Exhibit 99.3
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CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST,
SERIES 2006-A
Issuer
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Indenture Trustee
CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Co-Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of February 27, 2006
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EXECUTION COPY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application 2
Section 1.01. Definitions..........................................................................2
Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act....................................2
Section 1.03. Other Terms..........................................................................3
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction................................................................3
ARTICLE II The Notes 5
Section 2.01. Form.................................................................................5
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication, and Delivery..............................................5
Section 2.03. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange..................................5
Section 2.04. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Notes..........................................7
Section 2.05. Persons Considered Owner.............................................................8
Section 2.06. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest................................8
Section 2.07. Cancellation.........................................................................9
Section 2.08. Book-Entry Notes.....................................................................9
Section 2.09. Notices To Depository...............................................................10
Section 2.10. Definitive Notes....................................................................10
Section 2.11. Tax Treatment.......................................................................11
Section 2.12. Transfer Restrictions; Restrictive Legends..........................................11
ARTICLE III Covenants 12
Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest...................................................12
Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.....................................................12
Section 3.03. Money For Payments To Be Held in Trust..............................................12
Section 3.04. Existence...........................................................................14
Section 3.05. Protection of the Collateral........................................................14
Section 3.06. Opinions About Collateral...........................................................15
Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations..........................................................16
Section 3.08. Negative Covenants..................................................................17
Section 3.09. Annual Compliance Statement.........................................................18
Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.................................19
Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee.............................................................19
Section 3.12. Further Instruments and Acts........................................................20
Section 3.13. Compliance with Laws................................................................20
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Section 3.14. Master Servicer as Agent and Bailee of the Indenture Trustee........................20
Section 3.15. Investment Company Act..............................................................20
Section 3.16. Representations.....................................................................20
ARTICLE IV Satisfaction and Discharge 21
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.............................................21
Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money..........................................................23
Section 4.03. Release of Collateral...............................................................23
ARTICLE V Remedies 24
Section 5.01. Events of Default...................................................................24
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..................................24
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee...........25
Section 5.04. Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..........................................26
Section 5.05. Remedies; Priorities................................................................27
Section 5.06. Optional Preservation of the Collateral.............................................28
Section 5.07. Limitation of Suits.................................................................29
Section 5.08. Unconditional Right to Receive Principal and Interest...............................29
Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..................................................30
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative......................................................30
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver......................................................30
Section 5.12. Control by Noteholders..............................................................30
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.............................................................30
Section 5.14. Undertaking For Costs...............................................................31
Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws....................................................31
Section 5.16. Rapid Amortization Events...........................................................31
Section 5.17. Sale of Collateral..................................................................33
Section 5.18. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations..................................33
ARTICLE VI The Indenture Trustee 34
Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee.........................................................34
Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults..................................................................35
Section 6.03. Rights of Indenture Trustee.........................................................35
Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee Not Responsible for Certain Things................................36
Section 6.05. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee..............................................37
Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust.................................................................37
Section 6.07. Compensation........................................................................38
Section 6.08. Eligibility.........................................................................38
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Section 6.09. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer....................................38
Section 6.10. Replacement of Indenture Trustee....................................................39
Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..............................................40
Section 6.12. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger...............................................40
Section 6.13. Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee...................40
Section 6.14. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee.................................42
Section 6.15. Co-Trustee and the Loan Insurance Policy............................................42
ARTICLE VII Noteholders' Lists and Reports 45
Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Names and Addresses of Noteholders................................45
Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications.........................................46
Section 7.03. Exchange Act Reports................................................................46
Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee........................................................47
ARTICLE VIII Accounts, Disbursements, and Releases 48
Section 8.01. Accounts............................................................................48
Section 8.02. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Additional Loan Account.............50
Section 8.03. Payments............................................................................51
Section 8.04. Calculation of the Note Rate........................................................54
Section 8.05. Applied Liquidation Loss Amounts....................................................54
ARTICLE IX Supplemental Indentures 54
Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures.............................................................54
Section 9.02. Execution of Supplemental Indentures................................................57
Section 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indenture....................................................57
Section 9.04. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.......................................57
Section 9.05. Tax Opinion.........................................................................57
Section 9.06. Tax Matters.........................................................................58
ARTICLE X Redemption of Notes 60
Section 10.01. Redemption..........................................................................60
Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice...........................................................61
Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date....................................................61
ARTICLE XI Miscellaneous 62
Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc...........................................62
Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee....................................63
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Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders.................................................................64
Section 11.04. Notices.............................................................................65
Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver......................................................65
Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.............................................66
Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act...................................................66
Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents............................................66
Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns..............................................................67
Section 11.10. Separability........................................................................67
Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture...............................................................67
Section 11.12. Legal Holidays......................................................................67
Section 11.13. Governing Law.......................................................................67
Section 11.14. Counterparts; Electronic Delivery...................................................67
Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture..............................................................67
Section 11.16. No Petition.........................................................................68
Section 11.17. Non-recourse........................................................................68
Section 11.18. Trust Obligation....................................................................68
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A - FORM OF NOTES............................................................................A-1
EXHIBIT B - FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT .............................................................B-1
ANNEX 1 DEFINITIONS ▇▇▇-1-1
ANNEX 2 ADOPTION ANNEX..........................................................................▇▇▇-2-1
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EXECUTION COPY
THIS INDENTURE, dated as of February 27, 2006, between CWHEQ Revolving
Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, a Delaware statutory trust, and the
INDENTURE TRUSTEE, as indenture trustee, and the CO-TRUSTEE, as co-trustee,
WITNESSETH THAT
Each party agrees for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit
of the Secured Parties as follows.
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer Grants to the Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the relevant Secured Parties, all of the Issuer's interest existing
now or in the future in:
o the Mortgage Loans including their Asset Balances
(including all Additional Balances) and the related Mortgage Files
and all property that secures the Mortgage Loans and all property
that is acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, and
all collections received on each Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date
(excluding payments due by the Cut-off Date);
o the Additional Loan Account;
o the Additional Home Equity Loans acquired by the Trust
from funds in the Additional Loan Account;
o the Issuer's rights under hazard insurance policies
related to the Mortgage Loans and the Loan Insurance Policy;
o the interest of the Issuer in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Purchase Agreement (including the Issuer's right to
cause the Mortgage Loans to be repurchased);
o all rights under any guaranty executed in connection with
the Mortgage Loans;
o the Collection Account and the Payment Account maintained
to hold collections related to the Mortgage Loans and their contents;
and
o all present and future claims, demands, causes of action,
and chooses in action regarding any of the foregoing and all payments
on and all proceeds from any of the foregoing, including all proceeds
of their conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other
liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, notes, drafts,
acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of every kind, and
other forms of obligations, instruments, and other property that at
any time constitute any part of or are included in the proceeds of
any of the foregoing (collectively, the "Collateral").
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The Issuer agrees that the foregoing Grants are intended to grant in
favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the respective benefit of the Secured
Parties, a first priority, continuing lien and security interest in all of the
Issuer's personal property. The Issuer authorizes the Indenture Trustee to
file one or more financing statements describing the collateral as "all
personal property" or "all assets" of the Issuer.
These Grants are made in trust to secure the payment of principal and
interest on, and any other amounts owing on, the Notes, without prejudice,
priority, or distinction (except as specifically provided in this Indenture),
and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as
provided in this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Secured
Parties, acknowledges the Grants, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in
accordance with this Indenture, and agrees to perform its duties required in
this Indenture in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Transaction
Documents.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms are
used in this Indenture as defined in Annex 1 or the Adoption Annex.
Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference into this Indenture. The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Indenture
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute, or defined by Commission rule
have the meanings so assigned to them.
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Section 1.03. Other Terms.
Defined terms that are used only in one section or only in another
definition may be omitted from the list of defined terms in Annex 1. Defined
terms used in this Indenture are sometimes defined after their first use
without a reference such as "(as hereinafter defined)."
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture or unless the
context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) Defined terms include, as appropriate, all genders and the plural as
well as the singular.
(b) References to designated articles, sections, subsections, exhibits,
and other subdivisions of this Indenture, such as "Section 6.12 (a)," refer to
the designated article, section, subsection, exhibit, or other subdivision of
this Indenture as a whole and to all subdivisions of the designated article,
section, subsection, exhibit, or other subdivision. The exhibits and other
attachments to this Indenture are a part of this Indenture. The words
"herein," "hereof," "hereto," "hereunder," and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular article, section,
exhibit, or other subdivision of this Indenture.
(c) The headings of the various Articles and Sections in this Indenture
are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the
provisions of this Indenture.
(d) Any term that relates to a document or a statute, rule, or regulation
includes any amendments, modifications, supplements, or any other changes that
may have occurred since the document, statute, rule, or regulation came into
being, including changes that occur after the date of this Indenture, except
in the case of the TIA. References to law are not limited to statutes.
References to statutes include any rules or regulations promulgated under them
by a governmental authority charged with the administration of the statute.
Any reference to any person includes references to its successors and assigns.
(e) Any party may execute any of the requirements under this Indenture
either directly or through others, and the right to cause something to be done
rather than doing it directly shall be implicit in every requirement under
this Indenture. Unless a provision is restricted as to time or limited as to
frequency, all provisions under this Indenture are implicitly available from
time to time.
(f) The term "including" and all its variations mean "including but not
limited to." Except when used in conjunction with the word "either," the word
"or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or
B or both," not "either A or B but not both").
(g) A reference to "a [thing]" or "any [of a thing]" does not imply the
existence or occurrence of the thing referred to even though not followed by
"if any," and "any [of a thing]" is any and all of it. A reference to the
plural of anything as to which there could be either one or
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more than one does not imply the existence of more than one (for instance, the
phrase "the obligors on a note" means "the obligor or obligors on a note").
"Until [something occurs]" does not imply that it must occur, and will not be
modified by the word "unless." The word "due" and the word "payable" are each
used in the sense that the stated time for payment has passed. The word
"accrued" is used in its accounting sense, i.e., an amount paid is no longer
accrued. In the calculation of amounts of things, differences and sums may
generally result in negative numbers, but when the calculation of the excess
of one thing over another results in zero or a negative number, the
calculation is disregarded and an "excess" does not exist. Portions of things
may be expressed as fractions or percentages interchangeably. The word "shall"
is used in its imperative sense, as for instance meaning a party agrees to
something or something must occur or exist.
(h) All accounting terms used in an accounting context and not otherwise
defined, and accounting terms partly defined in this Indenture, to the extent
not completely defined, shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Indenture are inconsistent with their
meanings under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions in
this Indenture shall control. Capitalized terms used in this Indenture without
definition that are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant
jurisdiction are used in this Indenture as defined in that Uniform Commercial
Code.
(i) In the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a
later specified date or an open-ended period, the words "from" and "beginning"
mean "from and including," the word "after" means "from but excluding," the
words "to" and "until" mean "to but excluding," and the word "through" means
"to and including." Likewise, in setting deadlines or other periods, "by"
means "on or before." The words "preceding," "following," and words of similar
import, mean immediately preceding or following. References to a month or a
year refer to calendar months and calendar years. The words "amended" and
"modified" and their derivatives as they relate to agreements refer to any
changes in the agreement and may be used interchangeably.
(j) Any reference to the enforceability of any agreement against a party
means that it is enforceable against the party in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, and other
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles.
(k) Generally only the registered holder of a Note is recognized, such as
in "Section 2.05. Persons Considered Owner" and payment provisions. However,
for the purposes of the transfer restrictions and related provisions, such as
agreements, representations, and warranties by holders of Notes, references to
Noteholders, holders, and the like refer equally to beneficial owners who have
an interest in a Note but are not reflected in the note register as the owner
and references to transfers of Notes include transfers of interests in a Note.
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ARTICLE II.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form.
The Notes, together with the Indenture Trustee's certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A, with any
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations
required or permitted by this Indenture. The Notes may have any letters,
numbers, or other marks of identification and any legends or endorsements
placed on them that the officers executing them determine appropriate and that
are consistent with this Indenture, as evidenced by their execution of the
Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be on its reverse.
The Notes may be typewritten, printed, lithographed, or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved
borders), all as determined by the officers executing them, as evidenced by
their execution of them.
The terms of the Notes are part of the terms of this Indenture.
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication, and Delivery.
(a) The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its
Authorized Officers. The signature of any Authorized Officer on the Notes may
be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind
the Issuer, notwithstanding that they may have ceased to hold their offices
before the authentication and delivery of the Notes or did not hold their
offices at the date of the Notes.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Order authenticate and
deliver for original issue the Classes of Notes in the amounts reflected in
the Adoption Annex. The aggregate principal amount of each Class of Notes
outstanding at any time may not exceed those amounts except as provided in
Section 2.04. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of
$25,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 above that.
(c) No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be a
valid obligation of the Issuer for any purpose, unless a certificate of
authentication appears on it executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories. A certificate of
authentication on any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that it has been duly authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
Section 2.03. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Issuer shall cause a register (the "Note Register") to be kept in
which the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the
registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be
the "Note Registrar" for registering Notes and transfers of
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Notes. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor or, if it elects not to, it shall assume the duties of
Note Registrar.
If the Issuer appoints a person other than the Indenture Trustee to be
Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt notice of
the appointment of the Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in
the location, of the Note Register. The Indenture Trustee may inspect the Note
Register at all reasonable times and obtain copies of it. The Indenture
Trustee may rely on a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by
one of its Authorized Officers as to the names and addresses of the
Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of the Notes.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office
or agency of the Issuer to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.02, if the
requirements of this Indenture and Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the
designated transferees, new Notes of the same Class in any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
(c) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes
of the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at the office or
agency of the Issuer maintained pursuant to Section 3.02. Whenever any Notes
are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 8-401(a) of
the UCC are met the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the
Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(d) All Notes issued on any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange.
(e) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by,
its Holder or any attorney for its Holder duly authorized in writing. The
endorsement signature shall be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which
requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer
Agent's Medallion Program ("STAMP") or any other "signature guarantee program"
chosen by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the Exchange Act.
(f) No Holder shall incur a service charge for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
on any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.04 or 9.04 not involving any transfer.
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(g) The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Note
Registrar need not register and the Issuer need not make transfers or
exchanges of Principal Amount Notes selected for redemption or transfers or
exchanges of any Note during the 15 days preceding the due date for any
payment on it.
Section 2.04. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Notes.
If (i) the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss, or theft of any Note and the Indenture Trustee receives the
security or indemnity it requires to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
harmless, or (ii) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee,
then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar, or the
Indenture Trustee that the Note has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser,
and if the requirements of Section 8-406 of the UCC are met and subject to
Section 8-405 of the UCC, the Issuer shall execute, and on its request the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for the Note, a
replacement Note of the same Class of like tenor and principal amount. If the
mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Note is, or within seven days becomes,
payable, or is called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note
the Issuer may pay the mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Note when payable
or on its redemption date.
If, after the delivery of the replacement Note or payment of a destroyed,
lost, or stolen Note pursuant to this Section, a Protected Purchaser of the
original Note in lieu of which the replacement Note was issued presents it for
payment, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may recover the replacement Note
(or the payment) from the person to whom it was delivered or any person taking
the replacement Note from the person to whom the replacement Note was
delivered or any assignee of that person, except a Protected Purchaser, and
may recover on the security or indemnity provided for it to the extent of any
expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection with it.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer
may require the payment by the Holder of the Note of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed on it and any other
reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee)
in connection with it.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of
any mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost, or stolen Note is enforceable by anyone at any time, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any other Notes duly issued under this Indenture.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude all other
rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost, or stolen Notes.
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Section 2.05. Persons Considered Owner.
Before due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee may treat the person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the
day of determination) as the owner of the Note for the purpose of receiving
payments of principal and interest on the Note and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not the Note is overdue. None of the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, or any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.06. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.
(a) Each Class of Interest Bearing Notes shall accrue interest on its
Outstanding Amount at its Note Rate before and after maturity. Interest shall
be payable on each Payment Date as specified in Section 8.03 or 5.05, subject
to Section 3.01. Any installment of interest payable on an Interest Bearing
Note or installment of principal payable on a Principal Amount Note that is
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment
Date shall be paid to the person in whose name the Note (or its predecessor
Note) is registered on the Record Date by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated by the Holder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities, if the Holder has so notified the
Indenture Trustee in writing at least five Business Days before the Record
Date and is either the Depository or owner of record of Notes having an
aggregate principal or notional amount of at least $1,000,000, and otherwise
by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to the Holder's address as it
appears on the Note Register on the Record Date, or by any other means the
Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee agree to, except for the final
installment of principal payable on a Principal Amount Note on a Payment Date,
a redemption date, or the Maturity Date (and except for the redemption price
for any Class of Principal Amount Notes called for redemption pursuant to
Section 10.01) which shall be payable as provided below.
(b) The principal of each Principal Amount Note shall be payable, if not
previously paid, on the related Maturity Date in the manner specified in
Section 8.03. All principal payments on each Class of Principal Amount Notes
shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of that Class. The Indenture Trustee
shall send a notice to each person in whose name a Principal Amount Note is
registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Maturity
Date. The notice shall be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by
facsimile (promptly confirmed by mail) not later than ten days before the
Maturity Date to each Holder of Principal Amount Notes as of the close of
business on the Record Date preceding the Maturity Date, at the Holder's
address or facsimile number appearing in the Note Register, and shall specify
that the principal of the Note will be payable only on presentation and
surrender of the Note and shall specify the place where the Note may be
presented and surrendered for payment. Notices in connection with redemptions
of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on a Class of
Interest Bearing Notes, the Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest
on the defaulted interest to the extent
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lawful) at the applicable Note Rate in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay
the defaulted interest to the persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent
special record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days before
the Payment Date. The Issuer shall fix the special record date and Payment
Date, and, at least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuer shall
mail to each affected Holder a notice that states the special record date, the
Payment Date, and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
Section 2.07. Cancellation.
All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange, or
redemption shall, if surrendered to any person other than the Indenture
Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled
by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture that the Issuer may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated instead of or in exchange
for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by
the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal
policy as in effect at the time unless before their disposal the Issuer
directs by an Issuer Order that they be returned to it.
Section 2.08.Book-Entry Notes.
(a) The Book-Entry Notes, on original issuance, will be issued by the
Issuer in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to
the Depository Trust Company, the initial Depository. The Book-Entry Notes
shall be registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co.,
the nominee of the initial Depository, and no Note Owner will receive a
definitive Note representing its interest in a Note, except as provided in
Section 2.10. Until definitive, fully registered Notes have been issued to the
Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.10:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee may deal with the
Depository for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of
principal and interest on the Notes and accepting instructions under this
Indenture) as the sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation
to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that this Section conflicts with any other
provisions of this Indenture, this Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the
Depository and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between the Note Owners and the Depository;
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(v) until definitive Notes are issued for the Book-Entry Notes
pursuant to Section 2.10, the Depository will make book-entry transfers
among the Depository's participants and receive and transmit payments of
principal and interest on the Book-Entry Notes to the Depository's
participants;
(vi) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken
based on instructions from Holders of Notes evidencing a specified
percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the Depository shall be treated as
representing that percentage only to the extent that it has received
instructions to that effect from Note Owners owning the required
percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered the
instructions to the Indenture Trustee; and
(vii) the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on information
furnished by the Depository about its participants and furnished by the
participants about indirect participating firms and persons shown on the
books of the indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Note
Owners.
(b) The Book-Entry Notes may not be transferred except as a whole and
then only by the Depository to its nominee or by its nominee to the Depository
or another nominee of the Depository, or by the Depository or its nominee to a
successor to the Depository or the successor's nominee.
Section 2.09. Notices To Depository.
Whenever a communication to the Noteholders is required under this
Indenture, until definitive Notes have been issued to the Note Owners pursuant
to Section 2.10, the Indenture Trustee shall communicate with the Depository
as Holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners.
Section 2.10. Definitive Notes.
If
(i) the Issuer advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge its responsibilities
properly with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and the Issuer is unable to
locate a qualified successor, or
(ii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners of not
less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes of
Book-Entry Notes advise the Depository in writing that the continuation
of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best
interests of the Note Owners,
then the Depository shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee of
the occurrence of the event and of the availability of definitive Notes to
Note Owners requesting them. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the
Book-Entry Notes by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions,
the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver the definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the
Depository. None of
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the Issuer, the Note Registrar, or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for
any delay in delivery of the instructions and may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, the instructions. On the issuance of
definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the
definitive Notes as Noteholders.
Section 2.11. Tax Treatment.
The Issuer has agreed to make a REMIC election pursuant to the Trust
Agreement, and the Notes will be REMIC regular interests.
Section 2.12. Transfer Restrictions; Restrictive Legends.
(a) Each transferee or purchaser of a Note that is a plan or is investing
plan assets shall represent (or, in the case of a Book-Entry Note, shall be
deemed to represent) that the investment and holding of the Note satisfy the
conditions for exemptive relief under ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ 96-23, or a similar exemption. No plan advised by the Issuer, the
Master Servicer, any other servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the underwriter or
any of their respective affiliates may invest in the Notes unless an
appropriate administrative prohibited transaction exemption applies to the
investment. A plan is advised by a person if the person has investment or
administrative discretion with respect to plan assets to be invested in the
Notes, has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment
advice with respect to those plan assets for a fee and pursuant to an
agreement or understanding that the advice will serve as a primary basis for
investment decisions with respect to those plan assets, and will be based on
the particular investment needs for the plan, or the person is an employer
maintaining or contributing to the plan. The Class A-IO Notes may not be
transferred to a plan or to an entity investing plan assets. The Note
Registrar will not register any transfer of a Note that violates the foregoing
representation or prohibitions. A "plan" is an employee benefit plan (as
defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan
(as defined in and subject to section 4975 of the Code), and any entity whose
underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the
entity or otherwise.
(b) Unless the Indenture Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that it is no longer appropriate, each definitive Note shall bear the
following legend on its face:
"[Notes other than Class A-IO Notes] Each transferee or purchaser of this
Note that is a plan or is investing plan assets, by acceptance of this Note or
an interest in this Note, represents that the investment and holding of this
Note satisfy the conditions for exemptive relief under ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ 96-23, or a similar exemption. [Class A-IO Notes:
This Note may not be transferred to a plan or to an entity investing plan
assets] A "plan" is an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of
ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan (as defined in and subject
to section 4975 of the Code) and any entity whose underlying assets include
plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity or otherwise.
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Any transfer in violation of either of the foregoing will be void ab
initio, and will not operate to transfer any rights to the transferee,
notwithstanding any instructions to the contrary."
(c) Each Book-Entry Note shall bear the following legend on its face:
"Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange,
or payment, and any Note issued in exchange for this Note is registered in the
name of the Depository or in another name requested by an authorized
representative of the Depository (and any payment on this Note is made to the
Depository or to another entity requested by an authorized representative of
the Depository), any transfer, pledge, or other use of this Note for value or
otherwise by or to any person is wrongful inasmuch as the registered owner of
this Note, the Depository, has an interest in this Note."
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of the Principal
Amount Notes and interest on the Interest Bearing Notes and other amounts
payable on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or other applicable tax
laws by any person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest or principal
or other amounts shall be considered to have been paid by the Issuer to the
Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
The Notes are non-recourse obligations of the Issuer and are limited in
right of payment to amounts available from the Trust. The Issuer shall not
otherwise be liable for payments on the Notes.
Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and where notices to and demands on the Issuer regarding
the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer initially appoints the
Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for these purposes. The Indenture
Trustee will give prompt notice to the Issuer of the location, and of any
change in the location, where the Indenture Trustee maintains this office or
agency. If the Issuer ever fails to maintain the required office or agency,
then surrenders, notices, and demands may be made or served at the Corporate
Trust Office.
Section 3.03. Money For Payments To Be Held in Trust.
All payments of amounts payable on any Notes pursuant to Section 8.03,
shall be made from amounts deposited in the Payment Account by the Indenture
Trustee or by another Paying
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Agent, and no amounts so deposited in the Payment Account for payments of
Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section or
Section 8.03.
The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which the
Paying Agent agrees with the Indenture Trustee that it will, and the Indenture
Trustee hereby agrees in its capacity as Paying Agent that it will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due on the
Notes in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to them until they
are paid to the persons entitled to them or otherwise disposed of as
provided in this Indenture, and pay them to the persons entitled to them
as provided in this Indenture;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any payment default by the
Issuer on the Notes of which it has actual knowledge;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any payment default on
the Notes, at the request of the Indenture Trustee, immediately pay to
the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by it for the payment of the
Notes;
(iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and immediately pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes
if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a
Paying Agent at the time of its appointment;
(v) be bound by Section 11.16; and
(vi) comply with all requirements of the Code to withhold from any
payments made by it on any Notes any applicable withholding taxes imposed
on them and comply with any applicable reporting requirements.
To obtain the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any
other purpose, the Issuer may at any time by Issuer Order direct any Paying
Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust. Those sums
shall be held by the Indenture Trustee on the same trusts as those on which
the sums were held by the Paying Agent. On payment by a Paying Agent to the
Indenture Trustee, it shall be released from all further liability with
respect to that money.
Subject to applicable laws on abandoned property, any money held in trust
by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of any amount due
on any Note remaining unclaimed for two years after it has become payable
shall be discharged from the trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer
Request. After that the Holder of the unpaid Note shall look only to the
Issuer for its payment as an unsecured general creditor (but only to the
extent of the amounts paid to the Issuer). On its payment to the Issuer all
liability of the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent with respect to that
trust money shall cease. The Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, before
being required to make the payment to the Issuer, shall at the expense and
direction of the Issuer cause to be published once a notice that the money
remains unclaimed
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and that, after a date specified in the notice not less than 30 days from the
date of the publication, any unclaimed balance of the money then remaining
will be repaid to the Issuer. The notice shall be published in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in The City of New York. The Indenture Trustee may
also adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuer, any other
reasonable means of notification of the repayment (including mailing notice of
the repayment to their last address of record to Holders whose Principal
Amount Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or
whose right to or interest in moneys payable but not claimed is determinable
from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent).
Section 3.04. Existence.
The Issuer will preserve its existence, rights, and franchises as a
Delaware statutory trust (unless it or any successor becomes organized under
the laws of any other State or of the United States, in which case the Issuer
will preserve its existence, rights, and franchises under the laws of that
other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business in each jurisdiction in which qualification to do business is
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral, and each other material agreement of the Issuer.
