POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 23, 1998
between
Marine Midland Bank
(Trustee)
and
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC.
(Seller and Servicer)
Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed
Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1,
Class A and Class B
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE II
SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 2.01 Sale and Conveyance of Trust Fund.................... 1
Section 2.02 Possession of SBA Files.............................. 1
Section 2.03 Books and Records.................................... 1
Section 2.04 Delivery of SBA Loan Documents....................... 2
Section 2.05 Acceptance by Trustee of the Trust Fund;............. 4
Section 2.06 [Intentionally Omitted].............................. 5
Section 2.07 Authentication of Certificates....................... 5
Section 2.08 Fees and Expenses of the Trustee..................... 6
Section 2.09 Sale and Conveyance of the Subsequent SBA Loans...... 6
Section 2.10 Optional Purchase of Defaulted SBA Loans............. 8
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01 Representations of the Seller........................ 1
Section 3.02 Individual SBA Loans................................. 4
Section 3.03 Purchase and Substitution of Defective............... 9
ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01 The Certificates...................................... 1
Section 4.02 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. 1
Section 4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..... 5
Section 4.04 Persons Deemed Owners................................. 5
ARTICLE V
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF SBA LOANS
Section 5.01 Duties of the Servicer................................. 1
Section 5.02 Liquidation of SBA Loans............................... 4
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Section 5.03 Establishment of Principal and......................... 5
Section 5.04 Permitted Withdrawals From the......................... 6
Section 5.05 [Intentionally Omitted]................................ 8
Section 5.06 Transfer of Accounts................................... 8
Section 5.07 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance........................ 8
Section 5.08 [Intentionally Omitted]................................ 8
Section 5.09 Fidelity Bond.......................................... 8
Section 5.10 Title,Management and Disposition....................... 9
Section 5.11 [Intentionally Omitted.]...............................10
Section 5.12 Collection of Certain SBA Loan Payments................10
Section 5.13 Access to Certain Documentation and....................10
Section 5.14 Superior Liens.........................................11
ARTICLE VI
PAYMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 6.01 Establishment of Certificate Account;.................. 1
Section 6.02 Establishment of Spread Account;....................... 2
Section 6.03 Establishment of Expense Account;...................... 3
Section 6.04 Establishment of Pre-Funding Account; Deposits in Pre-
Funding Account; Permitted Withdrawals from Pre-Funding
Account......................................................... 5
Section 6.05. Establishment of Capitalized Interest Account;
Deposits in Capitalized Interest Account; Permitted
Withdrawals from Capitalized Interest Account................... 5
Section 6.06 Investment of Accounts................................. 6
Section 6.07 Distributions.......................................... 7
Section 6.08 [Intentionally Omitted]................................ 8
Section 6.09 Statements............................................. 9
Section 6.10 Advances by theServicer................................11
Section 6.11 Compensating Interest..................................12
Section 6.12 Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment.................12
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURE
Section 7.01 [Omitted].............................................. 1
Section 7.02 Satisfaction of Mortgages and Collateral............... 1
Section 7.03 Servicing Compensation................................. 2
Section 7.04 Annual Statement as to Compliance...................... 2
Section 7.05 Annual Independent Public.............................. 3
Section 7.06 SBA's, and Trustee's Right to Examine.................. 3
Section 7.07 Reports to the Trustee; Principal and
Interest Account Statements..................................... 3
Section 7.08 Premium Protection Fee and Servicing Fee............... 4
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ARTICLE VIII
REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED BY SERVICER
Section 8.01 Financial Statements................................... 1
ARTICLE IX
THE SERVICER
Section 9.01 Indemnification; Third Party Claims.................... 1
Section 9.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer................ 2
Section 9.03 Limitation on Liability of the......................... 2
Section 9.04 Servicer Not to Resign................................. 2
ARTICLE X
DEFAULT
Section 10.01 Events of Default..................................... 1
Section 10.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.............. 2
Section 10.03 Waiver of Defaults.................................... 4
Section 10.04. Control by Majority Certificateholders............... 4
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
Section 11.01 Termination.......................................... 1
Section 11.02 Accounting Upon Termination of Servicer.............. 2
ARTICLE XII
THE TRUSTEE
Section 12.01 Duties of Trustee..................................... 1
Section 12.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee................. 2
Section 12.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates................... 3
Section 12.04 Trustee May Own Certificates.......................... 4
Section 12.05 Servicer To Pay Trustee's Fees........................ 4
Section 12.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.................. 4
Section 12.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee................ 5
Section 12.08 Successor Trustee..................................... 6
Section 12.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.................... 6
Section 12.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate................. 7
Section 12.11 Authenticating Agent.................................. 8
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Section 12.12 Tax Returns and Reports............................... 9
Section 12.13 Protection of Trust Fund.............................. 9
Section 12.14 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Trustee..10
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01 Acts of Certificateholders........................... 1
Section 13.02 Amendment............................................ 1
Section 13.03 Recordation of Agreement............................. 2
Section 13.04 Duration of Agreement................................ 2
Section 13.05Governing Law.......................................... 2
Section 13.06 Notices.............................................. 2
Section 13.07 Severability of Provisions........................... 3
Section 13.08 No Partnership....................................... 3
Section 13.09 Counterparts......................................... 3
Section 13.10 Successors and Assigns............................... 3
Section 13.11 Headings............................................. 3
Section 13.12 Paying Agent......................................... 3
Section 13.13 Notification to Rating Agency........................ 4
Section 13.14 Third Party Rights................................... 4
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT A Contents of SBA File
EXHIBIT B-1 Form of Class A Certificate
EXHIBIT B-2 Form of Class B Certificate
EXHIBIT C Principal and Interest Account
Letter Agreement
EXHIBIT D [Omitted]
EXHIBIT E [Omitted]
EXHIBIT E(1) Wiring Instructions Form
EXHIBIT F-1 Initial Certification
EXHIBIT F-2 Final Certification
EXHIBIT G [Omitted]
EXHIBIT H SBA Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT I Request for Release of Documents
EXHIBIT J Form of Liquidation Report
EXHIBIT K Form of Delinquency Report
EXHIBIT L Servicer's Monthly Computer Tape Format
EXHIBIT M Multi-Party Agreement
EXHIBIT N Spread Account Agreement
EXHIBIT O-1 Form of Transferee Letter
EXHIBIT O-2 Form of Rule 144A Certification
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Agreement dated as of December 23, 1998 between Marine Midland Bank, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), and Business Loan Center, Inc., as Seller (the
"Seller") and as Servicer (the "Servicer"):
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Seller, in the ordinary course of its business, originates and
acquires SBA ss. 7(a) Loans (the "SBA ss. 7(a) Loans") to small businesses in
compliance with the provisions of the Small Business Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, which SBA ss. 7(a) Loans are evidenced by the SBA Notes
in favor of the Seller.
Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Small Business
Act and the Loan Guaranty Agreement, a portion of each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan has
been guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (the "SBA").
The Seller has previously sold the Guaranteed Interest (as defined
herein) in the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans to certain Registered Holders pursuant to SBA
Form 1086 Agreements between such Registered Holders, the SBA and the Seller.
The parties hereto acknowledge that the SBA is the party in interest with
respect to the Guaranteed Interest.
Pursuant to and in accordance with policies of the SBA, the Servicer is
required to retain a portion of the interest received on the Guaranteed Interest
of each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan sold to the Trust Fund (such portion, the "Premium
Protection Fee").
To facilitate the sale of the Unguaranteed Interest (as defined below)
in the SBA ss.7(a) Loans, net of the Servicing Fee, and the servicing of the SBA
Loans by the Servicer, the Seller and the Servicer are entering into this
Agreement with the Trustee. The Seller is transferring the Unguaranteed Interest
in the SBA Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of the SBA and the
Certificateholders under this Agreement, pursuant to which Certificates are
being issued, denominated on the face thereof as Business Loan Center SBA
Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B,
representing in the aggregate a 100% undivided beneficial ownership interest in
the right to receive the principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interests of the
SBA Loans together with interest thereon at the then applicable Class A or Class
B Remittance Rate, as the case may be. The Unguaranteed Interest of the Initial
SBA Loans have an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $21,431,228.10 as
of December 23, 1998 (the "Cut-Off Date"), after application of payments
received by the Servicer on or before such date.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings. This Agreement
relates to a Trust Fund evidenced by Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed
Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B. Unless
otherwise provided, all calculations of interest pursuant to this Agreement
including, but not limited to, the Class A and Class B Interest Distribution
Amounts, are based on a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months.
ACCOUNT: The Certificate Account, the Pre-Funding Account and the
Capitalized Interest Account established by the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders; the Expense Account established by the Trustee for the
benefit of the Trustee; and the Spread Account held by the Spread Account
Custodian pursuant to the Spread Account Agreement. The Trustee's obligation to
establish and maintain the Certificate Account is not delegable.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: The number assigned to each SBA Loan by the Seller, as
set forth in Exhibit H hereto.
ACCOUNT PROPERTY: Has the meaning set forth in Section 3 of the Spread
Account Agreement.
ADDITION NOTICE: With respect to the transfer of Subsequent SBA Loans
to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.09 herein, notice, which shall be given
not later than three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer
Date, of the Seller's designation of Subsequent SBA Loans to be sold to the
Trust Fund and the aggregate Principal Balance of such Subsequent SBA Loans.
ADDITIONAL FEE: With respect to each Additional Fee SBA Loan, the fee
payable to the SBA by the Seller equal to 40 basis points or 50 basis points per
annum, as the case may be, on the outstanding balance of the Guaranteed Interest
of such Additional Fee SBA Loan.
ADDITIONAL FEE SBA LOAN: An SBA ss. 7(a) Loan sold in the secondary
market on or after September 1, 1993 (unless the related SBA ss. 7(a) Loan was
approved by the SBA on or after October 12, 1995), for which the related
Additional Fee is 40 basis points per annum, or an SBA ss. 7(a) Loan approved by
the SBA on or after October 12, 1995 (regardless of whether it was sold in the
secondary market), for which the related Additional Fee is 50 basis points per
annum.
ADJUSTED CLASS A INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each
Remittance Date, the product of (A) the aggregate amount of interest payable
with respect to each SBA Loan in accordance with its terms, net of the interest
payable to the Registered Holder, the Premium Protection Fee, the Excess Spread,
the Servicing Fee, the FTA's Fee, the Additional Fee, the Extra Interest and the
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Annual Expense Escrow Amount allocable to such interest (plus, for the
Remittance Dates occurring in January 1999, February 1999 and March 1999, any
amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest
Account for such Remittance Date to be applied as a payment of interest on the
Certificates) and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amounts set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class A Interest Distribution
Amount with respect to such Remittance Date, and the denominator of which is the
sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class
A Interest Distribution Amount and the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
of the definition of Class B Interest Distribution Amount, each with respect to
such Remittance Date.
ADJUSTED CLASS B INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each
Remittance Date, the product of (A) the aggregate amount of interest payable
with respect to each SBA Loan in accordance with its terms, net of the interest
payable to the Registered Holder, the Premium Protection Fee, the Excess Spread,
the Servicing Fee, the FTA's Fee, the Additional Fee, the Extra Interest and the
Annual Expense Escrow Amount allocable to such interest (plus, for the
Remittance Dates occurring in January 1999, February 1999 and March 1999, any
amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest
Account for such Remittance Date to be applied as a payment of interest on the
Certificates) and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amounts set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class B Interest Distribution
Amount with respect to such Remittance Date, and the denominator of which is the
sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class
A Interest Distribution Amount and the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
of the definition of Class B Interest Distribution Amount, each with respect to
such Remittance Date.
ADJUSTED SBA LOAN REMITTANCE RATE: With respect to any SBA Loan, a
percentage per annum equal to the sum of (i) the then applicable weighted
average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates and (ii) 0.05% per annum, relating
to the Annual Expense Escrow Amount.
ADJUSTMENT DATE: For the Interest Accrual Periods commencing in
February, March and April, the Adjustment Date shall be the first Business Day
of the preceding January. For the Interest Accrual Periods commencing in May,
June and July, the Adjustment Date shall be the first Business Day of the
preceding April. For the Interest Accrual Periods commencing in August,
September and October, the Adjustment Date shall be the first Business Day of
the preceding July. For the Interest Accrual Periods commencing in November,
December and January, the Adjustment Date shall be the first Business Day of the
preceding October. However, for the January 1999 Remittance Date, interest on
the Class A and Class B Certificates will accrue based upon the Prime Rate in
effect on the first Business Day of December, 1998.
AGGREGATE CLASS A CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As of any date of
determination, the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance less the sum
of all amounts previously distributed to the Class A Certificateholders in
respect of principal.
AGGREGATE CLASS B CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As of any date of
determination, the Original Class B Certificate Principal Balance less the sum
of all amounts previously distributed to the Class B Certificateholders in
respect of principal.
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AGREEMENT: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.
ANNUAL EXPENSE ESCROW AMOUNT: $7,500 per annum plus out-of-pocket
expenses (estimated to be approximately $300 per annum).
ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE: With respect to those SBA Loans secured by a
Mortgaged Property, an assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the
related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the transfer of the
related SBA Loan to the Trustee subject to the Multi-Party Agreement.
AUTHENTICATING AGENT: Initially, Marine Midland Bank and thereafter,
any successor appointed pursuant to Section 12.11.
AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to each Remittance Date, the sum of (i)
the Unguaranteed Percentage of all amounts received from any source by the
Servicer or any Subservicer during the preceding calendar month (including
Excess Spread) with respect to principal and interest on the SBA Loans (net of
the amount payable to the Registered Holders, the Premium Protection Fee, the
FTA's Fee, the Additional Fee, and the Servicing Fee), (ii) advances by the
Servicer, (iii) amounts to be transferred from the Pre-Funding Account and
Capitalized Interest Account with respect to the January 1999, February 1999 and
March 1999 Remittance Dates, (iv) amounts in the Spread Account and (v) with
respect to the First Remittance Date, the Initial Certificate Deposit Amount.
BIF: The Bank Insurance Fund, or any successor thereto.
BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the States of New York or Delaware are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
CAPITALIZED INTEREST ACCOUNT: As described in Section 6.05.
CAPITALIZED INTEREST REQUIREMENT: With respect to the Remittance Dates
in January 1999, February 1999 and March 1999, the excess, if any, of (i) 30
days' interest (or, with respect to the Remittance Date in January 1999, the
actual number of days from the Closing Date to but not including such Remittance
Date) calculated at the weighted average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates on
the excess of (a) the Aggregate Class A and Class B Certificate Principal
Balances for such Remittance Date over (b) the aggregate Principal Balances of
the SBA Loans for such Remittance Date over (ii) any Pre-Funding Earnings to be
transferred to the Certificate Account on such Remittance Date pursuant to
Section 6.04(d).
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CERTIFICATE: Any Class A or Class B Certificate executed by the
Servicer and authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibits B-1 and B-2.
CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT: As described in Section 6.01.
CERTIFICATEHOLDER or HOLDER: Each Person in whose name a Class A or
Class B Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that,
solely for the purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request or demand
pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the
Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer or any affiliate of any of them, shall be
deemed not to be outstanding and the undivided Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
percentage of Certificates necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request
or demand has been obtained.
CERTIFICATE REGISTER: As described in Section 4.02.
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR: Initially, Marine Midland Bank, and thereafter,
any successor appointed pursuant to Section 4.02.
CLASS A CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT: The amount, if any, by which (i) the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any preceding Remittance
Date exceeded (ii) the amount of the actual principal distribution to the Class
A Certificates on such Remittance Date.
CLASS A CERTIFICATE: A Certificate denominated as a Class A
Certificate.
CLASS A CERTIFICATEHOLDER: A holder of a Class A Certificate.
CLASS A INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance
Date, the sum of (i) the interest accrued for the related Interest Accrual
Period at the then applicable Class A Remittance Rate on the Aggregate Class A
Certificate Principal Balance outstanding immediately prior to such Remittance
Date and (ii) the amount of the shortfall, if any, of the interest that the
Class A Certificates were entitled to receive on a preceding Remittance Date but
did not receive plus interest thereon at the then applicable Class A Remittance
Rate compounded monthly; provided, however, that on each Remittance Date after
the first Remittance Date the amount set forth in Clause (i) of Class A Interest
Distribution Amount will be increased or decreased, as the case may be, to equal
the Adjusted Class A Interest Distribution Amount for such Remittance Date.
CLASS A PERCENTAGE: With respect to each Remittance Date, 92%,
representing the beneficial ownership interest of the Class A Certificates in
the Trust Fund.
CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance
Date, the Class A Percentage multiplied by the sum of, without duplication, (i)
the Unguaranteed Percentage of all payments and other recoveries of principal of
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an SBA Loan (net of amounts reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement) received by the Servicer or any Subservicer in the related Due
Period, excluding amounts received relating to SBA Loans which have been
delinquent 24 months or have been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in
part, by the Servicer to the extent that the Class A Certificateholders have
previously received the Class A Percentage of the Principal Balance of such SBA
Loans; (ii) the principal portion of any Unguaranteed Interest actually
purchased by the Seller for breach of a representation and warranty or other
defect and actually received by the Trustee as of the related Determination
Date; (iii) any Substitution Adjustments deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account and transferred to the Certificate Account as of the related
Determination Date; (iv) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all losses on SBA Loans
which were finally liquidated during the applicable Due Period; and (v) the
Unguaranteed Percentage of the then outstanding principal balance of any SBA
Loan which, as of the first day of the related Due Period, has been delinquent
24 months or has been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in part, by
the Servicer and (vi) the amount, if any, released from the Pre-Funding Account
on the January 1999, February 1999 and March 1999 Remittance Dates.
CLASS A REMITTANCE RATE: During the initial Interest Accrual Period
6.75% per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual Period, the Prime Rate
in effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 1.00% per annum.
CLASS B CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT: The amount, if any, by which (i) the
Class B Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any preceding Remittance
Date exceeded (ii) the amount of the actual principal distribution to the Class
B Certificates on such Remittance Date.
CLASS B CARRY-FORWARD INTEREST AMOUNT: For the Class B Certificates on
any Remittance Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class B Interest
Distribution Amount for such Remittance Date times (ii) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Class B Carry-Forward Amount for the Class B
Certificates and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Class B Certificate
Principal Balance.
CLASS B CERTIFICATE: A Certificate denominated as a Class B
Certificate.
CLASS B CERTIFICATEHOLDER: A holder of a Class B Certificate.
CLASS B INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance
Date, the sum of (i) the interest accrued for the related Interest Accrual
Period at the then applicable Class B Remittance Rate on the Aggregate Class B
Certificate Principal Balance outstanding immediately prior to such Remittance
Date and (ii) the amount of the shortfall, if any, of the interest that the
Class B Certificates were entitled to receive on a preceding Remittance Date but
did not receive plus interest thereon at the then applicable Class B Remittance
Rate compounded monthly; provided, however, that on each Remittance Date after
the first Remittance Date the amount set forth in Clause (i) of Class B Interest
Distribution Amount will be increased or decreased, as the case may be, to equal
the Adjusted Class B Interest Distribution Amount for such Remittance Date.
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CLASS B PERCENTAGE: With respect to each Remittance Date, 8%,
representing the beneficial ownership interest of the Class B Certificates in
the Trust Fund.
CLASS B PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance
Date, the Class B Percentage multiplied by the sum of, without duplication, (i)
the Unguaranteed Percentage of all payments and other recoveries of principal of
an SBA Loan (net of amounts reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement) received by the Servicer or any Subservicer in the related Due
Period, excluding amounts received relating to SBA Loans which have been
delinquent 24 months or have been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in
part, by the Servicer to the extent that the Class B Certificateholders have
previously received the Class B Percentage of the Principal Balance of such SBA
Loans; (ii) the principal portion of any Unguaranteed Interest actually
purchased by the Seller for breach of a representation or warranty or other
defect and actually received by the Trustee as of the related Determination
Date; (iii) any Substitution Adjustments deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account and transferred to the Certificate Account as of the related
Determination Date; (iv) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all losses on SBA Loans
which were finally liquidated during the applicable Due Period; and (v) the
Unguaranteed Percentage of the then outstanding principal balance of any SBA
Loan which, as of the first day of the related Due Period, has been delinquent
24 months or has been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in part, by
the Servicer, and (vi) the amount, if any, released from the Pre-Funding Account
on the January 1999, February 1999 and March 1999 Remittance Dates.
CLASS B REMITTANCE RATE: During the initial Interest Accrual Period
6.95% per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual Period, the Prime Rate
in effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 0.80% per annum.
CLOSING DATE: December 30, 1998
CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
legislation thereto.
COLLATERAL: All items of property (including a Mortgaged Property),
whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, or otherwise, pledged by an
Obligor or others to a Seller (including guarantees on behalf of the Obligor) to
secure payment under an SBA Loan.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: Real property (other than agricultural property or
Residential Property) that generally is used by the Obligor in the conduct of
its business.
COMPENSATING INTEREST: As defined in Section 6.11.
CONFIDENTIAL PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM: The Confidential Private Placement
Memorandum dated December 28, 1998 prepared by the Seller in connection with the
offer and sale of the Class A Certificates.
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CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The principal office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which
office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at Marine
Midland Bank, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, 12th Floor, Attention
Corporate Trust Department or at any other time at such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the parties hereto.
CURTAILMENT: With respect to an SBA Loan, any payment of principal
received during a Due Period as part of a payment that is in excess of five
times the amount of the Monthly Payment due for such Due Period and which is not
intended to satisfy the SBA Loan in full, nor is intended to cure a delinquency.
CUT-OFF DATE: December 23, 1998.
DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: Certificates of any Class issued in
definitive, full registered, certificated form without interest coupons in
minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of
such minimum amount.
DEFAULTED SBA LOAN: Any SBA Loan as to which the Obligor has failed to
make payment in full of three or more consecutive Monthly Payments.
DELETED SBA LOAN: An SBA Loan replaced by a Qualified Substitute SBA
Loan.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION: With respect to the Principal and
Interest Account, or items of Account Property held in deposit accounts, an
entity which is an institution whose deposits are insured by either the BIF or
SAIF administered by the FDIC, the unsecured and uncollateralized long-term debt
obligations of which shall be rated A or better by the Rating Agency or A1 by
the Rating Agency, and which is either (i) a federal savings association duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws,
(ii) an institution duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the applicable banking laws of any state, (iii) a national banking association
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking
laws, or (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company, in each case
acting or designated by the Servicer as the depository institution for the
Principal and Interest Account.
DETERMINATION DATE: That day of each month which is the third Business
Day prior to the Remittance Date.
DUE DATE: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due
from the Obligor on an SBA Loan.
DUE PERIOD: With respect to each Remittance Date, the calendar month
preceding the month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
or any successor legislation thereto.
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EVENT OF DEFAULT: As described in Section 10.01.
EXCESS PAYMENTS: With respect to a Due Period, any amounts received on
an SBA Loan in excess of the Monthly Payment due on the Due Date relating to
such Due Period which does not constitute either a Curtailment or a Principal
Prepayment or a payment with respect to an overdue amount. Excess Payments are
payments of principal for purposes of this Agreement.
EXCESS PROCEEDS: As of any Remittance Date, with respect to any
Liquidated SBA Loan, the excess, if any, of (a) the Unguaranteed Percentage of
the total Net Liquidation Proceeds, over (b) the Unguaranteed Percentage of the
Principal Balance of such SBA Loan as of the date such SBA Loan became a
Liquidated SBA Loan plus 30 days interest thereon at the then applicable
Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate; provided, however, that such excess shall be
reduced by the amount by which interest accrued on the advance, if any, made by
the Servicer at the related SBA Loan Interest Rate(s) exceeds interest accrued
on such advance at the then applicable weighted average Class A and Class B
Remittance Rates.
EXCESS SPREAD: With respect to any Remittance Date, the amount, if any,
by which (i) the interest collected by the Servicer or any Subservicer on the
principal portion of the Guaranteed Interest of each SBA ss.7(a) Loan exceeds
(ii) the sum of (a) the interest payable to the Registered Holder, (b) the FTA's
Fee, (c) the Premium Protection Fee, (d) with respect to the Additional Fee SBA
Loans, the Additional Fee and (e) the Servicing Fee allocable to the Guaranteed
Interest.
EXPENSE ACCOUNT: The expense account established and maintained by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 6.03 hereof.
EXTRA INTEREST: With respect to each SBA Loan, for each Remittance Date
the product of (i) the principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interest of such
SBA Loan for such Remittance Date and (ii) one-twelfth of the applicable Extra
Interest Percentage.
EXTRA INTEREST PERCENTAGE: With respect to each SBA Loan, the excess of
(i) the SBA Loan Interest Rate that would be in effect for such SBA Loan as of
the Cut-Off Date without giving effect to any applicable lifetime floors or caps
over (ii) the sum of the rates used in determining the Servicing Fee and the
Annual Expense Escrow Amount and 6.766% per annum (i.e., the initial weighted
average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates without giving effect to any
applicable lifetime floors or caps on the SBA Loans).
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and any successor
thereto.
FIDELITY BOND: As described in Section 5.09.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association and any successor
thereto.
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FORECLOSED PROPERTY: As described in Section 5.10.
FORECLOSED PROPERTY DISPOSITION: The final sale of a Foreclosed
Property acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure. The proceeds
of any Foreclosed Property Disposition constitute part of the definition of
Liquidation Proceeds.
FTA: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Services Corp., in its capacity as the Fiscal and Transfer
Agent of the SBA under the Multi-Party Agreement, or any successor thereto
appointed by the SBA.
FTA'S FEE: With respect to the Guaranteed Interest of each SBA ss. 7(a)
Loan sold into the secondary market, the monthly fee payable to the FTA in
accordance with Form 1086 and the SBA Rules and Regulations.
