EXECUTION VERSION
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CAPITAL I INC.,
AS DEPOSITOR,
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE,
AND
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP,
AS SERVICER
SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2003
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2003-SD1
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2003-SD1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms...................................................................................1
Section 1.02 Accounting.....................................................................................14
ARTICLE II
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 2.01 Servicer to Act as Servicer....................................................................14
Section 2.02 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments...........................................................15
Section 2.03 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans......................................................16
Section 2.04 Collection Account.............................................................................17
Section 2.05 Permitted Withdrawals From the Collection Account..............................................18
Section 2.06 Tax Service Contracts; Establishment of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow Accounts...........19
Section 2.07 Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow Account......................................................19
Section 2.08 Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Collections Thereunder..........................20
Section 2.09 Transfer of Accounts...........................................................................20
Section 2.10 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance................................................................20
Section 2.11 Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy............................................21
Section 2.12 Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance..................................................21
Section 2.13 Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property..............................................22
Section 2.14 Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Substitution Agreements....................................23
Section 2.15 Notification of Adjustments....................................................................24
Section 2.16 Optional Purchases of Mortgage Loans by Servicer...............................................24
Section 2.17 Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Files.........................................................24
Section 2.18 Servicing Compensation.........................................................................26
Section 2.19 Annual Statement as to Compliance..............................................................26
Section 2.20 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports.......................................26
Section 2.21 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans...................26
Section 2.22 Substitution Adjustment Amounts................................................................26
Section 2.23 Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Compensating Interest................................27
Section 2.24 Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Mortgage Interest Rates and Monthly Payments.........27
Section 2.25 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account..................................................27
Section 2.26 Liability of Servicer; Indemnification.........................................................28
Section 2.27 Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment of Mortgaged Properties.................................28
Section 2.28 Remittance Reports; Advances...................................................................29
Section 2.29 Periodic Filings...............................................................................29
Section 2.30 ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇.............................................................................30
ARTICLE III
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV
THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR
Section 4.01 Liability of the Servicer and the Depositor....................................................31
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Section 4.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of the Servicer or the
Depositor......................................................................................31
Section 4.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.............................................31
Section 4.04 Servicer Not to Resign.........................................................................32
Section 4.05 Delegation of Duties...........................................................................32
Section 4.06 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer......................................32
ARTICLE V
DEFAULT
Section 5.01 Servicer Events of Termination.................................................................34
Section 5.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.......................................................35
Section 5.03 Waiver of Defaults.............................................................................36
Section 5.04 Notification to Certificateholders.............................................................36
Section 5.05 Survivability of Servicer Liabilities..........................................................36
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Section 6.01 Termination....................................................................................36
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.01 Amendment......................................................................................37
Section 7.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.........................................................37
Section 7.03 Governing Law; Jurisdiction....................................................................38
Section 7.04 Notices........................................................................................38
Section 7.05 Severability of Provisions.....................................................................38
Section 7.06 Article and Section References.................................................................38
Section 7.07 Notice to the Rating Agencies..................................................................39
Section 7.08 Further Assurances.............................................................................39
Section 7.09 Benefits of Agreement..........................................................................39
Section 7.10 Acts of Certificateholders.....................................................................39
Section 7.11 Third Party Beneficiary........................................................................40
Section 7.12 Non-Solicitation...............................................................................40
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit B Form of Request for Release
Exhibit C Form of Remittance Report
Exhibit D Form of Certification
Exhibit E Annual Certifications
Exhibit F Form of Master Reporting Agreement
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This Servicing Agreement is dated as of June 1, 2003 (the "Agreement"),
among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CAPITAL I INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor
(the "Depositor"), ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS
SERVICING, LP, a Texas limited partnership, as servicer (the "Servicer").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates
(collectively, the "Certificates"), which are to be issued pursuant to a pooling
agreement, dated as of June 1, 2003 (the "Pooling Agreement"), among the
Depositor, the Seller, the Trustee, the Master Reporting Agent and the Custodian
(each, as hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS, the Certificates will be backed by certain Mortgage Loans.
WHEREAS, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor have agreed that
the Servicer shall service certain of such Mortgage Loans on behalf of the
Depositor and the parties hereto desire to provide the mechanics of such
servicing by the Servicer.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants made herein,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
"1934 Act": The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 (other than a 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": Any of the Collection Account, the Distribution Account or
the Arrearage Reserve Account.
"Actuarial Mortgage Loan": Any Mortgage Loan other than a Simple
Interest Mortgage Loan.
"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 changes 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 2.28.
"Affiliate": With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this
definition, "control" means the power to direct the management and
policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise and "controlling" and "controlled"
shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreement": This 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, if any, the FHA Regulations and the related FHA
Insurance Contract, if any.
"Arrearage Reserve Account": The trust account or accounts by such name
created and maintained pursuant to the Pooling Agreement.
"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.
"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 California, 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.
"Certificate": As defined in the Recitals hereto.
"Certificate Register": The register maintained pursuant to the Pooling
Agreement.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, in accordance with the Pooling
Agreement.
"Certification": As defined in Section 2.29(b) hereof.
"Class P Certificate": As defined in the Pooling Agreement.
"Class R Certificate": As defined in the Pooling Agreement.
"Class X Certificate": As defined in the Pooling Agreement.
"Closing Date": June 30, 2003.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from
time to time.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and maintained by
the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.04, which shall be entitled "Collection
Account, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, as Servicer for the Trust under
the Servicing Agreement dated as of June 1, 2003 between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS
Capital I Inc., as Depositor, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association,
as Trustee and Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, as Servicer, in trust for
registered Holders of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-SD1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-SD1", and which must be an Eligible
Account.
"Collection Period": With respect to any Distribution Date or Servicer
Remittance Date, the period from the second day of the calendar month preceding
the month in which such Distribution Date or Servicer Remittance Date occurs
through the first day of the month in which such Distribution Date or Servicer
Remittance Date occurs.