Section 3.05. Protection of the Collateral.
(a) The Issuer intends the Security Interest Granted pursuant to this
Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties
to be before all other liens on the Collateral (except as otherwise provided
in the Transaction Documents). The Issuer shall take all actions necessary to
obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Secured Parties, a first priority perfected Security Interest in the
Collateral (except as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents). The
Issuer will execute and deliver any supplements and amendments to this
Indenture and any Financing Statements, Continuation Statements, instruments
of further assurance, and other instruments and will take any other action
appropriate to:
(i) Grant more effectively any portion of the Collateral;
(ii) preserve the Security Interest (and its priority) created by
this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes of this
Indenture;
(iii) perfect, publish notice of, or protect the validity of any
Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce any rights with respect to any of the Collateral;
(v) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of
the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in the Collateral against all
adverse claims; or
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(vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed on the
Collateral when due.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture or the other
Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall not remove any portion of
the Collateral that consists of money or is evidenced by an instrument,
certificate, or other writing from the jurisdiction in which it was held at
the date of the most recent Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section
3.06 unless the Indenture Trustee receive an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the lien and Security Interest created by this Indenture will continue to
be maintained on any removed property after giving effect to its removal.
(c) The Issuer designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute any Financing Statement, Continuation Statement,
or other instrument required to be executed pursuant to this Section. The
Issuer authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file Financing Statements or
Continuation Statements, and amendments to them, relating to any part of the
Collateral without the signature of the Issuer where permitted by law. A
carbon, photographic, or other reproduction of this Indenture or any filed
Financing Statement covering the Collateral or any part of it shall be
sufficient as a Financing Statement where permitted by law. The Indenture
Trustee will promptly send to the Issuer any Financing Statements or
Continuation Statements that it files without the signature of the Issuer. Any
Financing Statement filed relating to any part of the Collateral will state in
bold-faced type that a purchase of the Mortgage Loans included in the
collateral covered by the Financing Statement from the debtor will violate the
rights of the secured party and its assignee.
Section 3.06. Opinions About Collateral.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either
(i) stating that, in its opinion, no action is necessary to perfect
the Security Interest of this Indenture in the Mortgage Loans or
(ii) stating that, in its opinion, all action
O with respect to the recording and filing of this
Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this Indenture, and
any other requisite documents and
O with respect to the execution and filing of any
Financing Statements and Continuation Statements
has been taken that is necessary to perfect the Security Interest of this
Indenture in the Mortgage Loans, and reciting the details of the action.
(b) By the date specified in the Adoption Annex in each calendar year
beginning in the year specified in the Adoption Annex, the Issuer shall
furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in
its opinion, no action is necessary to maintain the
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perfected Security Interest of this Indenture in the Mortgage Loans or stating
that, in its opinion, all action has been taken
(i) with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording, and
refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, and any other requisite documents and
(ii) with respect to the execution and filing of any Financing
Statements and Continuation Statements
necessary to maintain the perfected Security Interest created by this
Indenture in the Mortgage Loans and reciting the details of the action. The
Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording,
and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this Indenture,
and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any
Financing Statements and Continuation Statements that will, in counsel's
opinion, be required to maintain the perfected Security Interest of this
Indenture in the Mortgage Loans until the date specified in the Adoption Annex
in the following calendar year.
Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations.
(a) The Issuer will not take any action (and will not permit others to
take any action) that would release any person from any of their material
obligations under any of the Transaction Documents, that would create any
Security Interests that are not provided for in the Transaction Documents, or
that would change or impair the validity or effectiveness of the Transaction
Documents or any Security Interest granted under them, except as expressly
provided in the Transaction Documents. The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of
the Mortgage Loans and an assignee of the Issuer's rights under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement may exercise all of the rights of the Issuer to direct the
actions of the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other persons to assist it in performing
its duties under this Indenture, and the performance of those duties by a
person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate shall
be considered to be action taken by the Issuer.
(c) The Issuer will punctually perform all of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents, including properly filing all Financing Statements and
Continuation Statements required to be filed by the Transaction Documents.
Except as provided in Section 9.01, the Rating Agency Condition must be
satisfied in connection with any amendment, termination, or material change in
a Transaction Document. The Issuer shall not amend, terminate, or otherwise
change any Transaction Document without the consent of the Indenture Trustee.
The Issuer will provide notice of any termination, amendment, or material
change in any Transaction Document to the Rating Agencies. The consent of the
Indenture Trustee will not be required if the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied with respect to the proposed action.
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(d) Without derogating from the Grants to the Indenture Trustee under
this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture,
the Issuer agrees
(i) that it will not, without the prior consent of either the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of all Classes, change or waive, or agree to or
otherwise permit any change to or waiver of, the terms of any Collateral
(except to the extent otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement); and
(ii) that any change in the terms of any Collateral shall not
(A) increase or reduce the amount of, or accelerate or delay
the timing of, distributions that are required to be made for the
benefit of the Noteholders (except as may be incidental to changes
or waivers allowed under (d)(i)) or
(B) reduce the percentage of the Notes that is required to
consent to any change in the terms of any Collateral without the
consent of the Holders of all the Outstanding Notes.
If either the Indenture Trustee or the requisite percentage of Holders consent
to any change in the terms of any Collateral, the Issuer agrees, promptly
following a request by the Indenture Trustee to do so, to execute and deliver,
in its own name and at its own expense, any documents the Indenture Trustee
deems appropriate under the circumstances.
Section 3.08. Negative Covenants.
So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(a) dispose of any of the Collateral or other properties or assets of the
Issuer, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;
(b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or
interest or other amounts payable on, the Notes (other than amounts properly
withheld from payments under the Code or applicable State law) or assert any
claim against any present or former Noteholder for the payment of the taxes
levied or assessed on any part of the Collateral;
(c) (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be
impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be changed (except as
otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), or permit any person
to be released from any obligations on the Notes or under this Indenture
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, (ii) permit any lien, charge,
excise, claim, Security Interest, mortgage, or other encumbrance (other than
the lien of this Indenture and as otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement) to affect any part of the Collateral, or any interest in it or its
proceeds, or (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid
first priority Security Interest in the Collateral; or
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(d) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part;
(e) make any distributions on any ownership interest in the Issuer
(except as expressly provided for in the Transaction Documents), redeem,
purchase, or otherwise retire or acquire for value any ownership interest in
the Issuer (except as expressly provided for in the Transaction Documents), or
set aside any amounts for any of these purposes;
(f) engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning,
selling, and managing the Collateral; issuing the Notes; and activities
incidental to those contemplated businesses, in each case, in the manner
contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(g) issue, incur, assume, guarantee, or otherwise have the Trust become
liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for its
liabilities under the Transaction Documents and other expenses for which the
Issuer is entitled to reimbursement under this Indenture or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement;
(h) make any loan or advance of credit to, or guarantee (directly or
indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another's payment
or performance on any obligation), endorse (except for endorsement of
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), or otherwise
become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the
obligations, stocks, or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase, or acquire
(or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets, or securities
of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other
person out of the Trust;
(i) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise)
for capital assets;
(j) subject to the Master Servicer's servicing the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, waive or impair, or fail to
assert rights under, the Mortgage Loans, or effect impairment of the Issuer's
interest in the Mortgage Loans, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any other
Transaction Document, if the action would materially and adversely affect the
interests of the Noteholders; or
(k) take any other action or fail to take any action that would result in
the imposition of tax on the Issuer (including the tax on prohibited
transactions under Section 860F(a)(2) or contributions after the Startup Date,
as defined in Section 860G(d) of the Code) .
Section 3.09. Annual Compliance Statement.
Within 80 days after the end of each year (commencing with the year
specified in the Adoption Annex) the Issuer will deliver to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing
the Officer's Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the calendar
year and of its performance under this Indenture and the Trust Agreement
has been made under the Authorized Officer's supervision; and
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(ii) to the best of the Authorized Officer's knowledge, based on
that review, the Issuer has complied with all its obligations under this
Indenture and the Trust Agreement throughout that year or, if there has
been a default in its compliance with any obligation, specifying each
default known to the Authorized Officer and its nature and status.
Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into or transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person, unless:
(i) the person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving the
consolidation or merger or to which the transfer is made is organized and
existing under the laws of the United States or any State and expressly
assumes the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the
Notes and the performance of every obligation under each Transaction
Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed by an indenture
supplemental to this Indenture, executed and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no
Incipient Default has occurred and is continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to
the transaction;
(iv) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the transaction will not have any material
adverse tax consequence to the Issuer or any Noteholder;
(v) any action that is necessary to maintain the Security Interest
created by this Indenture has been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that the consolidation
or merger and the supplemental indenture comply with this Article and
that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to the
transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the
Exchange Act).
Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee.
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer or transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets in accordance with Section 3.10,
the person formed by or surviving the consolidation or merger (if other than
the Issuer) or to which the transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right of, the Issuer under this
Indenture with the same effect as if it had been named as the Issuer in this
Indenture.
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Section 3.12. Further Instruments and Acts.
On request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver
any further instruments and do any further acts that may be appropriate to
carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section 3.13. Compliance with Laws.
The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of all laws the
non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially
and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations
under the Notes or any Transaction Document.
Section 3.14. Master Servicer as Agent and Bailee of the Indenture
Trustee.
Solely for the purposes of perfection under Section 9-313(c) of the UCC
or other similar applicable law, rule, or regulation of the State in which
property is held by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer is acting as
agent and bailee of the Indenture Trustee in holding amounts subject to
deposit to the Collection Account, as well as its agent and bailee in holding
any Mortgage File released to the Master Servicer, and any other items of
Collateral that come into the possession of the Master Servicer. By the Master
Servicer's execution of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee, as a secured party of the Mortgage Loans, has possession of these
items for the purposes of Section 9-313(c) of the UCC of the state in which
the Issuer is organized.
Section 3.15. Investment Company Act.
The Issuer shall not become an "investment company" or under the
"control" of an "investment company" as those terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations under it (taking
into account not only the general definition of the term "investment company"
but also any available exceptions to the general definition). The Issuer shall
be in compliance with this Section 3.15 if it obtains an order exempting it
from regulation as an "investment company" so long as it is in compliance with
the conditions imposed in the order.
Section 3.16. Representations.
(a) The Issuer represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee that as
of the Closing Date, unless specifically stated otherwise:
(i) This Indenture creates a valid and continuing Security Interest
in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee. The Security
Interest created by this Indenture is a first priority perfected Security
Interest and it is enforceable as such against creditors of, and
purchasers from, the Issuer.
(ii) The Mortgage Notes are "instruments" as defined in the UCC.
(iii) Before the Grants of the Security Interest pursuant to the
Granting Clause of this Indenture, the Issuer owns, and has good and
marketable title to, the Mortgage Loans free of any lien, claim, or
encumbrance of any person.
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(iv) By the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans and
within 10 days of the applicable date of substitution with respect to any
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Issuer will file Financing
Statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdiction to
perfect the Security Interest in the Collateral Granted under this
Indenture.
(v) The Issuer has received a written acknowledgement from the
Custodian that the Custodian is acting solely as agent of the Indenture
Trustee.
(vi) The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of
any Financing Statements against the Issuer that include a description of
collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statement (A)
relating to the Security Interests granted to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture, (B) that has been terminated, or (C) that
names the Indenture Trustee as secured party.
(vii) The Mortgage Notes that constitute or evidence the Collateral
do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned, or otherwise conveyed to any person other than the
Indenture Trustee. All Financing Statements filed or to be filed against
the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection with this
Indenture describing the Collateral contain a statement to the following
effect: "A purchase of the Mortgage Loans included in the collateral
covered by this financing statement will violate the rights of the
Indenture Trustee."
(viii) On the Closing Date, the Issuer is a "Qualifying SPE" as such
term is defined in the statement of Accounting Standards No. 140 of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board, as in effect on the Closing Date.
(b) The representations and warranties in this Section 3.16 shall survive
delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement and the termination of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall not, without the prior written consent of
the Rating Agencies, waive any of the representations and warranties in
Section 3.16(a).
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
Except for rights of conversion or transfer or exchange of Notes
expressly provided for, the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section
6.07, and the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries of this Indenture, this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, and the Indenture Trustee, on
demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when the option of
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Issuer to redeem the Principal Amount Notes as described in Section 10.01 is
exercised or, if not exercised then:
(i) either:
(A) all Notes previously authenticated and delivered have been
delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, other than
(1) Notes that have been destroyed, lost, or stolen and
that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.04;
(2) Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and later
repaid to the Issuer or discharged from the trust, as provided
in Section 3.03); and
(3) Notes that have been paid in full and that by their
terms expire without the payment of a principal balance; or
(B) all Notes not previously delivered to the Indenture Trustee
for cancellation:
(1) have become payable,
(2) will become payable at their Maturity Date within one
year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the
giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Issuer or by their terms
expire within one year without the payment of a principal
balance,
and the Issuer, in the case of (1), (2), or (3) above, has
irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States (which
will mature before the date the amounts are payable), in trust for
these purposes, in an amount sufficient to pay the entire
indebtedness when due on the unexpired Notes not previously
delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation to the
applicable Maturity Date or redemption date (if Notes have been
called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), as the case may
be;
(ii) the Issuer has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture
by the Issuer; and
(iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, and (if required by the TIA), an
Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each
meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, each stating that
all conditions precedent provided for in
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this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money.
All money deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the Notes and
this Indenture, to the payment to the Holders of the particular Notes for the
payment or redemption of which the money has been deposited with the Indenture
Trustee, of all sums due and to become due on them for principal and interest.
That money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required in this Indenture or required by law.
Section 4.03. Release of Collateral.
(a) Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section
4.01 and otherwise as permitted by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall
execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or
convey the Indenture Trustee's interest in the property, in a manner and under
circumstances that are not inconsistent with this Indenture. No party relying
on an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Section
shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into
the satisfaction of any conditions precedent, or see to the application of any
moneys.
(b) When no Notes are Outstanding, the Indenture Trustee shall release
any remaining Collateral that secured the Notes from the lien of this
Indenture and release to the Issuer any funds then on deposit in any account
other than funds held in trust for the satisfaction of Notes that have not
been surrendered for payment. The Indenture Trustee shall release property
from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section only on receipt of an
Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer's Certificate.
(c) Whenever a Mortgage Loan has been substituted for or repurchased in
accordance with Section 2.02(a) or 2.04(d) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, purchased in accordance with Section 3.06 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, or designated for transfer in accordance with Section 2.06 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall execute appropriate
documents to release the Mortgage Loan from the lien of this Indenture and
deliver the Mortgage File to the appropriate party.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this
Indenture only on receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, and Independent Certificates in accordance
with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(l) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of
Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any
Independent Certificates.
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of Default.
Any one of the following events is an "Event of Default" whatever the
reason:
(i) default by the Issuer in the payment of any interest on any
Interest Bearing Note when it becomes payable, and the default continues
for five days; or
(ii) default by the Issuer in the payment of the principal of any
Principal Amount Note when it becomes payable and the default continues
for five days; or
(iii) default in the performance of any obligation of the Issuer
under this Indenture (other than an obligation specifically dealt with
elsewhere in this Section), or any representation or warranty of the
Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection with this Indenture proves to have been
materially incorrect as of the time when it was made, and the default or
the circumstance making the representation or warranty incorrect has not
been cured within 60 days after notice to the Issuer by the Indenture
Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes by registered
or certified mail specifying the default or incorrect representation or
warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that the notice is a
notice of default under this Indenture; or
(iv) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Issuer.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within five days after its
occurrence, notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate of any Incipient
Default under clause (iii), its status, and what action the Issuer is taking
or proposes to take with respect to the event.
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Indenture
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of all Classes of Principal Amount Notes may declare all the Notes to
be immediately payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the
Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon that declaration the
unpaid principal amount of the Principal Amount Notes, together with accrued
interest on them through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately
payable.
At any time after the declaration of acceleration of maturity has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of not less than 51% of the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes, by notice to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, may rescind the declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay:
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(A) all payments of principal on the Principal Amount Notes and
interest on the Interest Bearing Notes and all other amounts that
would then be due under this Indenture or on the Notes if the Event
of Default giving rise to the acceleration had not occurred; and
(B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee under
this Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements, and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents
and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal or interest of the Notes that have become due solely by the
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent to it.
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Issuer covenants that if the Notes are accelerated following an
Event of Default, then the Issuer will pay to the Indenture Trustee on demand,
for the benefit of the Noteholders, the whole amount then payable on the Notes
and, in addition, any further amount needed to cover the expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of the
Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) If the Issuer fails to pay those amounts immediately on demand, the
Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, subject
to Section 11.16 may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums
due, and may prosecute the Proceeding to final decree, and may enforce the
judgment against the Issuer (or other obligor on the Notes) and collect in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer (or other obligor on
the Notes) wherever situated, the moneys determined to be payable.
(c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee subject to Section 11.16 may in its discretion (subject to Section
5.04) proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Secured
Parties, by Proceedings the Indenture Trustee deems most effective to protect
and enforce those rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in
this Indenture, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable
right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
(d) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of this Indenture to which the
Indenture Trustee is a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to
represent all the Secured Parties, and it shall not be necessary to make any
Noteholder a party to the Proceedings.
(e) All rights of action and assertion of claims under this Indenture,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any of the Notes may be enforced by the
Indenture Trustee without the
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possession of any of the Notes or their production in any Proceedings
regarding them. Any Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust. Any recovery of
judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements, and
compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and
their agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties.
Section 5.04. Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
(a) If
(1) Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, or other
similar law are pending relating to the Issuer or any other obligor on
the Notes or any person having or claiming an ownership interest in the
Collateral, or
(2) a receiver, assignee, or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, or liquidator, sequestrator, or similar official has been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or the
other obligor or person, or
(3) any other comparable judicial Proceedings are pending relating
to the Issuer or other obligor on the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or the other obligor,
then, irrespective of whether the principal of any Principal Amount Notes is
then payable as expressed in them or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee has made any demand pursuant to
this Section, the Indenture Trustee is authorized by intervention in the
Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove claims for the entire amount of principal
owing on any Principal Amount Notes and interest owing on any Interest
Bearing Notes and other amounts owing on any Notes and to file any other
documents appropriate to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee and of
the Noteholders allowed in the Proceedings (including any claim for
reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents and counsel, and for
reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee,
except as a result of negligence or bad faith);
(ii) to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a
trustee, a standby trustee, or person performing similar functions in the
Proceedings; and
(iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable on
any claims and to distribute all amounts received on the claims of the
Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other similar official in
any Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee and, if
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the Indenture Trustee consents to the Noteholders receiving payments directly,
to pay to the Indenture Trustee amounts sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and
their respective agents and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
(b) Nothing in this Indenture authorizes the Indenture Trustee to
authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Noteholder or authorizes the
Indenture Trustee to vote on the claim of any Noteholder in any such
proceeding, except to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar person.
Section 5.05. Remedies; Priorities.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee subject to Section 11.16 may do any of the following (subject to
Section 5.11):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes
or under this Indenture, whether by declaration or otherwise, and all
amounts payable under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and enforce any
judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor on
the Notes moneys adjudged due;
(ii) institute Proceedings for the complete or partial foreclosure
of this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;
(iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and
take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights of
the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders;
(iv) exercise all rights of the Issuer in connection with the
Purchase Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement against the
Sponsor, the Depositor, or the Master Servicer or otherwise; and
(v) sell any portion of the Collateral or interests in it at one or
more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted
by law.
The Indenture Trustee, however, may not sell or otherwise liquidate Collateral
following an Event of Default unless
(A) the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of 100%
of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes of all Classes,
(B) the proceeds of the sale or liquidation distributable to the
Secured Parties are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due
on the Principal Amount Notes, or
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(C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Collateral will not
continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal of the
Principal Amount Notes and interest on the Interest Bearing Notes as they
would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable,
and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of a
majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes of all Classes.
In determining the sufficiency or insufficiency under clause (B) and (C), the
Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely on an opinion of an
Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to
the feasibility of the proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the
Collateral for the purpose.
(b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property under this
Article, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for the fee of the Indenture Trustee
(separately agreed to between the Master Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee) then due and any expenses incurred by it in connection with the
enforcement of the remedies under this Article and to the Owner Trustee
for the fee of the Owner Trustee (separately agreed to between the Master
Servicer and the Owner Trustee) then due and any expenses due to the
Owner Trustee under any of the Transaction Documents and to the
Co-Trustee for the fee of the Co-Trustee then due and any expenses due to
the Co-Trustee incurred by it under any of the Transaction Documents;
SECOND: to the Noteholders for interest due on the Interest Bearing
Notes (except for Basis Risk Carryforward), sequentially, to the Class A,
Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, and
Class B Notes; THIRD: to the Noteholders for amounts due on the Principal
Amount Notes for principal, sequentially, to the Class A, Class M-1,
Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, and Class B Notes,
until the Note Principal Balance of each Class of Notes is reduced to
zero;
FOURTH: to pay any Basis Risk Carryforward owed to each Class of
Principal Amounts Notes to the Noteholders of each Class of Principal
Amount Notes, sequentially, to the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, and Class B Notes; and
FIFTH: to the Issuer for distribution in accordance with the Trust
Agreement.
Section 5.06. Optional Preservation of the Collateral.
If the Notes have been declared to be due under Section 5.02 following an
Event of Default and the declaration and its consequences have not been
annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain
possession of the Collateral. The parties and the Noteholders want sufficient
funds to exist at all times for the payment of principal of and interest on
the Notes and other obligations of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee shall
take
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that into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of
any Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the
Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely on an
opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national
reputation as to the feasibility of the proposed action and as to the
sufficiency of the Collateral for the purpose.
Section 5.07. Limitation of Suits.
No Noteholder may institute any Proceeding with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy under this Indenture, subject to Section 11.16:
(i) the Holder has previously given notice to the Indenture Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of all Classes have requested the Indenture Trustee in writing to
institute a Proceeding with respect to the Event of Default in its own
name as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture;
(iii) the Holders have offered the Indenture Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs and liabilities to be incurred in complying
with the request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of the
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute Proceedings; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with the request has been given to the
Indenture Trustee during the 60-day period by the Holders of not less
than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes.
No Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever because of
this Indenture to affect the rights of any other Holders of Notes or to obtain
or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner provided in this
Indenture.
If the Indenture Trustee receives inconsistent requests and indemnity
from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing less than 51%
of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes, the Indenture Trustee in
its sole discretion may determine what action shall be taken.
Section 5.08. Unconditional Right to Receive Principal and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, every Noteholder
has an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of
the Principal Amount Notes and interest on the Interest Bearing Notes and
other amounts payable on its Note after their due dates (or, in the case of
redemption, after the redemption date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment, and this right shall not be impaired without the
consent of the Holder.
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Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding
to enforce any right under this Indenture and the Proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to
the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholder, then the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in the
Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
under this Indenture, and all rights of the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders shall continue as though no Proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
No right given to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders in this
Indenture is intended to be exclusive of any other right, and every right
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative to every other right
given under this Indenture or existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion of any right under this Indenture, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion of any other appropriate right.
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.
No delay in exercising or failure to exercise any right accruing on any
Incipient Default shall impair the right or constitute a waiver of the
Incipient Default or an acquiescence in it. Every right given by this Article
or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from
time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture
Trustee or by the Noteholders.
Section 5.12. Control by Noteholders.
The Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Classes may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any
Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to
the Notes or exercising any right conferred on the Indenture Trustee. No
direction shall be binding unless:
(i) it does not conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture; and
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(ii) it is by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100%
of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes if the direction to
the Indenture Trustee is to sell or liquidate the Collateral.
The Indenture Trustee may take any other action it deems proper that is not
inconsistent with the direction, Section 5.04, or Section 5.05.
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Before the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes
as provided in Section 5.02, the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of all Classes may waive any past default and its
consequences except a default
(i) in payment of principal on any Principal Amount Notes or
interest on any Interest Bearing Notes or
(ii) regarding a provision of this Indenture that cannot be changed
without the consent of the Holder of each affected Note.
After any such waiver, the Incipient Default shall cease to exist and be
considered to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of
Default arising from it shall be considered to have been cured and not to have
occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture. No waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent to it.
Section 5.14. Undertaking For Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of a Note by its
acceptance of its Note agrees, that in any suit for the enforcement of any
right under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee or
Co-Trustee for any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it as Indenture
Trustee or Co-Trustee, any court may in its discretion require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and that the court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the
party litigant. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to
(i) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee or the Co-Trustee,
(ii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders,
holding in the aggregate more than 25% of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of all Classes, or
(iii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of
the payment of principal of any Principal Amount Note or interest on any
Interest Bearing Note after the due dates expressed in the Note and in
this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, after the redemption
date).
Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Issuer covenants that it
will not at any time insist on, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time after this in force, that may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture. To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the
Issuer expressly waives all benefit of any such law, and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay, or impede the execution of any power granted in this
Indenture to the Indenture Trustee, but will permit the execution of every
power as though the law had not been enacted.
Section 5.16. Rapid Amortization Events.