FUNDING PERIOD: The period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on
the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the amount on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account is less than $100,000, (ii) the date on which an Event of
Default occurs or (iii) at the close of business on March 26, 1999.
GUARANTEED INTEREST: As to any SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, the right to receive
the guaranteed portion of the principal balance thereof together with interest
thereon at the then applicable SBA Loan Interest Rate. Certificateholders have
no right or interest in the Guaranteed Interest.
INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate registered in the name of a
holder.
INITIAL CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT AMOUNT: A deposit of $64,484.18 required to
be made by the Seller into the Certificate Account
on the Closing Date.
INITIAL SPREAD ACCOUNT DEPOSIT: A deposit of $535,780.70 required to be
made by the Spread Account Depositor into the Spread Account on the Closing
Date, such deposit being equal to 2.5% of the Original Pool Principal Balance.
INITIAL SBA LOANS: The SBA Loans listed on Exhibit H hereto and
delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date.
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR: Any Person satisfying the definition
of "Accredited Investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to any
insurance policy covering an SBA Loan, Collateral or Foreclosed Property,
including but not limited to title, hazard, life, health and/or accident
insurance policies.
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INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to each Remittance Date, the
period commencing on the 15th day of the month preceding such Remittance Date
and ending on the 14th day of the month of such Remittance Date. However, for
the Remittance Date occurring in January 1999, the period commencing on the
Closing Date and ending on January 14, 1998.
LIQUIDATED SBA LOAN: Any defaulted SBA Loan or Foreclosed Property as
to which the Servicer has determined that all amounts which it reasonably and in
good faith expects to recover have been recovered from or on account of such SBA
Loan.
LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Cash, including Insurance Proceeds, proceeds of
any Foreclosed Property Disposition, revenues received with respect to the
conservation and disposition of a Foreclosed Property, and any other amounts
received in connection with the liquidation of defaulted SBA Loans, whether
through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise.
LOAN GUARANTY AGREEMENT: The Loan Guaranty Agreement (Deferred
Participation) (SBA Form 750) dated March 27, 1997 between the SBA and Business
Loan Center, Inc., as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or replaced
from time to time.
LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OR LTV: With respect to any SBA Loan, (a) the
outstanding principal amount of such SBA Loan as of the Cut-off Date, divided by
(b) the excess of (i) the total net collateral value (as determined by the
Seller in accordance with its underwriting criteria) of the primary and
secondary Collateral securing such loan at the time of origination over (ii) the
principal balance of any Prior Lien as of the date of origination of the related
SBA Loan.
MAJORITY CERTIFICATEHOLDERS: The Holder or Holders of Class A and Class
B Certificates evidencing an Aggregate Class A Certificate Principal Balance and
Aggregate Class B Certificate Principal Balance in excess of 50% of the
Aggregate Class A Certificate Principal Balance and Aggregate Class B
Certificate Principal Balance.
MONTHLY ADVANCE: An advance made by the Servicer pursuant to Section
6.10 hereof.
MONTHLY PAYMENT: The monthly payment of principal and/or interest
required to be made by an Obligor on the related SBA Loan, as adjusted pursuant
to the terms of the related SBA Note.
MORTGAGE: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
lien on a Mortgaged Property.
MORTGAGED PROPERTY: The underlying real property, if any, securing an
SBA Loan, consisting of a Commercial Property or Residential Property and any
improvements thereon.
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MULTI-PARTY AGREEMENT: That certain Multi-Party Agreement dated as of
December 23, 1998 among the Seller, the Trustee, the SBA and the FTA,
substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto, as amended from time to time by
the parties thereto.
NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Liquidation Proceeds net of (i) any
reimbursements to the Servicer made therefrom pursuant to Section 5.04(b) and
(ii) amounts required to be released to the related Obligor pursuant to
applicable law.
1933 ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
OBLIGOR: The obligor on an SBA Note.
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE: A certificate delivered to the Trustee signed by
the Chairman of the Board, the President, an Executive Vice President, a Vice
President, an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of
the Assistant Secretaries of a Seller or the Servicer as required by this
Agreement.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without
limitation, be counsel for the Seller or Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee and experienced in matters relating thereto.
ORIGINAL CLASS A CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $24,316,729.85.
ORIGINAL CLASS B CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $2,114,498.25.
ORIGINAL POOL PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $21,431,228.10.
ORIGINAL PRE-FUNDED AMOUNT: $5,000,000 representing the amount
deposited in the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date.
OVERFUNDED INTEREST AMOUNT: With respect to each Subsequent Transfer
Date occurring in January 1999, the difference between (i) three-months'
interest on the aggregate Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans
acquired by the Trust Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the
weighted average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates, and (ii) three-months'
interest on the aggregate Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans
acquired by the Trust Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the
rate at which Pre-Funding Account moneys are invested as of such Subsequent
Transfer Date.
With respect to each Subsequent Transfer Date occurring in February
1999, the difference between (i) two-months' interest on the aggregate Principal
Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on such
Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the weighted average Class A and Class B
Remittance Rates, and (ii) two-months' interest on the aggregate Principal
Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on such
Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the rate at which Pre-Funding Account
moneys are invested as of such Subsequent Transfer Date.
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With respect to each Subsequent Transfer Date occurring in March 1999,
the difference between (i) one-month's interest on the aggregate Principal
Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on such
Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the weighted average Class A and Class B
Remittance Rates, and (ii) one-month's interest on the aggregate Principal
Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on such
Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the rate at which Pre-Funding Account
moneys are invested as of such Subsequent Transfer Date.
PAYING AGENT: Initially, Marine Midland Bank, and thereafter, any other
Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Paying Agent specified in
Section 13.12 hereof and is authorized by the Trustee to make payments on the
Certificates on behalf of the Trustee.
PERCENTAGE INTEREST: With respect to a Class A or Class B Certificate,
the portion of the Trust Fund evidenced by such Class A or Class B Certificate,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the denomination
represented by such Class A or Class B Certificate and the denominator of which
is the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance or Original Class B
Certificate Principal Balance, as the case may be. The Certificates are issuable
only in the minimum Percentage Interest corresponding to a minimum denomination
of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one
Certificate of each Class which may be issued in a different denomination to
equal the remainder of the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance or
Original Class B Certificate Principal Balance, as the case may be.
PERMITTED INSTRUMENTS: As used herein, Permitted Instruments shall
include the following:
(i) direct general obligations of, or obligations fully and
unconditionally guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and
interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States, FHA debentures, Federal Home Loan Bank
consolidated senior debt obligations, and FNMA senior debt obligations,
but excluding any of such securities whose terms do not provide for
payment of a fixed dollar amount upon maturity or call for redemption;
(ii) federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits
and banker's acceptances (having original maturities of not more than
365 days) of any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof, provided that the short-term
debt obligations of such bank or trust company at the date of
acquisition thereof have been rated Duff 1+ or better by the Rating
Agency;
(iii) deposits of any bank or savings and loan association
which has combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least
$3,000,000 which deposits are held only up to the limits insured by the
BIF or SAIF administered by the FDIC, provided that the unsecured
long-term debt obligations of such bank or savings and loan association
have been rated AAA or better by the Rating Agency;
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(iv) commercial paper (having original maturities of not
more than 365 days) rated Duff 1+ or better by the Rating Agency;
(v) debt obligations rated AAA by the Rating Agency (other
than any such obligations that do not have a fixed par value and/or
whose terms do not promise a fixed dollar amount at maturity or call
date);
(vi) investments in money market funds rated AAA or better
by the Rating Agency the assets of which are invested solely in
instruments described in clauses (i)-(v) above; including, without
limitation, any fund which the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee
serves as an investment advisor, administrator, shareholder, servicing
agent and/or custodian or sub-custodian, notwithstanding that (a) the
Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee charges and collects fees and
expenses from such funds for services rendered, (b) the Trustee charges
and collects fees and expenses for services rendered pursuant to this
Agreement, and (c) services performed for such funds and pursuant to
this Agreement may converge at any time (the parties hereto
specifically authorize the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee to
charge and collect all fees and expenses from such funds for services
rendered to such funds, in addition to any fees and expenses the
Trustee may charge and collect for services rendered pursuant to this
Agreement).
(vii) guaranteed investment contracts or surety bonds
providing for the investment of funds in an account or insuring a
minimum rate of return on investments of such funds, which contract or
surety bond shall:
(a) be an obligation of an insurance company or other
corporation whose debt obligations or insurance financial
strength or claims paying ability are rated "AAA" by the
Rating Agency; and
(b) provide that the Trustee may exercise all of the
rights of the Seller under such contract or surety bond
without the necessity of the taking of any action by the
Seller;
(viii) A repurchase agreement that satisfies the following
criteria:
(a) Must be between the Trustee and a dealer bank or
securities firm described in 1. or 2. below:
1. Primary dealers on the Federal Reserve
reporting dealer list which are rated AA" or
better by the Rating Agency, or
2. Banks rated "AA" or better by the Rating
Agency.
(b) The written repurchase agreement must include the
following:
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1. Securities which are acceptable for the
transfer are:
A. Direct U.S. government securities, or
B. Securities of Federal Agencies backed by
the full faith and credit of the U.S.
government (and FNMA & FHLMC)
2. the term of the repurchase agreement may be
up to 60 days
3. the collateral must be delivered to the
Trustee or third party custodian acting as
agent for the Trustee by appropriate book
entries and confirmation statements must have
been delivered before or simultaneous with
payment (perfection by possession of
certificated securities)
4. Valuation of collateral
The securities must be valued
weekly, marked-to-market at
current market price plus
accrued interest. The value of
the collateral must be equal to
at least 104% of the amount of
cash transferred by the Trustee
or custodian for the Trustee to
the dealer bank or security
firm under the repurchase
agreement plus accrued
interest. If the value of
securities held as collateral
slips below 104% of the value
of the cash transferred by the
Trustee plus accrued interest,
then additional cash and/or
acceptable securities must be
transferred. If, however, the
securities used as collateral
are FNMA or FHLMC, then the
value of collateral must equal
at least 105%; and
(ix) any other investment acceptable to the Rating Agency,
written confirmation of which shall be furnished to the Trustee prior
to any such investment. Provided that if such Permitted Instrument is
not so rated by the Rating Agency, there must be an equivalent rating
by a Substitute Rating Agency.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, national
banking association, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
POOL PRINCIPAL BALANCE: The aggregate Principal Balances as of any date
of determination.
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PRE-FUNDED AMOUNT: With respect to any date of determination, the
amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.
PRE-FUNDING ACCOUNT: The Pre-Funding Account established in accordance
with Section 6.04 hereof and maintained by the Trustee.
PRE-FUNDING EARNINGS: With respect to the Remittance Date in January
1999, the actual investment earnings earned during the period from the Closing
Date through the Business Day immediately preceding the Determination Date in
January 1999 (inclusive) on the Pre-Funded Amount. With respect to the
Remittance Dates in February 1999 and March 1999, the actual investment earnings
earned during the period from the Determination Date in January 1999 and
February 1999, respectively, through the Business Day immediately preceding the
Determination Date in February 1999 and March 1999, respectively (inclusive), on
the Pre-Funded Amount.
PREMIUM PROTECTION FEE: As to any SBA Loan and any date of
determination, an amount equal to 0.60% per annum of the then outstanding
principal balance of the related Guaranteed Interest.
PRIME RATE: With respect to any date of determination, the lowest prime
lending rate published in the Money Rate Section of The Wall Street Journal, on
the next succeeding Business Day.
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT: The principal and interest account
established by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.03
hereof.
PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any SBA Loan or related Foreclosed
Property, at any date of determination, (i) the Unguaranteed Percentage of the
principal balance of the SBA Loan outstanding as of the Cut-Off Date (or
applicable Subsequent Cut-Off Date with respect to Subsequent SBA Loans) after
application of principal payments received on or before such date, minus (ii)
the sum of (a) the Unguaranteed Percentage of the principal portion of the
Monthly Payments received during each Due Period ending prior to the most recent
Remittance Date, which were distributed pursuant to Section 6.07 on any previous
Remittance Date, and (b) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all Principal
Prepayments, Curtailments, Excess Payments, Insurance Proceeds, Released
Mortgaged Property Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds and net income from a
Foreclosed Property to the extent applied by the Servicer as recoveries of
principal in accordance with the provisions hereof, which were distributed
pursuant to Section 6.07 on any previous Remittance Date. The Principal Balance
of any Liquidated SBA Loan or any SBA Loan that has been paid off will equal $0.
PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any payment or other recovery of principal on an
SBA Loan equal to the outstanding principal balance thereof, received in advance
of the final scheduled Due Date which is intended to satisfy an SBA Loan in
full.
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PRIOR LIEN: With respect to any SBA Loan secured by a lien on a
Mortgaged Property which is not a first priority lien, each lien relating to the
corresponding Mortgaged Property having a prior priority lien.
