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SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.,
Depositor
CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND SECURITIZATION LLC,
Seller
▇▇▇▇▇▇ LOAN SERVICING LP,
Servicer
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 2002
2002-CB3 Trust
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms.................................................-2-
Section 1.02 Accounting...................................................-44-
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.................................-45-
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee....................................-48-
Section 2.03 Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller...-49-
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to
the Mortgage Loans...........................................-52-
Section 2.05 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer....-53-
Section 2.06 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor..............-56-
Section 2.07 Issuance of Certificates and the Uncertificated Regular
Interests....................................................-58-
Section 2.08 Representations and Warranties of the Seller.................-58-
Section 2.09 Covenants of the Seller......................................-60-
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 3.02 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.........................-63-
Section 3.03 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans....................-63-
Section 3.04 Collection Account and Distribution Account..................-65-
Section 3.05 Permitted Withdrawals From the Collection Account............-67-
Section 3.06 Establishment of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow
Accounts.....................................................-68-
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Section 3.07 Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow Account....................-69-
Section 3.08 Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Collections
Thereunder...................................................-69-
Section 3.09 Transfer of Accounts.........................................-70-
Section 3.10 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance..............................-71-
Section 3.11 Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy..........-72-
Section 3.12 Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance................-72-
Section 3.13 Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property............-73-
Section 3.14 Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Substitution Agreements..-75-
Section 3.15 Notification of Adjustments..................................-76-
Section 3.16 Optional Purchases of Mortgage Loans by Servicer.............-76-
Section 3.17 Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Files.......................-77-
Section 3.18 Servicing Compensation.......................................-79-
Section 3.19 Annual Statement as to Compliance............................-79-
Section 3.20 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports.....-79-
Section 3.21 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans...........................................-80-
Section 3.22 Reserved.....................................................-81-
Section 3.23 Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Compensating
Interest.....................................................-81-
Section 3.24 Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Mortgage Interest
Rates and Monthly Payments...................................-81-
Section 3.25 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account.........................................-81-
Section 3.26 Liability of Servicer; Indemnification.......................-83-
Section 3.27 Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment of Mortgaged
Properties...................................................-84-
Section 3.28 Protection of Assets.........................................-84-
ARTICLE IV
FLOW OF FUNDS
Section 4.01 Interest Distributions.......................................-85-
Section 4.02 Distributions of Principal and Monthly Excess Cashflow
Amounts......................................................-86-
Section 4.03 Allocation of Losses.........................................-90-
Section 4.04 Method of Distribution.......................................-91-
Section 4.05 Distributions on Book-Entry Certificates.....................-92-
Section 4.06 Statements...................................................-92-
Section 4.07 Remittance Reports; Advances.................................-95-
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Section 4.08 REMIC Distributions..........................................-97-
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates.............................................-98-
Section 5.02 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates........-98-
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........-104-
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners.......................................-105-
Section 5.05 Appointment of Paying Agent.................................-105-
ARTICLE VI
THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01 Liability of the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor.....-106-
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor...............-106-
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others..........-106-
Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign......................................-107-
Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties........................................-108-
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Servicer Events of Termination..............................-109-
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor....................-111-
Section 7.03 Waiver of Defaults..........................................-112-
Section 7.04 Notification to Certificateholders..........................-113-
Section 7.05 Survivability of Servicer Liabilities.......................-113-
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of Trustee...........................................-114-
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Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.......................-115-
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.......-117-
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates................................-118-
Section 8.05 Seller to Pay Trustee Fees and Expenses.....................-118-
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee........................-119-
Section 8.07 Resignation or Removal of Trustee...........................-119-
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee...........................................-120-
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..........................-121-
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...............-121-
Section 8.11 Limitation of Liability.....................................-123-
Section 8.12 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Certificates................................................-123-
Section 8.13 Suits for Enforcement.......................................-123-
Section 8.14 Waiver of Bond Requirement..................................-124-
Section 8.15 Waiver of Inventory, Accounting and Appraisal Requirement...-124-
Section 8.16 Compliance with National Housing Act of 1934................-124-
ARTICLE IX
REMIC ADMINISTRATION
Section 9.01. REMIC Administration........................................-125-
Section 9.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities......................-127-
Section 9.03. Indemnification with Respect to Certain Taxes and Loss
of REMIC Status.............................................-128-
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
Section 10.01 Termination.................................................-129-
Section 10.02 Additional Termination Requirements.........................-130-
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01 Amendment...................................................-132-
Section 11.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts......................-133-
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Section 11.03 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders..................-133-
Section 11.04 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.................................-134-
Section 11.05 Notices.....................................................-135-
Section 11.06 Severability of Provisions..................................-135-
Section 11.07 Article and Section References..............................-135-
Section 11.08 Notice to the Rating Agencies...............................-136-
Section 11.09 Further Assurances..........................................-137-
Section 11.10 Benefits of Agreement.......................................-137-
Section 11.11 Acts of Certificateholders..................................-137-
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A Certificates
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-IO Certificates
Exhibit B-1 Form of Class B-1 Certificates
Exhibit B-2 Form of Class B-2 Certificates
Exhibit B-3 Form of Class B-3 Certificates
Exhibit C-1 Form of Class R Certificates
Exhibit C-1-2 Form of Class R-4 Certificates
Exhibit C-1-3 Form of Class R-5 Certificates
Exhibit C-1-4 Form of Class R-6 Certificates
Exhibit C-2 Form of Class M-1 Certificates
Exhibit C-3 Form of Class M-2 Certificates
Exhibit C-4 Form of Class X Certificates
Exhibit C-5 Form of Class N Certificates
Exhibit D-1 Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit D-2 Schedule of Mortgage Loans without title insurance
Exhibit E Form of Request for Release
Exhibit F-1 Form of Trustee's or Custodian's Initial Certification
Exhibit F-2 Form of Trustee's or Custodian's Final Certification
Exhibit F-3 Form of Receipt of Mortgage Note
Exhibit G Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit H Form of Lost Note Affidavit
Exhibit I Form of ERISA Representation
Exhibit J-1 Form of Investment Letter [Non-Rule 144A]
Exhibit J-2 Form of Investment Letter [Rule 144A]
Exhibit K Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit L Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit M Form of Cap Contract
Exhibit N [Reserved]
Exhibit O [Reserved]
Exhibit P Monthly Information Provided by Servicer
Exhibit Q Form of Officer's Certificate with Respect to Prepayments
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated as of June 1, 2002 (the
"Agreement"), among SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., as depositor
(the "Depositor"), CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND SECURITIZATION LLC, as
seller (the "Seller"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LOAN SERVICING LP, as servicer (the "Servicer")
and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as trustee (the "Trustee").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates (collectively,
the "Certificates"), to be issued hereunder in multiple Classes, which in the
aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created hereunder. The Certificates will consist of thirteen Classes of
Certificates, designated as (i) the Class A Certificates, (ii) the Class A- IO
Certificates, (iii) the Class M-1 Certificates and Class M-2 Certificates, (iv)
the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-2 Certificates and the Class B-3
Certificates, (v) the Class N Certificates, (vi) the Class X Certificates, (vii)
the Class R Certificates, (viii) the Class R-4 Certificates, (ix) the Class R-5
Certificates and (x) the Class R-6 Certificates.
REMIC 1
As provided herein, the Trustee 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 (but exclusive of the LIBOR Carryover
Reserve Account) as a real estate investment conduit (a "REMIC") for federal
income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as
"REMIC 1." The Class R-1 Interest will represent the sole class of "residual
interests" in REMIC 1 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under federal income
tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, the
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate, the initial Uncertificated Principal
Balance, and solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for each of the REMIC 1
Regular Interests. None of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests will be certificated.
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Initial Uncertificated Assumed Final
Designation Pass-Through Rate Principal Balance Maturity Date(1)
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LT1A Variable(2) $146,884,549.12 June 25, 2032
LT1B Variable(2) $101,723,929.00 June 25, 2032
LT1C Variable(2) $ 5,701,344.48 June 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest possible maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each Uncertificated REMIC 1 Regular
Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Uncertificated REMIC 1
Pass-Through Rate" herein.
REMIC 2
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As provided herein, the Trustee will make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC 2." The Class R-2 Interest will represent the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC 2 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined
herein) under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth
the designation, the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate, the initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance, and solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for
each of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests. None of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests
will be certificated.
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Initial Uncertificated Assumed Final
Designation Pass-Through Rate Principal Balance Maturity Date(1)
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LT2AA Variable(2) $249,223,626.15 June 25, 2032
LT2A Variable(2) $ 2,034,470.00 June 25, 2032
LT2M1 Variable(2) $ 171,660.00 June 25, 2032
LT2M2 Variable(2) $ 146,230.00 June 25, 2032
LT2B1 Variable(2) $ 114,440.00 June 25, 2032
LT2B2 Variable(2) $ 25,430.00 June 25, 2032
LT2B3 Variable(2) $ 50,867.23 June 25, 2032
LT2ZZ Variable(2) $ 2,543,099.22 June 25, 2032
LT2AIO Variable(2) N/A(3) June 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the
"latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC 2 Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Uncertificated REMIC 2
Pass-Through Rate" herein.
(3) REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO will not have an Uncertificated Principal
Balance, but will accrue interest on its Uncertificated Notional Amount
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B.
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REMIC 3
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As provided herein, the Trustee shall make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC 3." The Class R-3 Interest represents the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC 3 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The
following table sets forth the Class designation, Pass-Through Rate and Original
Class Certificate Principal Balance for each Class of Certificates that
represents one or more of the "regular interests" in REMIC 3 created hereunder:
Original Class
Pass-Through Certificate Principal Assumed Final
Class Designation Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class A............... Variable(2) $203,447,000.00 June 25, 2032
Class A-IO............ N/A(3) N/A(3) June 25, 2032
Class M-1............. Variable(2) $ 17,166,000.00 June 25, 2032
Class M-2............. Variable(2) $ 14,623,000.00 June 25, 2032
Class B-1 Interest.... Variable(2) $ 11,444,000.00 June 25, 2032
Class B-2............. Variable(2) $ 2,543,000.00 June 25, 2032
Class B-3 Interest.... Variable(2) $ 5,086,723.00 June 25, 2032
Class X/N Interest ... Variable(2) $ 99.60(4) June 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the
"latest possible maturity date" for each Class of Certificates that
represents one or more of the "regular interests" in REMIC 3.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate" herein.
(3) The Class A-IO Certificates will receive all amounts distributed to REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2AIO.
(4) The Class X/N Interest will accrue interest at its variable Pass-Through
Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class X/N Interest outstanding from time
to time which shall equal the aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal
Balances of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests. The Class X/N Interest will not
accrue interest on its Class Certificate Principal Balance.
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REMIC 4
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As provided herein, the Trustee shall make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class B-1 Interest as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC 4." The Class R-4 Certificates represent the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC 4 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The
following table sets forth the Class designation, Pass-Through Rate and Original
Class Certificate Principal Balance for the Class of Certificates that represent
the "regular interest" in REMIC 4 created hereunder:
Original Class
Pass-Through Certificate Principal Assumed Final
Class Designation Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class B-1........ Variable(2) $11,444,000.00 June 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the
"latest possible maturity date" for the Class of Certificates that
represent the "regular interest" in REMIC 4.
(2) The Class B-1 Certificates will receive 100% of amounts received in respect
of the Class B-1 Interest.
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REMIC 5
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As provided herein, the Trustee shall make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class B-3 Interest as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC 5." The Class R-5 Certificates represent the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC 5 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The
following table sets forth the Class designation, Pass-Through Rate and Original
Class Certificate Principal Balance for the Class of Certificates that represent
the "regular interest" in REMIC 5 created hereunder:
Original Class
Pass-Through Certificate Principal Assumed Final
Class Designation Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class B-3........ Variable(2) $5,086,723.00 June 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the
"latest possible maturity date" for the Class of Certificates that
represent the "regular interest" in REMIC 5.
(2) The Class B-3 Certificates will receive 100% of amounts received in respect
of the Class B-3 Interest.
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REMIC 6
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As provided herein, the Trustee shall make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class X/N Interest as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC 6." The Class R-6 Certificates represents the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC 6 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The
following table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation, Pass-Through
Rate and Original Class Certificate Principal Balance for the Class of
Certificates that represent the "regular interest" in REMIC 6 created hereunder:
The Class X/N Certificates will not be certificated.
Original Class
Pass-Through Certificate Principal Assumed Final
Class Designation Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class X/N........ Variable(2) $99.60 June 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date following the maturity date for the
Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the
"latest possible maturity date" for the Class of Certificates that
represent the "regular interest" in REMIC 6.
(2) The Class X/N Certificates will receive 100% of amounts received in respect
of the Class X/N Interest.
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In addition to the above Certificates, the Trust Fund shall issue two
additional Classes of Certificates, designated as the Class N Certificates and
the Class X Certificates. For federal income tax purposes, in the event that the
beneficial ownership of the Class N Certificates and the Class X Certificates is
held by separate persons for tax purposes, the Trustee shall treat the Class N
Certificates as debt of the Class X Certificateholders for federal income tax
purposes and shall not treat such Class of Certificates as an interest in any
REMIC created hereunder. In the event that the beneficial ownership of the Class
N Certificates and the Class X Certificates is held by the same person, the
Trustee shall treat the Class N Certificates as not having been issued for
federal income tax purposes so that the entire economic entitlement of the Class
N Certificates and Class X Certificates (excluding the Class X Certificates
right to receive amounts from the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account) will
represent a "regular interest" in REMIC 6. The following table irrevocably sets
forth the designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the Notional Amount for the Class
N Certificates and the Class X Certificates.
Pass-Through Assumed Final
Class Designation Rate Notional Amount Maturity Date(1)
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Class N.......... 10.00% per annum $10,000,000.00 June 25, 2032
Class X.......... Variable(1) N/A June 25, 2032
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(1) The Class X Certificates are entitled to all amounts remaining following
distributions on the Class N Certificates in accordance with Section
4.02(b)(xxii).
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 DEFINED TERMS.
Whenever used in this Agreement or in the Preliminary Statement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the meanings specified in this Article. Unless otherwise specified, interest on
the Class A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2
Certificates, the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-2 Certificates and the
Class B-3 Certificates will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of
days in the related Interest Accrual Period and a 360-day year. Interest on the
Class A-IO Certificates, the Class N Certificates and the Class X Certificates
will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.
"1933 Act": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"60+ Day Delinquent Loan": Each Mortgage Loan with respect to which
any portion of a Monthly Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Collection
Period, two months or more past due (excluding any Re-Performing 60+ Day
Delinquent Loan but including any Excess Re- Performing 60+ Day Delinquent
Loan), each Mortgage Loan in foreclosure, all REO Property and each Mortgage
Loan for which the Mortgagor has filed for bankruptcy after the Closing Date.
"Account": Either the Collection Account or the Distribution Account.
"Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to each Distribution Date
and Class of Certificates and the Class B-1 Interest, the Class B-3 Interest and
the Class X/N Interest, an amount equal to the interest accrued at the
applicable rate set forth or described opposite such Class in the table in the
Preliminary Statement during the related Interest Accrual Period on the
Certificate Principal Balance (or Notional Amount) of such Class immediately
prior to such Distribution Date, reduced by such Class's Interest Percentage of
Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for federal income tax purposes and under the REMIC Provisions, the
Accrued Certificate Interest for the Class A-IO Certificates and any
Distribution Date will be deemed to be the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for
REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO for such Distribution Date.
"Actuarial Mortgage Loan": Any Mortgage Loan other than a Simple
Interest Mortgage Loan.
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"Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which has a rate at
which interest accrues that adjusts based on an Index plus a related Gross
Margin, as set forth and subject to the limitations in the related Mortgage
Note.
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
each adjustment date on which the Mortgage Interest Rate of an Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan may change pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The first
Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date as to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Advance": As to any Actuarial Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the
Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.07.
"Adverse REMIC Event": As defined in Section 9.01(f) hereof.
"Affiliate": With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this
definition, "control" means the power to direct the management and policies of a
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities,
by contract or otherwise and "controlling" and "controlled" shall have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Agency Insurance Agreements": Collectively, the FHA Insurance
Contracts and VA Guaranty Agreements.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
and supplements hereto.
"Applicable Regulations": As to any Mortgage Loan, all federal, state
and local laws, statutes, rules and regulations applicable thereto, including
with respect to each FHA Loan, the FHA Regulations and the related FHA Insurance
Contract and with respect to each VA Loan, the VA Regulations and the related VA
Guaranty Agreement.
"Applied Realized Loss Amount": With respect to each Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of the Certificate Principal
Balances of the Certificates (after giving effect to all distributions on such
Distribution Date) over (b) the Pool Balance as of the end of the related
Collection Period.
"Arrearage": With respect to a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the total
amount of scheduled monthly payments due thereon on or before the Cut-off Date
that were not received prior
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to the Cut-off Date but for which advances of principal and interest were made,
plus any unreimbursed Servicing Advances as of the Cut-off Date.
"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of
the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of
record the sale of the Mortgage.
"Assumed Final Maturity Date": As to each Class of Certificates, the
date set forth as such in the Preliminary Statement.
"Available Funds": As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
excess of (i) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the Monthly Payments due during
the related Collection Period and received by the Trustee one Business Day prior
to the related Distribution Date, (b) Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
Principal Prepayments, Substitution Adjustment Amounts, the Purchase Price for
any repurchased Mortgage Loan, the Termination Price with respect to the
termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof and other unscheduled
recoveries of principal and interest (excluding prepayment penalties and amounts
received in respect of Arrearages) in respect of the Mortgage Loans during the
related Prepayment Period, (c) the aggregate of any amounts received in respect
of an REO Property withdrawn from any REO Account and deposited in the
Collection Account for such Distribution Date, (d) any Compensating Interest for
such Distribution Date, and (e) the aggregate of any Advances made by the
Servicer for such Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of (a) amounts
reimbursable or payable to the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05, (b) Stayed
Funds, (c) the Servicing Fee and (d) amounts deposited in the Collection Account
or the Distribution Account, as the case may be, in error.
"Balloon Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment
of the unamortized principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in a single payment
at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is substantially greater than the
preceding monthly payment.
"Balloon Payment": A payment of the unamortized principal balance of a
Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is
substantially greater than the preceding Monthly Payment.
"Bankruptcy Code": Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
"Book-Entry Certificates": Any of the Certificates that shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which
is reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository
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Participant," or indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the
rules of the Depository and as described in Section 5.02 hereof). On the Closing
Date, the Class A, Class A-IO, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1 and Class B-2
Certificates shall be Book-Entry Certificates.
"Business Day": Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in the State of Delaware, the State of New York, the
State of Texas or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
"Cap Contract": The cap contract between the Trustee and the
counterparty thereunder, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit M.
"Certificate": Any Regular Certificate, Class N Certificate, Class X
Certificate or Residual Certificate.
"Certificate Custodian": Initially, JPMorgan Chase Bank; thereafter
any other Certificate Custodian acceptable to the Depository and selected by the
Trustee.
"Certificate Owner": With respect to each Book-Entry Certificate, any
beneficial owner thereof.
"Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Class A-IO, Class N, Class X and Residual
Certificates) and any Distribution Date, the Original Class Certificate
Principal Balance reduced by the sum of (i) all amounts actually distributed in
respect of principal of such Class on all prior Distribution Dates and (ii)
Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated thereto. The Class A-IO, Class N, Class
X and Residual Certificates do not have a Certificate Principal Balance. With
respect to any Certificate (other than a Class A-IO, Class N, Class X or a
Residual Certificate) of a Class and any Distribution Date, the portion of the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class represented by such Certificate
equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate
and the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class.
"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar": The register
maintained and registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a
Disqualified Organization or non-U.S. Person shall not be a Holder of a Residual
Certificate for any purpose hereof.
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"Class": Collectively, Certificates or REMIC Regular Interests which
have the same priority of payment and bear the same class designation and the
form of which is identical except for variation in the Percentage Interest
evidenced thereby.
"Class A Applied Realized Loss Amount": As to the Class A Certificates
and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof (after taking into account the distribution of the Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, but prior to the application of
the Class A Applied Realized Loss Amount, if any, on such Distribution Date) and
(y) the excess of (i) the Applied Realized Loss Amount as of such Distribution
Date over (ii) the sum of the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount, the Class
M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount, the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount,
the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount and the Class B-3 Applied Realized
Loss Amount, in each case as of such Distribution Date.
"Class A Certificate Margin": For each Distribution Date (i) on or
prior to the Optional Termination Date, 0.32% per annum, and (ii) following the
Optional Termination Date, 0.64% per annum.
"Class A Pass-Through Rate": For each Distribution Date, the lesser of
(i) LIBOR as of the related LIBOR Determination Date, plus the Class A
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for such Distribution Date.
"Class A-IO Certificate": Any one of the Class A-IO Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a
regular interest in REMIC 3.
"Class A-IO Pass-Through Rate": For each Distribution Date (i) in or
prior to December 2002, 6.50% per annum, (ii) from and including the
Distribution Date in January 2003 through and including the Distribution Date on
June 2003, 3.50% per annum and (iii) after the Distribution Date in June 2003,
0.00%.
"Class A-IO Rate": With respect to REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO:
(A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the 6th
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the excess of (i) the
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B
over (ii) the excess (but not less than zero) of (x) the Uncertificated
REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B over (y) 6.50%
per annum;
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(B) in the case of the 7th Distribution Date through the 12th
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the excess of (i) the
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B
over (ii) the excess (but not less than zero) of (x) the Uncertificated
REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B over (y) 3.50%
per annum;
(C) in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum.
"Class A Certificate": Any one of the Certificates with an "A"
designated on the face thereof substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-1, executed by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and authenticated
and delivered by the Certificate Registrar, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein.
"Class A Certificateholders": Collectively, the Holders of the Class A
Certificates.
"Class A Interest Carry Forward Amount": For any Distribution Date,
the sum of the Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class A Certificates for
such Distribution Date.
"Class A Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Distribution Date
(a) prior to the Stepdown Date or with respect to which a Trigger Event is in
effect, the lesser of (i) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount and (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates and (b) on or after
the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect, the excess of
(x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
58.00% and (ii) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection
Period and (B) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection
Period minus the product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the Pool Balance on the Cut-off
Date.
"Class A Realized Loss Amortization Amount": As to the Class A
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for the Class A Certificates as of such Distribution Date
and (y) the excess of (i) the Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount over (ii) the sum
of the amounts described in Section 4.02(b)(i) and (ii) hereof, in each case for
such Distribution Date.
"Class B Certificate": Any one of the Certificates with a "B"
designated on the face thereof substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibits ▇-▇, ▇-▇ and B-3, executed by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and
authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and therein.
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"Class B Certificateholders": Collectively, the Holders of the Class B
Certificates.
"Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount": As to the Class B-1
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof (after taking into account the distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, but prior to the
application of the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount, if any, on such
Distribution Date) and (y) the excess of (i) the Applied Realized Loss Amount as
of such Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of the Class B-2 Applied Realized
Loss Amount and the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount, in each case as of
such Distribution Date.
"Class B-1 Certificate Margin": For each Distribution Date (i) on or
prior to the Optional Termination Date, 1.90% per annum, and (ii) following the
Optional Termination Date, 2.85% per annum.
"Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate": For each Distribution Date, the lesser
of (i) LIBOR as of the related LIBOR Determination Date, plus the Class B-1
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for such Distribution Date.
"Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Distribution Date
on or after the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances
of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (iv) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 92.00% and
(ii) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period and
(B) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period minus
the product of 0.50% and the Pool Balance on the Cut-off Date.
"Class B-1 Realized Loss Amortization Amount": As to the Class B-1
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for the Class B-1 Certificates as of such Distribution Date
and (y) the excess of (i) the Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount over (ii) the sum
of the amounts described in Section 4.02(b)(i) through (xii) hereof, in each
case for such Distribution Date.
"Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount": As to the Class B-2
Certificates and as
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of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof (after taking into account the distribution of the Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, but prior to the application of
the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount, if any, on such Distribution Date)
and (y) the excess of (i) the Applied Realized Loss Amount as of such
Distribution Date over (ii) the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount as of
such Distribution Date.
"Class B-2 Certificate Margin": For each Distribution Date (i) on or
prior to the Optional Termination Date, 2.25% per annum, and (ii) following the
Optional Termination Date, 3.375% per annum.
"Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate": For each Distribution Date, the lesser
of (i) LIBOR as of the related LIBOR Determination Date, plus the Class B-2
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for such Distribution Date.
"Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Distribution Date
on or after the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances
of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the
product of (i) 94.00% and (ii) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period and (B) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period minus the product of 0.50% and the Pool Balance on the
Cut-off Date.
"Class B-2 Realized Loss Amortization Amount": As to the Class B-2
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for the Class B-2 Certificates as of such Distribution Date
and (y) the excess of (i) the Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount over (ii) the sum
of the amounts described in Section 4.02(b)(i) through (xv) hereof, in each case
for such Distribution Date.
"Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount": As to the Class B-3
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof (after taking into account the distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, but prior
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to the application of the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount, if any, on
such Distribution Date) and (y) the Applied Realized Loss Amount as of such
Distribution Date.
"Class B-3 Certificate Margin": For each Distribution Date (i) on or
prior to the Optional Termination Date, 3.50% per annum, and (ii) following the
Optional Termination Date, 5.25% per annum.
"Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate": For each Distribution Date, the lesser
of (i) LIBOR as of the related LIBOR Determination Date, plus the Class B-3
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for such Distribution Date.
"Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Distribution Date
on or after the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances
of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the
product of (i) 98.00% and (ii) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period and (B) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period minus the product of 0.50% and the Pool Balance on the
Cut-off Date.
"Class B-3 Realized Loss Amortization Amount": As to the Class B-3
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for the Class B-3 Certificates as of such Distribution Date
and (y) the excess of (i) the Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount over (ii) the sum
of the amounts described in Section 4.02(b)(i) through (xviii) hereof, in each
case for such Distribution Date.
"Class M Certificate": Any one of the Certificates with an "M"
designated on the face thereof substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit C-2 and Exhibit C-3, executed by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and
authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and therein.
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"Class M Certificateholders": Collectively, the Holders of the Class M
Certificates.
"Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount": As to the Class M-1
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof (after taking into account the distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, but prior to the
application of the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount, if any, on such
Distribution Date) and (y) the excess of (i) the Applied Realized Loss Amount as
of such Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of the Class M-2 Applied Realized
Loss Amount, the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount, the Class B-2 Applied
Realized Loss Amount and the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount, in each
case as of such Distribution Date.
"Class M-1 Certificate Margin": For each Distribution Date (i) on or
prior to the Optional Termination Date, 0.63% per annum, and (ii) following the
Optional Termination Date, 0.945% per annum.
"Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate": For each Distribution Date, the lesser
of (i) LIBOR as of the related LIBOR Determination Date, plus the Class M-1
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for such Distribution Date.
"Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Distribution Date
on or after the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class
A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 71.50% and
(ii) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period and
(B) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period minus
the product of 0.50% and the Pool Balance on the Cut-off Date.
"Class M-1 Realized Loss Amortization Amount": As to the Class M-1
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for the Class M- 1 Certificates as of such Distribution
Date and (y) the excess of (i) the Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount over (ii) the
sum of the amounts described in Section 4.02(b)(i) through (v) hereof, in each
case for such Distribution Date.
"Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount": As to the Class M-2
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof (after taking into account the distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, but prior to the
application of the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount, if any, on such
Distribution
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Date) and (y) the excess of (i) the Applied Realized Loss Amount as of such
Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss
Amount, the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount and the Class B-3 Applied
Realized Loss Amount, in each case as of such Distribution Date.
"Class M-2 Certificate Margin": For each Distribution Date (i) on or
prior to the Optional Termination Date, 1.25% per annum, and (ii) following the
Optional Termination Date, 1.875% per annum.
"Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate": For each Distribution Date, the lesser
of (i) LIBOR as of the related LIBOR Determination Date, plus the Class M-2
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for such Distribution Date.
"Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Distribution Date
on or after the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class
A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the
product of (i) 83.00% and (ii) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period and (B) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period minus the product of 0.50% and the Pool Balance on the
Cut-off Date.
"Class M-2 Realized Loss Amortization Amount": As to the Class M-2
Certificates and as of any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for the Class M- 2 Certificates as of such Distribution
Date and (y) the excess of (i) the Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount over (ii) the
sum of the amounts described in Section 4.02(b)(i) through (viii) hereof, in
each case for such Distribution Date.
"Class N Certificate": Any one of the Class N Certificates executed by
the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-5, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and therein. The Class N Certificates shall
not represent an interest in any REMIC.
"Class R Certificate": The Class R Certificate executed by the
Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-1 and evidencing the
ownership of the Class R-1 Interest, the Class R-2 Interest and the Class R-3
Interest.
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"Class R-1 Interest": The uncertificated residual interest in REMIC 1.
"Class R-2 Interest": The uncertificated residual interest in REMIC 2.
"Class R-3 Interest": The uncertificated residual interest in REMIC 3.
"Class R-4 Certificate": The Class R-4 Certificate executed by the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, and authenticated and delivered by the
Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-1-2
and representing the residual interest in REMIC 4.
"Class R-5 Certificate": The Class R-5 Certificate executed by the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, and authenticated and delivered by the
Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-1-3
and representing the residual interest in REMIC 5.
"Class R-6 Certificate": The Class R-6 Certificate executed by the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, and authenticated and delivered by the
Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-1-4
and representing the residual interest in REMIC 6.
"Class X Certificate": Any one of the Class X Certificates executed by
the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-4, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and therein.
"Class X/N Certificate": An uncertificated certificate in REMIC 6 held
by the Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Class X and Class N Certificates
and representing a regular interest in REMIC 6.
"Class X/N Interest": An uncertificated interest in REMIC 3 held by
the Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Class X and Class N Certificates and
representing a regular interest in REMIC 3.
"Class X Distributable Amount": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the excess of (i) the aggregate of amounts distributable on the Class X/N
Certificates for such Distribution Date, over (ii) the aggregate of amounts
distributable to the Class N Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(b).
"Closing Date": June 20, 2002.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from
time to
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time.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and maintained
by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.04, which shall be entitled "Collection
Account, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer for the Trust under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of June 1, 2002 among Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., as Depositor, Credit-Based Asset Servicing and
Securitization LLC, as Seller, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee, in trust for registered Holders of 2002-CB3
Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3," and
which must be an Eligible Account.
"Collection Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
from the second day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs through the first day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
"Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date and Mortgage Loan, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan plus the principal balance of any related senior
mortgage loan, and the denominator of which is the Value of the related
Mortgaged Property.
"Compensating Interest": As defined in Section 3.23 hereof.
"Condemnation Proceeds": All awards or settlements in respect of a
taking of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or
condemnation.
"Conventional Mortgage Loan": Any Mortgage Loan that is neither an FHA
Loan nor a VA Loan.
"Corporate Trust Office": With respect to the Trustee, the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business in connection with this Agreement shall be
administered, which office at the date of the execution of this instrument is
located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Institutional Trust Services, C-BASS Series 2002-CB3, or at such
other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Seller.
"Corresponding Certificate": With respect to (i) REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2A, (ii) REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1, (iii) REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M2, (iv) REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1, (v) REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2B2 and (vi) REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3, (i) the Class A
Certificates, (ii) Class M-1 Certificates, (iii) Class M-2 Certificates, (iv)
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Class B-1 Certificates, (v) the Class B-2 Certificates and (vi) the Class B-3
Certificates.
"Custodial Agreement": The Custodial Agreement, dated as of June 1,
2002, among the Trustee, the Servicer and the Custodian, as the same may be
amended or supplemented pursuant to the terms thereof.
"Custodian": The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, or
any successor custodian appointed pursuant to the terms of the Custodial
Agreement.
"Cut-off Date": June 1, 2002.
"Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance": The aggregate of the
Cut-off Date Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans.
"Cut-off Date Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the unpaid principal balance thereof as of the Cut-off Date after application of
funds received or advanced on or before such date (or as of the applicable date
of substitution with respect to an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan).
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.
"Defective Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced
by one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans.
"Deferred Interest": With respect to any Mortgage Loan identified on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having the possibility of negative amortization,
the current portion of interest not currently paid by the Mortgagor that is
added to the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an
amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.
"Definitive Certificates": As defined in Section 5.02(c) hereof.
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"Delinquent": Any Mortgage Loan, the Monthly Payment due on a Due Date
with respect to which such monthly payment is not made by the close of business
on the next scheduled Due Date for such Mortgage Loan.
"Depositor": Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or any successor in interest.
"Depository": The initial depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company, whose nominee is Cede & Co., or any other organization registered as a
"clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the registered Holder of the
Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State of New York.
"Depository Agreement": With respect to any Book-Entry Certificates,
the agreement among the Depositor, the Trustee and the initial Depository, to be
dated on or about the Closing Date.
"Depository Participant": A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
"Determination Date": With respect to any Distribution Date, the 10th
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such
10th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 10th
day.
"Directly Operate": With respect to any REO Property, the furnishing
or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the management or operation of
such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for sale to
customers, the performance of any construction work thereon or any use of such
REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust other than through an
Independent Contractor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee (or the Servicer
under this Agreement) shall not be considered to Directly Operate an REO
Property solely because the Trustee (or the Servicer under this Agreement)
establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals
with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs or capital
expenditures with respect to such REO Property.
"Disqualified Organization": A "disqualified organization" under
Section 860E of the Code, which as of the Closing Date is any of: (i) the United
States, any state or political
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subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, any foreign
government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) any organization (other than a cooperative described
in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of
the Code unless such organization is subject to the tax imposed by Section 511
of the Code, (iii) any organization described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the
Code, or (iv) any other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an
Opinion of Counsel provided by nationally recognized counsel to the Trustee that
the holding of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person
may cause the Trust Fund or any Person having an ownership interest in any Class
of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur 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. A corporation
will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any state
or political subdivision thereof if all of its activities are subject to tax and
a majority of its board of directors is not selected by a governmental unit. The
term "United States," "state" and "international organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.
"Distribution Account": The trust account or accounts created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.04(b) which shall be entitled
"Distribution Account, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee, in trust for the
registered Holders of 2002-CB3 Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2002-CB3" and which must be an Eligible Account.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any calendar month, or if such
25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th
day, commencing in July 2002.
"Due Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, the day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs on
which the Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan was due, exclusive of any grace
period.
"Eligible Account": Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with
a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository
institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding
company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are
rated "A-1" (or the equivalent) by each of the Rating Agencies at the time any
amounts are held on deposit therein, (ii) an account or accounts the deposits in
which are fully 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 delivered to the Trustee and to each
Rating Agency, the Certificateholders will have a claim with respect to the
funds in such account or a perfected first priority security interest against
such collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments)
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securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or
creditors of the depository institution with which such account is maintained,
(iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a
federal or state chartered depository institution, national banking association
or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) an account otherwise
acceptable to each Rating Agency without reduction or withdrawal of their then
current ratings of the Certificates as evidenced by a letter from each Rating
Agency to the Trustee. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
"Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan": A mortgage loan substituted for a
Defective Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which must, on
the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after
application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or
prior to the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not more than 5% less
than, the outstanding principal balance of the Defective Mortgage Loan as of the
Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs, (ii) have a
Mortgage Interest Rate, with respect to a Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan, not less
than the Mortgage Interest Rate of the Defective Mortgage Loan and not more than
1% in excess of the Mortgage Interest Rate of such Defective Mortgage Loan,
(iii) if an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Maximum Loan Rate not less
than the Maximum Loan Rate for the Defective Mortgage Loan, (iv) if an
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Minimum Loan Rate not less than the
Minimum Loan Rate of the Defective Mortgage Loan, (v) if an Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, have a Gross Margin equal to or greater than the Gross Margin of
the Defective Mortgage Loan, (vi) if an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a
next Adjustment Date not more than two months later than the next Adjustment
Date on the Defective Mortgage Loan, except in the case of any Mortgage Loan
which has an Arrearage due to the application of any related forbearance plan
with respect to such Mortgage Loan, an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan must
have all Adjustment Dates occurring during the same Interest Accrual Period
during which Adjustment Dates occur with respect to the substituted Mortgage
Loan, (vii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater than (and not more
than one year less than) that of the Defective Mortgage Loan, (viii) be current
as of the date of substitution, (ix) have a Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio as of
the date of substitution equal to or lower than the Combined Loan-to- Value
Ratio of the Defective Mortgage Loan as of such date, (x) have a risk grading
determined by the Seller at least equal to the risk grading assigned on the
Defective Mortgage Loan, (xi) have been reunderwritten by the Seller in
accordance with the same underwriting criteria and guidelines as the Defective
Mortgage Loan and (xii) conform to each representation and warranty set forth in
Section 2.04 hereof applicable to the Defective Mortgage Loan. In the event that
one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Defective Mortgage
Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the
basis of aggregate principal balances, the Mortgage Interest Rates described in
clause (ii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted average Mortgage
Interest Rates, the risk gradings described in clause (x) hereof shall be
satisfied as to each such mortgage loan, the terms described in clause (vii)
hereof shall be determined on the basis of
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weighted average remaining term to maturity, the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratios
described in clause (ix) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan
and, except to the extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the
representations and warranties described in clause (xii) hereof must be
satisfied as to each Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as
the case may be.