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"Combined Amortized Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date and Mortgage
Loan, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is (i) the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, as of such date of determination, plus
(ii) the principal balance of any related senior mortgage loan at the time of
origination of such Mortgage Loan, and the denominator of which is the Value at
the time of origination of such Mortgage Loan, of the related Mortgaged
Property.
"Compensating Interest": As defined in Section 2.23 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 not an FHA
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, for certificate transfer purposes, at Sixth Street and Marquette
Avenue, MAC N9311-161, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services--MSAC 2003-SD1, and for all other purposes at, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust Services--MSAC
2003-SD1, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Custodian, the
Servicer and the Master Reporting Agent.
"Custodian": Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a Delaware
corporation, or any successor in interest.
"Cut-off Date": June 1, 2003.
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.
"Defective Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced
by one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an
amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.
"Delinquent Loan": A Mortgage Loan for which the related Monthly
Payment due on any Due Date is not received by the close of business on the next
scheduled Due Date for such Mortgage Loan.
"Depositor": ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or any successor in interest.
"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.
"Distribution Account": The trust account or accounts by such name
created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to the Pooling Agreement.
"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 2003.
"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.
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"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 in one of the top two rating categories 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) 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 10% 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 a P&I 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 Amortized Loan-to-Value
Ratio as of the date of substitution equal to or lower than the Combined
Amortized Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Defective Mortgage Loan as of such date,
but in no event greater than 125%, (x) have been reunderwritten by the Seller in
accordance with materially similar underwriting criteria and guidelines as the
Defective Mortgage Loan and (xi) conform to each representation and warranty set
forth in Section 2.04 of the Pooling Agreement 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 terms described in clause (vii)
hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted average remaining term to
maturity, the Combined Amortized 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 (xi) hereof must be satisfied as to each Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
"Escrow Account": The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 2.06.
"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.
"Expense Fee Rate": As defined in the Pooling Agreement.
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"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.
"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/was 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
2.12.
"Final Recovery Determination": With respect to any defaulted Mortgage
Loan or any REO Property, 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 SEC.
"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.
"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 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, the Servicer or any
Affiliate thereof and (iii) is not connected with the Depositor, 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, 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, the Servicer or any
Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
"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.
"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
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mortgage loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of
the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts
received 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.
"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 of the Pooling Agreement. 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 2.13 hereof or Section 2.03 of the Pooling Agreement.
"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.
"Majority Certificateholders": The Holders of Certificates evidencing
at least 51% of the Voting Rights.
"Master Reporting Agent": The Murrayhill Company, a Colorado
corporation, and its successors.
"Master Reporting Agreement": The Master Reporting Agreement, dated as
of June 1, 2003, between the Master Reporting Agent and the Servicer, in
substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
"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.
"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 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 or principal 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 2.01; 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 SEC.
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"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 pertaining to a particular
Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage
File pursuant to the Pooling 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 as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.
"Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to the Pooling Agreement 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 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 A. The Mortgage Loan
Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage
Loan: (1) the 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;
(12) the P&I 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 Amortized 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 or insured by the FHA; (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 and the amount of the prepayment penalty; (27) the first Adjustment
Date immediately following the Cut-off Date; (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; (32) a code indicating whether the
Mortgage Loan is a second lien; and (33) a code indicating whether a Primary
Insurance Policy has been issued with respect to the Mortgage Loan and the name
of the insurer and the amount of such Primary Insurance Policy.
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 in accordance with the
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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 A
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 Interest Margin Securities": As defined in Section 2.16 hereof.
"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.
"Net Mortgage Interest Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Interest Rate borne by such Mortgage Loan minus (i) the Servicing Fee
Rate and (ii) the Expense Fee Rate.
"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.
"Ocwen": Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, a federally chartered savings bank, or
any successor servicer thereto, in its capacity as servicer under the Ocwen
Servicing Agreement.
"Ocwen Servicing Agreement": The servicing agreement dated as of June
1, 2003 by and among the Depositor, the Trustee and Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as
servicer.
"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 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 be an opinion of Independent
counsel.
"P&I Arrearage": With respect to a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the total
amount of scheduled monthly principal and interest payments due thereon on or
before the Cut-off Date that were not received prior to the Cut-off Date, but
excluding any Servicing Arrearage.
"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.
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"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:
(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) 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 their 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 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;
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.
"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.
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"Pooling Agreement": The Pooling Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2003,
among the Depositor, the Seller, the Trustee, the Master Reporting Agent and the
Custodian.
"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 2.08.
"Principal Balance": As to any Mortgage Loan and any day, other than a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the related scheduled principal balance thereof as of
the Cut-off Date, 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 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.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property to
be purchased by the Seller pursuant to or as contemplated in the Pooling
Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Principal Balance
thereof as of the date of purchase, (ii) 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, through the end of the calendar month
in which the purchase is to be effected, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property, (iv) any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection
Account in respect of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to Section
2.13, (v) expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Servicer or
Trustee in respect of the breach or defect giving rise to the purchase
obligation, and (vi) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust Fund in
connection with any violation of any predatory or abusive lending law with
respect thereto.
"Qualified Insurer": Any mortgage guaranty insurance company duly
qualified as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business
and each state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the
insurance policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such
states to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and to
write the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it, approved as a
FNMA- or FHLMC-approved mortgage insurer. Any replacement insurer with respect
to a Mortgage Loan must have at least as high a claims paying ability rating as
the insurer it replaces had on the Closing Date.
"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 SEC and designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation
shall be given to the Trustee and the Servicer.
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"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.
"Related Documents": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the related
Mortgage Notes, Mortgages and other related documents.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended, or any other similar state law(s).
"Relief Act 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 or principal 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 or principal 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 or that month's principal payment
for such Mortgage Loan before giving effect to the application of the Relief
Act.