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER: As used herein, has the meaning ascribed
to such term in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTE SBA LOAN: An SBA loan or SBA loans substituted for
a Deleted SBA Loan pursuant to Section 2.05 or 3.03 hereof, which (i) has or
have an SBA Loan interest rate or rates of not less than (and not more than two
percentage points more than) the SBA Loan Interest Rate for the Deleted SBA
Loan, (ii) substantially relates or relate to the same type of Collateral as the
Deleted SBA Loan, (iii) matures or mature no later than (and not more than one
year earlier than) the Deleted SBA Loan, (iv) has or have a Loan-to-Value Ratio
or Loan-to-Value Ratios at the time of such substitution no higher than the
Loan-to Value Ratio of the Deleted SBA Loan at such time, (v) has or have a
principal balance or principal balances relating to an unguaranteed interest or
unguaranteed interests (after application of all payments received on or prior
to the date of substitution) equal to or less than the Principal Balance of the
Unguaranteed Interest or Unguaranteed Interests as of such date of the Deleted
SBA Loan, (vi) has or have the same Unguaranteed Percentage at the time of
substitution as the Deleted SBA Loan; (vii) was or were originated under the
same program type as the Deleted SBA Loan; and (viii) complies or comply as the
date of substitution with each representation and warranty set forth in Section
3.02.
RATING AGENCY: Duff & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Rating Co. or any successor
thereto.
RATING AGENCY CONDITION: With respect to any specified action, that the
Rating Agency shall have notified the Servicer and the Trustee, orally or in
writing, that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the
rating assigned by the Rating Agency to either Class of Certificates.
RECORD DATE: With respect to any Remittance Date, the close of business
on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month of the related
Remittance Date (or with respect to the first Remittance Date, the close of
business on the Closing Date).
With respect to the Special Remittance Date, February 28, 1999.
REGISTERED HOLDER: With respect to any SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, the Person
identified as such in the applicable SBA Form 1086, and any permitted assignees
thereof.
REIMBURSABLE AMOUNTS: As of any date of determination, an amount
payable to the Servicer and/or the Seller with respect to (i) the Monthly
Advances and Servicing Advances reimbursable pursuant to Section 5.04(b), (ii)
any advances reimbursable pursuant to Section 9.01 and not previously reimbursed
pursuant to Section 6.03(c)(i), and (iii) any other amounts reimbursable to the
Servicer or the Seller pursuant to this Agreement.
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RELEASED MORTGAGED PROPERTY PROCEEDS: As to any SBA Loan secured by a
Mortgaged Property, proceeds received by the Servicer in connection with (a) a
taking of an entire Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent
domain or condemnation or (b) any release of part of the Mortgaged Property from
the lien of the related Mortgage, whether by partial condemnation, sale or
otherwise, which are not released to the Obligor in accordance with applicable
law, the SBA or the Registered Holder in accordance with the SBA Rules and
Regulations, the Servicer's customary SBA loan servicing procedures and this
Agreement.
REMITTANCE DATE: The 15th day of any month or if such 15th day is not a
Business Day, the first Business Day immediately following, commencing in
January 1999.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY: Any one or more of the following, (i) single
family dwelling unit not attached in any way to another unit, (ii) row house,
(iii) two-family house, (iv) low-rise condominium, (v) planned unit development,
(vi) three- or four-family house, (vii) high-rise condominium, (viii) mixed use
building or (ix) manufactured home (as defined in the FNMA/FHLMC
Seller-Servicers' Guide) to the extent that it constitutes real property in the
state in which it is located.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
assigned to the Corporate Trust Division, including any Vice President,
Assistant Vice President any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. When
used with respect to the Seller, the President, any Vice President, Assistant
Vice President, Treasurer or any Secretary or Assistant Secretary.
RULE 144A CERTIFICATION: A letter substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit O-2-A or Exhibit O-2-B.
SAIF: The Savings Association Insurance Fund, or any successor thereto.
SBA: The United States Small Business Administration, an agency of the
United States Government.
SBA FILE: As described in Exhibit A.
SBA Form 1086: The Secondary Participation Guaranty Agreement and
Certification on SBA Form 1086, pursuant to which investors purchased the
Guaranteed Interest.
SBA LOAN: An individual loan, the Unguaranteed Interest of which is
transferred to the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement, together with the
rights and obligations of a holder thereof and payments thereon and proceeds
therefrom, the SBA Loans originally subject to this Agreement being identified
on the SBA Loan Schedule as set forth on Exhibit H. Any loan which, although
intended by the parties hereto to have been, and which purportedly was,
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transferred and assigned to the Trust Fund by the Seller (as indicated by the
SBA Loan Schedule), in fact was not transferred and assigned to the Trust Fund
for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, the incorrectness of
the statement set forth in Section 3.02(h) hereof with respect to the loan,
shall nevertheless be considered an "SBA Loan" for all purposes of this
Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, references to SBA Loans are
equivalent to references to SBA ss. 7(a) Loans.
SBA LOAN INTEREST RATE: With respect to any date of determination, the
then applicable annual rate of interest borne by an SBA Loan, pursuant to its
terms, which, as of the Cut-Off Date, is shown on the SBA Loan Schedule.
SBA LOAN SCHEDULE: The schedule of SBA Loans listed on Exhibit H
attached hereto and delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date, or Subsequent
Transfer Date, as the case may be, such schedule identifying each SBA Loan by
address of the related premises, and the name of the Obligor and setting forth
as to each Initial SBA Loan the following information: (i) the Principal Balance
as of the close of business on the Cut-Off Date, (ii) the Account Number, (iii)
the original principal amount of the SBA Loan, (iv) the SBA Loan date and
original number of months to maturity, in months, (v) the SBA Loan Interest Rate
as of the Cut-Off Date or Subsequent Cut-Off Date, as the case may be, and
guaranteed rate payable to the Registered Holder and the FTA, (vi) when the
first Monthly Payment was due, (vii) the Monthly Payment as of the Cut-Off Date,
or Subsequent Cut-Off Date, as the case may be, (viii) the remaining number of
months to maturity as of the Cut-Off Date, or Subsequent Cut-Off Date, as the
case may be (ix) the Unguaranteed Percentage, (x) the SBA loan number, (xi) the
margin which is added to the Prime Rate to determine the SBA Loan Interest Rate
or, in the case of fixed rate SBA Loans, the rate of interest specified in the
related SBA Note, and (xii) the lifetime minimum and maximum SBA Loan Interest
Rates, if applicable.
SBA NOTE: The note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the
indebtedness of an Obligor under an SBA Loan.
SBA RULES AND REGULATIONS: The Small Business Act, as amended, codified
at 15 U.S.C. 631 et. seq., the Loan Guarantee Agreement, all legislation binding
on the SBA regarding financial transactions, all rules and regulations
promulgated from time to time thereunder, the Loan Guaranty Agreement and SBA
Standard Operating Procedures and official notices as from time to time are in
effect.
SBA ss. 7(a) LOAN: An SBA Loan originated pursuant to Section 7(a) of
the SBA Rules and Regulations. For purposes of this Agreement, references to SBA
ss. 7(a) Loans are equivalent to references to SBA Loans.
SECURITIES ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SECURITIES LEGEND: "THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF,
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BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED,
RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) IN CERTIFICATED FORM (A) PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A") TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A (A "QIB"), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER,
RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, OR (B)
TO AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT
FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE SUBJECT TO (A)
THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE
AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE
TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SECURITIES AND BLUE
SKY LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE
JURISDICTION, (2) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (3) PURSUANT
TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT. "
SELLER: Business Loan Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
respective successors and assigns as Seller hereunder.
SERIES: 1998-1.
SERVICER: Business Loan Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and permitted assigns as Servicer hereunder.
SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE: The certificate as defined in Section 6.09.
SERVICING ADVANCES: All reasonable and customary "out-of-pocket" costs
and expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing
obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation,
restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property or other Collateral, (ii)
any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of the Foreclosed Property, (iv) compliance with the
obligations under clause (iv) of Section 5.01(a) and Sections 5.02 and 5.07,
which Servicing Advances are reimbursable to the Servicer to the extent provided
in Section 5.04(b) and (v) in connection with the liquidation of an SBA Loan,
expenditures relating to the purchase or maintenance of any Prior Lien pursuant
to Section 5.14, for all of which costs and expenses the Servicer is entitled to
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reimbursement thereon up to a maximum rate per annum equal to the related SBA
Loan Interest Rate, except that any amount of such interest accrued at a rate in
excess of the weighted average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates with respect
to the Remittance Date on or prior to which the Unguaranteed Percentage of the
Net Liquidation Proceeds will be distributed shall be reimbursable only from
Excess Proceeds.
SERVICING FEE: As to each SBA Loan, the annual fee payable to the
Servicer. Such fee shall be calculated and payable monthly from the amounts
received in respect of interest on the Guaranteed Interest and the Unguaranteed
Interest of such SBA Loan, shall accrue at the rate of 0.40% per annum on the
entire principal balance of such SBA Loan and shall be computed on the basis of
the same principal amount and for the period respecting which any related
interest payment on an SBA Loan is computed. The Servicing Fee is payable solely
from the interest portion of related (i) Monthly Payments, (ii) Liquidation
Proceeds or (iii) Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds collected by the
Servicer, or as otherwise provided in Section 5.04. The Servicing Fee includes
any servicing fees owed or payable to any Subservicer.
SERVICING OFFICER: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the SBA Loans whose name
appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer
on the Closing Date hereof and as such list may from time to time be amended.
SPECIAL REMITTANCE DATE: March 30, 1999.
SPECIFIED SPREAD ACCOUNT REQUIREMENT: The maximum amount of Spread
Account Balance required to be on deposit at any time in the Spread Account
which, with respect to any Remittance Date, shall be equal to the sum of (i) the
then outstanding Principal Balance with respect to all SBA Loans 180 days or
more delinquent and (ii) the greater of (a) 5.0% of the then outstanding Pool
Principal Balance or (b) 2.5% of the Original Pool Principal Balance; provided,
however, that for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii)(a), there shall be excluded
the Principal Balance of SBA Loans which have been delinquent 24 months or have
been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in part, by the Servicer, to
the extent that the Certificateholders have previously received the Principal
Balance of such SBA Loans provided, however, that in no event shall the Spread
Account Balance exceed the then outstanding Class A Certificate Balance.
SPREAD ACCOUNT: The Spread Account established in accordance with the
terms of the Spread Account Agreement and maintained by the Spread Account
Custodian for distribution in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.02
hereof.
SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT: The Agreement dated as of December 30, 1998
by and among the Spread Account Depositor and the Spread Account Custodian,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit N, as amended from time to
time by the parties thereto.
SPREAD ACCOUNT BALANCE: As of any date of determination, the sum of the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the Spread Account.
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SPREAD ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN: Marine Midland Bank, in its capacity as
Spread Account Custodian under the Spread Account Agreement, or any successor
thereto.
SPREAD ACCOUNT DEPOSITOR: Business Loan Center Financial Corp. II, a
Delaware corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Business Loan Center, Inc.
SPREAD ACCOUNT EXCESS: As defined in Section 6.02(b)(iii).
SUBSEQUENT CUT-OFF DATE: The beginning of business on each date
specified in a Subsequent Transfer Agreement with respect to those Subsequent
SBA Loans which are transferred and assigned to the Trust Fund pursuant to the
related Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
SUBSEQUENT SBA LOANS: The SBA Loans sold to the Trust Fund pursuant to
Section 2.09, which shall be listed on the Schedule of SBA Loans attached to the
related Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT: Each Subsequent Transfer Agreement dated
as of a Subsequent Transfer Date executed by the Trustee and the Seller, by
which Subsequent SBA Loans are sold and assigned to the Trust Fund.
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER DATE: The date specified as such in each Subsequent
Transfer Agreement.
SUBSERVICER: Any person with whom the Servicer has entered into a
Subservicing Agreement and who satisfies any requirements set forth in Section
5.01(b) hereof in respect of the qualification of a Subservicer.
SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT: Any agreement between the Servicer and any
Subservicer relating to subservicing and/or administration of certain SBA Loans
as provided in Section 5.01(b), a copy of which shall be delivered, along with
any modifications thereto, to the Trustee and the SBA.
SUBSTITUTE RATING AGENCY: ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and/or
Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies.
SUBSTITUTION ADJUSTMENT: As to any date on which a substitution occurs
pursuant to Sections 2.05 or 3.03, the amount (if any) by which the aggregate
unguaranteed portions of the principal balances (after application of principal
payments received on or before the date of substitution) of any Qualified
Substitute SBA Loans as of the date of substitution are less than the aggregate
of the Principal Balance of the related Deleted SBA Loans.
TAX RETURN: The federal income tax return to be filed on behalf of the
Trust Fund together with any and all other information reports or returns that
may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the
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Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any
applicable provision of federal, state or local tax laws.
TERMINATION PRICE: The price defined in Section 11.01
hereof.
TRANSFEREE LETTER: A letter substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit O-1.