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"ERISA Restricted Certificates": Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class N, Class X and Residual Certificates.
"Escrow Account": The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 3.06.
"Escrow Payments": The amounts constituting ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water rates, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance
premiums and other payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the
mortgagee pursuant to any Mortgage Loan.
"Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate in a parcel of real
property.
"Excess 60+ Day Delinquent Loan": As of any Determination Date, those
Re- Performing 60+ Day Delinquent Loans which, when added to all other
Re-Performing 60+ Day Delinquent Loans, exceed 25% of the Pool Balance as of the
last day of the related Collection Period.
"Expense Fee Rate": The sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate and (ii) the
Servicing Fee Rate.
"Extended Period": As defined in Section 9.04(b).
"Extra Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (x) the Monthly Excess Interest Amount for such Distribution Date
and (y) the Overcollateralization Deficiency for such Distribution Date.
"FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
"FHA": The Federal Housing Administration, an agency within HUD.
"FHA Approved Mortgagee": Those institutions which are approved by FHA
to act as servicer and mortgagee of record pursuant to FHA Regulations.
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"FHA Insurance Contract" or "FHA Insurance": The contractual
obligation of FHA respecting the insurance of an FHA Loan pursuant to the
National Housing Act, as amended.
"FHA Loan": A Mortgage Loan which is the subject of an FHA Insurance
Contract as evidenced by a Mortgage Insurance Certificate.
"FHA Regulations": Regulations promulgated by HUD under the National
Housing Act, codified in 24 Code of Federal Regulations, and other HUD issuances
relating to FHA Loans, including the related handbooks, circulars, notices and
mortgagee letters.
"Fidelity Bond": Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.12.
"Final Recovery Determination": With respect to any defaulted Mortgage
Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased
by the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or
10.01), a determination made by the Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Servicer, in its
reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect
thereof have been so recovered. The Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by
a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.
"Fitch": Fitch Ratings and its successors, and if such company shall
for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency,
"Fitch" shall be deemed to refer to any other "nationally recognized statistical
rating organization" as set forth on the most current list of such organizations
released by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which has a constant
annual rate at which interest accrues in accordance with the provisions of the
related Mortgage Note.
"Foreclosure Price": The amount reasonably expected to be received
from the sale of the related Mortgaged Property net of any expenses associated
with foreclosure proceedings.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added to the
Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Interest Rate for such Mortgage
Loan.
"HUD": The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
or any successor thereto and including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the
Secretary of Housing
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and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
"Independent": When used with respect to any specified Person, any
such Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Servicer and
their respective Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest in
or any material indirect financial interest in the Depositor or the Servicer or
any Affiliate thereof, and (iii) is not connected with the Depositor or the
Servicer or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions;
provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the
Depositor or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is
the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any Class of securities issued by the
Depositor or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
"Independent Contractor": Either (i) any Person (other than the
Servicer) that would be an "independent contractor" with respect to the Trust
Fund within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if the Trust Fund were
a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in
that section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or
indirectly, 35 percent or more of any Class of Certificates), so long as the
Trust Fund does not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided
that the relationship between such Person and the Trust Fund is at arm's length,
all within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any
other Person (including the Servicer) if the Trustee has received an Opinion of
Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the Trust Fund, to the
effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO Property by such
Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein
contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such REO
Property to cease to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception
applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code), or cause any income
realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real
Property.
"Index": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan and with
respect to each related Adjustment Date, the index as specified in the related
Mortgage Note.
"Initial Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to any
Certificate of a Class other than a Class A-IO, Class N, Class X or Residual
Certificate, the amount designated "Initial Certificate Principal Balance" on
the face thereof.
"Initial Notional Amount": With respect to any Class A-IO or Class N
Certificate, the amount designated "Initial Notional Amount" on the face
thereof.
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"Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds of any title policy, hazard policy or
other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are
not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Servicer
would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account, subject to
the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
"Interest Accrual Period": With respect to any Distribution Date and
(i) with respect to the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1, Class B-2 and
Class B-3 Certificates, the period from the preceding Distribution Date to the
day prior to the current Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, the period from the Closing Date through July 24, 2002), and
(ii) with respect to the Class A-IO, Class N and Class X Certificates, the
calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Interest Carry Forward Amount": For any Class of Certificates (other
than the Class X and Residual Certificates) and any Distribution Date, the sum
of (a) the excess, if any, of the Accrued Certificate Interest and any Interest
Carry Forward Amount for the prior Distribution Date, over the amount in respect
of interest actually distributed on such Class on such prior Distribution Date
and (b) interest on such excess at the applicable Pass-Through Rate (x) with
respect to the Offered Certificates (other than the Class A-IO Certificates) and
the Class B-3 Certificates, for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis
of a 360-day year since the prior Distribution Date, and (y) with respect to the
Class A-IO Certificates, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30
day months.
"Interest Percentage": With respect to any Class of Certificates, the
Class B-1 Interest, the Class B-3 Interest and the Class X/N Interest and any
Distribution Date, the ratio (expressed as a decimal carried to six places) of
the Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class to the sum of the Accrued
Certificate Interest for all such Classes, in each case with respect to such
Distribution Date.
"Interest Remittance Amount": As of any Determination Date, the sum,
without duplication, of (i) all interest due and collected or advanced with
respect to the related Collection Period on the Mortgage Loans (less the
Servicing Fee, amounts available for reimbursement of Advances and Servicing
Advances pursuant to Section 3.05 and expenses reimbursable pursuant to Section
6.03), (ii) all Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer on such Determination
Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (iii) the portion of any payment in
connection with any substitution, Purchase Price, Termination Price or Net
Liquidation Proceeds relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans
received during the related Prepayment Period.
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts
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subsequent to the Determination Date immediately following any related
Collection Period, whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or as Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late payments or
collections of principal and/or interest due (without regard to any acceleration
of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) but delinquent on a
contractual basis for such Collection Period and not previously recovered.
"LIBOR": With respect to each Interest Accrual Period, the rate
determined by the Trustee on the related LIBOR Determination Date on the basis
of the offered rate for one month United States dollar deposits, as such rate
appears on the Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR
Determination Date. If no such quotations are available on an LIBOR
Determination Date, LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period will be
established by the Trustee as follows:
(i) If on such LIBOR Determination Date two or more Reference Banks
provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual
Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounded
upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 0.001%);
(ii) If on such LIBOR Determination Date fewer than two Reference
Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the related Interest
Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by one or
more major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee after
consultation with the Depositor, 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 Certificate
Principal Balance of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-3
Certificates; and
(iii) If no such quotations can be obtained, LIBOR for the related
Interest Accrual Period shall be LIBOR for the prior Distribution Date.
"LIBOR Business Day": Any day on which banks in London, England and
The City of New York are open and conducting transactions in foreign currency
and exchange.
"LIBOR Carryover Amount": If on any Distribution Date, the Accrued
Certificate Interest for any Offered Certificate (other than a Class A-IO
Certificate) or Class B-3 Certificate is based upon the Pool Cap, the excess of
(i) the amount of interest accrued on such Certificate based on the related
Pass-Through Rate (without regard to the Pool Cap), over (ii) the amount of
interest accrued on such Certificate based on the Pool Cap, together with the
unpaid portion of any such excess from prior Distribution Dates (and interest
accrued thereon at the then applicable Pass-
Through Rate (without regard to the
Pool Cap) on such Certificate).
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"LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account": The reserve account established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.29.
"LIBOR Determination Date": With respect to the Offered Certificates
(other than the Class A-IO Certificates) and the Class B-3 Certificates, (i) for
the first Distribution Date, the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the Closing
Date and (ii) for each subsequent Distribution Date, the second LIBOR Business
Day prior to the immediately preceding Distribution Date.
"Liquidated Mortgage Loan": As to any Distribution Date, any Mortgage
Loan in respect of which the Servicer has determined, in accordance with the
servicing procedures specified herein, as of the end of the related Prepayment
Period, that all Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds which it expects to
recover with respect to the liquidation of the Mortgage Loan or disposition of
the related REO Property have been recovered.
"Liquidation Event": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of the
following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage Loan is
removed from the Trust Fund by reason of its being purchased, sold or replaced
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or Section 10.01. With respect to
any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final Recovery
Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO Property is
removed from the Trust Fund by reason of its being sold or purchased pursuant to
Section 3.13 or Section 10.01.
"Liquidation Proceeds": The amount (other than amounts received in
respect of the rental of any REO Property prior to REO Disposition) received by
the Servicer in connection with (i) the taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged
Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation or (ii) the
liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan by means of a trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise.
"Liquidation Report": The report with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan in such form and containing such information as is agreed to by the
Servicer and the Trustee.
"Loan Guaranty Certificate": The certificate evidencing a VA Guaranty
Agreement.
"Losses": As defined in Section 9.03.
"Lost Note Affidavit": With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which
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Mortgage Note has been permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced,
an affidavit from the Seller certifying that the original Mortgage Note has been
lost, misplaced or destroyed (together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note
and indemnifying the Trust against any loss, cost or liability resulting from
the failure to deliver the original Mortgage Note) in the form of Exhibit H
hereto.
"Majority Certificateholders": The Holders of Certificates evidencing
at least 51% of the Voting Rights.
"Majority Class R Certificateholders": The Holders of Residual
Certificates evidencing at least a 51% Percentage Interest in the applicable
Class of Residual Certificates.
"Marker Rate": With respect to the Class X/N Interest and any
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2) times the weighted average
of the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass- Through Rates for REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2A, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2B3 and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ, with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2A subject to a cap equal to the Class A Pass-Through Rate for the
purpose of this calculation; with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1
subject to a cap equal to the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of
this calculation; with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2 subject to a
cap equal to the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of this
calculation; with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1 subject to a cap
equal to the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of this calculation;
with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2 subject to a cap equal to the
Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of this calculation; with the rate
on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3 subject to a cap equal to the Class B-3
Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of this calculation and with the rate on REMIC
2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ subject to a cap of zero for the purpose of this
calculation; provided, however, that for this purpose, calculations of the
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate and the related caps with respect to
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A, Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M1, Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2, Uncertificated
REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M3, Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1,
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2 and Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2B3 shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
actual number of days in the Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of
which is 30.
"Maximum Loan Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the maximum
Mortgage Interest Rate thereunder.
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"Maximum LT2ZZ Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (a) accrued interest at the
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass- Through Rate applicable to REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2ZZ for such Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ minus the REMIC 2
Overcollateralized Amount, in each case for such Distribution Date, over (b)
Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A with the rate
on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A subject to a cap equal to the Class A
Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of this calculation, Uncertificated Accrued
Interest on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1 with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M1 subject to a cap equal to the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate for the
purpose of this calculation, Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M2 with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2 subject to a cap
equal to the Class M-2 Pass- Through Rate for the purpose of this calculation;
Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1 with the rate
on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1 subject to a cap equal to the Class B-1
Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of this calculation; Uncertificated Accrued
Interest on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2 with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2B2 subject to a cap equal to the Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate for the
purpose of this calculation and Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2B3 with the rate on REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3 subject
to a cap equal to the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of this
calculation for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that for this
purpose, calculations of the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate and the
related caps with respect to Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A,
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1, Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M2, Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1, Uncertificated
REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2 and Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3
shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number
of days in the Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.
"Minimum Loan Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the minimum
Mortgage Interest Rate thereunder.
"Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount": The sum of the Monthly Excess
Interest Amount, the Overcollateralization Release Amount and (without
duplication) any portion of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
principal distributions on the Offered Certificates and the Class B-3
Certificates.
"Monthly Excess Interest Amount": With respect to each Distribution
Date, the amount, if any, by which the Interest Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate amount distributed on such Distribution
Date pursuant to paragraphs (i) through (viii) under Section 4.01.
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"Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled
monthly payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan which is payable
by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage Note,
determined: (a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient Valuation and/or Debt
Service Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction in
the amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the
Relief Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension granted or agreed to by
the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01; and (c) on the assumption that all other
amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid when due.
"Moody's": ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and its successors, and if
such company shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a
securities rating agency, "Moody's" shall be deemed to refer to any other
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" as set forth on the most
current list of such organizations released by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first or second lien on, or first or second priority security interest in, a
Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note.
"Mortgage File": The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
"Mortgage Insurance Certificate": The certificate evidencing an FHA
Insurance Contract.
"Mortgage Interest Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, which rate (i) in
the case of each Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan shall remain constant at the rate set
forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Mortgage Interest Rate in effect
immediately following the Cut-off Date and (ii) in the case of each
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan (A) as of any date of determination until the
first Adjustment Date following the Cut- off Date shall be the rate set forth in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Mortgage Interest Rate in effect immediately
following the Cut-off Date and (B) as of any date of determination thereafter
shall be the rate as adjusted on the most recent Adjustment Date, to equal the
sum, rounded to the nearest 0.125% as provided in the Mortgage Note, of the
Index, determined as set forth in the related Mortgage Note, plus the related
Gross Margin subject to the limitations set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property, as of any date
of determination, the annual rate determined in accordance with the immediately
preceding sentence
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as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.
"Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03(d) as from time to time held as
a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement between the Seller
and the Depositor, dated as of June 18, 2002, regarding the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to or at the direction of the Depositor.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date (i) with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, the list of such Mortgage Loans included in the Trust Fund on
such date, separately identifying the Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans and the
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, attached hereto as Exhibit D- 1. The Mortgage
Loan Schedule shall be prepared by the Seller and shall set forth the following
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(1) the Seller's Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(2) the city, state, and zip code of the Mortgaged Property;
(3) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the Mortgaged
Property or a designation that the Mortgaged Property is a multi-family
property;
(4) the occupancy status of the Mortgaged Property at origination;
(5) the original months to maturity;
(6) the date of origination;
(7) the first payment date;
(8) the stated maturity date;
(9) the stated remaining months to maturity;
(10) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(11) the Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off
Date;
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(12) the Arrearage of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date;
(13) the Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off
Date;
(14) the current principal and interest payment of the Mortgage Loan
as of the Cut-off Date;
(15) the contractual interest paid to date of the Mortgage Loan;
(16) if the Mortgage Loan is not owner-financed, the Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(17) a code indicating the loan performance status of the Mortgage
Loan as of the Cut-off Date;
(18) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Simple Interest
Mortgage Loan or an Actuarial Mortgage Loan;
(19) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is in bankruptcy
or in its forbearance period as of the Cut-off Date;
(20) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is conventional,
insured by the FHA or guaranteed by the VA;
(21) a code indicating the Index that is associated with such Mortgage
Loan;
(22) the Gross Margin;
(23) the Periodic Rate Cap;
(24) the Minimum Loan Rate;
(25) the Maximum Loan Rate;
(26) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan has a prepayment
penalty and the type of prepayment penalty;
(27) the first Adjustment Date immediately following the Cut-off Date;
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(28) the rate adjustment frequency;
(29) the payment adjustment frequency;
(30) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is owner-financed;
(31) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is subject to
negative amortization; and
(32) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a second lien.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information,
as of the Cut- off Date, with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate, for the Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans and for the Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loans: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest
Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average maturity of the
Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from time to
time by the Seller in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
With respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, Cut-off Date shall
refer to the related Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined in
accordance with the definition of Cut- off Date herein.
"Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgage Pool": The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on Exhibit D-1
from time to time, and any REO Properties acquired in respect thereof.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property securing a Mortgage
Loan, including any REO Property, consisting of an Estate in Real Property
improved by a Residential Dwelling or multi-family dwelling.
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
"Net Liquidation Proceeds": With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan or any other disposition of related Mortgaged Property (including REO
Property) the related Liquidation Proceeds net of Advances, Servicing Advances,
Servicing Fees and any other accrued and unpaid servicing fees received and
retained in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged
Property.
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"Net Mortgage Interest Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Interest Rate borne by such Mortgage Loan minus the Expense Fee Rate.
"New Lease": Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf of the
Trust, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of the Trust if the
Trust has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.
"Nonrecoverable Advance": Any Advance or Servicing Advance previously
made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan that, in the good
faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed
Advance or Servicing Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from Late
Collections on such Mortgage Loan as provided herein.
"Notional Amount": Immediately prior to any Distribution Date, with
respect to the Class A-IO Certificates, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and the sum of the aggregate Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans (prior to giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Collection Period and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) with Net Mortgage Rates
equal to or in excess of 6.50% per annum. Immediately prior to any Distribution
Date, with respect to the Class X/N Interest, the aggregate of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular Interests (other than REMIC
2 Regular Interest LT2AIO). With respect to the Class N Certificates, an amount
equal to the Original Class N Notional Amount reduced by the aggregate
distributions made to the Class N Certificates pursuant to Section
4.02(b)(xxii).
"Offered Certificates": The Class A, Class A-IO, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates.
"Offered P&I Certificates": The Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates.
"Officers' Certificate": A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a vice president
(however denominated), and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the
assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Servicer, the Seller or the
Depositor, as applicable.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may, without
limitation, be a salaried counsel for the Depositor or the Servicer except that
any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC
or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions must
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be an opinion of Independent counsel.
"Optional Termination Date": The first Distribution Date on which the
Servicer or an Affiliate of the Servicer may opt to terminate the Mortgage Pool
pursuant to Section 10.01.
"Original Class A-IO Notional Amount": The Notional Amount of the
Class A-IO Certificates on the Closing Date, as set forth opposite such Class in
the Preliminary Statement.
"Original Class N Notional Amount": The Notional Amount of the Class N
Certificates on the Closing Date, as set forth opposite such Class in the
Preliminary Statement.
"Original Class Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each
Class of Certificates, the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on the Closing
Date, as set forth opposite such Class in the Preliminary Statement, except with
respect to the Class A-IO, Class N, Class X and Residual Certificates, which
have an Original Class Certificate Principal Balance of zero.
"Original Notional Amount": The Original Class A-IO Notional Amount or
the Original Class N Notional Amount, as the case may be.
"Overcollateralization Amount": As of any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (x) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the immediately
preceding Collection Period over (y) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balances of all Classes of Offered Certificates and the Class B-3 Certificates
(after taking into account all distributions of principal on such Distribution
Date).
"Overcollateralization Deficiency": As of any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (x) the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date over (y) the Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date, calculated for this purpose after taking into account the
reduction on such Distribution Date of the Certificate Principal Balances of all
Classes of Offered Certificates (excluding the Class A-IO Certificates) and the
Class B-3 Certificates resulting from the distribution of the Principal
Distribution Amount (but not the Extra Principal Distribution Amount) on such
Distribution Date, but prior to taking into account any Applied Realized Loss
Amounts on such Distribution Date.
"Overcollateralization Release Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date after the Stepdown Date on which a Trigger Event is not in
effect, the lesser of (x) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution
Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralization Amount for
such Distribution Date, assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is
applied as a principal payment on the Offered Certificates (other than the
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Class A-IO Certificates) and the Class B-3 Certificates on such Distribution
Date, over (ii) the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution
Date.
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership or security
interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal
or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
"Pass-Through Rate": Any of the Class A Pass-Through Rate, the Class
A-IO Pass- Through Rate, the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate, the Class M -2
Pass-Through Rate, the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate, the Class B-2 Pass-Through
Rate and the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate. With respect to the Class N
Certificates, the Pass-Through Rate is 10.00% per annum. With respect to the
Class X/N Interest and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (A) through (H) below, and the
denominator of which is the aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal Balances
of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3 and REMIC
2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate for
the Class X/N Interest, the numerator is equal to the sum of the following
components:
(A) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2AA minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA;
(B) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2A minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A;
(C) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1;
(D) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2;
(E) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2B1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance
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of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1;
(F) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2B2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2;
(G) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2B3 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3; and
(H) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate for REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2ZZ minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ.
"Paying Agent": Any paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.05.
"Percentage Interest": With respect to any Certificate (other than a
Class A-IO, Class N, Class X or Residual Certificate), a fraction, expressed as
a percentage, the numerator of which is the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance, as the case may be, represented by such Certificate and the denominator
of which is the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance of the related
Class. With respect to a Class A-IO or Class N Certificate, the undivided
percentage interest obtained by dividing the Initial Notional Amount evidenced
by such Certificate by the Original Class A-IO Notional Amount or Original Class
N Notional Amount, as the case may be, of such Class. With respect to a Class X
or Residual Certificate, the portion of the Class evidenced thereby, expressed
as a percentage, as stated on the face of such Certificate; provided, however,
that the sum of all such percentages for each such Class totals 100%.
"Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth in the
related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage
Interest Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to
the Maximum Loan Rate or the Minimum Loan Rate) on such Adjustment Date from the
Mortgage Interest Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
"Permitted Investments": Any one or more of the following obligations
or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless
of whether issued or managed by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or any
of their respective Affiliates or for which an Affiliate of the Trustee serves
as an advisor:
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(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) (A) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of,
bankers' acceptances issued by or federal funds sold by any depository
institution or trust company (including the Trustee or its agents acting in
their respective commercial capacities) incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or state authorities, so long as, at the
time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such
investment, such depository institution or trust company or its ultimate
parent has a short term uninsured debt rating in one of the two highest
available rating categories of S&P and Moody's and the highest available
rating category of Fitch and provided that each such investment has an
original maturity of no more than 365 days and (B) any other demand or time
deposit or deposit which is fully insured by the FDIC;
(iii) repurchase obligations with a term not to exceed 30 days with
respect to any security described in clause (i) above and entered into with
a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) rated A or
higher by S&P and Fitch and rated A2 or higher by Moody's, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that collateral transferred pursuant to such repurchase obligation
must be of the type described in clause (i) above and must (A) be valued
daily at current market prices plus accrued interest or (B) pursuant to
such valuation, be equal, at all times, to 105% of the cash transferred by
the Trustee in exchange for such collateral and (C) be delivered to the
Trustee or, if the Trustee is supplying the collateral, an agent for the
Trustee, in such a manner as to accomplish perfection of a security
interest in the collateral by possession of certificated securities;
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that are issued
by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof and that are rated by each Rating Agency in
its highest long-term unsecured rating categories at the time of such
investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment;
(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 30 days after the date of acquisition thereof)
that is rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term unsecured
debt rating available at the time of such investment;
(vi) units of money market funds registered under the Investment
Company Act
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of 1940 including funds managed or advised by the Trustee or affiliates
thereof having the highest rating category by the applicable Rating Agency;
and
(vii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any other
demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or
investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies in writing as a
permitted investment of funds backing securities having ratings equivalent
to its highest initial rating of the Class A Certificates;
PROVIDED, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right
to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such
instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from obligations
underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect
to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the
yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
"Permitted Transferee": Any transferee of a Residual Certificate other
than a Disqualified Organization or a non-U.S. Person.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Pool Balance": As of any date of determination, the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans.
"Pool Cap": With respect to the Offered Certificates (other than the
Class A-IO Certificates) and the Class B-3 Certificates and any Distribution
Date, a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) the average of the Net
Mortgage Interest Rates, weighted on the basis of the Principal Balances as of
the first day of the related Collection Period (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, the Cut-off Date) less the Class A-IO Pass-Through Rate for
such Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Notional Amount of the Class A-IO Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate
outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the
related Collection Period and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Interest Accrual Period. For federal income tax purposes, the economic
equivalent of such rate shall be expressed as the Uncertificated REMIC 2
Pass-Through Rate of the REMIC 2 Regular Interest for which such Class of
Certificates is the Corresponding Certificate.
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"Prepayment Assumption": As set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
"Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any Distribution
Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the related Prepayment Period the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in full that was applied by the Servicer to
reduce the outstanding principal balance of such loan on a date preceding the
related Due Date, an amount equal to interest at the applicable Mortgage
Interest Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) on the amount of such Principal
Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the date on which the prepayment
is applied and ending on the last day of the related Prepayment Period.
"Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
"Primary Insurance Policy": Each policy of primary guaranty mortgage
insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer in effect with respect to any Mortgage
Loan, or any replacement policy therefor obtained by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.08.
"Principal Balance": As to any Mortgage Loan and any day, other than a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, minus all
collections credited against the principal balance of any such Mortgage Loan and
the principal portion of Advances plus, Deferred Interest, if any. For purposes
of this definition, a Liquidated Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have a
Principal Balance equal to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as
of the final recovery of related Liquidation Proceeds and a Principal Balance of
zero thereafter. As to any REO Property and any day, the Principal Balance of
the related Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Mortgage Loan becoming REO
Property minus any REO Principal Amortization received with respect thereto on
or prior to such day.
"Principal Distribution Amount": As to any Distribution Date, the sum
of (i) the Principal Remittance Amount minus, for Distribution Dates occurring
on and after the Stepdown Date and for which a Trigger Event is not in effect,
the Overcollateralization Release Amount, if any, and (ii) the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount, if any.
"Principal Prepayment": Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor
on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and
which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full amount
of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months subsequent to
the month of prepayment.
"Principal Remittance Amount": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the sum (less
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amounts available for reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant
to Section 3.05 and expenses reimbursable pursuant to Section 6.03) of: (i) each
payment of principal on a Mortgage Loan due during the related Collection Period
and received by the Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date, and
any Advances with respect thereto, (ii) all full and partial Principal
Prepayments received by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iii)
the Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal actually collected by the
Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iv) with respect to Defective
Mortgage Loans repurchased with respect to such Prepayment Period, the portion
of the Purchase Price allocable to principal, (v) any Substitution Adjustment
Amounts received on or prior to the previous Determination Date and not yet
distributed and (vi) on the Distribution Date on which the Trust is to be
terminated in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof, that portion of the
Termination Price in respect of principal.
"Private Certificates": Any of the Class B-3, Class N, Class X and
Residual Certificates.
"Property Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds of any title policy, hazard
policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such
proceeds are received by the Servicer and are not to be applied to the
restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Servicer's servicing procedures, subject to the terms and
conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
"Prospectus Supplement": That certain Prospectus Supplement dated June
18, 2002 relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property to
be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03 or 10.01, and as
confirmed by an Officers' Certificate from the Servicer to the Trustee, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Principal Balance thereof as of the
date of purchase (or such other price as provided in Section 10.01), (ii) in the
case of (x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued interest on such Principal Balance at the
applicable Mortgage Interest Rate in effect from time to time from the Due Date
as to which interest was last covered by a payment by the Mortgagor or an
Advance by the Servicer, which payment or Advance had as of the date of purchase
been distributed pursuant to Section 4.01, through the end of the calendar month
in which the purchase is to be effected, and (y) an REO Property, its fair
market value, determined in good faith by the Servicer, (iii) any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees and Special
Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, (iv) any amounts
previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property pursuant to Section 3.13, and (v) in the case of a Mortgage
Loan required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.03, expenses reasonably
incurred or
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to be incurred by the Servicer or the Trustee in respect of the breach or defect
giving rise to the purchase obligation.
"Qualified Insurer": Any insurance company acceptable to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae or
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac.
"Rating Agency or Rating Agencies": Fitch, Moody's and S&P, or their
respective successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in
existence, "Rating Agencies" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organizations as set forth on the most current list of such organizations
released by the Securities and Exchange Commission and designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the
Servicer.
"Realized Loss": With respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
amount by which the remaining unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
exceeds the amount of Net Liquidation Proceeds applied to the principal balance
of the related Mortgage Loan.
"Realized Loss Amortization Amount": Any of the Class M-1 Realized
Loss Amortization Amount, the Class M-2 Realized Loss Amortization Amount, the
Class B-1 Realized Loss Amortization Amount, the Class B-2 Realized Loss
Amortization Amount and the Class B-3 Realized Loss Amortization Amount.
"Record Date": With respect to all of the Certificates (except for the
Class A-IO Certificates), the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any such Certificate becomes a
Definitive Certificate, the Record Date for such Certificate shall be the last
Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the related
Distribution Date occurs. With respect to the Class A-IO Certificates, the last
Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the related
Distribution Date occurs (or the Closing Date, in the case of the first
Distribution Date).
"Reference Banks": Those banks (i) with an established place of
business in London, England, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under
common control with the Depositor or the Trustee, (iii) whose quotations appear
on the Telerate Page 3750 on the relevant LIBOR Determination Date and (iv)
which have been designated as such by the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if
fewer than two of such banks provide a LIBOR rate, then any leading banks
selected by the Trustee which are engaged in transactions in United States
dollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market.
"Regular Certificate": Any of the Offered Certificates, the Class B-3
Certificates and
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Class X/N Certificates.
"Related Documents": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the related
Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents required by Section 2.01.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended.
"Relief Act Interest Shortfall": With respect to any Distribution
Date, for any Mortgage Loan with respect to which there has been a reduction in
the amount of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended
Collection Period as a result of the application of the Relief Act, the amount
by which (i) interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan during such Collection
Period is less than (ii) one month's interest on the Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Interest Rate for such Mortgage Loan before giving
effect to the application of the Relief Act.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC 1": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto, constituting
the primary trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, with respect
to which a REMIC election is to be made consisting of: (i) such Mortgage Loans
as from time to time are subject to this Agreement, together with the Mortgage
Files relating thereto, and together with all collections thereon and proceeds
thereof, (ii) any REO Property, together with all collections thereon and
proceeds thereof, (iii) the Trustee's rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans
under all insurance policies, required to be maintained pursuant to this
Agreement and any proceeds thereof, (iv) the Depositor's rights under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any security interest created
thereby) and (v) the Collection Account, the Distribution Account (subject to
the last sentence of this definition) and any REO Account and such assets that
are deposited therein from time to time and any investments thereof, together
with any and all income, proceeds and payments with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a REMIC election will not be made with
respect to the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account.
"REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 1 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 1. REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass- Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
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"REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 1 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 1. REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass- Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 1 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 1. REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass- Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 1 Regular Interests": REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A, REMIC 1
Regular Interest LT1B and REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C.
"REMIC 2": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all of the
REMIC 1 Regular Interests and conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit
of REMIC 3, as holder of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests, and the Class R
Certificateholders, as Holders of the Class R-2 Interest, pursuant to Article II
hereunder, and all amounts deposited therein, with respect to which a separate
REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC 2 Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the sum of the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and related REO Properties
then outstanding and (ii) the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass- Through Rate for
REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.
"REMIC 2 Overcollateralization Target Amount": 1% of the Targeted
Overcollateralization Amount.
"REMIC 2 Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any date of
determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balances of the
REMIC 2 Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate of the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2B2 and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LTB3, in each case as of
such date of determination.
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"REMIC 2 Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the sum of the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and related REO Properties
then outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two
times the aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2A, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2,
REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LTB2 and REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2B3 and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3 and REMIC
2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO
shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate on
its Uncertificated Notional Amount outstanding from time to time.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass- Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial
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ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a Regular
Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2 shall accrue interest at the
related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time,
and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ": One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC 2 issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC 2. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC 2 Regular Interests": REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2A, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2M2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2B3, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ and REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2AIO.
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"REMIC 3": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all of the
REMIC 2 Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Holders of the regular interests and the Class R Certificate (in respect of
the Class R-3 Interest), pursuant to Article II hereunder, and all amounts
deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made.
"REMIC 3 Regular Interests": The Class B-1 Interest, the Class B-3
Interest and the Class X/N Interest.
"REMIC 4": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class B-1
Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Class B-1 Certificates and the Class R-4 Certificate, pursuant to Article II
hereunder, and all amounts deposited therein, with respect to which a separate
REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC 5": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class B-3
Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Class B-3 Certificates and the Class R-5 Certificate, pursuant to Article II
hereunder, and all amounts deposited therein, with respect to which a separate
REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC 6": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class X/N
Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Class N Certificates and the Class X Certificates and the Class R-6 Certificate,
pursuant to Article II hereunder, and all amounts deposited therein, with
respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real estate mortgage investment conduits which appear at Section 860A through
860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
"REMIC Regular Interests": The REMIC 1 Regular Interests, the REMIC 2
Regular Interests and the REMIC 3 Regular Interests.
"Remittance Report": A report prepared by the Servicer and delivered
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.07, containing the information attached
hereto as Exhibit P.
"Rents from Real Property": With respect to any REO Property, gross
income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code.
"REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO Property on
behalf of
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the Trust Fund.
"REO Principal Amortization": With respect to any REO Property, for
any calendar month, the aggregate of all amounts received in respect of such REO
Property during such calendar month, whether in the form of rental income, sale
proceeds (including, without limitation, that portion of the Termination Price
paid in connection with a purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties pursuant to Section 10.01 that is allocable to such REO Property) or
otherwise, net of any portion of such amounts (i) payable pursuant to Section
3.13 in respect of the proper operation, management and maintenance of such REO
Property or (ii) payable or reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.13 for unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and
unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances in respect of such REO Property or
the related Mortgage Loan.
"REO Property": A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer on
behalf of the Trust Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, as
described in Section 3.13.
"Re-Performing 60+ Day Delinquent Loan": Each Mortgage Loan with
respect to which, as of any date of determination, (x) any portion of a Monthly
Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Collection Period, two months or
more past due and (y) with respect to which the Mortgagor has made three Monthly
Payments within the three calendar months preceding such date of determination.
"Re-Performance Test": The following criteria one of which must be met
for a Mortgage Loan to qualify as a Re-Performing Mortgage Loan: (1) the
Mortgagor has made at least three aggregate Monthly Payments in the three
calendar months preceding the Cut-off Date (regardless of either the timing of
receipt of such payments or the payment history of such loans prior to March 1,
2002), or (2) the Mortgagor has made at least four aggregate Monthly Payments in
the four calendar months preceding the Cut-off Date (regardless of either the
timing of receipt of such payments or the payment history of such loans prior to
February 1, 2002), or (3) the Mortgagor has made at least five aggregate Monthly
Payments in the five calendar months preceding the Cut-off Date (regardless of
either the timing of receipt of such payments or the payment history of such
loans prior to January 1, 2002).
"Re-Performing Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which has defaulted in
the past and which is at least 60 days Delinquent with respect to certain
Monthly Payments but which satisfies one of the Re-Performance Test criteria.
"Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing Officer, in the
form of
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Exhibit E attached hereto.
"Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) a one-family
dwelling, (ii) a two- to four-family dwelling, (iii) a one-family dwelling unit
in a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ eligible condominium project, (iv) a one-family dwelling in a
planned unit development, which is not a co-operative, or (v) a mobile or
manufactured home (as defined in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Code, Section 5402(6)).
"Residual Certificates": The Class R, Class R-4, Class R-5 and Class
R-6 Certificates.
"Residual Interest": The sole Class of "residual interests" in each
REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
"Responsible Officer": Any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust
Division (or any successor thereto) of the Trustee, including any Vice
President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any
trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this
Agreement.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies,
Inc., and its successors, and if such company shall for any reason no longer
perform the functions of a securities rating agency, "S&P" shall be deemed to
refer to any other "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" as
set forth on the most current list of such organizations released by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Seller": Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, or its
successor in interest, in its capacity as seller under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
"Senior Certificates": The Class A and Class A-IO Certificates.
"Senior Enhancement Percentage": For any Distribution Date, the
percentage obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class
B-3 Certificates and (ii) the Overcollateralization Amount, in each case after
taking into account the distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount on
such Distribution Date by (y) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related
Collection Period.
"Senior Specified Enhancement Percentage": On any date of
determination thereof, 42.00%.
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"Servicer": ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, a Delaware limited partnership,
or any successor servicer appointed as herein provided, in its capacity as
Servicer hereunder.
"Servicer Affiliate": A Person (i) controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the Servicer or which is 50% or more owned by the Servicer
and (ii) which is qualified to service residential mortgage loans.
"Servicer Event of Termination": One or more of the events described
in Section 7.01.
"Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any Distribution Date, one
Business Day prior to such Distribution Date.
"Servicing Advances": All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in the performance of its
servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of the REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.08.
"Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including each
REO Property) and for any calendar month, an amount equal to one month's
interest (or in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a
Principal Prepayment in full made by the Mortgagor during such calendar month,
interest for the number of days covered by such payment of interest) at the
Servicing Fee Rate on the same principal amount on which interest on such
Mortgage Loan accrues for such calendar month.
"Servicing Fee Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.50% per
annum.
"Servicing Officer": Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of Mortgage Loans, whose name
and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished by the
Servicer to the Trustee and the Depositor on the Closing Date, as such list may
from time to time be amended.
"Servicing Rights Pledgee": One or more lenders, selected by the
Servicer, to which the Servicer will pledge and assign all of its right, title
and interest in, to and under this Agreement, including Wachovia Bank, National
Association as the representative of certain lenders.
