the Current
Principal Amounts of the Senior Certificates have all been reduced
to zero, 100% of the Senior Optimal Principal Amount. After the
aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates
has been reduced to zero, the Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount
shall be zero.
Subordinate Percentage
: As of any Distribution Date, 100%
minus the Senior Percentage as of such Distribution
Date.
Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage : On any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Senior Prepayment Percentage as
of such Distribution Date.
Subsequent Recoveries
: As of any Distribution Date,
amounts received during the related Due Period by the Servicer (net
of any related expenses permitted to be reimbursed pursuant to
Section 4.02) or surplus amounts held by the Servicer to cover
estimated expenses (including, but not limited to, recoveries in
respect of the representations and warranties made by the Seller
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) specifically
related to a Liquidated
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Mortgage Loan or the disposition of
an REO Property prior to the related Prepayment Period that
resulted in a Realized Loss, after liquidation or disposition of
such Mortgage Loan.
Substitute Mortgage
Loan : A mortgage loan
tendered to the Trust pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, in
each case, (i) which has an Outstanding Principal Balance not
greater nor materially less than the Mortgage Loan for which it is
to be substituted; (ii) which has a Mortgage Interest Rate and
Net Rate not less than, and not materially greater than, such
Mortgage Loan; (iii) which has a maturity date not materially
earlier or later than such Mortgage Loan and not later than the
latest maturity date of any Mortgage Loan; (iv) which is of the
same property type and occupancy type as such Mortgage Loan; (v)
which has a Loan-to-Value Ratio not greater than the Loan-to-Value
Ratio of such Mortgage Loan; (vi) which is current in payment
of principal and interest as of the date of substitution;
(vii) as to which the payment terms do not vary in any
material respect from the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan for
which it is to be substituted, (viii) which has a Gross
Margin, Periodic Rate Cap and Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate no
less than those of such Mortgage Loan, has the same Index and
interval between Interest Adjustment Dates as such Mortgage Loan,
and a Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate no lower than that of such
Mortgage Loan and (ix) has a negative amortization cap of no more
than 110%.
Substitution Adjustment
Amount : The amount, if
any, required to be paid by the Seller to the Trustee for deposit
in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 2.04 in connection
with the substitution of a Mortgage Loan.
Tax Administration and Tax
Matters Person : The
Trustee and any successor thereto or assignee thereof shall serve
as tax administrator hereunder and as agent for the Tax Matters
Person. The Holder of the largest percentage interest of each Class
of Residual Certificates shall be the Tax Matters Person for the
related REMIC, as more particularly set forth in Section 9.12
hereof.
Termination Purchase
Price : The price,
calculated as set forth in Section 10.01, to be paid in
connection with the repurchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 10.01.
Trust Fund or Trust
: The corpus of the trust created by
this Agreement, consisting of the Mortgage Loans and the other
assets described in Section 2.01(a).
Trustee : Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or its
successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein
provided.
Trustee Fee
: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Scheduled
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Distribution Date
in the preceding calendar month and (ii) the Trustee Fee
Rate.
Trustee Fee Rate
: For each Mortgage Loan, 0.005% per
annum.
2005-AR2 REMIC
: Any of REMIC I and REMIC
II.
Uncertificated Accrued
Interest : With respect
to any Uncertificated Regular Interest for any Distribution Date,
one month’s interest at the related Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate for
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such Distribution Date, accrued on
the Uncertificated Principal Balance or Uncertificated Notional
Amount, as applicable, immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the Uncertificated Regular
Interests shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. For purposes of calculating the amount of
Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the REMIC I Regular Interests
for any Distribution Date, any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and
Relief Act Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by Compensating
Interest Payments) shall be allocated among REMIC I Regular
Interests LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4, LT5, LT6 and LT7, pro rata, based on,
and to the extent of, Uncertificated Accrued Interest, as
calculated without application of this sentence. For purposes of
calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the
REMIC II Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Shortfalls (to the
extent not covered by Compensating Interest Payments) shall be
allocated among REMIC II Regular Interests to the same extent such
amounts are allocated to the related Class of
Certificates.
Uncertificated Notional
Amount : With respect to
REMIC II Regular Interest X-1 and the REMIC II Regular Interest
M-X, the aggregate principal balance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests.
Uncertificated Pass-Through
Rate : The Uncertificated
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate or the Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rate, as applicable.
Uncertificated Principal
Balance : The principal
amount of any Uncertificated Regular Interest outstanding as of any
date of determination. The Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
REMIC Regular Interest shall never be less than zero.
Uncertificated Regular
Interests : The REMIC I
Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interest X-1 and the REMIC
II Regular Interest M-X.
Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate : With
respect to any Distribution Date and (i) REMIC I Regular Interests
LT1, LT2 and LT6, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on
the Mortgage Loans, (ii) REMIC II Regular Interests LT3 and LT7,
zero (0.00%) and (iii) REMIC I Regular Interests LT4 and LT5, twice
the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the Mortgage
Loans.
Uncertificated REMIC II
Pass-Through Rate : The
Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC II Regular Interest X-1 and REMIC
II Regular Interest M-X, as applicable.
Uninsured Cause
: Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged
Property or related REO Property such that the complete restoration
of such Mortgaged Property or related REO Property is not fully
reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies required to be
maintained pursuant to this Agreement, without regard to whether or
not such policy is maintained.
United States Person
: A citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation or partnership (including an entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax
purposes) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United
States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (except, in
the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations),
provided that, for purposes solely of the Class R
Certificates, no partnership or other entity treated as a
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be
treated
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as a United States Person unless all
persons that own an interest in such partnership either directly or
through any entity that is not a corporation for United States
federal income tax purposes are United States Persons, or an estate
whose income is subject to United States federal income tax
regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust and one or more such United States
Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of
the trust. To the extent prescribed in regulations by the Secretary
of the Treasury, which have not yet been issued, a trust which was
in existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a trust treated as
owned by the grantor under subpart E of part I of subchapter J of
chapter 1 of the Code), and which was treated as a United States
person on August 20, 1996 may elect to continue to be treated
as a United States person notwithstanding the previous
sentence.
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ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
Original Issuance of
Certificates
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans to
Trustee . (a) The
Depositor concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, sells, transfers and assigns to the Trust without
recourse all its right, title and interest in and to (i) the
Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, including
all interest due and principal received with respect to the
Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date, but excluding any payments
of interest due on or prior to the Cut-off Date; (ii) such
assets as shall from time to time be credited or are required by
the terms of this Agreement to be credited to the Custodial
Account, (iii) such assets relating to the Mortgage Loans as
from time to time may be held by the Trustee in the Distribution
Account, (iv) any REO Property, (v) the Required Insurance Policies
and any amounts paid or payable by the insurer under any Insurance
Policy (to the extent the mortgagee has a claim thereto),
(vi) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the extent
provided in Section 2.03(a), (vii) the Class R Deposit, (viii)
such assets as shall from time to time be credited or are required
by the terms of this Agreement to be credited to any of the
Accounts and (ix) any proceeds of the foregoing. Although it is the
intent of the parties to this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage
Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement
shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan, in the event
that such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of
the parties to this Agreement that the Depositor shall be deemed to
have granted to the Trustee a first priority perfected security
interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest
in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust
Fund, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law.
(b) In connection with the above transfer and
assignment, the Seller hereby deposits with the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without
recourse (A) to the order of the Trustee or (B) in the case of a
Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS system, in blank, and in each
case showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the originator
thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, or lost note
affidavit together with a copy of the related Mortgage
Note,
(ii) the original Mortgage and, if the related
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and
language indicating that such Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, which
shall have been recorded (or if the original is not available, a
copy), with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if
clause (w) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable
form),
(iii)
unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan, a certified copy of the assignment (which may be in the form
of a blanket assignment if permitted in the jurisdiction in which
the Mortgaged Property is located) to “Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Trustee”, with evidence of recording
with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the name of the Trustee
thereon (or if clause (w) in the proviso below applies or for
Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property
is located in a state other than Maryland, Tennessee,
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South Carolina, Mississippi and
Florida, or an Opinion of Counsel has been provided as set forth in
this Section 2.01(b), shall be in recordable form),
(iv) all intervening assignments of the Security
Instrument, if applicable and only to the extent available to the
Depositor with evidence of recording thereon,
(v) the original or a copy of the policy or
certificate of primary mortgage guaranty insurance, to the extent
available, if any,
(vi) the original policy of title insurance or
mortgagee’s certificate of title insurance or commitment or
binder for title insurance, and
(vii) originals of all modification agreements, if
applicable and available.