TRUST FUND: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto, constituting
the trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of: (i)
the Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA Loans as from time to time are subject to
this Agreement, together with, subject to the Multi-Party Agreement, the SBA
Files relating thereto and all proceeds thereof, (ii) the Unguaranteed Interest
of such assets (including any Permitted Instruments) as from time to time are
identified as Foreclosed Property or are deposited in or constitute the
Certificate Account, (iii) the Trustee's rights under all insurance policies
with respect to the SBA Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this
Agreement and the Unguaranteed Interest of any Insurance Proceeds, (iv) the
Unguaranteed Interest of any Liquidation Proceeds and (v) the Unguaranteed
Interest of any Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds, including all earnings
thereon and proceeds thereof. Amounts deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, Pre-Funding Account, Capitalized Interest Account and the Spread
Account shall be held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as the
case may be, but shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund. Also, neither the
Servicing Fee nor the Premium Protection Fee shall constitute part of the Trust
Fund.
TRUSTEE: Marine Midland Bank, or its successor in interest, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
TRUSTEE'S DOCUMENT FILE: The documents delivered pursuant to Section
2.04.
UNGUARANTEED INTEREST: The sum of (i) that portion of an SBA Loan not
guaranteed by the SBA pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations and not
constituting the Premium Protection Fee, the FTA's Fee, with respect to the
Additional Fee SBA Loans, the Additional Fee and the Servicing Fee, and (ii) the
Excess Spread.
UNGUARANTEED PERCENTAGE: With respect to any SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, the
quotient, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which shall be the
principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan as of
the Cut-Off Date (or, in the case of a Subsequent SBA Loan, as of the Subsequent
Cut-Off Date) and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the principal
portion of the Unguaranteed Interest and the principal portion of the Guaranteed
Interest of such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan as of the Cut-Off Date (or, in the case of a
Subsequent SBA Loan, as of the Subsequent Cut-Off Date).
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ARTICLE II
SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 2.01. Sale and Conveyance of Trust Fund.
(a) The Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and
conveys to the Trustee without recourse and for the benefit of the SBA and the
Certificateholders, as their interests may appear, subject to the terms of this
Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement, all of the right, title and interest of
the Seller in and to the Unguaranteed Interests of the Initial SBA Loans and the
Subsequent SBA Loans, and all other assets included or to be included in the
Trust Fund.
(b) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive payments
with respect to the SBA Loans in respect of the Certificates, and all ownership
interests of the Certificateholders in such payments, shall be as set forth in
this Agreement. The Servicing Fee shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund
and Certificateholders shall have no interest in, and are not entitled to
receive any portion of, the Servicing Fee.
Section 2.02. Possession of SBA Files.
(a) Upon the issuance of the Certificates, the ownership of
each SBA Note, the Mortgage and the contents of the related SBA File relating to
the Initial SBA Loans is, and upon each Subsequent Transfer Date the ownership
of each Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of the related Mortgage
File relating to the applicable Subsequent SBA Loans will be, vested in the
Trustee for the benefit of the SBA and the Certificateholders, as their
interests may appear.
(b) Pursuant to Section 2.04, with respect to the Initial SBA
Loans, the Seller has delivered or caused to be delivered, and, on each
Subsequent Transfer Date, the Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered, each
SBA Note relating to an SBA ss. 7(a) Loan to the FTA.
Section 2.03. Books and Records.
The sale of the Unguaranteed Interest of each SBA Loan shall
be reflected on the Seller's balance sheets and other financial statements as a
sale of assets by the Seller and the Seller shall respond to any third-party
inquiry that such transfer is so reflected as a sale. The Seller shall be
responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and
records for each SBA Loan which shall be clearly marked to reflect the ownership
of the Unguaranteed Interest in each SBA Loan by the Trustee for the benefit of
the SBA and the Certificateholders, as its interests may appear.
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Section 2.04. Delivery of SBA Loan Documents.
The Seller, (i) contemporaneously with the delivery of this Agreement,
has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee or, with respect to the
SBA Notes relating to the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans being delivered pursuant to (a)
below, to the FTA, each of the following documents for each Initial SBA Loan and
(ii) on each Subsequent Transfer Date, will deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee or with respect to the SBA Notes relating to the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans
being delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) below, to the FTA, each of the
following documents for each Subsequent SBA Loan originated by the Seller:
(a) The original SBA Note, endorsed by means of an allonge as
follows: "Pay to the order of Marine Midland Bank, and its successors and
assigns, as trustee under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of December 23, 1998, for the benefit of the United States Small Business
Administration and holders of Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Certificates,
Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B, as their respective interests may appear,
without recourse" and signed, by facsimile or manual signature, in the name of
the Seller by a Responsible Officer, with all prior and intervening endorsements
showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Seller, if
the Seller was not the originator;
(b) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) the original Mortgage, with evidence of recording
thereon, (ii) a copy of the Mortgage certified as a true copy by a Responsible
Officer of the Seller where the original has been transmitted for recording
until such time as the original is returned by the public recording office or
duly licensed title or escrow officer or (iii) a copy of the Mortgage certified
by the public recording office in those instances where the original recorded
Mortgage has been lost;
(c) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) the original Assignment of Mortgage from the Seller
endorsed as follows: "Marine Midland Bank, ("Assignee") its successors and
assigns, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
December 23, 1998 subject to the Multi-Party Agreement dated as of December 23,
1998" with evidence of recording thereon (provided, however, that where
permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the Mortgaged Property is
located, the Assignment of Mortgage may be effected by one or more blanket
assignments for SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
county), or (ii) a copy of such Assignment of Mortgage certified as a true copy
by a Responsible Officer of the Seller where the original has been transmitted
for recording (provided, however, that where the original Assignment of Mortgage
is not being delivered to the Trustee, each such Responsible Officer may
complete one or more blanket certificates attaching copies of one or more
Assignments of Mortgage relating to the Mortgages originated by the Seller);
(d) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) originals of all intervening assignments, if any,
showing a complete chain of title from the originator to the Seller, including
warehousing assignments, with evidence of recording thereon if such assignments
were recorded, (ii) copies of any assignments certified as true copies by a
Responsible Officer of the Seller where the originals have been submitted for
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recording until such time as the originals are returned by the public recording
office, or (iii) copies of any assignments certified by the public recording
officer in any instances where the original recorded assignments have been lost;
(e) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) originals of all title insurance policies relating to
the Mortgaged Properties to the extent the Seller obtained such policies or (ii)
copies of any title insurance policies or other evidence of lien position,
including but not limited to Policy Insurance Record of Title ("PIRT") policies,
limited liability reports and lot book reports, to the extent the Seller obtains
such policies or other evidence of lien position, certified as true by the
Seller;
(f) For all SBA Loans, blanket assignment of all Collateral
securing the SBA Loan, including without limitation, all rights under applicable
guarantees and insurance policies;
(g) For all SBA Loans, irrevocable power of attorney of the
Seller to the Trustee to execute, deliver, file or record and otherwise deal
with the Collateral for the SBA Loans in accordance with the Agreement. The
power of attorney will be delegable by the Trustee to the Servicer and any
successor servicer and will permit the Trustee or its delegate to prepare,
execute and file or record UCC financing statements and notices to insurers; and
(h) For all SBA Loans, blanket UCC-1 financing statements
identifying by type all Collateral for the SBA Loans in the SBA Loan Pool and
naming the Trustee as secured party and the Seller as the debtor. The UCC-1
financing statements will be filed promptly following the Closing Date in New
York and Delaware and will be in the nature of protective notice filings rather
than true financing statements.
The Seller shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt thereof,
and in any event, within one year of the Closing Date (or with respect to the
Subsequent SBA Loans, within one year of the related Subsequent Transfer Date),
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee: (i) the original recorded
Mortgage in those instances where a copy thereof certified by the Seller was
delivered to the Trustee; (ii) the original recorded Assignment of Mortgage from
the Seller to the Trustee, which, together with any intervening assignments of
Mortgage, evidences a complete chain of title from the originator to the Trustee
in those instances where copies thereof certified by the Seller were delivered
to the Trustee; and (iii) any intervening assignments of Mortgage in those
instances where copies thereof certified by the Seller were delivered to the
Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
2.04, in those instances where the public recording office retains the original
Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage or the intervening assignments of the Mortgage
after it has been recorded, the Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied its
obligations hereunder upon delivery to the Trustee of a copy of such Mortgage,
Assignment of Mortgage or assignments of Mortgage certified by the public
recording office to be a true copy of the recorded original thereof. All SBA
Loan documents held by the Trustee or the FTA, as the case may be, as to each
SBA Loan are referred to herein as the "Trustee's Document File."
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Although it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that the
conveyance of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Unguaranteed
Interests of the SBA Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan, in the event that
such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of the parties to this
Agreement that the Seller shall be deemed to have granted, and hereby does
grant, to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the SBA a
first priority perfected security interest in all of the Seller's right, title
and interest in, to and under the Unguaranteed Interests of the SBA Loans and
other assets in the Trust Fund, and that this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law.
All recording required pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be
accomplished by and at the expense of the Servicer.
Section 2.05. Acceptance by Trustee of the Trust Fund; Certain
Substitutions; Certification by Trustee.
(a) The SBA shall cause the FTA to execute and deliver on the
Closing Date (or, with respect to the Subsequent SBA Loans, on the related
Subsequent Transfer Date), for each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, an acknowledgment of
receipt of the SBA Note by the FTA in the form attached as Exhibit 1 to the
Multi-Party Agreement, and declares that the FTA will hold such documents and
any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto, as agent for the benefit of
the SBA and the Certificateholders. The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the
SBA and the Certificateholders, to review each Trustee's Document File within 90
days after the Closing Date or Subsequent Transfer Date, as the case may be (or,
with respect to any Subsequent SBA Loan or Qualified Substitute SBA Loan, within
45 days after the assignment thereof), and to deliver to the Certificateholders,
the Seller, the SBA and the Servicer a certification in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit F-1. Within 360 days after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any
Qualified Substitute SBA Loan, within 360 days after the assignment thereof),
the Trustee shall deliver to the Servicer, the Seller, the SBA, the Rating
Agency and any Certificateholder who requests a copy from the Trustee a final
certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2 evidencing the
completeness of the Trustee's Document Files.
(b) If the Trustee or the SBA, as the case may be, during the
process of reviewing the Trustee's Document Files finds any document
constituting a part of a Trustee's Document File which is not properly executed,
has not been received, is unrelated to an SBA Loan identified in the SBA Loan
Schedule, or does not conform in a material respect to the requirements of
Section 2.04 or the description thereof as set forth in the SBA Loan Schedule,
the Trustee or the SBA, as the case may be, shall promptly so notify the
Servicer and the Seller. In performing any such review, the Trustee or the SBA,
as the case may be, may conclusively rely on the Seller as to the purported
genuineness of any such document and any signature thereon. It is understood
that the scope of the Trustee's and the SBA's review of the SBA Files is limited
solely to confirming that the documents listed in Section 2.04 have been
executed and received and relate to the SBA Loans identified in the SBA Loan
Schedule. The Seller agrees to use reasonable efforts to remedy a material
defect in a document constituting part of an SBA File of which it is so notified
by the Trustee or the SBA, as the case may be. If, however, within 60 days after
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the Trustee's or the SBA's notice to it respecting such material defect the
Seller has not remedied the defect and such defect materially and adversely
affects the value of the related SBA Loan, the Seller will (i) substitute in
lieu of such SBA Loan a Qualified Substitute SBA Loan in the manner and subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 3.03 or (ii) purchase the Unguaranteed
Interest of such SBA Loan at a purchase price equal to the Principal Balance of
such Unguaranteed Interest as of the date of purchase, plus 30 days' interest on
such Principal Balance, computed at the Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate as of
the next succeeding Determination Date, plus any accrued unpaid Servicing Fees,
Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances reimbursable to the Servicer, which
purchase price shall be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account on the
next succeeding Determination Date.
(c) Upon receipt by the Trustee and the SBA of a certification
of a Servicing Officer of the Servicer of such purchase and the deposit of the
amounts described above in the Principal and Interest Account (which
certification shall be in the form of Exhibit I hereto), the Trustee and the SBA
shall release to the Servicer for release to the Seller the related Trustee's
Document File and the Trustee and the SBA shall execute, without recourse, and
deliver such instruments of transfer necessary to transfer such SBA Loan to the
Seller. All costs of any such transfer shall be borne by the Servicer.
(d) If in connection with taking any action the Servicer
requires any item constituting part of the Trustee's Document File, or the
release from the lien of the related SBA Loan of all or part of any Mortgaged
Property or other Collateral, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the
SBA a certificate to such effect in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto. Upon
receipt of such certification, the Trustee or the SBA, as the case may be, shall
deliver to the Servicer the requested documentation and the Trustee shall
execute, without recourse, and deliver such instruments of transfer necessary to
release all or the requested part of the Mortgaged Property or other Collateral
from the lien of the related SBA Loan.
On the Remittance Date in March of each year, the Trustee shall deliver
to the Seller, the SBA and the Servicer a certification detailing all
transactions with respect to the SBA Loans for which the Trustee holds a
Trustee's Document File pursuant to this Agreement during the prior calendar
year or part thereof. Such certification shall list all Trustee's Document Files
which were released by or returned to the Trustee or the FTA during the prior
calendar year, the date of such release or return and the reason for such
release or return.
