Federal Information Returns and Reports to Certificateholders; REMIC Administration (a) For federal income tax purposes, the taxable year of each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III shall be a calendar year and the Securities Administrator shall maintain or cause the maintenance of the books of each such REMIC on the accrual method of accounting.
(b) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, and the Trustee shall sign, Federal tax information returns or elections required to be made hereunder with respect to each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III, the Trust Fund, if applicable, and the Certificates containing such information and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or applicable Treasury regulations, and shall furnish to each Holder of Certificates at any time during the calendar year for which such returns or reports are made such statements or information at the times and in the manner as may be required thereby, including, without limitation, reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium (using a constant prepayment assumption of 25% CPR). The Securities Administrator will apply for an Employee Identification Number from the IRS under Form SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities. In connection with the foregoing, the Securities Administrator shall timely prepare and file, and the Trustee shall sign, IRS Form 8811, which shall provide the name and address of the person who can be contacted to obtain information required to be reported to the holders of regular interests in each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III (the "REMIC Reporting Agent"). The Trustee shall make elections to treat each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III as a REMIC (which elections shall apply to the taxable period ending December 31, 2002 and each calendar year thereafter) in such manner as the Code or applicable Treasury regulations may prescribe, and as described by the Securities Administrator. The Trustee shall sign all tax information returns filed pursuant to this Section and any other returns as may be required by the Code. The Holder of the Class R-I Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax Matters Person" (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. ss.ss.1.860F-4(d)) for REMIC I, the Holder of the Class R-II Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax Matters Person" for REMIC II and the Holder of the Class R-III Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax Matters Person" for REMIC III. The Securities Administrator is hereby designated and appointed as the agent of each such Tax Matters Person. Any Holder of a Residual Certificate will by acceptance thereof appoint the Securities Administrator as agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of acting as Tax Matters Person for each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III during such time as the Securities Administrator does not own any such Residual Certificate. In the event that the Code or applicable Treasury regulations prohibit the Trustee from signing tax or information returns or other statements, or the Securities Administrator from acting as agent for the Tax Matters Person, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall take whatever action that in its sole good faith judgment is necessary for the proper filing of such information returns or for the provision of a tax matters person, including designation of the Holder of a Residual Certificate to sign such returns or act as tax matters person. Each Holder of a Residual Certificate shall be bound by this Section.
(c) The Securities Administrator shall provide upon request and receipt of reasonable compensation, such information as required in Section 860D(a)(6)(B) of the Code to the Internal Revenue Service, to any Person purporting to transfer a Residual Certificate to a Person other than a transferee permitted by Section 5.05(b), and to any regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate, organization described in Section 1381 of the Code, or nominee holding an interest in a pass-through entity described in Section 860E(e)(6) of the Code, any record holder of which is not a transferee permitted by Section 5.05(b) (or which is deemed by statute to be an entity with a disqualified member).
(d) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be filed, and the Trustee shall sign, any state income tax returns required under Applicable State Law with respect to each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III or the Trust Fund.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount on the Mortgage Loans, that the Trustee or the Securities Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the Trustee or the Securities Administrator withholds any amount from interest or original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall, together with its monthly report to such Certificateholders, indicate such amount withheld.
(f) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator agree to indemnify the Trust Fund and the Seller for any taxes and costs including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Seller or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the Trustee's covenants and the Securities Administrator's covenants, respectively, set forth in this Section 9.12; provided, however, such liability and obligation to indemnify in this paragraph shall not be joint and several and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable or be obligated to indemnify the Trust Fund for the failure by the other to perform any duty under this Agreement or the breach by the other of any covenant in this Agreement.
Tax Returns and Reports to Certificateholders (a) For federal income tax purposes, each REMIC shall have a calendar year taxable year and shall maintain its books on the accrual method of accounting.