"Servicing Standard": Shall mean the standards set forth in Section
3.01.
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"Simple Interest Method": The method of allocating a payment to
principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is
allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of interest
multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the period of time
elapsed since the preceding payment of interest was made and divided by either
360 or 365, as specified in the related Mortgage Note, and the remainder of such
payment is allocated to principal.
"Simple Interest Mortgage Loan": Any Mortgage Loan under which the
portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion of such payment
allocable to principal is determined in accordance with the Simple Interest
Method.
"Special Hazard Losses": Realized Losses that result from direct
physical damage to Mortgaged Properties caused by natural disasters and other
hazards (i) which are not covered by hazard insurance policies (such as
earthquakes) and (ii) for which claims have been submitted and rejected by the
related hazard insurer and any shortfall in insurance proceeds for partial
damage due to the application of the co-insurance clauses contained in hazard
insurance policies.
"Special Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is
delinquent 90 or more days (other than Re-Performing Mortgage Loans and second
lien Mortgage Loans), $150 per month payable until the earlier of (i) 18
consecutive months and (ii) the Delinquency status of such Mortgage Loan has
been reduced to less than 90 days.
"Startup Day": As defined in Section 9.01(b) hereof.
"Stayed Funds": Any payment required to be made under the terms of the
Certificates and this Agreement but which is not remitted by the Servicer
because the Servicer is the subject of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code
and the making of such remittance is prohibited by Section 362 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
"Stepdown Date": The later to occur of (x) the earlier to occur of (A)
the Distribution Date in July 2005 and (B) the Distribution Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates is reduced to zero,
and (y) the first Distribution Date on which the Senior Enhancement Percentage
(after taking into account distributions of principal on such Distribution Date)
is greater than or equal to the Senior Specified Enhancement Percentage.
"Subordinated Certificates": The Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1,
Class B-2, Class B-3, Class N, Class X, Class R, Class R-4, Class R-5 and Class
R-6 Certificates.
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"Substitution Adjustment Amount": As defined in Section 2.03(d)
hereof.
"Targeted Overcollateralization Amount": As of any Distribution Date,
(x) prior to the Stepdown Date, 1.00% of the initial Pool Balance and (y) on and
after the Stepdown Date, the lesser of (i) 1.00% of the initial Pool Balance and
(ii) the greater of (A) 2.00% of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period and (B) 0.5% of the initial Pool Balance.
"Tax Matters Person": The tax matters person appointed pursuant to
Section 9.01(e) hereof.
"Tax Returns": The federal income tax returns on Internal Revenue
Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax
Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest
Holders of the REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor
forms, to be filed on behalf of the Trust for each of the eight REMICs created
pursuant to this Agreement under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all
other information reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the
Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other
governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state
or local tax laws.
"Telerate Page 3750": The display page currently so designated on the
Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace the Telerate Page
3750 page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks).
"Termination Price": As defined in Section 10.01(a) hereof.
"Trigger Event": With respect to any Distribution Date, if (i) the
three-month rolling average of 60+ Day Delinquent Loans equals or exceeds 55% of
the Senior Enhancement Percentage or (ii) the aggregate amount of Realized
Losses incurred since the Cut-off Date through the last day of the related
Collection Period divided by the initial Pool Balance exceeds the applicable
percentages set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN PERCENTAGE
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July 2005 through June 2006 3.00%
July 2006 through June 2007 3.75%
July 2007 through June 2008 4.25%
July 2008 and thereafter 4.75%
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"Trust": 2002-CB3 Trust, the trust created hereunder.
"Trust Fund": All of the assets of the Trust, which is the trust
created hereunder consisting of REMIC 1, REMIC 2, REMIC 3, REMIC 4, REMIC 5,
REMIC 6 and the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account (including any payments made
under the Cap Contract deposited therein).
"Trustee": JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, or any
successor Trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Trustee Fee": With respect to any Distribution Date, the product of
(x) one twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate and (y) the aggregate of the Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the opening of business on the first day of
the related Collection Period.
"Trustee Fee Rate": With respect to any Distribution Date, 0.009% per
annum.
"Uncertificated Accrued Interest": With respect to each REMIC Regular
Interest on each Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at
the related Uncertificated Pass- Through Rate on the Uncertificated Principal
Balance or Uncertificated Notional Amount of such REMIC Regular Interest. In
each case, Uncertificated Accrued Interest will be reduced by any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls (allocated to such REMIC
Regular Interests based on their respective entitlements to interest
irrespective of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date).
"Uncertificated Notional Amount": With respect to any date of
determination, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
LT1B for such Distribution Date.
"Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate": The Uncertificated REMIC 1
Pass-Through Rate and the Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate.
"Uncertificated Principal Balance": With respect to each REMIC Regular
Interest (other than REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO), the amount of such REMIC
Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing
Date, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC Regular Interest (other
than REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO) shall equal the amount set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance. On
each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC
Regular Interest shall be reduced by all distributions of principal made on such
REMIC Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.03 and,
if and to the extent necessary and appropriate,
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shall be further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized Losses as
provided in Section 4.03, and the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2ZZ shall be increased by interest deferrals as provided in
Section 4.03. The Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC Regular
Interest that has an Uncertificated Principal Balance shall never be less than
zero. REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO will not have an Uncertificated Principal
Balance.
"Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to REMIC 1
Regular Interest LT1A and REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B, the weighted average of
the Mortgage Loans with Net Mortgage Interest Rates greater than or equal to
6.50% for such Distribution Date. With respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C,
the weighted average of the Mortgage Loans with Net Mortgage Interest Rates less
than 6.50% for such Distribution Date.
"Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to each REMIC
2 Regular Interest (other than REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO) and each
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of (x) the
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate with respect to REMIC 1 Regular
Interest LT1A and REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C for such Distribution Date and
(y) the excess, if any, of (i) the Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through Rate with
respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B for such Distribution Date over (ii)
the applicable Class A-IO Rate, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of (x) REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A and REMIC 1 Regular
Interest LT1C and (y) REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B, respectively. With respect
to REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2-AIO, the Class AIO Rate.
"Underwriters": ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. and Residential Funding
Securities Corporation, as underwriters with respect to the Offered
Certificates.
"United States Person" or "U.S. Person": (i) A citizen or resident of
the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a
corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax purposes
organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations
provide otherwise) or (iii) an estate the income of which is includible in gross
income for United States tax purposes, regardless of its source, or (iv) 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 United States persons have
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, to the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain
Trusts in existence on August 20, 1996, and treated as United States persons
prior to such date, that elect to continue to be treated as United States
persons will also be a U.S. Person.
"Unpaid Realized Loss Amount": For any Class B-1, Class B-2, Class
B-3, Class M-
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1 and Class M-2 Certificates and as to any Distribution Date, the excess of (x)
the aggregate Applied Realized Loss Amounts applied with respect to such Class
for all prior Distribution Dates over (y) the aggregate Realized Loss
Amortization Amounts with respect to such Class for all prior Distribution
Dates.
"VA": The United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
"VA Approved Lender": Those institutions that are approved by the VA
to act as servicer and mortgagee of record pursuant to VA Regulations.
"VA Guaranty Agreements": With respect to a VA Loan, the agreements
evidencing the guaranty of such Mortgage Loan by the VA.
"VA Loan": A Mortgage Loan guaranteed by the VA.
"VA Regulations": Any and all regulations promulgated by the VA under
the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended.
"Value": With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the value thereof as
determined by an independent appraisal made at the time of the origination of
the related Mortgage Loan or the sale price, if the appraisal is not available;
except that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a purchase money mortgage
loan, the lesser of (i) the value thereof as determined by an independent
appraisal made at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, if any, and
(ii) the sales price of the related Mortgaged Property.
"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. The Voting Rights allocated
among Holders of the Offered Certificates (other than the Class A-IO
Certificates) and the Class B-3 Certificates shall be 98%, and shall be
allocated among each such Class according to the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of all the Certificates of such Class then outstanding and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all the
Offered Certificates and the Class B-3 Certificates then outstanding. The Voting
Rights allocated to each such Class of Certificates shall be allocated among all
holders of each such Class in proportion to the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Certificate
registered in the name of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or any of its
respective affiliates shall not be included in the calculation of Voting Rights;
provided that only such Certificates as are known by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee to be so registered will be so excluded. The percentage of all the
Voting Rights allocated among the Holders of the Class X
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Certificate shall be 2%. The Class A-IO, Class N and Residual Certificates shall
have no Voting Rights.
"Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate": The weighted average (based on
Principal Balance as of the first day of the related Collection Period or, in
the case of the first Distribution Date, the Cut-Off Date) of the Net Mortgage
Interest Rates of the Mortgage Loans, expressed as an annual rate and calculated
on the basis of twelve months consisting of 30 days each and a 360 day year.
"Written Order to Authenticate": A written order by which the
Depositor directs the Trustee to execute, authenticate and deliver the
Certificates.
Section 1.02 ACCOUNTING.
Unless otherwise specified herein, for the purpose of any definition
or calculation, whenever amounts are required to be netted, subtracted or added
or any distributions are taken into account such definition or calculation and
any related definitions or calculations shall be determined without duplication
of such functions.
Section 1.03 ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN INTEREST SHORTFALLS.
For purposes of calculating the amount of the Accrued Certificate
Interest for the Class A Certificates, the Class A-IO Certificates, the Class
M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class B-1 Certificates, the
Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-3 Certificates and the Class X/N Interest
for any Distribution Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the
Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, among the
Class X/N Interest on a PRO RATA basis based on, and to the extent of, one
month's interest at the then applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount
thereof and, thereafter, among the Offered Certificates and the Class B-3
Certificates on a PRO RATA basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's
interest at the then applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective
Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of each such Certificate and
(2) the aggregate amount of any Realized Losses and LIBOR Carryover Amounts
incurred for any Distribution Date shall be allocated among the Class X/N
Interest on a PRO RATA basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's
interest at the then applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount
thereof.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued
Interest for the REMIC 1 Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount of any Prepayment
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Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect
of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first to the
REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A and REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C and then to
REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B, in each case to the extent of one month's
interest at the then applicable respective Uncertificated REMIC 1 Pass-Through
Rate on the respective Uncertificated Principal Balance of each such
Uncertificated REMIC 1 Interest.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued
Interest for the REMIC 2 Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to Uncertificated Accrued Interest
payable to REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ up
to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC 2 Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98%
and 2%, respectively, and thereafter among REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC
2 Regular Interest LT2A, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2M2, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2,
REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3 and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ PRO RATA based
on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then applicable respective
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Pass-Through Rate on the respective Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each such Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued
Interest for the REMIC 2 Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated to Class B-1 Interest to the extent
allocated to the Class B-1 Certificates, to the Class B-3 Interest to the extent
allocated to the Class B-3 Certificates and to the Class X/N Certificates to the
extent allocated to the Class X/N Interest.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders
all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security
interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to (i) each Mortgage
Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, including the related Cut-off
Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon after the Cut-off Date and
all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date;
(ii) property which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired
by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) its interest in any
insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of
the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust
Fund; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, so long as the Servicer is an FHA Approved Mortgagee,
the Commissioner of HUD shall have no obligation to recognize or deal with any
person other than the Servicer with respect to FHA Insurance. Such assignment
includes all interest and principal due to the Depositor or the Servicer after
the Cut off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Seller, on behalf
of the Depositor, does hereby deliver to, and deposit with the Trustee, or its
designated agent (the "Custodian"), the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (a "Mortgage File") so transferred and assigned:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed either (A) in blank or (B) in the
following form: "Pay to the order of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2002,
among Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, Salomon Mortgage Loan Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3, without recourse," or with
respect to any lost Mortgage Note, an original Lost Note Affidavit,
together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon, and the
original recorded
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power of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of
attorney, with evidence of recording thereon or, if such Mortgage or
power of attorney has been submitted for recording but has not been
returned from the applicable public recording office, has been lost or
is not otherwise available, a copy of such Mortgage or power of
attorney, as the case may be, certified to be a true and complete copy
of the original submitted for recording;
(iii) an original Assignment of Mortgage, in form and substance acceptable
for recording. The Mortgage shall be assigned either (A) in blank or
(B) to "JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2002, among Credit-Based
Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, Salomon Mortgage Loan Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2002-CB3, without recourse";
(iv) an original copy of any intervening assignment of Mortgage showing a
complete chain of assignments;
(v) the original or a certified copy of lender's title insurance policy
(except with respect to any Mortgage Loan set forth on Exhibit D-2);
(vi) the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any;
(vii) for each FHA Loan, the original Mortgage Insurance Certificate; and
(viii) for each VA Loan, the original Loan Guaranty Certificate.
The Servicer shall within 90 days following the Closing Date, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan that is subject to the provisions of the
Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 place a legend on the original
Mortgage Note indicating the satisfaction of the provisions of such Act and the
regulations issued thereunder, to the effect that the Mortgage Loan is subject
to special truth in lending rules.
If any of the documents referred to in Section 2.01(ii), (iii) or (iv)
above has as of the Closing Date been submitted for recording but either (x) has
not been returned from the applicable public recording office or (y) has been
lost or such public recording office has retained the original of such document,
the obligations of the Seller to deliver such documents shall be deemed to be
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satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian no later than the
Closing Date, of a copy of each such document certified by the Seller in the
case of (x) above or the applicable public recording office in the case of (y)
above to be a true and complete copy of the original that was submitted for
recording and (2) if such copy is certified by the Seller, delivery to the
Trustee or the Custodian, promptly upon receipt thereof of either the original
or a copy of such document certified by the applicable public recording office
to be a true and complete copy of the original. The Seller shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian promptly upon receipt
thereof any other documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File received with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, any original
documents evidencing an assumption or modification of any Mortgage Loan.
Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially defective
document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File, the Seller
shall have 120 days to cure such defect or 150 days following the Closing Date,
in the case of missing Mortgages or Assignments or deliver such missing document
to the Trustee or the Custodian. If the Seller does not cure such defect or
deliver such missing document within such time period, the Seller shall either
repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 2.03.
The Servicer shall cause the Assignments of Mortgage which were
delivered in blank to be completed and shall cause all Assignments referred to
in Section 2.01(iii) hereof and, to the extent necessary, in Section 2.01(iv)
hereof to be recorded. The Servicer shall be required to deliver such
assignments for recording within 30 days of the Closing Date. The Servicer shall
furnish the Trustee, or its designated agent, with a copy of each Assignment of
Mortgage submitted for recording. In the event that any such Assignment is lost
or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Servicer shall promptly
have a substitute Assignment prepared or have such defect cured, as the case may
be, and thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly recorded. In the event
that any Mortgage Note is endorsed in blank as of the Closing Date, promptly
following the Closing Date the Servicer shall cause to be completed such
endorsements "Pay to the order of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2002, among Credit-Based
Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP and JPMorgan Chase Bank, C-BASS Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3, without recourse."
The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee executed copies of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
Section 2.02 ACCEPTANCE BY THE TRUSTEE.
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The Trustee acknowledges the receipt of, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.01 and subject to the review described below and any exceptions noted
on the exception report described in the next paragraph below, the documents
referred to in Section 2.01 above and all other assets included in the
definition of "Trust Fund" and declares that it holds and will hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to it constituting a Mortgage File,
and that it holds or will hold all such assets and such other assets included in
the definition of "Trust Fund" in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver (or cause the Custodian to
execute and deliver) to the Depositor on or prior to the Closing Date an
acknowledgment of receipt of the original Mortgage Note (with any exceptions
noted), substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F-3 hereto.
The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to
review (or cause the Custodian to review) each Mortgage File within 60 days
after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any document delivered after the
Startup Day, within 60 days of receipt and with respect to any Qualified
Substitute Mortgage, within 60 days after the assignment thereof) and to certify
(or cause the Custodian to certify) in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F-1 that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically
identified in the exception report annexed thereto as not being covered by such
certification), (i) all documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to
Section 2.01 of this Agreement are in its possession, (ii) such documents have
been reviewed by it and have not been mutilated, damaged or torn and relate to
such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its examination and only as to the
foregoing, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that
corresponds to items (1), (2), (3), (5) (13) and (26) (but only as to whether
the Mortgage Loan as a prepayment penalty) **of the Mortgage Loan Schedule
accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File. It is herein
acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the Trustee (or the Custodian, as
applicable) is under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any
such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they
are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that
they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport
to be on their face.
Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement the Trustee
shall deliver (or cause the Custodian to deliver) to the Depositor and the
Servicer a final certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F-2
evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and making or
preparing, as the case may be, the certifications referred to above, the Trustee
(or the Custodian, as applicable) finds any
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document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or
defective in any material respect, at the conclusion of its review the Trustee,
upon its notification by the Custodian, if applicable, shall so notify the
Seller, the Depositor and the Servicer. In addition, upon the discovery by the
Seller, Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer (or upon receipt by the Trustee
of written notification of such breach) of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller in the related Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely
affects such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the related Certificateholders in
such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other parties.
The Depositor and the Trustee intend that the assignment and transfer
herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Mortgage Loans and the Related
Documents, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any liens and
encumbrances, from the Depositor to the Trustee and that such property not be
part of the Depositor's estate or property of the Depositor in the event of any
insolvency by the Depositor. In the event that such conveyance is deemed to be,
or to be made as security for, a loan, the parties intend that the Depositor
shall be deemed to have granted and does hereby grant to the Trustee, on behalf
of the Trust, a first priority perfected security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and the
Related Documents, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law.
Section 2.03 REPURCHASE OR SUBSTITUTION OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE
SELLER.
(a) Upon discovery or receipt of written notice of any materially
defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File or of
the breach by the Seller of any representation, warranty or covenant under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or in Section 2.04 in respect of any Mortgage
Loan which materially adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or the
interest therein of the Certificateholders, the Trustee (or the Custodian, as
applicable) shall promptly notify the Seller and the Servicer of such defect,
missing document or breach and request that the Seller deliver such missing
document or cure such defect or breach within 120 days or 150 days following the
Closing Date, in the case of missing Mortgages or Assignments from the date the
Seller was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and if the
Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in
all material respects during such period, the Trustee shall enforce the Seller's
obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and inform the Seller of
its obligation to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the
Purchase Price on or prior to the Determination Date following the expiration of
such 120 day period (subject to Section 2.03(e)); provided that, in connection
with any such breach that could not reasonably have been cured within such 120
day or 150 day period, if the Seller shall have commenced to cure such breach
within such 120 day or 150 day period, the Seller shall be permitted
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to proceed thereafter diligently and expeditiously to cure the same within the
additional period provided under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The
Purchase Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the
Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification from
the Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage
File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment,
in each case without recourse, representation or warranty, as the Seller shall
furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto and the Trustee shall have no further responsibility
with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage
Loan as provided above, the Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed
from the Trust Fund (in which case it shall become a Defective Mortgage Loan)
and substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d). It is understood and
agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure or to repurchase (or to
substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a document is missing, a material
defect in a constituent document exists or as to which such a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller
respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Trustee on behalf of
the Certificateholders.
(b) A Mortgage Loan that has an Arrearage cannot be substituted for a
Mortgage Loan that does not have an Arrearage.
(c) Within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Servicer or
receipt of notice by the Servicer of the breach of any representation, warranty
or covenant of the Servicer set forth in Section 2.05 which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan,
the Servicer shall cure such breach in all material respects.
(d) Any substitution of Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for
Defective Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) must be effected prior
to the last Business Day that is within two years after the Closing Date. As to
any Defective Mortgage Loan for which the Seller substitutes a Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution shall be effected by the
Seller delivering to the Trustee, for such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such
other documents and agreements, with all necessary endorsements thereon, as are
required by Section 2.01, together with an Officers' Certificate providing that
each such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and
specifying the Substitution Adjustment Amount (as described below), if any, in
connection with such substitution. The Trustee shall acknowledge receipt for
such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten Business Days
thereafter, shall review such documents as specified in Section 2.02 and deliver
(or cause the Custodian to deliver) to the Servicer, with respect to such
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification
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substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of substitution, the
Trustee shall deliver (or cause the Custodian to deliver) to the Servicer a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 hereto with respect to
such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions
noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with respect to Eligible Substitute Mortgage
Loans in the month of substitution are not part of the Trust Fund and will be
retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will reflect the collections and recoveries in respect of
such Defective Mortgage Loan in the Collection Period preceding the month of
substitution and the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, shall
thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of
such Defective Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall give or cause to be given written
notice to the Certificateholders that such substitution has taken place, shall
amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Defective
Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution of the
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall deliver a copy of such
amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee and the Custodian. Upon such
substitution, such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute
part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of
this Agreement and, in the case of a substitution effected by the Seller, the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, in the case of a substitution
effected by the Seller all applicable representations and warranties thereof
included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and all applicable
representations and warranties thereof set forth in Section 2.04, in each case
as of the date of substitution.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Defective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer
will determine the amount (the "Substitution Adjustment Amount"), if any, by
which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such Defective Mortgage Loans exceeds
the aggregate, as to each such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, of the
principal balance thereof as of the date of substitution, together with one
month's interest on such principal balance at the applicable Net Mortgage
Interest Rate. On the date of such substitution, the Seller will deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an
amount equal to the Substitution Adjustment Amount, if any, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of the related Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and
certification by the Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the Seller the
related Mortgage File or Files and shall execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, representation or
warranty, as the Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest
therein any Defective Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
In addition, the Seller shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not
cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without
limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited
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transactions" under Section 860F(a)(l) of the Code or on "contributions after
the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(l) of the Code, or (b) any REMIC to fail
to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding. If such
Opinion of Counsel can not be delivered, then such substitution may only be
effected at such time as the required Opinion of Counsel can be given.
(e) Upon discovery by the Seller, the Servicer or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two
Business Days give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Seller shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 2.03(d), substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans
for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or
receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. In addition,
upon discovery that a Mortgage Loan is defective in a manner that would cause it
to be a "defective obligation" within the meaning of Treasury regulations
relating to REMICs, the Seller shall cure the defect or make the required
purchase or substitution no later than 90 days after the discovery of the
defect. Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as
set forth in Section 2.03(a), if made by the Seller. The Trustee shall reconvey
to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same
manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties
hereto acknowledge that the functions of the Trustee with respect to the
custody, acceptance, inspection and release of the Mortgage Files pursuant to
Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 2.03 and preparation and delivery of the certifications
in the form of Exhibit F-1, Exhibit F-2 and Exhibit F-3 shall be performed by
the Custodian pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Custodial Agreement.
The fees and expenses of the Custodian shall be paid by the Servicer.
Section 2.04 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER WITH RESPECT
TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the Depositor that as of the Closing Date
or as of such other date specifically provided herein:
(a) The representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are hereby being made to
the Trustee and are true and correct as of the Closing Date.
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(b) Any written agreement between the Mortgagor in respect of a
Mortgage Loan and the Servicer modifying such Mortgagor's obligation to make
payments under the Mortgage Loan (such modified Mortgage Loan, a "Modified
Mortgage Loan") involved the application of the Seller's underwriting standards
or some assessment of the Mortgagor's ability to repay the Modified Mortgage
Loan.
With respect to the representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 2.04 that are made to the best of the Seller's knowledge or as to which
the Seller has no knowledge, if it is discovered by the Depositor, the Seller,
the Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian that the substance of such
representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and
adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interest therein
of the Certificateholders then, notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge
with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty being
inaccurate at the time the representation or warranty was made, such inaccuracy
shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or warranty.
Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee
or the Custodian of a breach of any of the representations and warranties
contained in this Section that materially and adversely affects the value of any
Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders, the party
discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice to the others and in no
event later than two Business Days from the date of such discovery. Within
ninety days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of any such missing or
materially defective documentation or any such breach of a representation or
warranty, the Seller shall promptly deliver such missing document or cure such
defect or breach in all material respects, or in the event such defect or breach
cannot be cured, the Seller shall repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or cause
the removal of such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute for it one
or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans, in either case, in accordance with
Section 2.03.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to
the Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
Depositor notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or
assignment. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the Seller set
forth in Section 2.03(a) to cure, substitute for or repurchase a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement constitute the sole remedies
available to the Depositor and to the Certificateholders or to the Trustee on
their behalf respecting a breach of the representations and warranties contained
in this Section 2.04.
Section 2.05 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
SERVICER.
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The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee,
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and to the Depositor that as of the
Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein:
(i) The Servicer is duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all
licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted, except
for such licenses, certificates and permits the absence of which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect
on the ability of the Servicer to conduct its business as it is presently
conducted, and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in the states
where the Mortgaged Property is located if the laws of such state require
licensing or qualification in order to conduct business of the type
conducted by the Servicer or to ensure the enforceability or validity of
each Mortgage Loan; the Servicer has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform in accordance herewith; the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including all
instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the
Servicer and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement evidences the valid,
binding and enforceable obligation of the Servicer, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; and all requisite
corporate action has been taken by the Servicer to make this Agreement
valid and binding upon the Servicer in accordance with its terms;
(ii) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Servicer and will
not result in the breach of any term or provision of the certificate of
formation or the partnership agreement of the Servicer or result in the
breach of any term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute a
default under or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any
agreement, indenture or loan or credit agreement or other instrument to
which the Servicer or its property is subject, or result in the violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the
Servicer or its property is subject;
(iii) The Servicer is an approved seller/servicer of conventional
mortgage loans for ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, and is an FHA Approved Mortgagee in good
standing to service mortgages, is a VA Approved Lender and has not been
suspended as a mortgagee or servicer by the FHA or VA and has the
facilities, procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the sound
servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer is, and shall remain for as long as it is servicing the Mortgage
Loans hereunder, in good standing as a FHA Approved Mortgagee and a VA
Approved Lender and to service mortgage loans
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for HUD, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac, and no event has occurred, including
but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, which would make the
Servicer unable to comply with HUD, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac, FHA or VA
eligibility requirements or which would require notification to any of HUD,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac, FHA or VA;
(iv) This Agreement, and all documents and instruments contemplated
hereby which are executed and delivered by the Servicer, constitute and
will constitute valid, legal and binding obligations of the Servicer,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as the
enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy laws and
general principles of equity;
(v) The Servicer does not believe, nor does it have any reason or
cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained
in this Agreement;
(vi) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or,
to its knowledge, threatened against the Servicer that, either individually
or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Servicer, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the
Servicer to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any
material liability on the part of the Servicer, or that would draw into
question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any action
taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Servicer
contemplated herein, or that would be likely to impair materially the
ability of the Servicer to perform under the terms of this Agreement;
(vii) No consent, approval or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by
the Servicer of or compliance by the Servicer with this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for
such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders, if any, that have been
obtained; and
(viii) Neither this Agreement nor any information, certificate of an
officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered to the Trustee
by the Servicer in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits
or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth
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in this Section 2.05 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee
and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Seller or the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations,
warranties and covenants which materially and adversely affects the value of any
Mortgage Loan or the interests therein of the Certificateholders, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice (but in no event later
than two Business Days following such discovery) to the other parties hereto.
Section 2.06 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DEPOSITOR.
The Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust and the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders as follows:
(i) This agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in
general and except as such enforceability may be limited by general
principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity);
(ii) Immediately prior to the sale and assignment by the Depositor to
the Trustee on behalf of the Trust of each Mortgage Loan, the Depositor had
good and marketable title to each Mortgage Loan (insofar as such title was
conveyed to it by the Seller) subject to no prior lien, claim,
participation interest, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or
other encumbrance or other interest of any nature;
(iii) As of the Closing Date, the Depositor has transferred all right,
title interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust;
(iv) The Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud
any of its creditors;
(v) The Depositor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with full corporate power and authority to own its assets and conduct its
business as presently being conducted;
(vi) The Depositor is not in violation of its certificate of
incorporation or by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of
any material obligation, agreement,
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covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or by which it or its properties may be bound, which default might
result in any material adverse changes in the financial condition,
earnings, affairs or business of the Depositor or which might materially
and adversely affect the properties or assets, taken as a whole, of the
Depositor;
(vii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Depositor, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby,
do not and will not result in a material breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which
the Depositor is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Depositor is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the
provisions of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor or,
to the best of the Depositor's knowledge without independent investigation,
any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Depositor or any of its
properties or assets (except for such conflicts, breaches, violations and
defaults as would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement);
(viii) To the best of the Depositor's knowledge without any
independent investigation, no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency
or body of the United States or any other jurisdiction is required for the
issuance of the Certificates, or the consummation by the Depositor of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as (a) may be
required under State securities or Blue Sky laws, (b) have been previously
obtained or (c) the failure of which to obtain would not have a material
adverse effect on the performance by the Depositor of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement; and
(ix) There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending
before or, to the Depositor's knowledge, threatened by any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal to which the Depositor is a party
or of which any of its properties is the subject: (a) which if determined
adversely to the Depositor would have a material adverse effect on the
business, results of operations or financial condition of the Depositor;
(b) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the Certificates; (c)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the consummation by
the Depositor of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as
the case may be; (d) which might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this
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Agreement.
Section 2.08 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trust and the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date or as of such
date specifically provided herein:
(i) The Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has the power and authority to own its assets and to transact
the business in which it is currently engaged. The Seller is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by
it requires such qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would
have a material adverse effect on (a) its business, properties, assets or
condition (financial or other), (b) the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement, (c) the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loans,
or (d) its ability to foreclose on the related Mortgaged Properties.
(ii) The Seller has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver
and perform this Agreement and to consummate all of the transactions
contemplated hereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and
delivered, this Agreement will constitute the Seller's legal, valid and
binding obligations enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement of such terms may be limited by (1) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the availability of
equitable remedies, (2) general equity principles (regardless of whether
such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) or (3)
public policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent
that such policy considerations limit the enforceability of the provisions
of this Agreement which purport to provide indemnification from securities
laws liabilities.
(iii) The Seller holds all necessary licenses, certificates and
permits from all governmental authorities necessary for conducting its
business as it is presently conducted, except for such licenses,
certificates and permits the absence of which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Seller to conduct its business as it is presently conducted. It is not
required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license,
approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any
governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except
for such consents,
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licenses, approvals or authorizations, or registrations or declarations as
shall have been obtained or filed, as the case may be, prior to the Closing
Date.
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Seller will not conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a
default under, any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order
or decree of any court applicable to the Seller or any of its properties or
any provision of its Limited Liability Company Agreement, or constitute a
material breach of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties pursuant to any mortgage,
indenture, contract or other agreement to which it is a party or by which
it may be bound.
(v) No certificate of an officer, written statement or report
delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Seller contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary
to make the certificate, statement or report not misleading.
(vi) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of the Seller's business.
(vii) The Seller is not insolvent, nor will the Seller be made
insolvent by the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, nor is
the Seller aware of any pending insolvency.
(viii) The Seller is not in violation of, and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by it and its performance and compliance with
the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to
any order or decree of any court, or any order or regulation of any
federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction, which
violation would materially and adversely affect the Seller's condition
(financial or otherwise) or operations or any of the Seller's properties,
or materially and adversely affect the performance of any of its duties
hereunder.
(ix) There are no actions or proceedings against, or investigations
of, the Seller pending or, to its knowledge, threatened, before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (i) that, if determined adversely,
would prohibit the Seller from entering into this Agreement, (ii) seeking
to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (iii) that, if determined adversely, would prohibit or
materially and adversely affect the Seller's performance of any of its
respective obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement.
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(x) The Seller did not transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor
with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(xi) The Seller acquired title to the Mortgage Loans in good faith,
without notice of any adverse claims.
(xii) The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes
and the Mortgages by the Seller to the Depositor are not subject to the
bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction.
Section 2.09 COVENANTS OF THE SELLER.
(a) The Seller hereby covenants that except for the transfer
hereunder, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other
Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien on any
Mortgage Loan, or any interest therein; the Seller will notify the Trustee, as
assignee of the Depositor, of the existence of any lien on any Mortgage Loan
immediately upon discovery thereof, and the Seller will defend the right, title
and interest of the Trust, as assignee of the Depositor, in, to and under the
Mortgage Loans, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under
the Seller; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section 2.09 shall prevent
or be deemed to prohibit the Seller from suffering to exist upon any of the
Mortgage Loans any liens for municipal or other local taxes and other
governmental charges if such taxes or governmental charges shall not at the time
be due and payable or if the Seller shall currently be contesting the validity
thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its
books adequate reserves with respect thereto.
(b) The Seller hereby covenants that neither it nor any
Affiliate of the Seller will directly solicit any Mortgagor hereunder to
refinance the related Mortgage Loan. For the purposes of the foregoing, neither
the Seller nor any Affiliate of the Seller shall be deemed to directly solicit
any Mortgagor if the Seller responds to a request from a Mortgagor regarding a
refinancing or if the Mortgagor receives marketing materials which are generally
disseminated.
Section 2.10. Conveyance of REMIC 1 Regular Interests and Acceptance
of REMIC 1 by the Trustee; Issuance of Certificates.
(a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to
the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor
in and to the assets described in the definition of REMIC 1 for the benefit of
the holders of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) and the
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Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-1 Interest). The Trustee
acknowledges receipt of the assets described in the definition of REMIC 1 and
declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and
benefit of the holders of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests and the Class R
Certificates (in respect of the Class R-1 Interest). The interests evidenced by
the Class R-1 Interest, together with the REMIC 1 Regular Interests, constitute
the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC 1.
(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 1 Regular Interests for the benefit of the holders of the
REMIC 2 Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) and the Class R
Certificates (in respect of the Class R-2 Interest). The Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests and declares that it holds and will
hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the
REMIC 2 Regular Interests and the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class
R-2 Interest). The interests evidenced by the Class R-2 Interest, together with
the REMIC 2 Regular Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership
interest in REMIC 2.
(c) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to
the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor
in and to the REMIC 2 Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) for the
benefit of the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R Certificates
(in respect of the Class R-3 Interest). The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
REMIC 2 Regular Interests and declares that it holds and will hold the same in
trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Holders of the Regular
Certificates and the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-3
Interest). The interests evidenced by the Class R-3 Interest, together with the
Regular Certificates, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in
REMIC 3.
(d) Concurrently with (i) the assignment and delivery to the Trustee
of REMIC 1 and the acceptance by the Trustee thereof, pursuant to Section 2.01
and Section 2.02, (ii) the assignment and delivery to the Trustee of REMIC 2
(including the Residual Interest therein represented by the Class R-2 Interest)
and the acceptance by the Trustee thereof, pursuant to Section 2.10(b), (iii)
the assignment and delivery to the Trustee of REMIC 3 (including the Residual
Interest therein represented by the Class R-3 Interest) and the acceptance by
the Trustee thereof, pursuant to Section 2.10(c), the Trustee, pursuant to the
written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, has
executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the
Class R Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the Class R-1
Interest, the Class R-2 Interest and the Class R-3 Interest, the Class A
Certificates, the Class A-IO Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class
M-2 Certificates, the Class B-1 Interest, the Class B-2 Certificates, the
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Class B-3 Interest and the Class X/N Interest.
Section 2.11. Conveyance of Class B-1 Interest and Acceptance of
REMIC 4 by the Trustee; Issuance of the Class B-1
Certificates.
(a) 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 Class B-1 Interest for the benefit of the holders of the Class B-1
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class B-1 Interest (which
is uncertificated) and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust
for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the Class B-1 Certificates.
The Class R-4 Certificates, together with the Class B-1 Certificates, constitute
the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC 4.
(b) In exchange for the Class B-1 Interest and, concurrently with the
assignment to the Trustee thereof, pursuant to the written request of the
Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, the Trustee has executed,
authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Class B-1
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing (together with the Class R-4
Certificates) the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC 4.
(c) Concurrently with (i) the assignment and delivery to the Trustee
of REMIC 4 (including the Residual Interest therein represented by the Class R-4
Certificates) and the acceptance by the Trustee thereof, pursuant to Section
2.11(b), the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed
by an officer of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R-4 Certificates.
Section 2.12. Conveyance of Class B-3 Interest and Acceptance of
REMIC 5 by the Trustee; Issuance of the Class B-3
Certificates.
(a) 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 Class B-3 Interest for the benefit of the holders of the Class B-3
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class B-3 Interest (which
is uncertificated) and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust
for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the Class B-3 Certificates.
The Class R-5 Certificates, together with the Class B-3 Certificates, constitute
the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC 5.
(b) In exchange for the Class B-3 Interest and, concurrently with the
assignment to the Trustee thereof, pursuant to the written request of the
Depositor executed by an officer of the
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Depositor, the Trustee has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the
order of the Depositor, the Class B-3 Certificates in authorized denominations
evidencing (together with the Class R-5 Certificates) the entire beneficial
ownership interest in REMIC 5.
