Billing Collection and Remittance Clause Samples
Billing Collection and Remittance
Remittance of Payments and Collections (a) All payments by any Lender to the Agent shall be made not later than the time set forth elsewhere in this Agreement on the Business Day such payment is due; provided, however, that if such payment is due on demand by the Agent and such demand is made on the paying Lender after 1:30 p.m. on such Business Day, then payment shall be made by 11:00 a.m. on the next Business Day. Payment by the Agent to any Lender shall be made by wire transfer, promptly following the Agent’s receipt of funds for the account of such Lender and in the type of funds received by the Agent; provided, however, that if the Agent receives such funds at or prior to 12:00 noon, the Agent shall pay such funds to such Lender by 4:00 p.m. on such Business Day, but if the Agent receives such funds after 12:00 noon, the Agent shall pay such funds to such Lender by 4:00 p.m. on the next Business Day. (b) With respect to the payment of any funds from the Agent to a Lender or from a Lender to the Agent, the party failing to make full payment when due pursuant to the terms hereof shall, on demand by the other party, pay such amount together with interest thereon at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate. In no event shall the Borrower be entitled to receive any credit for any interest paid by the Agent to any Lender, or by any Lender to the Agent, at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate as provided herein. (c) If the Agent pays any amount to a Lender in the belief that a related payment has been or will be received by the Agent from a Loan Party and such related payment is not received by the Agent, then the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount from each Lender that receives such amount. If the Agent determines at any time that any amount received by it under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents must be returned to a Loan Party or paid to any other Person pursuant to any Requirement of Law, court order or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Agent shall not be required to distribute such amount to any Lender.
Collections (a) The Servicer shall remit daily to the Collection Account all payments received from or on behalf of the Obligors on or in respect of the Receivables and all Net Liquidation Proceeds within two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof, in each case, minus (i) an amount equal to amounts previously deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account but later determined by the Servicer in its reasonable opinion to have resulted from mistaken deposits or postings, which amounts have not been previously reimbursed to the Servicer, and (ii) any prepayment charge and other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges which shall be retained by the Servicer and Supplemental Servicing Fees; provided, that any payments received in respect of an Obligor that are not immediately identifiable as such, shall not be deemed “received” until such time as the Obligor is identified and the payment is allocated as such, in accordance with the Servicer’s customary servicing practices. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) above and subject to and upon compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this clause (b), the Servicer may be permitted to make remittances of collections on a less frequent basis than that specified in clause (a) above for so long as such terms and conditions are fulfilled. Accordingly, the Servicer will be permitted to remit collections referred to in clause (a) above to the Collection Account in immediately available funds on each Deposit Date for so long as (i) (A) the Servicer shall be AHFC, (B) no Servicer Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and not have been waived in accordance with the Basic Documents, and (C) (x) the Required Servicer Rating is satisfied, or (y) if the Required Servicer Rating is not satisfied, the Servicer shall have obtained (1) a Servicer Letter of Credit issued by a depository institution or insurance company, as the case may be, having a short-term credit rating at least equal to the Required Deposit Rating and providing that the Indenture Trustee may draw thereon in the event that the Servicer fails to deposit collections into the Collection Account on a monthly basis, or (2) a surety bond, insurance policy or other deposit of cash or securities satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency; provided that in connection with clause (y) above, the Servicer satisfies the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Rating Agency for which the Servicer’s then-current short-term credit rating is not at least equal to the Required Servicer Rating for such Rating Agency and, if applicable, provides the Indenture Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate from the Servicer to the effect that the Servicer’s then-current short-term credit rating is at least equal to the Required Servicer Rating from each other Rating Agency, if any; and, provided further, that if the Servicer shall have obtained a Servicer Letter of Credit in accordance with subclause (1) above, the Servicer shall be required to remit collections to the Collection Account on each Business Day to the extent that the aggregate amount of collections described in clause (a) above and received during such Collection Period exceeds the amount of the Servicer Letter of Credit. The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any event or circumstance under clause (i)(B) above that would require daily remittance by the Servicer to the Collection Account unless a Responsible Officer has received notice of such event or circumstance from the Seller or the Servicer in an Officer’s Certificate, from Securityholders as provided in Section 7.01 or from the Letter of Credit Bank. Notwithstanding the foregoing, immediately following (x) non-compliance with any of clause (A), (B) or (C) above, or (y) the occurrence of an event specified in Section 7.01(c) (notwithstanding any period of grace contained in such clause), the Servicer shall remit all collections referred to in clause (a) above to the Collection Account on a daily basis within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof in accordance with clause (a) above. For purposes of this Article the phrase “payments made on behalf of Obligors” shall mean payments made by Persons other than the Seller, the Servicer or the Letter of Credit Bank, if any. Any funds held by the Servicer which should have been deposited into the Collection Account but were not, thereby resulting in a payment under the Servicer Letter of Credit, if any, shall not be remitted to the Collection Account, but shall instead be paid immediately and directly to the Letter of Credit Bank. The Servicer shall also be permitted to reimburse the Letter of Credit Bank out of its own funds. Any such payment to the Letter of Credit Bank shall be accompanied by a copy of the Servicer’s Certificate related to the previous failure to remit funds and an Officer’s Certificate which includes a statement identifying, by reference to the items in such related Servicer’s Certificate, each shortfall in Servicer remittances to which such payment to the Letter of Credit Bank relates. The Servicer will also provide the Indenture Trustee with copies of each such Servicer’s Certificate and any Officer’s Certificate delivered with any such payment to the Letter of Credit Bank.