(b) The Trustee shall prepare or cause to be prepared, shall execute and shall file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax information returns for each taxable year with respect to each REMIC containing such information at the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code, the Treasury Regulations or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and shall furnish or cause to be furnished to each REMIC and the Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and in such manner as may be required thereby. Within 30 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service, on Form 8811 or as otherwise required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations, the name, title, address and telephone number of the person that Holders of the Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with such additional information at the time or times and in the manner required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations. Such federal, state, or local income tax or information returns shall be signed by the Trustee, or such other Person as may be required to sign such returns by the Code, the Treasury Regulations or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules.
(c) In the first federal income tax return of each REMIC for its short taxable year ending December 31, 2005, REMIC status shall be elected for such taxable year and all succeeding taxable years.
(d) The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained such records relating to each REMIC, including but not limited to records relating to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of the Trust Estate, and the initial fair market value and adjusted basis of the Trust Estate property and assets determined at such intervals as may be required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information.
Reports to Certificateholders (a) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall have prepared (based solely on information provided by the Master Servicer and the Trustee or the Cap Provider) and shall make available to the Trustee, any NIMS Insurer, the Credit Risk Manager and each Certificateholder a report setting forth the following information (on the basis of Mortgage Loan level information obtained from the Servicers):
(i) the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates other than any Class of Notional Certificates, to the extent applicable, allocable to principal on the Mortgage Loans, including Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, stating separately the amount attributable to scheduled principal payments and unscheduled payments in the nature of principal;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates allocable to interest and the calculation thereof;
(iii) the amount, if any, of any distribution to the Holders of the Class P Certificates, the Class X Certificates and the Residual Certificate;
(A) the aggregate amount of any Advances required to be made by or on behalf of the Servicers (or the Master Servicer) with respect to such Distribution Date, (B) the aggregate amount of such Advances actually made, and (C) the amount, if any, by which (A) above exceeds (B) above;
(v) the total number of Mortgage Loans, the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of all the Mortgage Loans as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period, after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under clause (i) above;
(vi) the Class Principal Amount (or Class Notional Amount) of each Class of Certificates, to the extent applicable, as of such Distribution Date after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under clause (i) above, separately identifying any reduction of any of the foregoing Certificate Principal Amounts due to Applied Loss Amounts;
(vii) the amount of any Prepayment Premiums distributed to the Class P Certificates;
(viii) the amount of any Realized Losses incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loans (x) in the applicable Prepayment Period and (y) in the aggregate since the Cut-off Date;
(ix) the amount of the Securities Administrator Fees, Trustee Fees, Servicing Fees, Credit Risk Manager’s Fees and Pool Insurance Premiums paid during the Collection Period to which such distribution relates;
(x) the number and aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans, as reported to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer, (a) remaining outstanding (b) Delinquent 30 to 59 days on a contractual basis, (c) Delinquent 60 to 89 days on a contractual basis, (d) Delinquent 90 or more days on a contractual basis, (e) as to which foreclosure proceedings have been commenced, as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, (f) in bankruptcy and (g) that are REO Properties;
(xi) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property became a REO Property as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs;
(xii) with respect to substitution of Mortgage Loans in the preceding calendar month, the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Deleted Mortgage Loan, and of each Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan;
(xiii) the aggregate outstanding Carryforward Interest, Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, Basis Risk Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls, if any, for each Class of Certificates, after giving effect to the distribution made on such Distribution Date;
(xiv) the Certificate Interest Rate applicable to such Distribution Date with respect to each Class of Certificates;
(xv) the Interest Remittance Amount and the Principal Remittance Amount applicable to such Distribution Date;
(xvi) if applicable, the amount of any shortfall (i.e., the difference between the aggregate amounts of principal and interest which Certificateholders would have received if there were sufficient available amounts in the Certificate Account and the amounts actually distributed);
(xvii) the amount of any Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount after giving effect to the distributions made in such Distribution Date;
(xviii) the aggregate amount of any insurance claim payments received with respect to each Pool Insurance Policy during the related Collection Period, the Old Republic Undrawn Pool Insurance Policy Balance, the United Guaranty Undrawn Pool Insurance Policy Balance, the Old Republic Covered Balance and the United Guaranty Covered Balance;
(xix) the level of LIBOR and the Certificate Interest Rates of the Certificates; and