provided , however , that in lieu of the
foregoing, the Depositor may deliver the following documents, under
the circumstances set forth below: (w) in lieu of the original
Security Instrument, assignments to the Trustee or intervening
assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being delivered
or will, upon receipt of recording information relating to the
Security Instrument required to be included thereon, be delivered
to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to
the Depositor in time to permit their delivery as specified above,
the Depositor may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification
by the Depositor, on the face of such copy, substantially as
follows: “Certified to be a true and correct copy of the
original, which has been transmitted for recording” (x) in
lieu of the Security Instrument, assignment to the Trustee or
intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction
retains the originals of such documents (as evidenced by a
certification from the Depositor to such effect) the Depositor may
deliver photocopies of such documents containing an original
certification by the judicial or other governmental authority of
the jurisdiction where such documents were recorded; and (y) the
Depositor shall not be required to deliver intervening assignments
or Mortgage Note endorsements between the Seller and the Depositor,
and between the Depositor and the Trustee; and provided, further,
however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid
in full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the
Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver
to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, a certification to
such effect and shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such
Mortgage Loans in the Custodial Account on the Closing Date. The
Depositor shall deliver such original documents (including any
original documents as to which certified copies had previously been
delivered) to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, promptly
after they are received. The Depositor shall cause the Seller, at
its expense, to cause each assignment of the Security Instrument to
the Trustee to be recorded not later than 180 days after the
Closing Date, unless (a) such recordation is not required by the
Rating Agencies or an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee
has been provided to the Trustee (with a copy to the Custodian)
which states that recordation of such Security Instrument is not
required to protect the interests of the Certificateholders in the
related Mortgage Loans or (b) MERS is identified on the Mortgage or
on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as the mortgagee
of record solely as nominee for the Seller and its successor and
assigns; provided, however, that each assignment shall be submitted
for recording by the Seller in the manner described above, at no
expense to the Trust or the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent,
upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by the
Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided
Interests
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aggregating not less than 25% of the
Trust, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default,
(iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Seller and (iv) the occurrence of a
servicing transfer as described in Section 8.02 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Seller fails to pay the cost
of recording the assignments, such expense will be paid by the
Trustee and the Trustee shall be reimbursed for such expenses by
the Trust in accordance with Section 9.05.
Section 2.02 Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by
Trustee . (a) The Trustee
(on behalf of the Trust) acknowledges the sale, transfer and
assignment of the Trust Fund to it by the Depositor and receipt of,
subject to further review and the exceptions which may be noted
pursuant to the procedures described below, and declares that it
holds, the documents (or certified copies thereof) delivered to it
or the Custodian, as its agent, pursuant to Section 2.01, and
declares that it will continue to hold those documents and any
amendments, replacements or supplements thereto and all other
assets of the Trust Fund delivered to it as Trustee in trust for
the use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the
Certificates. On the Closing Date, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, the Custodian, shall acknowledge with respect to each
Mortgage Loan by delivery to the Depositor and the Trustee of an
Initial Certification receipt of the Mortgage File, but without
review of such Mortgage File, except to the extent necessary to
confirm that such Mortgage File contains the related Mortgage Note
or lost note affidavit. No later than 90 days after the Closing
Date (or with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five
Business Days after the receipt by the Trustee or Custodian
thereof), the Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to review or cause to be reviewed by the
Custodian on its behalf (under the Custodial Agreement), each
Mortgage File delivered to it and to execute and deliver, or cause
to be executed and delivered, to the Depositor and the Trustee an
Interim Certification. In conducting such review, the Trustee or
Custodian will ascertain whether all required documents have been
executed and received, and based on the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
whether those documents relate, determined on the basis of the
Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the
Mortgage Loans it has received, as identified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. In performing any such review, the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, may conclusively rely on the purported due
execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported
genuineness of any signature thereon. If the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, finds any document constituting part of
the Mortgage File has not been executed or received, or to be
unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original
principal balance and loan number, or to appear defective on its
face (a “Material Defect”), the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall promptly notify the Seller. In
accordance with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller
shall correct or cure any such defect within ninety (90) days from
the date of notice from the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent,
of the defect and if the Seller fails to correct or cure the defect
within such period, and such defect materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the related
Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall
enforce the Seller’s obligation pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, within 90 days from the Trustee’s or the
Custodian’s notification, to purchase such Mortgage Loan at
the Repurchase Price; provided that, if such defect would cause the
Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified mortgage”
as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) (A) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860G-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9),
without reliance on the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-2(a)(3) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) or any
other provision that would allow a Mortgage Loan to be treated as a
"qualified mortgage" notwithstanding its failure to meet the
requirements of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860(g-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and
(9), any such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the
date such breach was discovered; provided, however, that if such
defect relates solely to the inability of the Seller to deliver the
original Security Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or
a certified copy because the originals of such documents, or a
certified copy have not
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been returned by the applicable
jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan if the Seller delivers such original documents or
certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than
360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase
obligation shall not apply in the event that the Seller cannot
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for
recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such
office; provided that the Seller shall instead deliver a recording
receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not
available, a certificate confirming that such documents have been
accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the Seller within
thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded
document.
(b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date
(or with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five
Business Days after the receipt by the Trustee or the Custodian
thereof), the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, will review,
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Mortgage Files
delivered to it and will execute and deliver or cause to be
executed and delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee a Final
Certification. In conducting such review, the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, will ascertain whether an original of each
document required to be recorded has been returned from the
recording office with evidence of recording thereon or a certified
copy has been obtained from the recording office. If the Trustee or
the Custodian, as its agent, finds a Material Defect, the Trustee
or the Custodian, as its agent, shall promptly notify the Seller
(provided, however, that with respect to those documents described
in Sections 2.01(b)(iv), (v) and (vii), the Trustee’s and
Custodian’s obligations shall extend only to the documents
actually delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian pursuant to such
Sections). In accordance with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
the Seller shall correct or cure any such defect within 90 days
from the date of notice from the Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, of the Material Defect and if the Seller is unable to cure
such defect within such period, and if such defect materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the
related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall enforce the Seller’s
obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to provide a
Substitute Mortgage Loan (if within two years of the Closing Date)
or purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price; provided,
however, that if such defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to be
other than a “qualified mortgage” as defined in
Section 860G(a)(3) (A) of the Code and Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860G-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9), without
reliance on the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-2(a)(3) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) or any
other provision that would allow a Mortgage Loan to be treated as a
"qualified mortgage" notwithstanding its failure to meet the
requirements of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860(g-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and
(9), any such cure, repurchase or substitution must occur within 90
days from the date such breach was discovered; provided, further,
that if such defect relates solely to the inability of the Seller
to deliver the original Security Instrument or intervening
assignments thereof, or a certified copy, because the originals of
such documents or a certified copy, have not been returned by the
applicable jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be required to
purchase such Mortgage Loan, if the Seller delivers such original
documents or certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event
later than 360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing
repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that the Seller
cannot deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for
recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable
jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such
office; provided that the Seller shall instead deliver a recording
receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not
available, a certificate confirming that such documents have been
accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the Seller within
thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded
document.
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(c) In
the event that a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Seller in
accordance with Sections 2.02(a) or (b) above, the Seller shall
remit to the Servicer the Repurchase Price for deposit in the
Custodial Account and the Seller shall provide to the Trustee
written notification detailing the components of the Repurchase
Price. Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Custodial
Account, the Depositor shall notify the Trustee and the Custodian,
as agent of the Trustee (upon receipt of a Request for Release in
the form of Exhibit D attached hereto with respect to such
Mortgage Loan), shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage
File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of
transfer or assignment, without recourse, representation or
warranty, furnished to it by the Seller, as are necessary to vest
in the Seller title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan. Such
purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the
Repurchase Price in available funds is received by the Trustee. The
Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which was
previously delivered to it by the Depositor in a form agreed to
between the Depositor and the Servicer, to reflect such repurchase
and shall promptly notify the Trustee of such amendment and the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies and the Servicer
of such amendment. The obligation of the Seller to repurchase any
Mortgage Loan as to which such a defect in a constituent document
exists shall be the sole remedy respecting such defect available to
the Certificateholders or to the Trustee on their
behalf.
Section
2.03 Assignment of Interest in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement . (a) The Depositor
hereby assigns to the Trustee, on behalf of Trust for the benefit
of the Certificateholders, all of its right, title and interest in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The obligations of the Seller
to substitute or repurchase, as applicable, a Mortgage Loan shall
be the Trustee’s and the Certificateholders’ sole
remedy for any breach thereof. At the request of the Trustee, the
Depositor shall take such actions as may be necessary to enforce
the above right, title and interest on behalf of the Trust and the
Certificateholders or shall execute such further documents as the
Trustee may reasonably require in order to enable the Trustee to
carry out such enforcement.
(b) If
the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee discovers a breach of
any of the representations and warranties set forth in the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement which breach materially and adversely
affects the value of the interests of Certificateholders or the
Trustee in the related Mortgage Loan, the party discovering the
breach shall give prompt written notice of the breach to the other
parties. The Seller, within 90 days of its discovery or receipt of
notice that such breach has occurred (whichever occurs earlier),
shall cure the breach in all material respects or, subject to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this
Agreement, as applicable, shall purchase the Mortgage Loan or any
property acquired with respect thereto from the Trust; provided,
however, that if there is a breach of any representation set forth
in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of
this Agreement, as applicable, and the Mortgage Loan or the related
property acquired with respect thereto has been sold, then the
Seller shall pay, in lieu of the Repurchase Price, any excess of
the Repurchase Price over the Net Liquidation Proceeds received
upon such sale. If the Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the
Repurchase Price, any excess shall be paid to the Seller to the
extent not required by law to be paid to the borrower. Any such
purchase by the Seller shall be made by providing an amount equal
to the Repurchase Price to the Servicer for deposit in the
Custodial Account and written notification detailing the components
of such Repurchase Price. The Depositor shall notify the Trustee
and submit to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, a Request
for Release,
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and the Trustee shall release, or
the Trustee shall cause the Custodian to release, to the Seller the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver all
instruments of transfer or assignment furnished to it by the
Seller, without recourse, representation or warranty as are
necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under the
Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto. Such
purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the
Repurchase Price in available funds is received by the Trustee. The
Trustee shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such
repurchase and shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies of such
amendment. Enforcement of the obligation of the Seller to purchase
(or substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan for) any Mortgage Loan or
any property acquired with respect thereto (or pay the Repurchase
Price as set forth in the above proviso) as to which a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such breach available to the Certificateholders or the
Trustee on their behalf.