Master Servicer Collection Account (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer Collection Account as a segregated trust account or accounts. The Master Servicer Collection Account may be a sub-account of the Distribution Account. The Master Servicer will deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account as identified by the Master Servicer and as received by the Master Servicer, the following amounts: (i) Any amounts withdrawn from a Protected Account or other permitted account; (ii) Any Monthly Advance and any Compensating Interest Payments; (iii) Any Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or which were not deposited in a Protected Account or other permitted account; (iv) The repurchase price with respect to any Mortgage Loans repurchased and all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans or property acquired in connection with the optional termination of the trust; (v) Any amounts required to be deposited with respect to losses on investments of deposits in an Account; and (vi) Any other amounts received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer and required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement. (b) All amounts deposited to the Master Servicer Collection Account shall be held by the Master Servicer in the name of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The requirements for crediting the Master Servicer Collection Account or the Distribution Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of (i) prepayment or late payment charges or assumption, tax service, statement account or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release and other like fees and charges and (ii) the items enumerated in Subsections 4.05(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (xi) and (xii) with respect to the Securities Administrator, need not be credited by the Master Servicer or the related Servicer to the Distribution Account or the Master Servicer Collection Account, as applicable. In the event that the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited to the Distribution Account any amount not required to be credited thereto, the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a written request therefor signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, shall promptly transfer such amount to the Master Servicer from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. (c) The amount at any time credited to the Master Servicer Collection Account shall be invested, in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in Permitted Investments as directed by Master Servicer. All Permitted Investments shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall be held until, the next succeeding Distribution Account Deposit Date. Any and all investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account from time to time shall be for the account of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer from time to time shall be permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all investment earnings from the Master Servicer Collection Account. The risk of loss of moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall deposit the amount of any such loss in the Master Servicer Collection Account within two Business Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not later than the second Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are required to be distributed to the Certificateholders.
Remittance Reports; P&I Advances (a) On the 15th day of each calendar month (or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall furnish to the Securities Administrator a monthly remittance advice to the Securities Administrator in a format as mutually agreed to between the Servicer and the Securities Administrator, containing such information regarding the Mortgage Loans as needed by the Securities Administrator to perform its duties as set forth in Section 4.01 hereof. No later than three Business Days after the 15th day of each calendar month, the Servicer shall furnish to the Securities Administrator a monthly report containing such information regarding prepayments of Mortgage Loans during the applicable Prepayment Period in a format as mutually agreed to between the Servicer and the Securities Administrator. (b) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Servicer for any Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.03(d), the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with each interest portion thereof net of the Servicing Fee), due on the related Due Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans, which Monthly Payments were Delinquent as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, plus (ii) with respect to each REO Property, which REO Property was acquired during or prior to the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and as to which such REO Property an REO Disposition did not occur during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Monthly Payments (with each interest portion thereof net of the Servicing Fee) that would have been due on the related Due Date in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, over the net income from such REO Property transferred to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23 for distribution on such Distribution Date; provided however, that with respect to any Balloon Loan that is delinquent on its maturity date, a Servicer will not be required to advance the related balloon payment but will be required to continue to make advances in accordance with this Section 4.03 with respect to such Balloon Loan in an amount equal to an assumed Monthly Payment that would otherwise be due based on the original amortization schedule for that Mortgage Loan (with interest at the Mortgage Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate). On or before 4:00 p.m. New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds to the Collection Account for inclusion in Available Funds an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the related Distribution Date either (i) from its own funds or (ii) from the Collection Account, to the extent of funds held therein for future distribution (in which case, it will cause to be made an appropriate entry in the records of the Collection Account that amounts held for future distribution have been, as permitted by this Section 4.03, used by the Servicer in discharge of any such P&I Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. Any amounts held for future distribution and so used shall be appropriately reflected in the Servicer’s records and replaced by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account on or before the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date on which such funds would be due. Nothing in this Section 4.03(b) shall be construed to prohibit the Servicer from reimbursing itself at any time from the Collection Account to the extent provided in Section 3.11 herein. (c) The obligation of the Servicer to make such P&I Advances is mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to (d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, shall continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or the removal thereof from the Trust Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section. (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The