"Remainder Amount": As defined in Section 2.16 hereof.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning
of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real estate mortgage investment conduits which appear at Section 860A through
860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
"Remittance Report": A report prepared by the Servicer and delivered to
the Trustee and the Master Reporting Agent pursuant to Section 2.28, containing
the information attached hereto as Exhibit C.
"REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO Property on
behalf of 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 any purchase price paid
in connection with a purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Pooling Agreement that is allocable to such REO
Property) or otherwise, net of any portion of such amounts (i) payable pursuant
to Section 2.13 in respect of the proper operation, management and maintenance
of such REO Property or (ii) payable or reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.13 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 2.13.
"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
aggregate 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,
2003), 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, 2003), or (3) the Mortgagor has made at
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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, 2003).
"Re-Performing Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which has defaulted in
the past and which is at least 90 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 Exhibit B 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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae 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)).
"Responsible Officer": With respect to the Trustee, any officer
assigned to the Corporate Trust Division (or any successor thereto), including
any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, any Assistant
Secretary, any trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and 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 SEC.
"SEC": As defined in Section 2.29(a) hereof.
"Seller": ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Capital Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or any successor in interest.
"Servicer": Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, a Texas 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 5.01.
"Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any Distribution Date,
three (3)Business Days prior to such Distribution Date.
"Servicer Report Date": With respect to any Distribution Date, the 12th
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such
12th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 12th
day.
"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 (including expenses incurred
pursuant to Section 2.13) and (iv) compliance with the obligations under
Sections 2.01, 2.03, 2.08, 2.10 and 2.26(b). Servicing Advances also include any
reasonable "out-of-pocket" cost and expenses (including reasonable legal fees)
incurred by the Servicer in connection with executing and recording instruments
of satisfaction, deeds of reconveyance or Assignments of Mortgage to the extent
not recovered from the Mortgagor or otherwise payable under this Agreement.
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"Servicing Arrearage": With respect to a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, any
unreimbursed Servicing Advances as of the Cut-off Date
"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 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, Master Reporting Agent and the Depositor on the Closing
Date, as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Servicing Standard": Shall mean the standards set forth in Section
2.01.
"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.
"Startup Day": With respect to each REMIC established pursuant to the
Pooling Agreement, the Closing Date.
"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.
"Substitution Adjustment Amount": As defined in Section 2.22 hereof.
"Tax Service Contract": As defined in Section 2.06 hereof.
"Termination Notice": As defined in Section 2.16 hereof.
"Termination Price": As defined in the Pooling Agreement.
"Trust": ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-SD1, the trust
created pursuant to the Pooling Agreement.
"Trust Fund": The segregated pool of assets subject to the Pooling
Agreement, constituting the primary trust created pursuant to the Pooling
Agreement and to be administered pursuant to the Pooling Agreement.
"Trustee": ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, a national
banking association, or any successor Trustee appointed pursuant to the Pooling
Agreement.
"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.
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"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate in accordance with the
Pooling Agreement.
"Wilshire": Wilshire Credit Corporation, a Nevada corporation, or any
successor servicer thereto, in its capacity as servicer under the Wilshire
Servicing Agreement.
"Wilshire Servicing Agreement": The servicing agreement dated as of
June 1, 2003 by and among the Depositor, the Trustee and Wilshire Credit
Corporation, as servicer.
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.
ARTICLES II
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 2.01 Servicer to Act as Servicer.
The 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, if any, taking all actions that a mortgagee is permitted or required to
take by the FHA (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, affect the FHA Insurance Contract, if any, 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 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 and commercially reasonable in form and substance, the
Trustee shall execute any powers of attorney and other documents provided to it
by the Servicer that are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to
carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement.
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In servicing and administering the FHA Loans, if any, the Servicer
shall comply with the National Housing Act and the FHA 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.
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 and the FHA Insurance
Contracts, where applicable, and the Certificateholders' reliance on the
Servicer.
The Servicer shall give prompt notice to the Trustee and the Master
Reporting Agent 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 involuntary payment, or
(B) the enforceability is otherwise limited or prohibited by applicable law. 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 pursuant to Section 2.05, without any right to
reimbursement, 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 the Pooling Agreement.
Section 2.02 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. The Servicer shall apply all payments on a Mortgage Loan as follows:
first, to reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed Advances; second, to the
Monthly Payment due on the Mortgage Loan with respect to the current Due Date;
third, to unpaid Monthly Payments due on the Mortgage Loan as of any prior Due
Date since the Cut-off Date with respect to which the Servicer has not
previously made an Advance; fourth, as a recovery of any P&I Arrearages on such
Mortgage Loan; fifth, to reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances; sixth, as a recovery of any Servicing Arrearages on such Mortgage
Loan; seventh, to any ancillary servicing compensation (i.e. amounts that may be
retained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.18 hereof); and eighth, to any
partial prepayments on such Mortgage Loan; provided; that with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, (i) the Servicer may apply Liquidation Proceeds
thereon to cover both unreimbursed Advances and unreimbursed Servicing Advances
on such Liquidated Mortgage Loan pursuant to priority first above and (ii)
following application of such Liquidation Proceeds to cover unreimbursed Advance
and Servicing Advances, all remaining Liquidation Proceeds shall be applied to
the outstanding Principal Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to
applying any remaining amounts pursuant to the payment application procedures
set forth pursuant to clauses fourth through seventh above. Further, with
respect to those Mortgage Loans providing for Escrow Payments, 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.
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Section 2.03 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 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 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 2.01, 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, if applicable, 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 2.03, 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 Property.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by this Section
2.03 shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject to the Servicer's right to be
reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as provided in Section 2.05(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 2.05(ii).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Servicer
will not institute foreclosure proceedings (i.e. putting a stop code on the
Mortgage Loan in the Servicer's system) with respect to any Mortgage Loan based
solely on such Mortgage Loan's status as a Delinquent Loan as of the Cut-off
Date.