Section 2.06. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 2.07. Authentication of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it on behalf of the Trust
Fund of the Unguaranteed Interests in the SBA Loans and the delivery to the
Trustee and the FTA of the Trustee's Document Files and, concurrently with such
delivery, has authenticated or caused to be authenticated and delivered to or
upon the order of the Seller, in exchange for the Unguaranteed Interests in the
SBA Loans, the Trustee's Document Files and the other assets included in the
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definition of Trust Fund, Certificates duly authenticated by the Trustee in
authorized denominations.
Section 2.08. Fees and Expenses of the Trustee.
The fees and expenses of the Trustee including (i) the annual fees of
the Trustee, payable quarterly in advance, and subject to rebate to the Servicer
as additional servicing compensation hereunder for any fraction of a calendar
quarter in which this Agreement terminates, (ii) any other fees and expenses to
which the Trustee is entitled pursuant to this Agreement or its written
agreement with the Seller, and (iii) reimbursements to the Servicer for any
advances made by the Servicer to the Expense Account pursuant to Section 6.03
hereof, shall be paid from the Expense Account in the manner set forth in
Section 6.03 hereof; provided, however, that the Seller shall be liable for any
expenses of the Trust Fund incurred prior to the Closing Date. The Servicer and
the Trustee hereby covenant with the Certificateholders that every material
contract or other material agreement entered into by the Trustee, or the
Servicer, acting as attorney-in-fact for the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust
Fund shall expressly state therein that no Certificateholder shall be personally
liable in connection with such contract or agreement.
Section 2.09. Sale and Conveyance of the Subsequent SBA Loans.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)
below, in consideration of the Trustee's delivery on the related Subsequent
Transfer Dates to or upon the order of the Seller of all or a portion of the
balance of funds in the Pre-Funding Account, the Seller shall on any Subsequent
Transfer Date sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey without
recourse, to the Trustee all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to
the Unguaranteed Interest of each Subsequent SBA Loan listed on the SBA Loan
Schedule delivered by the Seller on such Subsequent Transfer Date, all its
right, title and interest in and to principal collected and interest accruing on
the Unguaranteed Interest of each such Subsequent SBA Loan on and after the
related Subsequent Cut-Off Date and all its right, title and interest in the
Unguaranteed Interest in all insurance policies; provided, that the Seller
reserves and retains all of its right, title and interest in and to principal
(including Principal Prepayments) collected and interest accruing on each such
Subsequent SBA Loan prior to the related Subsequent Cut-Off Date. The transfer
by the Seller of the Unguaranteed Interest of the Subsequent SBA Loans set forth
on the SBA Loan Schedule to the Trustee shall be absolute and shall be intended
by all parties hereto to be treated as a sale by the Seller.
Although it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that the
conveyance of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Unguaranteed
Interests of the SBA Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan, in the event that
such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of the parties to this
Agreement that the Seller shall be deemed to have granted, and hereby does
grant, to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee
a first priority perfected security interest in all of the Seller's right, title
and interest in, to and under the Unguaranteed Interests of the SBA Loans and
other assets in the Trust Fund, and that this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law.
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The amount released from the Pre-Funding Account shall be one-hundred
percent (100%) of the aggregate Principal Balances as of the related Subsequent
Cut-Off Date of the Subsequent SBA Loans so transferred on the related
Subsequent Transfer Date.
(b) The Seller shall transfer to the Trustee the Unguaranteed
Interest of the Subsequent SBA Loans and the other property and rights related
thereto described in paragraph (a) above only upon the satisfaction of each of
the following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(i) the Seller shall have provided the Trustee with a
timely Addition Notice and shall have provided any information
reasonably requested by it with respect to the Subsequent SBA
Loans;
(ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee a
duly executed written assignment (including an acceptance by
the Trustee) that shall include SBA Loan Schedules, listing
the Subsequent SBA Loans and any other exhibits listed
thereon;
(iii) the Seller shall have deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account all collections in respect of
the Subsequent SBA Loans received on or after the related
Subsequent Cut-Off Date;
(iv) as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, none of the
Seller, the Servicer or the Spread Account Depositor was
insolvent nor will any of them have been made insolvent by
such transfer nor is any of them aware of any pending
insolvency;
(v) such addition will not result in a material
adverse tax consequence to the Trust Fund or the Holders of
the Certificates;
(vi) the Funding Period shall not have terminated;
(vii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officer's Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each
condition precedent specified in this paragraph (b) and in the
related Subsequent Transfer Agreement;
(viii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Rating
Agency and the Trustee, Opinions of Counsel with respect to
the transfer of the Subsequent SBA Loans substantially in the
form of the Opinions of Counsel delivered to the Trustee on
the Closing Date (bankruptcy, corporate and tax opinions);
(ix) the FTA shall have delivered, pursuant to
Section 2.05(a) hereof, an acknowledgment of receipt of the
SBA Note relating to such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan in the form
attached as Exhibit 1 to the Multi-Party Agreement; and
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(x) the Transfer of the Subsequent SBA Loans to the
Trust Fund will not result in a change to the top 5 Obligors.
(c) The obligation of the Trust Fund to purchase the
Unguaranteed Interest of a Subsequent SBA Loan on any Subsequent Transfer Date
is subject to the requirement, as evidenced by a certificate from a Responsible
Officer of the Seller, that such Subsequent SBA Loan conforms in all material
respects to the representations and warranties concerning the individual Initial
SBA Loans set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 (except that any reference therein
to the Cut-Off Date shall be deemed a reference to the applicable Subsequent
Cut-Off Date) and that the inclusion of all Subsequent SBA Loans being
transferred to the Trust Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date will not change,
in any material respect, the characteristics of the Initial SBA Loans, in the
aggregate, set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 or in the Confidential Placement
Memorandum under the headings "Summary of Terms -- The SBA Loan Pool" and "The
SBA Loan Pool." Further, each Subsequent SBA Loan must be an SBA ss.7(a) Loan.
Additionally, following each Subsequent Transfer Date, the weighted average
number of months since origination of all the SBA ss.7(a) Loans (including the
SBA ss.7(a) Loans being purchased on such Subsequent Transfer Date) shall be no
less than approximately four months.
(d) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the
Subsequent SBA Loans, the Seller agrees to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 and 2.05.
(e) In connection with each Subsequent Transfer Date, on the
Remittance Dates in January 1999, February 1999 and March 1999 and the Special
Remittance Date, the Seller shall determine, and the Trustee shall cooperate
with the Seller in determining (i) the amount and correct dispositions of the
Capitalized Interest Requirements, Overfunded Interest Amounts, and Pre-Funding
Earnings and (ii) any other necessary matters in connection with the
administration of the Pre-Funding Account and of the Capitalized Interest
Account. If any amounts are incorrectly released to the Seller from the
Capitalized Interest Account, the Seller shall immediately repay such amounts to
the Trustee.
Section 2.10. Optional Purchase of Defaulted SBA Loans.
The Servicer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase
the Unguaranteed Interest of any Defaulted SBA Loan for a purchase price equal
to the Principal Balance of such Unguaranteed Interest as of the date of
repurchase, plus 30 days' interest on such Principal Balance, computed at the
Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate as of the next succeeding Determination Date,
plus any accrued unpaid Servicing Fees, Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances
reimbursable to the Servicer, which purchase price shall be deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account on the next succeeding Determination Date. Any
such repurchase shall be accomplished in the manner specified in Section
2.05(b). In no event shall the aggregate Principal Balance of the Unguaranteed
Interests of all Defaulted SBA Loans purchased pursuant to this Section 2.10
exceed 5% of the sum of (i) the Original Pool Principal Balance and (ii) the
Original Pre-Funded Amount.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01. Representations of the Seller.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee and the
Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date:
(a) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now
being conducted and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in each state
where the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in order to
conduct business of the type conducted by the Seller and perform its obligations
hereunder; the Seller has corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform in accordance herewith and therewith; the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including all instruments
of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Seller and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action; this Agreement
evidences the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Seller; and all
requisite action has been taken by the Seller to make this Agreement valid,
binding and enforceable upon the Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to
the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or the
application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in
equity, none of which will affect the ownership of the SBA Loans by the Trustee,
as trustee.
(b) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions,
variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses
required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any
federal, state or other governmental authority or agency (other than any such
actions, approvals, etc., under any state securities laws, real estate
syndication or "Blue Sky" statutes, as to which the Seller makes no such
representation or warranty), that are necessary or advisable in connection with
the purchase and sale of the Certificates and the execution and delivery by the
Seller of the documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or
obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof,
are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial
or otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken
or review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be
obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
documents on the part of the Seller and the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement and such of the other documents to which it is
a party;
(c) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not result in the breach of any terms or provisions of the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller or result in the breach of any
term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute a default under or result
in the acceleration of any obligation under, any material agreement, indenture
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or loan or credit agreement or other material instrument to which the Seller or
its property is subject, or result in the violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Seller or its property is
subject;
(d) Neither this Agreement nor any statement, report or other
document furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby contains any
untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances under which they were made;
(e) The Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason
or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in
this Agreement;
(f) There is no action, order, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the best of the Seller's knowledge, threatened
against the Seller which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may
(i) except as described in the Confidential Placement Memorandum, result in any
material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Seller or in any material impairment of the right or
ability of the Seller to carry on its business substantially as now conducted,
or in any material liability on the part of the Seller or of any action taken or
to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Seller contemplated
herein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Seller
to perform under the terms of this Agreement or (ii) which would draw into
question the validity of this Agreement or the SBA Loans;
(g) The Trust Fund will not constitute an "investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency, which default might have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or
operations of the Seller or its properties or might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(i) The statements contained in the Confidential Placement
Memorandum which describe the Seller or the SBA Loans or matters or activities
for which the Seller is responsible in accordance with the Confidential
Placement Memorandum, this Agreement and all documents referred to therein or
herein or delivered in connection therewith or herewith, or which are
attributable to the Seller therein or herein are true and correct in all
material respects, and the Confidential Placement Memorandum does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact with respect to the Seller or the SBA
Loans and does not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein with respect to the Seller or the SBA Loans not
misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Seller
is not aware that the Confidential Placement Memorandum contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances under which they were made. There is no fact peculiar to the
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Seller or the SBA Loans and known to the Seller that materially adversely
affects or in the future may (so far as the Seller can now reasonably foresee)
materially adversely affect the Seller or the SBA Loans or the ownership
interests therein represented by the Certificates that has not been set forth in
the Confidential Placement Memorandum;
(j) No Certificateholder is subject to state licensing
requirements solely by virtue of holding the Certificates;
(k) The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the SBA Notes
and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not, or with
respect to the Subsequent SBA Loans, will not be, subject to the bulk transfer
laws or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction and do not violate the SBA Rules and Regulations;
(l) The origination and collection practices used by the
Seller with respect to each SBA Note and Mortgage relating to the Initial SBA
Loans have been, and the origination and collection practices to be used by the
Seller with respect to each Subsequent SBA Loan and Mortgage relating to each
Subsequent SBA Loan will have been in all material respects legal, proper,
prudent and customary in the SBA loan origination and servicing business;
(m) Each Initial SBA Loan was and each Subsequent SBA Loan
will be, selected from among the existing SBA loans in the Seller's portfolio at
the date hereof, or in the case of the Subsequent SBA Loans, at the related
Subsequent Cut-Off Date, in a manner not designed to adversely affect the
Certificateholders;
(n) The Seller received fair consideration and reasonably
equivalent value or, in the case of the Subsequent SBA Loans, will have received
fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value, in exchange for the sale of
the Unguaranteed Interest of the SBA Loans evidenced by the Certificates;
(o) Neither the Seller nor any of its affiliates sold, or in
the case of the Subsequent SBA Loans will have sold, any interest in any SBA
Loan evidenced by the Certificates with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud
any of their respective creditors;
(p) The Seller is solvent, and the Seller will not be rendered
insolvent as a result of the transfer of the SBA Loans to the Trust Fund or the
sale of the Certificates, the Seller is paying its debts and after giving effect
to the transactions contemplated herein, the Seller will have adequate capital
to conduct its business;
(q) The chief executive office and legal name of the Seller is
as set forth on the respective UCC-1 financing statement filed on behalf of the
Seller pursuant to Section 2.04(h), such office is the place where the Seller is
"located" for the purposes of Section 9-103(3)(d) of the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in the State of New York, and neither the location of such office
nor the legal name of the Seller has changed in the past four months. The Seller
has no trade names, fictitious names, or "doing business as" names, except for
"Business Loan Center;"
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(r) The Seller will treat the transfer of the SBA Loans as a
sale for federal income tax and accounting purposes;
(s) To the best of Seller's knowledge, all tax returns have
been filed on a timely basis;
(t) The Seller will maintain separate books and records, will
not commingle assets and will hold itself out as a separate entity from the
Spread Account Depositor; and
(u) The Class A Certificates shall have been rated "AAA" by
DCR.