(c) Concurrently with (i) the assignment and delivery to the Trustee
of REMIC 5 (including the Residual Interest therein represented by the Class R-5
Certificates) and the acceptance by the Trustee thereof, pursuant to Section
2.12(b), the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed
by an officer of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R-5 Certificates.
Section 2.13. Conveyance of Class X/N Interest and Acceptance of
REMIC 6 by the Trustee; Issuance of the Class X/N
Certificates.
(a) 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 Class X/N Interest for the benefit of the holders of the Class X/N
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class X/N Interest (which
is uncertificated) and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust
for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the Class X/N Certificates.
The Class R-6 Certificates, together with the Class X Certificates, constitute
the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC 6.
(b) Concurrently with (i) the assignment and delivery to the Trustee
of REMIC 6 (including the Residual Interest therein represented by the Class R-6
Certificates) and the acceptance by the Trustee thereof, pursuant to Section
2.13(b), the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed
by an officer of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R-6 Certificates.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 3.01 SERVICER TO ACT AS SERVICER.
The Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and the normal
and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers, 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
including, in the case of FHA Loans and VA Loans, taking all actions that a
mortgagee is permitted or required to take by the FHA or the VA, as the case may
be (the "Servicing Standards").
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
strict compliance with 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, that the Servicer shall not make future
advances and (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage
Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably
foreseeable) the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any
Mortgage Loan that would (i) change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive
the payment thereof of any principal or interest payments, reduce the
outstanding principal amount (except for actual payments of principal) or extend
the final maturity date with respect to such Mortgage Loan, (ii) in the case of
FHA Loans and VA Loans, affect the FHA Insurance Contract or VA Guaranty
Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) affect
adversely the status of any REMIC as a REMIC or (iv) cause any REMIC to be
subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the
REMIC Provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not permit
any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would both (x) effect an
exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1.860G-2(b) of the
Treasury Regulations and (y) cause any REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund
to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on
"prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the Startup Day under the
REMIC Provisions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer
shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on
behalf of itself, and the Trustee, 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 Property. The Servicer shall make all required Servicing
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Advances and shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
Applicable Regulations, and shall provide to the Mortgagor any reports required
to be provided to them thereby. If reasonably required by the Servicer, the
Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other
documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement and the Trustee shall
have no liability with respect to any misuse of such power of attorney and shall
be indemnified by the Servicer for any costs, liabilities or expenses incurred
by the Trustee in connection therewith.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Servicer shall be prohibited from foreclosing on any Mortgage Loan based on the
delinquency status thereof as of the Cut-off Date.
In servicing and administering FHA Loans and VA Loans, the Servicer
shall comply strictly with the National Housing Act, the FHA Regulations, the
Servicemen's Readjustment Act and the VA Regulations and administrative
guidelines issued thereunder or pursuant thereto (insofar as the same apply to
any Mortgage Loan) and, to the extent permitted hereunder, promptly discharge
all of the obligations of the mortgagee thereunder and under each Mortgage
including the timely giving of notices, the essence hereof being that the full
benefits of each FHA Insurance Contract and VA Guaranty Agreement inure to the
Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders.
In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall
employ procedures including collection procedures and exercise the same care
that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering
mortgage loans for its own account giving due consideration to accepted mortgage
servicing practices of prudent lending institutions, the FHA Insurance Contracts
and the VA Guaranty Agreements, where applicable, and the Certificateholders'
reliance on the Servicer.
The Servicer shall give prompt notice to the Trustee of any action, of
which the Servicer has actual knowledge, to (i) assert a claim against the Trust
Fund or (ii) assert jurisdiction over the Trust Fund.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the
event of a Principal Prepayment in full of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer may not
waive any prepayment penalty or portion thereof required by the terms of the
related Mortgage Note unless (i) the Servicer determines that such waiver would
maximize recovery of Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan, taking into
account the value of such prepayment penalty, or (ii) (A) the enforceability
thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, or
other similar law relating to creditors' rights generally or (2) due to
acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other
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involuntary payment, or (B) the enforceability is otherwise limited or
prohibited by applicable law. In the event of a Principal Prepayment in full
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit Q no later than the
date on which the Servicer delivers the Remittance Report to the Trustee and the
Trustee will make such Officer's Certificate available on its website to the
Class X Certificateholders. If the Servicer has waived or does not collect all
or a portion of a prepayment penalty relating to a Principal Prepayment in full
due to any action or omission of the Servicer, other than as provided above, the
Servicer shall, within 90 days of the date on which the Principal Prepayment in
full is remitted to the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee the amount of such
prepayment penalty (or such portion thereof as had been waived for deposit) into
the Distribution Account for distribution in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
The Trustee shall make available on its website to the Depositor and
the owner of the Class N and Class X Certificates, on a monthly basis, a
statement setting forth the amounts received with respect to prepayment
penalties.
Section 3.02 COLLECTION OF MORTGAGE LOAN PAYMENTS.
Continuously from the date hereof until the principal and interest on
all Mortgage Loans are paid in full, the Servicer will diligently collect all
payments due under each Mortgage Loan when the same shall become due and payable
and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and the terms and provisions of any related Primary Insurance Policy and
Applicable Regulations, follow such collection procedures as it follows with
respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own
account. Further, the Servicer will take special care in ascertaining and
estimating annual ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, fire and hazard
insurance premiums, mortgage insurance premiums, and all other charges that, as
provided in the Mortgage, will become due and payable to that end that the
installments payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as
and when they become due and payable.
Section 3.03 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.
In the event that any payment due under any Conventional Mortgage Loan
is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or in the event the Mortgagor
fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under the Mortgage Loan and
such failure continues beyond any applicable grace period, the Servicer shall
take such action as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the
Certificateholders. In the event that any payment due under any FHA Loan becomes
delinquent, the Servicer shall take all such actions as are in the best
interests of the Certificateholders and permitted under any applicable FHA loss
mitigation proceedings, including, but not limited to, requesting the
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FHA to accept an assignment of such FHA Loan, and, upon the Servicer's
determination that foreclosure is in the best interest of the
Certificateholders, commencing foreclosure proceedings. With respect to each VA
Loan, the Servicer shall diligently seek to mitigate losses by utilizing all
remedies available in the VA Regulations. With respect to any defaulted Mortgage
Loan, the Servicer shall have the right to review the status of the related
forbearance plan and, subject to the second paragraph of Section 3.01, may
modify such forbearance plan; including, extending the Mortgage Loan repayment
date for a period of one year or reducing the Mortgage Interest Rate up to 50
basis points.
In connection with a foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer
shall exercise such rights and powers vested in it hereunder and use the same
degree of care and skill in its exercise as prudent mortgage servicers would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs and
consistent with Applicable Regulations and the servicing standards set forth in
the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Guide, including, without limitation, advancing funds for the
payment of taxes and insurance premiums with respect to first lien Mortgage
Loans.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03, with
respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Servicer has received actual notice
of, or has actual knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance
on the related Mortgaged Property, the Servicer shall not either (i) obtain
title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or
otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any other action
with respect to, such Mortgaged Property if, as a result of any such action, the
Trust Fund would be considered to hold title to, to be a mortgagee-in-possession
of, or to be an owner or operator of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer
has also previously determined, based on its reasonable judgment and a prudent
report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using
customary industry standards, that:
A. such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable
environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in the best economic interest of
the Certificateholders to take such actions as are necessary to bring the
Mortgaged Property into compliance therewith; and
B. there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property
relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous substances,
hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or petroleum-based materials for which
investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could
be required under any federal, state or local law or regulation, or that if any
such materials are present for which such action could be required, that it
would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders to take such
actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged
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Property.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by this
Section 3.03 shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject to the Servicer's right
to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as provided in Section
3.05(ii).
If the Servicer determines, as described above, that it is in the best
economic interest of the Certificateholders to take such actions as are
necessary to bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable
environmental laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment,
clean-up or remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes, or petroleum-based materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then
the Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic
interest of the Certificateholders. The cost of any such compliance,
containment, cleanup or remediation shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject
to the Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as
provided in Section 3.05(ii).
Section 3.04 COLLECTION ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION 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 Collection
Accounts. Each Collection Account shall be an Eligible Account.
The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account on a daily basis
within two Business Days of receipt, and retain therein, the following payments
and collections received or made by it after the Cut-off Date with respect to
the Mortgage Loans:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans
adjusted to the Mortgage Interest Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate;
(iii) all proceeds from a Cash Liquidation;
(iv) all Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited
pursuant to Section 3.10, other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow
Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
or released to the Mortgagor in accordance
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with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures, the loan documents or
applicable law;
(v) all Condemnation Proceeds affecting any Mortgaged Property which
are not released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal
servicing procedures, the loan documents or applicable law; and
(vi) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer in
connection with any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.13.
Any interest paid on funds deposited in the Collection Account,
subject to Section 3.25, shall accrue to the benefit of the Servicer and the
Servicer shall be entitled to retain and withdraw such interest from the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(v). The foregoing requirements for
deposit from the Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and
agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the
nature of late payment charges, prepayment charges that are not prepayment
penalties, and assumption fees need not be deposited by the Servicer in the
Collection Account.
(b) On behalf of the Trust Fund and the Trustee, the Trustee shall
establish and maintain one or more accounts (such account or accounts, the
"Distribution Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Servicer shall deliver to
the Trustee in immediately available funds for deposit in the Distribution
Account by the close of business New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date,
that portion of the Available Funds (calculated without regard to the references
in the definition thereof to amounts that may be deposited to the Distribution
Account from a different source as provided herein) then on deposit in the
Collection Account.
(c) Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account may
be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions set forth
in Section 3.25. The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location
of the Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any
change thereof. The Trustee shall give notice to the Servicer and the Depositor
of the location of the Distribution Account when established and prior to any
change thereof.
(d) In the event the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit
in the Distribution Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it
may at any time request that the Trustee withdraw such amount from the
Distribution Account and remit to the Servicer any such amount, any provision
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition, the Servicer shall deliver
to the Trustee from time to time for deposit, and the Trustee shall so deposit,
in the Distribution
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Account in respect of REMIC 1:
(i) any Advances, as required pursuant to Section 4.07;
(ii) any Stayed Funds, as soon as permitted by the federal bankruptcy
court having jurisdiction in such matters;
(iii) any prepayment penalties or amounts in connection with the
waiver of such prepayment penalties, in each case required to be deposited
pursuant to Section 3.01;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited in the Distribution Account
pursuant to Sections 2.03, 3.04, 3.15, 3.16, 3.23 or 4.07; and
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.11 in connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard
insurance policy, such deposit being made from the Servicer's own funds,
without reimbursement therefor.
(e) Promptly upon receipt of any Stayed Funds, whether from the
Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy, or federal bankruptcy court or other source,
the Trustee shall notify the Servicer of such receipt and deposit such funds in
the Distribution Account, subject to withdrawal thereof as permitted hereunder.
Section 3.05 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM THE COLLECTION ACCOUNT.
The Servicer may, from time to time, withdraw from the Collection
Account for the following purposes:
(i) to remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account
the amounts required to be so remitted pursuant to Section 3.04(b) or
permitted to be so remitted pursuant to the first sentence of Section
3.04(d);
(ii) to reimburse itself for Advances and Servicing Advances; the
Servicer's right to reimburse itself pursuant to this subclause (ii) being
limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent
payments of (a) principal and/or interest respecting which any such Advance
was made or (b) Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds respecting which any such Servicing Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, any
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Servicing Fees and for unreimbursed Advances to the extent that such
amounts are deemed to be Nonrecoverable Advances, and to reimburse itself
for such amounts to the extent that such amounts are nonrecoverable from
the disposition of REO Property pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.13
hereof;
(iv) to reimburse itself for any amounts paid pursuant to Section 3.03
(and not otherwise previously reimbursed);
(v) to pay to itself as servicing compensation (a) any interest earned
on funds in the Collection Account (all such interest to be withdrawn
monthly not later than each Servicer Remittance Date) and (b) the Servicing
Fee from that portion of any payment or recovery as to interest to a
particular Mortgage Loan to the extent not retained pursuant to Section
3.04(ii);
(vi) to pay or reimburse itself or any other party for any amounts
payable or paid pursuant to Section 3.26 or Section 6.03 (and not otherwise
previously reimbursed); and
(vii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon the
termination of this Agreement.
The foregoing requirements for withdrawal from the Collection Account
shall be exclusive. In the event the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time
withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Section 3.06 ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS; DEPOSITS IN ESCROW
ACCOUNTS.
The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received
pursuant to each Mortgage Loan which constitute Escrow Payments separate and
apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and
maintain one or more Escrow Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand
accounts. A copy of such letter agreement shall be furnished to the Trustee upon
request. The Escrow Account shall be an Eligible Account.
The Servicer shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts on a
daily basis within two Business Days of receipt, and retain therein, (i) all
Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of
effecting timely payment of any such items as required under the terms of this
Agreement, and (ii) all Insurance Proceeds which are to be applied to the
restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall make
withdrawals therefrom only to effect
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such payments as are required under this Agreement, and for such other purposes
as shall be set forth in, or in accordance with, Section 3.07. The Servicer
shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in the Escrow
Account by the depository institution other than interest on escrowed funds
required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor and, to the extent required by the
related Mortgage Loan or Applicable Regulations, the Servicer shall pay interest
on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow Account is
non-interest bearing or that interest paid thereon is insufficient for such
purposes.
Section 3.07 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT.
Withdrawals from the Escrow Account may be made by the Servicer (i) to
effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, fire,
flood and hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if
applicable, and comparable items, (ii) to reimburse the Servicer for any
Servicing Advance made by the Servicer with respect to a related Mortgage Loan
but only from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent late
payments or Late Collections of Escrow Payments thereunder, (iii) to refund to
the Mortgagor any funds as may be determined to be overages, (iv) for transfer
to the Collection Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (v)
for application to restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property, (vi) to pay
to the Servicer, or to the Mortgagor to the extent required by the related
Mortgage Loan or Applicable Regulations, any interest paid on the funds
deposited in the Escrow Account, (vii) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account
on the termination of this Agreement, (viii) to transfer to the Collection
Account any insurance proceeds, or (ix) in the case of FHA Loans and VA Loans,
for transfer to the Collection Account, fire and hazard insurance proceeds and
Escrow Payments with respect to any Mortgage Loan where the FHA or VA, as the
case may be, has directed application of such funds as a credit against the
proceeds of the FHA Insurance Contract or the VA Guaranty Agreement. As part of
its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay to the Mortgagor interest on funds
in the Escrow Account, to the extent required by the related Mortgage Loan or
Applicable Regulations, and to the extent that interest earned on funds in the
Escrow Account is insufficient, shall pay such interest from its own funds,
without any reimbursement therefor.
In the event the Servicer shall deposit in the Escrow Account any
amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such
amount from the Escrow Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 3.08 PAYMENT OF TAXES, INSURANCE AND OTHER CHARGES;
COLLECTIONS THEREUNDER.
With respect to each first lien Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall
maintain accurate
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records reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates
and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and
the status of Primary Insurance Policy premiums and fire, flood and hazard
insurance coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the
payment of such charges (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment
thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and at a time
appropriate for securing maximum discounts allowable, employing for such purpose
deposits of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account which shall have been estimated
and accumulated by the Servicer in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as
allowed under the terms of the Mortgage or Applicable Regulations. To the extent
that the Mortgage does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall
determine that any such payments are made by the Mortgagor at the time they
first become due. The Servicer assumes full responsibility for the timely
payment of all such bills and shall effect timely payments of all such bills
irrespective of the Mortgagor's faithful performance in the payment of same or
the making of the Escrow Payments and shall make Servicing Advances from its own
funds to effect such payments.
The Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, as mortgagee, will maintain in
full force and effect (to the extent a Mortgage Loan has a Primary Insurance
Policy) a Primary Insurance Policy issued by a Qualified Insurer with respect to
each Mortgage Loan for which such coverage is required. Such coverage will be
maintained until the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the related Mortgage Loan
is reduced to 80% or less. The Servicer will not cancel or refuse to renew any
Primary Insurance Policy in effect on the Closing Date that is required to be
kept in force under this Agreement unless a replacement Primary Insurance Policy
for such cancelled or non-renewed policy is obtained from and maintained with a
Qualified Insurer. The Servicer shall not take any action which would result in
non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss which,
but for the actions of the Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. In
connection with any assumption or substitution agreement entered into or to be
entered into pursuant to Section 3.14, the Servicer shall promptly notify the
insurer under the related Primary Insurance Policy, if any, of such assumption
or substitution of liability in accordance with the terms of such policy and
shall take all actions which may be required by such insurer as a condition to
the continuation of coverage under the Primary Insurance Policy. If such Primary
Insurance Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption or substitution of
liability, the Servicer shall obtain a replacement Primary Insurance Policy as
provided above.
In connection with its activities as servicer, the Servicer agrees to
prepare and present, on behalf of itself and the Trustee, claims to the insurer
under any Primary Insurance Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the
terms of such policies and, in this regard, to take such action as shall be
necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policy respecting a
defaulted Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to Section 3.04, any amounts collected by the
Servicer under any Primary
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Insurance Policy shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.05.
Section 3.09 TRANSFER OF ACCOUNTS.
The Servicer may transfer the Collection Account or the Escrow Account
to a different depository institution from time to time. Upon such transfer, the
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor, a certification or
letter agreement, as the case may be, as required pursuant to Sections 3.04 and
3.06.
Section 3.10 MAINTENANCE OF HAZARD INSURANCE.
The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each first lien 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 at least
equal to the lesser of (i) the amount necessary to fully compensate for any
damage or loss to the improvements which are a part of such property on a
replacement cost basis, (ii) the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, in each
case in an amount not less than such amount as is necessary to prevent the
Mortgagor and/or the Mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer or (iii) the amount
required under applicable HUD/FHA regulations. If the Mortgaged Property is in
an area identified in the Federal Register by the Flood Emergency Management
Agency as having special flood hazards and flood insurance has been made
available, 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 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 for the benefit of the Certificateholders, (x)
fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount which is at least
equal to the replacement cost of the improvements which are a part of such
property, (y) public liability insurance and, (z) to the extent required and
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, flood
insurance in an amount as provided above. Any amounts collected by the Servicer
under any such policies other than amounts to be deposited in the Escrow Account
and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or REO
Property, or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal
servicing procedures, shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.05. It is understood and agreed that no
earthquake or other additional insurance is required to be maintained by the
Servicer or the Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of the
Mortgage Loan, other than pursuant to such Applicable Regulations as shall at
any time be in force and as shall require
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such additional insurance. All such policies shall be endorsed with standard
mortgagee clauses with loss payable to the Servicer and shall provide for at
least thirty days prior written notice of any cancellation, reduction in the
amount of or material change in coverage to the Servicer. The Servicer shall not
interfere with the Mortgagor's freedom of choice in selecting either his
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 of B:VI or better in Best's
Key Rating Guide and are licensed to do business in the state wherein the
property subject to the policy is located.
Section 3.11 MAINTENANCE OF MORTGAGE IMPAIRMENT INSURANCE POLICY.
In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy issued by an insurer that has a general policy rating of B:VI or better
in Best's Key Rating Guide insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage
Loans, then, to the extent such policy provides coverage in an amount equal to
the amount required pursuant to Section 3.10 and otherwise complies with all
other requirements of Section 3.10, it shall conclusively be deemed to have
satisfied its obligations as set forth in Section 3.10, 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 or REO Property a policy complying with Section 3.10,
and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy,
deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause,
which amount shall not be reimbursable to the Servicer from the Trust Fund. In
connection with its activities as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer
agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of the Trustee, claims under any such
blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy.
Upon request of the Trustee, the Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the
Trustee a certified true copy of such policy and a statement from the insurer
thereunder that such policy shall in no event be terminated or materially
modified without thirty days prior written notice to the Trustee.
Section 3.12 FIDELITY BOND, ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE.
The Servicer shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket fidelity
bond (the "Fidelity Bond") and an errors and omissions insurance policy, with
broad coverage with financially responsible companies on all officers, employees
or other persons acting in any capacity with regard to the Mortgage Loans to
handle funds, money, documents and papers relating to the Mortgage Loans. The
Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance shall be in the form of the
Mortgage Banker's Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the Servicer against
losses, including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and
negligent acts of such persons. Such Fidelity
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Bond shall also protect and insure the Servicer against losses in connection
with the failure to maintain any insurance policies required pursuant to this
Agreement and the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having
obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of
this Section 3.12 requiring the Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance
shall diminish or relieve the Servicer from its duties and obligations as set
forth in this Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance
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cause to be delivered to the requesting party a certified true copy of the
Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance policy and a statement from the
surety and the insurer that such Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions
insurance policy shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without
thirty days' prior written notice to the Trustee.
Section 3.13 TITLE, MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSITION OF REO PROPERTY.
(a) In the event that title to a Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be taken (pursuant to a limited power of attorney to be provided by the
Trustee to the Servicer) in the name of the Trustee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, or in the event the Trustee is not authorized or permitted
to hold title to real property in the state where the REO Property is located,
or would be adversely affected under the "doing business" or tax laws of such
state by so holding title, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the
name of such Person or Persons as shall be consistent with an Opinion of Counsel
obtained by the Servicer from an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the
state where the REO Property is located. Any Person or Persons holding such
title other than the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing that such title is
being held as nominee for the benefit of the Trustee.
(b) In the event that 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 shall dispose of such REO Property before the end of
the third calendar year beginning after the year of its acquisition by the Trust
Fund for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or, at the expense of the
Trust Fund, request from the Internal Revenue Service, more than 60 days before
the day on which the above-mentioned grace period would otherwise expire, an
extension of the above- mentioned grace period, unless the Servicer obtains an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Servicer and the Trustee, to the effect
that the holding by the Trust Fund of such REO Property subsequent to such
period will not: (i) result in the imposition of any tax on "prohibited
transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code; or (ii) cause any REMIC
constituting any part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any
time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may
continue to hold such REO Property (subject to any conditions contained in such
Opinion of
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Counsel). The Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Collection
Account for any costs incurred in obtaining such Opinion of Counsel, as provided
in Section 3.05.
Subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations as shall at
any time be in force, and notwithstanding any other provisions 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 any REMIC constituting part of
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 Sections
860F or 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.
The Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO
Property for the Certificateholders and the Trust Fund solely for the purpose of
its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause such REO
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by the related REMIC of
any "income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of Section
860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code, or any "net income from foreclosure property" which
is subject to taxation under the REMIC Provisions. The Servicer shall cause each
REO Property to be inspected promptly upon the acquisition of title thereto and
shall cause each REO Property to be inspected at least annually thereafter. The
Servicer shall make or cause to be made a written report of each such
inspection. Such reports shall be retained in the Mortgage Servicing File and
copies thereof shall be forwarded by the Servicer to the Trustee upon request.
The Servicer shall attempt to sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same)
on such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of
the Certificateholders and the Trust Fund.
With respect to each REO Property, the Servicer shall account
separately for each REO Property with respect to all funds collected and
received in connection with the operation of such REO Property.
The Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited, on a daily basis,
within two Business Days of receipt, in the Collection Account, all revenues
received with respect to each REO Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds
necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of the related
REO Property, including the cost of maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to
Section 3.10 hereof and the fees of any managing agent acting on behalf of the
Servicer.
The Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee, on each Servicer Remittance
Date, an
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operating statement for each REO Property covering the operation of each REO
Property for the previous month. Such operating statement shall be accompanied
by such other information as the Trustee shall reasonably request.
The Servicer shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO Property
as promptly as is practically consistent with protecting the Certificateholders'
interests.
Each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Servicer at such
price and upon such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems to be in the best
interest of the Certificateholders. If as of the date title to any REO Property
was acquired by the Servicer there were outstanding unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to the REO Property, the Servicer, upon an REO Disposition
of such REO Property, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any related
unreimbursed Servicing Advances from proceeds received in connection with such
REO Disposition. The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of any payment to
the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account for
distribution on the succeeding Servicer Remittance Date in accordance with
Section 4.01.
Any REO Disposition shall be for cash only (unless changes in the
REMIC Provisions made subsequent to the Startup Day allow a sale for other
consideration and an Opinion of Counsel is obtained by the Servicer to the
effect that such sale shall not cause any REMIC constituting part of the Trust
Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC).
Section 3.14 DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AND SUBSTITUTION
AGREEMENTS.
When a Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Servicer shall, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance
or prospective conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of the
related Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale" clause contained in the related
Mortgage or Mortgage Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer shall not
exercise any such right if the "due-on-sale" clause, in the reasonable belief of
the Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable law. An Opinion of Counsel at
the expense of the Servicer (which expense shall constitute a Servicing Advance)
delivered to the Trustee and the Depositor to the foregoing effect shall
conclusively establish the reasonableness of such belief. In such event, the
Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to enter into an assumption and
modification agreement 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 law or the Mortgage, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not permitted under
applicable law, the Servicer is authorized 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
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Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Note. The Mortgage Loan, as assumed,
shall conform in all respects to the requirements, representations and
warranties of this Agreement. The Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any
such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to
the Trustee (or the Custodian, as the case may be) the original copy of such
assumption or substitution agreement (indicating the Mortgage File to which it
relates) which copy shall be added by the Trustee (or the Custodian, as the case
may be) to the related Mortgage File and which shall, for all purposes, be
considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other
documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The Servicer shall be
responsible for recording any such assumption or substitution agreements. In
connection with any such assumption or substitution agreement, the Monthly
Payment on the related Mortgage Loan shall not be changed but shall remain as in
effect immediately prior to the assumption or substitution, the stated maturity
or outstanding principal amount of such Mortgage Loan shall not be changed nor
shall any required monthly payments of principal or interest be deferred or
forgiven. Any fee collected by the Servicer for consenting to any such
conveyance or entering into an assumption or substitution agreement shall be
retained by or paid to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this
Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Servicer may be
restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
Section 3.15 NOTIFICATION OF ADJUSTMENTS.
On each Adjustment Date, the Servicer shall make Mortgage Interest
Rate adjustments for each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Rate Loan in compliance with
the requirements of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note and Applicable
Regulations. The Servicer shall execute and deliver the notices required by each
Mortgage and Mortgage Note and Applicable Regulations regarding Mortgage
Interest Rate adjustments. The Servicer also shall provide timely notification
to the Trustee of all applicable data and information regarding such Mortgage
Interest Rate adjustments and the Servicer's methods of implementing such
Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Servicer or the
Trustee that the Servicer has failed to adjust or has incorrectly adjusted a
Mortgage Interest Rate or a Monthly Payment pursuant to the terms of the related
Mortgage Note and Mortgage, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account from its own funds the amount of any
interest loss caused thereby without reimbursement therefor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
the Servicer shall be held harmless with respect to any Mortgage Interest Rate
adjustments made by any servicer prior to the Servicer.
Section 3.16 OPTIONAL PURCHASES OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY SERVICER.
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The Servicer (or an affiliate of the Servicer) may, at its option,
repurchase a Mortgage Loan or REO Property which becomes 120 or more days
Delinquent or for which the Servicer has accepted a deed in lieu of foreclosure,
during the period commencing on the first day of the calendar quarter succeeding
the calendar quarter in which the Initial Delinquency Date occurred with respect
to such Mortgage Loan and ending on the last Business Day of such calendar
quarter. If the Servicer (or an affiliate of the Servicer) does not exercise its
purchase right with respect to a Mortgage Loan during the period specified in
the preceding sentence, such Mortgage Loan shall thereafter again become
eligible for purchase pursuant to the preceding sentence only after the Mortgage
Loan ceases to be 120 days or more Delinquent and thereafter becomes 120 days
Delinquent again. The "Initial Delinquency Date" of a Mortgage Loan shall mean
the date on which the Mortgage Loan first became 120 days Delinquent or, in the
event such loan is a Re-Performing Mortgage Loan which was Delinquent 120 days
or more as of the Cut-off Date, the date on which such Re-Performing Mortgage
Loan first becomes an additional 30 days or more Delinquent. Prior to repurchase
pursuant to this Section 3.16, the Servicer shall be required to continue to
make monthly advances pursuant to Section 4.07. The Servicer shall not use any
procedure in selecting Mortgage Loans to be repurchased which is materially
adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall purchase
such (i) delinquent Mortgage Loan at a price equal to the Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan plus accrued interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate
from the date to which interest has last been paid to the Trust Fund to the date
of purchase plus any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances or (ii) REO
Property at its fair market value as determined in good faith by the Servicer.
Any such repurchase of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to this Section
3.16 shall be accomplished by delivery to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account of the amount of the purchase price. The Trustee shall
immediately effectuate the conveyance of such delinquent Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to the Servicer to the extent necessary, including the prompt delivery
of all documentation to the Servicer.
Section 3.17 TRUSTEE TO COOPERATE; RELEASE OF FILES.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan (including any
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan through foreclosure or otherwise, or the
receipt by the Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed
in a manner customary for such purposes), the Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee (or the Custodian as the case may be) two executed copies of a completed
"Request for Release" in the form of Exhibit E. Upon receipt of such Request for
Release of Documents, the Trustee (or the Custodian as the case may be) shall
promptly release the related Mortgage File, in trust to (i) the Servicer, or
(ii) such other party identified in the related Request for Release. Upon any
such payment in full, or the receipt of such notification that such funds have
been placed in escrow, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing to
execute an instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of Mortgage without
recourse) regarding the Mortgaged Property relating
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to such 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 payment in full, it being understood and agreed that no
expense incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Collection Account.
In lieu of executing any such satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be,
the Servicer may prepare and submit to the Trustee a satisfaction (or assignment
without recourse, if requested by the Person or Persons entitled thereto) in
form for execution by the Trustee with all requisite information completed by
the Servicer; in such event, the Trustee shall execute and acknowledge such
satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, and deliver the same with the
related Mortgage File, as aforesaid.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate in the servicing of any
Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, foreclosure or other comparable
conversion of a Mortgage Loan or collection under any insurance policy relating
to a Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall (except in the case of the payment or
liquidation pursuant to which the related Mortgage File is released to an escrow
agent or an employee, agent or attorney of the Trustee), upon written request of
the Servicer and delivery to the Trustee (or the Custodian, as the case may be)
of two executed copies of a "Request for Release" in the form of Exhibit E
signed by a Servicing Officer, release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer
and shall execute such documents as shall be necessary to the prosecution of any
such proceedings, including, without limitation, an assignment without recourse,
representation or warranty of the related Mortgage to the Servicer. Such receipt
shall obligate the Servicer to return the Mortgage File to the Trustee (or the
Custodian, as the case may be) when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer
exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in which case, upon receipt
of a Request for Release evidencing such liquidation, the receipt shall be
released by the Trustee (or the Custodian, as the case may be) to the Servicer.
(c) Subject to Section 3.01, the Servicer shall have the right to
accept applications of Mortgagors for consent to (i) partial releases of
Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or division of properties
subject to Mortgages and (iv) second mortgage subordination agreements. No
application for approval shall be considered by the Servicer unless: (w) it has
received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee (which opinion shall
not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund) that such sale, disposition,
substitution, acquisition or contribution will not affect adversely the status
of any REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund as a REMIC or cause any REMIC
constituting part of the Trust Fund to be subject to a tax on "prohibited
transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions; (x) the
provisions of the related Note and Mortgage have been complied with; (y) the
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to- income ratio after any release does
not exceed the maximum Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income ratio
established in accordance with the underwriting standards of the Mortgage
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Loans; and (z) the lien priority of the related Mortgage is not affected. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Servicing Officer's certificate setting forth the
action proposed to be taken in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan and
certifying that the criteria set forth in the immediately preceding sentence
have been satisfied, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer the
consent or partial release so requested by the Servicer. A proposed form of
consent or partial release, as the case may be, shall accompany any Servicing
Officer's certificate delivered by the Servicer pursuant to this paragraph.
Section 3.18 SERVICING COMPENSATION.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain the amount of the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage
Loan (including REO Properties). The Servicer shall be entitled to retain
additional servicing compensation in the form of release fees, bad check
charges, assumption fees, modification or extension fees, late payment charges,
or any other service-related fees, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
not required to be deposited in the Collection Account and similar items, to the
extent collected from Mortgagors. Additionally, the Servicer shall be entitled
to the Special Servicing Fee, payable in accordance with Section 4.02.
Section 3.19 ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
(a) The Servicer, at its own expense, will deliver to the Trustee and
the Depositor, not later than 90 days following the end of the fiscal year of
the Servicer which as of the Startup Day ends on the last day of December,
commencing in 2002, a Servicing Officer's certificate stating, as to each signer
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during such
preceding fiscal year (or such shorter period in the case of the first such
report) and of performance under this Agreement has been made under such
officers' supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based
on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this
Agreement for such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of
all such obligations, specifying each such default known to such officers and
the nature and status thereof including the steps being taken by the Servicer to
remedy such default.
(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee
is for informational purposes only and their receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable, from information contained therein, including the Servicer's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
Section 3.20 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' REPORTS.
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(a) Not later than 90 days following the end of each fiscal year of
the Servicer commencing in 2002, the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish to the Trustee and the Depositor a report stating that (i) it has
obtained a letter of representation regarding certain matters from the
management of the Servicer which includes an assertion that the Servicer has
complied with certain minimum residential mortgage loan servicing standards,
identified in either the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America or the Audit Program
for Mortgages serviced by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac, with respect to the servicing of
residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed fiscal year and
(ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
such representation is fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such
exceptions and other qualifications that may be appropriate. Immediately upon
receipt of such report, the Servicer shall furnish a copy of such report to the
Trustee, the Depositor and each Rating Agency. Copies of such statement shall be
provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon request at the Servicer's
expense, provided that such statement is delivered by the Servicer to the
Trustee.
(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee
is for informational purposes only and its receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable, from
information contained therein, including the Servicer's compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively
on Officers' Certificates).
(c) The Trustee shall, on behalf of the Trust Fund, prepare and file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all reports, statements and
information respecting the Trust which the Depositor determines are required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each such report,
statement and information to be filed on or prior to the required filing date
for such report, statement or information. Upon the request of the Trustee, each
of the Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor shall cooperate with
the Trustee in the preparation of any such report and shall provide to the
Trustee in a timely manner all such information or documentation as the Trustee
may reasonably request in connection with the performance of its duties and
obligations under this Section.
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Section 3.21 ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION REGARDING
THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee, Certificateholders that are
federally insured savings and loan associations, the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of each of the
foregoing (which, in the case of supervisory agents and examiners, may be
required by applicable state and federal regulations) access to the
documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans, such access being afforded without
charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the
offices of the Servicer designated by it.
Section 3.22 RESERVED.
Section 3.23 OBLIGATIONS OF THE SERVICER IN RESPECT OF COMPENSATING
INTEREST.
Not later than the close of business on each Servicer Remittance Date,
the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
Account an amount ("Compensating Interest") equal to the lesser of (A) the
aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the Actuarial Mortgage Loans
for the related Distribution Date resulting from Principal Prepayments on the
Actuarial Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period and (B) 50% of its
aggregate Servicing Fee received in the related Collection Period. Compensating
Interest shall be applied to offset any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the
Actuarial Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall not have the right to reimbursement
for any amounts remitted to the Trustee in respect of Compensating Interest.
Such amounts so remitted shall be included in the Available Funds and
distributed therewith on the next Distribution Date. The Servicer shall not be
obligated to pay Compensating Interest with respect to Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls on Simple Interest Mortgage Loans or Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
Section 3.24 OBLIGATIONS OF THE SERVICER IN RESPECT OF MORTGAGE
INTEREST RATES AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
In the event that a shortfall in any collection on or liability with
respect to any Mortgage Loan results from or is attributable to adjustments to
Mortgage Interest Rates, Monthly Payments or Principal Balances that were made
by the Servicer in a manner not consistent with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Servicer, upon discovery or receipt of
notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account from its own funds the amount of any such shortfall and
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor and
any successor servicer in respect of any such liability. Such indemnities shall
survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement.
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Section 3.25 INVESTMENT OF FUNDS IN THE COLLECTION ACCOUNT AND THE
DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.
(a) The Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining the
Collection Account (for purposes of this Section 3.25, an "Investment Account"),
to invest the funds in such Investment Account in one or more Permitted
Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable
on demand, (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on
which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this
Agreement, if a Person other than the Trustee is the obligor thereon, and (ii)
no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from
such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee is the obligor thereon.
All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on
demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the
name of the Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable (in its capacity as such) or
in the name of a nominee of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to sole
possession (except with respect to investment direction of funds held in the
Collection Account) over each such investment and the income thereon, and any
certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be
delivered directly to the Trustee or its agent, together with any document of
transfer necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Trustee or its
nominee. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any
time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Trustee shall at
the direction of the Servicer:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand
that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may
otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all
amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn
on such date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon
determination by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that such Permitted
Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds
thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds in the
Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer. The Servicer shall
deposit in the Collection Account the amount of any loss incurred in respect of
any such Permitted Investment made with funds in such account immediately upon
realization of such loss.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any
default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or
if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted
Investment, the Trustee may and, subject to Section
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8.01 and Section 8.02(a)(v), upon the request of the Holders of Certificates
representing more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class of
Certificates, shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such
payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
proceedings.
The Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any
insufficiency in any Account held by the Trustee resulting from any investment
loss on any Permitted Investment included therein (except to the extent that the
Trustee is the obligor and has defaulted thereon).
Section 3.26 LIABILITY OF SERVICER; INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Subject to clause (b) below and Section 6.03, the Servicer (except
the Trustee if it is required to succeed the Servicer hereunder) indemnifies and
holds the Trustee, the Seller, the Depositor and each Certificateholder harmless
against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
that the Trustee, the Depositor and any Certificateholder may sustain in any way
related to the failure of the Servicer to perform its duties and service the
Mortgage Loans in compliance with the Servicing Standards. The Servicer shall
immediately notify the Trustee, the Depositor and each Certificateholder if a
claim is made that may result in such claims, losses, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees or related costs, judgments, or any other costs, fees
and expenses, and the Servicer shall assume (with the consent of the Trustee)
the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith,
including reasonable counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any
judgment or decree which may be entered against the Servicer, the Trustee, the
Depositor and/or Certificateholder in respect of such claim. The provisions of
this Section 3.26 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the outstanding Certificates.
(b) None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, or any of the
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of
any action, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the
Seller or the Servicer or any such Person against any breach of warranties or
representations made herein, or against any specific liability imposed on the
Servicer for a breach of the Servicing Standard, or against any liability which
would otherwise be imposed by reason of its respective willful misfeasance, bad
faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties or by reasons of
negligent disregard of its respective obligations or duties hereunder.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and any director, officer,
employee or agent
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of the Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer, may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by
any appropriate Person with respect to any matters arising hereunder. The
Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller, and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Trust Fund against any loss, liability or expense incurred in
connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates,
other than any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal
action incurred by reason of its respective misfeasance, bad faith, fraud or
negligence, a breach of a representation or warranty hereunder or (in the case
of the Servicer) a breach of the Servicing Standard in the performance of its
respective duties or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective
obligations or duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor, the Seller nor the
Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
legal action unless such action is related to its respective duties under this
Agreement and in its opinion does not expose it to any expense or liability;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer may in its
discretion undertake any action related to its obligations hereunder which it
may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights
and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders
hereunder.
Section 3.27 REPORTS OF FORECLOSURE AND ABANDONMENT OF MORTGAGED
PROPERTIES.
On or before the last day of February of each year beginning in 2003,
the Servicer shall file the reports of foreclosure and abandonment of any
Mortgaged Property required by Section 6050J of the Code with the Internal
Revenue Service and provide an Officer's Certificate certifying its compliance
with this Section 3.27 to the Trustee. The reports from the Servicer shall be in
form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by such
Section 6050J.
Section 3.28 PROTECTION OF ASSETS.
(a) Except for transactions and activities entered into in connection
with the securitization that is the subject of this Agreement, the Trust is not
authorized and has no power to:
(1) borrow money or issue debt;
(2) merge with another entity, reorganize, liquidate or sell assets;
or
(3) engage in any business or activities.
(b) Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will not file an
involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Trustee or the Trust Fund or
initiate any other form of insolvency
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proceeding until after the Certificates have been paid.
Section 3.29. LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account.
No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish and
maintain with itself a separate, segregated trust account titled, "LIBOR
Carryover Reserve Account, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee, in trust for the
registered Holders of 2002-CB3 Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇." ▇▇ the Closing Date, the Depositor will deposit,
or cause to be deposited, into the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account $1,000.
On each Distribution Date as to which there is a LIBOR Carryover
Amount payable to the Offered Certificates and/or the Class B-3 Certificates,
the Trustee has been directed by the Class X/N Certificateholders to, and
therefore will, deposit into the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account the amounts
described in Section 4.02(b)(xx), rather than distributing such amounts to the
Class X/N Certificateholders. On each such Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
hold all such amounts for the benefit of the Holders of the Offered Certificates
and the Class B-3 Certificates, and will distribute such amounts to the Holders
of the Offered Certificates and/or the Class B-3 Certificates in the amounts and
priorities set forth in Section 4.02(b). If no LIBOR Carryover Amounts are
payable on a Distribution Date, the Trustee shall deposit into the LIBOR
Carryover Reserve Account on behalf of the Class X/N Certificateholders, from
amounts otherwise distributable to the Class X/N Certificateholders, an amount
such that when added to other amounts already on deposit in the LIBOR Carryover
Reserve Account, the aggregate amount on deposit therein is equal to $1,000. In
addition to the foregoing, the amount on deposit in the LIBOR Carryover Reserve
Account will be increased by any payments received by the Trustee under the Cap
Contract and deposited into the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account.
With respect to any Distribution Date on which a payment is to be made
under the Cap Contract, if the notional amount set forth on the schedule to the
Cap Contract for such Distribution Date exceeds the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Offered Certificates for such Distribution Date (prior to any
distributions of principal on the Offered Certificates on such Distribution
Date), the amount of the payment under the Cap Contract which shall be deposited
into the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account shall be an amount equal to the
difference between the Cap Rate (as defined in the Cap Contract) and
USD-LIBOR-BBA (as defined in the Cap Contract) multiplied by the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Offered Certificates for such Distribution Date (prior
to any distributions of principal on the Offered Certificates on such
Distribution Date). Any amounts in excess of the amount calculated as described
in the preceding sentence shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Seller.
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The parties hereto hereby instruct the Trustee to enter into the Cap
Contract and perform its duties and satisfy its obligations thereunder. Every
provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trustee shall apply to the Trustee's execution
of the Cap Contract, and the performance of its duties and satisfaction of its
obligations thereunder.
For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class X/N
Certificateholders will be deemed to be the owners of the LIBOR Carryover
Reserve Account and all amounts deposited into the LIBOR Carryover Reserve
Account (other than the initial deposit therein of $1,000) shall be treated as
amounts distributed by REMIC 6 to the Holders of the Class X/N Certificates.
Upon the termination of the Trust, or the payment in full of the Offered
Certificates and the Class B-3 Certificates, all amounts remaining on deposit in
the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account will be released by the Trust and
distributed to the Class X/N Certificateholders or their designees. The LIBOR
Carryover Reserve Account will be part of the Trust but not part of any REMIC
and any payments to the Holders of the Offered Certificates or the Class B-3
Certificates of LIBOR Carryover Amounts will not be payments with respect to a
"regular interest" in a REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860(G)(a)(1).
By accepting a Class X/N Certificate, each Class X/N Certificateholder
hereby agrees to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee hereby is directed, to
deposit into the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account the amounts described above on
each Distribution Date as to which there is any LIBOR Carryover Amount rather
than distributing such amounts to the Class X/N Certificateholders. By accepting
a Class X/N Certificate, each Class X/N Certificateholder further agrees that
such direction is given for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is acknowledged by such acceptance.
At the direction of the Holders of a majority in Percentage Interest
in the Class X/N Certificates, the Trustee shall direct any depository
institution maintaining the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account to invest the funds
in such account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at
a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no later than the
Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to
be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other
than the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment, and (ii) no
later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or
advises such investment. If no investment direction of the Holders of a majority
in Percentage Interest in the Class X/N Certificates with respect to the LIBOR
Carryover Reserve Account is received by the Trustee, the Trustee shall invest
the funds in such account in Permitted Investments managed by the Trustee or an
Affiliate of the kind described in clause (vi) of the definition of
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Permitted Investments.
For federal tax return and information reporting, the right of the
Offered Certificateholders and the Class B-3 Certificateholders to receive
payments from the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account in respect of any LIBOR
Carryover Amount shall be assigned a value of zero.
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ARTICLE IV
FLOW OF FUNDS
Section 4.01 INTEREST DISTRIBUTIONS.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the
Distribution Account the Interest Remittance Amount and apply it in the
following order of priority (based upon the Mortgage Loan information provided
to it in the Remittance Report, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely),
and the calculations required to be made by the Trustee, to the extent
available:
(i) to the Trustee, the Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date;
(ii) concurrently, to the Class A and Class A-IO Certificates, PRO
RATA, the applicable Accrued Certificate Interest for such Distribution
Date;
(iii) concurrently, to the Class A and Class A-IO Certificates, PRO
RATA, the applicable Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class A and
Class A-IO Certificates, respectively;
(iv) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
thereon for such Distribution Date;
(v) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
thereon for such Distribution Date;
(vi) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
thereon for such Distribution Date;
(vii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
thereon for such Distribution Date;
(viii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest
thereon for such Distribution Date; and
(ix) the amount, if any, of the Interest Remittance Amount remaining
after application with respect to the priorities set forth above will be
applied as described under Section 4.02(b) hereof.
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With respect to any distributions to be made on the Class B-1
Certificates or the Class B-3 Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01, such
distributions will be made first, on the Class B-1 Interest or the Class B-3
Interest, as applicable, and then, on the related Class of Certificates.
Section 4.02 DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND MONTHLY EXCESS CASHFLOW
AMOUNTS.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
distributions in the following order of priority (based upon the Mortgage Loan
information provided to it in the Remittance Report), and the calculations
required to be made by the Trustee, to the extent of the Principal Distribution
Amount:
(i) before the Stepdown Date or with respect to which a Trigger Event
is in effect, sequentially, as follows:
(A) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, 100% of the
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates has been
reduced to zero;
(B) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, 100% of the
remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
has been reduced to zero;
(C) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, 100% of the
remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to
zero;
(D) to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, 100% of the
remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates has been reduced to
zero;
(E) to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, 100% of the
remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates has been reduced to
zero;
(F) to the Holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, 100% of the
remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates has been reduced to
zero; and
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(G) any amount of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining
after making all of the distributions in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D),
(E) and (F) shall be applied as set forth in Section 4.02(b).
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event is
not in effect:
(A) the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution Amount and (y)
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed to the
Class A Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof
has been reduced to zero;
(B) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificates in clause (A) above and (y) the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount will be distributed to the Class M- 1
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(C) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates in clause (A) above and the amount distributed to
the Class M-1 Certificates in clause (B) above and (y) the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed to the Class M-2
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(D) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates pursuant to clause (A) above, the amount
distributed to the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause (B) above
and the amount distributed to the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to
clause (C) above and (y) the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount
will be distributed to the Class B-1 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(E) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates pursuant to clause (A) above, the amount
distributed to the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause (B)
above, the amount distributed to the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant
to clause (C) above and the amount distributed to the Class B-1
Certificates pursuant to clause (D) above and (y) the Class B-2
Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed to the Class B-2
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
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thereof has been reduced to zero;
(F) the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amount distributed to the
Class A Certificates pursuant to clause (A) above, the amount
distributed to the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause (B)
above, the amount distributed to the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant
to clause (C) above, the amount distributed to the Class B-1
Certificates pursuant to clause (D) above and the amount distributed
to the Class B-2 Certificates pursuant to clause (E) above, and (y)
the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed to the
Class B-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero; and
(G) any amount of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining
after making all of the distributions in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D),
(E) and (F) above shall be applied as set forth in Section 4.02(b).
(b) On each Distribution Date, any Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount
shall be distributed, to the extent available, in the following order of
priority on such Distribution Date:
(i) to pay any remaining unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest for such
Distribution Date, PRO RATA, among the Class A and Class A-IO Certificates;
(ii) to pay the remaining Interest Carry Forward Amounts for the
Classes of Class A Certificates, if any, PRO RATA, among the Class A and
the Class A-IO Certificates;
(iii) to pay the Class A Realized Loss Amortization Amount for such
Distribution Date;
(iv) to pay the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.02(a); provided, however,
that for purposes of this clause (iv) and each Distribution Date beginning
in July 2002 until the initial Targeted Overcollateralization Amount has
been met, only 50% of the Monthly Excess Interest Amount will be
distributed to the holders of the Offered Certificates (other than the
Class A-IO Certificates) and the Class B-3 Certificates in the priority set
forth under Section 4.02(a)(i);
(v) to pay any remaining unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest for such
Distribution Date for the Class M-1 Certificates;
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(vi) to pay the remaining Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, if
any;
(vii) to pay the Class M-1 Realized Loss Amortization Amount for such
Distribution Date;
(viii) to pay any remaining unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest for
such Distribution Date for the Class M-2 Certificates;
(ix) to pay the remaining Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, if
any;
(x) to pay the Class M-2 Realized Loss Amortization Amount for such
Distribution Date;
(xi) to pay any remaining unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest for such
Distribution Date for the Class B-1 Certificates;
(xii) to pay the remaining Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, if
any;
(xiii) to pay the Class B-1 Realized Loss Amortization Amount for such
Distribution Date;
(xiv) to pay any remaining unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest for
such Distribution Date for the Class B-2 Certificates;
(xv) to pay the remaining Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, if
any;
(xvi) to pay the Class B-2 Realized Loss Amortization Amount for such
Distribution Date;
(xvii) to pay any remaining unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest for
such Distribution Date for the Class B-3 Certificates;
(xviii) to pay the remaining Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount,
if any;
(xix) to pay the Class B-3 Realized Loss Amortization Amount for such
Distribution Date;
(xx) to the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account for distribution to the
Offered
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Certificates (other than the Class A-IO Certificates) and the Class B-3
Certificates, the aggregate amount of any LIBOR Carryover Amount, in
accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 4.01;
(xxi) to pay the Special Servicing Fees for such Distribution Date and
any accrued and unpaid Special Servicing Fees which remain unpaid from any
previous Distribution Date;
(xxii) from amounts distributed on the Class X/N Certificates, to the
Class N Certificates, (A) the Accrued Certificate Interest for the Class N
Certificates, (B) the unpaid Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class N
Certificates and (C) any remaining Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount to reduce
the Class N Notional Amount, until the Class N Notional Amount has been
reduced to zero;
(xxiii) from amounts distributed on the Class X/N Certificates, to the
Class X Certificates, the Class X Distributable Amount for such
Distribution Date; and
(xxiv) any remaining amounts to the Holders of the Residual
Certificates (in respect of the appropriate Class R Interest, the Class
R-4, the Class R-5 or the Class R-6 Certificates).
With respect to any distributions to be made on the Class B-1
Certificates, the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class N Certificates or the Class
X Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.02, such distributions will be made
first, on the Class B-1 Interest, the Class B-3 Interest or the Class X/N
Interest, as applicable, and then, on the related Class of Certificates.
(c) On each Distribution Date, all prepayment penalties (including
amounts deposited in connection with the full or partial waiver of such
prepayment penalties pursuant to Section 3.01) shall be allocated to the Class N
Certificates in the priority set forth under Section 4.02(b)(xxii) for so long
as the Notional Amount of the Class N Certificates is greater than zero, and to
the Class X Certificates after the Class N Notional Amount has been reduced to
zero.
Section 4.03 ALLOCATION OF LOSSES.
(a) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Regular
Certificate shall be allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date as
follows: first, to the Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount; second, to the
Overcollateralization Amount, until the Overcollateralization Amount has been
reduced to zero; third, to the Class B-3 Certificates, until the
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Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the
Class B-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; fifth, to the Class B-1 Certificates, until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the Class M-2
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced
to zero, seventh, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero and eighth, to the Class A
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced
to zero. All Realized Losses to be allocated to the Certificate Principal
Balances of all Classes on any Distribution Date shall be so allocated after the
actual distributions to be made on such date as provided above. All references
above to the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be
to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to the
relevant Distribution Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in
each case to be allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution
Date.
Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class B-1, Class B-2 or Class B-3 Certificate on any Distribution Date shall be
made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so
allocated.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans with Net Mortgage Rates
equal to or in excess of 6.50% per annum shall be deemed to have been allocated
by the Trustee on each Distribution Date to REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A until
the Uncertificated Principal Balance has been reduced to zero and then to REMIC
1 Regular Interest LT1B until the Uncertificated Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero. All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans with Net Mortgage
Rates less than 6.50% per annum shall be deemed to have been allocated by the
Trustee on each Distribution Date to REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C until the
Uncertificated Principal Balance has been reduced to zero.
(c) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to have
been allocated in the specified percentages, as follows: first, to
Uncertificated Accrued Interest payable to the REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA
and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC
2 Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA and REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC 2 Principal
Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; third, to the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2B3 and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B3 has been
reduced to zero; fourth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2 and REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2ZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2
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has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of
REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1 and REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2ZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B1 has been reduced to zero;
sixth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2 and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ, 98%,
1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2M2 has been reduced to zero; seventh, to the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2M1 and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1 has been
reduced to zero; and eighth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A and REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2ZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A has been reduced to zero.
(d) Special Hazard Losses will be allocated as described above, except
that if the aggregate amount of such losses, as of any date of determination,
exceeds the greatest of (i) 1.0% of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date, (ii) two times the amount of the Principal Balance of
the largest Mortgage Loan as of the date of determination and (iii) an amount
equal to the current Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in the largest
zip-code concentration in the State of California as of the date of
determination, such excess losses will be allocated among all the outstanding
Classes of Certificates, including the Class B-1 Interest, the Class B-3
Interest and the Class X/N Interest, PRO RATA, based on their respective
Certificate Principal Balances or Notional Amount, as applicable. Any such
reduction of a Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount will not be
reversed or reinstated. However, on future Distribution Dates,
Certificateholders of the related Class may receive amounts in respect of prior
reductions in the related Certificate Principal Balances or Notional Amounts as
described in Section 4.02(b).
Section 4.04 METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.
The Trustee shall make distributions in respect of a Distribution Date
to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as
provided in Section 10.01 respecting the final distribution), in the case of
Certificateholders of the Certificates, by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the
registered owner of such Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance or Notional Amount of which is in excess of $5,000,000, or by
check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto,
as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register, provided that
the Trustee may deduct a reasonable wire transfer
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fee from any payment made by wire transfer. Distributions among
Certificateholders shall be made in proportion to the Percentage Interests
evidenced by the Certificates held by such Certificateholders.
Section 4.05 DISTRIBUTIONS ON BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES.
Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be
paid to the Depository, which shall credit the amount of such distribution to
the accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal
procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such
distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect
participating brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating
firm") for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for
disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. All such credits
and disbursements with respect to a Book Entry Certificate are to be made by the
Depository and the Depository Participants in accordance with the provisions of
the Certificates. None of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller
shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by
applicable law.
Section 4.06 STATEMENTS.
(a) On each Distribution Date, based, as applicable, on the Mortgage
Loan information contained in the Remittance Report, the Trustee shall prepare
and post on its website at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇ and forward by mail to each
Holder of the Regular Certificates, a statement as to the distributions made on
such Distribution Date:
(i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to
the Holders of each Class of Certificates allocable to principal or
reduction of Notional Amount, separately identified;
(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to
the Holders of each Class of Certificates allocable to interest or Class X
Distributable Amount, separately identified;
(iii) the Overcollateralization Amount, the Overcollateralization
Release Amount, the Overcollateralization Deficiency and the
Overcollateralization Target Amount as of such Distribution Date and the
Monthly Excess Interest Amount and Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount for such
Distribution Date;
(iv) the aggregate amount of servicing compensation received by the
Servicer
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during the related Collection Period and accrued and unpaid Special
Servicing Fees;
(v) the aggregate amount of Advances for the related Collection
Period;
(vi) the Pool Balance at the close of business at the end of the
related Collection Period;
(vii) the number, weighted average remaining term to maturity and
weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans as of the
related Due Date;
(viii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of Mortgage
Loans (a) 30 to 59 days past due on a contractual basis, (b) 60 to 89 days
past due on a contractual basis, (c) 90 or more days past due on a
contractual basis, (d) as to which foreclosure proceedings have been
commenced and (e) in bankruptcy as of the close of business on the last day
of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date;
(ix) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO Property
during the preceding calendar month, the loan number of such Mortgage Loan,
the unpaid principal balance and the Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the date it became an REO Property;
(x) the book value of any REO Property as of the close of business on
the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the Distribution
Date, and, cumulatively, the total number and cumulative principal balance
of all REO Properties as of the close of business of the last day of the
preceding Collection Period;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the
related Prepayment Period;
(xii) the aggregate amount of prepayment penalties collected
(including amounts deposited in connection with the full or partial waiver
of such prepayment penalties pursuant to Section 3.01) during the related
Collection Period and the amounts thereof allocable to the Class N
Certificates and the Class X Certificates;
(xiii) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the
related Collection Period and the cumulative amount of Realized Losses;
(xiv) the Certificate Principal Balance, or Notional Amount, as
applicable, of each
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Class of Certificates, after giving effect to the distributions, and
allocations of Realized Losses or Applied Realized Loss Amounts, as
applicable, made on such Distribution Date, separately identifying any
reduction thereof due to allocations of Realized Losses or Applied Realized
Loss Amounts;
(xv) the Accrued Certificate Interest in respect of each Class of
Offered Certificates and the Class B-3 Certificates for such Distribution
Date, separately identifying the portions thereof attributable to LIBOR
Carryover Amounts, and the respective portions thereof, if any, remaining
unpaid following the distributions made in respect of such Certificates on
such Distribution Date;
(xvi) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for
such Distribution Date, to the extent not covered by payments by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23;
(xvii) the amount of the Trustee Fee paid;
(xviii) the LIBOR Carryover Amounts distributed on such Distribution
Date and the amounts remaining after giving effect to distributions thereof
on such Distribution Date;
(xix) any Overcollateralization Deficiency after giving effect to the
distribution of principal on such Distribution Date;
(xx) whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing, and the
cumulative Realized Losses, as a percentage of the original Pool Balance;
(xxi) the Available Funds;
(xxii) the rate at which interest accrues for each Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(xxiii) the Liquidation Report for such Distribution Date;
(xxiv) the aggregate Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans purchased by
the Servicer or Seller during the related Collection Period and indicating
the Section of this Agreement requiring or allowing the purchase of each
such Mortgage Loan; and
(xxv) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
repurchased by the
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Servicer (or an affiliate) during the related Collection Period in
connection with Section 3.16.
The Trustee may fully rely upon and shall have no liability with
respect to information with respect to the Mortgage Loans provided by the
Servicer.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i)
through (iii) above, the amounts shall be expressed in a separate section of the
report as a dollar amount for each Class for each $1,000 original dollar amount
as of the Cut-off Date.
(b) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Certificateholder of a Regular Certificate, if requested in
writing by such Person, such information as is reasonably necessary to provide
to such Person a statement containing the information set forth in subclauses
(i), (ii), (xv) and (xx) above, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable
portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such
obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent
that substantially comparable information shall be prepared and furnished by the
Trustee to Certificateholders pursuant to any requirements of the Code as are in
force from time to time.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall forward to the
Residual Certificateholders a copy of the reports forwarded to the Regular
Certificateholders in respect of such Distribution Date with such other
information as the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate. Such obligation of
the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that
substantially comparable information shall be prepared and furnished to Residual
Certificateholders by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as
from time to time in force.
Section 4.07 REMITTANCE REPORTS; ADVANCES.
(a) On the second Business Day following each Determination Date but
in no event less than four Business Days prior to the related Distribution Date,
the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee by telecopy (or by such other means as
the Servicer and the Trustee may agree from time to time) a Remittance Report
with respect to the related Distribution Date. On the same date, the Servicer
shall forward to the Trustee by overnight mail a computer readable magnetic tape
or diskette or in such other medium as may be agreed between the Servicer and
the Trustee containing the information set forth in such Remittance Report with
respect to the related Distribution Date. Not later than the close of business
New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee in addition to the information provided on
the Remittance Report, such other information reasonably available to it with
respect to the Mortgage
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Loans as the Trustee may reasonably request or order in order for the Trustee to
perform the calculations necessary to make the distributions contemplated by
Section 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 and to prepare the statements to Certificateholders
contemplated by Section 4.06. The Trustee shall not be responsible to recompute,
recalculate or verify any information provided to it by the Servicer.
(b) The amount of Advances to be made by the Servicer for any
Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.07(d), the aggregate amount
of Monthly Payments (net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the related
Collection Period in respect of the Actuarial Mortgage Loans, which Monthly
Payments were delinquent on a contractual basis as of the close of business on
the related Determination Date. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
Monthly Payment on each Balloon Mortgage Loan with a delinquent Balloon Payment
is equal to the assumed monthly payment that would have been due on the related
Due Date based on the original principal amortization schedule for the such
Balloon Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall not be obligated to make any Advance
with respect to Simple Interest Mortgage Loans or REO Properties.
On or before the close of business New York time on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds to the
Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account an amount equal to the aggregate
amount of Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage Loans 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 4.07, used by the Servicer in discharge of any such
Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the
total amount of Advances to be made by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 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 any future Servicer Remittance
Date to the extent that the Available Funds for the related Distribution Date
(determined without regard to Advances to be made on the Servicer Remittance
Date) shall be less than the total amount that would be distributed to the
Classes of Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01 and 4.02 on such
Distribution Date if such amounts held for future distributions had not been so
used to make Advances. The Trustee will provide notice to the Servicer by
telecopy by the close of business on any Servicer Remittance Date in the event
that the amount remitted by the Servicer to the Trustee on such date is less
than the Advances required to be made by the Servicer for the related
Distribution Date, as set forth in the related Remittance Report.
(c) The obligation of the Servicer to make such Advances is mandatory,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to (d) below,
and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, shall continue until the earlier of such
time as the Trust acquires title to the
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related Mortgaged Property or such Mortgage Loan is paid in full by the
Mortgagor or disposed of by the Trust, or until the recovery of all Liquidation
Proceeds thereon.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Advance or
Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if such
Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. The determination
by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed
Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced
by an Officers' Certificate of the Servicer delivered to the Depositor and the
Trustee.
Section 4.08 REMIC DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall cause the Available
Funds from the Distribution Account to make the following disbursements and
transfers, in the following order of priority, to be distributed by REMIC 1 to
REMIC 2 on account of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests or withdrawn from the
Distribution Account and distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates
(in respect of the Class R-1 Interest), as the case may be:
(1) first, to the Holders of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B, in an
amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such
Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid
from previous Distribution Dates and second, to Holders of REMIC 1 Regular
Interest LT1A and REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C in an amount equal to (A)
the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B)
any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution
Dates;
(2) second, to the Holders of REMIC 1 Regular Interests, in an amount
equal to the remainder of the Available Funds for such Distribution Date
after the distributions made pursuant to clause (1) above, allocated as
follows:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A from payments
made on the Mortgage Loans with Net Mortgage Rates equal to or in
excess of 6.50% per annum, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance
of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1A is reduced to zero; then
(b) to the Holders of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B from payments
made on the Mortgage Loans with Net Mortgage Rates equal to or in
excess of 6.50% per annum, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance
of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1B is reduced to zero; and
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(c) to the Holders of REMIC 1 Regular Interest LT1C, from
payments on the Mortgage Loans with Net Mortgage Rates less than 6.50%
per annum, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1
Regular Interest LT1C is reduced to zero.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall cause in the
following order of priority, the following amounts to be distributed by REMIC 2
to REMIC 3 on account of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests or withdrawn from the
Distribution Account and distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates
(in respect of the Class R-2 Interest), as the case may be:
(i) first, to the Holders of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AIO, in an
amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such
Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid
from previous Distribution Dates and then to the extent of Available Funds,
to Holders of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, REMIC 2 Regular Interest
LT2A, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2, REMIC
2 Regular Interest LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2, REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LT2B3 and REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ, PRO RATA, in an amount
equal to (A) the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such Distribution
Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from
previous Distribution Dates. Amounts payable as Uncertificated Accrued
Interest in respect of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ shall be reduced and
deferred when the REMIC 2 Overcollateralized Amount is less than the REMIC
2 Overcollateralization Target Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of
such difference and (y) the Maximum LT2ZZ Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount; and
(ii) second, to the Holders of REMIC 2 Regular Interests, in an amount
equal to the remainder of the Available Funds for such Distribution Date
after the distributions made pursuant to clause (i) above, allocated as
follows:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA, 98.00% of
such remainder, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such
Uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interest is reduced to zero;
(b) to the Holders of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2A, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2M1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2M2, REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2B1, REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2B2 and REMIC 2
Regular Interest LT2B3, 1.00% of such remainder, in the same
proportion as principal payments are allocated to the Corresponding
Certificates, until the Uncertificated Principal Balances of such
REMIC 2 Regular Interests are reduced to zero; then
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(c) to the Holders of REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2ZZ, 1.00% of
such remainder, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such
REMIC 2 Regular Interest is reduced to zero;
provided, however, that (i) 98.00% and (ii) 2.00% of any principal payments that
are attributable to an Overcollateralization Release Amount shall be allocated
to Holders of (i) REMIC 2 Regular Interest LT2AA and (ii) REMIC 2 Regular
Interest LTZZ, respectively.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall cause in the
following order of priority, the following amounts to be distributed by REMIC 3
to REMIC 4 on account of the Class B-1 Interest or withdrawn from the
Distribution Account and distributed to the Holders of the Class R-4
Certificates, as the case may be:
(i) to the Holders of the Class B-1 Interest, in an amount equal to
(A) the Accrued Certificate Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B)
any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution
Dates; and
(ii) to the Holders of the Class B-1 Interest, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Interest is reduced to zero.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall cause in the
following order of priority, the following amounts to be distributed by REMIC 3
to REMIC 5 on account of the Class B-3 Interest or withdrawn from the
Distribution Account and distributed to the Holders of the Class R-5
Certificates, as the case may be:
(i) to the Holders of the Class B-3 Interest, in an amount equal to
(A) the Accrued Certificate Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B)
any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution
Dates; and
(ii) to the Holders of the Class B-3 Interest, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Interest is reduced to zero.
(e) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall cause in the
following order of priority, the following amounts to be distributed by REMIC 3
to REMIC 6 on account of the Class X/N Interest or withdrawn from the
Distribution Account and distributed to the Holders of the Class R-6
Certificates, as the case may be:
(i) to the Holders of the Class X/N Interest, in an amount equal to
(A) the
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Accrued Certificate Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any
amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution
Dates; and
(ii) to the Holders of the Class X/N Interest, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class X/N Interest is reduced to zero.
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 THE CERTIFICATES.
Each of the Class A, Class A-IO, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1,
Class B-2, Class B-3, Class N, Class X and Residual Certificates shall be
substantially in the forms annexed hereto as exhibits, and shall, on original
issue, be executed by the Trustee and authenticated and delivered by the
Certificate Registrar to or upon the receipt of a Written Order to Authenticate
from the Depositor concurrently with the sale and assignment to the Trustee of
the Trust Fund. Each Class of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-3
Certificates shall be initially evidenced by one or more Certificates
representing a Percentage Interest with a minimum dollar (or notional amount)
denomination of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The
Class N, Class X and Residual Certificates are issuable only in minimum
Percentage Interests of 10%.
The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or
facsimile signature on behalf of the Trustee by a Responsible Officer.
Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were,
at the time when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
the Trustee shall bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless such Certificate shall have been
manually authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form
provided for herein, and such authentication upon any Certificate shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date
of their authentication. Subject to Section 5.02(c), the Offered Certificates
shall be Book-Entry Certificates. The Class B-3, Class N, Class X and Residual
Certificates shall not be Book-Entry Certificates but shall be issued in fully
registered certificate form.
Section 5.02 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee a Certificate Register in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall
provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as
Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers
and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee as Certificate
Registrar shall be subject to the same standards of care,
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limitations on liability and rights to indemnity as the Trustee, and the
provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 8.14, 8.15 and 8.16 shall
apply to the Certificate Registrar to the same extent as they apply to the
Trustee. Any Certificate Registrar appointed in accordance with this Section
5.02(a) may at any time resign by giving at least 30 days' advance written
notice of resignation to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor, such
resignation to become effective upon appointment of a successor Certificate
Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any
office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose
pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Residual Certificate,
upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates in authorized denominations and the same aggregate
Percentage Interests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any
such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Certificate
Registrar shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so
required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing.
(b) Upon original issuance, the Book-Entry Certificates shall be
issued in the form of one or more typewritten certificates, to be delivered to
the Depository, the initial Depository, by, or on behalf of, the Depositor; or
to, and deposited with the Certificate Custodian, on behalf of the Depository,
if directed to do so pursuant to instructions from the Depository. Except as
provided in paragraph (c) below, the Book-Entry 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 another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry
records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and
transfers of such Certificates; (iii) ownership and transfers of registration of
such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable
rules established by the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual
and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v)
the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as representative of
the Certificate Owners of the Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights
of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of
such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent
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if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; (vi) the Trustee
may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by
the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the
Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons
shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect
Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall
have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the
Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be
treated by the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the
absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry 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 that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. The parties hereto
are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository
or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a
Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository.
(c) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly
its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Depositor, at its sole option,
with the consent of the Trustee, elects to terminate the book-entry system
through the Depository or (iii) after the occurrence of a Servicer Event of
Termination, the Certificate Owners of each Class of Book-Entry Certificates
representing Percentage Interests of such Classes aggregating not less than 51%
advises the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the
Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, fully registered
certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners is no longer
in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the
Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration,
the Trustee shall, at the Depositor's expense, in the case of (ii) above, or the
Seller's expense, in the case of (i) and (iii) above, execute on behalf of the
Trust and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate the Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying
Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
(d) Except with respect to the initial transfer of the Private
Certificates by the
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Depositor, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Private
Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with
the 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such
transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A (as evidenced by the investment
letter delivered to the Certificate Registrar, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit J-2) under the 1933 Act, the Certificate Registrar
and the Depositor shall require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be
in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer
may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and
the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar or
the Depositor or (ii) the Certificate Registrar shall require the transferor to
execute a transferor certificate (in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit L) and the transferee to execute an investment letter (in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) acceptable to and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar
certifying to the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding
such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense of the
Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Private Certificate
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Certificate Registrar and the Depositor against any liability that may result if
the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless
the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation from
the transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, (such requirement
is satisfied only by the Certificate Registrar's receipt of a representation
letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, as
appropriate), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975
of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor
using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer or (ii)
(except in the case of a Residual, Class X or Class N Certificate) if the
purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an
insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in
an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e)
of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60") and that the
purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III
of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) (except in the case of a Residual Certificate) in the
case of any such ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the
name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf
of any
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such plan or arrangement or using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, to the effect that
the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate will not result in
a prohibited transaction under ERISA and the Code and will not subject the
Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation in addition
to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. For
purposes of clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such representation shall be
deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a
Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA
Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received
from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and
substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on
behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the
delivery to the Certificate Registrar of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to
the Certificate Registrar as described above shall be void and of no effect.
Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to
have irrevocably appointed the Depositor or its designee as its attorney-in-fact
to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to
execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in
connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the
following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a PRO RATA undivided
interest.
(iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall as a
condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form
and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following:
A. an affidavit in the form of Exhibit K hereto from the proposed
transferee to the effect that, among other things, such transferee is a
Permitted Transferee and that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the
Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed transfer as a nominee,
trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee; and
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B. a covenant of the proposed transferee to the effect that the
proposed transferee agrees to be bound by and to abide by the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Residual Certificates.
(iv) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section shall
be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported
transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the
provisions of this Section, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then
the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted
Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such
Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section, be restored
to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of
transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be
under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a
Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section or for
making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder
thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Certificate Registrar received
the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to
recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a
Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all
distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so
recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee
to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted
Transferee.
(v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the
restrictions in this Section, then the Certificate Registrar shall have the
right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual
Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to
notify the Depositor to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate.
The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include
commissions payable to the Depositor or its affiliates in connection with
such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee
to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted
Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the
Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under
this Section or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may
withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such
claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be
determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee and it shall not be liable
to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a
result of its exercise of such discretion.
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(vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the
restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee will provide to the Internal
Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and
(6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under
Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to
disqualified organizations. The Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable
compensation for providing such information from the person to whom it is
provided.
The foregoing provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to
transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been
delivered to the Certificate Registrar, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Certificate Registrar, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that
the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section will not
cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Certificates and (ii) an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC.
(e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but the Certificate Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its
standard procedures.
Section 5.03 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (ii) there is delivered to
the Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute on behalf of the Trust, and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and Percentage Interest.
Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar) in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section, shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued,
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whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
Section 5.04 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
The Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar,
any Paying Agent and any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar, any Paying Agent or the Trustee may treat the Person, including a
Depository, in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.01
and 4.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Servicer, the
Trust, the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
Section 5.05 APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT.