Section 2.04 Collection 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 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 Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) all Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be
deposited pursuant to Section 2.10, 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 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 2.13.
Any interest paid on funds deposited in the Collection Account, subject
to Section 2.25, 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 2.05(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, the Servicer shall, subject to
withdrawals pursuant to Section 2.05, deliver to the Trustee in immediately
available funds for deposit in the Distribution Account (or, with respect to P&I
Arrearages, for deposit in the Arrearage Reserve Account) by 1:00 p.m. New York
time on the Servicer Remittance Date, all amounts then on deposit in the
Collection Account from whatever source with respect to amounts due during the
related Collection Period and prepayments received during the Prepayment Period.
In the event the Servicer does not remit such amounts to the Trustee on the
Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall pay to the Trustee interest at the
"prime rate" (as published in the "Money Rates" section of the Wall Street
Journal) on the amount of such remittance from and including the Servicer
Remittance Date to but excluding the day such remittance is made.
(c) Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Permitted
Investments in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 2.25. 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
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Servicer and the Depositor of the location of each of the Distribution Account
and the Arrearage Reserve 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 or the Arrearage Reserve Account any amount not
required to be deposited therein, it may at any time request that the Trustee
withdraw such amount from such 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 Account:
(i) any Advances, as required pursuant to Section 2.28;
(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 2.01;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited in the Distribution
Account pursuant to Sections 2.04, 2.15, 2.16, 2.23 or 2.28; and
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 2.11 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 2.05 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 (or with respect to P&I Arrearages, in the Arrearage Reserve
Account) the amounts required to be so remitted pursuant to Section
2.04(b) or permitted to be so remitted pursuant to the first sentence
of Section 2.04(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 Late Collections, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds;
(iii) to reimburse itself for (A) unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and for unreimbursed Advances to the extent that such amounts
are deemed to be Nonrecoverable Advances, and (B) any unpaid Servicing
Fees to the extent not recoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or other amounts received with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan under Section 2.05(ii);
(iv) to reimburse itself for any amounts paid pursuant to
Section 2.03 (and not otherwise previously reimbursed);
(v) to pay to itself as servicing compensation (in addition to
the Servicing Fee) any interest earned on funds in the Collection
Account (all such interest to be withdrawn monthly not later than each
Servicer Remittance Date);
(vi) to pay or reimburse itself for any amounts payable or
paid pursuant to Section 4.03 (and not otherwise previously
reimbursed);
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(vii) to pay, or to reimburse itself for advances in respect
of, expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.13;
(viii) to withdraw amounts deposited in the Collection Account
in error; and
(ix) 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 2.06 Tax Service Contracts; Establishment of Escrow Accounts;
Deposits in Escrow Accounts.
The Servicer shall ensure that each of the Mortgage Loans shall be
covered by a paid-in-full, life-of-the-loan tax service contract with a
nationally recognized provider acceptable to the Servicer (each, a "Tax Service
Contract"). Each Tax Service Contract shall be assigned to the Trustee, or its
designee, at the Servicer's expense in the event that the Servicer is terminated
as Servicer of the related Mortgage Loan. To the extent that the services
described in this Section 2.06 and Section 2.07 are not otherwise provided
pursuant to a Tax Service Contract, the Servicer undertakes to perform such
functions.
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. A copy of such letter agreement shall be
furnished to the Trustee and the Master Reporting Agent upon request. Each
Escrow Account shall be an Eligible Account.
The Servicer shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts 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
such payments as are required under this Agreement, and for such other purposes
as shall be set forth in, or in accordance with, Section 2.07. 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 2.07 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, sewer
rents, 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,
if any, for transfer to the Collection Account, fire and hazard insurance
proceeds and Escrow Payments with respect to any Mortgage Loan where the FHA has
directed application of such funds as a credit against the proceeds of the FHA
Insurance Contract, if any. 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.
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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 2.08 Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Collections
Thereunder.
With respect to each first lien Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall
maintain accurate 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 whether any such payments are made by the Mortgagor in
a manner and at a time that avoids the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a
tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien. 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 a Primary Insurance Policy is in effect on the
Closing Date. Such coverage will be maintained until the Combined Amortized
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 2.14, 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 use reasonable efforts to 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 2.04, any amounts collected by the
Servicer under any Primary Insurance Policy shall be deposited in the Collection
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 2.05.
Section 2.09 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 2.04 and
2.06.
Section 2.10 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 (less reasonable deductibles), (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
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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 (in each
case, with reasonable deductibles), (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
2.05. 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 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 are Qualified Insurers.
If a Mortgage Loan is secured by a unit in a condominium project, the
Servicer shall verify that the coverage required of the owner's association,
including hazard, flood, liability, and fidelity coverage, is being maintained
in accordance with then current ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ requirements, and secure from the
owner's association its agreement to notify the Servicer promptly of any change
in the insurance coverage or of any condemnation or casualty loss that may have
a material effect on the value of the Mortgaged Property as security.
Section 2.11 Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy.
In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy issued by a Qualified Insurer 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 2.10 and otherwise
complies with all other requirements of Section 2.10, it shall conclusively be
deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in Section 2.10, 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 2.10, 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 Master Reporting Agent or the Trustee, the Servicer
shall cause to be delivered to the Master Reporting Agent or the Trustee, as
applicable, 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 Master
Reporting Agent and the Trustee.
Section 2.12 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,
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including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and
negligent acts of such persons. Such Fidelity 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 2.12 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 policy shall be at least
equal to the corresponding amounts required by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ MBS
Selling and Servicing Guide or by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac Servicer's
Guide. Upon request of the Trustee, the Servicer shall 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 2.13 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 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 2.05.