Section 2.04 Substitution of Mortgage Loans
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, in lieu of purchasing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02
or 2.03 of this Agreement, the Seller may, no later than the date
by which such purchase by the Seller would otherwise be required,
tender to the Trustee (on behalf of the Trust) a Substitute
Mortgage Loan accompanied by a certificate of an authorized officer
of the Seller that such Substitute Mortgage Loan conforms to the
requirements set forth in the definition of “Substitute
Mortgage Loan” in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
this Agreement, as applicable; provided , however ,
that substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, in lieu of
purchase shall not be permitted after the termination of the
two-year period beginning on the Startup Day; provided, further,
that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a
“qualified mortgage” as defined in
Section 860G(a)(3) (A) of the Code and Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860G-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9), without
reliance on the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-2(a)(3) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) or any
other provision that would allow a Mortgage Loan to be treated as a
"qualified mortgage" notwithstanding its failure to meet the
requirements of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860(g-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and
(9), any such cure or substitution must occur within 90 days from
the date the breach was discovered. The Trustee or the Custodian,
as its agent, shall examine the Mortgage File for any Substitute
Mortgage Loan in the manner set forth in Section 2.02(a) and
the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall notify the
Seller, in writing, within five Business Days after receipt,
whether or not the documents relating to the Substitute Mortgage
Loan satisfy the requirements of the fourth sentence of Section
2.02(a). Within two Business Days after such notification, the
Seller shall provide to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
Account the amount, if any, by which the Outstanding Principal
Balance as of the next preceding Due Date of the Mortgage Loan for
which substitution is being made, after giving effect to the
Scheduled Principal due on such date, exceeds the Outstanding
Principal Balance as of such date of the Substitute Mortgage Loan,
after giving effect to Scheduled Principal due on such date, which
amount shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as if it
were the payment by the Seller of the Repurchase Price for the
purchase of a Mortgage Loan by the Seller. After such notification
to the Seller and, if any such excess exists, upon receipt of such
deposit, the Trustee shall accept such Substitute Mortgage Loan
which shall thereafter be deemed to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder.
In the event of such a substitution, accrued interest on the
Substitute Mortgage Loan for the month in which the substitution
occurs and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during such month
shall be the property of the Trust Fund and accrued interest for
such month on the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made
and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during such month shall
be the property of the Seller. The Scheduled Principal on a
Substitute Mortgage Loan due on the Due Date in the month of
substitution shall be the property of the Seller and the Scheduled
Principal on the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made
due on such Due Date shall be the property of
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the Trust Fund. Upon acceptance of
the Substitute Mortgage Loan (and delivery to the Trustee or the
Custodian as agent of the Trustee, as applicable, of a Request for
Release for such Mortgage Loan), the Trustee or the Custodian, as
agent for the Trustee, shall release to the Seller the related
Mortgage File related to any Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this
Agreement, as applicable, and shall execute and deliver all
instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse,
representation or warranty in form as provided to it as are
necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable.
The Seller shall deliver the documents related to the Substitute
Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.01(b) and 2.02(b) of this
Agreement, as applicable, with the date of acceptance of the
Substitute Mortgage Loan deemed to be the Closing Date for purposes
of the time periods set forth in those Sections. The
representations and warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been made by the Seller
with respect to each Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acceptance of such Mortgage Loan by the Trustee (on behalf of the
Trust). The Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to
reflect such substitution and shall provide a copy of such amended
Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, who shall then deliver such
amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Rating Agencies.
Section 2.05 Issuance of Certificates
(a) The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it
(on behalf of the Trust) of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets
comprising the Trust Fund and, concurrently therewith, has signed,
and countersigned and delivered to the Depositor, in exchange
therefor, Certificates in such authorized denominations
representing such Fractional Undivided Interests as the Depositor
has requested. The Trustee agrees that it will hold the Mortgage
Loans and such other assets as may from time to time be delivered
to it segregated on the books of the Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the REMIC I
Regular Interests, and the other assets of REMIC II for the benefit
of the holders of the REMIC II Certificates. The Trustee
acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests (which are
uncertificated) and the other assets of REMIC II and declares that
it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and
benefit of the holders of the REMIC II Certificates.
Section 2.06 Representations and Warranties Concerning the
Depositor . The Depositor
hereby represents and warrants to the Servicer and the Trustee as
follows:
(i) the Depositor (a) is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware and (b) is qualified and in good standing as
a foreign corporation to do business in each jurisdiction where
such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to
qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Depositor’s business as presently conducted or
on the Depositor’s ability to enter into this Agreement and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
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(ii) the Depositor has full corporate power to own
its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(iii)
the execution and delivery by the
Depositor of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Depositor; and
neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor
compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result
in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the
provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment,
decree or order binding on the Depositor or its properties or the
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor, except those
conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s
ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(iv) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Depositor of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent or
approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the
taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or
other governmental authority or agency, except those consents,
approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already
been obtained, given or made;
(v) this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Depositor and, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a
valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy
and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);
(vi) there are no actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened against
the Depositor, before or by any court, administrative agency,
arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with
respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor
will be determined adversely to the Depositor and will if
determined adversely to the Depositor materially and adversely
affect the Depositor’s ability to enter into this Agreement
or perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Depositor
is not in default with respect to any order of any court,
administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to
materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement; and
(vii)
immediately prior to the transfer
and assignment to the Trust, each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage
were not subject to an assignment or pledge, and the Depositor had
good and marketable title to and was the sole owner thereof and had
full right to transfer and sell such Mortgage Loan to the Trustee
free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge,
claim or security interest.
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ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of
Mortgage Loans
Section 3.01 Servicer to Act as Servicer
. The Servicer shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and
with Accepted Servicing Practices and shall have full power and
authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which
the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with
the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices
and shall exercise the same care that it customarily employs for
its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the
Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices in compliance with the servicing
provisions of the Fannie Mae Guide, which include, but are not
limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans,
the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes,
insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance
with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of fidelity bond and
errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of
Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies, insurance claims, and title insurance, management of REO
Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property,
liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments
of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the
release of Mortgage Loan Documents, annual statements, and
examination of records and facilities. In the event of any
conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing
provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of
the Fannie Mae Guide, the provisions of this Agreement shall
control and be binding upon the Depositor and the
Servicer.
Consistent with the terms of this
Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any
Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of any such term or in
any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's
reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification,
postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the
Certificateholders, provided, however, the Servicer shall not
permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that
would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, forgive the payment of
principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of
the related Mortgage Loan or except in connection with prepayments
to the extent that such reamortization is not inconsistent with the
terms of the Mortgage Loan), or extend the final maturity date of
such Mortgage Loan, unless such Mortgage Loan is in default or, in
the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably
foreseeable or waive a prepayment penalty or charge, without the
written consent of the Depositor and, provided, further, that no
such modification shall reduce the interest rate on a Mortgage Loan
below the Servicing Fee Rate. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby
authorized and empowered, to prepare, execute and deliver, all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged
Properties.
The Servicer shall provide to each
Mortgagor of a Mortgage Loan all payment options listed in the
related Mortgage Note that are available to such Mortgagor with
respect to such payment, notwithstanding any provision in the
related Mortgage Note that explicitly states or implies that
providing such options is optional for the servicer of such
Mortgage Loan or the owner or holder of the related Mortgage
Note.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any
Mortgage Loan that would both constitute a sale or exchange of such
Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Section 1001 of the Code
and any proposed, temporary or final regulations promulgated
thereunder (other than in connection with a proposed conveyance or
assumption of such Mortgage Loan that is treated as a Principal
Prepayment in Full) and cause any REMIC formed under this Agreement
to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code. Upon request, the
Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, and other
documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to
enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage
Loans and REO Property.
The Trustee shall provide access to
the records and documentation in possession of the Trustee
regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the
servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the
supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being
afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during
normal business hours at the office of the Trustee; provided
, however , that, unless otherwise required by law, the
Trustee shall not be required to provide access to such records and
documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal
right to privacy of any Mortgagor. The Trustee shall allow
representatives of the above entities to photocopy any of the
records and documentation and shall provide equipment for that
purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee’s actual
costs.