If any one of the following events occurs during the Managed Amortization
Period:
(a) The failure of the Sponsor or the Master Servicer to make any payment
or deposit required by the Sale and Servicing Agreement within three Business
Days after the payment or deposit was required to be made;
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(b) The failure of the Sponsor or the Master Servicer to cause the
Depositor to observe or perform in any material respect the covenants of the
Depositor in Section 2.01(h) or 2.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(c) The failure of the Sponsor to observe or perform in any material
respect any other covenants of the Sponsor in the Sale and Servicing Agreement
that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders and
that continues unremedied and continues to affect materially and adversely the
interests of the Noteholders for 60 days (five days in the case of any failure
to transfer to the Trust Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans or deposit into
the Collection Account the Transfer Deposit Amount in accordance with Section
2.07(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) after the date on which written
notice of the failure, requiring it to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Sponsor by the Indenture Trustee, or to the Sponsor and the Indenture
Trustee by the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of all Classes of Notes;
(d) Any representation or warranty made by the Sponsor or the Depositor
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement proves to have been incorrect in any
material respect when made, as a result of which the interests of the
Noteholders are materially and adversely affected and that continues to be
incorrect in any material respect and continues to affect materially and
adversely the interests of the Noteholders for 60 days after the date on which
notice of the failure, requiring it to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Sponsor or the Depositor, as the case may be, by the Indenture Trustee, or
to the Sponsor, the Depositor, and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of not
less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes (a Rapid
Amortization Event pursuant to this subparagraph (d) shall not occur if the
Sponsor has accepted retransfer of the related Mortgage Loans or substituted
for them during the 60-day period (or such longer period (not to exceed an
additional 60 days) as the Indenture Trustee may specify) in accordance with
the Sale and Servicing Agreement);
(e) An Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the holder of the Class
R-1 Certificates or the Depositor, but for this purpose the 60-day periods in
the definition of Insolvency Event shall be 30 days; or
(f) The Trust becomes subject to registration as an "investment company"
under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(g) The Delinquency Trigger Event or the Cumulative Loss Trigger Event
has occurred and is continuing;
then, when any event described in subparagraph (a), (b), (c), (d), or (g)
occurs, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of not less than 51% of
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes, by notice given in writing to
the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates, the Depositor, and the Master
Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Noteholders) may
declare that an early amortization event (a "Rapid Amortization Event") has
occurred as of the date of the notice, and in the case of any event described
in subparagraph (e) or (f), a Rapid
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Amortization Event shall occur without any notice or other action on the part
of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, immediately upon its occurrence.
Section 5.17. Sale of Collateral.
(a) The power to effect any sale or other disposition (a "Sale") of any
portion of the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.05 is subject to this Section
5.17. The Indenture Trustee waives its right to any amount fixed by law as
compensation for any Sale.
(b) In connection with a Sale of any of the Collateral,
(i) any Holder of Notes may bid for the property offered for sale,
and on compliance with the terms of sale may own the property without
further accountability, and may, in paying its purchase price, deliver
any Principal Amount Notes or claims for interest on Interest Bearing
Notes rather than cash up to the amount that would be payable on them
from the distribution of the net proceeds of the sale, and the Notes
shall be returned to the Holders after being appropriately stamped to
show partial payment if the amount payable for the property is less than
the amount due on the Notes;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee may bid for and acquire the property
offered for Sale, and may purchase any portion of the Collateral in a
private sale, and rather than paying cash, may settle the purchase price
by crediting the gross Sale price against the amount that would be
distributable as a result of the Sale in accordance with Section 5.05(b)
on the next Payment Date after the Sale without being required to produce
the Notes to complete the Sale or for the net Sale price to be credited
against the Notes, and any property so acquired by the Indenture Trustee
shall be held and dealt with by it in accordance with this Indenture;
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate
instrument of conveyance transferring its interest in any portion of the
Collateral in connection with its Sale;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the agent
and attorney-in-fact of the Issuer to transfer its interest in any
portion of the Collateral in connection with its Sale, and to take all
action necessary to effect the Sale; and
(v) no purchaser or transferee at a Sale need ascertain the
Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any
conditions precedent, or see to the application of any monies.
Section 5.18. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, may, and at the
direction of the Holders of 66(2)/3% of the Outstanding Amount of all Classes
shall exercise all rights of the Issuer against the Sponsor or the Master
Servicer in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the
right to take any action to obtain performance by either Seller or the
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Master Servicer, as the case may be, of each of their obligations to the
Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and to give any consent,
request, notice, direction, approval, extension, or waiver under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall not
be suspended.
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture
and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent
person would use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be determined solely
by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform only the duties
specifically stated in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed in them, on certificates, opinions,
or other documents furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
and the Indenture Trustee need not investigate into any of the matters
expressed in them; but in the case of certificates or opinions
specifically required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee must examine them to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this subsection does not limit the effect of Section 6.01(b);
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved
that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with the
direction received by it from the Holders of not less than 51% of the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes relating to the method and
place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available
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to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any
right conferred on the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the Sale
and Servicing Agreement;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
the occurrence of an Incipient Default, a Rapid Amortization Event, or of
any failure by the Master Servicer to comply with its obligations under
Section 6.01(i) or (ii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement unless a
Responsible Officer at the Corporate Trust Office obtains actual
knowledge of the failure or the Indenture Trustee receives notice of the
failure; and
(v) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Indenture or
in the exercise of any of its rights, if it has reasonable grounds to
believe that repayment of the funds or adequate indemnity against the
risk is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section and the TIA.
(e) The limitations on the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under
this Indenture shall not affect any obligations of the Indenture Trustee
acting as Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing whenever it may be so
acting.
Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults.
If an Incipient Default or Rapid Amortization Event occurs and is
continuing and if a Responsible Officer knows of it, the Indenture Trustee
shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Incipient Default or Rapid
Amortization Event within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of an
Incipient Default in payment of principal or interest on any Note, the
Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice to Noteholders so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.
Section 6.03. Rights of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee and the Co-Trustee may rely on any document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper person.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee or the Co-Trustee acts or refrains from
acting, it may require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel.
Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Co-Trustee shall be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer's
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel unless other evidence is specifically
required.
(c) The Indenture Trustee and the Co-Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers under this Indenture or perform any duties under this
Indenture either directly or through agents or counsel or a custodian or
nominee, and neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Co-Trustee shall be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the
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supervision of, any agent, counsel, custodian, or nominee appointed with due
care by it under this Indenture.
(d) The Indenture Trustee and the Co-Trustee may consult with counsel,
and the written advice of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to
this Indenture, the Transaction Documents, and the Notes and any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full authorization and protection from liability for any
action taken, omitted, or suffered by it under this Indenture in good faith
and in accordance with the advice of counsel or any Opinion of Counsel.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may enter into any amendment of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement as to which the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, and
when so requested by an Issuer Request and the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied, the Indenture Trustee shall enter into any amendment of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement
(i) that does not impose further obligations or liabilities on the
Indenture Trustee, and
(ii) as to which either the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied or
Holders of not less than 66(2)/3% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Classes have consented.
(f) With the consent of the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee may
appoint Custodians to hold any portion of the Collateral as agent for the
Indenture Trustee, by entering into a Custodial Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit B. Subject to this Article, the Indenture Trustee agrees to
comply with each Custodial Agreement and to enforce each Custodial Agreement
against the custodian for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Each custodian
shall be a depository institution (or an affiliate of a depository
institution) subject to supervision by federal or state authority and shall be
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Collateral.
Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee Not Responsible for Certain Things.
Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Co-Trustee shall be responsible for
and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of the Collateral
or any Transaction Document (other than the Indenture Trustee as to the
signature and authentication of the Indenture Trustee on the Notes). Neither
shall be responsible for any statement in this Indenture other than Section
6.14 or in any document issued in the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other
than the Indenture Trustee with respect to its certificate of authentication.
Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Co-Trustee is accountable for the
use or application by the Issuer of any of the Notes or of the proceeds of the
Notes, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor or the
Master Servicer on the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the
Collection Account by the Master Servicer. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor
the Co-Trustee shall be responsible for:
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(i) the validity and enforceability of any Mortgage or any Mortgage
Loan, or the perfection and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance
of its perfection and priority, or for the sufficiency of the Trust or
its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Noteholders
under this Indenture, or the sufficiency or validity of MERS or the
MERS(R) System, including the existence, condition, and ownership of any
Mortgaged Property;
(ii) the existence and enforceability of any hazard insurance on any
Mortgaged Property;
(iii) the validity of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the
Indenture Trustee or of any intervening assignment;
(iv) the completeness of any Mortgage Loan;
(v) the performance or enforcement of any Mortgage Loan;
(vi) any investment of monies by or at the direction of the Master
Servicer or any resulting loss;
(vii) the acts or omissions of any of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, any subservicer, or any mortgagor under a Mortgage;
(viii) any action of the Master Servicer or any subservicer taken in
the name of the Indenture Trustee; or
(ix) the failure of the Master Servicer or any subservicer to act or
perform any duties required of it as agent of the Indenture Trustee.
Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Co-Trustee shall be responsible for
filing any Financing or Continuation Statement in any public office at any
time or otherwise to perfect or maintain the perfection of any Security
Interest or lien granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or to
prepare or file any Commission filing for the Trust or to record this
Indenture.
Section 6.05. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.
The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, the
Sponsor, and their affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Indenture Trustee. The Co-Trustee, any other co-trustee, Paying Agent,
Note Registrar, co-registrar, or co-paying agent may do the same with like
rights.
Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust.
Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee or the Co-Trustee need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the
Transaction Documents. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Co-Trustee shall
be liable for interest on any money received by it except as it may agree in
writing.
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Section 6.07. Compensation.
(a) The compensation of the Indenture Trustee will be separately agreed
to between the Sponsor and the Indenture Trustee and, to the extent not paid
otherwise, will be payable after an Event of Default as provided in Section
5.05(b). To the extent funds available under Section 5.05(b) are insufficient
to pay the full amount of the fees, they will be paid by the Sponsor. Except
for amounts available for the purpose as provided in Section 5.05(b), the
Indenture Trustee shall have no claim against the Issuer or any of the
Collateral for the payment of any of its fees and expenses. The Indenture
Trustee shall not fail to perform its duties under the Transaction Documents
if its fees and expenses are not paid.
(b) The compensation of the Co-Trustee will be separately agreed to
between the Sponsor and the Co-Trustee and, to the extent not otherwise paid,
will be payable after an Event of Default as provided in Section 5.05(b) . To
the extent funds available under Section 5.05(b) are insufficient to pay the
full amount of the fees, they will be paid by the Master Servicer. Except for
amounts available for the purpose as provided in Section 5.05(b), the
Co-Trustee shall have no claim against the Issuer or any of the Collateral for
the payment of any of its fees and expenses. The Co-Trustee shall not fail to
perform its duties under this Indenture if its fees and expenses are not paid.
Section 6.08. Eligibility.
The Indenture Trustee shall be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States or any State, authorized under those laws
to exercise trust powers, and shall satisfy the requirements of Rule
3a-7(a)(4)(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Indenture Trustee
shall satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a) at all times. The
Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 as shown in its most recent published annual report of condition.
The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including the
optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA Section 310(b)(9).
However, any indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are
outstanding shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) if
the requirements for the exclusion in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met. The
principal office of any successor Indenture Trustee shall be in a state for
which an Opinion of Counsel has been delivered to the successor Indenture
Trustee at the time it is appointed to the effect that the Trust will not be a
taxable entity under the laws of the state of its principal office. Whenever
an Indenture Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall resign immediately in accordance
with Section 6.10.
Section 6.09. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who
has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the
extent indicated.
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Section 6.10. Replacement of Indenture Trustee.
No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of
a successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may
resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer, the Transferor, the Depositor,
and the Master Servicer. The Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of all Classes may remove the Indenture Trustee at any
time, and the Issuer shall then appoint a successor Indenture Trustee by so
notifying the Indenture Trustee, the Transferor, the Depositor, and the Master
Servicer. The Issuer (and if the Issuer fails to do so, the Transferor) shall
remove the Indenture Trustee and appoint a successor if:
(i) the Indenture Trustee fails to satisfy Section 6.08;
(ii) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Indenture
Trustee;
(iii) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting;
or
(iv) during the period in which the Depositor is required to file
Exchange Act reports with respect to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee
fails to comply with its obligations under the last sentence of Section
6.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, Article VII of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the preceding paragraph, or Section 6.12 and that
failure is not remedied within the lesser of 10 calendar days or the
period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be filed timely
(without taking into account any extensions).
As a condition to the effectiveness of a resignation by the Indenture
Trustee, at least 15 calendar days before the effective date of that
resignation, the Indenture Trustee must provide (x) written notice to the
Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information
reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with the Depositor's
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to the
resignation of the Indenture Trustee.
If the Indenture Trustee fails to satisfy Section 6.08, any Noteholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. If a
successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer, the Transferor, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, or
the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Classes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Indenture Trustee. If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is
removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture Trustee for any
reason, the Issuer, with the approval of the Transferor, shall promptly
appoint a successor Indenture Trustee for the retiring Indenture Trustee.
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Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer, the
Transferor, the Depositor, and the Master Servicer. The resignation or removal
of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective on the later of (x)
receipt of the written acceptance and (y) the successor providing the
Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply with the Depositor's reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K
with respect to a replacement trustee, and the successor Indenture Trustee
shall have all the rights and obligations, and automatically succeed to the
estate, of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture without any further act
or transfer. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to the Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly
deliver any instruments of transfer with respect to the trust estate requested
by the Issuer or the successor Indenture Trustee and deliver all property held
by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee. No proposed
successor Indenture Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
its acceptance it is eligible under Section 6.08.
Section 6.12. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger.
If the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to,
another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving, or
transferee corporation shall be the successor Indenture Trustee if it is
otherwise eligible under Section 6.08 without any further act on the part of
anyone. The Indenture Trustee shall provide each Rating Agency notice of any
such transaction.
If any of the Notes have been authenticated but not delivered when the
successor Indenture Trustee takes over, it may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Indenture Trustee and deliver the
authenticated Notes with the same effect as if it had authenticated the Notes.
At least 15 calendar days before the effective date of any merger or
consolidation of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will provide (x)
written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and
(y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply with the Depositor's reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K
with respect to a replacement Indenture Trustee.
Section 6.13. Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture
Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Collateral may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee
and the Issuer, acting jointly, may execute and deliver instruments to appoint
one or more persons approved by the Master Servicer to act as a co-trustees,
or separate trustees, of any part of the Collateral, and to vest in them, in
that capacity and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, title to any part of
the Collateral and any
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rights and obligations the Indenture Trustee considers appropriate, subject to
the other provisions of this Section. Pursuant to Section 6.15, the Co-Trustee
has been appointed as a co-trustee solely for the duties stated in Section
6.15 and no other. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Indenture need
satisfy the requirements for a successor trustee under Section 6.08, and no
notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be required under Section 6.09.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following:
(i) all rights and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be
performed by the Indenture Trustee and any separate trustee or co-trustee
(other than the Co-Trustee) jointly (the separate trustee or co-trustee
is not authorized to act without the Indenture Trustee joining in the
act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in
which any particular acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee is
unable to perform the acts, in which case the rights and obligations
(including holding title to any part of the Collateral) shall be
performed singly by the separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no trustee under this Indenture shall be personally liable for
any act or omission of any other trustee under this Indenture; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, and the Issuer may
at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
co-trustee.
(c) Except with respect to the Co-Trustee, any notice, request, or other
writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be considered to have been given
to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if
given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee, on its acceptance of the trusts
conferred, shall be subject to this Indenture and vested with the estates
specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture
Trustee or separately, as may be provided in the instrument of appointment.
Every instrument of appointment shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee and
a copy of it given to the Issuer.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under
this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee dies, becomes incapable of acting, resigns or is removed, all of
its estates, rights, and obligations shall vest in the Indenture Trustee, to
the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new trustee.
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Section 6.14. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee.
The Indenture Trustee represents and warrants that on the Closing Date:
(i) it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in
good standing under the laws of its place of incorporation;
(ii) it has full power and authority to execute, deliver, and
perform this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and has
taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery, and
performance by it of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Indenture and the fulfillment of its terms do not conflict with, result
in any breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time)
a default under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Indenture Trustee or any agreement or other instrument to which it is a
party or by which it is bound;
(iv) it does not have notice of any adverse claim (as used in
Section 8-302 of the UCC in effect in Delaware) with respect to the
Mortgage Loans;
(v) it satisfies the requirements of Section 6.08; and
(vi) to the Indenture Trustee's best knowledge, no proceedings or
investigations concerning the Indenture Trustee are pending or threatened
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over or its properties:
(A) asserting the invalidity of this Indenture,
(B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Indenture, or
(C) seeking any determination that might affect its performance
of its obligations under this Indenture or the validity or
enforceability of this Indenture.
Section 6.15. Co-Trustee and the Loan Insurance Policy.
(a) The Co-Trustee has been appointed solely to (i) receive and hold the
Loan Insurance Policy on behalf of the Noteholders and (ii) make aggregate
premium payments with respect to the Loan Insurance Policy as directed by the
Master Servicer and take the other actions expressly provided for in this
Section 6.15. The Co-Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely in its
capacity as Co-Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, is hereby directed to
hold the Loan Insurance Policy for the benefit of the Noteholders. The
Co-Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Loan Insurance Policy and agrees to
perform its duties in the manner described below.
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(b) The Co-Trustee's duties are limited to those expressly stated in this
Section 6.15, and the Co-Trustee shall not have any of the duties of the
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or any other Transaction Document.
(c) On each Payment Date upon receipt of funds from the Master Servicer
in accordance with Section 8.02(a), the Co-Trustee shall pay the amount
received from the Master Servicer to the Loan Insurance Policy Provider on the
Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance
with written instructions furnished by the Loan Insurance Policy Provider
pursuant to the Loan Insurance Policy. The Co-Trustee will establish and
maintain on behalf of the Noteholders an Eligible Account with the title
specified in the Adoption Annex. The Co- Trustee shall hold amounts deposited
in that account as trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The
Co-Trustee shall have no obligation to verify the accuracy of any amount to be
paid as aggregate premium payable to the Loan Insurance Policy Provider and
may rely conclusively on the written instructions of the Master Servicer. The
Master Servicer shall make any claims pursuant to and in accordance with the
Loan Insurance Policy and, except for the duties of the Co-Trustee in Section
6.15(a), shall perform all of the obligations of the insured under the Loan
Insurance Policy on behalf of the Co-Trustee and for the benefit of the
Noteholders. Payments by the Loan Insurance Policy Provider will be made
directly to the Master Servicer that will deposit them into the Collection
Account. However, if the Co-Trustee receives any payment under the Loan
Insurance Policy from the Loan Insurance Policy Provider, the Co-Trustee shall
pay them to the Master Servicer to be deposited in the Payment Account.
The wiring instructions for the Co-Trustee and the Indenture Trustee are
specified in the Adoption Annex.
(d) The Co-Trustee shall be entitled to the following rights and
immunities:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Co-Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture. The Co-Trustee shall
not be liable, individually or as Co-Trustee, except for its performance
of the duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by
the Co-Trustee in this Section 6.15, no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture or any other Transaction Document
against the Co-Trustee, and it may conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon any certificates or opinions furnished to it and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture that it reasonably believed in good faith
to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Co-Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Co-Trustee, for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer or Responsible Officers
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of the Co-Trustee, unless the Co-Trustee was grossly negligent or acted
in bad faith or with willful misfeasance;
(iii) the Co-Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Co-Trustee, for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith
and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred on it by this Indenture;
(iv) the Co-Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, or other paper or document;
(v) the Co-Trustee shall not be required to expend its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder if it has reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is
not assured to it;
(vi) the Co-Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would
have if it were not the Co-Trustee; and
(vii) the compensation and indemnification of the Co-Trustee shall
be separately agreed to between the Sponsor and the Co-Trustee.
(e) The Co-Trustee shall, at all times, be a corporation or association
organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of
America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers having
aggregate capital surplus and undivided profits of at least $50,000,000, and
subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state authority, and
otherwise acceptable to the Loan Insurance Policy Provider. If at any time the
Co-Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with this subsection, the
Co-Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 6.15(f). The corporation or national banking association
serving as Co-Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the
Transferor and its affiliates.
(f) The Co-Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created (1) by giving written notice of resignation to the Loan
Insurance Policy Provider and the Indenture Trustee, not less than 60 days
before the date specified in the notice when the resignation is to take
effect, and (2) upon acceptance of appointment by a successor co-trustee in
accordance with this Subsection and meeting the qualifications in Section
6.15(e). If no successor co-trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 60 days after the notice or resignation, the
resigning Co-Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor co-trustee.
If at any time (i) the Co-Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance
with Section 6.15(e) and fails to resign after written request by the Loan
Insurance Policy Provider or the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) the Co-Trustee
becomes incapable of acting, or is adjudged as bankrupt or
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insolvent, or a receiver of the Co-Trustee or of its property is appointed, or
any public officer takes charge of the Co-Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, or liquidation, then
the Loan Insurance Policy Provider or the Indenture Trustee may remove the
Co-Trustee and appoint a successor co-trustee by written instrument, with
copies delivered to the Co-Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, Loan Insurance
Policy Provider, and the successor co-trustee. Any successor co-trustee shall
be paid pursuant to an agreement with the Sponsor and the Collateral shall not
be used to satisfy any obligation to pay the compensation of the successor
co-trustee. Any resignation or removal of the Co-Trustee and appointment of a
successor co-trustee pursuant to this Subsection shall become effective only
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor co-trustee as provided in this
Subsection.
(g) Any successor co-trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.15(f)
shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Loan Insurance Policy Provider,
the Indenture Trustee, and to its predecessor co-trustee an instrument
accepting its appointment and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor co-trustee shall become effective and the successor co-trustee,
without anything further, shall become fully vested with all the rights and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if
originally named as co-trustee. The Co-Trustee shall deliver the Loan
Insurance Policy and any amounts held in its possession for the benefit of the
Loan Insurance Policy Provider to the successor co-trustee upon the
appointment of the successor co-trustee.
(h) The Co-Trustee represents and warrants as to itself that it is duly
authorized under applicable law and its organizational documents to execute
and deliver this Indenture, and to perform its obligations under Section 6.15
of this Indenture, and that all action necessary or required therefor has been
duly and effectively taken or obtained and all federal and state governmental
consents and approvals, if any, required with respect thereto have been
obtained.
(i) The Co-Trustee shall surrender the Loan Insurance Policy to the Loan
Insurance Policy Provider for cancellation upon the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture.
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Names and Addresses of Noteholders.
The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee not more than five days
after each Record Date a list of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes as of the Record Date in the form the Indenture Trustee reasonably
requires, and at any other times the Indenture Trustee requests in writing,
within 30 days after the Issuer receives the request, a list of similar form
and content as of a date not more than ten days before the time the list is
furnished. So long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Issuer
need not furnish these lists.
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Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as
provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes
received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable. The Indenture Trustee may destroy
any list furnished to it under Section 7.01 on receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) Noteholders may communicate with other Noteholders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes in the manner provided
under TIA Section 312(b).
(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Note Registrar shall have
the protections provided under TIA Section 312(c).
Section 7.03. Exchange Act Reports.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall prepare for filing and file in accordance
with the Exchange Act within 15 days after each Payment Date (subject to
permitted extensions under the Exchange Act) with the Commission a Form 10-D
with copies of the Monthly Statement and, to the extent delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, no later than 5 days following the Payment Date, any other
information identified by the Issuer or the Master Servicer (the "Additional
Designated Information") to be filed with the Commission. If the Issuer or
Master Servicer directs that any Additional Designated Information is to be
filed with any Form 10-D, the Issuer or Master Servicer, as the case may be,
shall specify the item on Form 10-D to which the information is responsive
and, with respect to any exhibit to be filed on Form 10-D, the exhibit number.
Any Additional Designated Information to be filed on Form 10-D shall be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee in ▇▇▇▇▇-compatible form. If no Additional
Designated Information is provided to the Indenture Trustee by the 5th day
after a Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will not be required to include
such information in the Form 10-D filing for the Payment Date. The Indenture
Trustee shall prepare for filing and file any amendment to any Form 10-D
previously filed with the Commission with respect to the Issuer at the request
of the Issuer or the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall sign each Form
10-D filed on behalf of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall encode these
filings to provide for automated filing notification instructions to the
Countrywide MBS Surveillance Group at its email address at
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ (or at any other address designated in writing by the
Master Servicer) in its ▇▇▇▇▇ submissions when making these filings.
(b) Other than the reports required to be filed on behalf of the Issuer
by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 7.03(a), the Issuer shall:
(i) file with the Commission and the Indenture Trustee copies of the
annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or
copies of the portions of any of these the Commission prescribes in its
rules and regulations) that the Issuer may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
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the Exchange Act, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the
same with the Commission;
(ii) file with the Commission and the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with the Commission's rules and regulations any additional
information, documents, and reports with respect to compliance by the
Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture the rules and
regulations require; and
(iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee summaries of any information,
documents, and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to
clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section and by the rules and regulations of
the Commission (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit them by mail to
all Noteholders described in TIA Section 313(c)).
(c) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer
shall end on December 31 of each year.
Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee.
If required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days after the date in each
year specified in the Adoption Annex, beginning with the date specified in the
Adoption Annex, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as
required by TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated that date that complies
with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA
Section 313(b). A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Noteholders shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and
each securities exchange on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall
notify the Indenture Trustee before the Notes are listed on any securities
exchange.
The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder the information
necessary for the Holder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns.
On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall make available to each
Noteholder, the Master Servicer, and each Rating Agency on its Internet
website the statement for Noteholders prepared by the Master Servicer and
delivered to it pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
for the Payment Date.
If the statement for Noteholders is not accessible to any of the
Noteholders, the Master Servicer, or either Rating Agency on the Indenture
Trustee's internet website, the Indenture Trustee shall forward a hard copy of
it to each Noteholder, the Master Servicer, and each Rating Agency immediately
after the Indenture Trustee becomes aware that it is not accessible to any of
them via its website. The address of the Indenture Trustee's internet website
where the statement for Noteholders will be accessible is
▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇. Assistance in using the Indenture Trustee's
internet website may be obtained by calling the Indenture Trustee's customer
service desk at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. The Indenture Trustee shall notify each
Noteholder, the Master Servicer, and each Rating Agency in writing of any
change in the address or means of access to the internet website where the
statement for Noteholders is accessible.
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The Indenture Trustee shall prepare (in a manner consistent with the
treatment of the Notes as indebtedness of the Issuer, Internal Revenue Service
Form 1099 (or any successor form) and any other tax forms required to be filed
or furnished to Noteholders covering payments by the Indenture Trustee (or the
Paying Agent) on the Notes and shall file and distribute them as required by
law. In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly furnish any information
reasonably requested by the Issuer that is reasonably available to the
Indenture Trustee to enable the Issuer to perform its federal and state income
tax reporting obligations.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS, AND RELEASES
Section 8.01. Accounts.