The Paying Agent shall make distributions to Certificateholders from
the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.01 and 4.02 and shall report the
amounts of such distributions to the Trustee. The duties of the Paying Agent may
include the obligation (i) to withdraw funds from the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 3.05 and for the purpose of making the distributions
referred to above and (ii) to distribute statements and provide information to
Certificateholders as required hereunder. The Paying Agent hereunder shall at
all times be an entity duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Trustee.
The Trustee may appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent, which appointment
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Rating Agencies. The
Trustee as Paying Agent shall be subject to the same standards of care,
limitations on liability and rights to indemnity as the Trustee, and the
provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 8.14, 8.15 and 8.16 shall
apply to the Paying Agent to the same extent as they apply to the Trustee. Any
Paying Agent appointed in accordance with this Section 5.02(a) may at any time
resign by giving at least 30 days' advance written notice of resignation to the
Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor, such resignation to become effective
upon appointment of a successor Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE VI
THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01 LIABILITY OF THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR.
The Seller and the Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken
by the Seller or Servicer, as the case may be, herein. The Depositor shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor.
Section 6.02 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION OF THE
OBLIGATIONS OF, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER OR THE
DEPOSITOR.
Any entity into which the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor may be
merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Seller, the Servicer
or the Depositor, shall be the successor of the Seller, the Servicer or the
Depositor, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the successor
Servicer shall satisfy all the requirements of Section 7.02 with respect to the
qualifications of a successor Servicer.
Section 6.03 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF THE SERVICER AND OTHERS.
Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees
or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust or the
C.ertificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of
any action by the Servicer in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for
errors in judgment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this provision shall not protect the
Servicer or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in
the performance of duties of the Servicer or by reason of its reckless disregard
of its obligations and duties of the Servicer hereunder; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that
this provision shall not be construed to entitle the Servicer to indemnity in
the event that amounts advanced by the Servicer to retire any senior lien exceed
Liquidation Proceeds (in excess of related liquidation expenses) realized with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan. The Servicer and any director or officer
or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of
any kind PRIMA FACIE properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting
any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer and any director or officer or
employee or agent of the Servicer shall be
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indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or
expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement
or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by
reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of
duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Servicer may undertake any such action which it may deem
necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement, and the rights and duties
of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In
such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any
liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the
Trust and the Servicer shall be entitled to pay such expenses from the proceeds
of the Trust or to be reimbursed therefor pursuant to Section 3.05 upon
presentation to the Trustee of documentation of such expenses, costs and
liabilities. The Servicer's right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this
Section shall survive any resignation or termination of the Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.04 or 7.01 with respect to any losses, expenses, costs or liabilities
arising prior to such resignation or termination (or arising from events that
occurred prior to such resignation or termination). This paragraph shall apply
to the Servicer solely in its capacity as Servicer hereunder and in no other
capacities.
Section 6.04 SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and Section 6.02, the
Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it
except (i) upon determination that the performance of its obligations or duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in material
conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by it
or its subsidiaries or Affiliates, the other activities of the Servicer so
causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Servicer or
its subsidiaries or Affiliates at the date of this Agreement or (ii) upon
satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) the Servicer has proposed a
successor servicer to the Trustee in writing and such proposed successor
servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; and (b) each Rating Agency
shall have delivered a letter to the Trustee prior to the appointment of the
successor servicer stating that the proposed appointment of such successor
servicer as Servicer hereunder will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of
the then current rating of the Regular Certificates or the ratings that are in
effect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such resignation by the Servicer shall become
effective until such successor servicer or, in the case of (i) above, the
Trustee shall have assumed the Servicer's responsibilities and obligations
hereunder or the Trustee shall have designated a successor servicer in
accordance with Section 7.02. Any such resignation shall not relieve the
Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified in Sections 7.01
and 7.02 as obligations that survive the resignation or termination of the
Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer
pursuant to clause (i) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Trustee. Any such determination
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permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee.
Section 6.05 DELEGATION OF DUTIES.
In the ordinary course of business, the Servicer at any time may
delegate any of its duties hereunder to any Person, including any of its
Affiliates, who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with standards
comparable to those set forth in Section 3.01. Such delegation shall not relieve
the Servicer of its liabilities and responsibilities with respect to such duties
and shall not constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 6.04. The
Servicer shall provide the Trustee and the Rating Agencies with 60 days prior
written notice prior to the delegation of any of its duties to any Person other
than any of the Servicer's Affiliates or their respective successors and
assigns.
The Trustee and the Depositor hereby specifically (i) consent to the
pledge and assignment by the Servicer of all the Servicer's right, title and
interest in, to and under this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee, for
the benefit of certain lenders, and (ii) provided that no Servicer Event of
Termination exists, agree that upon delivery to the Trustee by the Servicing
Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer whereunder the Servicer shall
resign as Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall appoint the Servicing
Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor Servicer, provided that at the time
of such appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee meets the
requirements of a successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02(a) and agrees to
be subject to the terms of this Agreement. If, pursuant to any provision hereof,
the duties of the Servicer are transferred to a successor, the entire amount of
the Servicing Fee and other compensation payable to the Servicer pursuant hereto
shall thereafter be payable to such successor.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 SERVICER EVENTS OF TERMINATION.
(a) If any one of the following events ("Servicer Events of
Termination") shall occur and be continuing:
(i) (A) The failure by the Servicer to make any Advance; or (B) any
other failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account or
Distribution Account any deposit required to be made under the terms of
this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of one Business Day
after the date upon which written notice of such failure shall have been
given to the Servicer by the Trustee or by any Holder of a Regular
Certificate evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing
Advance which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days, or the
failure by the Servicer duly to observe or perform, in any material
respect, any other covenants, obligations or agreements of the Servicer as
set forth in this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a
period of 30 days, after the date (A) on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Trustee or by any Holder of a Regular Certificate
evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights or (B) actual knowledge of
such failure by a Servicing Officer of the Servicer; or
(iii) The entry against the Servicer of a decree or order by a court
or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for
the appointment of a trustee, conservator, receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, conservatorship, receivership, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days; or
(iv) The Servicer shall voluntarily go into liquidation, consent to
the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or similar
person in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or
relating to all or substantially all of its property; or a decree or order
of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the
premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or
similar person in any insolvency,
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readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 60
days; or the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations;
or
(v) The aggregate amount of cumulative Realized Losses incurred since
the Cut- off Date through the last day of the related Collection Period
divided by the initial Pool Balance exceeds the applicable percentages set
forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN PERCENTAGE
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July 2005 through June 2006 3.00%
July 2006 through June 2007 3.75%
July 2007 through June 2008 4.25%
July 2008 and thereafter 4.75%
(b) Then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Servicer Event
of Termination shall not have been remedied within the applicable grace period,
(x) with respect solely to clause (i)(A) above, if such Advance is not made by
2:00 P.M., New York time, on the Business Day immediately following the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Trustee may terminate all of the rights and obligations of
the Servicer under this Agreement and the Trustee, or a successor servicer
appointed in accordance with Section 7.02, shall immediately make such Advance
and assume, pursuant to Section 7.02, the duties of a successor Servicer and (y)
in the case of (i)(B), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, the Trustee shall, at
the direction of the Holders of each Class of Regular Certificates evidencing
Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 51%, by notice then given in
writing to the Servicer and the Trustee, terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement. Any such notice to
the Servicer shall also be given to each Rating Agency, the Depositor and the
Seller. On or after the receipt by the Servicer and the Trustee of such written
notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether
with respect to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass
to and be vested in the Trustee pursuant to and under this Section; and, without
limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and
all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or
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appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement of each Mortgage Loan and Related
Documents or otherwise. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee (or
the applicable successor Servicer) in effecting the termination of the
responsibilities and rights of the Servicer hereunder, including, without
limitation, the delivery to the successor Servicer of all documents and records
requested by it to enable it to assume the Servicer's functions under this
Agreement within ten Business Days subsequent to such notice, the transfer
within one Business Day subsequent to such notice to the Trustee (or the
applicable successor Servicer) for the administration by it of all cash amounts
that shall at the time be held by the Servicer and to be deposited by it in the
Collection Account, the Distribution Account, any REO Account or any Escrow
Account or that have been deposited by the Servicer in such accounts or
thereafter received by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans or any
REO Property received by the Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with transferring the
servicing to the successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such
succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section shall be paid by the predecessor
Servicer (or if the predecessor Servicer is the Trustee, the initial Servicer)
upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
Section 7.02 TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) Within 90 days of the time the Servicer and the Trustee receives a
notice of termination or resignation pursuant to Section 7.01 or 6.04, the
Trustee (or such other successor Servicer as is approved in accordance with this
Agreement) shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its
capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or
provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions
hereof arising on and after its succession. As compensation therefor, the
Trustee (or such other successor Servicer) shall be entitled to such
compensation as the Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if no such
notice of termination had been given. Notwithstanding the above, (i) if the
Trustee is unwilling to act as successor Servicer or (ii) if the Trustee is
legally unable so to act, the Trustee shall appoint or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance
institution, bank or other mortgage loan or home equity loan servicer having a
net worth of not less than $50,000,000 as the successor to the Servicer
hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties
or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder; PROVIDED, that the appointment of any
such successor Servicer will not result in the qualification, reduction or
withdrawal of the ratings assigned to the Certificates or the ratings that are
in effect by the Rating Agencies as evidenced by a letter to such effect from
the Rating Agencies. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee
shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such
appointment and assumption, the successor shall be
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entitled to receive compensation out of payments on Mortgage Loans in an amount
equal to the compensation which the Servicer would otherwise have received
pursuant to Section 3.18 (or such other compensation as the Trustee and such
successor shall agree, not to exceed the Servicing Fee). The successor servicer
shall be entitled to withdraw from the Collection Account all costs and expenses
associated with the transfer of the servicing to the successor servicer. The
appointment of a successor servicer shall not affect any liability of the
predecessor Servicer which may have arisen under this Agreement prior to its
termination as Servicer to pay any deductible under an insurance policy pursuant
to Section 3.12 or to indemnify the parties indicated in Section 3.26 pursuant
to the terms thereof, nor shall any successor Servicer be liable for any acts or
omissions of the predecessor Servicer or for any breach by such Servicer of any
of its representations or warranties contained herein or in any related document
or agreement. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent
with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
In the event of a Servicer Event of Termination, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary above, the Trustee and the Depositor hereby agree that
upon delivery to the Trustee by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed
by the Servicer within ten Business Days of when notification of such event
shall have been provided to the Trustee, whereunder the Servicer shall resign as
Servicer under this Agreement, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee
shall be appointed as successor Servicer (provided that at the time of such
appointment the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee meets the requirements
of a successor Servicer set forth above) and the Servicing Rights Pledgee agrees
to be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Any successor, including the Trustee, to the Servicer as servicer
shall during the term of its service as servicer continue to service and
administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of Certificateholders, and
maintain in force a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and
omissions in the performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder and a
Fidelity Bond in respect of its officers, employees and agents to the same
extent as the Servicer is so required pursuant to Section 3.12.
Section 7.03 WAIVER OF DEFAULTS.
The Majority Certificateholders may, on behalf of all
Certificateholders, waive any events permitting removal of the Servicer as
servicer pursuant to this Article VII, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Majority
Certificateholders may not waive a default in making a required distribution on
a Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate. Upon any
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist and any Servicer
Event of Termination arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for
every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other default or impair any right consequent thereto except to the extent
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expressly so waived. Notice of any such waiver shall be given by the Trustee to
the Rating Agencies.
Section 7.04 NOTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
(a) On any termination or appointment of a successor the Servicer
pursuant to this Article VII or Section 6.04, the Trustee shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the Certificateholders at their respective addresses
appearing in the Certificate Register and each Rating Agency.
(b) No later than 60 days after the occurrence of any event which
constitutes or which, with notice or a lapse of time or both, would constitute a
Servicer Event of Termination for five Business Days after a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an event, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of such occurrence
unless such default or Servicer Event of Termination shall have been waived or
cured. Such notice shall be given to the Rating Agencies promptly after any such
occurrence.
Section 7.05 SURVIVABILITY OF SERVICER LIABILITIES.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon termination of
the Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Servicer which accrued prior to
such termination shall survive such termination.
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ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Event of
Termination of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual
knowledge and after the curing of all Servicer Events of Termination which may
have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement. If a Servicer Event of Termination has
occurred (which has not been cured) of which a Responsible Officer has actual
knowledge, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise,
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
conform to the requirements of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution,
certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument
furnished by the Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor hereunder. If any such
instrument is found not to conform in any material respect to the requirements
of this Agreement, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders of such
instrument in the event that the Trustee, after so requesting, does not receive
a satisfactorily corrected instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own misconduct; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Termination, and
after the curing of all such Servicer Events of Termination which may have
occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not
be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and, in
the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;
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(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining or investigating the
facts related thereto;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Majority Certificateholders relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising or omitting to exercise any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement; and
(iv) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any failure by
the Servicer to comply with the obligations of the Servicer referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01 or any Servicer Event of Termination
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the applicable Corporate
Trust Office obtains actual knowledge of such failure or the Trustee
receives written notice of such failure from the Servicer or the Majority
Certificateholders. In the absence of such receipt of such notice, the
Trustee may conclusively assume that there is no Servicer Event of
Termination.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and
none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require
the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any
of the obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement, except with respect to
the Trustee during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to,
and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Servicer in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
The Trustee shall not have any duty (A) to see any recording, filing,
or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any
financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or
to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to
any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any
insurance or (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or
other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with
respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund other than
from funds available in the Distribution Account.
Section 8.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) the Trustee may request and rely upon, and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, Officer's
Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal,
bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto, at the
request, order or direction of the Certificateholders pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; the
right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this
Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the
performance of any such act;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(v) prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Termination and
after the curing of all Servicer Events of Termination which may have
occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
bond or other paper or documents, unless requested in writing to do so by
the Majority Certificateholder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the payment
within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation
is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a
condition to such proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such
examination shall be paid by the Servicer or, if paid by the Trustee, shall
be reimbursed by
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the Servicer upon demand. Nothing in this clause (v) shall derogate from
the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting
disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be accountable, shall have any liability or
make any representation as to any acts or omissions hereunder of the
Servicer until such time as the Trustee may be required to act as Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02;
(vii) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys or a custodian and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney or
custodian appointed by it with due care; and
(viii) the right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act
enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the
Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of such act.
Section 8.03 TRUSTEE NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR MORTGAGE LOANS.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the
authentication of the Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as the
statements of the Seller, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates (other than the
signature of the Trustee and authentication of the Trustee on the Certificates)
or of any Mortgage Loan or Related Document. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Servicer, or for the use or
application of any funds paid to the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans
or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Servicer. The
Trustee shall not at any time have any responsibility or liability for or with
respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage or any
Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance
of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency
of the Trust or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders under this Agreement, including, without limitation: the
existence, condition and ownership of any Mortgaged Property; the existence and
enforceability of any hazard insurance thereon (other than if the Trustee shall
assume the duties of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02); the validity of the
assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the Trustee or of any intervening assignment;
the completeness of any Mortgage Loan; the performance or enforcement of any
Mortgage Loan (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02); the compliance by the Depositor, the Seller or the
Servicer with any warranty or representation made under this Agreement or in any
related document or the
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accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Trustee's receipt
of notice or other discovery of any non-compliance therewith or any breach
thereof; any investment of monies by or at the direction of the Servicer or any
loss resulting therefrom, it being understood that the Trustee shall remain
responsible for any Trust property that it may hold in its individual capacity;
the acts or omissions of any of the Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall
assume the duties of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02), or any Mortgagor;
any action of the Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of
the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02), taken in the name of the Trustee; the
failure of the Servicer to act or perform any duties required of it as agent of
the Trustee hereunder; or any action by the Trustee taken at the instruction of
the Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not
relieve the Trustee of its obligation to perform its duties under this
Agreement. The Trustee shall not have any responsibility for filing any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder.
Section 8.04 TRUSTEE MAY OWN CERTIFICATES.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it
were not Trustee and may transact any banking and trust business with the
Seller, the Servicer, the Depositor or their Affiliates.
Section 8.05 SELLER TO PAY TRUSTEE FEES AND EXPENSES.
The Trustee shall withdraw from the Distribution Account on each
Distribution Date and pay to itself its fees in an aggregate amount equal to the
Trustee Fee pursuant to Section 4.01(i) and, to the extent the Interest
Remittance Amount is at any time insufficient for such purpose, the Seller shall
pay such fees as reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust)
for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created
and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of
the Trustee, and the Seller will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon their request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including
the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel
and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from such party's negligence or bad faith
or which is the responsibility of Certificateholders or the Trustee hereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, including Section 2.03(a)
and Section 2.04, to the contrary, the Seller covenants and agrees to indemnify
the Trustee and its respective officers, directors, employees and agents from,
and hold each of them harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities,
damages,
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claims or expenses incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this
Agreement, the Certificates or incurred in connection with the administration of
the Trust, other than with respect to a party, any loss, liability or expense
incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of such party
in the performance of their respective duties hereunder or by reason of such
party's reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Anything in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be
liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind
whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has
been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form
of action. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Trustee shall be indemnified, to the extent not paid by the Seller pursuant to
this Section, by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or
expense (not including expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee, in the ordinary course of the Trustee's performance in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement) incurred by the Trustee or such party
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its
duties under this Agreement, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred
by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance by
the Trustee of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of the reckless
disregard of the Trustee's obligations and duties under this Agreement. This
section shall survive termination of this Agreement or the resignation or
removal of any Trustee hereunder.
Section 8.06 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a Department of Housing
and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration approved mortgagee, an
entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and a minimum long-term debt rating of BBB by Fitch and S&P and a
long term debt rating of at least A1 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇, and subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such entity
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 8.06, the combined capital and surplus of such entity
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. The principal office of the Trustee
(other than the initial Trustee) shall be in a state with respect to which an
Opinion of Counsel has been delivered to such Trustee at the time such Trustee
is appointed Trustee to the effect that the Trust will not be a taxable entity
under the laws of such state. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.06, the Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
8.07.
Section 8.07 RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.
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The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Servicer
and each Rating Agency. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one
copy to the successor Trustee. If no successor Trustee shall have been so
appointed and having accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall be
legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of their property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of their property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Depositor may remove the Trustee. If the Depositor or the Servicer removes the
Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Depositor
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and
one copy to the successor Trustee.
The Majority Certificateholders may at any time remove the Trustee by
written instrument or instruments delivered to the Servicer, the Depositor and
the Trustee and any expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with such
removal shall be reimbursed to it by the Majority Certificateholders promptly
upon demand therefor; the Depositor shall thereupon use its best efforts to
appoint a successor Trustee in accordance with this Section.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee as
provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Any successor Trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Rating Agencies, the
Servicer and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee
shall become effective, and such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as Trustee. The Depositor, the Servicer and the predecessor
Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and
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do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly
vesting and confirming in the successor Trustee all such rights, powers, duties
and obligations.
No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 and the appointment of such
successor Trustee shall not result in a downgrading of the Regular Certificates
by any Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the successor Trustee shall mail notice of the appointment of
a successor Trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses
as shown in the Certificate Register and to each Rating Agency.
Section 8.09 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE.
Any entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any entity
succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided such entity shall be eligible under the provisions of
Section 8.06 and 8.08, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.10 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust or any Mortgaged Property may at the time be located, the
Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the
Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or
separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to
vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject
to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations,
rights and trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or
desirable. Any such co-trustee or separate trustee shall be subject to the
written approval of the Servicer. If the Servicer shall not have joined in such
appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in
the case a Servicer Event of Termination shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee
or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility
as a successor Trustee under Section 8.06, and no notice to
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Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be required under Section 8.08. The Servicer shall be responsible for the
fees of any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed hereunder.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly
(it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act),
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or
as successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent
or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights,
powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust
or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Servicer and the Trustee, acting jointly may at any time
accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee
except that following the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Termination,
the Trustee acting alone may accept the resignation or remove any separate
trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Depositor, the Rating Agencies and the Servicer.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee, its agent
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or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited
by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf
and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become
incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties,
rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to
the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor
Trustee.
Section 8.11 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
The Certificates are executed by the Trustee, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Trustee of the Trust, in the exercise of the powers and
authority conferred and vested in it by this Agreement. Each of the undertakings
and agreements made on the part of the Trustee in the Certificates is made and
intended not as a personal undertaking or agreement by the Trustee but is made
and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust.
Section 8.12 TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
CERTIFICATES.
(a) All rights of action and claims under this Agreement or the
Certificates may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Certificates or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall
be brought in its own name or in its capacity as Trustee for the benefit of all
Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursement and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Certificateholders in respect of
which such judgment has been recovered.
(b) The Trustee shall afford the Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer
and each Certificateholder upon reasonable notice during normal business hours,
access to all records maintained by the Trustee in respect of its duties
hereunder and access to officers of the Trustee responsible for performing such
duties. The Trustee shall cooperate fully with the Seller, the Servicer, the
Depositor and such Certificateholder and shall make available to the Seller, the
Servicer, the Depositor and such Certificateholder for review and copying at the
expense of the party requesting such copies, such books, documents or records as
may be requested with respect to the Trustee's duties hereunder. The Seller, the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Certificateholders shall not have any
responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Trustee and
are not obligated to supervise the performance of the Trustee under this
Agreement or otherwise.
Section 8.13 SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT.
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In case a Servicer Event of Termination or other default by the
Servicer or the Seller hereunder shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee may
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Certificateholders under this Agreement by a suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law or otherwise, whether for the specific performance of any
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid of the execution of
any power granted in this Agreement or for the enforcement of any other legal,
equitable or other remedy, as the Trustee, being advised by counsel, and subject
to the foregoing, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the
rights of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
Section 8.14 WAIVER OF BOND REQUIREMENT.
The Trustee shall be relieved of, and each Certificateholder hereby
waives, any requirement of any jurisdiction in which the Trust, or any part
thereof, may be located that the Trustee post a bond or other surety with any
court, agency or body whatsoever.
Section 8.15 WAIVER OF INVENTORY, ACCOUNTING AND APPRAISAL
REQUIREMENT.
The Trustee shall be relieved of, and each Certificateholder hereby
waives, any requirement of any jurisdiction in which the Trust, or any part
thereof, may be located that the Trustee file any inventory, accounting or
appraisal of the Trust with any court, agency or body at any time or in any
manner whatsoever.
Section 8.16 COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL HOUSING ACT OF 1934.
In performing its duties hereunder with respect to FHA Loans, the
Trustee shall comply with all requirements of the National Housing Act of 1934,
as amended.
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ARTICLE IX
REMIC ADMINISTRATION
Section 9.01. REMIC ADMINISTRATION.
(a) REMIC elections as set forth in the Preliminary Statement shall be
made by the Trustee on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or information
return for the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which
the Certificates are issued. The regular interests and residual interest in each
REMIC shall be as designated in the Preliminary Statement.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day" of each
REMIC within the meaning of section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(c) The Servicer shall pay any and all tax related expenses (not
including taxes) of each REMIC, including but not limited to any professional
fees or expenses related to audits or any administrative or judicial proceedings
with respect to each REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state
tax authorities, but only to the extent that (i) such expenses are ordinary or
routine expenses, including expenses of a routine audit but not expenses of
litigation (except as described in (ii)); or (ii) such expenses or liabilities
(including taxes and penalties) are attributable to the negligence or willful
misconduct of the Servicer in fulfilling its duties hereunder. The Servicer
shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses to the extent provided in clause
(i) above from the Collection Account.
(d) The Trustee shall prepare, sign and file, all of the REMICs'
federal and state tax and information returns as the direct representative each
REMIC created hereunder. The expenses of preparing and filing such returns shall
be borne by the Trustee.
(e) The Holder of the Residual Certificate at any time holding the
largest Percentage Interest thereof shall be the "tax matters person" as defined
in the REMIC Provisions (the "Tax Matters Person") with respect to each REMIC
and shall act as Tax Matters Person for each REMIC. The Trustee, as agent for
the Tax Matters Person, shall perform on behalf of each REMIC all reporting and
other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility of such REMIC under the
Code, the REMIC Provisions, or other compliance guidance issued by the Internal
Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority. Among its other duties,
if required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions, or other such guidance, the
Trustee, as agent for the Tax Matters Person, shall provide (i) to the Treasury
or other governmental authority such information as is necessary for the
application of any tax relating to the transfer of a Residual Certificate to any
disqualified person or
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organization and (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as
are required by the Code or REMIC Provisions. The Trustee, as agent for the Tax
Matters Person, shall represent each REMIC in any administrative or judicial
proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing
authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any
REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any government taxing agency,
extend any statute of limitations relating to any item of any REMIC and
otherwise act on behalf of any REMIC in relation to any tax matter involving the
Trust.
(f) The Trustee, the Servicer and the Holders of Certificates shall
take any action or cause the REMIC to take any action necessary to create or
maintain the status of each REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and
shall assist each other as necessary to create or maintain such status. Neither
the Trustee, the Servicer nor the Holder of any Residual Certificate shall take
any action, cause any REMIC created hereunder to take any action or fail to take
(or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if
taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of such
REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon such REMIC
(including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in
Code Section 860F(a)(2) and the tax on prohibited contributions set forth on
Section 860G(d) of the Code) (either such event, an "Adverse REMIC Event")
unless the Trustee and the Servicer have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the
expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the
contemplated action will not endanger such status or result in the imposition of
such a tax. In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to any REMIC
created hereunder or the assets therein, or causing such REMIC to take any
action, which is not expressly permitted under the terms of this Agreement, any
Holder of a Residual Certificate will consult with the Trustee and the Servicer,
or their respective designees, in writing, with respect to whether such action
could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to any REMIC, and no
such Person shall take any such action or cause any REMIC to take any such
action as to which the Trustee or the Servicer has advised it in writing that an
Adverse REMIC Event could occur.
(g) Each Holder of a Residual Certificate shall pay when due any and
all taxes imposed on each REMIC created hereunder by federal or state
governmental authorities. To the extent that such Trust taxes are not paid by a
Residual Certificateholder, the Trustee shall pay any remaining REMIC taxes out
of current or future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holder of the
Residual Certificate in the REMICs or, if no such amounts are available, out of
other amounts held in the Distribution Account, and shall reduce amounts
otherwise payable to Holders of regular interests in the related REMIC.
(h) The Trustee, as agent for the Tax Matters Person, shall, for
federal income tax purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each
REMIC created hereunder on a calendar
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year and on an accrual basis.
(i) No additional contributions of assets shall be made to any REMIC
created hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement with respect
to Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans.
(j) Neither the Trustee nor the Servicer shall enter into any
arrangement by which any REMIC created hereunder will receive a fee or other
compensation for services.
(k) On or before April 15 of each calendar year beginning in 2003, the
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and each Rating Agency an Officers'
Certificate stating the Servicer's compliance with the provisions of this
Section 9.01.
(j) The Trustee will apply for an Employee Identification Number from
the Internal Revenue Service via a Form SS-4 or other acceptable method for all
tax entities and shall complete the Form 8811.
(l) For federal income tax purposes, in the event that the beneficial
ownership of the Class N Certificates and the Class X Certificates is held by
separate persons for tax purposes, the Trustee shall treat the Class N
Certificates as debt of the Class X Certificateholders for federal income tax
purposes and shall not treat such Class of Certificates as an interest in any
REMIC created hereunder. In the event that the beneficial ownership of the Class
N Certificates and the Class X Certificates is held by the same person, the
Trustee shall treat the Class N Certificates as not having been issued for
federal income tax purposes so that the entire economic entitlement of the Class
N Certificates and Class X Certificates (excluding the Class X Certificates
right to receive amounts from the LIBOR Carryover Reserve Account) will
represent a "regular interest" in REMIC 6.
Section 9.02. PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
Neither the Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer nor the Trustee shall
sell, dispose of, or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans, except in a
disposition pursuant to (i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, (ii) the
bankruptcy of the Trust Fund, (iii) the termination of any REMIC created
hereunder pursuant to Article X of this Agreement, (iv) a substitution pursuant
to Article II of this Agreement or (v) a repurchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant
to Article II of this Agreement, nor acquire any assets for any REMIC, nor sell
or dispose of any investments in the Distribution Account for gain, nor accept
any contributions to either REMIC after the Closing Date, unless it has received
an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party causing such sale,
disposition, or
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substitution) that such disposition, acquisition, substitution, or acceptance
will not (a) affect adversely the status of any REMIC created hereunder as a
REMIC or of the interests therein other than the Residual Certificates as the
regular interests therein, (b) affect the distribution of interest or principal
on the Certificates, (c) result in the encumbrance of the assets transferred or
assigned to the Trust Fund (except pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement)
or (d) cause any REMIC created hereunder to be subject to a tax on prohibited
transactions or prohibited contributions pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
Section 9.03. INDEMNIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TAXES AND LOSS
OF REMIC STATUS.
In the event that any REMIC fails to qualify as a REMIC, loses its
status as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a result of a
prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC Provisions due
to the negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties and obligations set
forth herein, the Servicer shall indemnify the Holder of the related Residual
Certificates against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses ("Losses") resulting from such negligence; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Servicer shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the action or
inaction of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Holder of such Residual
Certificate, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting from
misinformation provided by the Holder of such Residual Certificate on which the
Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the
rights and remedies of the Holder of such Residual Certificate now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no
event shall the Servicer have any liability (1) for any action or omission that
is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or
which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses
other than arising out of a negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or consequential
damages to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest
on the Certificates).
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
Section 10.01 TERMINATION.
(a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Seller, the
Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar created
hereby (other than the obligation of the Trustee to make certain payments to
Certificateholders after the final Distribution Date and the obligation of the
Servicer to send certain notices as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon
notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which
the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Certificates has been reduced
to zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan
in the Trust, and (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer or an Affiliate of
the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of
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▇▇▇▇▇, living on the date hereof.
The Servicer or an Affiliate of the Servicer may, at its option,
terminate the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund and retire the Offered
Certificates and the Class B-3 Certificates on the next succeeding Distribution
Date upon which the aggregate current Pool Balance is less than 10% of the
aggregate Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date by
purchasing all of the outstanding (i) Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund at a
price equal to the sum of the outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans and except to the extent previously advanced by the Servicer, accrued and
unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Interest Rates
through the end of the Collection Period preceding the final Distribution Date
plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees and
Special Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and (ii) REO Properties
in the Trust Fund at a price equal to their fair market value as determined in
good faith by the Servicer (the "Termination Price").
In connection with any such purchase pursuant to the preceding
paragraph, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account all amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account (less
amounts permitted to be withdrawn by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07),
which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately following such
purchase.
Any such purchase shall be accomplished by delivery to the Trustee for
deposit into the Distribution Account as part of Available Funds on the
Determination Date before such
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Distribution Date of the Termination Price.
(b) Notice of any termination, specifying the Distribution Date (which
shall be a date that would otherwise be a Distribution Date) upon which the
Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment
of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the
Trustee upon the Trustee receiving notice of such date from the Servicer, by
letter to the Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 15th day of the
month preceding the month of such final distribution and not later than the 15th
day of the month of such final distribution specifying (1) the Distribution Date
upon which final distribution of the Certificates will be made upon presentation
and surrender of such Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee
therein designated, (2) the amount of any such final distribution and (3) that
the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein specified.
(c) Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall cause to be distributed to the Holders of the Certificates on the
Distribution Date for such final distribution, in proportion to the Percentage
Interests of their respective Class and to the extent that funds are available
for such purpose, an amount equal to the amount required to be distributed to
such Holders in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.01 and 4.02 for
such Distribution Date.
(d) In the event that all Certificateholders shall not surrender their
Certificates for final payment and cancellation on or before such final
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall promptly following such date cause all
funds in the Distribution Account not distributed in final distribution to
Certificateholders to be withdrawn therefrom and credited to the remaining
Certificateholders by depositing such funds in a separate escrow account for the
benefit of such Certificateholders, and the Servicer (if the Servicer has
exercised its right to purchase the Mortgage Loans) or the Trustee (in any other
case) shall give a second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders, to
surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution
with respect thereto. If within nine months after the second notice all the
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Residual
Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets
which remain subject hereto and the Trustee upon transfer of such funds shall be
discharged of any responsibility for such funds, and such Certificateholders
shall look to the Residual Certificateholders for payment.
Section 10.02 ADDITIONAL TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In the event that the Servicer exercises its purchase option as
provided in Section 10.01, the Trust shall be terminated in accordance with the
following additional
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requirements, unless the Trustee shall have been furnished with an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the failure of the Trust to comply with the
requirements of this Section will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" of the Trust as defined in Section 860F of the Code or
(ii) cause any REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(i) The Trustee shall designate a date within 90 days prior to the
final Distribution Date as the date of adoption of plans of complete
liquidation of each REMIC and shall specify such date in the final federal
income tax return of each REMIC;
(ii) After the date of adoption of such plans of complete liquidation
and at or prior to the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall sell all
of the assets of the Trust to the Servicer for cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
distributed or credited in the following order of priority (A) (i) to the
Holders of the Class A Certificates and (ii) to the Class M-1, Class M- 2
and Class B Certificates, the related Certificate Principal Balance, as
applicable, plus one month's interest thereon at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate, (B) to the Class N and Class X Certificates in respect
of the Class X/N Interest, the amount of any remaining Monthly Excess Cash
Flow Amounts not previously distributed thereon, (C) to the remaining REMIC
Regular Interests the amounts allocable thereto pursuant to Section 4.08
and (D) to the Class R, Class R-4, Class R-5 and Class R-6
Certificateholders, all cash on hand in respect of the related REMIC or
REMICs after such payment (other than cash retained to meet claims) and the
Trust shall terminate at such time.
(b) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby
agree to appoint the Trustee as their attorney in fact to: (i) designate such
date of adoption of plans of complete liquidation and (ii) to take such other
action in connection therewith as may be reasonably required to carry out such
plans of complete liquidation all in accordance with the terms hereof.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01 AMENDMENT.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee; and without the consent of the
Certificateholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any
provisions herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provisions herein or (iii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with
the provisions of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such action listed
in clause (i) through (iii) above shall not adversely affect in any respect the
interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced by (i) notice in writing to the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee from the Rating Agencies that such
action will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any
outstanding Class of Certificates with respect to which it is a Rating Agency,
or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Servicer and the Trustee.
In addition, this Agreement may be amended from time to time by
Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the
Majority Certificateholders for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such amendment or waiver shall (x) reduce in any manner the
amount of, or delay the timing of, payments on the Certificates which are
required to be made on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (y) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates (as evidenced by (i) notice in writing to
the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee from the Rating Agencies that such
action will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any
outstanding Class of Certificates with respect to which it is a Rating Agency,
or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Servicer and the Trustee) in a
manner other than as described in clause (x) above, without the consent of the
Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing at least a 66% Percentage
Interest in such Class, or (z) reduce the percentage of Voting Rights required
by clause (y) above without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of
such Class then outstanding. Upon approval of an amendment, a copy of such
amendment shall be sent to the Rating Agencies. Prior to the execution of any
amendment to this Agreement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Person seeking such amendment)
stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this
Agreement. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
amendment which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Agreement.
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Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel, delivered by (and at the expense of)
the Person seeking such Amendment, to the effect that such amendment will not
result in the imposition of a tax on any REMIC constituting part of the Trust
Fund pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC constituting part of
the Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding and that the amendment is being made in accordance with the terms
hereof.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee shall
furnish, at the expense of the Person that requested the amendment if such
Person is the Seller or the Servicer (but in no event at the expense of the
Trustee), otherwise at the expense of the Trust, a copy of such amendment and
the Opinion of Counsel referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph to the
Servicer and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section 11.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment;
instead it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to
such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Section 11.02 RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT; COUNTERPARTS.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject
to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in
all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the
properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the
Servicer at the expense of the Trust, but only upon direction of
Certificateholders, accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
Section 11.03 LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (i) operate
to terminate this
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Agreement or the Trust, (ii) entitle such Certificateholder's legal
representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust, or (iii)
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto
or any of them.
Except as expressly provided for herein, no Certificateholder shall
have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the operation and
management of the Trust, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall
anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be
construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under
any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties
to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision
of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at
law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of default and of
the continuance thereof, as herein provided, and unless also the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights shall have made
written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in
its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 15 days after
its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected
or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. It is understood
and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every
other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of
Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the
Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or
preference is not otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under
this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable
and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement
of the provisions of this Section 11.03 each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
Section 11.04 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws (without regard to
the conflicts of laws provisions thereof). With respect to any claim arising out
of this Agreement, each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court
located in
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the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, and each party irrevocably
waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating hereto brought in any such
courts, irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in any inconvenient forum and further
irrevocably waives the right to object, with respect to such claim, suit, action
or proceeding brought in any such court, that such court does not have
jurisdiction over such party, provided that service of process has been made by
any lawful means.