The Trustee shall execute and
deliver to the Servicer any court pleadings, requests for
trustee’s sale or other documents prepared by the Servicer as
necessary or desirable to (i) the foreclosure or
trustee’s sale with respect to a Mortgaged Property;
(ii) any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any
Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument;
(iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or
(iv) enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage
Note or Security Instrument or otherwise available at law or
equity.
Section 3.02 REMIC - Related Covenants . For as long as each
2005-AR2 REMIC shall exist, the Trustee shall act in accordance
herewith to assure continuing treatment of such 2005-AR2 REMIC as a
REMIC, and the Trustee shall comply with any directions of the
Depositor or the Servicer to assure such continuing treatment. In
particular, the Trustee shall not (a) sell or permit the sale of
all or any portion of the Mortgage Loans or of any investment of
deposits in an Account unless such sale is as a result of a
repurchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the
Trustee has received a REMIC Opinion addressed to the Trustee
prepared at the expense of the Trust Fund; and (b) other than with
respect to a substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable,
accept any contribution to any 2005-AR2 REMIC after the Startup Day
without receipt of a REMIC Opinion addressed to the
Trustee.
Section 3.03 Monitoring of Subservicers
. (a) The Servicer shall
perform all of its servicing responsibilities hereunder or may
cause a subservicer to perform any such servicing responsibilities
on its behalf, but the use by the Servicer of a subservicer shall
not release the Servicer from any of its obligations hereunder and
the Servicer shall remain responsible hereunder for all acts and
omissions of each subservicer as fully as if such acts and
omissions were those of the Servicer. Any such subservicer must be
a Fannie Mae approved seller/servicer or a Freddie Mac
seller/servicer in good standing and no event shall have occurred,
including but
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not limited to, a change in
insurance coverage, which would make it unable to comply with the
eligibility requirements for lenders imposed by Fannie Mae or for
seller/servicers by Freddie Mac, or which would require
notification to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Servicer shall pay
all fees and expenses of each subservicer from its own funds, and a
subservicer's fee shall not exceed the Servicing Fee.
(b) At the cost and expense of the Servicer, without
any right of reimbursement from the Custodial Account, the Servicer
shall be entitled to terminate the rights and responsibilities of a
subservicer and arrange for any servicing responsibilities to be
performed by a successor subservicer meeting the requirements in
the preceding paragraph, provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to prevent or prohibit the Servicer, at the
Servicer's option, from electing to service the related Mortgage
Loans itself. In the event that the Servicer's responsibilities and
duties under this Agreement are terminated pursuant to Section
7.07, 8.01 or 10.01, and if requested to do so by the Depositor,
the Servicer shall at its own cost and expense terminate the rights
and responsibilities of each subservicer effective as of the date
of termination of the Servicer. The Servicer shall pay all fees,
expenses or penalties necessary in order to terminate the rights
and responsibilities of each subservicer from the Servicer's own
funds without reimbursement from the Depositor.
(c)Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements
between the Servicer and a subservicer or any reference herein to
actions taken through a subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer
shall not be relieved of its obligations to the Depositor and shall
be obligated to the same extent and under the same terms and
conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the
Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into an
agreement with a subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by
the subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
(d)Any subservicing agreement and
any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans
involving a subservicer shall be deemed to be between such
subservicer and Servicer alone, and the Depositor shall have no
obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Subservicer
including no obligation, duty or liability of Depositor to pay such
subservicer's fees and expenses. For purposes of distributions and
advances by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer
shall be deemed to have received a payment on a Mortgage Loan when
a subservicer has received such payment.
Section 3.04 Fidelity Bond . The Servicer, at its expense, shall maintain
in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions
insurance policy, affording coverage with respect to all directors,
officers, employees and other Persons acting on the
Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and omissions in the
performance of the Servicer’s obligations hereunder. The
errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond shall
be in such form and amount generally acceptable for entities
serving as servicers.
Section 3.05 Power to Act; Procedures . The Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans
and shall have full power and authority, subject to the REMIC
Provisions and the provisions of Article X hereof, to do any and
all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection
with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans,
including but not limited to the
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power and authority (i) to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the
Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and
documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related
Mortgages, (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other
conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any
Mortgage Loan, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement, as applicable; provided , however ,
that the Servicer shall not (and consistent with its
responsibilities under 3.03, shall not permit any subservicer to)
knowingly or intentionally take any action, or fail to take (or
fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control
and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that,
under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may
be, would cause any 2005-AR2 REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or
result in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including
but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in
Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to
a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the
Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel (but not at the expense
of the Servicer) to the effect that the contemplated action would
not cause any 2005-AR2 REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or
result in the imposition of a tax upon any 2005-AR2 REMIC. The
Trustee shall furnish the Servicer, upon written request from a
Servicing Officer, with any powers of attorney empowering the
Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and to
foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to
appeal, prosecute or defend in any court action relating to the
Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with this
Agreement, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such other
documents, as the Servicer may request, to enable the Servicer to
service and administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties
hereunder, in each case in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices (and the Trustee shall have no liability for misuse of
any such powers of attorney by the Servicer). If the Servicer or
the Trustee has been advised that it is likely that the laws of the
state in which action is to be taken prohibit such action if taken
in the name of the Trustee or that the Trustee would be adversely
affected under the “doing business” or tax laws of such
state if such action is taken in its name, the Servicer shall join
with the Trustee in the appointment of a co-trustee pursuant to
Section 9.11 hereof. In the performance of its duties
hereunder, the Servicer shall be an independent contractor and
shall not, except in those instances where it is taking action in
the name of the Trustee, be deemed to be the agent of the
Trustee.
Section 3.06 Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements>
(a) When any Mortgaged Property is conveyed by a
Mortgagor, the Servicer or subservicer, to the extent it has
knowledge of such conveyance, shall enforce any due-on-sale clause
contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted
under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the
extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer is not required to
exercise such rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person
to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is
proposed to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions
contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and the
consent of the Mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is
not otherwise so required under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a
condition to such transfer. In the event that the Servicer is
prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if
coverage under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy would be
adversely
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affected, or if nonenforcement is
otherwise permitted hereunder, the Servicer is authorized, subject
to Section 3.06(b), to take or enter into an assumption and
modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which
such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless
prohibited by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable
thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan shall continue to be
covered (if so covered before the Servicer enters such agreement)
by the applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy. The Servicer,
subject to Section 3.06(b), is also authorized with the prior
approval of the insurers under any Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy to enter into a substitution of liability agreement with
such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released
from liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under
this Section by reason of any transfer or assumption which the
Servicer reasonably believes it is restricted by law from
preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Servicer’s duty to enforce
any due-on-sale clause to the extent set forth in
Section 3.06(a), in any case in which a Mortgaged Property is
to be conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to
enter into an assumption or modification agreement or supplement to
the Mortgage Note or Mortgage which requires the signature of the
Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is
required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage
Loan, the Servicer is authorized, subject to the requirements of
the sentence next following, to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Trustee, the assumption agreement with the Person to whom the
Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification
agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other
instruments as are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms
of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any
applicable laws regarding assumptions or the transfer of the
Mortgaged Property to such Person; provided, however, that in
connection with any such assumption, no material term of the
Mortgage Note may be changed. Upon receipt of appropriate
instructions from the Servicer in accordance with the foregoing,
the Trustee shall execute any necessary instruments for such
assumption or substitution of liability delivered to it by the
Servicer and as directed in writing by the Servicer. Upon the
closing of the transactions contemplated by such documents, the
Servicer shall cause the originals or true and correct copies of
the assumption agreement, the release (if any), or the modification
or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage to be delivered to
the Trustee or the Custodian and deposited with the Mortgage File
for such Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Servicer or such
related subservicer for entering into an assumption or substitution
of liability agreement will be retained by the Servicer or such
subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
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Section 3.07 Release of Mortgage Files
. (a) Upon becoming aware of
the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Servicer of a notification that payment in full has been escrowed
in a manner customary for such purposes for payment to
Certificateholders on the next Distribution Date, the Servicer
will, (or if the Servicer does not, the Trustee may), promptly
furnish to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, two copies of a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto
signed by a Servicing Officer or in a mutually agreeable electronic
format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate
from a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a
statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection
with such payment that are required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account maintained by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.01 have been or will be so deposited)
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and shall request that the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, deliver to the Servicer the
related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly
release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer and the Trustee
and Custodian shall have no further responsibility with regard to
such Mortgage File. Upon any such payment in full, the Servicer is
authorized, to give, as agent for the Trustee, as the mortgagee
under the Mortgage that secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of
satisfaction (or assignment of mortgage without recourse) regarding
the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of
satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered
to the Person or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor
of such payment, it being understood and agreed that no expenses
incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the
Custodial Account.
In the event the Servicer satisfies
or releases a Mortgage without having obtained payment in full of
the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage or should it otherwise
prejudice any right the Certificateholders or the Depositor may
have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Servicer, upon written
demand by the Depositor or the Trustee, shall remit within one
Business Day the then outstanding principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan by deposit thereof in the Custodial
Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the
servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall
execute such documents as shall be prepared and furnished to the
Trustee by the Servicer (in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee) and as are necessary to the prosecution of any such
proceedings. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall, upon
the request of the Servicer, and delivery to the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, of two copies of a request for release
signed by a Servicing Officer substantially in the form of
Exhibit D (or in a mutually agreeable electronic format which
will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate from a
Servicing Officer), release the related Mortgage File held in its
possession or control to the Servicer. Such trust receipt shall
obligate the Servicer to return the Mortgage File to the Custodian
on behalf of the Trustee, when the need therefor by the Servicer no
longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in
which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
similar to that hereinabove specified, the Mortgage File shall be
released by the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee or to the
Servicer.