Section 3.02. Individual SBA Loans.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, and the
Certificateholders, with respect to each Initial SBA Loan originated or acquired
by the Seller, as of the Closing Date, and with respect to each Subsequent SBA
Loan originated by the Seller, as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(a) The information with respect to each SBA Loan set forth in
the SBA Loan Schedule is true and correct;
(b) All of the original or certified documentation set forth
in Section 2.04 (including all material documents related thereto) has been or
will be delivered to the Trustee or the FTA, on behalf of the Trustee, on the
Closing Date or as otherwise provided in Section 2.04;
(c) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a Commercial
Property or a Residential Property and does not constitute other than real
property under state law;
(d) Except with respect to no more than 1% of the SBA Loans,
each SBA Loan has been originated by the Seller or its predecessors and is being
serviced by the Servicer;
(e) Except with respect to no more than 5% of the SBA Loans,
each SBA Loan is an SBA ss. 7(a) Loan and is secured by one or more items of
collateral;
(f) Except for approximately 4.95% which adjust monthly, each
SBA Note will, with respect to principal payments, adjust quarterly and provide
for a schedule of Monthly Payments which are, if timely paid, sufficient to
fully amortize the principal balance of such SBA Note on its maturity date;
(g) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by a Mortgaged
Property, each Mortgage is a valid and subsisting lien of record on the
Mortgaged Property subject only to any applicable Prior Liens on such Mortgaged
Property and subject in all cases to such exceptions that are generally
acceptable to banking institutions in connection with their regular commercial
lending activities, and such other exceptions to which similar properties are
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commonly subject and which do not individually, or in the aggregate, materially
and adversely affect the benefits of the security intended to be provided by
such Mortgage;
(h) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, the Seller held good and indefeasible title to, and was the sole
owner of, the Unguaranteed Interest of each SBA Loan conveyed by the Seller
subject to no liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others except
as set forth in Section 3.02(g) or other liens which will be released
simultaneously with such transfer and assignment; and immediately upon the
transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Trustee will hold good and
indefeasible title, to, and be the sole owner of, each SBA Loan subject to no
liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others except (i) as set
forth in Section 3.02(g), (ii) the interests of the SBA or (iii) other liens
which will be released simultaneously with such transfer and assignment;
(i) As of the Cut-Off Date (or, with respect to any Subsequent
SBA Loan, as of the related Subsequent Cut-Off Date), no SBA Loan is 30 or more
days delinquent in payment;
(j) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no
delinquent tax or assessment lien on any Mortgaged Property, and each Mortgaged
Property is free of material damage and is in good repair;
(k) The SBA Loan is not subject to any right of rescission,
subordination, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury,
nor will the operation of any of the terms of the SBA Note or any related
Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the SBA Note or
any related Mortgage unenforceable in whole or in part, or subject to any right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury,
and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been
asserted with respect thereto;
(l) Each SBA Loan at the time it was made complied and, as of
the Closing Date, complies in all material respects with applicable state and
federal laws and regulations, including, without limitation, usury, equal credit
opportunity, disclosure and recording laws and, if applicable, the SBA Rules and
Regulations;
(m) Each SBA Loan originated by the Seller was originated in
accordance with the underwriting criteria set forth in the Confidential
Placement Memorandum.
(n) Pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Seller
requires that the improvements upon each Mortgaged Property are covered by a
valid and existing hazard insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier
that provides for fire and extended coverage representing coverage described in
Section 5.07;
(o) Pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Seller
requires that if a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal
Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
hazards, a flood insurance policy is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged
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Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage
described in Section 5.07;
(p) Each SBA Note, any related Mortgage and any other
agreement pursuant to which Collateral is pledged to a Seller is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except only as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or
at law), none of which will prevent the ultimate realization of the security
provided by the Collateral or other agreement, and all parties to each SBA Loan
had full legal capacity to execute all SBA Loan documents and convey the estate
therein purported to be conveyed;
(q) The Servicer has caused and will cause to be performed any
and all acts reasonably required to be performed to preserve the rights and
remedies of the Trustee in any insurance policies applicable to the SBA Loans
including, without limitation, in each case, any necessary notifications of
insurers, assignments of policies or interests therein, and establishments of
co-insured, joint loss payee and mortgagee rights in favor of the Trustee or
Seller, respectively;
(r) Each original Mortgage was recorded, and all subsequent
assignments of the original Mortgage have been recorded in the appropriate
jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof
as against creditors of the Seller (or, subject to Section 2.04 hereof, are in
the process of being recorded);
(s) Each SBA Loan conforms, and all such SBA Loans in the
aggregate conform, to the description thereof set forth in the Confidential
Placement Memorandum;
(t) The terms of the SBA Note and the related Mortgage or
other security agreement pursuant to which Collateral was pledged have not been
impaired, altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument
which has been recorded, if necessary, to protect the interest of the SBA and
the Certificateholders and which has been delivered to the Trustee;
(u) To the best of the Seller's knowledge there are no
material defaults in complying with the terms of any applicable Mortgage, and
all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and
municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became
due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an
amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has
been assessed but is not yet due and payable;
(v) To the best of the Seller's knowledge there is no
proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any
Mortgaged Property, nor is such a proceeding currently occurring, and such
property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm,
flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to affect adversely the value of the
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Mortgaged Property as security for the SBA Loan or the use for which the
premises were intended;
(w) Each Mortgaged Property which is the primary collateral
for the related SBA Loan was, at the time of origination of such SBA Loan, and
to the best of the Seller's knowledge, is, as of the Cut-off Date, free of
contamination from toxic substances or hazardous wastes or is subject to ongoing
environmental rehabilitation approved by the SBA;
(x) The proceeds of the SBA Loan have been fully disbursed,
and there is no obligation on the part of the Seller to make future advances
thereunder and the Guaranteed Portion of the SBA Loan has been sold in the
Secondary Market pursuant to SBA Form 1086. Any and all requirements as to
disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs,
fees and expenses incurred in making or closing or recording the SBA Loans were
paid;
(y) There is no obligation on the part of the Seller or any
other party (except for any guarantor of an SBA Loan) to make Monthly Payments
in addition to those made by the Obligor;
(z) No statement, report or other document signed by the
Seller constituting a part of the SBA File contains any untrue statement of fact
provided by the Seller or omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein provided by the Seller not misleading in light of the
circumstances under which they were made;
(aa) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of
trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been
properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage, and
no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Certificateholders to the
trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale
after default by the Obligor;
(bb) No SBA Loan has a shared appreciation feature, or other
contingent interest feature;
(cc) With respect to each SBA Loan secured by a Mortgaged
Property and that is not a first mortgage loan, either (i) no consent for the
SBA Loan is required by the holder of any related Prior Lien or (ii) such
consent has been obtained;
(dd) Each SBA Loan was originated to a business located in the
State identified in the SBA Loan Schedule;
(ee) All parties which have had any interest in the SBA Loan,
whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period
in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with
any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein
any Mortgaged Property is located, and (2)(A) organized under the laws of such
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state, or (B) qualified to do business in such state, or (C) federal savings and
loan associations or national banks having principal offices in such state, or
(D) not doing business in such state;
(ff) Any related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable
provisions which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate
for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the
security, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of
trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is
no homestead or other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would
materially interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a
trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(gg) There is no default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration existing under the SBA Note and no event which, with the passage of
time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would
constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration; and neither
the Servicer nor the Seller have waived any default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration;
(hh) All parties to the SBA Note and any related Mortgage or
other document pursuant to which Collateral was pledged had legal capacity to
execute the SBA Note and any such Mortgage or other document and each SBA Note
and Mortgage or other document have been duly and properly executed by such
parties;
(ii) The SBA Loan was not selected for inclusion under this
Agreement from the Seller's portfolio of comparable SBA loans on any basis which
would have a material adverse affect on a Certificateholder;
(jj) All amounts received on and after the Cut-Off Date or,
with respect to the Subsequent SBA Loans, received on and after the related
Subsequent Cut-Off Date, with respect to the SBA Loans have been, to the extent
required by this Agreement, deposited into the Principal and Interest Account
and are, as of the Closing Date, or, with respect to the Subsequent SBA Loans,
as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date, in the Principal and Interest
Account;
(kk) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Collateral
other than a Mortgaged Property, the related Note, security agreements, if any,
and UCC-1 filed with respect to such Collateral creates a valid and subsisting
lien of record on such Collateral subject only to any Prior Liens, if any, on
such Collateral and subject in all cases to such exceptions that are generally
acceptable to lending institutions in connection with their regular commercial
lending activities, and such other exceptions to which similar Collateral is
commonly subject and which do not individually, or in the aggregate, materially
and adversely affect the benefits of the security intended to be provided by
such Note, security agreement and UCC-1;
(ll) Each SBA Loan is secured by one or more items of
Collateral and at the time the related SBA Loan was originated, the aggregate
value of all Collateral securing such SBA Loan was at least equal to the
original principal amount of the related SBA Loan and all Prior Liens securing
the related Collateral;
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(mm) To the best of Seller's knowledge, there are no
governmental proceedings or investigations pending or threatened which would
adversely affect payment on the SBA Loans;
(nn) Each SBA Loan is personally guaranteed by a principal of
the Obligor; and
(oo) Each SBA Loan qualifies to be guaranteed by the SBA.
Section 3.03. Purchase and Substitution of Defective SBA Loans.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall survive delivery of the Certificates
to the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by the Servicer, any Subservicer or
the Trustee of a breach of any of such representations and warranties which
materially and adversely affects the value of the SBA Loans or the interest of
the Certificateholders or the SBA therein or which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders and the SBA in the related SBA
Loan in the case of a representation and warranty relating to a particular SBA
Loan (notwithstanding that such representation and warranty was made to the
Seller's best knowledge), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the others. Within 60 days of the earlier of its discovery or
its receipt of notice of any breach of a representation or warranty, the Seller
shall (a) promptly cure such breach in all material respects, (b) purchase the
Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA Loan by depositing in the Principal and
Interest Account, on the next succeeding Determination Date, an amount and in
the manner specified in Section 2.05(b), or (c) if within two years of the
Closing Date, remove such SBA Loan from the Trust Fund (in which case it shall
become a Deleted SBA Loan) and substitute one or more Qualified Substitute SBA
Loans. Any such substitution shall be accompanied by payment by the Seller of
the Substitution Adjustment, if any.
As to any Deleted SBA Loan for which the Seller substitutes a Qualified
Substitute SBA Loan or Loans, the Servicer shall effect such substitution by
delivering to the Trustee and the FTA a certification in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I, executed by a Servicing Officer, and shall also deliver to
the Trustee and the FTA, as applicable, the documents constituting the Trustee's
Document File for such Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans.
The Servicer shall deposit in the Principal and Interest Account the
Unguaranteed Percentage of all payments of principal received in connection with
such Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans after the date of such substitution
together with all interest (net of the portion thereof required to be paid to
the related Registered Holder, the FTA's Fee, the Premium Protection Fee and the
Servicing Fee allocable to such Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans and the
Additional Fee with respect to each Additional Fee SBA Loan). Monthly Payments
received with respect to Qualified Substitute SBA Loans on or before the date of
substitution will be retained by the Seller. The Trust Fund will own all
payments received with respect to the Unguaranteed Interest on the Deleted SBA
Loan on or before the date of substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be
entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Deleted
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SBA Loan. The Servicer shall give written notice to the Trustee that such
substitution has taken place and shall amend the SBA Loan Schedule to reflect
the removal of such Deleted SBA Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the
substitution of the Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans. Upon such
substitution, such Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans shall be subject to
the terms of this Agreement in all respects, including Sections 2.04 and 2.05,
and the Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Qualified
Substitute SBA Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the covenants,
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02. On the date
of such substitution, the Seller will remit to the Servicer, and the Servicer
will deposit into the Principal and Interest Account an amount equal to the
Substitution Adjustment.
In addition to the cure, purchase and substitution obligation in
Section 2.05 and this Section 3.03, the Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Trust Fund, the Trustee and the Certificateholders against any loss,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense
or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the
Seller's representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that the obligations of the Seller set forth in Sections
2.05 and 3.03 to cure, purchase or substitute for a defective SBA Loan and to
indemnify the Certificateholders and the Trustee as provided in Sections 2.05
and 3.03 constitute the sole remedies of the Trustee and the Certificateholders
respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
Any cause of action against the Servicer or the Seller relating to or
arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in Sections
2.05, 3.01 or 3.02 shall accrue as to any SBA Loan upon (i) discovery of such
breach by any party and notice thereof to the Seller and or notice thereof by
the Seller to the Trustee, (ii) failure by the Seller to cure such breach or
purchase or substitute such SBA Loan as specified above, and (iii) demand upon
the Seller by the Trustee for all amounts payable hereunder in respect of such
SBA Loan.
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ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01. Certificates.