Section 11.05 NOTICES.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service, to (a) in the
case of the Seller, Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Attention: Director - Mortgage
Finance (telecopy number (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇), or such other address or telecopy
number as may hereafter be furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee in writing
by the Seller, (b) in the case of the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Institutional
Trust Services, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3,
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Depositor, the Seller
and the Servicer in writing by the Trustee, (d) in the case of the Depositor,
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Attention: Mortgage Finance, or such other address as
may be furnished to the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee in writing by the
Depositor, and (e) in the case of the Servicer, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or such
other address as may be furnished to the Seller, the Depositor and the Trustee
in writing by the Servicer. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a
Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Notice of any
Servicer Event of Termination shall be given by telecopy and by certified mail.
Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have duly been given when mailed, whether or not the
Certificateholder receives such notice. A copy of any notice required to be
telecopied hereunder shall also be mailed to the appropriate party in the manner
set forth above.
Section 11.06 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Agreement shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions
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or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 11.07 ARTICLE AND SECTION REFERENCES.
All article and section references used in this Agreement, unless
otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement.
Section 11.08 NOTICE TO THE RATING AGENCIES.
(a) Each of the Trustee and the Servicer shall be obligated to use its
best reasonable efforts promptly to provide notice to the Rating Agencies with
respect to each of the following of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
or the Servicer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge:
(i) any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
(ii) the occurrence of any Servicer Event of Termination that has not
been cured or waived;
(iii) the resignation or termination of the Servicer or the Trustee;
(iv) the final payment to Holders of the Certificates of any Class;
(v) any change in the location of any Account; and
(vi) if the Trustee is acting as successor Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.02 hereof, any event that would result in the inability of the
Trustee to make Advances.
(vii) In addition, the Servicer shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:
(A) each annual statement as to compliance described in Section
3.19 hereof;
(B) each annual independent public accountants' servicing report
described in Section 3.20 hereof; and
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(C) each notice delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) hereof
which relates to the fact that the Servicer has not made an Advance.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 11.08 shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or mailed by
first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service to ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
Investors Service, Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention:
Managing Director, Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities; Fitch Ratings, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Managing Director,
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities; and Standard & Poor's, a division of The
▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Group.
Section 11.09 FURTHER ASSURANCES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, neither the
Regular Certificateholders nor the Trustee shall have any obligation to consent
to any amendment or modification of this Agreement unless they have been
provided reasonable security or indemnity against their out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees) to be incurred in connection therewith.
Section 11.10 BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the Certificates, expressed or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Certificateholders and the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
Section 11.11 ACTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by the
Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing; and such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, the Seller and the
Servicer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "act" of the
Certificateholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of
any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Trust, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.11.
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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized
by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by any Certificateholder shall bind every future Holder
of such Certificate and the Holder of every Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Certificate.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC., as Depositor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND
SECURITIZATION LLC, as Seller
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇▇ LOAN SERVICING LP, as Servicer
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the __th day of June, 2002 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared ____________, known to me to be a Vice President
of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a Delaware corporation that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the __th day of June 2002 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared _______________ known to me to be a
______________ Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, a limited
liability company that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to
be the person who executed it on behalf of said limited liability company, and
acknowledged to me that such limited liability company executed the within
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the __th day of June 2002 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared ________________, known to me to be an
____________________ of JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
STATE OF TEXAS )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the __th day of June 2002 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, known to me to be a Senior Vice
President of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, a Delaware limited partnership, that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said limited partnership, and acknowledged to me that
such limited partnership executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS
860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS A
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class A Original Class Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates as of the Closing
Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $203,447,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Initial Certificate Principal
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 Balance: $[ ]
Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
No. Closing Date: June 20, 2002
CUSIP:
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _______________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate by the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A Certificates) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class A Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to
a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"),
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the
"Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the
Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds in the Distribution Account in
an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class A
Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement provided,
however, that if any Class A Certificate becomes a Definitive Certificate, the
Record Date for such Certificate will be the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class A
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of $5,000,000, or by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate Registrar may deduct a
reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by wire transfer.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Class A Pass-Through Rate on each Distribution Date will be a rate
per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of one month LIBOR plus the Class A
Certificate Margin and (ii)
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the Pool Cap for the related Distribution Date. Interest will accrue on the
Class A Certificates during each Interest Accrual Period at the Class A
Pass-Through Rate.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class A Certificates.
The Class A Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee
with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the Voting Rights
identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the under Uniform Gifts
entireties to Minors Act
______________
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right (State)
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) ______________________________ a Percentage
Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed Certificate and
hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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FORM OF CLASS A-IO CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS
860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS A-IO
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class A-IO Original Class A-IO Notional Amount
as of the Closing Date:
$101,723,929.00
Pass-Through Rate: Variable
Initial Notional Amount: $[ ]
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002 Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
No. Closing Date: June 20, 2002
CUSIP:
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THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE REDUCED IN THE MANNER
DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED HEREBY.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that ________________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial Notional Amount of this
Certificate by the Original Class A-IO Notional Amount) in that certain
beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class A-IO Certificates in
the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary
of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to
the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the
Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs or the Closing
Date, in the case of the first Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds
in the Distribution Account in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to the Holders of Class A-IO Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to
the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class A-IO
Certificates the aggregate Initial Notional Amount of which is in excess of
$5,000,000, or by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person
entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register, provided that the Certificate Registrar may deduct a reasonable wire
transfer fee from any payment made by wire transfer. Notwithstanding the above,
the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee
for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Class A-IO Pass-Through Rate for each Distribution Date (i) in or
prior to December 2002, 6.50% per annum, (ii) from and including the
Distribution Date in January 2003 through and including the Distribution Date on
June 2003, 3.50% per annum and (iii) after the
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Distribution Date in June 2003, 0.00%.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class A-IO Certificates.
The Class A-IO Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class A-IO Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform
Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
of survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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FORM OF CLASS B-1 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A, CLASS
M-1 AND CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT HAS NOT DELIVERED A REPRESENTATION LETTER
STATING EITHER (A) THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR
OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE
OR LOCAL LAW WHICH IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, A "PLAN"), AND IS NOT ACTING
ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (B) SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THAT THE
SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PURCHASE THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT." EACH PERSON WHO ACQUIRES THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS REQUIRED BY THE
REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, UNLESS SUCH
PERSON SHALL HAVE PROVIDED SUCH REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE
PRECEDING SENTENCE TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR. THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ANY ATTEMPTED OR PURPORTED TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF
THESE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NULL AND VOID AND WILL VEST NO RIGHTS
IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE.
B-1-1
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS
860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS B-1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class B-1 Original Class Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates
Pass-Through Rate: Variable as of the Closing Date: $11,444,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Initial Certificate Principal Balance:
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 $[ ]
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002 Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
No.
Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
CUSIP: Closing Date: June 20, 2002
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate by the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class B-1 Certificates) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class B-1 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds in the Distribution Account in
an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class
B-1 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement provided,
however, that if any Class B-1 Certificate becomes a Definitive Certificate, the
Record Date for such Certificate will be the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class B-1
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of $5,000,000, or by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate Registrar may deduct a
reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by wire transfer.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate on each Distribution Date will be a
rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of one month LIBOR plus the
Class B-1 Certificate Margin and (ii)
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the Pool Cap for the related Distribution Date. Interest will accrue on the
Class B-1 Certificates during each Interest Accrual Period at the Class B-1
Pass-Through Rate.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class B-1 Certificates.
The Class B-1 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
This certificate is subordinated in right of payment to the Class A,
Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates as described in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement referred to herein.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose
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name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class B-1 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -
CUSTODIAN
TEN ENT - as tenants by the (Cust) (Minor)
entireties under Uniform
Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with to Minors Act
right of survivorship and not _____________
as ___
tenants in common
(S
ta
te
)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
____________________________
Signature by or on behalf of
assignor
____________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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FORM OF CLASS B-2 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A, CLASS
M-1, CLASS M-2 AND CLASS B-1 CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT HAS NOT DELIVERED A REPRESENTATION LETTER
STATING EITHER (A) THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR
OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE
OR LOCAL LAW WHICH IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, A "PLAN"), AND IS NOT ACTING
ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (B) SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THAT THE
SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PURCHASE THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT." EACH PERSON WHO ACQUIRES THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS REQUIRED BY THE
REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, UNLESS SUCH
PERSON SHALL HAVE PROVIDED SUCH REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE
PRECEDING SENTENCE TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR. THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ANY ATTEMPTED OR PURPORTED TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF
THESE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NULL AND VOID AND WILL VEST NO RIGHTS
IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE.
B-2-1
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS
860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS B-2
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class B-2 Original Class Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates
Pass-Through Rate: Variable as of the Closing Date: $2,543,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Initial Certificate Principal Balance:
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 $[ ]
Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
No.
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
CUSIP:
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate by the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class B-2 Certificates) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class B-2 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds in the Distribution Account in
an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class
B-2 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement provided,
however, that if any Class B-2 Certificate becomes a Definitive Certificate, the
Record Date for such Certificate will be the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class B-2
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of $5,000,000, or by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate Registrar may deduct a
reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by wire transfer.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate on each Distribution Date will be a
rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of one month LIBOR plus the
Class B-2 Certificate Margin and (ii)
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the Pool Cap for the related Distribution Date. Interest will accrue on the
Class B-2 Certificates during each Interest Accrual Period at the Class B-2
Pass-Through Rate.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class B-2 Certificates.
The Class B-2 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
This certificate is subordinated in right of payment to the Class A,
Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class B-1 Certificates as described in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement referred to herein.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent
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of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class B-2 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:_______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-----------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right ________________
of survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
_____________________________________________________
Dated:
______________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
______________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇
FORM OF CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A, CLASS
M-1, CLASS M-2, CLASS B-1 AND CLASS B-2 CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT HAS NOT DELIVERED A REPRESENTATION LETTER
STATING EITHER (A) THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR
OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE
OR LOCAL LAW WHICH IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, A "PLAN"), AND IS NOT ACTING
ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (B) SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THAT THE
SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PURCHASE THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT." EACH PERSON WHO ACQUIRES THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS REQUIRED BY THE
REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, UNLESS SUCH
PERSON SHALL HAVE PROVIDED SUCH REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE
PRECEDING SENTENCE TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR. THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ANY ATTEMPTED OR PURPORTED TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF
THESE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NULL AND VOID AND WILL VEST NO RIGHTS
IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE.
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FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS
860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS B-3
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class B-3 Original Class Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates
Pass-Through Rate: Variable as of the Closing Date: $5,086,723.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Initial Certificate Principal Balance:
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 $[ ]
Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
No.
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
CUSIP:
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate by the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class B-3 Certificates) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class B-3 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds in the Distribution Account in
an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class
B-3 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement provided,
however, that if any Class B-3 Certificate becomes a Definitive Certificate, the
Record Date for such Certificate will be the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class B-3
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of $5,000,000, or by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate Registrar may deduct a
reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by wire transfer.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate on each Distribution Date will be a
rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of one month LIBOR plus the
Class B-3 Certificate Margin and (ii)
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the Pool Cap for the related Distribution Date. Interest will accrue on the
Class B-3 Certificates during each Interest Accrual Period at the Class B-3
Pass-Through Rate.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class B-3 Certificates.
The Class B-3 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
This certificate is subordinated in right of payment to the Class A,
Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates as described in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to herein.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent
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of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class B-3 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By: ______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -
CUSTODIAN
TEN ENT - as tenants by the --------- (Cust) (Minor)
entireties under Uniform
Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with to Minors Act
right
of survivorship and not as ________________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
___________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of
assignor
___________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ___________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-1-1
FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON.
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN SIX SEPARATE "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUITS," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND
860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND THE
CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A
TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE MAY
BE MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (1) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES,
ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING, (B) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1
OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY
SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION
1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN
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THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS A
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION"), OR (D) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION AND (2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR
ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH
REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER
AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY
PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF A CLASS R CERTIFICATE BY
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS R
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class R Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
No.
Percentage Interest: 100%
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THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _______________________ is the registered owner of
a Percentage Interest set forth above in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class R Certificates in the Trust Fund created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs or the Closing
Date, in the case of the first Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds
in the Distribution Account in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to the Holders of Class R Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class R
Certificates the aggregate Percentage Interest of which is in excess of a 66%
Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates, or by check mailed by first
class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate
Registrar may deduct a reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by
wire transfer. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
the Percentage Interest specified on the face hereof.
The Class R Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration
or qualification, the Certificate Registrar shall require, in order to assure
compliance with such laws, either (i) that the Certificateholder desiring to
effect the transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee each
execute a representation letter in the form described by the Agreement
certifying to the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding the transfer, or
(ii) that the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar shall require an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to them that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, in their respective
capacities as such. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the
Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any such Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and any Servicer against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein may be made to
employee benefit plans and certain other retirement plans and arrangements,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility
provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code ("Plans") or any person who is
directly or
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indirectly purchasing the Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of
the Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel
of the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
to cease to qualify as eight separate REMICs or cause the imposition of a tax
upon the Trust.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class R Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
of survivorship and not as ________________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-1-2
FORM OF CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON.
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN SIX SEPARATE "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUITS," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND
860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND
THE CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN
AND IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A
TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE MAY
BE MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (1) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES,
ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING, (B) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1
OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY
SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION
1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN
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THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS A
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION"), OR (D) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION AND (2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR
ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH
REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER
AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY
PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF A CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
OF THIS CLASS R-4 CERTIFICATE.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS R-4
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class R-4 Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
No.
Percentage Interest: 100%
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THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR
INTEREST IN SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE
SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS
CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _______________________ is the registered owner of
a Percentage Interest set forth above in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class R-4 Certificates in the Trust Fund created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs or the Closing
Date, in the case of the first Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds
in the Distribution Account in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to the Holders of Class R-4 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to
the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class R-4
Certificates the aggregate Percentage Interest of which is in excess of a 66%
Percentage Interest of the Class R-4 Certificates, or by check mailed by first
class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate
Registrar may deduct a reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by
wire transfer. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
the Percentage Interest specified on the face hereof.
The Class R-4 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration
or qualification, the Certificate Registrar shall require, in order to assure
compliance with such laws, either (i) that the Certificateholder desiring to
effect the transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee each
execute a representation letter in the form described by the Agreement
certifying to the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding the transfer, or
(ii) that the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar shall require an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to them that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, in their respective
capacities as such. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the
Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any such Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and any Servicer against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein may be made to
employee benefit plans and certain other retirement plans and arrangements,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility
provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code ("Plans") or any person who is
directly or
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indirectly purchasing the Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of
the Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel
of the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
to cease to qualify as eight separate REMICs or cause the imposition of a tax
upon the Trust.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By: _______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class R-4 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right ________________
of survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-1-3
FORM OF CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON.
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN SIX SEPARATE "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUITS," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 850G AND
850D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1985, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND
THE CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN
AND IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A
TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE MAY
BE MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (1) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES,
ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING, (B) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1
OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY
SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION
1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN
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THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS A
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION"), OR (D) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION AND (2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR
ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH
REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER
AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY
PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF A CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
OF THIS CLASS R-5 CERTIFICATE.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS R-5
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class R-5 Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
No.
Percentage Interest: 100%
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THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _______________________ is the registered owner of
a Percentage Interest set forth above in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class R-5 Certificates in the Trust Fund created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs or the Closing
Date, in the case of the first Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds
in the Distribution Account in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to the Holders of Class R-5 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to
the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class R-5
Certificates the aggregate Percentage Interest of which is in excess of a 55%
Percentage Interest of the Class R-5 Certificates, or by check mailed by first
class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate
Registrar may deduct a reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by
wire transfer. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
the Percentage Interest specified on the face hereof.
The Class R-5 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration
or qualification, the Certificate Registrar shall require, in order to assure
compliance with such laws, either (i) that the Certificateholder desiring to
effect the transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee each
execute a representation letter in the form described by the Agreement
certifying to the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding the transfer, or
(ii) that the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar shall require an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to them that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, in their respective
capacities as such. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the
Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any such Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and any Servicer against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein may be made to
employee benefit plans and certain other retirement plans and arrangements,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility
provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code ("Plans") or any person who is
directly or
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indirectly purchasing the Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of
the Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel
of the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
to cease to qualify as eight separate REMICs or cause the imposition of a tax
upon the Trust.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class R-5 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:_______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right ________________
of survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-1-4
FORM OF CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON.
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN SIX SEPARATE "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUITS," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND
860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND
THE CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN
AND IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A
TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE MAY
BE MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (1) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES,
ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING, (B) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1
OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY
SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION
1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN
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THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS A
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION"), OR (D) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION AND (2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR
ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH
REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER
AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY
PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF A CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
OF THIS CLASS R-6 CERTIFICATE.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS R-6
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class R-6 Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
No.
Percentage Interest: 100%
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THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _______________________ is the registered owner of
a Percentage Interest set forth above in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class R-6 Certificates in the Trust Fund created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs or the Closing
Date, in the case of the first Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds
in the Distribution Account in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to the Holders of Class R-6 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to
the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class R-6
Certificates the aggregate Percentage Interest of which is in excess of a 66%
Percentage Interest of the Class R-6 Certificates, or by check mailed by first
class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate
Registrar may deduct a reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by
wire transfer. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
the Percentage Interest specified on the face hereof.
The Class R-6 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration
or qualification, the Certificate Registrar shall require, in order to assure
compliance with such laws, either (i) that the Certificateholder desiring to
effect the transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee each
execute a representation letter in the form described by the Agreement
certifying to the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding the transfer, or
(ii) that the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar shall require an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to them that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, in their respective
capacities as such. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the
Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any such Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and any Servicer against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein may be made to
employee benefit plans and certain other retirement plans and arrangements,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility
provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code ("Plans") or any person who is
directly or
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indirectly purchasing the Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of
the Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel
of the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
to cease to qualify as eight separate REMICs or cause the imposition of a tax
upon the Trust.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class R-6 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right ________________
of survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A
CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT HAS NOT DELIVERED A REPRESENTATION LETTER
STATING EITHER (A) THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR
OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE
OR LOCAL LAW WHICH IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, A "PLAN"), AND IS NOT ACTING
ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (B) SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THAT THE
SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PURCHASE THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT." EACH PERSON WHO ACQUIRES THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS REQUIRED BY THE
REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, UNLESS SUCH
PERSON SHALL HAVE PROVIDED SUCH REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE
PRECEDING SENTENCE TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR. THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ANY ATTEMPTED OR PURPORTED TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF
THESE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NULL AND VOID AND WILL VEST NO RIGHTS
IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE.
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FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS
860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS M-1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class M-1 Original Class Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
Pass-Through Rate: Variable as of the Closing Date: $17,166,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Initial Certificate Principal Balance:
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 $[ ]
Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
No.
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
CUSIP:
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _________________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate by the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-1 Certificates) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class M-1 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomn Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds in the Distribution Account in
an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class
M-1 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement provided,
however, that if any Class M-1 Certificate becomes a Definitive Certificate, the
Record Date for such Certificate will be the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class M-1
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of $5,000,000, or by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate Registrar may deduct a
reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by wire transfer.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate on each Distribution Date will be a
rate per annum
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equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of one month LIBOR plus the Class M-1
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for the related Distribution Date.
Interest will accrue on the Class M-1 Certificates during each Interest Accrual
Period at a the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class M-1 Certificates.
The Class M-1 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
This certificate is subordinated in right of payment to the Class A
Certificates as described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to
herein.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent
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of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class M-1 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:_______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
under Uniform
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right Gifts
of survivorship and not as to Minors Act
tenants in common ________________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto (Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip
code, and Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest
equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed Certificate and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
Dated:
______________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
______________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ___________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by ______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-3
FORM OF CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A
CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT HAS NOT DELIVERED A REPRESENTATION LETTER
STATING EITHER (A) THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR
OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE
OR LOCAL LAW WHICH IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, A "PLAN"), AND IS NOT ACTING
ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (B) SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THAT THE
SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO PURCHASE THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT." EACH PERSON WHO ACQUIRES THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS REQUIRED BY THE
REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, UNLESS SUCH
PERSON SHALL HAVE PROVIDED SUCH REPRESENTATION LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE
PRECEDING SENTENCE TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR. THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ANY ATTEMPTED OR PURPORTED TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF
THESE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NULL AND VOID AND WILL VEST NO RIGHTS
IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE.
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FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS
860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS M-2
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class M-2 Original Class Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates
Pass-Through Rate: Variable as of the Closing Date: $14,623,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Initial Certificate Principal Balance:
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 $[ ]
Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
No.
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
CUSIP:
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _________________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of this Certificate by the Original Class Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class M-2 Certificates) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class M-2 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomn Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds in the Distribution Account in
an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class
M-2 Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement provided,
however, that if any Class M-2 Certificate becomes a Definitive Certificate, the
Record Date for such Certificate will be the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class M-2
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of $5,000,000, or by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register, provided that the Certificate Registrar may deduct a
reasonable wire transfer fee from any payment made by wire transfer.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate on each Distribution Date will be a
rate per annum
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equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of one month LIBOR plus the Class M-2
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Pool Cap for the related Distribution Date.
Interest will accrue on the Class M-2 Certificates during each Interest Accrual
Period at a the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class M-2 Certificates.
The Class M-2 Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
This certificate is subordinated in right of payment to the Class A
Certificates and the Class M-1 Certificates as described in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement referred to herein.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent
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of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By: _______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class M-2 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform
Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
of survivorship and not as ______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within asset-backed Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the
registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate
Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
______________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
______________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-4
FORM OF CLASS X CERTIFICATES
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A DIRECT
OR INDIRECT BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN
SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE "CODE") AND IN CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND THE
CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A
TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
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C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS X
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class X Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002
Closing Date: June 20, 2002
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002
No.
Percentage Interest: 100%
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THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN ASSET
BACKED FUNDING CORPORATION, THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that __________________________________ is the
registered owner of a Percentage Interest set forth above in that certain
beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class X Certificates in the
Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, a summary
of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to
the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the
Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs or the Closing
Date in the case of the first Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds
in the Distribution Account in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to the Holders of Class X Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class X
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of a 66% Percentage Interest of the Class X Certificates, or by check
mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as
such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register, provided that
the Certificate Registrar may deduct a reasonable wire transfer fee from any
payment made by wire transfer. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution
on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency
of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this
Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as
provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
the Percentage Interest specified on the face hereof.
The Class X Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration
or qualification, the Certificate Registrar shall require, in order to assure
compliance with such laws, either (i) that the Certificateholder desiring to
effect the transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee each
execute a representation letter in the form described by the Agreement
certifying to the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding the transfer, or
(ii) that the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar shall require an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to them that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, in their respective
capacities as such. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the
Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any such Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein may be made to
employee benefit plans and certain other retirement plans and arrangements,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility
provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code ("Plans") or any person who is
directly or
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indirectly purchasing the Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By: _______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class X Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
---------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform
Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
of survivorship and not as ______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) _____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT C-5
FORM OF CLASS N CERTIFICATE
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A DIRECT
OR INDIRECT BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A "REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN
SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE "CODE") AND IN CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY.
THIS CLASS N CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND THE
CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS N CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS N CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A
TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
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C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2002-CB3, CLASS N
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one- to
four-family first, second and third lien mortgage loans formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Series 2002-CB3, Class N Original Class N Notional Amount as
of the Closing Date: $10,000,000.00
Pass-Through Rate: 10.00% per annum
Initial Notional Amount: $________
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: June 1, 2002 Servicer: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: July 25, 2002 Trustee: JPMorgan Chase Bank
No. Closing Date: June 20, 2002
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THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR AFFILIATES. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that __________________________________ is the
registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Initial
Notional Amount of this Certificate by the Original Class N Notional Amount) in
that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class N
Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs or the Closing
Date in the case of the first Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from funds
in the Distribution Account in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to the Holders of Class N Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Certificate Registrar
in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class N
Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in
excess of a 66% Percentage Interest of the Class N Certificates, or by check
mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as
such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register, provided that
the Certificate Registrar may deduct a reasonable wire transfer fee from any
payment made by wire transfer. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution
on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency
of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this
Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as
provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
the Percentage Interest specified on the face hereof.
The Class N Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses
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incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders
under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to the
Voting Rights identified in the agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the
Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration
or qualification, the Certificate Registrar shall require, in order to assure
compliance with such laws, either (i) that the Certificateholder desiring to
effect the transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee each
execute a representation letter in the form described by the Agreement
certifying to the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding the transfer, or
(ii) that the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar shall require an Opinion
of Counsel satisfactory to them that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, in their respective
capacities as such. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the
Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any such Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein may be made to
employee benefit plans and certain other retirement plans and arrangements,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such
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plans, accounts or arrangements are invested that are subject to the fiduciary
responsibility provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code ("Plans") or any
person who is directly or indirectly purchasing the Certificate or interest
therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a
Plan.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to
the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in
the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from the Trust
Fund of all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage
Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from the Trust Fund all Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being 10% or
less of the Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: June __, 2002
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Class N Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:_______________________________
Authorized Signatory
Date of authentication: June __, 2002
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ABBREVIATIONS
-------------
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform
Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
of survivorship and not as ______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) ____________________________________________
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within asset-backed
Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such
interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________, account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to ____________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
This information is provided by _______________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
▇-▇-▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
(Available Upon Request)
D-1
EXHIBIT D-2
SCHEDULE OF MORTGAGE LOANS WITHOUT TITLE INSURANCE
(Available Upon Request)
D-2
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: JPMorgan Chase Bank
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Institutional Trust Services,
C-BASS Series 2002-CB3
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of June 1, 2002 among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., as depositor, Credit-Based
Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, as seller, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan
Servicing LP, as Servicer and Jpmorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee
----------------------------------------------------------------------
All capitalized terms used herein shall have the means ascribed to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement") referenced above.
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
you as Trustee pursuant to the Agreement, we request the release, and hereby
acknowledge receipt, of the Trustee's Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan
described below, for the reason indicated.
MORTGAGE LOAN NUMBER:
MORTGAGOR NAME, ADDRESS & ZIP CODE:
REASON FOR REQUESTING DOCUMENTS (CHECK ONE):
_____ 1. Mortgage Paid in Full
_____ 2. Foreclosure
_____ 3. Substitution
_____ 4. Other Liquidation (Repurchases, etc.)
_____ 5. Nonliquidation Reason: _____________
By:_______________________________
(authorized signer)
Issuer: __________________________
Address: _________________________
Date: ______________________
E-1
CUSTODIAN
The Bank of New York
Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your
signature and date below:
_________________________________________ ___________________________
Signature Date
Documents returned to Custodian:
_________________________________________ ___________________________
Custodian Date
E-2
EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S OR CUSTODIAN'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION
SEE EXHIBIT 2A TO THE CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
F-1-1
EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S FINAL CERTIFICATION
SEE EXHIBIT 2B TO THE CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
F-2-1
EXHIBIT F-3
FORM OF RECEIPT OF MORTGAGE NOTE
SEE EXHIBIT 1 TO THE CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
F-3-1
EXHIBIT G
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(See Tab 2)
G-1
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SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
as Purchaser
and
CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND SECURITIZATION LLC
as Seller
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Fixed Rate and Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans
Salomon Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2002-CB3
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates
Dated as of June 18, 2002
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions.....................................................1
ARTICLE II
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 2.01 Sale of Mortgage Loans..........................................2
Section 2.02 Obligations of Seller Upon Sale.................................2
Section 2.03 Payment of Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans. .............4
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
Section 3.01 Seller Representations and Warranties Relating to the
Mortgage Loans..................................................5
Section 3.02 Seller Representations and Warranties..........................16
ARTICLE IV
SELLER'S COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Covenants of the Seller........................................19
ARTICLE V
OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Section 6.01 Termination....................................................20
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.01 Amendment........................................................20
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Section 7.02 Governing Law..................................................20
Section 7.03 Notices........................................................20
Section 7.04 Severability of Provisions.....................................21
Section 7.05 Counterparts...................................................21
Section 7.06 Further Agreements.............................................21
Section 7.07 Intention of the Parties.......................................21
Section 7.08 Successors and Assigns; Assignment of this Agreement...........21
Section 7.09 Survival. ....................................................22
Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule
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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 18, 2002,(the
"AGREEMENT"), between CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND SECURITIZATION LLC
("C-BASS" or the "SELLER") and SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
(the "PURCHASER").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Seller is the owner of either the notes or other evidence
of indebtedness (the "MORTGAGE NOTES") or other evidence of ownership so
indicated on Schedule I hereto, and the other documents or instruments
constituting the Mortgage File (collectively, the "MORTGAGE LOANS"); and
WHEREAS, the Seller, as of the date hereof, owns the mortgages (the
"MORTGAGES") on the properties (the "MORTGAGED PROPERTIES") securing such
Mortgage Loans, including rights (a) to any property acquired by foreclosure or
deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, and (b) to the proceeds of any
insurance policies covering the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties or
the obligors on the Mortgage Loans; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire that the Seller sell the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser and the Purchaser purchase the Mortgage Loans from the
Seller pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of June 1, 2002 (the "POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT"), among the
Seller as seller, Purchaser, as depositor, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP ("▇▇▇▇▇▇"),
as servicer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank as trustee (the "Trustee"), the Purchaser
will convey the Mortgage Loans to Salomon Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2002-CB3.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 DEFINITIONS. All capitalized terms used but not defined
herein and below shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
"CUSTODIAN": A custodian acceptable to the Trustee, which may be the
Trustee and which shall not be the Seller or any affiliate of the Seller. The
initial Custodian shall be The Bank of New York.
"INSURANCE AGREEMENT": With respect to any FHA Mortgage Loan, the
insurance contract issued by the FHA and, with respect to any VA Mortgage Loan,
the guarantee issued by the
Department of Veteran's Affairs.
ARTICLE II
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 2.01 SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The Seller does hereby agree to
and does hereby sell, assign, set over, and otherwise convey to the Purchaser,
without recourse, on the Closing Date, all its right, title and interest, in and
to (i) each Mortgage Loan and the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance
thereof, including any Related Documents, (ii) all payments on or collections in
respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (except with respect to
any Arrearages); (iii) property which secured such Mortgage Loan and which has
been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iv) its interest
in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; and (v) all proceeds
of any of the foregoing.
Section 2.02 OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER UPON SALE.
(a) In connection with any transfer pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof,
the Seller further agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to the Closing Date,
(x) to indicate in its books and records that the Mortgage Loans have been sold
to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and (y) to deliver to the Purchaser
and the Trustee a computer file containing a true and complete list of all the
Mortgage Loans specifying, among other things, for each Mortgage Loan, as of the
Cut-off Date, its account number and Cut-off Date Principal Balance. Such file
(the "MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE") which is included as Exhibit D-1 to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, shall also be marked as Schedule I to this Agreement
and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Seller, on behalf
of the Purchaser, does hereby deliver to, and deposit with the Trustee, or its
designated agent (the "Custodian"), the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan (a "Mortgage File") so transferred and assigned:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed either (A) in blank or (B) in
the following form: "Pay to the order of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2002, among
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, Salomon Mortgage Loan Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2002-CB3, without recourse," or with respect to any
lost Mortgage Note, an original Lost Note Affidavit, together with a copy
of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon, and the
original recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant
to a power of attorney, with evidence of recording thereon or, if such
Mortgage or power of attorney has been
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submitted for recording but has not been returned from the applicable
public recording office, has been lost or is not otherwise available, a
copy of such Mortgage or power of attorney, as the case may be, certified
to be a true and complete copy of the original submitted for recording;
(iii) an original Assignment of Mortgage, in form and substance
acceptable for recording. The Mortgage shall be assigned either (A) in
blank or (B) to "JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2002, among Credit-Based Asset
Servicing and Securitization LLC, Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP and JPMorgan Chase Bank, Salomon Mortgage
Loan Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2002-CB3, without recourse";
(iv) an original copy of any intervening assignment of Mortgage
showing a complete chain of assignments;
(v) the original or a certified copy of lender's title insurance
policy (except with respect to any Mortgage Loan set forth on Exhibit D-2
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);
(vi) the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any;
(vii) for each FHA Loan, the original Mortgage Insurance Certificate;
and
(viii) for each VA Loan, the original Loan Guaranty Certificate.
The Seller shall within 90 days following the Closing Date, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan that is subject to the provisions of the
Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 place a legend on the original
Mortgage Note indicating the satisfaction of the provisions of such Act and the
regulations issued thereunder, to the effect that the Mortgage Loan is subject
to special truth in lending rules.
If any of the documents referred to in Section 2.02(ii), (iii) or (iv)
above has as of the Closing Date been submitted for recording but either (x) has
not been returned from the applicable public recording office or (y) has been
lost or such public recording office has retained the original of such document,
the obligations of the Seller to deliver such documents shall be deemed to be
satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian no later than the
Closing Date, of a copy of each such document certified by the Seller in the
case of (x) above or the applicable public recording office in the case of (y)
above to be a true and complete copy of the original that was submitted for
recording and (2) if such copy is certified by the Seller, delivery to the
Trustee or the Custodian, promptly upon receipt thereof of either the original
or a copy of such document certified by the applicable public recording office
to be a true and complete copy of the original. The Seller
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shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian promptly
upon receipt thereof any other documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File
received with respect to any Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, any
original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of any Mortgage
Loan.
Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially defective
document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File, the Seller
shall have 120 days to cure such defect or 150 days following the Closing Date,
in the case of missing Mortgages or Assignments or deliver such missing document
to the Trustee or the Custodian. If the Seller does not cure such defect or
deliver such missing document within such time period, the Seller shall either
repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 3.01
hereof.
The Purchaser hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title
and interest to the Mortgage Loans and other property, now existing and
hereafter created, conveyed to it pursuant to Section 2.01.
The parties hereto intend that the transaction set forth herein be a
sale by the Seller to the Purchaser of all the Seller's right, title and
interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and other property described above. In the
event the transaction set forth herein is deemed not to be a sale, the Seller
hereby grants to the Purchaser a security interest in all of the Seller's right,
title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and other property
described above, whether now existing or hereafter created, to secure all of the
Seller's obligations hereunder; and this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law. The Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the
Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected
security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained
as such throughout the term of this Agreement.
(b) The Seller shall cause the Assignments of Mortgage which were
delivered in blank to be completed and shall cause all Assignments referred to
in Section 2.02(iii) hereof and, to the extent necessary, in Section 2.02(iv)
hereof to be recorded. The Seller shall be required to deliver such assignments
for recording within 30 days of the Closing Date. The Seller shall furnish the
Trustee, or its designated agent, with a copy of each assignment of Mortgage
submitted for recording. In the event that any such Assignment is lost or
returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Seller shall promptly have
a substitute Assignment prepared or have such defect cured, as the case may be,
and thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly recorded. In the event that
any Mortgage Note is endorsed in blank as of the Closing Date, promptly
following the Closing Date the Seller shall cause to be completed such
endorsements "Pay to the order of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2002, among Credit-Based
Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP and JPMorgan Chase Bank, C-BASS Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3, without recourse."
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Section 2.03 PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS. In
consideration of the sale of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Purchaser
on the Closing Date, the Purchaser agrees to pay to the Seller on the Closing
Date by transfer of immediately available funds, as directed by the Seller, an
amount equal to $254,219,459.11 in respect of the Mortgage Loans (the "PURCHASE
PRICE"), net of an expense reimbursement amount of $24,922.30 (the "EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT"), and to transfer to the Seller or its designee on the
Closing Date, the Class B-3, Class N, Class X, and Class R Certificates
(collectively, the "Private Certificates"). The Expense Reimbursement Amount
shall reimburse the Purchaser for the Purchaser's Securities and Exchange
Commission registration statement fees and the Purchaser's registration
statement administration fees allocable to the Trust. The Seller shall pay, and
be billed directly for, all expenses incurred by the Purchaser in connection
with the issuance of the Certificates, including, without limitation, printing
fees incurred in connection with the prospectus relating to the Certificates,
blue sky registration fees and expenses, fees and reasonable expenses of
Purchaser's counsel, fees of the rating agencies requested to rate the
Certificates, accountant's fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of the
Trustee and other out-of-pocket costs, if any. If the Purchaser shall determine
that the Expense Reimbursement Amount is not sufficient to reimburse the
Purchaser for all expenses incurred by it that are subject to reimbursement by
the Seller hereunder as described above, the Seller shall promptly reimburse the
Purchaser for such additional amounts upon written notice by the Purchaser to
the Seller.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
Section 3.01 SELLER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE
MORTGAGE LOANS. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, that as of the Closing Date or as of such date
specifically provided herein:
(a) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is
complete, true and correct as of the Cut-off Date.