Section 3.08 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of
Servicer To Be Held for Trustee .
(a) The Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee or
Custodian such documents and instruments coming into the possession
of the Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms
hereof, to be delivered to the Trustee or Custodian. Any funds
received by the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loan or which
otherwise are collected by the Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall be held
for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders subject
to the Servicer’s right to retain or withdraw from the
Custodial Account the Servicing Fee and other amounts as provided
in this Agreement. The Servicer shall provide access to information
and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, its
agents and accountants at any time upon reasonable request and
during normal business hours, and to Certificateholders that are
savings and loan associations, banks or insurance companies, the
Office of Thrift Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents
and
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examiners of such Office and
Corporation or examiners of any other federal or state banking or
insurance regulatory authority if so required by applicable
regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision or other regulatory
authority, such access to be afforded without charge but only upon
reasonable request in writing and during normal business hours at
the offices of the Servicer designated by it. In fulfilling such a
request the Servicer shall not be responsible for determining the
sufficiency of such information.
(b) All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held
by, or under the control of, the Servicer, in respect of any
Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and
interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds, shall be held by the Servicer for and on behalf of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders and shall be and remain the sole
and exclusive property of the Trust; provided ,
however , that the Servicer shall be entitled to setoff
against, and deduct from, any such funds any amounts that are
properly due and payable to the Servicer under this
Agreement.
Section 3.09 Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance
Policies
(a) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for
each Mortgage Loan fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage
as is customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located
in an amount which is equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum
insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or
(ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the percentage such that the proceeds
thereof shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the
Mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. If the Mortgaged Property is
in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as being a special flood hazard area
that has federally-mandated flood insurance requirements, the
Servicer will cause to be maintained a flood insurance policy
meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration with a generally acceptable insurance
carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the least
of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii)
the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such
Mortgage Loan or (iii) the maximum amount of insurance which is
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended. The Servicer shall also maintain on the REO Property, fire
and hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount which is
at least equal to the maximum insurable value of the improvements
which are a part of such property, liability insurance and, to the
extent required and available under the Flood Disaster Protection
Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in an amount as provided
above. It is understood and agreed that no other additional
insurance need be required by the Servicer or the Mortgagor or
maintained on property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans,
other than pursuant to the Fannie Mae Guide or such applicable
state or federal laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance. All such
policies shall be endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses with
loss payable to the Servicer and its successors and/or assigns and
shall provide for at least thirty days prior written notice of any
cancellation, reduction in the amount or material change in
coverage to the Servicer. The Servicer shall not interfere with the
Mortgagor's freedom of choice in selecting a insurance carrier or
agent, provided, however, that the Servicer shall not accept any
such insurance policies from insurance companies unless such
companies currently reflect a General Policy Rating in Best's Key
Rating Guide currently acceptable to Fannie Mae and are licensed to
do business in the state wherein the property subject to the policy
is located.
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(b) If the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a
blanket hazard insurance policy with extended coverage insuring
against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall
conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set
forth in the first sentence of Section 3.09(a), it being
understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible
clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a
policy complying with the first sentence of Section 3.09(a)
and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by
such policy, deposit in the Custodial Account the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such
deductible clause.
(c) Pursuant to Section 4.01, any amounts
collected by the Servicer, under any insurance policies (other than
amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property
subject to the related Mortgage) shall be deposited into the
Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
4.02. Any cost incurred by the Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its obligation to do so
shall be added to the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan where
the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit; provided ,
however , that the addition of any such cost shall not be
taken into account for purposes of calculating the distributions to
be made to Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02.
Section 3.10 Presentment of Claims and Collection of
Proceeds . The Servicer
shall prepare and present on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders all claims under the Insurance Policies and take
such actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or
enforcement of the insured’s claim) as shall be necessary to
realize recovery under such policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the
Servicer in respect of such policies, bonds or contracts shall be
promptly deposited in the Custodial Account upon receipt, except
that any amounts realized that are to be applied to the repair or
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition
precedent to the presentation of claims on the related Mortgage
Loan to the insurer under any applicable Insurance Policy need not
be so deposited (or remitted).
Section 3.11 Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies
(a) The Servicer shall not take, or permit any
subservicer to take, any action that would result in noncoverage
under any applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss
which, but for the actions of the Servicer or such subservicer,
would have been covered thereunder. The Servicer shall cause to be
kept in force and effect (to the extent that the Mortgage Loan
requires the Mortgagor to maintain such insurance), primary
mortgage insurance applicable to each Mortgage Loan in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall not, and
shall not permit any subservicer to, cancel or refuse to renew any
such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that is in effect at the
date of the initial issuance of the Mortgage Note and is required
to be kept in force hereunder except in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement. Any such primary mortgage insurance
policies shall be issued by a Qualified Insurer.
(b) The Servicer agrees to present, or to cause each
subservicer to present, on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such
reasonable action as shall be necessary to
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permit recovery under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans.
Pursuant to Section 4.01, any amounts collected by the
Servicer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be
deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant
to Section 4.02.
Section 3.12 Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain
Insurance Policies and Documents .
The Trustee (or the Custodian, as
directed by the Trustee), shall retain possession and custody of
the originals (to the extent available) of any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies, or certificate of insurance if applicable, and
any certificates of renewal as to the foregoing as may be issued
from time to time as contemplated by this Agreement. Until all
amounts distributable in respect of the Certificates have been
distributed in full and the Servicer otherwise has fulfilled its
obligations under this Agreement, the Trustee (or its Custodian, if
any, as directed by the Trustee) shall also retain possession and
custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall promptly
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian,
as directed by the Trustee), upon the execution or receipt thereof
the originals of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, any
certificates of renewal, and such other documents or instruments
that constitute portions of the Mortgage File that come into the
possession of the Servicer from time to time.
Section 3.13 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage
Loans . The Servicer
shall use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the procedures
that the Servicer would use in servicing loans for its own account
and the requirements of the Fannie Mae Guide, to foreclose upon or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of Mortgaged Properties
securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in
default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made
for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 4.01. The
Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to realize upon defaulted
Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize the receipt of
principal and interest by the Depositor, taking into account, among
other things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. The foregoing
is subject to the provisions that, in any case in which Mortgaged
Property shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not be
required to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such
property unless it shall determine in its discretion (i) that such
restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the
related Mortgage Loan to the Depositor after reimbursement to
itself for such expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable by the Servicer through Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds from the related Mortgaged Property, as
contemplated in Section 4.02. The Servicer shall be responsible for
all costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings or
functions as advances; provided, however, that it shall be entitled
to reimbursement therefor as provided in Section 4.02.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in
connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure, in the event the Servicer has reasonable cause to
believe that a Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, or if the Trustee otherwise requests an
environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property, such
an inspection or review is to be conducted by a qualified
inspector. Upon completion of the inspection, the Servicer shall
promptly provide the Depositor and the Trustee with a written
report of the environmental inspection.
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Section 3.14 Compensation for the Servicer
. The Servicer will be entitled to
the Servicing Fee and all income and gain realized from any
investment of funds in the Custodial Account, pursuant to Article
IV, for the performance of its activities hereunder. Servicing
compensation in the form of assumption fees, if any, late payment
charges, as collected, if any, or otherwise (but not including any
prepayment premium or penalty) shall be retained by the Servicer
and shall not be deposited in the Custodial Account. The Servicer
will be entitled to retain, as additional compensation, any
interest incurred in connection with a Principal Prepayment in full
or otherwise in excess of amounts required to be remitted to the
Distribution Account (such amounts together with the amounts
specified in the first sentence of this Section 3.14, the
“Servicing Compensation”) and any Excess Liquidation
Proceeds. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder and
shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as provided
in this Agreement.
Section 3.15 REO Property
(a) In the event the Trust Fund acquires ownership
of any REO Property in respect of any related Mortgage Loan, the
deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee, or to
its nominee, on behalf of the related Certificateholders. The
Servicer shall ensure that the title to such REO Property
references this Agreement and the Trustee’s capacity
hereunder (and not in its individual capacity). The Servicer,
however, shall not be required to expend its own funds or incur
other reimbursable charges in connection with any foreclosure, or
attempted foreclosure which is not completed, or towards the
restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i) that such
restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of
liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Holders of Certificates of one
or more Classes after reimbursement to itself for such expenses or
charges and (ii) that such expenses or charges will be recoverable
to it through Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, or REO
Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of
withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to
Section 4.02, whether or not such expenses and charges are
actually recoverable from related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or REO Proceeds). In the event of such a determination by
the Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.15(a), the Servicer
shall be entitled to reimbursement of such amounts pursuant to
Section 4.02. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged
Property which the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is located within a
one (1) mile radius of any site listed in the Expenditure Plan for
the Hazardous Substance Clean Up Bond Act of 1984 or other site
with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer,
the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property,
consider such risks and only take action in accordance with its
established environmental review procedures.