(xx) the amount of any payments made by the Cap Provider to the Trust Fund under the Cap Agreement. In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii) and (vi) above, the amounts shall (except in the case of the report delivered to the holder of the Class X Certificates) be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original principal amount of Certificates. The Securities Administrator shall make such report and any additional loan level information (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format) available each month to the Trustee, any NIMS Insurer, Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies via the Securities Administrator’s internet website. The Securities Administrator’s internet website shall initially be located at “▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.” Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator’s customer service desk at ▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. Such parties that are unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such. The Securities Administrator shall have the right to change the way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Securities Administrator shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such changes. The foregoing information and reports shall be prepared and determined by the Securities Administrator based solely on Mortgage Loan data provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer (in a format agreed to by the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer) no later than 12:00 p.m.(noon) Eastern Standard Time four Business Days prior to the Distribution Date. In preparing or furnishing the foregoing information to the Trustee, Certificateholders and any NIMS Insurer, the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the information or data regarding the Mortgage Loans and the related REO Property that has been provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer, and the Securities Administrator shall not be obligated to verify, recompute, reconcile or recalculate any such information or data. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Mortgage Loan data provided by the Master Servicer and shall have no liability for any errors in such Mortgage Loan data. The information and reports described in the first paragraph of this Section 4.03(a) shall be provided to the Trustee by the Securities Administrator no later than 12:00 p.m.(noon) Eastern Standard Time one Business Day prior to the Distribution Date.
(b) Upon the reasonable advance written request of any NIMS Insurer or any Certificateholder that is a savings and loan, bank or insurance company, which request, if received by the Trustee, shall be promptly forwarded to the Securities Administrator, the Securities Administrator shall provide, or cause to be provided, (or, to the extent that such information or documentation is not required to be provided by a Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement, shall use reasonable efforts to obtain such information and documentation from such Servicer, and provide) to any NIMS Insurer and such Certificateholder such reports and access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans as any NIMS Insurer or such Certificateholder may reasonably deem necessary to comply with applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision or its successor or other regulatory authorities with respect to an investment in the Certificates; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed by such Certificateholder or the NIMS Insurer for the actual expenses incurred in providing such reports and access.
(c) Within 90 days, or such shorter period as may be required by statute or regulation, after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall have prepared and the Trustee shall make available to any NIMS Insurer and each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder of record, and make available to Certificate Owners (identified as such by the Clearing Agency) in accordance with applicable regulations, a report summarizing the items provided to any NIMS Insurer and the Certificateholders pursuant to Sections 4.03(a)(i) and 4.03(a)(ii) on an annual basis as may be required to enable any NIMS Insurer and such Holders to prepare their federal income tax returns; provided, however, that this Section 4.03(c) shall not be applicable where relevant reports or summaries are required elsewhere in this Agreement. Such information shall also include the amount of original issue discount accrued on each Class of Certificates and information regarding the expenses of the Trust Fund furnished by the Master Servicer to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be deemed to have satisfied this requirement if it forwards such information in any other format permitted by the Code. The Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with such information as is necessary for the Trustee to prepare such reports (and the Trustee may rely solely upon such information).
(d) The Securities Administrator shall furnish any other information that is required by the Code and regulations thereunder to be made available to Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall provide the Securities Administrator with such information as is necessary for the Securities Administrator to prepare such reports (and the Securities Administrator may rely solely upon such information).
Tax Information Returns and Reports The Service Provider shall prepare and file, and require to be prepared and filed by any brokers or banks as to their Customers, with the appropriate governmental agencies, such information, returns and reports as are required to be so filed for reporting: (i) dividends and other distributions made; (ii) amounts withheld on dividends and other distributions and payments under applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations; and (iii) gross proceeds of sales transactions as required.
Information to Certificateholders As soon as practicable following the eleventh calendar day of each month, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ will make available the Class Factor (carried to eight decimal places) for each Class of Certificates after giving effect to the distribution on the following Distribution Date. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae will also furnish to each Person who was a Certificateholder at any time during a calendar year such statements and information as shall be required to be furnished by the Code.