(b) There are no delinquent taxes, ground rents, water charges, sewer
rents, assessments, including assessments payable in future installments, or
other outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property.
(c) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written
instruments, recorded in the applicable public recording office if necessary to
maintain the lien priority of the Mortgage and the interests of the
Certificateholders, and which have been delivered to the Trustee; the substance
of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the title
insurer, to the extent required by the related policy, and is reflected on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule. No instrument of waiver, alteration or modification has
been executed, and no Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except,
in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the title insurer, to the
extent
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required by the policy and, in the case of an FHA Loan or VA Loan, to the extent
required by the related Insurance Agreement, as applicable, and which assumption
agreement has been delivered to the Trustee and the terms of which are reflected
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(d) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury,
nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto.
(e) All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a
generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage
and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property
is located, pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such insurance policies contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its successors and assigns as mortgagee and
all premiums thereon have been paid. If upon origination of the Mortgage Loan,
the Mortgaged Property was in an area identified on a Flood Hazard Map or Flood
Insurance Rate Map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having
special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a flood
insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the
Federal Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the
requirements of the Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA") and the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"). The Mortgage obligates the
Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and
expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the
Mortgage to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to
seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. All acts required to be
performed to preserve the rights and remedies of the Trustee in any such
insurance policies have been performed, including, without limitation, any
necessary notifications of insurers and assignments of policies or interests
therein.
(f) As of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, any and all
requirements of any federal, state or local law, including, without limitation,
usury, truth in lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the
origination of the Mortgage Loans have been complied with. Any and all
requirements of any federal, state or local law, including, without limitation,
usury, truth in lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans have been complied with.
(g) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated (other
than with respect to second lien loans, the subordination to the first lien loan
and with respect to third lien loans, the subordination to the first and second
lien loans) rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not
been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has
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any instrument been executed that would effect any such satisfaction,
cancellation, subordination, rescission or release.
(h) The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable first, second or
third lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the
Mortgaged Property subject only to (1) the lien of current real property taxes
and assessments not yet due and payable, (2) covenants, conditions and
restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as
of the date of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions
generally and, in the case of FHA Loans and VA Loans, to the FHA and VA,
respectively, and specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance
policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan, (3) other matters to
which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere
with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the
use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property and
which may not in any way prevent realization of the benefits of the related
Insurance Agreement, if applicable and (4) with respect to any second lien
mortgage loan, the lien of the related first mortgage loan and with respect to
any third lien mortgage loan, the lien of the related first and second mortgage
loan. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to
and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a
valid, existing and enforceable first, second or third lien and first, second or
third priority security interest on the property described therein and the
Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the Purchaser.
(i) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and each is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
(j) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed to or
for the account of the Mortgagor and there is no obligation for the mortgagee to
advance additional funds thereunder and any and all requirements as to
completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any
escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses
incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the
Mortgage have been paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any
amounts paid or due to the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
(k) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment contemplated
herein, the Seller was the sole owner and holder of the Mortgage Loans and has
good and marketable title to each Mortgage Loan, free and clear of any and all
liens, pledges, charges, claims, participation interests, mortgages, security
interests or encumbrances or other interests of any nature and has full right
and authority to sell and assign the same.
(l) Each Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA mortgagee title insurance
policy acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, issued by a title insurer acceptable to (1)
FNMA and FHLMC, in the case of a conventional Mortgage Loan and (2) the FHA or
VA, as the case may be, in the case of an FHA Loan or a VA Loan, and qualified
to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located,
insuring (subject to the exceptions contained in (h)(1) and (2) above) the
Seller,
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its successors and assigns as to the first, second or third priority lien of the
Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and against any
loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from
the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the mortgage interest
rate and/or monthly payment including any negative amortization thereunder.
Additionally, such mortgagee title insurance policy affirmatively insures
ingress and egress to and from the Mortgaged Property, and against encroachments
by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The Seller is the
sole insured of such mortgagee title insurance policy, and such lender's title
insurance policy is in full force and effect and will be in full force and
effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No claims have been made under such mortgagee title insurance policy, and no
prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or
omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such mortgagee title
insurance policy.
(m) There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have been
filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under law
could give rise to such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are
or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related
Mortgage.
(n) The collection practices used by the Servicer with respect to each
Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been in all respects legal, proper, prudent and
customary in the mortgage servicing industry.
(o) The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain customary and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (1) in the case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (2) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure. There is no homestead or other exemption available to the
Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at
a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage. The Mortgagor has not
notified the Seller and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or
allowed to the Mortgagor under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
(p) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any
collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage on the Mortgaged
Property and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or
chattel mortgage.
(q) In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee,
duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly
designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or
expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee under the
deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after default by the
Mortgagor.
(r) No Mortgage Loan contains provisions pursuant to which monthly
payments
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are (1) paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate account
established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor,
(2) paid by any source other than the Mortgagor or (3) contains any other
similar provisions which may constitute a "buydown" provision. The Mortgage Loan
is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have a
shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature.
(s) The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment and any other
documents required to be delivered with respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant
to Section 2.02 hereof have been delivered to the Trustee or its designee, all
in compliance with the specific requirements of Section 2.02 hereof.
(t) If the residential dwelling on the Mortgaged Property is a
condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit development (other than a de
minimis planned unit development) such condominium or planned unit development
project meets FNMA's eligibility requirements.
(u) None of the Mortgage Loans are secured by a leasehold estate or
constitute other than real property under applicable state law.
(v) The rights with respect to each Mortgage Loan are assignable by
the Seller without the consent of any Person other than consents which will have
been obtained on or before the Closing Date.
(w) The Mortgage Loans are not being transferred by the Seller with
any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditors of the Seller.
(x) All parties which have had any interest in each Mortgage Loan,
whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, and including, without
limitation, the Seller, are (or during the period in which they held and
disposed such interest, were) in compliance with any and all applicable
licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the property securing
the Mortgage is located to the extent that any noncompliance thereunder would
affect the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loans.
(y) To the best of Seller's knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is free
from any and all toxic or hazardous substances and there exists no violation of
any local, state or federal environmental law, rule or regulation.
(z) The Mortgaged Property is free from material damage.
(aa) Each Mortgage Loan has been serviced by the Servicer in
accordance with the terms thereof and Applicable Regulations.
(bb) [Reserved]
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(cc) [Reserved]
(dd) There is no proceeding pending for the total or partial
condemnation and no eminent domain proceedings pending affecting any Mortgaged
Property.
(ee) There was no fraud involved in the origination of any Mortgage
Loan by the applicable mortgagee or Mortgagor, and to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, there was no fraud by the appraiser or any other party involved in
the origination of any such Mortgage Loan.
(ff) Each mortgage file contains an appraisal of or a broker's price
opinion regarding the related Mortgaged Property indicating an appraised value
equal to the appraised value identified for such Mortgaged Property on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule. Each appraisal has been prepared on FNMA or FHLMC forms.
(gg) No improvements on any Mortgaged Property encroach on adjoining
properties (and in the case of a condominium unit, such improvements are within
the project with respect to that unit), and no improvements on adjoining
properties encroach upon such Mortgaged Property unless there exists in the
applicable Mortgage File a title policy with endorsements which insure against
losses sustained by the insured as a result of such encroachments.
(hh) Each Insurance Agreement is in full force and effect and will be
in full force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(ii) With respect to escrow deposits, if any, all such payments are in
the possession of, or under the control of, the Servicer and there exists no
deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for
repayment thereof have not been made. No escrow deposits or escrow advances or
other charges or payments due the Servicer have been capitalized under any
Mortgage or the related Note.
(jj) No Mortgage Loan, other than a Bankruptcy Plan Mortgage Loan, is
subject to any pending bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding. To the Seller's best
knowledge, no material litigation or lawsuit relating to any Mortgage Loan is
pending.
(kk) The Seller used no selection procedures that identified the
Mortgage Loans as being less desirable or valuable than other comparable
mortgage loans acquired by the Seller.
(ll) The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of Mortgage Loans
by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement will not result in any tax, fee or
governmental charge (other than income taxes and related taxes) payable by the
Seller, the Depositor or the Trustee to any federal, state or local government
other than taxes which have or will be paid by the Seller as due ("TRANSFER
TAXES"). In the event that the Depositor or the Trustee receives actual notice
of any Transfer Taxes arising out of the transfer, assignment and conveyance of
the Mortgage Loans, other than any taxes to be paid by the creditor, on written
demand by the Depositor, or the Trustee, or upon the Seller's
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otherwise being given notice thereof by the Depositor or the Trustee, the Seller
shall pay, and otherwise indemnify and hold the Depositor and the Trustee
harmless, on an after-tax basis, from and against any and all such Transfer
Taxes (it being understood that the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the
Depositor shall have no obligation to pay such Transfer Taxes).
(mm) With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a "mortgage" as such
term is defined in 15 U.S.C. 1602(aa), no obligor has or will have a claim or
defense under such Mortgage Loan as a result of a violation of the Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994.
(nn) With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Properties
securing repayment of the related Mortgage Note, consists of a fee simple
interest in a single parcel or two contiguous parcels of real property improved
by a (A) detached or semi-detached one-family dwelling, (B) detached or
semi-detached two-to four family dwelling, (C) one-family unit in a FNMA
eligible condominium project, (D) detached or semi-detached one-family dwelling
in a planned unit development which is not a co-operative, (E) multi-family
dwelling or townhouse or (F) mobile home or manufactured dwelling which
constitutes real property.
(oo) Except for the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as delinquent, there is no default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event
which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace
or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration, and the Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration except, in the case of an FHA Loan or a VA Loan, by
written instruments, and the substance of which waiver has been approved by the
FHA or VA, as the case may be, to the extent required by the applicable
Insurance Agreement.
(pp) The Seller has no actual knowledge that with respect to any
Mortgage Loan (1) the Servicer has sent a notice of default to the related
Mortgagor which the Servicer is currently seeking to enforce, or (2) any
foreclosure proceedings have been commenced or acceleration been declared which
is currently pending. The Seller is not transferring any Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser with the intention or knowledge that the Purchaser or the Trust will
acquire the related Mortgaged Property.
(qq) With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is secured by a second or
third lien on the related Mortgaged Property, either (i) no consent for the
Mortgage Loan is required by the holder of any related senior lien or (ii) such
consent has been obtained and is contained in the Mortgage File.
(rr) In any case in which a Mortgage Loan is secured by a second or
third lien and a senior lien on the related Mortgaged Property provides for
negative amortization or deferred interest, the balance of such senior lien on
the related Mortgaged Property used to calculate the Combined Loan to Value
Ratio for the Mortgage Loan is based on the maximum amount of negative
amortization possible under such senior loan.
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(ss) With respect to a Mortgage Loan which is a second or third lien,
as of the date hereof, the Seller has not received a notice of default of a
senior lien on the related Mortgaged Property which has not been cured.
(tt) Except with respect to 16.19% of the Mortgage Loans that are
30-59 days contractually delinquent as of June 1, 2002, no Mortgage Loan is
delinquent (other than Re-performing Mortgage Loans and Bankruptcy Plan Mortgage
Loans). The Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration, and the Seller has not taken any action to waive any default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration, with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
(uu) Each Mortgage Loan is a "qualified Mortgage" within the meaning
of Section 860 G(a)(3) of the Code.
(vv) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which provides for an
adjustable interest rate, all rate adjustments have been performed in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note or subsequent modifications, if any.
(ww) At the time of their origination, all FHA Loans and VA Loans
conformed to HUD origination guidelines or VA origination guidelines, as the
case may be.
(xx) Each Mortgage Loan is directly secured by a Mortgage on a
residential property, and either (1) substantially all of the proceeds of the
Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the portion of the
residential property that consists of an interest in real property (within the
meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.856-3(c) and 1.856-3(d)) and the
interest in real property was the only security for the Mortgage Loan as of the
Testing Date (as defined below), or (2) the fair market value of the interest in
real property which secures the Mortgage Loan was at least equal to 80% of the
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (a) as of the Testing Date, or (b) as of
the Closing Date. For purposes of the previous sentence, (1) the fair market
value of the referenced interest in real property shall first be reduced by (a)
the amount of any lien on the interest in real property that is senior to the
Mortgage Loan, unless the Mortgage Loan includes both a first lien loan, a
second lien loan and a third lien loan on the same Mortgaged Property, in which
case the 80% test shall be applied in the aggregate, and (b) a proportionate
amount of any lien on the interest in real property that is on a parity with the
Mortgage Loan, and (2) the "TESTING DATE" shall be the date on which the
referenced Mortgage Loan was originated unless (a) the Mortgage Loan was
modified after the date of its origination in a manner that would cause
"significant modification" of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1001-3, and (b) the "significant modification" did not
occur at a time when the Mortgage Loan was in default or when default with
respect to the Mortgage Loan was reasonably foreseeable.
(yy) With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a mobile or
manufactured housing unit, such unit is a "single family residence" within the
meaning of Section 25(e)(1) of the Code, and has a minimum of 400 square feet of
living space, a minimum width of 102 inches and is of a kind customarily used at
a fixed location.
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(zz) Any written agreement between the Mortgagor in respect of a
Mortgage Loan and the Servicer modifying such Mortgagor's obligation to make
payments under the Mortgage Loan (such modified Mortgage Loan, a "Modified
Mortgage Loan") involved the application of the Seller's underwriting standards
or some assessment of the Mortgagor's ability to repay the Modified Mortgage
Loan.
With respect to the representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 3.01 that are made to the best of the Seller's knowledge or as to which
the Seller has no knowledge, if it is discovered by the Depositor, the Seller,
the Servicer or the Trustee, as set forth in Section 2.04 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, that the substance of such representation and warranty is
inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the
related Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Purchaser or the
Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders then, notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge with
respect to the substance of such representation and warranty being inaccurate at
the time the representation or warranty was made, such inaccuracy shall be
deemed a breach of the applicable representation or warranty.
Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser of a breach
of any of the representations and warranties contained in this Article III or
Section 2.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that materially and
adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the
Purchaser or the Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt
written notice to the others and in no event later than two Business Days from
the date of such discovery. Within 90 days of the earlier of its discovery or
its receipt of notice of any such breach of a representation or warranty, the
Seller shall promptly cure such breach in all material respects, or in the event
such defect or breach cannot be cured, the Seller shall repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan or cause the removal of such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and
substitute for it one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans, in either
case, in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Upon discovery or receipt of written notice by the Seller of any
materially defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage
File, the Seller shall have 120 days to cure such defect or 150 days following
the Closing Date, in the case of missing Mortgages or Assignments (or within 90
days of the earlier of the Seller's discovery or receipt of notification if such
defect would cause the Mortgage Loan not to be a "qualified mortgage" for REMIC
purposes), or in the event such defect cannot be cured, the Seller shall
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or cause the removal of such Mortgage Loan
from the Trust Fund and substitute for it one or more Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loans, in either case, within such time periods and in accordance with
Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 3.01 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage
Files to the Trustee or its agent, on behalf of the Purchaser and shall inure to
the benefit of the Certificateholders notwithstanding any
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restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment.
It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the Seller set
forth in this Section 3.01 to cure, repurchase or substitute for a defective
Mortgage Loan constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser, the
Certificateholders or the Trustee on their behalf respecting a missing or
defective document or a breach of the representations or warranties contained in
this Section 3.01.
Section 3.02 SELLER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Purchaser that as of the Closing Date or as of
such date specifically provided herein:
(i) The Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has the power and authority to own its assets and to transact
the business in which it is currently engaged. The Seller is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by
it requires such qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would
have a material adverse effect on (a) its business, properties, assets or
condition (financial or other), (b) the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement, (c) the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loans,
or (d) its ability to foreclose on the related Mortgaged Properties.
(ii) The Seller has the power and authority to make, execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate all of the
transactions contemplated hereunder and has taken all necessary action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When
executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the Seller's legal,
valid and binding obligations enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by (1) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the
availability of equitable remedies, (2) general equity principals
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) or (3) public policy considerations underlying the
securities laws, to the extent that such policy considerations limit the
enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement which purport to provide
indemnification from securities laws liabilities.
(iii) The Seller holds all necessary licenses, certificates and
permits from all governmental authorities necessary for conducting its
business as it is presently conducted, except for such licenses,
certificates and permits the absence of which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Seller to conduct its business as it is presently conducted. It is not
required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license,
approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any
governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except
for such consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations, or registrations
or
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declarations as shall have been obtained or filed, as the case may be,
prior to the Closing Date.
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
the Seller will not conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a
default under, any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order
or decree of any court applicable to the Seller or any of its properties or
any provision of its Limited Liability Company Agreement, or constitute a
material breach of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties pursuant to any mortgage,
indenture, contract or other agreement to which it is a party or by which
it may be bound.
(v) No certificate of an officer, written statement or report
delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Seller contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary
to make the certificate, statement or report not misleading.
(vi) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of the Seller's business.
(vii) The Seller is not insolvent, nor will the Seller be made
insolvent by the transfer of the Mortgage Loans, nor is the Seller aware of
any pending insolvency.
(viii) The Seller is not in violation of, and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by it and its performance and compliance with
the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to
any order or decree of any court, or any order or regulation of any
federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction, which
violation would materially and adversely affect the Seller's condition
(financial or otherwise) or operations or any of the Seller's properties,
or materially and adversely affect the performance of any of its duties
hereunder.
(ix) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations of, the Seller pending or, to its knowledge, threatened,
before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (i) that, if
determined adversely, would prohibit the Seller from entering into this
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or (iii) that, if determined adversely, would prohibit or materially and
adversely affect the Seller's performance of any of its respective
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(x) The Seller is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser hereunder with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its
creditors.
(xi) The Seller acquired title to the Mortgage Loans in good
faith, without
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notice of any adverse claims.
(xii) The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage
Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not
subject to the bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
(xiii) The Seller understands that (a) the Private Certificates
have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT") or any state securities law,
(b) the Purchaser is not required to so register or qualify the Private
Certificates, (c) the Private Certificates may be resold only if registered
and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the Act or any state securities
law, or if an exemption from such registration and qualification is
available, (d) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement contains restrictions
regarding the transfer of the Private Certificates and (e) the Private
Certificates will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
(xiv) The Seller is acquiring the Private Certificates for its
own account for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in
connection with any distribution thereof in any manner that would violate
the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws.
(xv) The Seller is (a) a substantial, sophisticated institutional
investor having such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters, and, in particular, in such matters related to securities similar
to the Private Certificates, such that it is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of investment in the Private Certificates, (b) able to
bear the economic risks of such an investment and (c) an "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Rule 501 (a) promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act.
(xvi) The Seller has been furnished with such information
concerning the Private Certificates and the Purchaser as has been requested
by the Seller from the Purchaser and is relevant to the Seller's decision
to purchase the Private Certificates. The Seller has had any questions
arising from such review answered by the Purchaser to the satisfaction of
the Seller.
(xvii) The Seller has not and will not nor has it authorized or
will it authorize any person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or
otherwise transfer any Private Certificate, any interest in any Private
Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b)
solicit any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition of other
transfer of any Private Certificate, any interest in any Private
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner,
(c) otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Private
Certificate, any interest in any Private Certificate or any other similar
security with any person in any manner, (d) make any general solicitation
by means of general advertising or in any other manner or (e) take any
other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above) would constitute a
distribution of any Private Certificate under the Securities Act, that
would render the disposition of any Private Certificate a violation of
Section 5 of the Securities Act
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or any state securities law, or that would require registration or
qualification pursuant thereto. The Seller will not sell or otherwise
transfer any of the Private Certificates, except in compliance with the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(xviii) The Seller is not an employee benefit plan or other
retirement arrangement subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), (collectively, an "ERISA Plan"), and
is not acting on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or
investing the assets of an ERISA Plan.
ARTICLE IV
SELLER'S COVENANTS
Section 4.01 COVENANTS OF THE SELLER.
(a) The Seller hereby covenants that except for the transfer
hereunder, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other
Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien on any
Mortgage Loan, or any interest therein; the Seller will notify the Trustee, as
assignee of the Purchaser, of the existence of any lien on any Mortgage Loan
immediately upon discovery thereof, and the Seller will defend the right, title
and interest of the Trust, as assignee of the Purchaser, in, to and under the
Mortgage Loans, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under
the Seller; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section 4.01 shall prevent
or be deemed to prohibit the Seller from suffering to exist upon any of the
Mortgage Loans any liens for municipal or other local taxes and other
governmental charges if such taxes or governmental charges shall not at the time
be due and payable or if the Seller shall currently be contesting the validity
thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its
books adequate reserves with respect thereto.
(b) The Seller hereby covenants that neither it nor any affiliate of
the Seller will directly solicit any Mortgagor hereunder to refinance the
related Mortgage Loan. For the purposes of the foregoing, neither the Seller nor
any affiliate of the Seller shall be deemed to directly solicit any Mortgagor if
the Seller responds to a request from a Mortgagor regarding a refinancing or if
the Mortgagor receives marketing materials which are generally disseminated.
ARTICLE V
OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS
(a) On or after June 30, 2002, as to any Mortgage Loan which is
Delinquent in payment by 120 days or more or any REO Property, an Affiliate of
the Seller may, at its option, purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund
at the Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan provided that an Affiliate of the
Seller may exercise the purchase right during the period
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commencing on the first day of the calendar quarter succeeding the calendar
quarter in which the Initial Delinquency Date occurred and ending on the last
Business Day of such calendar quarter. The "Initial Delinquency Date" of a
Mortgage Loan shall mean the date on which the Mortgage Loan first became 120
days Delinquent or, in the event such loan is a Re-Performing Mortgage Loan
which is Delinquent 120 days or more as of the Cut-Off Date, the date on which
such Re-Performing Mortgage Loan first becomes an additional 30 days or ore
Delinquent.
(b) If an Affiliate of the Seller does not exercise the purchase right
with respect to a Mortgage Loan during the period specified in the preceding
paragraph, such Mortgage Loan shall thereafter again become eligible for
purchase pursuant to the preceding paragraph only after the Mortgage Loan ceases
to be 120 days or more Delinquent and thereafter becomes 120 day Delinquent
again.
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Section 6.01 TERMINATION. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Seller and the Purchaser created hereby shall terminate
upon the termination of the Trust as provided in Section 8.01 of the Trust
Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.01 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Seller and the Purchaser, by written agreement signed by the Seller
and the Purchaser.
Section 7.02 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in
accordance with such laws.
Section 7.03 NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered at or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed
as follows:
if to the Seller:
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC
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Attention: General Counsel
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Purchaser in writing
by the Seller.
if to the Purchaser:
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
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Attention: Mortgage Finance Group
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller in writing by
the Purchaser.
Section 7.04 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be held
invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
Section 7.05 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original and such
counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 7.06 FURTHER AGREEMENTS. The Purchaser and the Seller each
agree to execute and deliver to the other such additional documents, instruments
or agreements as may be necessary or reasonable and appropriate to effectuate
the purposes of this Agreement or in connection with the issuance of any Series
of Certificates representing interests in the Mortgage Loans.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as a further
inducement for the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans from the Seller, the
Seller will cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with the sale of any of
the securities representing interests in the Mortgage Loans. In that connection,
the Seller will provide to the Purchaser any and all information and appropriate
verification of information, whether through letters of its auditors and counsel
or otherwise, as the Purchaser shall reasonably request and will provide to the
Purchaser such additional representations and warranties, covenants, opinions of
counsel, letters from auditors, and certificates of public officials or officers
of the Seller as are reasonably required in connection with such transactions
and the offering of investment grade securities rated by the Rating Agencies.
Section 7.07 INTENTION OF THE PARTIES. It is the intention of the
parties that the Purchaser is purchasing, and the Seller is selling, the
Mortgage Loans rather than the pledging of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to
secure a loan by the Purchaser to the Seller. Accordingly, the
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parties hereto each intend to treat the transaction for Federal income tax
purposes and all other purposes as a sale by the Seller and a purchase by the
Purchaser of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser will have the right to review the
Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Files to determine the characteristics
of the Mortgage Loans which will affect the Federal income tax consequences of
owning the Mortgage Loans and the Seller will cooperate with all reasonable
requests made by the Purchaser in the course of such review.
Section 7.08 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; ASSIGNMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Seller, the Purchaser and the Trustee. The obligations of the Seller under this
Agreement cannot be assigned or delegated to a third party without the consent
of the Purchaser and which consent shall be at the Purchaser's sole discretion,
except that the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Seller may assign its
obligations hereunder to any Person into which the Seller is merged or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Seller is a party or any Person succeeding to the business of the Seller. The
parties hereto acknowledge that the Purchaser is acquiring the Mortgage Loans
for the purpose of contributing them to a trust that will issue a series of
certificates representing undivided interests in such Mortgage Loans. As an
inducement to the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans, the Seller
acknowledges and consents to the assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of
all of the Purchaser's rights against the Seller pursuant to this Agreement
insofar as such rights relate to Mortgage Loans transferred to the Trustee and
to the enforcement or exercise of any right or remedy against the Seller
pursuant to this Agreement by the Trustee. Such enforcement of a right or remedy
by the Trustee shall have the same force and effect as if the right or remedy
had been enforced or exercised by the Purchaser directly.
Section 7.09 SURVIVAL. The representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 3.01 and 3.02 hereof shall survive the purchase of the Mortgage Loans
hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused their
names to be signed to this Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.,
as Purchaser
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND
SECURITIZATION LLC, as Seller
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF _____________)
)ss.:
COUNTY OF ____________)
On the ____ day of June __ 2002 before me, a Notary Public in and for
said State, personally appeared ______________, known to me to be a
__________________________ of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
the corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be
the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
___________________________________
Notary Public
STATE OF _____________ )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF ___________ )
On the ____ day of June 2002 before me, a Notary Public in and for
said State, personally appeared ______________, known to me to be a
__________________________ of Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization
LLC, the corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me
to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged
to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
_________________________________
Notary Public
SCHEDULE I
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[FILED BY ▇▇▇▇▇▇]
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FORM OF LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT
Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority to administer
oaths, ______________________ who first being duly sworn deposes and says:
Deponent is ______________________ of ______________________________, successor
by merger to _________________________________________ ("Seller") and who has
personal knowledge of the facts set out in this affidavit.
On ___________________, _________________________ did execute and
deliver a promissory note in the principal amount of $__________.
That said note has been misplaced or lost through causes unknown and
is presently lost and unavailable after diligent search has been made. Seller's
records show that an amount of principal and interest on said note is still
presently outstanding, due, and unpaid, and Seller is still owner and holder in
due course of said lost note.
Seller executes this Affidavit for the purpose of inducing JPMorgan
Chase Bank, as trustee on behalf of C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2002-CB3, to accept the transfer of the above described
loan from Seller.
Seller agrees to indemnify and hold harmless JPMorgan Chase Bank,
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. and
Residential Funding Securities Corporation for any losses incurred by such
parties resulting from the above described promissory note has been lost or
misplaced.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
H-1
STATE OF )
) SS:
COUNTY OF )
On this ____ day of _______ 20__, before me, a Notary Public, in and
for said County and State, appeared ________________________, who acknowledged
the extension of the foregoing and who, having been duly sworn, states that any
representations therein contained are true.
Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this ____ day of _______ 20__.
________________________________
________________________________
My commission expires _____.
H-2
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION
JPMorgan Chase Bank
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Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
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Re: C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. [The undersigned is the ______________________ of (the
"Transferee") a [corporation duly organized] and existing under the laws of
__________, on behalf of which he makes this affidavit.] [The undersigned,
___________________, is the transferee (the "Transferee").]
2. The Transferee hereby acknowledges that under the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement") among Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Credit-Based
Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, as seller, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, as
servicer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), no transfer of the
ERISA-Restricted Certificates shall be permitted to be made to any person unless
the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar (as defined in the Agreement) have
received a certificate from such transferee in the form hereof.
3. The Transferee either (x) (i) is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 or Section 407 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Trustee of any such plan or a person
acting on behalf of any such plan nor a person using the assets of any such plan
or (ii) (except in the case of the Class R, Class R-4, Class R-5, Class R-6,
Class X or Class N Certificates) is an insurance company which is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60") and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (y) (except
in the case of a Class R, Class R-4, Class R-5 and Class R-6 Certificate) shall
deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor an opinion of counsel (a
"Benefit Plan Opinion") satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, and upon
which the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor shall be entitled to rely, to
the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate by the Transferee
will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be plan assets
and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or the Code and
will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken by such entities in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Depositor.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has executed this certificate.
___________________________________
[Transferee]
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT J-1
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER [NON-RULE 144A]
[DATE]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
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JPMorgan Chase Bank
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Re: C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the C-BASS Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3 (the "Certificates"), we certify that
(a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an
"accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we
have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) we are acquiring the Certificates for investment
for our own account and not with a view to any distribution of such Certificates
(but without prejudice to our right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of
the Certificates in accordance with clause (g) below), (e) we agree that the
Certificates must be held indefinitely by us and we acknowledge that we are able
to bear the economic risk of investment in the Certificates, (f) we have not
offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates
from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with
respect thereto, or taken any other action which would result in a violation of
Section 5 of the Act, (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
Certificates unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or is exempt from
such registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that
such sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption
from the Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed
and delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with any
conditions for
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transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (h) we acknowledge
that the Certificates will bear a legend setting forth the applicable
restrictions on transfer.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
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FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
[DATE]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
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JPMorgan Chase Bank
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Re: C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the C-BASS Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3 (the "Certificates"), we certify that
(a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have had the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Depositor
concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating thereto or
any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the
Certificates, (c) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any
interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or solicited any
offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security with, any person
in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising
or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a
distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render
the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities
Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized
or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Certificates, (d) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and have completed either of the
forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We
are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are
acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule
144A and further, understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or
transferred only (i) to a person
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reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice
is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the
Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
By: _______________________________
Authorized Officer
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT J
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
i. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
ii. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $ 1 in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
___ CORPORATION, ETC. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank,
savings and loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts or
similar business trust, partnership, or charitable organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
___ BANK. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District of
Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to banking
and is supervised by the State or territorial banking commission or
similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and
(b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated
in its latest annual financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO.
___ SAVINGS AND LOAN. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association,
building and loan association, cooperative bank, homestead association
or similar institution, which is supervised and examined by a State or
Federal authority having supervision over any such institutions or is
a foreign savings and loan association or equivalent institution and
(b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated
in its latest annual financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO.
___ BROKER-DEALER. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
___ INSURANCE COMPANY. The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary
and predominant business activity is the writing of insurance or the
reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies and which is
subject to supervision by the
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1 Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $__________
in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own
and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $__________ in securities.
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insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State,
territory or the District of Columbia.
___ STATE OR LOCAL PLAN. The Buyer is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA PLAN. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
___ INVESTMENT ADVISOR. The Buyer is an investment advisor registered
under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
___ SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY. Buyer is a small business
investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration
under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958.
___ BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. Buyer is a business development
company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors
Act of 1940.
iii. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
iv. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
v. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
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vi. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
___________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:______________________________
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT J
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
___ The Buyer owned $ in securities (other than the excluded
securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
144A).
___ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned
in the aggregate $ in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal
year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "FAMILY OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES" as used herein means two
or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in
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reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's
own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned
will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which
this certification relates of any changes in the information and conclusions
herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates
will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of
the date of such purchase.
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Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:___________________________
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-CB3
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is [an officer of] , the proposed Transferee of an
Ownership Interest in a [Class R, Class R-4, Class R-5 and/or Class R-6
Certificates] (the "Certificates") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, (the "Agreement"), relating to the above-referenced Certificates,
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., as depositor, Credit-Based
Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, as seller, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, as
servicer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms
used, but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make this
affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificates either (i) for its own account or (ii) as
nominee, trustee or agent for another Person and has attached hereto an
affidavit from such Person in substantially the same form as this affidavit. The
Transferee has no knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax
will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificates to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for
the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit that
such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax will
be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificates if at any time
during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the pass-through
entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this
purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a regulated investment company, a real
estate investment trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate,
and certain cooperatives and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations,
persons holding interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another
Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of
the
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Agreement and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificates including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and
to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificates. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in the
Certificates, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth in this Exhibit K to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate")
to the effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to
which the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the assessment
or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to the
Certificates.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is .
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificates may be a
"noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a
noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect
to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the
transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject to
ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor are we acting
on behalf of such a plan.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its
duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, duly
attested, this day of , 20 .
[NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or proved to me
to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the of the
Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed
and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of _________, 20__.
________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the ___ day
of ___________, 20__.
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EXHIBIT L
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
[DATE]
JPMorgan Chase Bank
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Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
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Re: C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the C-BASS Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3 (the "Certificates"), we certify that
(a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed by us in
a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act, (b)
we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any
Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any
person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken any
other action which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act, (c) [in
the case of a Residual Certificate only] to the extent we are disposing of a
Class [R, R-4, R-5 or R-6] Certificate, we have no knowledge the Transferee is
not a Permitted Transferee and (d) [in the case of a Residual Certificate only]
no purpose of the proposed disposition of a Class [R, R-4, R-5 or R-6]
Certificate is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
Very truly yours,
[_____________________]
By: ______________________________
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EXHIBIT M
FORM OF CAP CONTRACT
(Available Upon Request)
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RESERVED
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EXHIBIT O
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT P
MONTHLY INFORMATION DELIVERED BY SERVICER
1. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the number and Principal Balances of all
Mortgage Loans which were the subject of Principal Prepayments during the
related Due Period.
2. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the amount of all curtailments which
were received during the related Due Period.
3. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the aggregate amount of principal
portion of all Monthly Payments received during the related Due Period.
4. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the amount of interest received on the
Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period.
5. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the aggregate amount of the Advances
made and recovered with respect to such Distribution Date.
6. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the delinquency and foreclosure
information and the amount of Mortgage Loan Losses during the related Due
Period.
7. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the weighted average maturity, the
weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate and the weighted average Net
Mortgage Interest Rate as of the last day of the Due Period preceding of
the related Interest Accrual Period.
8. The Servicing Fees paid and Servicing Fees accrued during the related Due
Period.
9. The amount of all payments or reimbursements to the Servicer paid or to be
paid since the prior Distribution Date (or in the case of the first
Distribution Date, since the Closing Date).
10. The Pool Balance.
11. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the number of Mortgage Loans outstanding
at the beginning and at the end of the related Due Period.
12. The aggregate interest accrued on the Mortgage Loans at their respective
Mortgage Interest Rates for the related Due Period.
13. The amount deposited in the Collection Account which may not be withdrawn
therefrom pursuant to an Order of a United States Bankruptcy Court of
competent jurisdiction imposing a stay pursuant to Section 362 of U.S.
Bankruptcy Code.
14. The aggregate Realized Losses since the Cut-off Date as of the end of the
related Due Period.
15. The LIBOR Carryover Amount for the Offered Certificates (other than the
Class A-IO Certificates) and the Class B-3 Certificates, if any, with
respect to such Distribution Date.
16. The Overcollateralized Amount, the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount
and any Overcollateralization Deficiency, in each case after giving effect
to distributions on such
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Distribution Date.
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EXHIBIT Q
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE WITH RESPECT TO PREPAYMENTS
Officer's Certificate
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB3
[DATE]
VIA FACSIMILE
JPMorgan Chase Bank, Trustee
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Re: Prepayments
Dear Sir or Madam:
__________________ hereby certifies that he/she is an officer of the
Servicer, holding the office set forth beneath his/her name and hereby further
certifies as follows:
With respect to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the attached schedule:
1. A Principal Prepayment in full was received during the related
Collection Period;
2. Any prepayment penalty due under the terms of the Mortgage Note
with respect to such Principal Prepayment in full was received
from the mortgagor and deposited in the Collection Account:
____ Yes ____ No
3. As to each Mortgage Loan so noted on the attached schedule, all
or part of the prepayment penalty required in connection with the
Principal Prepayment in full was waived based upon (Circle one):
(i) the Servicer's determination that such waiver would maximize
recovery of Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan, taking
into account the value of such prepayment penalty, or
(ii)(A) the enforceability thereof be limited (1) by bankruptcy
insolvency, moratorium, receivership, or other similar law
relating to creditors' rights generally or (2) due to
acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other
involuntary payment, or (B) the enforceability is otherwise
limited or prohibited by applicable law;
4. We certify that all amounts due in connection with the waiver of
a prepayment penalty inconsistent with number 3 above which are
required to
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be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, have been or will be so
deposited.
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated June 1, 2002, among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., as depositor, Credit-Based Asset
Servicing and Securitization LLC, as seller, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Servicing LP, as
servicer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ LOAN SERVICING LP
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
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