(a) The Indenture Trustee will establish and maintain on behalf of the
Noteholders an Eligible Account (the "Payment Account") with the title
specified in the Adoption Annex. The Indenture Trustee shall hold amounts
deposited in the Payment Account as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Secured Parties. The Indenture Trustee will, promptly upon receipt, deposit in
the Payment Account and retain in it the aggregate amount remitted by the
Master Servicer, any Sponsor Loss Coverage Amount paid to it by the Sponsor
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and any payments under the Loan
Insurance Policy received from the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
6.15(c). The Indenture Trustee shall invest amounts on deposit in the Payment
Account at the direction of the Master Servicer in Eligible Investments
payable on demand or maturing no later than the day before the next Payment
Date. All income realized from investment of funds in the Payment Account
shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer. Any losses incurred on funds
in the Payment Account that reduce their principal amount shall be immediately
deposited in the Payment Account by the Master Servicer out of its own funds.
Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer has
established the Collection Account. The Sale and Servicing Agreement requires
the Master Servicer to deposit specified collections on the Mortgage Loans
into the Collection Account no later than two Business Days before each
Payment Date and to deposit the amounts specified in Section 3.03 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement in the Payment Account on the dates specified in
Section 3.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and, not later than the
Business Day before each Payment Date, to withdraw from the Collection Account
and remit to the Indenture Trustee the amount to be applied on the next
Payment Date by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03, to the extent
on deposit in the Collection Account.
If on a Determination Date the Master Servicer notifies the Indenture
Trustee of the amount in the Collection Account allocable to Interest
Collections and Principal Collections for the Mortgage Loans for the related
Payment Date, then the Master Servicer may withdraw from the Collection
Account and the Payment Account and retain any amounts that constitute income
and gain realized from the investment of the collections.
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(b) The Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain an Additional Loan
Account with the title specified in the Adoption Annex. The Additional Loan
Account shall be an Eligible Account solely for the benefit of the Secured
Parties. Neither the Sponsor nor the Depositor shall have any interest in any
of the principal of the funds deposited into the Additional Loan Account. The
Additional Loan Account is not an asset of any REMIC created under the Trust
Agreement. The Additional Loan Account shall be maintained in accordance with
Section 8.02.
(c) On the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and
maintain in its name, in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Principal
Amount Notes, the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund and shall deposit in
it, upon receipt from or on behalf of the Depositor, $5,000. All funds on
deposit in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund shall be held separate
from, and not commingled with, any other money, including other money held by
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee shall make withdrawals from the Basis Risk
Carryforward Reserve Fund for distribution to the Principal Amount Notes in
the manner specified in Section 8.03(f). At the earlier of the retirement of
the Principal Amount Notes and the termination of the Trust in accordance with
Section 10.01, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to the Depositor all
monies remaining on deposit in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund after
making the distributions specified in Section 8.03(f). In addition, the
Indenture Trustee may withdraw from the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund
any amount deposited in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund and not
required to be deposited in it.
The Indenture Trustee shall invest amounts on deposit in the Basis Risk
Carryforward Reserve Fund at the written direction of the Master Servicer in
Eligible Investments payable on demand or maturing no later than the day
before the next Payment Date. All income realized from investment of funds in
the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund shall be for the benefit of the
Holders of the Class C Certificates. Any net investment earnings on such
amounts shall be retained therein until withdrawn as provided in Section
8.03(f). Any losses incurred on funds in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve
Fund that reduce their principal amount shall be charged against amounts on
deposit in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund immediately as realized.
The Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund will not be an asset of any REMIC
created under the Trust Agreement. The Class C Certificates shall evidence
ownership of the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund for federal tax
purposes.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, a Principal Reserve Fund in the name of the Indenture
Trustee. On the Closing Date, CHL shall deposit into the Principal Reserve
Fund $100.00. Funds on deposit in the Principal Reserve Fund shall not be
invested. The Principal Reserve Fund shall be treated as an outside reserve
fund under applicable Treasury regulations and shall not be part of any REMIC
created under the Trust Agreement.
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On the Business Day before the first Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall transfer $100.00 from the Principal Reserve Fund to the Payment Account,
and on the first Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw $100 from
the Payment Account and distribute it to the Issuer for distribution pursuant
to the Trust Agreement, and thereafter terminate the Principal Reserve Fund.
Section 8.02. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Additional
Loan Account.
(a) Upon delivery of an Officer's Certificate to the Indenture Trustee,
the Master Servicer may withdraw funds from the Collection Account for the
following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer its Servicing Fee to the extent
that it has not been retained pursuant to Section 3.02(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement;
(ii) to pay to the Master Servicer net earnings on amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account as provided in Section 8.01;
(iii) to pay from Principal Collections the amounts provided for the
purchase of Additional Balances pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement; and
(iv) to pay the aggregate premiums due under the Loan Insurance
Policy to the Co-Trustee in accordance with Section 6.15(c) and to pay
any other amounts due under the Loan Insurance Policy to the Loan
Insurance Policy Provider.
If the Master Servicer deposits in the Collection Account any amount not
required to be deposited or any amount representing payments by mortgagors
made by checks subsequently returned uncollected, it may at any time withdraw
that amount from the Collection Account upon delivery of an Officer's
Certificate to the Indenture Trustee.
(b) On the date on which the Indenture Trustee receives:
(i) the Officer's Certificate specified in Section 2.01(b)(ii)(I) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement confirming satisfaction of the
conditions precedent to subsequent additions in Section 2.01(b) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement on a Subsequent Closing Date,
(ii) the revised Mortgage Loan Schedule reflecting the addition of
the Additional Home Equity Loans covered by a Transfer Document, and
(iii) an Opinion of Counsel, substantially in the form delivered on
the Closing Date, addressed to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that a
court in a bankruptcy context addressing the transfer of the Additional
Home Equity Loans would characterize the transfer as a sale rather than
as a secured lending and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Indenture
Trustee relating to the perfection of security interest in the Additional
Home Equity Loans,
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the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw from the Additional Loan Account, and
release from the lien of this Indenture an amount equal to the Cut-off Date
Asset Balance of the Additional Home Equity Loans covered by the Transfer
Document.
(c) All earnings on funds in the Additional Loan Account under Section
2.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 8.02(b) are for the
account of the Master Servicer. The Additional Loan Account shall be invested
in Eligible Investments. If any funds remain in the Additional Loan Account on
the Latest Subsequent Closing Date, to the extent that they represent earnings
on the amounts originally deposited into the Additional Loan Account, the
Indenture Trustee shall distribute them to the order of the Master Servicer.
The remaining funds shall be transferred to the Collection Account and treated
as Investor Principal Collections.
(d) If at any time the Depositor becomes aware that the Cut-off Date
Asset Balance of Additional Home Equity Loans reflected on any Transfer
Document exceeds the actual Cut-off Date Asset Balance of the relevant
Additional Home Equity Loans, the Depositor shall so notify the Indenture
Trustee in writing and the Indenture Trustee shall redeposit into the
Additional Loan Account the excess reported to it by the Depositor.
Section 8.03. Payments.
(a) Payments of Investor Interest Collections and Investment Proceeds. On
each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute out of the Payment
Account (to the extent of Investor Interest Collections collected during the
related Collection Period) the following amounts and in the following order of
priority to the following persons (based on the information in the Servicing
Certificate):
(i) to pay accrued monthly interest on the Class A-IO Notes and
Aggregate Investor Interest on the Class A Notes, pro rata, based on
their respective entitlements;
(ii) sequentially, to the Class ▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, and Class B Notes, in that order, the Note
Interest for each such Class; and
(iii) to Excess Cashflow to be allocated as described in Section
8.03(c).
(b) Payment of Principal Collections. On each Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall pay Investor Principal Collections out of the Payment Account to
the Holders of each Class of Principal Amount Notes as follows:
(i) for each Payment Date before the Stepdown Date or on which a
Trigger Event is in effect,
(A) to the Class A Notes, until their Note Principal Balance is
reduced to zero,
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(B) sequentially, to the Class ▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, and Class B Notes, in that order, until
the Note Principal Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero,
(C) any remainder as part of the Excess Cashflow to be
allocated as described in Section 8.03(c), and
(ii) for each Payment Date on or after the Stepdown Date and so long
as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
(A) to the Class A Notes, the Class A Principal Distribution
Target Amount until its Note Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(B) sequentially, to the Class ▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, and Class B Notes, in that order, the
Principal Payment Amount for each such Class, until the Note
Principal Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero, and
(C) any remainder as part of the Excess Cashflow to be
allocated as described in Section 8.03(c).
(c) Payment of Excess Cashflow. On each Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall pay in the following order of priority, in each case to the
extent of the remaining Excess Cashflow:
(i) after the sixth Payment Date, to the Principal Amount Notes, the
Accelerated Principal Payment Amount in the order of priority of the
applicable principal payment waterfall in Section 8.03(b);
(ii) to pay to the Class A Notes any Investor Loss Amount for that
Class;
(iii) sequentially, to the Class ▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class B Notes, in that order, both (a) any
Unpaid Investor Interest Shortfall, then (b) any Investor Loss Amount for
each Class of Subordinate Notes;
(iv) to the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund, first the Basis
Risk Carryforward for each Class of Principal Amount Notes remaining
unpaid after application of amounts in the Basis Risk Carryforward
Reserve Fund under Section 8.03(f)(1), and second to restore the amount
in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund to $5,000;
(v) fifth, to pay any amounts required to be paid to the Master
Servicer with respect to the Notes pursuant to Sections 3.08 and 5.03 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement that have not been previously paid to
the Master Servicer; and
(vi) sixth, any remaining amount, to the Issuer to apply to the
applicable Certificates pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
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(d) Application of Subordinated Transferor Collections. If, after
applying Investor Interest Collections, and Investor Principal any Required
Amount remains unpaid for a Class, the Indenture Trustee shall, based on
information in the Servicing Certificate for the Payment Date, apply
Subordinated Transferor Collections to pay the unpaid Required Amounts for the
Class.
If, after making those payments the Required Amount remains unpaid, then
the remaining Investor Loss Amount for that Class shall have the effect of
reducing the Transferor Interest.
(e) Distributions to Issuer. On each Payment Date, based on the
information in the Servicing Certificate for the Payment Date and subject to
Section 8.03(a), (b), (c) and (d), the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to
the Issuer from amounts in the Payment Account
(i) any Net Draws Principal Payment for the Payment Date,
(ii) the Interest Collections that are not Investor Interest
Collections on the Payment Date for the related Collection Period and are
not paid out as Subordinated Transferor Collections under Section
8.03(d), and
(iii) the portion of Transferor Principal Collections for the
related Collection Period that are not paid out as Subordinated
Transferor Collections under Section 8.03(d) in excess of the Net Draws
Principal Payment for the Payment Date.
For the purposes of this Section 8.03(e), payments of Subordinated
Transferor Collections under Section 8.03(d) shall be considered to be made
first from Interest Collections until they are reduced to zero, and then from
Principal Collections.
(f) Distributions of Basis Risk Carryforward. On each Payment Date, any
amounts in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund shall be distributed by
the Indenture Trustee as follows:
(i) first, to the Classes of Principal Amount Notes, on a pro rata
basis, first based on the Note Principal Balances of each Class to which
any Basis Risk Carryforward is owed and second pro rata based on the
amount of the remaining unpaid Basis Risk Carryforward, the lesser of
(A) the amount available in the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve
Fund from any prior Payment Dates (and with respect to the first
Payment Date the $5,000 on deposit therein), and
(B) the aggregate Basis Risk Carryforward with respect to the
Principal Amount Notes for that Payment Date; and
(ii) second, from amounts deposited on that Payment Date in the
Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund for that purpose under Section
8.03(c)(iv), concurrently, to the Principal Amount Notes on a pro rata
basis, first based on the Note
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Principal Balances of each Class to which any Basis Risk Carryforward is
owed and second pro rata based on the amount of the remaining unpaid
Basis Risk Carryforward, up to the remaining amount of Basis Risk
Carryforward of each such Class.
Section 8.04. Calculation of the Note Rate.
On each Adjustment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall determine LIBOR for
the related Interest Period and inform the Master Servicer (at the facsimile
number given to the Indenture Trustee in writing) of the rate. On each
Determination Date, the Indenture Trustee shall determine the applicable Note
Rate for each Class of Interest Bearing Notes for the related Payment Date.
Section 8.05. Applied Liquidation Loss Amounts.
If on any Payment Date, after giving effect to the payments described in
Section 8.03, the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Principal Amount
Notes exceeds the sum of the Loan Pool Balance (minus Net Draws) and the
amount on deposit in the Additional Loan Account, the amount of the excess
will be applied first to reduce the Note Principal Balances of the Class B,
Class M-6, Class M-5, Class M-4, Class M-3, Class M-2 and Class M-1 Notes, in
that order, in each case until the Note Principal Balance of the Class has
been reduced to zero. After the Note Principal Balances of the Subordinate
Notes have been reduced to zero, the amount of such excess will be applied to
reduce the Note Principal Balance of the Class A Notes, until its Note
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero. On any Payment Date on which Net
Draws exist, Liquidation Loss Amounts will be allocated pro rata between the
Class R-1 Certificates (based on outstanding Net Draws) on the one hand and
the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Principal Amount Notes and the
Transferor Interest on the other hand.
If the Note Principal Balance of a Class of Principal Amount Notes has
been reduced through the application of Liquidation Loss Amounts as described
above, interest will accrue on the Note Principal Balance as so reduced.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures.
(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes and with prior notice
to each Rating Agency, subject to Section 9.05, the Issuer, the Co-Trustee,
and the Indenture Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Co-Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property subject to
the lien of this Indenture, or to confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any
property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this
Indenture, or to subject additional property to the lien of this
Indenture;
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(ii) to evidence the succession of another person to the Issuer
pursuant to this Indenture, and the assumption by the successor of the
covenants of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes in compliance
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, or to surrender any right conferred on the Issuer in this
Indenture;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage, or pledge any property
to or with the Indenture Trustee;
(v) to cure any ambiguity or mistake;
(vi) to correct or supplement any provision in this Indenture or in
any supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with any other
provision in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or the other
Transaction Documents;
(vii) to conform this Indenture to the final prospectus supplement
issued in respect of the Notes referred to in the Adoption Annex;
(viii) to modify, eliminate, or add to the provisions of this
Indenture as required by any Rating Agency or any other nationally
recognized statistical rating organization to maintain or improve any
rating of the Notes;
(ix) to modify, eliminate, or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to comply with any requirement imposed by the Code;
(x) to modify, eliminate, or add to the provisions of this Indenture
to the extent appropriate to maintain the qualification of the Trust as a
REMIC under the Code or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition
of any tax on the Trust pursuant to the Code that would be a claim
against the Trust at any time before the final redemption of the Notes;
(xi) to modify, eliminate, or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with any rules or regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(xii) to modify, eliminate, or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to the extent necessary to effect the qualification of this
Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter
enacted and to add to this Indenture other provisions expressly required
by the TIA; or
(xiii) to provide for the acceptance of the appointment of a
successor trustee under this Indenture and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture necessary to facilitate the administration
of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one trustee, pursuant to
the requirements of Article VI.
The Indenture Trustee and the Co-Trustee are authorized to join in the
execution of any supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations that may be contained in it.
(b) Without the consent of any of the Noteholders but with satisfaction
of the Rating Agency Condition, subject to Section 9.05, the Issuer, the
Co-Trustee, and the Indenture
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Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to this Indenture to change
this Indenture in any manner or to modify the rights of the Noteholders under
this Indenture that does not adversely affect in any material respects the
interests of any Noteholder, except that, without the consent of each affected
Noteholder by an Act of the applicable Noteholders delivered to the Issuer,
the Co-Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee and subject to Section 9.05, no
supplemental indenture under this Section 9.01(b) shall:
(i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of
any Principal Amount Note or interest on any Interest Bearing Note, or
reduce the principal amount of any Principal Amount Note, the interest
rate on any Interest Bearing Note, or its redemption price, or change any
place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or its
interest is payable;
(ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the
provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of available funds
to the payment of any amount due on the Notes after their due dates (or,
in the case of redemption, after the redemption date), as provided in
Article V;
(iii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount the consent of
the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture, or the
consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance
with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults under this
Indenture and their consequences or to direct the liquidation of the
Collateral;
(iv) modify any provision of Section 9.01(b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv),
or (v) except to increase any percentage specified in this Indenture or
provide that certain additional provisions of this Indenture or the
Transaction Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each Note affected by it; modify any of the provisions of
this Indenture in a manner affecting the calculation of the amount of any
payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any Payment Date
(including the calculation of any of the individual components of the
calculation) or affect the rights of the Holders of Notes to the benefit
of any provisions for the mandatory redemption of the Notes in this
Indenture; or
(v) permit the creation of any lien ranking before or on a parity
with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the
Collateral (except any change in any mortgage's lien status in accordance
with the Sale and Servicing Agreement) or, except as otherwise permitted
or contemplated in this Indenture, terminate the lien of this Indenture
on any property at any time subject to this Indenture or deprive the
Holder of any Note of the security provided by the lien of this
Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any
Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and that determination
shall be conclusive on the Holders of all Notes, whether authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture before or after that. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be liable for any determination made in good faith.
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An Act of Noteholders under this Section need not approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but is sufficient if it approves
the substance of the supplemental indenture.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer, the Co-Trustee, and the
Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Noteholders to which the supplemental
indenture relates a notice stating in general terms the substance of the
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail a notice,
or any defect in it, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the
validity of the supplemental indenture.
Section 9.02. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article, the
Indenture Trustee and the Co-Trustee may require and, subject to Sections 6.01
and 6.03, shall be fully protected in relying on an Opinion of Counsel
(addressed to the Indenture Trustee) stating that the execution of the
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Indenture Trustee and the Co-Trustee may, but need not, enter into any
supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee's or the
Co-Trustee's own rights or obligations under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indenture.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Indenture, this Indenture shall be changed in accordance with the supplemental
indenture, and the Indenture Trustee, the Co-Trustee, the Issuer, and the
Noteholders shall bound by the supplemental indenture.
Section 9.04. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.
Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and if required by the Indenture
Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to
any matter provided for in the supplemental indenture. If the Issuer so
determines, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to the supplemental indenture may be
prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the
Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.
Section 9.05. Tax Opinion.
This Indenture may not be amended under this Article or otherwise unless,
in connection with the amendment, an Opinion of Counsel is furnished to the
Indenture Trustee that the amendment will not result in a tax on any REMIC
created under the Trust Agreement pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause
any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Securities are outstanding.
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Section 9.06. Tax Matters
(a) The assets of the Issuer with respect to which a REMIC election is to
be made as provided in the Trust Agreement are intended to be a real estate
mortgage investment conduit, and the affairs of the Trust shall be conducted
so that each REMIC created pursuant to the Trust Agreement qualifies as a real
estate mortgage investment conduit.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall act as agent on behalf of the Trust and
as such agent the Indenture Trustee shall:
(i) prepare and file in a timely manner a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage
Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form
adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file with the
Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities
income tax or information returns for each taxable year for each REMIC as
required by the Code or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules,
and furnish to the Holders of the Notes and the Certificates any
schedules, statements, or information required by the Code or state or
local tax laws, regulations, or rules;
(ii) within thirty days of the Closing Date, furnish to the Internal
Revenue Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the
Code, the name, title, address, and telephone number of the person that
the Holders of the Notes and the Certificates may contact for tax
information relating to the Notes and the Certificates, together with
such additional information as may be required by Form 8811, and update
such information as required by the Code for the Issuer;
(iii) make elections on behalf of each REMIC to be treated as a
REMIC on the federal tax return of each REMIC for its first taxable year
(and, if necessary, under applicable state law);
(iv) prepare and forward to the Holders of the Notes and the
Certificates and to the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state
tax authorities, all information returns and reports as and when required
to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including
the calculation of any original issue discount;
(v) provide any information necessary for the computation of any tax
imposed on any transfer of a Residual Certificate (the reasonable cost of
computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the person
liable for the tax);
(vi) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC tax status of
any REMIC;
(vii) pay, from the sources specified in Section 3.12(c) of the
Trust Agreement or Section 9.06(c), as applicable, any federal or state
tax, including prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed
on any REMIC before its termination when and as they become payable (but
the Indenture Trustee or any other appropriate person may contest any
such tax in appropriate proceedings and the
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Indenture Trustee may withhold payment of the tax, if permitted by law,
pending the outcome of such proceedings);
(viii) ensure that federal, state, or local income tax or
information returns are signed as required by the Code or state or local
laws;
(ix) maintain records relating to each REMIC necessary to prepare
the foregoing returns, schedules, statements, or information, including
the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities of each REMIC, and the fair
market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined as required by
the Code; and
(x) subject to the succeeding sentence, represent any REMIC in any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or
audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative
adjustment as to any taxable year of any REMIC, enter into settlement
agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of
limitations relating to any tax item of any REMIC, and otherwise act on
behalf of any REMIC regarding any tax matter involving it. The Indenture
Trustee, as and when necessary and appropriate, may agree to represent
the trust in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an
examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an
administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of the trust provided
for herein, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing
agency, extend any statute of limitation relating to any tax matter of
the trust provided for herein, and otherwise act on behalf of the trust
provided for herein in relation to any tax matter involving the trust.
The fees for any representation or other assistance rendered by the
Indenture Trustee in connection with the tax-related services described
in the preceding sentence will be set forth in a separate agreement, if
necessary.
To enable the Indenture Trustee to perform its duties, the Issuer shall
provide to the Indenture Trustee within ten days after the Closing Date any
information that the Indenture Trustee requests in writing and determines to
be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the
Notes and the Certificates, including the price, yield, prepayment assumption,
and projected cash flows of the Notes and the Certificates and the Mortgage
Loans. Thereafter, the Issuer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee promptly
upon written request therefor, any additional information that the Indenture
Trustee requests to enable it to perform these duties.
(c) If any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any REMIC as
defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure
property" of a REMIC as defined in section 860G(c) of the Code, on any
contribution to a REMIC after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of
the Code, or any other tax is imposed on any REMIC (including any federal,
state, or local tax), the tax shall be paid by the Indenture Trustee, if the
tax arises out of a breach by the Indenture Trustee of any of its obligations
described in Section 9.06(b).
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(d) The Indenture Trustee shall treat the rights of the holders of
Principal Amount Notes to receive payments from the Basis Risk Carryforward
Reserve Fund as rights in a notional principal contract written by the Holders
of the Class C Certificates in respect of any Basis Risk Carryforward
distributed in favor of the holders of the Principal Amount Notes. Thus, the
Principal Amount Notes and the Class C Certificates shall be treated as
representing ownership of not only Master REMIC regular interests, but also
ownership of an interest in an interest rate cap contract.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall treat the Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve
Fund as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
1.860G-2(h) that is owned by the Holders of the Class C Certificates, and that
is not an asset of any REMIC.
ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 10.01. Redemption.
(a) The Principal Amount Notes are subject to redemption in whole on any
Payment Date on or after the Optional Termination Date. The redemption price
for each Class of Principal Amount Notes shall be the Note Principal Balance
for that Class plus accrued aggregate Note Interest for that Class through the
day before the redemption date plus interest accrued on the aggregate Unpaid
Investor Interest Shortfall for that Class of Notes, to the extent legally
permissible. No premium or penalty will be payable by the Issuer in any
redemption of the Notes.
(b) The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of its election to
redeem the Principal Amount Notes not later than the first day of the month
preceding the month of the redemption. The Indenture Trustee shall first
notify the Master Servicer and the Co-Trustee and then notify the Noteholders
by letter mailed or sent by facsimile transmission not earlier than the 15th
day and not later than the 25th day of the month before the month of the
redemption.
Payment on the Principal Amount Notes will only be made on presentation
and surrender of the Notes at the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee
specified in the redemption notice. By the redemption date, the Issuer shall
deposit in the Payment Account in immediately available funds an amount that,
when added to the funds on deposit in the Payment Account and the Collection
Account that are payable to the Noteholders, equals the redemption price for
each Class of Principal Amount Notes, whereupon all the Notes called for
redemption shall be payable on the redemption date.
(c) On presentation and surrender of the Principal Amount Notes, the
Indenture Trustee shall pay to the Holders of Notes on the redemption date an
amount equal to their redemption price.
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If all of the Noteholders do not surrender their Principal Amount Notes
for final payment and cancellation by the redemption date, the Indenture
Trustee shall hold in the Payment Account, for the benefit of the Noteholders
and the Issuer, the remaining amounts representing the redemption price not
distributed in redemption to Noteholders.
(d) Any election to redeem Principal Amount Notes pursuant to Section
10.01(a) shall be evidenced by an Issuer Order. The Issuer Order shall specify
the items required in the notice of redemption to be mailed to Noteholders.
The Issuer shall notify each Rating Agency of the redemption.
Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice.
Notice of redemption under Section 10.01 shall be given by the Indenture
Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile or other
reliable electronic means (promptly confirmed by mail) to each Holder of
Principal Amount Notes as of the close of business on the Record Date
preceding the redemption date, at the Holder's address or facsimile number
appearing in the Note Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price;
(iii) the amount of interest accrued to the redemption date;
(iv) the place where Principal Amount Notes are to be surrendered
for payment of the redemption price (which shall be the office or agency
of the Issuer maintained pursuant to Section 3.02); and
(v) that on the redemption date, the redemption price will become
payable on each Principal Amount Note and that interest on the Principal
Amount Notes shall cease to accrue beginning on the redemption date.
Notice of redemption of the Principal Amount Notes shall be given by the
Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to
give notice of redemption, or any defect in it, to any Holder of any Principal
Amount Note shall not affect the validity of the redemption of any other
Principal Amount Note.
Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date.
Following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.02, on the
redemption date the Principal Amount Notes shall become payable at the
redemption price and (unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the
redemption price) no interest shall accrue on the redemption price for any
period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of
calculating the redemption price.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
(a) Whenever the Issuer requests the Indenture Trustee to take any action
under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate stating that any conditions precedent provided for in
this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in its opinion any conditions precedent have
been complied with.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each signatory of the certificate or opinion
has read the covenant or condition and the definitions in this Indenture
relating to it;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation on which the statements or opinions in the certificate
or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each signatory, the
signatory has made any examination or investigation necessary for the
signatory to express an informed opinion about whether or not the
covenant or condition has been complied with;
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each signatory,
the condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(v) if the signer of the certificate is required to be Independent,
the statement required by the definition of Independent.