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 Master Reporting Agent
and the Trustee
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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, 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 2.10
hereof and the fees of any managing agent acting on behalf of the Servicer.
The Servicer shall furnish to the Master Reporting Agent, on each
Servicer Remittance Date, an 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 Master Reporting
Agent 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.
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 2.14 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, the Master Reporting Agent 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
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Note. No substitution shall be effective
unless such Person satisfies the underwriting criteria of the Servicer at the
time the related Mortgage Loan was originated and such substitution is in the
best interest of the Certificateholders as determined by the Servicer. The
Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such assumption or substitution
agreement has been completed, and shall forward to the Custodian a copy of such
assumption or substitution agreement (indicating the Mortgage File to which it
relates) which copy shall be added by the Custodian to the related Mortgage File
(pending receipt from the Servicer of the original recorded assumption or
substitution agreement) 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 and sending the original recorded
copy to the Custodian for inclusion in the related Mortgage File, as set forth
in the preceding
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sentence. 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 2.15 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 and the Master Reporting Agent 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, the Trustee or the Master Reporting Agent 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 2.16 Optional Purchases of Mortgage Loans by Servicer.
The Servicer, together with Ocwen, as servicer under the Ocwen
Servicing Agreement and Wilshire, as servicer under the Wilshire Servicing
Agreement, may, if each of the Servicer, Ocwen and Wilshire agree to do so in a
written notice provided to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the
related Distribution Date (the "Termination Notice"), terminate the Trust Fund
and retire the Offered Certificates on the next succeeding Distribution Date as
of 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 Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund at a price equal to the
Termination Price and by reimbursing all Servicers for outstanding Advances and
Servicing Arrearages. The Termination Price and reimbursement amounts shall be
allocated among and paid by the Servicer, Ocwen and Wilshire and the purchased
Mortgage Loans shall be distributed among the Servicer, Ocwen and Wilshire in
the manner set forth in the Termination Notice. If the Servicer, Ocwen or
Wilshire elects not to purchase all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans in the
Trust Fund on the Optional Termination Date, then the non-electing party's
option to purchase such Mortgage Loans may be exercised by the Servicer, Ocwen
and/or Wilshire, as the case may be, as agreed to by such electing parties,
provided that all and not part of the Mortgage Loans are purchased at the
Termination Price. If the option is not exercised on such Distribution Date then
on the next succeeding Distribution Date, and on each Distribution Date
thereafter until such time, if any, as the Mortgage Loans are repurchased, any
of the Servicer, Ocwen and/or Wilshire (or any combination thereof) may, at
their option, purchase all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund,
in the manner described above, for the Termination Price as of such Distribution
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if S&P has rated a class of debt securities
("Net Interest Margin Securities") that are backed by the Class X Certificates
and Class P Certificates and that are outstanding on any date on which the
Servicer, Ocwen and/or Wilshire, as applicable, intend to exercise their option
to purchase the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer, Ocwen and/or Wilshire, as
applicable, will be permitted to exercise such option only if one of the
following conditions is met: (i) after distribution of the Termination Price to
the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class X Certificates,
Class P Certificates and Class R Certificates) to redeem the related
Certificates, the remainder of the Termination Price (the "Remainder Amount") is
distributed to the Holders of the Class X Certificates and Class P Certificates
and is sufficient to pay the outstanding principal amount of and accrued and
unpaid interest on the Net Interest Margin Securities; or (ii) (A) at the same
time that the Servicer, Ocwen and/or Wilshire, as applicable, remit the
Termination Price to the Trustee, they also
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remit to the Trustee an additional amount which, in combination with the
Remainder Amount, is sufficient to pay the outstanding principal amount of and
accrued and unpaid interest on the Net Interest Margin Securities, and (B) the
Trustee remits the Remainder Amount to the Holders of the Class X Certificates
and Class P Certificates and remits that additional amount directly to the
indenture trustee (plus any outstanding expenses due and owing to the indenture
trustee) under the indenture creating the Net Interest Margin Securities.
Section 2.17 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 and the Custodian two executed copies of a completed "Request for
Release" in the form of Exhibit B. Upon receipt of such Request for Release of
Documents, the Trustee shall instruct (which instruction may be a standing
instruction) the Custodian, in accordance with the Pooling Agreement, to 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 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 and the Custodian of two executed
copies of a "Request for Release" in the form of Exhibit B signed by a Servicing
Officer, instruct (which instruction may be a standing instruction) the
Custodian to release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer in accordance
with the Pooling Agreement and shall execute such documents as shall be
necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings, including, without
limitation, an assignment without recourse of the related Mortgage to the
Servicer. Such receipt shall obligate the Servicer to return the Mortgage File
to the Custodian 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
Custodian to the Servicer.
(c) Subject to Section 2.01, 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 and the Master
Reporting Agent (which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Master Reporting Agent 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 Amortized Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income ratio after any
release does not exceed the maximum Combined Amortized Loan-to-Value Ratio and
debt-to-income ratio established in accordance with the underwriting standards
of the Mortgage Loans; and (z) the lien priority of the related Mortgage is not
affected. Upon receipt by the Trustee and the Master Reporting Agent 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 partial release so requested by the
Servicer. A proposed form of partial release shall accompany any Servicing
Officer's certificate delivered by the Servicer pursuant to this paragraph.
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Section 2.18 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.
Section 2.19 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Servicer, at its own expense, will deliver to the Master Reporting
Agent, the Trustee and the Depositor, not later than March 15th of each year,
commencing in 2004, a Servicing Officer's certificate stating, as to each signer
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the
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.
Section 2.20 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports.
Not later than March 20th of each year, commencing in 2004, the
Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Master Reporting
Agent, 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 Master Reporting Agent,
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.
Section 2.21 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans.
The Servicer shall provide to the Master Reporting Agent, 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 2.22 Substitution Adjustment Amounts.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Defective Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the provisions of the Pooling Agreement, 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. In accordance
with the Pooling Agreement, on the date of such
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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.