The Servicer shall, either itself or
through an agent selected by the Servicer, manage, conserve,
protect and operate each REO Property in the same manner that it
manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property
for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property
in the same locality as the REO Property is managed, including in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions and in a manner that does not
result in a tax on “net income from foreclosure
property” (unless such result would maximize the Trust
Fund’s after-tax return on such property) or cause such REO
Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property”
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code. Each
disposition of REO Property shall be carried out by the Servicer at
such price and upon such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems
to be
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in the best interest of the
Certificateholders. The Servicer shall deposit all funds collected
and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property
in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.01.
Upon the occurrence of a Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition, following the deposit in the
Custodial Account of all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and other payments and recoveries referred to in the definition of
“Cash Liquidation” or “REO Disposition,” as
applicable, upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of
such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee or any
Custodian, as the case may be, shall release to the Servicer the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to
vest in the Servicer or its designee, as the case may be, the
related Mortgage Loan, and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not
be part of the Trust Fund.
(b) If
title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired by the Trust Fund as an
REO Property by foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the
deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee or to
its nominee on behalf of Certificateholders. Notwithstanding any
such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage
Loan, such REO Property shall (except as otherwise expressly
provided herein) be considered to be an Outstanding Mortgage Loan
held in the Trust Fund until such time as the REO Property shall be
sold. Consistent with the foregoing for purposes of all
calculations hereunder so long as such REO Property shall be
considered to be an Outstanding Mortgage Loan it shall be assumed
that, notwithstanding that the indebtedness evidenced by the
related Mortgage Note shall have been discharged, such Mortgage
Note and the related amortization schedule in effect at the time of
any such acquisition of title (after giving effect to any previous
Curtailments and before any adjustment thereto by reason of any
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar
waiver or grace period) remain in effect. To the extent the net
income received during any calendar month is in excess of the
amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at
the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan for such
calendar month, such excess shall be considered to be a Curtailment
of the related Mortgage Loan.
(c) If the Trust Fund acquires any REO Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent
default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer on behalf of the Trust
Fund shall dispose of such REO Property within three full years
after the taxable year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund for
purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (or such shorter
period as may be necessary under applicable state (including any
state in which such property is located) law to maintain the status
of any portion of the applicable REMIC as a REMIC under applicable
state law and avoid taxes resulting from such property failing to
be foreclosure property under applicable state law) or, at the
expense of the Trust Fund, request, more than 60 days before the
day on which such grace period would otherwise expire, an extension
of such grace period unless the Servicer obtains for the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Servicer, to
the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such REO Property
subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of
taxes on “prohibited transactions” as defined in
Section 860F of the Code or cause the applicable REMIC to fail
to qualify as a REMIC (for federal (or any applicable State or
local) income tax purposes) at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such
REO Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion
of Counsel). The Servicer shall be
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entitled to be reimbursed from the
Custodial Account for any costs incurred in obtaining such Opinion
of Counsel, as provided in Section 4.02. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, no REO Property acquired by the
Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or
otherwise used by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner
or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such REO Property to
fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the
Trust Fund to the imposition of any federal income taxes on the
income earned from such REO Property, including any taxes imposed
by reason of Section 860G(c) of the Code, unless the Servicer
has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with
respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
Section 3.16 Annual Officer’s Certificate as to
Compliance
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and
the Rating Agencies on or before March 1 of each year,
commencing on March 1, 2006, an Officer’s Certificate,
certifying that with respect to the period ending December 31
of the prior year: (i) such Servicing Officer has reviewed the
activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year or
portion thereof and its performance under this Agreement,
(ii) to the best of such Servicing Officer’s knowledge,
based on such review, such Servicer has performed and fulfilled its
duties, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement in
all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or
obligations, specifying each such default known to such Servicing
Officer and the nature and status thereof, (iii) nothing has
come to the attention of such Servicing Officer to lead such
Servicing Officer to believe that the Servicer has failed to
perform any of its duties, responsibilities and obligations under
this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or,
if there has been a material default in the performance or
fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations,
specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and
the nature and status thereof.
(b) Copies of such statements shall be provided to
any Certificateholder upon request, by the Servicer or by the
Trustee at the Servicer’s expense if the Servicer failed to
provide such copies (unless (i) the Servicer shall have failed
to provide the Trustee with such statement or (ii) the Trustee
shall be unaware of the Servicer’s failure to provide such
statement).
Section 3.17 Annual Independent Accountant’s Servicing
Report . The Servicer at
its expense shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent
certified public accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee,
the Rating Agencies and the Depositor on or before March 1 of
each year, commencing on March 1, 2006 to the effect that,
with respect to the most recently ended fiscal year, such firm has
examined certain records and documents relating to the
Servicer’s performance of its servicing obligations under
this Agreement and pooling and servicing and trust agreements in
material respects similar to this Agreement and to each other and
that, on the basis of such examination conducted substantially in
compliance with the audit program for mortgages serviced for
Freddie Mac or the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers, such firm is of the opinion that the Servicer’s
activities have been conducted in compliance with this Agreement,
or that such examination has disclosed no material items of
noncompliance except for (i) such exceptions as such firm
believes to be immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as are
set forth in such statement and (iii) such exceptions that the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the
Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by Freddie Mac requires it to
report. Copies of such statements shall be provided to
any
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Certificateholder upon request by
the Servicer, or by the Trustee at the expense of the Servicer if
the Servicer shall fail to provide such copies. If such report
discloses exceptions that are material, the Servicer shall advise
the Trustee whether such exceptions have been or are susceptible of
cure, and will take prompt action to do so.
Section 3.18 Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange
Commission . Within 15
days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, in accordance
with industry standards, file with the Commission via the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System
(“EDGAR”), a Form 8-K (or other comparable form
containing the same or comparable information or other information
mutually agreed upon) with a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit
thereto. Prior to January 30 of each year, the Trustee shall,
in accordance with industry standards and only if instructed by the
Depositor, file a Form 15 Suspension Notice with respect to the
Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to (i) March 15, 2006
and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall
have been filed, prior to March 15 of each year thereafter,
the Servicer shall provide the Trustee with a Servicer
Certification, together with a copy of the annual independent
accountant’s servicing report and annual statement of
compliance required to be delivered by the Servicer pursuant to
Sections 3.16 and 3.17. Prior to (i) March 31, 2006, or such
earlier filing date as may be required by the Commission, and
(ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have
been filed, March 31 of each year thereafter, or such earlier
filing date as may be required by the Commission, the Trustee shall
prepare and file a Form 10-K, in substance conforming to industry
standards, with respect to the Trust. Such Form 10-K shall include
the Servicer Certification and other documentation provided by the
Servicer pursuant to the second preceding sentence. The Depositor
hereby grants to the Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute
and file each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power
of attorney shall continue until either the earlier of
(i) receipt by the Trustee from the Depositor of written
termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination
of the Trust Fund. The Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the
Trustee, from time to time upon request, such further information,
reports and financial statements within its control related to this
Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee reasonably deems
appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the
Commission. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to file any
items other than those specified in this Section 3.18;
provided , however , the Trustee will cooperate with
the Depositor in connection with any additional filings with
respect to the Trust Fund as the Depositor deems necessary under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”). Fees and expenses incurred by the
Trustee in connection with this Section 3.18 shall not be
reimbursable from the Trust Fund.
Section 3.19 UCC .
The Depositor shall inform the Trustee in writing of any Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements that were filed on the Closing
Date in connection with the Trust with stamped recorded copies of
such financing statements to be delivered to the Trustee promptly
upon receipt by the Depositor. The Trustee agrees to monitor and
notify the Depositor if any continuation statements for such
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements need to be filed. If
directed by the Depositor in writing, the Trustee will file any
such continuation statements solely at the expense of the
Depositor. The Depositor shall file any financing statements or
amendments thereto required by any change in the Uniform Commercial
Code.
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Section 3.20 Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage
Loans
(a) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which as of
the first day of a Fiscal Quarter is delinquent in payment by 90
days or more or is an REO Property, the Company shall have the
right to purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust at a price
equal to the Repurchase Price; provided however (i) that such
Mortgage Loan is still 90 days or more delinquent or is an REO
Property as of the date of such purchase and (ii) this
purchase option, if not theretofore exercised, shall terminate on
the date prior to the last day of the related Fiscal Quarter. This
purchase option, if not exercised, shall not be thereafter
reinstated unless the delinquency is cured and the Mortgage Loan
thereafter again becomes 90 days or more delinquent or becomes an
REO Property, in which case the option shall again become
exercisable as of the first day of the related Fiscal
Quarter.
(b) If at any time the Company deposits, or remits
to the Servicer (to the extent it is not the Servicer) for deposit,
in the Custodial Account the amount of the Repurchase Price for a
Mortgage Loan and the Company provides to the Trustee a
certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the amount
of such payment has been deposited in the Custodial Account, then
the Trustee shall execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan to
the Company at the request of the Company without recourse,
representation or warranty and the Company shall succeed to all of
the Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to such
Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative thereto.
Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for
security. The Company will thereupon own such Mortgage, and all
such security and documents, free of any further obligation to the
Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect thereto.
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ARTICLE IV
Accounts
Section 4.01 Custodial Account . (a) The Servicer shall segregate and hold all
funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan
separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and
shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts held in
trust for the Certificateholders. Each Custodial Account shall be
an Eligible Account. The Custodial Account shall be maintained as a
segregated account, separate and apart from trust funds created for
mortgage pass-through certificates of other series, and the other
accounts of the Servicer.
Within two Business Days of receipt,
except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Servicer
shall deposit or cause to be deposited the following payments and
collections remitted by subservicers or received by it in respect
of the Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in
respect of principal and interest due on such Mortgage Loans on or
before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required to be
deposited hereunder:
(i) Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans
received or any related portion thereof advanced by the Servicer
which were due during or before the related Due Period, net of the
amount thereof comprising the Servicing Fee;
(ii) Full Principal Prepayments and any Liquidation
Proceeds received by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loans in the related Prepayment Period (or, in the case of
Subsequent Recoveries, during the related Due Period), with
interest to the date of prepayment or liquidation, net of the
amount thereof comprising the Servicing Fee;
(iii)
Partial Principal Prepayments
received by the Servicer for the Mortgage Loans in the related
Prepayment Period;
(iv) Any Monthly Advance and any Compensating
Interest Payments;
(v) Any Insurance Proceeds or Net Liquidation
Proceeds received by or on behalf of the Servicer;
(vi) The Repurchase Price with respect to any
Mortgage Loans purchased by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, any
amounts which are to be treated pursuant to Section 2.04 of
this Agreement as the payment of a Repurchase Price in connection
with the tender of a Substitute Mortgage Loan by the Seller, the
Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchased
pursuant to Section 3.20, and all proceeds of any Mortgage
Loans or property acquired with respect thereto repurchased by the
Depositor or its designee pursuant to
Section 10.01;
(vii)
Any amounts required to be deposited
with respect to losses on investments of deposits in an Account;
and
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(viii)
Any other amounts received by or on
behalf of the Servicer and required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) All amounts deposited to the Custodial Account
shall be held by the Servicer in the name of the Trustee in trust
for the benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement. The requirements for
crediting the Custodial Account or the Distribution Account shall
be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of
prepayment or late payment charges or assumption, tax service,
statement account or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release
and other like fees and charges, need not be credited by the
Servicer to the Distribution Account or the Custodial Account, as
applicable. In the event that the Servicer shall deposit or cause
to be deposited to the Distribution Account any amount not required
to be credited thereto, the Trustee, upon receipt of a written
request therefor signed by a Servicing Officer of the Servicer,
shall promptly transfer such amount to the Servicer, any provision
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(c) The amount at any time credited to the Custodial
Account may be invested, in the name of the Trustee, or its
nominee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in Permitted
Investments as directed by the Servicer. All Permitted Investments
shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal on or
before, and shall be held until, the next succeeding Distribution
Account Deposit Date. Any and all investment earnings on amounts on
deposit in the Custodial Account from time to time shall be for the
account of the Servicer. The Servicer from time to time shall be
permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all
investment earnings from the Custodial Account. The risk of loss of
moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders
resulting from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk
of the Servicer. The Servicer shall deposit the amount of any such
loss in the Custodial Account within two Business Days of receipt
of notification of such loss but not later than the second Business
Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested
are required to be distributed to the
Certificateholders.
Section 4.02 Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the
Custodial Account . (a)
The Servicer will, from time to time on demand of the Trustee, make
or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from the
Custodial Account as the Servicer has designated for such transfer
or withdrawal pursuant to this Agreement. The Servicer may clear
and terminate the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 10.01
and remove amounts from time to time deposited in error.
(b) On an ongoing basis, the Servicer shall withdraw
from the Custodial Account (i) any expenses recoverable by the
Trustee, the Servicer or the Custodian pursuant to Sections 3.03,
7.04 and 9.05 and (ii) any amounts payable to the Servicer as
set forth in Section 3.14.
(c) In addition, on or before each Distribution
Account Deposit Date, the Servicer shall deposit in the
Distribution Account (or remit to the Trustee for deposit therein)
any Monthly Advances required to be made by the Servicer with
respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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(d) No later than 3:00 p.m. New York time on each
Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Servicer will transfer all
Available Funds on deposit in the Custodial Account with respect to
the related Distribution Date to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account.
(e) With respect to any remittance received by the
Trustee after the Distribution Account Deposit Date on which such
payment was due, the Servicer shall pay to the Trustee interest on
any such late payment at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate,
adjusted as of the date of each change of the Prime Rate, plus two
percentage points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount
permitted by applicable law. Such interest shall be remitted to the
Trustee by the Servicer on the date such late payment is made and
shall cover the period commencing with such Distribution Account
Deposit Date and ending with the Business Day on which such payment
is made, both inclusive. The payment by the Servicer of any such
interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a
waiver of any Event of Default by the Servicer.
Section 4.03 Distribution Account . (a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain
in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, the Distribution Account as a segregated trust
account or accounts. The Trustee shall deposit into the
Distribution Account all amounts in respect to Available Funds
received by it from the Servicer.
(b) All amounts deposited to the Distribution
Account shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of
the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions
of this Agreement.
(c) The Distribution Account shall constitute a
trust account of the Trust Fund segregated on the books of the
Trustee and held by the Trustee in trust in its Corporate Trust
Office, and the Distribution Account and the funds deposited
therein shall not be subject to, and shall be protected from, all
claims, liens, and encumbrances of any creditors or depositors of
the Trustee (whether made directly, or indirectly through a
liquidator or receiver of the Trustee). The Distribution Account
shall be an Eligible Account. The amount at any time credited to
the Distribution Account may be invested in the name of the Trustee
in Permitted Investments selected by the Trustee. All Permitted
Investments shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal
on or before, and shall be held until, the next succeeding
Distribution Date if the obligor for such Permitted Investment is
the Trustee or, if such obligor is any other Person, the Business
Day preceding such Distribution Date. All investment earnings on
amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account or benefit from
funds uninvested therein from time to time shall be for the account
of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be permitted to withdraw or
receive distribution of any and all investment earnings from the
Distribution Account on each Distribution Date. If there is any
loss on a Permitted Investment, the Trustee shall deposit the
amount of such loss for deposit in the Distribution Account. With
respect to the Distribution Account and the funds deposited
therein, the Trustee shall take such action as may be necessary to
ensure that the Certificateholders shall be entitled to the
priorities afforded to such a trust account (in addition to a claim
against the estate of the Trustee) as provided by 12 U.S.C. §
92a(e), and applicable regulations pursuant thereto, if applicable,
or any applicable comparable state statute applicable to state
chartered banking corporations.
Section 4.04 Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the
Distribution Account .
(a) The Trustee will, from time to time on demand of the
Servicer, make or cause to be made
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such withdrawals or transfers from
the Distribution Account as the Servicer has designated for such
transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this Agreement or as the Trustee
deems necessary for the following purposes (limited in the case of
amounts due the Servicer to those not withdrawn from the Custodial
Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement):
(i) to reimburse itself or the Servicer for any
Monthly Advance of its own funds, the right of the Trustee or the
Servicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) being
limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan
(including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late
payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such
Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Monthly Advance was
made;
(ii) to reimburse the Servicer from Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage
Loan for amounts expended by the Servicer in good faith in
connection with the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property
which was damaged by an Uninsured Cause or in connection with the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan;
(iii)
to reimburse the Servicer from
Insurance Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for
insured expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan and to
reimburse the Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds from a particular
Mortgage Loan for Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect to
such Mortgage Loan; provided that the Servicer shall not be
entitled to reimbursement for Liquidation Expenses with respect to
a Mortgage Loan to the extent that (i) any amounts with
respect to such Mortgage Loan were paid as Excess Liquidation
Proceeds pursuant to clause (x) of this Section 4.04(a) to the
Servicer; and (ii) such Liquidation Expenses were not included
in the computation of such Excess Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) to pay the Servicer, from Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds received in connection with the liquidation
of any Mortgage Loan, the amount which the Servicer would have been
entitled to receive under clause (ix) of this Section 4.04(a) as
servicing compensation on account of each defaulted scheduled
payment on such Mortgage Loan if paid in a timely manner by the
related Mortgagor;
(v) to pay the Servicer from the Repurchase Price
for any Mortgage Loan, the amount which the Servicer would have
been entitled to receive under clause (ix) of this Section 4.04(a)
as servicing compensation;
(vi) to reimburse the Servicer for advances of funds
(other than Monthly Advances) made with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, and the right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause being
limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan
(including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late
recoveries of the payments for which such advances were
made;
(vii)
to reimburse the Trustee or the
Servicer for any Monthly Advance or advance, after a Realized Loss
has been allocated with respect to the related Mortgage Loan if the
Monthly Advance or advance has not been reimbursed pursuant to
clauses (i) and (vi);
(viii)
to pay the Servicer as set forth in
Section 3.14;
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(ix) to reimburse the Servicer for expenses, costs
and liabilities incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to
Sections 3.03, 7.04(c) and (d);
(x) to pay to the Servicer, as additional servicing
compensation, any Excess Liquidation Proceeds;
(xi) to reimburse the Trustee or the Custodian for
expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by or reimbursable to it
pursuant to this Agreement;
(xii) to remove amounts deposited in error;
and
(xiii) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 10.01.