(b)
(i) Before the deposit of any Collateral or other property with the
Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any
property subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in
addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in
this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate
stating the opinion of each person signing the certificate as to the fair
value (within 90 days of the deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or
other property to be deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating the opinion of any signer as to
the matters described in clause (b)(i), the Issuer shall also deliver to
the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters,
if the fair value to the Issuer of the property to be deposited as the
basis of any release and of all other property made the basis of any
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release since the commencement of the then-current calendar year as
described in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (b)(i) is 10%
or more of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Principal
Amount Notes, but the certificate need not be furnished for any
securities deposited, if their fair value to the Issuer as described in
the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than 1% of
the then aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Principal Amount
Notes.
(iii) Whenever any property is to be released from the lien of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate stating the opinion of each person signing the
certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of the release) of the
property proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of that
person the proposed release will not impair the security under this
Indenture in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating the opinion of any signer as to
the matters described in clause (b)(iii), the Issuer shall also furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same
matters if the fair value of the property and of all other property
released from the lien of this Indenture since the commencement of the
then-current calendar year, as described in the certificates required by
clause (b)(iii) and this clause (b)(iv), equals 10% or more of the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Principal Amount Notes,
but the certificate need not be furnished for any release of property if
its fair value as described in the related Officer's Certificate is less
than $25,000 or less than 1% of the then aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Classes of Principal Amount Notes.
(v) Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer may,
without compliance with the other requirements of this Section, (A)
collect, liquidate, sell, or otherwise dispose of Collateral as and to
the extent permitted by the Transaction Documents, and (B) make cash
payments out of the Collection Account as and to the extent permitted by
the Transaction Documents, so long as the Issuer delivers to the
Indenture Trustee every six months, beginning six months after the date
of this Indenture, an Officer's Certificate of the Issuer stating that
all the dispositions of Collateral described in clauses (A) and (B) that
occurred during the preceding six months were in the ordinary course of
the Issuer's business and that their proceeds were applied in accordance
with the Transaction Documents.
Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified person, all the matters need not be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one person, or be certified
or covered by only one document. One person may certify or give an opinion
with respect to some matters and one or more other persons as to
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other matters, and any person may certify or give an opinion as to one matter
in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be
based on a certificate or opinion of counsel insofar as it relates to legal
matters, unless the officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that with respect to the matters on which the officer's
certificate or opinion is based the certificate or opinion is erroneous. Any
certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based on a
certificate or opinion of officers of any appropriate party to any of the
Transaction Documents insofar as it relates to factual matters, stating that
the information with respect to the factual matters is in the possession of
the party, unless the person signing knows, or in the exercise of reasonable
care should know, that the certificate or opinion is erroneous.
Where any person is required to deliver two or more documents under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated into one document.
If the Issuer is required to deliver any document as a condition of the
granting of any request, or as evidence of its compliance with this Indenture,
the request may be denied or the certification of compliance will be
unacceptable if the document is inaccurate. This provision shall not, however,
affect the Indenture Trustee's right to rely on the accuracy of any statement
or opinion in any document as provided in Article VI.
Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver, or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by Noteholders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture
the action shall become effective when the instruments are delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and, if expressly required, to the Issuer. The instruments
(and the action embodied in them) are referred to as the "Act" of the
Noteholders signing the instruments. Proof of execution of any instrument or
of a writing appointing an agent for a Noteholder shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of
the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any instrument
may be proved by an affidavit of a witness to the execution or the certificate
of any notary public or other person authorized by law to acknowledge the
execution of deeds. Any certificate on behalf of a jural entity executed by a
person purporting to have authority to act on behalf of the jural entity shall
itself be sufficient proof of the authority of the person executing it to act.
The fact and date of the execution by any person of any instrument may also be
proved in any other manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The Note Register shall prove the ownership of Notes.
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(d) Any Act by the Holder of a Note shall bind every Holder of the same
Note and every Note issued on its transfer or in exchange for it or in lieu of
it, in respect of anything done, omitted, or suffered to be done by the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance on the Act, whether or not
notation of the action is made on the Note.
Section 11.04. Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver,
Act, or other action or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given to:
(i) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer shall
be sufficient for every purpose under this Indenture if given in writing
and delivered by first-class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier,
personally delivered, or facsimile (followed by the original by any other
means authorized by this Section) to the Indenture Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, or
(ii) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall
be sufficient for every purpose under this Indenture if given in writing
and delivered by first-class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier,
personally delivered, or facsimile (followed by the original by any other
means authorized by this Section) to the Issuer addressed as provided in
the Adoption Annex or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer; or
(iii) the Co-Trustee by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, or by any
Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose under this Indenture if
given in writing and delivered by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
overnight courier, personally delivered, or facsimile (followed by the
original by any other means authorized by this Section) (unless otherwise
specifically provided) to the Co-Trustee addressed as provided in the
Adoption Annex or at any other address previously furnished in writing to
the Indenture Trustee by the Co-Trustee; or
(iv) to each Rating Agency by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee
shall be sufficient for every purpose under this Indenture if given in
writing and delivered by first-class mail, postage prepaid, overnight
courier, personally delivered, or facsimile (followed by the original by
any other means authorized by this Section) to the parties at the
addresses as provided in the Adoption Annex or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer.
Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, the
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise expressly provided in
this Indenture) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each
Noteholder affected by the event, at the Holder's address as it appears on the
Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of the notice. Whenever notice to
Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail the notice nor any
defect in a notice mailed to any particular
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Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice with respect to other
Noteholders. Any notice that is mailed in the manner provided in this
Indenture shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, any person
entitled to receive it may waive the notice in writing, either before or after
the event, and the waiver shall be the equivalent of notice. Waivers of notice
by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but the filing shall
not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance
on a waiver.
If it is impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when the
notice is required to be given pursuant to this Indenture because of the
suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage, or
similar activity, then any manner of giving the notice satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee shall be considered to be a sufficient giving of the notice.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to each Rating Agency, failure
to give the notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created
under this Indenture, and shall not under any circumstance constitute an
Incipient Default.
Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to
the contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any Holder of a
Note providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or
any Paying Agent to the Holder, that is different from the methods provided
for in this Indenture. The agreement may not accelerate the timing or increase
the amount of any payments to the Noteholder or cause any release of or other
change in any Collateral. The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a
copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to
be made and notices to be given in accordance with them.
Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with
another provision of this Indenture that is required to be included in this
Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required provision shall control.
The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any
person (including the provisions automatically included in this Indenture
unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this
Indenture, whether or not physically in this Indenture.
Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Indenture.
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Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns.
All agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the
Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, assigns,
co-trustees, and agents.
Section 11.10. Separability.
If any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal,
or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Indenture and the Notes shall not be affected in any way.
Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give
to any person, other than the parties to this Indenture and their successors
under this Indenture, the Master Servicer (under Article VIII), any person
with an ownership interest in the Trust, and the Noteholders, any benefit or
any legal or equitable right under this Indenture.
Section 11.12. Legal Holidays.
If the date on which any payment is due is not a Business Day, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment
need not be made on that date, but may be made on the next Business Day with
the same force as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest
shall accrue for the period after the nominal due date.
Section 11.13. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD
RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
Section 11.14. Counterparts; Electronic Delivery.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be considered an original, but all the counterparts
shall together constitute a single instrument. Any signature page to this
Indenture containing a manual signature may be delivered by facsimile
transmission or other electronic communication device capable of transmitting
or creating a printable written record, and when so delivered shall have the
effect of delivery of an original manually signed signature page.
Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture.
This Indenture is a Security Agreement under the UCC. If this Indenture
is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, the
recording is to be effected by the Issuer but only at the request and expense
of Noteholders accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to
the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee) to the effect that the recording materially and
beneficially affects the interests of the Noteholders or any other person
secured under this Indenture or the enforcement of any right granted to the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
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Section 11.16. No Petition.
The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, any Paying Agent,
by accepting its appointment as such, the Issuer, and each Noteholder, by
accepting a Note, hereby covenant that they will not at any time institute
against the Issuer or the Depositor, or join in any institution against the
Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or
liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal
or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating
to the Notes, this Indenture, or any of the other Transaction Documents. This
Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
Section 11.17. Non-recourse.
The Issuer and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note, agree that
the indebtedness represented by the Notes is non-recourse to the Issuer, and
is payable solely from the assets of the Trust.
Section 11.18. Trust Obligation.
No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the
obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Co-Trustee, or the Indenture
Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other
writing delivered in connection this Indenture, against (i) the Indenture
Trustee, the Co-Trustee, or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii)
any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, or (iii) any partner, owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee, or agent of the Indenture
Trustee, the Co-Trustee, or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any
holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Co-Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee, the Co-Trustee, or the Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of any
obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, Articles VI, VII, and VIII of the
Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Indenture have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed by their officers, thereunto duly authorized,
all as of the day and year first above written.
CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES
2006-A
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Financial Services Officer
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Indenture Trustee,
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Co-Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF NOTES
[FOR PRINCIPAL BALANCE NOTES]
Each transferee or purchaser of this Note that is a plan or is investing
plan assets, by acceptance of this Note or an interest in this Note,
represents that the investment and holding of this Note satisfy the conditions
for exemptive relief under ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇-▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
96-23, or a similar exemption. A "plan" is an employee benefit plan (as
defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan
(as defined in and subject to section 4975 of the Code) and any entity whose
underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the
entity or otherwise.
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange,
or payment, and any Note issued in exchange for this Note is registered in the
name of the Depository or in another name requested by an authorized
representative of the Depository (and any payment on this Note is made to the
Depository or to another entity requested by an authorized representative of
the Depository), any transfer, pledge, or other use of this Note for value or
otherwise by or to any person is wrongful inasmuch as the registered owner of
this Note, the Depository, has an interest in this Note.
Solely for U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes, this note is a "regular
interest" in a "real estate mortgage investment conduit," as those terms are
defined, respectively, in Sections 860G and 860D of the internal revenue code
of 1986, as amended.
Any transfer in violation of either of the foregoing will be void ab
initio, and will not operate to transfer any rights to the transferee,
notwithstanding any instructions to the contrary.
[INSERTS FOR SUBORDINATE NOTES ONLY-][This Note is subordinated in right of
payment to certain Notes as described in the Indenture referred to herein.]
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CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 200[o]-[o]
REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTE
SERIES 200[?]-[?]
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Registered Principal Amount: $[___________]
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No. [____] Percentage Interest: [__]%
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CUSIP No. [_______] Initial Payment Date: [___________]
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Class [_____] Note Rate: Variable
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The Issuer, CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 20[o]-[o],
promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns the Principal Amount,
payable on each Payment Date in an amount equal to the Percentage Interest of
the aggregate amount payable from the Payment Account as principal on the
Notes pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Indenture, dated as of [o][o],
200[o](the "Indenture"), between the Issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Indenture Trustee, [and Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Co-Trustee].
The entire remaining outstanding principal balance of this Note is payable on
the Payment Date in [INSERT MATURITY DATE]. Capitalized terms used in this
Note that are not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture, and if not defined there, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and
if not defined there, in the Trust Agreement between the Issuer and Wilmington
Trust Company, as Owner Trustee.
Interest will be paid on the 15th day of each month or if that is not a
Business Day, then on the next Business Day (the "Payment Date"), commencing
on the first Payment Date specified above, to the person in whose name this
Note is registered at the close of business on the last day preceding the
Payment Date (the "Record Date") at the Note Rate. Interest will be computed
on the basis of the actual number of days in the Interest Period and a 360-day
year.
The "Note Rate" for the first Interest Period is a per annum rate equal
to the sum of (a) the interpolated one-month and two-month LIBOR and (b)
[INSERT SPREAD]%, and for any subsequent Interest Period, a per annum rate
equal to the least of: (i) the sum of (a) LIBOR as of the second LIBOR
Business Day before the first day of that Interest Period and (b) [INSERT
SPREAD]%, (ii) the Maximum Rate for the Class [INSERT CLASS DESIGNATION] Notes
for that Interest Period, and (iii) [INSERT FIXED CAP]%.
The interpolated one-month and two-month LIBOR shall be equal to
one-month LIBOR for the first Interest Period plus the product of
o the excess of two-month LIBOR for the first Interest Period over
one-month LIBOR for the first Interest Period, multiplied by
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o a fraction whose numerator is the number of days from the
one-month anniversary of the Closing Date to the first Payment Date and
whose denominator is 30.
The "Maximum Rate" for any Interest Period is the Weighted Average Net
Loan Rate for the Mortgage Loans for the Collection Period during which an
Interest Period begins (adjusted to an effective rate reflecting accrued
interest calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the
Collection Period commencing in the month in which that Interest Period
commences and a year assumed to consist of 360 days).
"LIBOR" for any day means the rate for United States dollar deposits for
one month that appears on the Moneyline Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of 11:00
A.M., London time that day. If LIBOR does not appear on that page (or a page
replacing that page on that service or, if that service is no longer offered,
any other service for displaying LIBOR or comparable rates reasonably selected
by the Depositor after consultation with the Indenture Trustee), the rate will
be the reference bank rate.
The reference bank rate for an Interest Period means the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards to the nearest one sixteenth of a percent) of the offered
rates for United States dollar deposits offered by three major banks engaged
in transactions in the London interbank market, selected by the Depositor
after consultation with the Indenture Trustee, as of 11:00 A.M., London time,
on the second LIBOR Business Day before the first day of the Interest Period,
to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period of one month in
amounts approximately equal to the outstanding Note Principal Balance if at
least two of the banks provide an offered rate.
If fewer than two offered rates are quoted, the reference bank rate will
be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by one or more major banks in New
York City, selected by the Depositor after consultation with the Indenture
Trustee, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second LIBOR Business
Day before the first day of the Interest Period, for loans in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks for a period of one month in amounts approximately
equal to the outstanding Note Principal Balance. If no such quotations can be
obtained, the reference bank rate shall be LIBOR for the preceding Interest
Period.
"LIBOR Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a
day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or in the City of
London, England are required or authorized by law to be closed.
This Note is one of the Notes from a duly authorized issue of Notes
issued by CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, designated as
Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Notes, Series 2006-A.
Payments on this Note will be made by the Indenture Trustee, or by the
Paying Agent appointed pursuant to the Indenture, by check mailed to the
person entitled thereto as its name and address appears on the Note Register
or, upon written request by the person delivered to the
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Indenture Trustee at least five Business Days before the related Record Date,
by wire transfer (but only if the person owns of record Notes having principal
denominations aggregating at least $1,000,000), or by any other means of
payment the person and the Indenture Trustee agree to. Notwithstanding the
above, the final payment on this Note will be made after due notice by the
Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, and only upon presentation and
surrender of this Note at the office or agency appointed by the Indenture
Trustee for that purpose.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is
made to the Indenture for the rights and obligations under it.
Solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes, this Note is a "regular
interest " in a "Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit," as those terms are
defined in sections 860G and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, and the Co-Trustee may amend the Indenture in certain
limited ways. Without the consent of any of the Noteholders but with
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, and the Co-Trustee may amend the Indenture to change the Indenture in
any manner or to modify the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture
except amendments that require the consent of each affected Noteholder. No
supplemental indenture may, without the consent of each affected Noteholder:
(i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal or
interest on any Note, or reduce its principal amount, its interest rate,
or its redemption price, or change any place of payment where, or the
coin or currency in which, any Note or its interest is payable;
(ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the
provisions of the Indenture requiring the application of available funds
to the payment of any amount due on the Notes after their due dates (or,
in the case of redemption, after the redemption date);
(iii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount the consent of
the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture, or the
consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance
with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences or to direct the liquidation of the
Collateral;
(iv) modify any provision of the Section of the Indenture covering
indenture supplements only with the consent of affected Noteholders
except to increase any percentage specified in the Indenture or provide
that certain additional provisions of the Indenture or the Transaction
Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder
of each Note affected by it; modify any of the provisions of the
Indenture in a manner affecting the calculation of the amount of any
payment of interest
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or principal due on any Note on any Payment Date (including the
calculation of any of the individual components of the calculation) or
affect the rights of the Holders of Notes to the benefit of any
provisions for the mandatory redemption of the Notes in the Indenture; or
(v) permit the creation of any lien ranking before or on a parity
with the lien of the Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral
(except any change in any mortgage's lien status in accordance with the
Sale and Servicing Agreement) or, except as otherwise permitted or
contemplated in the Indenture, terminate the lien of the Indenture on any
property at any time subject to the Indenture or deprive the Holder of
any Note of the security provided by the lien of the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture, the transfer of this Note is registrable in
the Note Register of the Note Registrar on surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency maintained by the Note
Registrar for that purpose, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Note
Registrar duly executed by its Holder or the Holder's attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon new Notes of the same Class and of authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest of the
Notes will be issued to the designated transferees. The Notes are issuable
only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations specified in the
Indenture. As provided in the Indenture, Notes are exchangeable for new Notes
of like tenor in authorized denominations and evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
Before due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer, or the Indenture
Trustee may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as its
owner for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and none of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, or any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
The Issuer may effect an early retirement of all Classes of Notes by
paying the retransfer price and accepting retransfer of the Trust Assets on
any Payment Date after the Note Principal Balance of all Classes of Notes is
less than or equal to 10% of the Original Note Principal Balance of all
Classes of Notes.
Each Holder or beneficial owner of this Note, by acceptance of a Note or,
in the case of a beneficial owner of this Note, a beneficial interest in this
Note, agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that will not at any
time institute against the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, or the
Issuer, or join in any institution against any of them of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceedings under any
▇-▇-▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture, or the Transaction
Documents.
Anything in this Note to the contrary notwithstanding, none of Wilmington
Trust Company in its individual capacity, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its
individual capacity, Chase Bank USA, National Association, in its individual
capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, or any of their
respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees, or
successors or assigns shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on this Note
or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the obligations under the
Indenture. The holder of this Note by its acceptance of this Note agrees that
the holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any
deficiency, loss, or claim. Nothing in this Note shall be taken to prevent
recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any
obligations under the Indenture or in this Note.
The Issuer and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note, agree that
the indebtedness represented by the Notes is non-recourse to the Issuer, and
is payable solely from the assets of the Issuer and their proceeds.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD
RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
Unless the certificate of authentication on this Note has been executed
by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, by manual or facsimile signature,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be
valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.
Dated:
Wilmington Trust Company
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By: ____________________________
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Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Notes referenced
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: ________________________
Authorized Officer
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FORM OF NOTES
[FOR INTEREST ONLY NOTES]
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange,
or payment, and any Note issued in exchange for this Note is registered in the
name of the Depository or in another name requested by an authorized
representative of the Depository (and any payment on this Note is made to the
Depository or to another entity requested by an authorized representative of
the Depository), any transfer, pledge, or other use of this Note for value or
otherwise by or to any person is wrongful inasmuch as the registered owner of
this Note, the Depository, has an interest in this Note.
Solely for U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes, this note is a "regular
interest" in a "real estate mortgage investment conduit," as those terms are
defined, respectively, in Sections 860G and 860D of the internal revenue code
of 1986, as amended.
This Note may not be transferred to a plan or to an entity investing plan
assets. A "plan" is an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"))
that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan (as defined in and subject to
section 4975 of the Code) and any entity whose underlying assets include plan
assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity or otherwise.
Any transfer in violation of either of the foregoing will be void ab
initio, and will not operate to transfer any rights to the transferee,
notwithstanding any instructions to the contrary.
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CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 200[o]-[o]
REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTE
SERIES 200[o]-[o]
----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
Registered Notional Amount: $[___________]
----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
No. [____] Percentage Interest: [__]%
----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
CUSIP No. [_______] Initial Payment Date: [INSERT SECOND PAYMENT DATE]
----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
Class A-IO Note Rate: Variable
----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
The Issuer, CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 200[o]-[o],
promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns the interest payable on
each of the [second, third, forth, fifth, and sixth] Payment Dates at the Note
Rate accrued during the [CONFIRM AND REMOVE BRACKETS][second, third, forth,
fifth, and sixth] Interest Periods, respectively, at the Note Rate on the
Class [A-IO] Notional Balance in an amount equal to the Percentage Interest of
the aggregate amount payable from the Payment Account as interest on the Notes
pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Indenture, dated as of [o] [o], 200[o] (the
"Indenture"), between the Issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Indenture
Trustee, and Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Co-Trustee. Capitalized
terms used in this Note that are not otherwise defined have the meanings given
to them in the Indenture, and if not defined there, in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and if not defined there, in the Trust Agreement between the Issuer
and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee.
A "Payment Date" is the 15th day of each month or if that is not a
Business Day, then on the next Business Day, commencing in [INSERT MONTH OF
FIRST PAYMENT DATE] 200[_], to the person in whose name this Note is
registered at the close of business on the last day of the month preceding a
Payment Date (the "Record Date") at the Class A-IO Note Rate. Interest will be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the Interest Period and
a 360-day year.
The "Class A-IO Notional Balance" is the lesser of the Class A-IO
Scheduled Balance below and the Loan Pool Balance for the previous Payment
Date less Net Draws.
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Payment Date Class A-IO Scheduled Balance ($)
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Second []
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Third []
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Fourth []
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Fifth []
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Sixth []
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------
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On the first Payment Date and on each Payment Date after the September
2006 Payment Date, the Class A-IO Notional Balance will be zero and, as a
result, this Class A-IO Note will receive interest only on the second through
the sixth Payment Dates and shall thereafter automatically expire.
The "Class A-IO Note Rate" means the lesser of
o [INSERT RATE]% per annum and
o the Weighted Average Net Loan Rate of the Mortgage Loans minus
the weighted average note rate of the Principal Amount Notes
for that Interest Period, adjusted to an effective rate
reflecting the accrual of interest based on a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months multiplied by a fraction
whose numerator is the Loan Pool Balance for the previous
Payment Date (minus Net Draws) and whose denominator is the
Class [A-IO] Notional Balance.
This Note is one of the Notes from a duly authorized issue of Notes
issued by CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, designated as
Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Notes, Series 2006-A.
Payments on this Note will be made by the Indenture Trustee, or by the
Paying Agent appointed pursuant to the Indenture, by check mailed to the
person entitled thereto as its name and address appears on the Note Register
or, upon written request by the person delivered to the Indenture Trustee at
least five Business Days before the related Record Date, by wire transfer (but
only if the person owns of record Notes having a notional amount aggregating
at least $1,000,000), or by any other means of payment the person and the
Indenture Trustee agree to. Notwithstanding the above, the final payment on
this Note will be made after due notice by the Indenture Trustee or the Paying
Agent, and only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or
agency appointed by the Indenture Trustee for that purpose.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is
made to the Indenture for the rights and obligations under it.
Solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes, this Note is a "regular
interest " in a "Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit," as those terms are
defined in sections 860G and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, and the Co-Trustee may amend the Indenture in certain
limited ways. Without the consent of any of the Noteholders but with
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, and the Co-Trustee may amend the Indenture to change the Indenture in
any manner or to modify the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture
except amendments that require the consent of each affected Noteholder. No
supplemental indenture may, without the consent of each affected Noteholder:
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(i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal or
interest on any Note, or reduce its principal amount, its interest rate,
or its redemption price, or change any place of payment where, or the
coin or currency in which, any Note or its interest is payable;
(ii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the
provisions of the Indenture requiring the application of available funds
to the payment of any amount due on the Notes after their due dates (or,
in the case of redemption, after the redemption date);
(iii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount the consent of
the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture, or the
consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance
with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences or to direct the liquidation of the
Collateral;
(iv) modify any provision of the Section of the Indenture covering
indenture supplements only with the consent of affected Noteholders
except to increase any percentage specified in the Indenture or provide
that certain additional provisions of the Indenture or the Transaction
Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder
of each Note affected by it; modify any of the provisions of the
Indenture in a manner affecting the calculation of the amount of any
payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any Payment Date
(including the calculation of any of the individual components of the
calculation) or affect the rights of the Holders of Notes to the benefit
of any provisions for the mandatory redemption of the Notes in the
Indenture; or
(v) permit the creation of any lien ranking before or on a parity
with the lien of the Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral
(except any change in any mortgage's lien status in accordance with the
Sale and Servicing Agreement) or, except as otherwise permitted or
contemplated in the Indenture, terminate the lien of the Indenture on any
property at any time subject to the Indenture or deprive the Holder of
any Note of the security provided by the lien of the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture, the transfer of this Note is registrable in
the Note Register of the Note Registrar on surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency maintained by the Note
Registrar for that purpose, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Note
Registrar duly executed by its Holder or the Holder's attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon new Notes of the same Class and of authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest of the
Notes will be issued to the designated transferees. The Notes are issuable
only as registered Notes without coupons in denominations specified in the
Indenture. As provided in the Indenture, Notes are exchangeable for new Notes
of like tenor
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in authorized denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
Before due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer, or the Indenture
Trustee may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as its
owner for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and none of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, or any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
Each Holder or beneficial owner of this Note, by acceptance of a Note or,
in the case of a beneficial owner of this Note, a beneficial interest in this
Note, agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that will not at any
time institute against the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, or the
Issuer, or join in any institution against any of them of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceedings under any
United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture, or the Transaction
Documents.
Anything in this Note to the contrary notwithstanding, none of Wilmington
Trust Company in its individual capacity, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its
individual capacity, Chase Bank USA, National Association, in its individual
capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, or any of their
respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees, or
successors or assigns shall be personally liable for, nor shall recourse be
had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on this Note
or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the obligations under the
Indenture. The holder of this Note by its acceptance of this Note agrees that
the holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any
deficiency, loss, or claim. Nothing in this Note shall be taken to prevent
recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any
obligations under the Indenture or in this Note.
The Issuer and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note, agree that
the indebtedness represented by the Notes is non-recourse to the Issuer, and
is payable solely from the assets of the Issuer and their proceeds.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD
RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
Unless the certificate of authentication on this Note has been executed
by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, by manual or facsimile signature,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be
valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.
Dated:
Wilmington Trust Company
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
By: ____________________________
Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Notes referenced
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By: ________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
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CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-A
Issuer
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
Master Servicer
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Indenture Trustee
TREASURY BANK, A DIVISION OF COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A.