Section 2.23 Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Compensating
Interest.
Not later than 1:00 p.m. New York time 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 with respect to the Actuarial Mortgage Loans in
the related Collection Period. The Servicer shall apply Compensating Interest 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. The Servicer shall not be
obligated to pay Compensating Interest with respect to Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls on Simple Interest Mortgage Loans or Relief Act Shortfalls.
Section 2.24 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 and the Depositor
in respect of any such liability. Such indemnities shall survive the termination
or discharge of this Agreement.
Section 2.25 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account.
(a) The Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining the
Collection Account or Accounts (for purposes of this Section 2.25, each 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 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.
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(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, 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 2.26 Liability of Servicer; Indemnification.
(a) Subject to clause (b) below and Section 4.03, the Servicer
indemnifies and holds the Trustee and the Depositor 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 and
the Depositor 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 and the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall
immediately notify the Trustee and the Depositor 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 and/or the Depositor in respect of
such claim. The provisions of this Section 2.26 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates. The provisions
of this Section 2.26(a) shall not apply to the Trustee in its role as successor
Servicer.
(b) None of the Depositor, the Servicer, or any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Depositor 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 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 and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Depositor 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 and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor 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 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 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 2.27 Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment of Mortgaged
Properties.
On or before the last day of June of each year beginning in 2004, 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. The reports from the Servicer shall be in form and substance sufficient
to meet the reporting requirements imposed by such Section 6050J.
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Section 2.28 Remittance Reports; Advances.
(a) On the Servicer Report Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Master Reporting Agent in electronic format (or by such other
means as the Servicer, the Trustee and the Master Reporting Agent may agree from
time to time) a 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 Master
Reporting Agent and the Trustee in addition to the information provided on the
Remittance Report, such other information reasonably available to it without
undue expense with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the Master Reporting Agent
or Trustee may reasonably request or order. Neither the Trustee nor the Master
Reporting Agent shall be responsible to recompute, recalculate or verify any
information provided to it by the Servicer.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer shall enter into the
Master Reporting Agreement. On the Servicer Report Date, the Servicer shall
deliver to the Master Reporting Agent all reports required to be delivered
pursuant to the Master Reporting Agreement and shall deliver copies of all such
reports to the Depositor.
(c) The amount of Advances to be made by the Servicer for any
Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 2.28(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 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 1:00 p.m. 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 2.28, 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. The Trustee will provide notice to the Servicer electronically or 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.
(d) The obligation of the Servicer to make such Advances is mandatory,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to (e) below,
and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, shall continue until the earlier of such
time as the Trust acquires title to the 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.
(e) 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 Trustee.
Section 2.29 Periodic Filings.
(a) The Trustee and the Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the
Depositor in connection with the Trust's satisfying the reporting requirements
under the 1934 Act. The Trustee shall file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") any and all reports, statements and information
respecting the Trust which the Depositor determines are required to be filed
with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, each such
report, statement and information to be filed on or prior to the required filing
date for such report, statement or
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information. Upon the request of the Trustee, each of the Servicer and the
Depositor shall reasonably 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.
(b) Prior to March 30th of each year (or such earlier date as may be
required by the 1934 Act and the Rules and Regulations of the SEC), the Trustee
shall file a Form 10-K, in substance. as required by applicable law or the SEC's
staff interpretations. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits the Servicer's
annual statement of compliance described under Section 2.19 (upon which the
Trustee may rely) and the accountant's report described under Section 2.20, in
each case to the extent they have been timely delivered to the Trustee. If they
are not so timely delivered, the Trustee shall file an amended Form 10-K
including such documents as exhibits reasonably promptly after they are
delivered to the Trustee. The Form 10-K shall also include a certification in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "Certification"), which shall be
signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of securitization.
(c) Notwithstanding that the Certification is to be signed by an
officer of the Depositor and for so long as a Form 10-K is filed with the SEC, a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall sign a certification, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E for the benefit of the Depositor and its officers,
directors and Affiliates in respect of items 1 through 3 thereof of the
Certification (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not undertake an
analysis of the accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K),
and a Servicing Officer of the Servicer who is responsible for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans shall sign a certification in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and
their respective officers, directors and Affiliates in respect of items 4 and 5
of the Certification. Each such certification shall be delivered to the
Depositor and the Trustee (as applicable), no later than March 15th of each year
(or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day)
and the Depositor shall deliver the Certification to be filed to the Trustee no
later than March 20th of each year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day). In the event that prior to the filing date
of the Form 10-K in March of each year, the Trustee or the Servicer has actual
knowledge of information material to the Certification, that party shall
promptly notify the Depositor and each of the other parties signing the
certifications. In addition, (i) the Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Depositor and its officers, directors and Affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or
based upon any breach of the Trustee's obligations under this Section 2.29(c) or
the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith and (ii) the Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor,
the Trustee and their respective officers, directors and Affiliates from and
against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon any breach of the Servicer's obligations under this
Section 2.29(c) or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified party then (i) the Trustee
agrees in connection with a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this
Section 2.29(c) or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
the Depositor as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the
Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Depositor on the one hand and the Trustee on the other and (ii) the Servicer
agrees in connection with a breach of the Servicer's obligations under this
Section 2.29(c) or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
the Depositor and the Trustee as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities of the Depositor and the Trustee in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor and the Trustee on
the one hand and the Servicer on the other.
(d) Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is able
to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 Suspension
Notification with respect to the Trust.
Section 2.30 ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇.
The Servicer shall comply with Title V of the ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act of
1999 and all applicable regulations applicable to the Servicer promulgated
thereunder, relating to the Mortgage Loans and the related borrowers and shall
provide all required notices thereunder. The Servicer hereby represents and
warrants that it has
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procedures and systems in place in order to comply with Title V of the
▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 1999 and all applicable regulations promulgated
thereunder applicable to the Servicer.