(b) The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate
accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis and shall
provide a copy to the Trustee, for the purpose of accounting for
any reimbursement from the Distribution Account pursuant to clauses
(i) through (viii) or with respect to any such amounts which would
have been covered by such clauses had the amounts not been retained
by the Servicer without being deposited in the Distribution Account
under Section 4.01(b).
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
distribute the Available Funds to the extent on deposit in the
Distribution Account to the Holders of the Certificates in
accordance with Section 6.01.
Section 4.05 Class A Reserve Fund.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Paying Agent
shall establish and maintain a segregated trust account or
sub-account of a trust account, which shall be titled “Class
A Reserve Fund, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee
for the benefit of holders of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments
II Inc., GreenPoint MTA Trust 2005-AR2, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-AR2” (the “Class A Reserve
Fund”). The Class A Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account
or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. On the Closing Date, the
Depositor shall pay to the Paying Agent an amount equal to
$1,100,000 which shall be deposited by the Paying Agent into the
Class A Reserve Fund. Pursuant to Section 6.01, on the initial
Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Class A Reserve Fund
will be withdrawn from the Class A Reserve Fund and deposited into
the Distribution Account for payment to the Class A Certificates to
the extent that Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class A
Certificates is reduced by application of the Net Rate Cap on such
initial Distribution Date. The Class A Reserve Fund will then be
entitled to be replenished on each future Distribution Date from
amounts otherwise payable as interest on the Class X-1 Certificates
until the Class A Reserve Fund has been replenished to the amount
deposited in such account as of the Closing Date. Once the Class A
Reserve Fund has been replenished in full, all amounts in the Class
A Reserve Fund will be distributed to the Depositor or its designee
on the immediately following Distribution Date; and following such
withdrawal the Class A Reserve Fund will be closed.
(b) The Paying Agent will invest funds deposited in
the Class A Reserve Fund as directed by the Depositor or its
designee in writing in Permitted Investments with a maturity date
(i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date
on which such funds are
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required to be withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than the
Paying Agent or an Affiliate of the Paying Agent is the obligor for
the Permitted Investment, or (ii) no later than the date on which
such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account or sub
account of a trust account pursuant to this Agreement, if the
Paying Agent or an affiliate of the Paying Agent is the obligor for
the Permitted Investment (or, if no written direction is received
by the Paying Agent from the Depositor, then funds in such account
shall remain uninvested). For federal income tax purposes, the
Depositor shall be the owner of the Class A Reserve Fund and shall
report all items of income, deduction, gain or loss arising
therefrom. At no time will the Class A Reserve Fund be an asset of
any REMIC created hereunder. All income and gain realized from
investment of funds deposited in the Class A Reserve Fund, which
investment shall be made solely upon the written direction of the
Depositor, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Depositor and shall be remitted by the Paying Agent to the
Depositor within one Business Day from the closing of the Class A
Reserve Fund. The Depositor shall deposit in the Class A Reserve
Fund the amount of any net loss incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such
loss.
Section 4.06 Statements to the Trustee
The Servicer shall furnish to the
Trustee an individual Mortgage Loan accounting report (a "Report"),
as of the last Business Day of each month (or May 31, 2005, in the
case of the initial Report), in the Servicer's assigned loan number
order to document Mortgage Loan payment activity on an individual
Mortgage Loan basis. With respect to each month, such Report shall
be received by the Trustee no later than the 10th calendar day of
the month of the related Distribution Date (or June 14, 2005, in
the case of the initial Report) a report in an Excel (or
compatible) electronic format (that can be downloaded into a Sybase
database), in such format as may be mutually agreed upon by both
the Trustee and the Servicer, and in hard copy, which Report shall
contain the following:
(i) with respect to each Monthly Payment, received
or advanced during the related Due Period, the amount of such
remittance allocable to interest and to principal; the amount of
Principal Prepayments and prepayment penalties received during the
related Prepayment Period;
(ii) the amount of Servicing Compensation received by
the Servicer during the prior Due Period;
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(iii)
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the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans;
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(iv) the number and aggregate outstanding principal
balances of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60
to 89 days, (3) 90 days or more; (b) as to which foreclosure has
commenced; and (c) as to which REO Property has been acquired;
and
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(v)
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such other data as may reasonably be required by
the Trustee in order to make distributions to the
Certificateholders on such Distribution Date.
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The Servicer shall also provide with
each such Report a trial balance, sorted in the Trustee's assigned
loan number order, and such other loan level information as
described on Exhibits K and L , in electronic
tape form.
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The Servicer shall prepare and file
any and all information statements or other filings required to be
delivered to any governmental taxing authority or to the Trustee
pursuant to any applicable law with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, the Servicer
shall provide the Trustee with such information concerning the
Mortgage Loans as is necessary for the Trustee to prepare the
Trust's income tax returns as the Trustee may reasonably request
from time to time.
ARTICLE V
Certificates
Section 5.01 Certificates . (a) The Depository, the Depositor and the
Trustee have entered into a Depository Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date (the “Depository Agreement”). Except for
the Residual Certificates, the Private Certificates and the
Individual Certificates and as provided in Section 5.01(b), the
Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of
the Depository or its nominee and at all times:
(i) registration of such Certificates may not be transferred
by the Trustee except to a successor to the Depository;
(ii) ownership and transfers of registration of such
Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by
applicable rules established by the Depository; (iii) the
Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and
expenses from its Depository Participants; (iv) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository as representative of such Certificate
Owners of the respective Class of Certificates for purposes of
exercising the rights of Certificateholders under this Agreement,
and requests and directions for and votes of such representative
shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with
respect to different Certificate Owners; and (v) the Trustee may
rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information
furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants.
The Residual Certificates and the
Private Certificates are initially Physical Certificates. If at any
time the Holders of all of the Certificates of one or more such
Classes request that the Trustee cause such Class to become
Global Certificates, the Trustee and the Depositor will take such
action as may be reasonably required to cause the Depository to
accept such Class or Classes for trading if it may legally be
so traded.
All transfers by Certificate Owners
of such respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates and any
Global Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures
established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm
representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant
shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners
it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in
accordance with the Depository’s normal
procedures.
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(b) If
(i)(A) the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository and (B) the Depositor is unable to
locate a qualified successor within 30 days or (ii) the
Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository,
the Trustee shall request that the Depository notify all
Certificate Owners of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of definitive, fully registered Certificates to
Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Trustee of the Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by
registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the
Trustee shall issue the definitive Certificates.
In addition, if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, each Certificate Owner materially
adversely affected thereby may at its option request a definitive
Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner’s interest in
the related Class of Certificates. In order to make such request,
such Certificate Owner shall, subject to the rules and procedures
of the Depository, provide the Depository or the related Depository
Participant with directions for the Trustee to exchange or cause
the exchange of the Certificate Owner’s interest in such
Class of Certificates for an equivalent interest in fully
registered definitive form. Upon receipt by the Trustee of
instructions from the Depository directing the Trustee to effect
such exchange (such instructions to contain information regarding
the Class of Certificates and the Current Principal Balance being
exchanged, the Depository Participant account to be debited with
the decrease, the registered holder of and delivery instructions
for the definitive Certificate, and any other information
reasonably required by the Trustee), (i) the Trustee shall instruct
the Depository to reduce the related Depository Participant’s
account by the aggregate Current Principal Balance of the
definitive Certificate, (ii) the Trustee shall execute and deliver,
in accordance with the registration and delivery instructions
provided by the Depository, a Definitive Certificate evidencing
such Certificate Owner’s interest in such Class of
Certificates and (iii) the Trustee shall execute a new Book-Entry
Certificate reflecting the reduction in the aggregate Current
Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates by the amount of
the definitive Certificates.
Neither the Depositor nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in the delivery of any
instructions required pursuant to this Section 5.01(b) and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions.
(c) (i)
As provided herein, the REMIC Administrator will make an election
to treat the segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage
Loans and certain other related assets subject to this Agreement as
a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool
of assets will be designated as “REMIC I.”
Component I of the Class R Certificates will represent the
sole Class of “residual interests” in REMIC I
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein) under
federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth
the designation, pass-through rate (the “Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate”) and initial Uncertificated Principal
Balance for each of the “regular interests” in
REMIC I (the “REMIC I Regular Interests”).
The “latest possible maturity date” (determined solely
for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii)) for each REMIC I Regular
Interest shall be the Maturity Date. None of the REMIC I
Regular Interests will be certificated. The REMIC I Regular
Interests and the REMIC I Residual Interest will have the following
designations, initial balances and pass-through rates:
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Designation s
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Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through
Rate
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Initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance
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Latest Possible Maturity
Date
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LT1
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Variable(1)
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$812,903,786.64
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June 25, 2045
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LT2
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Variable(1)
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$40,657.39
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