Custodian
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CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
Dated as of [___________], 20[__]
20[__]-[_]
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CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
This Custodial Agreement, dated as of [______________], 20[__] (this
"Agreement"), among CWHEQ, Inc. (the "Depositor"), Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity
Loan Trust, Series 2006-A (the "Issuer"), and Treasury Bank, a division of
Countrywide Bank, N.A., as agent, custodian, and bailee for the Owner Trustee
as owner and the Indenture Trustee as secured party (when acting for the
Issuer, the "Trust Custodian," and when acting for the Indenture Trustee, the
"Indenture Custodian," and when referring to both capacities, the
"Custodian"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee (in that
capacity the "Indenture Trustee"),
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Depositor will sell all of its interest in the Mortgage
Loans to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer will Grant a Security Interest to the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties in all of the Issuer's interest
in the Collateral; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer wants to hold its assets through a custodian acting
as its agent and bailee under a custodial agreement, and authorize the
custodian to deliver the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee; and
WHEREAS, the Indenture Trustee wants to hold the Collateral through a
custodian acting as its agent and bailee under a custodial agreement in
connection with the Issuer's delivery of the Collateral to the Indenture
Trustee;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows.
Section 1. Defined Terms and Rules of Construction.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement have
the meanings given to them in the Indenture, dated as of [______________],
20[__] (the "Indenture"), between CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A and the Indenture Trustee, and if not defined there, in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement. In addition, Section 1.04 (Rules of Construction) of
the Indenture is incorporated by reference with appropriate substitution of
this Agreement for references in that Section to the Indenture so that the
language of that Section will read appropriately as applying to this
Agreement.
Section 2. Acknowledgment of Receipt and Certification; Appointment as
Custodian.
(a) Appointment as Custodian; Acknowledgment of Receipt.
The Issuer appoints the Trust Custodian to act as its agent, custodian,
and bailee to accept delivery of the items transferred to it under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement and to hold them for the Issuer, and deliver any of
them to the Indenture Trustee as called for under the
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Indenture. The Indenture Trustee appoints the Indenture Custodian to act as
its agent, custodian, and bailee to maintain custody of the Mortgage Files for
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Treasury Bank, a
division of Countrywide Bank, N.A. accepts both of these appointments. The
Trust Custodian will maintain custody of the items transferred to it under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement that are not delivered to the Indenture Trustee
subject to instructions from the Issuer. The Indenture Custodian will maintain
continuous custody of the Mortgage Files at its office identified in Section 3
until (i) the Indenture Trustee delivers to the Indenture Custodian an
Officer's Certificate to the effect that the conditions for the release of
Collateral have been satisfied or (ii) the conditions specified in Section
4(b) for the release of the Mortgage Files to the Master Servicer have been
met. In performing its duties under this Agreement, the Custodian agrees to
act with the degree of care and skill consistent with the degree of care and
skill that the Custodian exercises with respect to the loan files relating to
similar loans owned, serviced, or held as custodian by the Custodian, and the
Custodian agrees to follow its customary policies and procedures.
(b) Review and Certification.
In connection with the transfers under Sections 2.01(a) and 2.01(b) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement by the Depositor, the Depositor is required
to effect certain deliveries to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee under
Section 2.01(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Trust Custodian shall
accept those deliveries for the Issuer, and shall make the deliveries to the
Indenture Trustee required of the Issuer. The Indenture Custodian acting as
custodian for the Indenture Trustee shall accept those deliveries.
On the Closing Date, the Custodian will execute and deliver to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Sponsor (with a copy to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee) an Initial Certification in the form of Exhibit A.
Based on its review and examination, the Custodian will acknowledge that the
documents identified in the Initial Certification appear regular on their face
(i.e. are not mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn, or otherwise physically
altered) and relate to each Mortgage Loan. No later than thirty-two days after
the Closing Date, if Mortgage Loans have been delivered after the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian
will execute and deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the
Sponsor (with a copy to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) a Delay Delivery
Certification in the form of Exhibit B. Based on its review and examination,
the Custodian will acknowledge that the documents identified in the Delay
Delivery Certification appear regular on their face (i.e. are not mutilated,
damaged, defaced, torn, or otherwise physically altered) and relate to each
Mortgage Loan.
Not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian will
deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Sponsor (with a copy to
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) a Final Certification in the form of
Exhibit C, noting any applicable exceptions. For the purpose of the Final
Certification, the title policy required for the Mortgage File is any of the
final original title policy, a signed binder or commitment for a title policy,
or a preliminary title
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report (in those states in which preliminary title reports are the customary
form of title policy commitment). For any Mortgage File whose Final
Certification is based on a signed binder or commitment for a title policy or
a preliminary title report (in those states in which preliminary title reports
are the customary form of title policy commitment), the Custodian will deliver
to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Sponsor (with a copy to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee), not later than the one year anniversary of
the Closing Date, a further Final Certification in the form of Exhibit D,
noting any applicable exceptions. For the purpose of this further Final
Certification, the title policy required for the Mortgage File must be the
final original title policy.
If, in the course of its review in connection with the Final
Certification, the Custodian finds any document constituting a part of a
Mortgage File that does not meet the requirements of Section 2.02 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian shall list the defect as an exception
in the Final Certification.
The Custodian is not obligated to examine the documents delivered to it
to determine that they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the
represented purpose, or that they have actually been recorded in the real
estate records, or that they are other than what they purport to be on their
face.
In reviewing any Mortgage File pursuant to this Section, the Custodian is
not responsible for determining whether any document is valid and binding,
whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable
form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been recorded
in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, or whether
a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, whether any
person executing any document is authorized to do so or whether any signature
on any document is genuine, but shall only be required to determine whether a
document has been executed, that it appears to be what it purports to be, and,
where applicable, that it purports to be recorded.
The Sponsor will deliver and the Indenture Custodian will maintain
continuous custody at its office identified in Section 3 of the documents
required to be held by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 2.01
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to any Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Custodian,
and the Indenture Custodian will maintain continuous custody at its office
identified in Section 3 of the originals of any other documents constituting
the Mortgage File that come into the possession of the Master Servicer from
time to time.
Section 3. Maintenance of Office.
The Custodian agrees to maintain the items for which it acts as Trust
Custodian or Indenture Custodian at the office of the Indenture Custodian.
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Section 4. Duties of Custodian.
(a) Safekeeping. The Indenture Custodian shall (i) segregate the Mortgage
Files from all other documents in the Indenture Custodian's possession; (ii)
identify the Mortgage Files as being held, and hold the Mortgage Files, for
the Indenture Trustee as secured party for the benefit of all present and
future Noteholders; (iii) maintain at all times a current inventory of the
Mortgage Files; and (iv) secure the Mortgage Files in fire resistant
facilities and conduct periodic physical inspections of them in accordance
with customary standards for custody of this type. The Indenture Custodian
will promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on
its part to hold the Mortgage Files as provided in this Agreement and promptly
take appropriate action to remedy the failure.
(b) Release of Documents. On receipt by the Indenture Custodian of the
certification of the Master Servicer, substantially in the form of Exhibit D
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Custodian shall release to
the Master Servicer the related Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loan covered
by the certification. The certification may be delivered to the Indenture
Custodian in a mutually agreed electronic format, and to the extent the
request originates on its face from a servicing officer, need not be manually
signed.
Section 5. Access to Records.
The Custodian shall permit the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Master
Servicer, or their respective duly authorized officers, attorneys, or
auditors, and the supervisory agents and examiners of each of them, to inspect
the items delivered to it under this Agreement and the books and records
maintained by the Custodian pursuant to this Agreement, without charge but
only after not less than two Business Days' prior notice and during normal
business hours at the offices of the Custodian.
Section 6. Instructions; Authority to Act.
The Indenture Custodian may follow any instructions with respect to the
Collateral received in the form of an Officer's Certificate of the Indenture
Trustee. The instructions may be general or specific in terms. An executed
incumbency certificate of the Indenture Trustee certifying the authority of
certain officers to take specified actions may be accepted by the Indenture
Custodian as conclusive evidence of the authority of the officers to act and
may be considered in full force until receipt of written notice to the
contrary by the Indenture Custodian from the Indenture Trustee.
The Trust Custodian may follow any instructions with respect to any items
held exclusively for the Issuer received in the form of an Officer's
Certificate of the Issuer. The instructions may be general or specific in
terms. An executed incumbency certificate of the Issuer certifying the
authority of certain officers to take specified actions may be accepted by the
Trust Custodian as conclusive evidence of the authority of the officers to act
and may be
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considered in full force until receipt of written notice to the contrary by
the Trust Custodian from the Issuer.
Section 7. Advice of Counsel.
The Custodian may rely and act on the advice of counsel, including
in-house counsel, with respect to its performance under this Agreement as
Custodian and shall not be liable for any action reasonably taken pursuant to
advice of counsel.
Section 8. Representations and Warranties.
The Custodian represents and warrants that on the Closing Date:
(a) it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of its place of incorporation;
(b) it has full power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this
Agreement, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
delivery, and performance by it of this Agreement;
(c) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture
and the fulfillment of its terms do not conflict with, result in any breach
of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under,
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Custodian or any agreement
or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound;
(d) to the Custodian's best knowledge, no proceedings or investigations
concerning the Custodian are pending or threatened before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over it or its properties:
(1) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement,
(2) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or
(3) seeking any determination that might affect its performance of
its obligations under this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement; and
(e) it is acting solely as the agent for the Indenture Trustee.
Section 9. Effective Period, Termination, and Amendment, and Interpretive and
Additional Provisions.
This Agreement shall become effective as of its date and shall continue
in full force until terminated in accordance with its terms. This Agreement
may be terminated by either the Indenture Trustee with the consent of the
Issuer or by the Custodian in a writing delivered or mailed, postage prepaid,
to the other parties. The termination shall take effect no sooner than sixty
days after the date of delivery or mailing. Concurrently with, or as soon as
practicable after, the termination of this Agreement, the Indenture Custodian
shall deliver the Collateral to
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the Indenture Trustee (or to a person designated by the Indenture Trustee)
anywhere the Indenture Trustee reasonably designates, and the Trust Custodian
shall deliver any items held exclusively for the Issuer to the Issuer (or to a
person designated by the Issuer) anywhere the Issuer reasonably designates.
Section 10. Limitation of Liability.
(a) The Custodian undertakes to perform only the obligations specified in
this Agreement. The Issuer, the Owner Trustee, Master Servicer, and Indenture
Trustee acknowledge that no implied obligations exist under this Agreement.
Neither the Custodian nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors,
employees, or agents shall be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages
or expenses arising out of the services performed under this Agreement other
than damages that result from their gross negligence, willful misconduct, or
bad faith. The Custodian and its officers, directors, employees, and agents
will not be liable for any consequential, indirect, punitive, or special
damages.
(b) Except as provided in Section 2, the Custodian makes no warranty or
representation and has no responsibility for the completeness, validity,
sufficiency, value, genuineness, ownership, or transferability of the Mortgage
Loans or any of the documents in the Mortgage Files.
(c) The Custodian need not expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under this
Agreement, or in the exercise of its rights, if the Custodian believes that
repayment of the funds or adequate indemnity against the risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Custodian may
rely on and shall be protected in acting in good faith on any notice or other
communication received by it that it reasonably believes to be genuine and
duly authorized with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement and
its duties under this Agreement.
(e) The Custodian shall not be responsible or liable for, and makes no
representation or warranty with respect to, the validity, adequacy, or
perfection of any lien on or security interest in any Mortgage Loan.
(f) Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Custodian shall have no notice of, and shall not be bound
by, any other document or agreement executed or delivered in connection with,
or intended to control any part of, the transactions anticipated by or
referred to in this Agreement unless the Custodian is a signatory party to
that document or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the
Custodian shall be deemed to have notice of the terms (including definitions
not otherwise set forth in full in this Agreement) of other documents and
agreements executed or delivered in connection with, or intended to control
any part of, the transactions anticipated by or referred to in this Agreement,
to the extent the terms are referenced, or are incorporated by reference, into
this Agreement
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only as long as the Indenture Trustee has provided a copy of the document or
agreement to the Custodian.
(g) The Custodian shall have only the obligations expressly set forth in
this Agreement or in a written amendment to this Agreement executed by the
parties to this Agreement or their successors and assigns. If any provision of
this Agreement implies or requires that action or forbearance be taken by a
party, but is silent as to which party has the duty to act or refrain from
acting, the parties agree that the Custodian shall not be the party required
to take the action or refrain from acting. In no event shall the Custodian
have any responsibility to ascertain or take action except as expressly
provided in this Agreement.
(h) Nothing in this Agreement shall impose on the Custodian any duty to
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction, other than (i) any jurisdiction
where any Mortgage File is or may be held by the Custodian from time to time
under this Agreement, and (ii) any jurisdiction where its ownership of
property or conduct of business requires such qualification and where failure
to qualify could have a material adverse effect on the Custodian or its
property or business or on the ability of the Custodian to perform its duties
under this Agreement.
(i) The Custodian may execute any of its duties under this Agreement
through any of its agents, attorneys-in-fact, or affiliates. Any agent,
attorney-in-fact, or affiliate of the Custodian (and any affiliate's
directors, officers, agents, and employees) that performs duties in connection
with this Agreement shall be entitled to the same benefits of the
indemnification, waiver, and other protective provisions to which the
Custodian is entitled under this Agreement, but the Custodian shall remain
responsible for the performance of those duties.
(j) The Custodian shall not be responsible for delays or failures in
performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Acts beyond its control
include acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war or terrorism,
epidemics, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, governmental
regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures,
computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes, or other disasters.
Section 11. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PROVISIONS THAT
WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
Section 12. Amendment.
This agreement may not be amended without the written consent of all the
parties.
Section 13. Notices.
All notices, demands, instructions, consents, and other communications
required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
personally delivered or sent by
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first class or express mail (postage prepaid), national overnight courier
service, or by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication device
capable of transmitting or creating a written record (confirmed by first class
mail) and shall be considered to be given for purposes of this Agreement on
the day that the writing is delivered when personally delivered or sent by
facsimile or overnight courier or three Business Days after it was sent to its
intended recipient if sent by first class mail. Unless otherwise specified in
a notice sent or delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
notices, demands, instructions, consents, and other communications in writing
shall be given to or made on the respective parties at their respective
addresses indicated below:
if to the Issuer at:
CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A
Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
if to the Depositor at:
CWHEQ, Inc.
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Attention: Legal Department
if to the Master Servicer at
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
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Attention: Legal Department
if to the Indenture Trustee at
the Corporate Trust Office
if to the Custodian at
Treasury Bank, a division of Countrywide Bank, N.A.
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Attention: Document Custodian
Section 14. Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. Except
as contemplated in this
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Agreement, none of the parties may assign any of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement or any interest in this Agreement without the consent of
the other parties. The Custodian may assign its rights and obligations under
this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any affiliate. The Custodian agrees to
notify the other parties of any assignment. An affiliate is any entity that
directly or indirectly is under common control with the Custodian, or is under
contract to be under common control with the Custodian, and includes a
subsidiary or parent company of the Custodian.
Section 15. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the
different parties to this Agreement on separate counterparts, each of which,
when so executed, shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one
agreement.
Section 16. Severability of Provisions.
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of the prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of
the provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 17. Merger of Custodian.
Any entity into which the Custodian may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger,
conversion, or consolidation to which the Custodian is a party, or any entity
succeeding to the business of the Custodian, shall be the successor of the
Custodian under this Agreement, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement,
anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 18. Indemnification.
The Issuer agrees to indemnify the Custodian and its affiliates,
directors, officers, agents, and employees, against any losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities of any kind, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
that may arise against Custodian or its affiliates, directors, officers,
agents, or employees, in any way arising out of this Agreement or any action
taken or not taken by Custodian or its permitted successors and assigns under
this Agreement unless they arise because of the breach by the Custodian of its
obligations under this Agreement, which breach was caused by the gross
negligence, lack of good faith, or willful misconduct on the part of Custodian
or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, agents, or employees.
The Custodian agrees to indemnify the Issuer against any losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities of any kind, including reasonable attorneys' fees, it
suffers arising out of the gross negligence, lack of good faith, or willful
misconduct on the part of Custodian or any of its affiliates, directors,
officers, agents, or employees.
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The foregoing indemnifications shall survive any termination or
expiration of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Custodian.
Section 19. Dispute Resolution, Arbitration.
This Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Any
disputes arising from this Agreement shall be decided by binding arbitration
which shall be conducted, at the request of any party, in New York, New York,
before one arbitrator designated by the American Arbitration Association (the
"AAA"), in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA, and to
the maximum extent applicable, the United States Arbitration Act (Title 9 of
the United States Code). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, any party may proceed to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain
equitable relief at any time. An arbitrator shall have no authority to award
punitive damages or other damages not measured by the prevailing party's
actual damages. To the maximum extent practicable, an arbitration proceeding
under this Agreement shall be concluded within 180 days of the filing of the
dispute with the AAA. This arbitration clause shall survive any termination,
amendment, or expiration of the Agreement and if any provision of this
arbitration clause is found to be unenforceable, the remaining parts of the
arbitration clause shall not be affected and shall remain fully enforceable.
Section 20. Limitation of Liability.
It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this
Agreement is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not
individually or personally but solely as trustee of the Issuer, in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the
Trust Agreement, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements
herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal
representations, undertakings and agreements by Wilmington Trust Company but
is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer and (c) under
no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust Company be personally liable for the
payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the
breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant
made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement or the other related
documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be
executed by a duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above
written.
CWHEQ, INC.
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST,
SERIES 2006-A
By: Wilmington Trust Company,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
TREASURY BANK,
A DIVISION OF COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A.,
as Custodian for the Indenture Trustee
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
TREASURY BANK,
A DIVISION OF COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A.,
as Custodian for the Issuer
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By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
TO CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Sponsor]
_______________________
_______________________
Re: Sale and Servicing Agreement among CWHEQ, Inc., as Depositor,
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Sponsor and Master Servicer,
CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, as
the Trust, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee,
Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Notes, Series 2006-A
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Sale and Servicing
Agreement (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as Indenture
Custodian for the Indenture Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered pursuant to Section
2.01(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (other than any Mortgage Loan paid
in full or any Mortgage Loan listed on the attached Document Exception Report)
it has received, among other things:
(i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, if the original
Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced, an original
lost note affidavit from the Sponsor stating that the original Mortgage
Note was lost, misplaced or destroyed, together with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note; and
(ii) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS(R) System,
an original Assignment of Mortgage in blank in recordable form.
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Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face (i.e. are not
mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn, or otherwise physically altered) and
related to such Mortgage Loan.
The Indenture Custodian has made no independent examination of any
documents in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Custodian makes no representations
as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability, or genuineness
of any of the documents in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness, or suitability of any Mortgage Loan.
In reviewing any Mortgage File pursuant to this certification, the
Custodian is not responsible for determining whether any document is valid and
binding, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or
recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been
recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction,
or whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction,
whether any person executing any document is authorized to do so or whether
any signature on any document is genuine, but shall only be required to
determine whether a document has been executed, that it appears to be what it
purports to be, and, where applicable, that it purports to be recorded.
Capitalized words and phrases used in this Certification have the
meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Treasury Bank,
a division of Countrywide Bank, N.A.,
as Custodian for the Indenture Trustee
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
TO CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
FORM OF DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Sponsor]
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Re: Sale and Servicing Agreement among CWHEQ, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Sponsor and Master Servicer, CWHEQ Revolving Home
Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, as the Trust, and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Indenture Trustee, Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed
Notes, Series 2006-A
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Sale and Servicing
Agreement (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as Indenture
Custodian for the Indenture Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered pursuant to Section
2.01(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (other than any Mortgage Loan paid
in full or any Mortgage Loan listed on the attached Document Exception Report)
it has received, among other things:
(i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, if the original
Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced, an original
lost note affidavit from the Sponsor stating that the original Mortgage
Note was lost, misplaced or destroyed, together with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note; and
(ii) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS(R) System,
an original Assignment of Mortgage in blank in recordable form.
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Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face (i.e. are not
mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn, or otherwise physically altered) and
related to such Mortgage Loan.
The Indenture Custodian has made no independent examination of any
documents in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Custodian makes no representations
as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability, or genuineness
of any of the documents in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness, or suitability of any Mortgage Loan.
In reviewing any Mortgage File pursuant to this certification, the
Custodian is not responsible for determining whether any document is valid and
binding, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or
recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been
recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction,
or whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction,
whether any person executing any document is authorized to do so or whether
any signature on any document is genuine, but shall only be required to
determine whether a document has been executed, that it appears to be what it
purports to be, and, where applicable, that it purports to be recorded.
Capitalized words and phrases used in this Certification have the
meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Treasury Bank,
a division of Countrywide Bank, N.A.,
as Custodian for the Indenture Trustee
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
TO CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Sponsor]
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Re: Sale and Servicing Agreement among CWHEQ, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Sponsor and Master Servicer, CWHEQ Revolving Home
Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, as the Trust, and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Indenture Trustee, Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed
Notes, Series 2006-A
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Sale and Servicing
Agreement (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as Indenture
Custodian for the Indenture Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid
in full or listed on the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, if the original
Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced, an original
lost note affidavit from the Sponsor stating that the original Mortgage
Note was lost, misplaced or destroyed, together with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note;
(ii) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS(R) System,
an original Assignment of Mortgage in blank in recordable form;
(iii) the original recorded Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN
of the Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, or, if,
in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage with
evidence of recording thereon cannot be delivered on or before the
Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office
where such original Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or
because such original Mortgage has been lost, an accurate copy of such
Mortgage, together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public
recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the Sponsor which may be in
the form of a blanket certificate of the Sponsor covering more than one
Mortgage stating that such original Mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording official or (ii) in the case of an original
Mortgage that has been lost, a copy certified by the appropriate county
recording office where such Mortgage is recorded;
(iv) if applicable, the original of each intervening assignment
needed for a complete chain of title for the mortgage from its original
mortgagee or beneficiary to the Trust (or if the Mortgage Loan is
registered on the MERS(R) System to MERS and noting the presence of a
MIN) with evidence of recording thereon, or, if any such original
intervening assignment has not been returned from the applicable
recording office or has been lost, a true and correct copy thereof,
together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer's Certificate of the Sponsor or the Depositor, which
may be a blanket certificate covering more than one intervening
assignment, stating that such original intervening assignment has been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording official for recordation
or (ii) in the case of an original intervening assignment that has been
lost, a copy certified by the appropriate county recording office where
such Mortgage is recorded;
(v) a title policy, a signed binder or commitment for a title
policy, or a preliminary title report (in those states in which
preliminary title reports are the customary form of title policy
commitment) for each Mortgage Loan with a Credit Limit in excess of
$100,000;
(vi) the original of any guaranty executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(vii) the original of each assumption, modification, consolidation
or substitution agreement, if any, relating to the Mortgage Loan; and
(viii) any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent
instrument executed in connection with the Mortgage.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (a) such documents appear regular on their face (i.e. are not
mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn, or otherwise physically altered) and
related to such Mortgage Loan, and (b) the information set forth in items
(ii), (iii), and (iv), of the itemization of contents of the "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" in the Adoption Annex to the Indenture accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage
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File, and (c) the information set forth in item (v) of the itemization of
contents of the "Mortgage Loan Schedule" in the Adoption Annex to the
Indenture was delivered to the Custodian.
The Indenture Custodian has made no independent examination of any
documents in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Custodian makes no representations
as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability, or genuineness
of any of the documents in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness, or suitability of any Mortgage Loan.
In reviewing any Mortgage File pursuant to this certification, the
Custodian is not responsible for determining whether any document is valid and
binding, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or
recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been
recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction,
or whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction,
whether any person executing any document is authorized to do so or whether
any signature on any document is genuine, but shall only be required to
determine whether a document has been executed, that it appears to be what it
purports to be, and, where applicable, that it purports to be recorded.
Capitalized words and phrases used in this Certification have the
meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Treasury Bank,
a division of Countrywide Bank, N.A.,
as Custodian for the Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D
TO CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
FORM OF FURTHER FINAL CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Sponsor]
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Re Sale and Servicing Agreement among CWHEQ, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Sponsor and Master Servicer, CWHEQ Revolving Home
Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, as the Trust, and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Indenture Trustee, Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed
Notes, Series 2006-A
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Sale and Servicing
Agreement (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as Indenture
Custodian for the Indenture Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid
in full or listed on the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) for each Mortgage Loan with a Credit Limit in excess of
$100,000, a final original title policy.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face (i.e. are not
mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn, or otherwise physically altered) and
related to such Mortgage Loan.
The Indenture Custodian has made no independent examination of any
documents in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Custodian makes no representations
as to: (i) the validity, legality,
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sufficiency, enforceability, or genuineness of any of the documents in each
Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness, or
suitability of any Mortgage Loan.
In reviewing any Mortgage File pursuant to this certification, the
Custodian is not responsible for determining whether any document is valid and
binding, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or
recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been
recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction,
or whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction,
whether any person executing any document is authorized to do so or whether
any signature on any document is genuine, but shall only be required to
determine whether a document has been executed, that it appears to be what it
purports to be, and, where applicable, that it purports to be recorded.
Capitalized words and phrases used in this Certification have the
meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Treasury Bank,
a division of Countrywide Bank, N.A.,
as Custodian for the Indenture Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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ANNEX 1
DEFINITIONS
"Accelerated Principal Payment Amount" for each Payment Date after the
sixth Payment Date and each Class of Notes means the amount of Excess Cashflow
applied on that Payment Date as a payment of principal to decrease the Note
Principal Balances until the Transferor Interest is equal to the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for the Payment Date.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
"Additional Balance" as to any Mortgage Loan means the aggregate amount
of all additional borrowings by the mortgagor under the relevant Credit Line
Agreement after the Cut-off Date or the related Subsequent Cut-off Date, as
applicable, for the Mortgage Loan.
"Additional Home Equity Loans" means the Mortgage Loans funded after the
Cut-off Date acquired by the Trust on a Subsequent Closing Date pursuant to
Section 2.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Additional Loan Account" means the trust account maintained by the
Indenture Trustee into which is deposited on the Closing Date the amount
specified in the Adoption Annex. The account will be an Eligible Account and
will be available only for purchases of Additional Home Equity Loans.
"Adjustment Date" for any Interest Period commencing with the second
Interest Period, the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the first day of the
Interest Period.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement specified
in the Adoption Annex.
"Administrator" means the person acting as such under the Administration
Agreement.
"Adoption Annex" means Annex 2 to this Indenture.