ARTICLE III
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV
THE SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR
Section 4.01 Liability of the Servicer and the Depositor.
The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent
of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Servicer
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 4.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of the Servicer or the Depositor.
Any entity into which the Servicer or the Depositor may be merged or
consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Servicer or the Depositor shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the business of the Servicer or the Depositor, shall
be the successor of 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 5.02 with respect to the qualifications of a
successor Servicer.
Section 4.03 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
Certificateholders 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 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 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 2.05 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 4.04 or 5.01 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.
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To the extent the Seller or the Custodian records with the recording
office as provided in the Pooling Agreement an Assignment of Mortgage which
designates the Trust as the holder of record of the Mortgage, the Trustee agrees
that it shall (i) to the extent actually known to it, provide the Servicer with
prompt notice of any action with respect to the Mortgage or the related
Mortgaged Property and forward such notice to the Servicer pursuant to Section
7.04; and (ii) promptly complete, sign and return to the Servicer any document
reasonably requested by the Servicer to comply with its servicing obligations,
including without limitation, any instrument required to release the Mortgage
upon payment in full of the obligation or take any other action reasonably
required by the Servicer. The Depositor and the Trustee agree that the Servicer
shall have no liability for the Trustee's failure to comply with the subsections
(i) or (ii) in the foregoing sentence. The Servicer shall have no liability to
the Trustee and shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or
defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties to service the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and which in its opinion may
involve it in any expenses or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer
may, with the consent of the Trustee, undertake any such action which it may
deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and
duties of the parties hereto. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Trust Fund as a component of Servicing Advances.
Section 4.04 Servicer Not to Resign.
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.01 and Section 4.02, 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 each of 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 Certificates; 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 5.02. Any such resignation shall
not relieve the Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified
in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 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.
Section 4.05 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 2.01. 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 4.04. The
Servicer shall provide the Master Reporting Agent, 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.
Section 4.06 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer.
The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee,
for the benefit of each of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor and the
Master Reporting Agent 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
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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;
(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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. The Servicer is, and shall
remain for as long as it is servicing the Mortgage Loans hereunder, in
good standing to service mortgage loans 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, or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac eligibility requirements or which
would require notification to any of HUD, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac;
(iv) This Agreement constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligations of the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its 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) No information, certificate of an officer or statement
furnished in writing or report delivered to the Master Reporting Agent
or 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 in this Section 4.06 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage
Files to the Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the Master Reporting
Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by
any of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer 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
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discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice (but in no event later
than two Business Days following such discovery) to each of the other parties
hereto.
ARTICLE V
DEFAULT
Section 5.01 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 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
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,
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) Any reduction, withdrawal or qualification of the
Servicer's rating by S&P, Moody's or Fitch which results in the
inability of the Servicer, or the unacceptability by any such rating
agency to allow the Servicer, in either case, to act as a primary
servicer for this transaction.
(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,
if any, (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 5.02, shall immediately make such
Advance and assume, pursuant to Section 5.02, the duties of a successor Servicer
and (y) in the case of (i)(B), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, the Trustee may
and, at the direction of the Holders of each Class of Certificates evidencing
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Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 51%, shall by notice then given
in writing in accordance with Section 7.04 hereof to the Servicer, 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 and
the Depositor. On or after the receipt by the Servicer 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, provided that
the succession of the Trustee to all of the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities of the terminated Servicer may not be complete for up to 90 days
after the delivery of such written notice, as set forth in Section 5.02(a)
hereof; 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 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 Trustee 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, the Arrearage Reserve 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 reasonable 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
initial Servicer or the Trustee, from the Trust), upon presentation of
reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. The Servicer shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.03, notwithstanding any termination
hereunder, with respect to events occurring prior to such termination. If such
predecessor Servicer does not pay such costs and expenses within a reasonable
period of time, the successor Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from
the Trust Fund for such costs and expenses for which the Trust Fund will retain
a right of recovery against the predecessor Servicer (except if such predecessor
Servicer is the initial Servicer or the Trustee). Any Advances made by the
predecessor Servicer will be reimbursed by the successor Servicer (other than
Nonrecovereable Advances which shall be reimbursed from the amounts on deposit
in the Collection Account).
Section 5.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) Within 90 days of the time the Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 5.01, 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 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 2.18 (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
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policy pursuant to Section 2.12 or to indemnify the parties indicated in Section
2.26 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.
(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 2.12.
Section 5.03 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 V, 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
expressly so waived. Notice of any such waiver shall be given by the Trustee to
the Rating Agencies.
Section 5.04 Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) On any termination or appointment of a successor the Servicer
pursuant to this Article V or Section 4.04, 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 5.05 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.
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Section 6.01 Termination.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer, the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Reporting Agent hereunder shall terminate
upon termination of the Trust in accordance with Section 7.01 of the Pooling
Agreement.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.01 Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee 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 Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee.
In addition, this Agreement may be amended from time to time by 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 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% of the Voting Rights of 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.
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 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 7.01 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 7.02 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
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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 7.03 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. 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 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 7.04 Notices.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at, faxed or
mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service, to
(a) in the case of the Depositor, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc., ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., (telecopy
number 212-761-0260) (b) in the case of the Servicer, Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ (telecopy number (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇), or such other address as may be
furnished to the Depositor in writing by the Servicer, and (c) in the case of
the Trustee, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services--MSAC 2003-SD1. 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 7.05 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 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 7.06 Article and Section References.
All article and section references used in this Agreement, unless
otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement.
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Section 7.07 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;
(iv) any change in the location of any Account; and
(v) if the Trustee is acting as successor Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.02 hereof, any event that would result in the inability of
the Trustee to make Advances.