determination by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate of the Servicer delivered to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee. In addition, the Servicer shall not be required to advance Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts; Reserve Accounts (a) The Master Servicer shall, as to all Serviced Mortgage Loans, establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), in which all related Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained; provided that, in the case of a Serviced Loan Combination, if the related Servicing Account includes funds with respect to any other Serviced Mortgage Loan, then the Master Servicer shall maintain a separate sub-account of such Servicing Account that relates solely to such Serviced Loan Combination. Subject to the terms of the related loan documents, each Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account. Withdrawals of amounts so collected from a Servicing Account may be made (in each case, to the extent of amounts on deposit therein in respect of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan or, in the case of clauses (iv) and (v) below, to the extent of interest or other income earned on such amounts) only for the following purposes: (i) consistent with the related loan documents, to effect the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums (including premiums on any Environmental Insurance Policy), ground rents (if applicable) and comparable items in respect of the respective Mortgaged Properties; (ii) insofar as the particular Escrow Payment represents a late payment that was intended to cover an item described in the immediately preceding clause (i) for which a Servicing Advance was made, to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or any Fiscal Agent, as applicable, for such Servicing Advance; (iii) to refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) following an event of default under the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, for such other purposes as are consistent with the related loan documents, applicable law and the Servicing Standard; (v) to pay interest, if required and as described below, to Mortgagors on balances in such Servicing Account; (vi) to pay the Master Servicer interest and investment income on balances in such Servicing Account as described in Section 3.06, if and to the extent not required by law or the terms of the related loan documents to be paid to the Mortgagor; or (vii) to clear and terminate such Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. To the extent permitted by law or the applicable loan documents, funds in the Servicing Accounts may be invested only in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. The Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in the related Servicing Accounts, if required by law or the terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan. If the Master Servicer shall deposit in a Servicing Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from such Servicing Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) The Master Servicer shall, as to each and every Serviced Mortgage Loan, (i) maintain accurate records with respect to the related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof and (ii) use reasonable efforts to obtain, from time to time, all bills for (or otherwise confirm) the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and, if the subject Serviced Mortgage Loan requires the related Mortgagor to escrow for such items, shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date. For purposes of effecting any such payment for which it is responsible, the Master Servicer shall apply Escrow Payments as allowed under the terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or, if such Serviced Mortgage Loan does not require the related Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor to comply with the requirement of the related Mortgage that the Mortgagor make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items). Subject to Section 3.11(h), the Master Servicer shall timely make a Servicing Advance to cover any such item which is not so paid, including any penalties or other charges arising from the Mortgagor's failure to timely pay such items. (c) The Master Servicer shall, as to each and every Serviced Mortgage Loan, make a Servicing Advance with respect to the related Mortgaged Property in an amount equal to all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items, (ii) ground rents (if applicable), and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies (including Environmental Insurance Policies), in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments (if any) collected from the related Mortgagor are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor (or any related guarantor or party entitled to exercise cure rights) has failed to pay such item on a timely basis. All such Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related payments by or on behalf of the Mortgagors, and further as provided in Section 3.05(a) and/or Section 3.05A. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes of this Agreement, including the Trustee's calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The foregoing shall in no way limit the Master Servicer's ability to charge and collect from the Mortgagor such costs together with interest thereon. (d) The Master Servicer shall, as to all Serviced Mortgage Loans, establish and maintain, as applicable, one or more accounts (the "Reserve Accounts"), into which all related Reserve Funds, if any, shall be deposited and retained; provided that, in the case of a Serviced Loan Combination, if the related Reserve Account includes funds with respect to any other Mortgage Loan, then the Master Servicer shall maintain a separate sub-account of such Reserve Account that relates solely to such Serviced Loan Combination. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited may be made (i) for the specific purposes for which the particular Reserve Funds were delivered, in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the terms of the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and any other agreement with the related Mortgagor governing such Reserve Funds, (ii) to pay the Master Servicer interest and investment income earned on amounts in the Reserve Accounts as described below, and (iii) following an event of default under the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, for such other purposes as are consistent with the related loan documents, applicable law and the Servicing Standard. To the extent permitted in the applicable loan documents, funds in the Reserve Accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Subject to the related loan documents, all Reserve Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. Consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer may waive or extend the date set forth in any agreement governing Reserve Funds by which any required repairs, capital improvements and/or environmental remediation at the related Mortgaged Property must be completed; provided that any waiver, any extension for more than 120 days and any subsequent extension may only be granted with the consent of the Special Servicer.