"Aggregate Investor Interest" for each Payment Date and each Class of
Principal Amount Notes means the Note Interest for that Class of Principal
Amount Notes for the Payment Date and the related Unpaid Investor Interest
Shortfall (other than any Basis Risk Carryforward) for the Payment Date.
"Applicable Margin" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Asset Balance" on any day for any Mortgage Loan other than a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan means its Cut-off Date Asset Balance, plus any Additional
Balance for the Mortgage Loan, minus all collections credited as principal
against the Asset Balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related
Credit Line Agreement.
"Assignment of Mortgage" for any mortgage means an assignment, notice of
transfer, or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the
laws of the jurisdiction in
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which the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the sale of the
mortgage to the Trust, which assignment, notice of transfer, or equivalent
instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering the
Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
jurisdiction.
"Authorized Officer" for any corporation or other entity establishing
such designations means the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice
President, the Secretary, or the Treasurer of the corporation, for any
partnership means any of its general partners, and for any person means any
person who is identified on a list of Authorized Officers delivered by the
person to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date. These lists may be
updated from time to time.
"Available Principal Collections" are the excess of Principal Collections
for the related Collection Period over the Additional Balances for that
Collection Period.
"Available Investor Interest" for any Payment Date means the sum of the
following amounts, but in each case only to the extent they will be available
to be applied to make payments to the Interest Bearing Notes pursuant to
Section 8.03(a) on the Payment Date:
o Investor Interest Collections on deposit in the Collection
Account or the Payment Account as of the close of business on the
third Business Day preceding the Payment Date,
o the funds to be deposited into the Collection Account or the
Payment Account as a single deposit on the Business Day preceding
the Payment Date in accordance with Section 3.03 (but only to the
extent of Interest Collections) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
o the amount on deposit in the Collection Account or the
Payment Account for the Payment Date as of the close of business on
the preceding Determination Date for optional advances by the Master
Servicer made pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and
o the Subordinated Transferor Collections on deposit in the
Collection Account or the Payment Account on the third Business Day
preceding the Payment Date.
"Basis Risk Carryforward" for any Payment Date and Class of Principal
Amount Notes means the sum of
o Basis Risk Carryforward for that Class of Principal Amount Notes
remaining unpaid from prior Payment Dates,
o in any Interest Period in which the related Note Rate is the
related Maximum Rate, the excess of
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(a) the amount of interest that would have accrued on that
Class of Principal Amount Notes during the related Interest Period
had interest been determined pursuant to the related Interest
Formula Rate over
(b) the interest actually accrued at the related Note Rate on
that Class of Principal Amount Notes during the Interest Period, and
o interest at the related Interest Formula Rate (as adjusted from
time to time) on Basis Risk Carryforward for that Class of Principal
Amount Notes remaining unpaid from prior Payment Dates for the period
from the previous Payment Date to the current Payment Date.
"Basis Risk Carryforward Reserve Fund" means the Eligible Account
established and maintained by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Principal Amount Notes pursuant to Section 8.01(c).
"Billing Cycle" for any Mortgage Loan and Collection Period means the
billing period specified in the related Credit Line Agreement and with respect
to which amounts billed are received during the Collection Period.
"Book-Entry Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on
which banking institutions in New York, California, or Illinois are authorized
or obligated by law, regulation, or executive order to remain closed.
"Class" means a Class of Notes listed in the Adoption Annex.
"Class A Principal Distribution Target Amount" has the meaning given to
it in the Adoption Annex.
"Class A Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Class A-IO Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Class A-IO Note Rate" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Class B Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Class M Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Closing Date" means the Closing Date stated in the Adoption Annex.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and Treasury regulations
promulgated under the Code.
"Collateral" has the meaning given to it in the Granting Clause.
"Collection Account" means the account so designated established by the
Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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"Collection Period" for any Payment Date and any Mortgage Loan means the
calendar month preceding the month of the Payment Date (or, in the case of the
first Collection Period, the period from the Cut-off Date through the date
specified in the Adoption Annex).
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Indenture
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business is
administered specified in the Adoption Annex, or at any other address the
Indenture Trustee designates by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or
the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee at the
address designated by the successor Indenture Trustee by notice to the
Noteholders and the Issuer.
"Credit Limit" means the maximum Asset Balance for each Mortgage Loan
permitted under the terms of the related Credit Line Agreement.
"Credit Line Agreement" means the related credit line account agreement
for a Mortgage Loan executed by the related mortgagor and any amendment or
modification of it.
"Cumulative Loss Trigger Event" has the meaning given to it in the
Adoption Annex.
"Custodial Agreement" means the Custodial Agreement specified in the
Adoption Annex.
"Cut-off Date" means the Cut-off Date specified in the Adoption Annex.
"Cut-off Date Asset Balance" for any Initial Mortgage Loan acquired by
the Trust on the Closing Date means its unpaid principal balance as of the
close of business on the Initial Cut-off Date, and for any Additional Home
Equity Loan means its unpaid principal balance as of the close of business on
the relevant Subsequent Cut-off Date.
"Delinquency Trigger Event" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption
Annex.
"Depositor" means CWHEQ, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor
in interest.
"Depository" means a financial institution or other person maintaining
ownership records and effecting book-entry transfers and pledges of the Notes
deposited with it pursuant to an agreement with the Issuer. The Depository
shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section
8-102(a)(5) of the UCC of the State of New York.
"Determination Date" for any Payment Date means the third Business Day
before the Payment Date.
"Eligible Account" means
(a) an account that is maintained with a depository institution whose
debt obligations throughout the time of any deposit in it have one of the two
highest short-term debt ratings by Standard & Poor's and the highest
short-term debt rating by Moody's,
(b) an account with a depository institution having a minimum long-term
unsecured debt rating of "AA-" by Standard & Poor's and "Baa3" by Moody's,
which accounts
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are fully insured by either the Savings Association Insurance Fund or the Bank
Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
(c) a segregated trust account maintained with the Indenture Trustee or
an affiliate of the Indenture Trustee in its fiduciary capacity, or
(d) an account otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced
at closing by delivery of a rating letter by each Rating Agency and thereafter
by delivery of a letter from each Rating Agency to the Indenture Trustee,
within 30 days of receipt of notice of the deposit, to the effect that the
deposit will not cause the Rating Agency to reduce or withdraw its
then-current rating of the Notes
"Eligible Investments" means
(a) obligations of, or guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the
United States or any U.S. agency or instrumentality that is backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States;
(b) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any State
receiving the highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or any
lower rating that will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the rating
then assigned to the Notes by any Rating Agency;
(c) commercial paper issued by Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. or any of its
affiliates if it is rated no lower than A-1 by Standard & Poor's and P-2 by
Moody's, and the long-term debt of Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. is rated at
least A3 by Moody's, or any lower ratings that will not result in a downgrade
or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Notes by any Rating Agency;
(d) commercial or finance company paper that is then receiving the
highest commercial or finance company paper rating of each Rating Agency, or
any lower ratings that will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the
rating then assigned to the Notes by any Rating Agency;
(e) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any State and subject to supervision
and examination by federal or State banking authorities, if the commercial
paper or long term unsecured debt obligations of the depository institution or
trust company (or in the case of the principal depository institution in a
holding company system, the commercial paper or long-term unsecured debt
obligations of the holding company, but only if ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ is not a Rating
Agency) are then rated in one of the two highest long-term and the highest
short-term ratings of each Rating Agency for the securities, or any lower
ratings that will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to the Notes by any Rating Agency;
(f) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any bank
or trust company or savings institution to the extent that the deposits are
fully insured by the FDIC;
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(g) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance
company, or other corporation that, at the time of the issuance of the
agreements, will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to the Notes by any Rating Agency;
(h) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described in
clauses (a) and (b) above, in either case entered into with a depository
institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (e)
above;
(i) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons, or
instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of its face amount)
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any State that, at the time of the
investment, have one of the two highest ratings of each Rating Agency (except
if the Rating Agency is Moody's, the rating must be the highest commercial
paper rating of Moody's for the securities), or any lower ratings that will
not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
Notes by any Rating Agency as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each
Rating Agency;
(j) interests in any money market fund that, at the date of acquisition
of the interests in the fund and throughout the time the interests are held in
the fund, have the highest applicable rating by each Rating Agency, or any
lower ratings that will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the rating
then assigned to the Notes by any Rating Agency;
(k) short term investment funds sponsored by any trust company or
national banking association incorporated under the laws of the United States
or any State that, on the date of acquisition, have been rated by each Rating
Agency in their respective highest applicable rating category, or any lower
ratings that will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to the Notes by any Rating Agency; and
(l) any other investments having a specified stated maturity and bearing
interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating Agency that will not
result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Notes
by any Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each
Rating Agency and that is a cash flow investment within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(5)(A) of the Code and Section 1.860G-2(g)(1) of the Treasury
Regulations promulgated under the Code;
No Eligible Investment may evidence either the right to receive (a) only
interest on the obligations underlying these instruments or (b) both principal
and interest payments from obligations underlying these instruments where the
interest and principal payments on the instruments provide a yield to maturity
at par greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying
obligations. No Eligible Investment may be purchased at a price greater than
par if that instrument may be prepaid or called at a price less than its
purchase price before stated maturity.
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In addition, no amount beneficially owned by any REMIC (including any
amounts collected by the Master Servicer but not yet deposited in the
Collection Account) may be invested in investments (other than money market
funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax purposes, unless the
Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
investment will not adversely affect the status of any REMIC created under the
Trust Agreement as a REMIC under the Code or result in imposition of a tax on
it.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Excess Cashflow" for any Payment Date is the sum of the amounts
remaining after applying Investor Interest Collections in Section 8.03(a)(iii)
or Investor Principal Collections in Sections 8.03(b)(i)(c) or 8.03(b)(ii)(c),
as applicable.
"Foreclosure Profits" on a Liquidated Mortgage Loan are the excess of its
Net Liquidation Proceeds over the Asset Balance of the Mortgage Loan (plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Loan Rate from the date
interest was last paid to the end of the Collection Period during which the
Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan).
"Grant" means mortgage, pledge, bargain, warrant, alienate, remise,
release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇ on and a Security
Interest in and a right of set-off against, deposit, set over, and confirm
pursuant to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement
or instrument includes all rights (but none of the obligations) of the
granting party under the agreement or instrument, including the immediate and
continuing right after an Event of Default to claim for, collect, receive, and
give receipt for principal and interest payments on the Collateral and all
other moneys payable on the Collateral, to require the repurchase of Mortgage
Loans, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers
or other agreements, to exercise all rights, to bring Proceedings in the name
of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything
that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive regarding the
Collateral.
"Holder" or "Noteholder" means the person in whose name a Note is
registered in the Note Register.
"Incipient Default" means any occurrence that is, or with notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
"Indenture" means this Indenture.
"Indenture Trustee" means the Indenture Trustee identified in the
Adoption Annex, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
"Independent" means that a person
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o is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the
Notes, the Transferor, and any affiliate of any of them,
o does not have any direct financial interest or any material
indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any other obligor on the
Notes, the Transferor, or any affiliate of any of them, and
o is not connected with the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes,
the Transferor, or any affiliate of any of them as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director, or person performing
similar functions.
"Independent Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be delivered
to the Indenture Trustee made by an Independent appraiser or other expert
appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the
exercise of reasonable care, and the opinion or certificate states that the
Issuer has read the definition of "Independent" in this Indenture and that the
signer is Independent.
"Initial Cut-off Date" means the Initial Cut-off Date specified in the
Adoption Annex.
"Initial Mortgage Loan" means any Mortgage Loan transferred to the Trust
on the Closing Date.
"Insolvency Event" regarding a specified person means
(a) the person generally fails to pay its debts as they become due or
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due;
(b) the person has a decree or order for relief by a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises entered against it
or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law and the decree or
order remains unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days;
(c) the person has a conservator, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator, or similar official appointed for it or for
all or any substantial part of its property in any bankruptcy, insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities, or other similar
proceedings, and the decree or order remains unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 days;
(d) the person's business is ordered to be wound-up or liquidated or the
person's business is subject to readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets
and liabilities, or other similar proceedings, and the decree or order or the
proceedings remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days; or
(e) the person commences a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law, or consents to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consents to the
appointment of or taking possession by a conservator, receiver, liquidator,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, a custodian, trustee,
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sequestrator, or similar official for the person or for all or any substantial
part of its property, or the person makes any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors.
"Interest Bearing Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption
Annex.
"Interest Collections" for each Payment Date means
o the sum of all payments made by mortgagors of Mortgage Loans and
any other amounts constituting interest collected by the Master Servicer
under the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period plus
o any optional advance made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement for which the Master
Servicer has not been reimbursed plus
o any payment from the Loan Insurance Policy and the Sponsor Loss
Coverage Obligation attributable to interest minus
o the premium for the Loan Insurance Policy minus
o the Servicing Fee for the related Collection Period.
These amounts include any Net Liquidation Proceeds and net proceeds from
any other insurer pursuant to any insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan
allocable to interest on the applicable Mortgage Loan. These amounts exclude
any fees (including annual fees) or late charges or similar administrative
fees paid by the mortgagors. The related Credit Line Agreement shall determine
the portion of each payment on the Mortgage Loan that constitutes principal or
interest.
"Interest Formula Rate" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption
Annex.
"Interest Period" for the first Payment Date means the period beginning
on the Closing Date and ending on the day preceding the first Payment Date and
for any other Payment Date means the period beginning on the preceding Payment
Date and ending on the day before the Payment Date.
"Investor Floating Allocation Percentage" for any Payment Date means the
lesser of 100% and a fraction whose numerator is the aggregate Note Principal
Balance of the Classes of Principal Amount Notes and whose denominator is the
Loan Pool Balance, calculated as of the beginning of the related Collection
Period, plus the amount of funds in the Additional Loan Account.
"Investor Interest Collections" for any Payment Date means the deposits
by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement plus the product of the Interest Collections received during the
related Collection Period and the Investor Floating Allocation Percentage for
the Payment Date.
"Investor Loss Amount" for any Payment Date means the product of
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o the related Investor Floating Allocation Percentage and
o the aggregate of the Liquidation Loss Amounts on the Mortgage
Loans for the Payment Date.
"Investor Principal Collections" are for a Payment Date
o during the Managed Amortization Period, the lesser of
(A) the excess of the amount of Principal Collections for the
Payment Date (which, for the first Payment Date, include any amount
remaining on deposit in the Additional Loan Account), over the
aggregate of Additional Balances created on the Mortgage Loans
during the Collection Period minus the Net Draws Principal Payment,
and
(B) the amount required to pay the Principal Amount Notes to
maintain the Transferor Interest at the Overcollateralization Target
Amount.
o during the Rapid Amortization Period and if no Rapid
Amortization Event exists, the lesser of
(A) the excess of the amount of Principal Collections for the
Payment Date over the Net Draws Principal Payment, and
(B) the amount required to pay the Principal Amount Notes to
maintain the Transferor Interest at the Overcollateralization Target
Amount.
o on which a Rapid Amortization Event exists, all Principal
Collections for the Payment Date.
"Issuer" means CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A
until a successor replaces it and, after that, means its successor.
"Issuer Order" or "Issuer Request" means a written order or request
signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
"Latest Subsequent Closing Date" means the date specified in the Adoption
Annex.
"Liquidation Loss Amount" for any Payment Date and any Mortgage Loan that
becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Collection Period are
the unrecovered Asset Balance of the Mortgage Loan at the end of the
Collection Period after reducing the Asset Balance for the Net Liquidation
Proceeds and any amounts attributable to principal received under the Loan
Insurance Policy and the Sponsor Loss Coverage Obligation.
"Liquidated Mortgage Loan" for any Payment Date means any Mortgage Loan
that as of the end of the related Collection Period the Master Servicer has
determined in accordance with the servicing standards in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement that all liquidation proceeds that it expects to recover
on the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property have been recovered.
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"LIBOR" for any day means the rate for United States dollar deposits for
one month that appears on the Moneyline Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of 11:00
A.M., London time that day. If LIBOR does not appear on that page (or a page
replacing that page on that service or, if that service is no longer offered,
any other service for displaying LIBOR or comparable rates reasonably selected
by the Depositor after consultation with the Indenture Trustee), the rate will
be the Reference Bank Rate.
"LIBOR Business Day" means any day other than of a Saturday, a Sunday, or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or in the City of
London, England are required or authorized by law to be closed.
"Liquidation Expenses" means out-of-pocket expenses (exclusive of
overhead) that are incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with the
liquidation of any Mortgage Loan and not recovered under any insurance policy,
including legal fees and expenses, any unreimbursed amount expended pursuant
to Section 3.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including amounts
advanced to correct defaults on any mortgage loan which is senior to the
Mortgage Loan and amounts advanced to keep current or pay off a mortgage loan
that is senior to the Mortgage Loan) respecting the related Mortgage Loan and
any related and unreimbursed expenditures with respect to real estate property
taxes, water or sewer taxes, condominium association dues, property
restoration or preservation or insurance against casualty, loss or damage.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means proceeds received in connection with the
liquidation of any Mortgage Loan or related REO, whether through trustee's
sale, foreclosure sale, or otherwise.
"Loan Insurance Policy" means the Loan Insurance Policy referred to in
the Adoption Annex.
"Loan Insurance Premium Rate" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption
Annex.
"Loan Pool Balance" for any Payment Date is the aggregate of the Asset
Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Collection
Period.
"Loan Rate" for any Mortgage Loan and on any day means the per annum rate
of interest applicable under the related Credit Line Agreement to the
calculation of interest for the day on the Asset Balance of the Mortgage Loan.
"Managed Amortization Period" means the period from the Closing Date to
the Rapid Amortization Commencement Date.
"Master Servicer" means Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York
corporation and any successor.
"Maturity Date" means the date specified in the Adoption Annex.
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"MERS" means Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or any successor to it.
"MERS(R) System" means the system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
"MIN" means the Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans
registered with MERS on the MERS(R) System.
"MOM Loan" means any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as
mortgagee, solely as nominee for the originator of the Mortgage Loan and its
successors and assigns.
"Moneyline Telerate Screen Page 3750" means the display designated as
page 3750 on the Moneyline Telerate Information Services, Inc. (or any page
replacing that page on that service for the purpose of displaying London
inter-bank offered rates of major banks).
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in
interest.
A "mortgage" is any conveyance to secure the performance of an obligation
including a deed of trust to secure debt and other comparable security
instruments.
"Mortgage File" for each of the Mortgage Loans means the following
documents:
(i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, if the original
Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced, an original
lost note affidavit from the Sponsor stating that the original Mortgage
Note was lost, misplaced, or destroyed, together with a copy of the
Mortgage Note;
(ii) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS(R) System,
an original Assignment of Mortgage for the Mortgage Loan in blank in
recordable form;
(iii) the original recorded mortgage with evidence of recording on
it (noting the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language
indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a
MOM Loan) or, if the original recorded mortgage with evidence of
recording on it cannot be delivered by the Closing Date because of a
delay caused by the public recording office where the original mortgage
has been delivered for recordation or because the original mortgage has
been lost, an accurate copy of the mortgage, together with (i) in the
case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer's
Certificate of the Sponsor or the Depositor, which may be a blanket
certificate covering more than one mortgage, stating that the original
mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording official
for recordation or (ii) in the case of an original mortgage that has been
lost, a certificate by the appropriate county recording office where the
mortgage is recorded;
(iv) if applicable, the original of each intervening assignment
needed for a complete chain of title for the mortgage from its original
mortgagee or beneficiary to the Trust or in blank (or, if the Mortgage
Loan is registered on the MERS(R) System, to
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MERS and noting the presence of a MIN) with evidence of recording on
them, or, if any original intervening assignment has not been returned
from the applicable recording office or has been lost, a true copy of it,
together with in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer's Certificate of the Sponsor or the Depositor, which
may be a blanket certificate covering more than one intervening
assignment, stating that the original intervening assignment has been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording official for recordation
(v) a title policy for each Mortgage Loan with a Credit Limit in
excess of $100,000 or a copy of the lender's title policy or a printout
of the electronic equivalent and all riders thereto;
(vi) the original of any guaranty executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(vii) the original of each assumption, modification, consolidation,
or substitution agreement relating to the Mortgage Loan; and
(viii) any security agreement, chattel mortgage, or equivalent
instrument executed in connection with the Mortgage Loan;
An optical image or other representation of a document specified in
clauses (iii) through (viii) above for a Mortgage Loan may be held by the
Indenture Trustee or assignee in lieu of the physical documents specified if
(a) as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee,
(x) an optical image or other representation of the related
documents specified in clauses (iii) through (viii) above are enforceable
in the relevant jurisdictions to the same extent as the original of the
document and
(y) the optical image or other representation does not impair the
ability of an owner of the Mortgage Loan to transfer its interest in the
Mortgage Loan, and
(b) written confirmation that the retention of the documents in that
format will not result in a reduction in the then current rating of the
Notes,.
"Mortgage Loan" means each of the mortgage loans, including Additional
Balances for it, that are transferred to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01(a)
and (b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, together with all related
Mortgage Files, exclusive of Mortgage Loans that are retransferred to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, or the Sponsor or purchased by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.04, 2.06, or 3.06 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, held as a part of the Trust. The Mortgage Loans
originally so held are identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered on
the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loans shall also include any Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan (as defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement)
substituted
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by the Sponsor for a defective Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.07(a) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" on any date means the schedule of Mortgage Loans
included in the Trust on the date identifying each Mortgage Loan and
specifying the items identified in the Adoption Annex. The initial schedule of
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date is Exhibit A of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Mortgage Loan Schedule will automatically include any
Additional Balances. The Indenture Trustee is not responsible for preparing
the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Mortgage Note" means the Credit Line Agreement for a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to which the related mortgagor agrees to pay the indebtedness
evidenced by it and secured by the related mortgage.
"Mortgaged Property" means the underlying property securing a Mortgage
Loan.
"Net Draws Principal Payment" for a Payment Date is the amount of
Principal Collections applied on the Payment Date to the payment of
outstanding Net Draws to the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates.
o During the Managed Amortization Period, the Net Draws Principal
Payment for a Payment Date will be the least of
(i) Net Draws,
(ii) the Available Principal Collections, and
(iii) the sum of (a) Available Principal Collections in an
amount equal to 3% of the aggregate Note Principal Balance
of the Principal Amount Notes for the Payment Date and (b)
the remaining Available Principal Collections (after that
3%) times a fraction whose numerator is Remaining Net Draws
and whose denominator is the sum of Remaining Net Draws and
the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Principal Amount
Notes.
o During the Rapid Amortization Period if a Rapid Amortization Event
is not continuing, the Net Draws Principal Payment for a Payment
Date will be Principal Collections for the Payment Date times a
fraction whose numerator is Net Draws and whose denominator is the
sum of Net Draws and the Note Principal Balance of the Principal
Amount Notes.
o So long as a Rapid Amortization Event is continuing, the Net Draws
Principal Payment for a Payment Date will be zero.
"Net Liquidation Proceeds" for any Liquidated Mortgage Loan means
Liquidation Proceeds net of Liquidation Expenses.
"Note" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Note Interest" for any Class of Principal Amount Notes and Payment Date
means interest for the related Interest Period at the applicable Note Rate on
the related Note Principal Balance as of the first day of the Interest Period
(after giving effect to the distributions made on the first day of the
Interest Period).
"Note Owner" means the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Note, as
reflected on the books of the Indenture Trustee as agent for the Depository.
"Note Principal Balance" for any Payment Date and Class of Principal
Amount Notes means the related Original Note Principal Balance less the
aggregate of amounts actually distributed as principal on that Class of
Principal Amount Notes before the Payment Date less Liquidation Loss Amount
allocated to that Class of Principal Amount Notes.
"Note Rate" for a Class of Interest Bearing Notes means the related rate
specified in the Adoption Annex.
"Note Register" and "Note Registrar" have the meanings specified in
Section 2.03.
"OC Floor" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of the Issuer or other specified party under the circumstances
described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01 and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
"One Hundred and Eighty-Day Delinquency Rate" for any Payment Date on or
after the Stepdown Date is a fraction whose numerator is the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans 180 or more days
delinquent as of the last day of the related Collection Period (including
Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, bankruptcy, and REO properties) and whose
denominator is the Loan Pool Balance (minus Net Draws) for that Payment Date.
"Opinion of Counsel" means written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of or counsel
to the Issuer, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, or the
Transferor (except that any opinion pursuant to Section 8.06 or relating to
taxation must be an opinion of independent outside counsel) and who is
reasonably acceptable to the parties to whom it is to be delivered. The
opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as Indenture Trustee, any
other designated party, shall comply with any applicable requirements of
Section 11.01, and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the parties to whom it is to be delivered.
"Optional Termination Date" means any Payment Date on or after which the
Note Principal Balance of the Principal Balance Notes is less than or equal to
10% of the Original Note Principal Balance.
"Original Note Principal Balance" means the aggregate Note Principal
Balance of all Classes of Principal Amount Notes on the Closing Date as
reflected in the Adoption Annex.
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"Outstanding" as of the date of determination means all Notes that have
been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:
(i) Notes that have been cancelled by the Note Registrar or
delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation or that by their terms
have expired;
(ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the
necessary amount has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any
Paying Agent in trust for the Noteholders, and if the Notes are to be
redeemed, notice of the redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or notice has been provided for in a manner satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee; and
(iii) Notes in exchange for or instead of which other Notes have
been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that those Notes are
held by a Protected Purchaser.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount
have Acted under this Indenture or under any Transaction Document, Notes owned
by the Issuer, the Depositor, a Seller, or the Transferor, or any of their
affiliates shall be disregarded and treated as not being Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall, if the Notes have
first been transferred to a non-affiliate, be protected in relying on any Act,
only Notes that a Responsible Officer knows to be so owned shall be
disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith, or for whose
owner the Issuer, the Depositor, a Seller, or the Transferor, or any of their
affiliates is acting as trustee or nominee, may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee or other person establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture
Trustee the pledgee's or other person's right to Act for the Notes and that
the pledgee or other person is not the Issuer, the Depositor, or the
Transferor, or any of their affiliates.