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 2.19 hereof; and
(B) each annual independent public accountants'
servicing report described in Section 2.20 hereof.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered, faxed 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 7.08 Further Assurances.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, none of the
Certificateholders, the Trustee nor the Master Reporting Agent 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 7.09 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 7.10 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 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 7.10.
(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
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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.
Section 7.11 Third Party Beneficiary.
The parties agree that the Master Reporting Agent is intended and shall
have all rights of a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.
Section 7.12 Non-Solicitation.
The Servicer hereby agrees that it will not take any action or permit
or cause any action to be taken by any of its agents or affiliates, or by any
independent contractors or independent mortgage brokerage companies on the
Servicer's behalf, to personally, by telephone or mail, solicit the Mortgagor
under any Mortgage Loan for the purpose of refinancing such Mortgage Loan;
provided, that the Servicer may solicit any Mortgagor for whom the Servicer has
received a request for demand for payoff, or a Mortgagor initiated written or
verbal communication indicating a desire to prepay the related Mortgage Loan,
provided further, it is understood and agreed that promotions undertaken by the
Servicer or any of its affiliates which (i) concern optional insurance products
or other additional products or (ii) are directed to the general public at
large, including, without limitation, mass mailings based on commercially
acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio and television advertisements shall not
constitute solicitation under this Section 7.12 nor is the Servicer prohibited
from responding to unsolicited requests or inquiries made by a Mortgagor or any
agent of a Mortgagor.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 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.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CAPITAL I INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇
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Name:
Title:
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP,
as Servicer
By: /S/ [Authorized Representative]
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Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity but solely
as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EX A-1
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
To: ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Services--MSAC 2003-SD1
Re: Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2003, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"),
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, as servicer (the
"Servicer") and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
All capitalized terms used herein shall have the means ascribed to them
in the Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement") referenced above.
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Custodian pursuant to the Pooling
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:
Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature
and date below:
EX B-1
Signature
Date
EX B-2
EXHIBIT C
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 Collection Period.
2. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the amount of all curtailments which
were received during the related Collection Period.
3. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the aggregate amount of principal
portion of all Monthly Payments received during the related Collection
Period.
4. With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the amount of interest received on the
Mortgage Loans during the related Collection 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
Collection Period (including the Principal Balance of all 60+ Day
Delinquent Loans).
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 Collection Period
preceding of the related Accrual Period.
8. The Servicing Fees paid and Servicing Fees accrued during the related
Collection 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 Collection Period.
12. The aggregate interest accrued on the Mortgage Loans at their respective
Mortgage Interest Rates for the related Collection 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 Collection Period.
15. P&I Arrearages.
16. Default Interest.
17. Any other information requested by the Trustee to enable it to calculate
distributions on the Certificates and prepare the reports required by the
Pooling Agreement.
EX C-1
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED BY DEPOSITOR
Re: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-SD1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2003-SD1, issued pursuant to the Pooling Agreement, dated
as of June 1, 2003, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Capital Inc., as seller (the "Seller"),The
Murrayhill Company, as master reporting agent (the "Master Reporting Agent"),
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as custodian, and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
I, [identify the certifying individual] a [title] of [name of institution],
certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K ("Annual Report"), and
all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports
(collectively with this Annual Report, the "Reports") filed in respect
of periods included in the year covered by this Annual Report of the
Depositor relating to the above-referenced trust and series of
certificates;
2. Based on my knowledge the information in the Reports, taken as a whole,
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading as of the last day of the period covered by this Annual
Report;
3. Based on my knowledge the distribution or servicing information
required to be provided to the Trustee by the servicer under the
Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2003 (the "Servicing
Agreement"), among the Depositor, the Trustee and Countrywide Home
Loans Servicing, LP, as servicer (the "Servicer") for inclusion in the
Reports is included in these Reports;
4. Based on my knowledge and upon the annual compliance statement included
in this Annual Report and required to be delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement, and except as
disclosed in the Reports, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations
under the Servicing Agreement; and
5. The Reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon
the report provided by an independent public accountant, after
conducting a review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the
Servicing Agreement, that is included in the Reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: the Trustee and the
Servicer.
Date: _________________________
[Signature] __________________________
[Title]
EX D-1
EXHIBIT E
ANNUAL CERTIFICATIONS
Re: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-SD1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2003-SD1, issued pursuant to the Pooling Agreement, dated
as of June 1, 2003, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Capital Inc., as seller (the "Seller"),The
Murrayhill Company, as master reporting agent (the "Master Reporting Agent"),
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as custodian, and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify to the Depositor and the
Trustee and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and
intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
1. [To be certified by the Trustee] I have reviewed the annual report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year [___], and all reports on Form 8-K
containing distribution reports in respect of periods included in the
year covered by that annual report, of the Depositor relating to the
above-referenced trust;
2. [To be certified by the Trustee] Based on my knowledge, the information
in these distribution reports prepared by the Trustee, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading as of the last day of the period covered by that annual
report;
3. [To be certified by the Trustee] Based on my knowledge, the
distribution information required to be provided by the Trustee under
the Pooling Agreement is included in these reports;
4. [To be certified by the Servicer] I am responsible for reviewing the
activities performed by the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement
during the calendar year immediately preceding the date of this
certificate (the "Relevant Year"). Based upon the review required by
the Servicing Agreement and except as disclosed in the annual
compliance statement or the accountant's statement provided pursuant to
section 2.19 of the Servicing Agreement, to the best of my knowledge,
the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Servicing
Agreement throughout the Relevant Year; and
5. [To be certified by the Servicer] All deficiencies relating to the
Servicer's compliance with the servicing standards for purposes of the
report provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a
review conducted in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the
Servicing Agreement, have been disclosed to such accountant and are
included in such reports.
Date:
[Name of Institution]
By: _________________________
[Name]
[Title]
EX E-1
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF MASTER REPORTING AGREEMENT
EX F-1