"Outstanding Amount" means the aggregate principal amount of all
Principal Amount Notes, or of a Class of Principal Amount Notes, as
applicable, that are Outstanding at the date of determination. For the
purposes of voting, the Outstanding Amount of notional amount securities
relative to Principal Amount Notes shall be as specified in the Adoption
Annex.
"Overcollateralization Target Amount" has the meaning given to it in the
Adoption Annex.
"Paying Agent" means the Indenture Trustee or any other person that meets
the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.08
and is authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the
Payment Account, including payments of principal or interest on the Notes on
behalf of the Issuer.
"Payment Account" means the Eligible Account established and
maintained by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Secured Parties pursuant to Section 8.01.
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"Payment Date" means the day of each month specified in the Adoption
Annex, or if that is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day.
"Principal Amount Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption
Annex.
"Principal Collections" for a Payment Date means the sum of all payments
made by the mortgagors and any other amounts constituting principal collected
by the Master Servicer under the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection
Period. These amounts include any Net Liquidation Proceeds, any payment from
the Loan Insurance Policy or the Sponsor Loss Coverage Obligation attributable
to principal, and net proceeds from any other insurer pursuant to any
insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan allocable to principal of the
applicable Mortgage Loan and Transfer Deposit Amounts (as defined in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement), but exclude Foreclosure Profits. The terms of the
related Credit Line Agreement shall determine the portion of each payment on a
Mortgage Loan that constitutes principal or interest.
"Principal Payment Amount" for each Class of Subordinate Notes and
Payment Date means the excess of:
(1) the sum of
(a) the Note Principal Balance of any Classes of Principal
Amount Notes that are senior to the subject Class (in each case,
after taking into account payments of the Principal Payment Amount
for each senior Class of Principal Amount Notes for the Payment
Date), and
(b) the Note Principal Balance of the subject Class of
Principal Amount Notes immediately before the Payment Date, over
(2) the lesser of
(a) the product of (x) 100% minus the Stepdown Target
Subordination Percentage for the subject Class of Notes and (y) the
aggregate Loan Pool Balance for the Payment Date (minus Net Draws)
and
(b) the aggregate Loan Pool Balance for the Payment Date (minus
Net Draws) minus the OC Floor.
"Principal Reserve Fund" means the Eligible Account established and
maintained by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.01(d).
"Proceeding" means any suit in equity, action at law, or other judicial
or administrative proceeding.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement of even date with this
Indenture between Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller, the other sellers
named therein, as sellers, and the Depositor, as purchaser, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans.
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"Rapid Amortization Commencement Date" means the earlier of the Payment
Date in the month specified in the Adoption Annex and the Payment Date after
the Collection Period in which a Rapid Amortization Event occurs.
"Rapid Amortization Event" has the meaning given to it in Section 5.16.
"Rapid Amortization Period" means the period beginning on the Rapid
Amortization Commencement Date until the termination of the Indenture.
"Rating Agency" means any statistical credit rating agency, or its
successor, that rated the Notes at the request of the Depositor at the time of
the initial issuance of the Notes. If a particular Rating Agency is no longer
in existence, "Rating Agency" will mean a statistical credit rating agency, or
other comparable person, designated by the Depositor. The Indenture Trustee
will be notified of any such designation. References to the highest short-term
unsecured rating category of a Rating Agency mean A-1+ or better in the case
of Standard & Poor's and P-1 or better in the case of Moody's and in the case
of any other Rating Agency mean the ratings it deems equivalent to these.
References to the highest long-term rating category of a Rating Agency mean
"AAA" in the case of Standard & Poor's and "Aaa" in the case of Moody's and in
the case of any other Rating Agency, the rating it deems equivalent to these.
"Rating Agency Condition" for any action means that each Rating Agency
has been given 10 days (or any shorter period acceptable to each Rating
Agency) notice of the action and that each of the Rating Agencies has notified
the Issuer in writing that the action will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of its then current rating of the Notes.
"Record Date" for a Payment Date or redemption date has the meaning given
to it in the Adoption Annex
"Reference Bank Rate" for an Interest Period means the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards to the nearest one sixteenth of a percent) of the offered
rates for United States dollar deposits offered by three major banks engaged
in transactions in the London interbank market, selected by the Depositor
after consultation with the Indenture Trustee, as of 11:00 A.M., London time,
on the Adjustment Date immediately preceding the Interest Period, to prime
banks in the London interbank market for a period of one month in amounts
approximately equal to the outstanding Note Principal Balance if at least two
of the banks provide an offered rate. If fewer than two offered rates are
quoted, the Reference Bank Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by one or more major banks in New York City, selected by the Depositor
after consultation with the Indenture Trustee, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the Adjustment Date immediately preceding the Interest Period, for
loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a period of one month in
amounts approximately equal to the outstanding Note Principal Balance. If no
such quotations can be obtained, the Reference Bank Rate shall be LIBOR for
the preceding Interest Period.
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"Registered Holder" means the person in whose name a Note is registered
on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
"Remaining Net Draws" is Net Draws minus 3% of the Note Principal Balance
of the Principal Amount Notes for the Payment Date.
"REMIC Provisions" means Section 860A through 860G of the Code and
related provisions, and regulations and rulings promulgated under those
sections.
"Required Amount" for a Payment Date means the amount by which the sum of
the amounts distributable pursuant to Sections 8.03(a)(i) and (ii) and
8.03(c)(ii) on the Payment Date exceed Investor Interest Collections available
for payment thereon for the Payment Date.
"Responsible Officer" any officer of the Indenture Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also, with respect
to a particular matter, any other officer to whom a matter is referred because
of the officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Rolling One Hundred and Eighty-Day Delinquency Rate" for any Payment
Date on or after the Stepdown Date is the average of the One Hundred and
Eighty-Day Delinquency Rates for the Payment Date and the six immediately
preceding Payment Dates.
"Rolling Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate" for any Payment Date on or after the
Stepdown Date is the average of the Sixty-Day Delinquency Rates for the
Payment Date and the two immediately preceding Payment Dates.
"Rolling Three Hundred and Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate" for any Payment
Date on or after the Stepdown Date is the average of the Three Hundred and
Sixty-Day Delinquency Rates for the Payment Date and the twelve immediately
preceding Payment Dates.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement
specified in the Adoption Annex.
"Secured Parties" means the Holders of the Notes.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933.
"Seller" any seller of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
"Senior Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Subordinate Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Servicing Certificate" means the certificate delivered each month
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the Indenture Trustee
completed and executed by any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers
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furnished to the Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date,
as it may be amended from time to time.
"Servicing Fee" for any Payment Date means the product of
o the Servicing Fee Rate specified in the Adoption Annex divided by
12 and
o the Loan Pool Balance as of the first day of the Collection Period
preceding the Payment Date (or as of the close of business on the Cut-off
Date for the first Payment Date).
"Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate" for any Payment Date on or after the
Stepdown Date is a fraction whose numerator is the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of all Mortgage Loans 60 or more days delinquent as of the
last day of the related Collection Period (including Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure, bankruptcy, and REO properties) and whose denominator is the Loan
Pool Balance (minus Net Draws) for the Payment Date.
"Sponsor" means Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation and
any successor.
"Sponsor Loss Coverage Amount" has the meaning given to it in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.
"Sponsor Loss Coverage Obligation" has the meaning given to it in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The
▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.
"State" means any one of the ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or the
District of Columbia.
"Stepdown Cumulative Loss Trigger Event" has the meaning given to it in
the Adoption Annex.
"Stepdown Date" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Stepdown Delinquency Trigger Event" has the meaning given to it in the
Adoption Annex.
"Stepdown Target Subordination Percentage" has the meaning given to it in
the Adoption Annex.
"Subordinated Transferor Collections" for a Payment Date means Interest
Collections and Principal Collections from the Mortgage Loans allocable to the
Transferor Interest for that Payment Date.
"Subsequent Closing Date" means any date designated by the Depositor on
which the Trust acquires Additional Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section
2.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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"Subsequent Cut-off Date" means the cut-off date designated by the
Depositor in a Transfer Document in connection with the acquisition of
Additional Home Equity Loans by the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Three Hundred and Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate" for any Payment Date on or
after the Stepdown Date is a fraction whose numerator is the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans 360 or more days
delinquent as of the last day of the related Collection Period (including
Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, bankruptcy, and REO properties) and whose
denominator is the Loan Pool Balance (minus Net Draws) for the Payment Date.
"Transaction Documents" means this Indenture, the Notes, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the
Administration Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Loan Insurance Policy, and
any other document or agreement entered into in connection with the Trust, the
Notes, the Certificates, or the Mortgage Loans.
"Transfer Deposit Amount" has the meaning given to it in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
"Transferor" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption Annex.
"Transferor Certificates" has the meaning given to it in the Adoption
Annex.
"Transferor Interest" for any Payment Date means the excess of
o the Loan Pool Balance as of the close of business on the day
before the Payment Date plus any funds in the Additional Loan Account
minus Net Draws over
o the aggregate Note Principal Balance of all Classes of Principal
Amount Notes on the Payment Date (after giving effect to the payment of
all amounts actually paid on the Notes on that Payment Date).
"Transferor Principal Collections" for any Payment Date means Principal
Collections received during the related Collection Period minus Additional
Balances created on the Mortgage Loans during the Collection Period minus the
Net Draws Principal Payment minus Investor Principal Collections.
"Trigger Event" is in effect with respect to any Payment Date on or after
the Stepdown Date if either a Stepdown Delinquency Trigger Event is in effect
with respect to that Payment Date or a Stepdown Cumulative Loss Trigger Event
is in effect with respect to that Payment Date.
"Trust" means the trust specified in the Adoption Annex.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement between Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force on the date of this Indenture, unless otherwise specifically
provided.
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"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in
the relevant jurisdiction, unless the context otherwise requires.
"Unpaid Investor Interest Shortfall" for any Payment Date and Class of
Principal Amount Notes means the aggregate amount of Note Interest on that
Class of Notes that was accrued for a prior Payment Date and has not been paid
to Holders of that Class of Notes.
"Weighted Average Net Loan Rate" for any Collection Period means the
average of the daily Net Loan Rate (specified in the Adoption Annex) for each
Mortgage Loan (assuming that each Mortgage Loan is fully indexed) for each day
during the related Billing Cycle, weighted on the basis of the daily average
of the Asset Balances outstanding for each day in the Billing Cycle for each
Mortgage Loan as determined by the Master Servicer in accordance with the
Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures.
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The Indenture Trustee shall issue under Section 2.02(b):
o Class A Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $700,800,000,
o Class M-1 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $22,000,000,
o Class M-2 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $21,200,000,
o Class M-3 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $13,200,000,
o Class M-4 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $12,400,000,
o Class M-5 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $11,600,000,
o Class M-6 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $10,400,000,
o Class B Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $8,400,000, and
o Class A-IO Notes in an aggregate notional amount equal to the
initial Class A-IO Notional Balance.
The amount deposited in the "Additional Loan Account" on the Closing Date
is $0.
The "Administration Agreement" is the Administration Agreement of even
date with this Indenture among the Issuer, the Master Servicer, and the
Indenture Trustee.
The "Applicable Margin" means, for each Class of Principal Balance Notes,
as follows:
Interest Rate Before Optional Interest Rate After Optional
Class Termination Date Termination Date
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Notes
A............ 0.19% 0.38%
M-1.......... 0.40% 0.60%
M-2.......... 0.42% 0.63%
M-3.......... 0.44% 0.66%
M-4.......... 0.54% 0.81%
M-5.......... 0.58% 0.87%
M-6.......... 1.00% 1.50%
B............ 2.00% 3.00%
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The "Book-Entry Notes" are the Class A Notes, the Class M Notes, the
Class B Notes, and the Class A-IO Notes.
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The "Certificates" mean the Class C Certificates, Class R-1 Certificates,
and Class R-2 Certificates issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
A "Class" of Notes is any of the Class A Notes, the Class M Notes, Class
B Notes or the Class A-IO Notes.
The "Class A Principal Distribution Target Amount" for any Payment Date
means the excess of:
o the Note Principal Balance of the Class A Notes before the Payment
Date, over
o the lesser of (i) 73.70% of the Loan Pool Balance (minus Net Draws)
for the Payment Date and (ii) the Loan Pool Balance (minus Net
Draws) for the Payment Date minus the OC Floor.
A "Class A Note" is any note designated as a Class A Notes executed by
the Owner Trustee and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
A "Class B Note" is any note designated as a Class B Notes executed by
the Owner Trustee and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
A "Class M Note" is any note designated as a Class ▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, or Class M-6 Note executed by the Owner Trustee and
authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
The "Class Note Rate" for any Class of Principal Amount Notes is for the
first Interest Period a per annum rate equal to the sum of the interpolated
one-month and two-month LIBOR and the Applicable Margin, and for any
subsequent Interest Period, a per annum rate equal to the least of
o the sum of LIBOR as of the Adjustment Date for that Interest
Period and the Applicable Margin,
o the Maximum Rate for that Class Notes for that Interest Period,
and
o 16.00%.
The interpolated one-month and two-month LIBOR shall be equal to one-month
LIBOR for the first Interest Period plus the product of
o the excess of two-month LIBOR for the first Interest Period over
one-month LIBOR for the first Interest Period, multiplied by
o a fraction whose numerator is the number of days from the
one-month anniversary of the Closing Date to the first Payment Date and
whose denominator is 30.
The "Class A-IO Note Rate" is zero on the first Payment Date and zero on
each Payment Date after the sixth Payment Date and on each of the Payment
Dates beginning on the second Payment Date and ending on the sixth Payment
Date (inclusive) is equal to the lesser of
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o 4.00% and
o the Weighted Average Net Loan Rate of the Mortgage Loans minus the
weighted average Note Rate of the Principal Amount Notes for that
Interest Period, adjusted to an effective rate reflecting the accrual of
interest based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months
multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the Loan Pool Balance for the
previous Payment Date (minus Net Draws) and whose denominator is the
Class A-IO Notional Balance.
The "Class A-IO Notional Balance" for the second through the sixth
Payment Date is the lesser of the Class A-IO Scheduled Balance below and the
Loan Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the beginning of the related
Collection Period (less Net Draws). On the first Payment Date and each Payment
Date after the sixth Payment Date, the Class A-IO Notional Balance will be
zero.
Payment Date Class A-IO Scheduled Balance ($)
Second 561,714,804.00
Third 482,856,182.00
Fourth 469,244,712.00
Fifth 409,909,520.00
Sixth 380,427,237.00
The "Class M Notes" means any of the Class ▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class M-3,
Class M-4, Class M-5, and Class M-6 Notes executed by the Owner Trustee and
authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
The "Closing Date" is February 27, 2006.
The "Co-Trustee" is Chase Bank USA, National Association, or any
successor Co-Trustee under the Indenture.
The last day of the first "Collection Period" is the last day of March
2006.
The "Corporate Trust Office" of the Indenture Trustee at the date of
execution of this Indenture is located at ▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
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Finance Services, Countrywide HEL CWHEQ 2006-A.
"Cumulative Loss Trigger Event" for any Payment Date on or after the
Payment Date specified in April 2009, a Cumulative Loss Trigger Event is in
effect if (x) the aggregate amount of Liquidation Loss Amounts on the Mortgage
Loans from the Initial Cut-off Date for each Mortgage Loan to (and including)
the last day of the related Collection Period exceeds (y) that Payment Date's
applicable percentage of the sum of the aggregate initial Loan Pool Balance as
of the Cut-off Date and the amount deposited in the Additional Loan Account on
the Closing Date, as set forth in the table below:
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Payment Date Percentage
April 2009 -- March 2010.............. 3.85% with respect to April 2009, plus an additional
1/12th of 1.70% for each month thereafter through March
2010
April 2010 -- March 2011.............. 5.55% with respect to April 2010, plus an additional
1/12th of 1.25% for each month thereafter through March
2011
April 2011 -- March 2012.............. 6.80% with respect to April 2011, plus an additional
1/12th of 0.85% for each month thereafter through March
2012
April 2012 -- March 2013.............. 7.65% with respect to April 2012, plus an additional
1/12th of 0.85% for each month thereafter through March
2013
April 2013 and thereafter............ 8.50%
The "Custodial Agreement" is the Custodial Agreement of even date with
this Indenture between the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, and Treasury Bank, a division of Countrywide Bank, N.A., as
custodian.
The "Cut-off Date" refers to either the Initial Cut-off Date or
Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable.
"Delinquency Trigger Event" for any Payment Date exists if:
o the Rolling One Hundred and Eighty-Day Delinquency Rate for the
outstanding Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds 5.00%; or
o the Rolling Three Hundred and Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate for the
outstanding Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds 2.00%.
The "Indenture Trustee" is JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking
association.
The "Initial Cut-off Date" is the later of February 22, 2006 and the date
of origination of the relevant Initial Mortgage Loan.
The "Interest Bearing Notes" are the Principal Amount Notes, and the
Class A-IO Notes.
The "Interest Formula Rate" for a Class of Principal Amount Notes is the
lesser of the rates in clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition of Class Note
Rate.
The "Latest Subsequent Closing Date" is the earlier of March 31, 2006 and
the date the amount in the Additional Loan Account is less than $40,000.
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The "Loan Insurance Policy" is the policy dated February 27, 2006, policy
number ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇, issued by Loan Insurance Policy Provider to the
Co-Trustee.
The "Loan Insurance Policy Provider" is United Guaranty Residential
Insurance Company of North Carolina.
The "Loan Insurance Premium Rate" means [0.996%] per annum.
The "Maximum Rate" for a Class of Principal Amount Notes for any Interest
Period is the Weighted Average Net Loan Rate for the Mortgage Loans for the
Collection Period during which the Interest Period begins (adjusted to an
effective rate reflecting accrued interest calculated on the basis of the
actual number of days in the Collection Period commencing in the month in
which the Interest Period commences and a year assumed to consist of 360
days).
The "Maturity Date" for each Class of Principal Amount Notes, the Payment
Date in the following table:
Class of Notes Maturity Date
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A....................... April 2032
M-1..................... April 2031
M-2..................... March 2031
M-3..................... February 2031
M-4..................... December 2030
M-5..................... October 2030
M-6..................... May 2030
B....................... June 2029
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The "Mortgage Loan Schedule" shall specify for each Mortgage Loan its (i)
account number, (ii) Credit Limit, (iii) Gross Margin, (iv) lifetime rate cap,
(v) Cut-off Date Asset Balance, (vi) current Loan Rate, (vii) combined
loan-to-value ratio, (viii) code specifying the property type, (ix) code
specifying documentation type, (x) code specifying lien position, and (xi)
code specifying whether the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan.
The "Net Draws" on any day are the aggregate amount of advances of funds
made by the Holder of the Class R-1 Certificates to purchase Additional
Balances minus the aggregate amount of Principal Collections on the Mortgage
Loans previously paid to the Class R-1 Certificates minus Liquidation Loss
Amount allocated to the Class R-1 Certificates.
The "Net Loan Rate" for any Mortgage Loan on any day is the Loan Rate
less
o the Servicing Fee Rate, and
o the Loan Insurance Premium Rate, if applicable.
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A "Note" is any Class A Note, Class M Note, Class B Note, or the Class
A-IO Note executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2.
The "Note Rate" refers to either the Class Note Rate, or the Class A-IO
Note Rate, as applicable.
The "OC Floor" means an amount equal to 0.50% of the sum of the aggregate
Loan Pool Balance as of the initial Cut-off Date plus the amount deposited in
the Additional Loan Account on the Closing Date.
The "Original Note Principal Balance" of the Notes is
o for the Class A Notes, $700,800,000,
o for the Class M-1 Notes, $22,000,000,
o for the Class M-2 Notes, $21,200,000,
o for the Class M-3 Notes, $13,200,000,
o for the Class M-4 Notes, $12,400,000,
o for the Class M-5 Notes, $11,600,000,
o for the Class M-6 Notes, $10,400,000, and
o for the Class B Notes, $8,400,000.
"Overcollateralization Target Amount" for each Payment Date
o before the Stepdown Date is 0.75% of the sum of the aggregate Loan
Pool Balance as of the Initial Cut-off Date and any funds deposited
in the Additional Loan Account on the Closing Date,
o on or after the Stepdown Date is the greater of (i) 1.50% of the
aggregate Note Principal Balance of all Classes of Principal Amount
Notes for that Payment Date (after giving effect to the payment of
all amounts actually paid on the Principal Amount Notes on that
Payment Date) and (ii) the OC Floor.
If a Trigger Event is in effect on any Payment Date, then the
Overcollateralization Target Amount will be the Overcollateralization Target
Amount in effect for the prior Payment Date.
The "Outstanding Amount" of the Outstanding Class A-IO Notes as a whole
for the purposes of determining the exercise of voting privileges is equal to
1.0% of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Principal Amount Notes and
of any portion of the Class A-IO Notes is their pro rata portion of the total
Outstanding Amount of Class A-IO Notes determined by notional balance. The
Outstanding Amount of Principal Amount Notes or of a Class of Principal
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Amount Notes that are Outstanding at the date of determination is their
aggregate principal amount.
The "Owner Trustee" is Wilmington Trust Company, or any successor owner
trustee under the Trust Agreement.
The "Payment Date" is the Business Day after the fourteenth day of each
month, beginning in April 2006.
The "Principal Amount Notes" are the Class A Notes and the Subordinate
Notes.
The Payment Date referred to in the definition of "Rapid Amortization
Commencement Date" is the Payment Date in March 2011.
The "Record Date" for a Payment Date or redemption date for Book-Entry
Notes (other than the Class A-IO Notes) is the close of business on the day
before the Payment Date or redemption date. The record date for the Class A-IO
Notes and for definitive Notes is the last day of the preceding month before
the Payment Date or redemption date.
The "Sale and Servicing Agreement" is the Sale and Servicing Agreement of
even date with this Indenture among the Sponsor, the Depositor, the Trust, and
the Indenture Trustee.
The "Servicing Fee Rate" is 0.50% per annum.
The "Senior Notes" means the Class A Notes and Class A-IO Notes.
The "Stepdown Cumulative Loss Trigger Event" for any Payment Date on or
after the Stepdown Date a Cumulative Loss Trigger Event is in effect if (x)
the aggregate amount of Liquidation Loss Amounts on the Mortgage Loans from
the Cut-off Date for each Mortgage Loan to (and including) the last day of the
related Collection Period exceeds (y) that Payment Date's applicable
percentage of the sum of the aggregate initial Loan Pool Balance as of the
Cut-off Date and the amount deposited in the Additional Loan Account on the
closing date, as set forth below:
Payment Date Percentage
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April 2009 -- March 2010................ 3.00% with respect to April 2009, plus an
additional 1/12th of 1.00% for each month
thereafter through March 2010
April 2010 -- March 2011................ 4.00% with respect to April 2010, plus an
additional 1/12th of 0.75% for each month
thereafter through March 2011
April 2011 -- March 2012................ 4.75% with respect to April 2011, plus an
additional 1/12th of 0.50% for each month
thereafter through March 2012
April 2012 -- March 2013................ 5.25% with respect to April 2012, plus
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an additional 1/12th of 3.25% for each month
thereafter through March 2013
April 2013 and thereafter.............. 8.50%
"Stepdown Date" is the earlier to occur of
o the Payment Date on which the Note Principal Balance of the
Class A Notes is reduced to zero, and
o the later to occur of
(x) the Payment Date in April 2009, and
(y) the first Payment Date on which the Note Principal
Balance of the Class A Notes (after calculating
anticipated payments on the Payment Date) is less
than or equal to 73.70% of the Loan Pool Balance
(minus Net Draws) for the Payment Date.
"Stepdown Delinquency Trigger Event" for any Payment Date on or after the
Stepdown Date exists if
(x) the Rolling Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate for the outstanding
Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds 22.90% of the Senior
Enhancement Percentage for such Payment Date;
(y) the Rolling One Hundred and Eighty-Day Delinquency Rate for the
outstanding Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds 5.00% ; or
(z) the Rolling Three Hundred and Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate for
the outstanding Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds 2.00%.
"Stepdown Target Subordination Percentage" for any Class of Subordinate
Notes is the respective percentages indicated in the following table:
Class of Stepdown Target
Subordinate Notes Subordination Percentage
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Class M-1.......................... 20.80%
Class M-2.......................... 15.50%
Class M-3.......................... 12.20%
Class M-4.......................... 9.10%
Class M-5.......................... 6.20%
Class M-6.......................... 3.60%
Class B............................ 1.50%
The "Subordinate Notes" means the Class M Notes and the Class B
Notes.
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The "Transferor" is the Holder of the Class C Certificates executed and
authenticated by the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
The "Transferor Certificates" are the Class C Certificates and the Class
R-1 Certificates executed and authenticated by the Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement.
The "Trust" is the CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A,
a Delaware statutory trust established pursuant to the Trust Agreement, dated
as of February 24, 2006, between Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., the Depositor,
and Wilmington Trust Company.
The title of the Additional Loan Account is "JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee, Additional Loan Account for the registered holders of
Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Notes, Series 2006-A."
The date in each year by which the Issuer will furnish an Opinion of
Counsel pursuant to Section 3.06(b) is September 30 beginning in 2007.
The first year after which an annual compliance statement pursuant to
Section 3.09 is due is 2007.
The wiring instructions for Section 6.15(c) are:
for the Co-Trustee:
JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA#: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇
Acct Number: 507953991
Acct Name: Delaware Incoming Wire Account
Ref: Account #: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.1 CWHEQ 06-A Loan Ins Policy
Premium A/C
for the Indenture Trustee:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. - Houston, TX.
ABA# ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Acct Number: 00103409232
Acct Name: Houston Structured Finance
Ref: CWHEQ 2006-A
The date in each year by which the Indenture Trustee will furnish reports
pursuant to Section 7.04 is March 15 beginning in 2007.
The title of the Payment Account is "JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Indenture Trustee, Payment Account for the registered holders of Revolving
Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Notes, Series 2006-A."
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The title of the account established by the Co-Trustee is "CWHEQ
Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2006-A Loan Insurance Policy Premium
Account."
The Payment Date referred to in Section 8.03(b) is the Maturity Date.
The date of the Prospectus Supplement is February 24, 2006.
Addresses for notices under Section 11.04 are:
For the Issuer at:
CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-A
Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration;
For the Co-Trustee at:
Chase Bank USA, National Association
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Attention: Worldwide Securities Services;
For the Rating Agencies at:
in the case of Standard & Poor's:
Standard & Poor's,
a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
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