The Class A and Class B Certificates shall be substantially in
the forms annexed hereto as Exhibits B-1 and B-2 and shall, upon original issue,
be executed and delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee for authentication and
redelivery to or upon the order of the Seller, upon receipt by the Trustee and
the FTA of the documents specified in Section 2.04. All Certificates shall be
executed on behalf of the Servicer by its President, its Treasurer, one of its
Executive Vice Presidents, one of its Vice Presidents or one of its Assistant
Vice Presidents, in the denominations specified in the definition of Percentage
Interest, and shall be authenticated on behalf of the Trustee by one of its
Responsible Officers. Certificates bearing the signatures of individuals who
were at the time of the execution or authentication of the Certificates the
proper officers of the Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, as the
case may be, shall bind the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices
at the date of such Certificates. All Certificates issued hereunder shall be
dated the date of their authentication.
Section 4.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at the office of the
Certificate Registrar, in New York, New York, a Certificate Register in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided. The Certificate Register shall contain the name, remittance
instructions, Class and Percentage Interest of each Certificateholder, as well
as the Series and the number in the Series. Marine Midland Bank is initially
appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and
transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided.
(b) Each Class of Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $100,000 original principal amount and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof, except that one Class A Certificate and one Class B
Certificate may be in a different denomination so that the sum of the
denominations of all outstanding Class A Certificates and Class B Certificates
shall equal the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance and the Original
Class B Certificate Principal Balance, respectively. On the Closing Date, the
Trustee will authenticate Individual Certificates all in an aggregate principal
amount that shall equal the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance and
the Original Class B Certificate Principal Balance.
(c) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(d) [Intentionally Omitted.]
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(e) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(f) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(g) Subject to the preceding paragraphs, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office of the Certificate
Registrar and, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Servicer
shall execute in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, a new
Certificate of the same Percentage Interest and dated the date of authentication
by the Trustee. The Certificate Registrar shall notify the Servicer and the
Trustee of any such transfer.
At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be
exchanged for other Certificates in authorized denominations of a like Class and
aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at such office. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange, the Servicer shall execute the Certificates which the
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate
presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by wiring
instructions, if applicable, in the form of Exhibit E(1).
(h) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or
exchange of Certificates, but prior to transfer the Certificate Registrar may
require payment by the transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of Certificates.
All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall
be marked canceled by the Authenticating Agent and retained for one year and
destroyed thereafter.
(i) By acceptance of an Individual Certificate, whether upon
original issuance or subsequent transfer, each holder of such a Certificate
acknowledges the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth in
the Securities Legend and agrees that it will transfer such a Certificate only
as provided herein. In addition to the provisions of Section 4.02(n) the
following restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer and registration
of transfer of an Individual Certificate to a transferee that takes delivery in
the form of an Individual Certificate:
(i) The Certificate Registrar shall register the
transfer of an Individual Certificate if the requested
transfer is being made to a transferee who has provided the
Certificate Registrar with a Rule 144A Certification.
(ii) The Certificate Registrar shall register the
transfer of any Individual Certificate (other than the initial
delivery of the Class B Certificates to the Spread Account
Depositor) if (x) the transferor has advised the Certificate
Registrar in writing that the Certificate is being transferred
to an Institutional Accredited Investor; and (y) prior to the
transfer the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar
a Transferee Letter, provided that, if based upon an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that the delivery of (x) and (y)
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above are not sufficient to confirm that the proposed transfer
is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and other applicable laws, the Certificate
Registrar may as a condition of the registration of any such
transfer require the transferor to furnish other
certifications, legal opinions or other information prior to
registering the transfer of an Individual Certificate.
(j) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(k) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(l) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(m) The Securities Legend shall be placed on any Individual
Certificate issued in exchange for or upon transfer of another Individual
Certificate or of a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate.
(n) Subject to the restrictions on transfer and exchange set
forth in this Section 4.02, the holder of any Individual Certificate may
transfer or exchange the same in whole or in part (in an initial certificate
balance equal to the minimum authorized denomination or any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof) by surrendering such Certificate at the Corporate
Trust Office, or at the office of any transfer agent, together with an executed
instrument of assignment and transfer satisfactory in form and substance to the
Certificate Registrar in the case of transfer and a written request for exchange
in the case of exchange. The holder of a beneficial interest in a Global
Certificate may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, cause
the Depository (or its nominee) to notify the Certificate Registrar in writing
of a request for transfer or exchange of such beneficial interest for an
Individual Certificate or Certificates. Following a proper request for transfer
or exchange, the Certificate Registrar shall, within five Business Days of such
request made at such Corporate Trust Office, cause the Trustee to authenticate
and the Certificate Registrar to deliver at such Corporate Trust Office, to the
transferee (in the case of transfer) or holder (in the case of exchange) or send
by first class mail at the risk of the transferee (in the case of transfer) or
holder (in the case of exchange) to such address as the transferee or holder, as
applicable, may request, an Individual Certificate or Certificates, as the case
may require, for a like aggregate Percentage Interest and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as may be requested. The presentation for transfer
or exchange of any Individual Certificate shall not be valid unless made at the
Corporate Trust Office by the registered holder in person, or by a duly
authorized attorney-in-fact.
(o) No transfer of any Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and
any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and
laws. In the event of any such transfer, unless such transfer is made in
reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act and except for the initial
issuance of the Class B Certificates to the Spread Account Depositor, (i) the
Trustee may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel)
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acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the
applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being
made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Seller, the Servicer or the Trust Fund and (ii) the
Trustee shall require the transferee to execute a Transferee Letter certifying
to the Seller and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which
Transferee Letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Seller, the
Servicer or the Trust Fund. The holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Seller and
the Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so
exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. None of
the Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund intends or is obligated
to register or qualify any Certificate under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws.
(p) No Class B Certificate may be acquired directly or
indirectly, for or on behalf of: (i) an employee benefit plan or other
retirement arrangement subject to ERISA, and/or Section 4975 of the Code, or
(ii) any entity, the assets of which would be deemed plan assets under the
Department of Labor regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101, other than
an "insurance company general account" within the meaning of Section V(e) of
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (collectively, a "Plan"). No
transfer of a Class B Certificate representing an Individual Certificate shall
be made unless the Trustee shall have received a certification from the
transferee of such Individual Certificate, acceptable to and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Seller, to the effect that such
transferee is either: (i) not acquiring a Class B Certificate, directly or
indirectly, for or on behalf of a Plan, or (ii) is acquiring such Class B
Certificate, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of an "insurance company
general account" within the meaning of Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, in
the event any purported transfer of any Class B Certificate representing an
Individual Certificate is made without delivery of the certification referred to
above, such certification shall be deemed to have been made by the Transferee by
its acceptance of such Individual Certificate. In addition, any purported
transfer of a Class B Certificate representing an Individual Certificate
directly or indirectly to or on behalf of a Plan other than an "insurance
company general account" within the meaning of Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 shall be void and of no effect. The
acquisition of a Class B Certificate representing an interest in a Global
Certificate shall be deemed a representation by the acquirer that it is either:
(i) not acquiring a Class B Certificate, directly or indirectly, for or on
behalf of a Plan, or (ii) is acquiring such Class B Certificate directly or
indirectly, for or on behalf of an "insurance company general account" within
the meaning of Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60.
(q) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, on the Closing Date, the Trustee shall authenticate in the name
of, and deliver to, the Spread Account Depositor, the Class B Certificate in the
form of a single Individual Certificate in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the Original Class B Principal Balance. The Class B Certificate may not be
sold, pledged, transferred, assigned or otherwise conveyed, in whole or in part,
without the prior written approval of the SBA, a copy of which approval shall be
furnished to the Trustee. A legend to such effect shall be placed on the Class B
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Certificate. The holder of the Class B Certificate shall at all times be the
Spread Account Depositor unless the SBA has consented and a written Opinion of
Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
SBA and the Trustee is delivered.
Section 4.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the
Certificate Registrar, or the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by each of
them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Servicer shall execute and deliver,
and the Trustee shall authenticate, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest, but bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.03,
the Servicer and the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 4.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of
transfer, the Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the
Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is
registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
remittances pursuant to Section 6.07 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and
the Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall not be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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ARTICLE V
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF SBA LOANS
Section 5.01. Duties of the Servicer.
(a) The Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall act as
agent (and the Servicer is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of the
Trust Fund and that, in such capacity, it shall: (i) prepare and file, or cause
to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, any Tax Return required to be
filed by the Trust Fund; (ii) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Trustee, the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue
Service and any other relevant governmental taxing authority all information
returns or reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance
with any provision of federal, state or local income tax laws; (iii) to the
extent that the affairs of the Trust Fund are within its control, conduct such
affairs at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the
status of the Trust Fund as a grantor trust under any applicable federal, state
and local laws; (iv) pay the amount of any and all federal, state, and local
taxes, imposed on the Trust Fund when and as the same shall be due and payable
(but such obligation shall not prevent the Servicer or any other appropriate
Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not
prevent the Servicer from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law,
pending the outcome of such proceedings); (v) ensure that any such returns or
reports filed on behalf of the Trust Fund are properly executed by the
appropriate person; and (vi) represent the Trust Fund 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 Fund, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing
agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any item of the Trust Fund
and otherwise act on behalf of the Trust Fund in relation to any tax matter
involving the Trust Fund. The Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee and the Trust
Fund for any liability it may incur in connection with this Section 5.01(a),
which indemnification shall survive the termination of the Trust Fund; provided,
however, that the Servicer shall not indemnify the Trustee for the Trustee's
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(b) The Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall
service and administer the SBA Loans and shall have full power and authority,
acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and
administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent
with the terms of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules
and Regulations. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any
servicing and administration of SBA ss. 7(a) Loans with any entity approved with
prior written consent by the SBA. Any such Subservicing Agreement must be
approved by the SBA and shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions
of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled
to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service
the related SBA ss. 7(a) Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a
successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder.
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(c) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer
or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the
Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the SBA and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the SBA Loans in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement
and the SBA Rules and Regulations, without diminution of such obligation or
liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue
of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the
same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the SBA Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall
be deemed to have received payments on SBA Loans when any Subservicer has
received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any
agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such
Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or
modify such indemnification.
(d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and
any transactions or services relating to the SBA Loans involving a Subservicer
in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between
the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Trustee, the SBA and
Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer
except as set forth in Section 5.01(e).
(e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer
be the Servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its
designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof and the Multi-Party Agreement,
thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each
Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the
Trustee is then permitted and elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in
accordance with its terms. The Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer
for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest
therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing
Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned
to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at
its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of
the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to
each Subservicing Agreement and the SBA Loans then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing
Agreements to the assuming party.
(f) So long as it is consistent with the terms of this
Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement, the SBA Agreement (as defined in the
Multi-Party Agreement) and the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Servicer may
waive, modify or vary any term of any SBA Loan or consent to the postponement of
strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any
Obligor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification,
postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the SBA
and the Certificateholders, provided, however, that (unless (x) the Obligor is
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in default with respect to the SBA Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of
the Servicer, imminent and (y) the Servicer determines that any modification
would not be considered a new loan for federal income tax purposes) the Servicer
may not permit any modification with respect to any SBA Loan that would change
the SBA Loan Interest Rate, defer (subject to Section 5.12), or forgive the
payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation
of the related SBA Loan), or extend the final maturity date on such SBA Loan
without the consent of the SBA, if such consent is then required by the SBA
Rules and Regulations. The Servicer may exercise all unilateral servicing
actions permitted by participating lenders in accordance with the SBA Rules and
Regulations. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of
Servicing Advances shall for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders
be added to the amount owing under the related SBA Loan. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, so long as it is consistent with the SBA Rules and
Regulations, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered
to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, the SBA and each
Certificateholder, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of
partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the SBA Loans and with respect to any Mortgaged Properties or other
Collateral. If reasonably required by the Servicer, each Certificateholder
and/or the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer, within 5 Business Days of receipt
of the Servicer's request, with any powers of attorney and other documents
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties under this Agreement. Any such request to the Trustee
shall be accompanied by a certification in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto
signed by a Servicing Officer.
The Servicer, in servicing and administering the SBA Loans,
shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection,
foreclosure and Foreclosed Property management procedures) and exercise the same
care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering
SBA Loans for its own account, in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations
and giving due consideration to the Certificateholders' and the SBA's reliance
on the Servicer.
(g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the
resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and
obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to resignation pursuant to
Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to
Section 9.04 addressed to the SBA and the Trustee, the Trustee or its designee
shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to
Section 10.02 hereof and the Multi-Party Agreement. The Servicer shall, upon
request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the
Trustee all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes)
relating to the SBA Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the
Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party.
(h) For so long as any of the Certificates are outstanding and
are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the
Securities Act, (1) the Servicer will provide or cause to be provided to any
holder of such Certificates and any prospective purchaser thereof designated by
such a holder, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, the
information required to be provided to such holder or prospective purchaser by
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Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act; and (2) the Servicer shall update such
information from time to time in order to prevent such information from becoming
false and misleading and will take such other actions as are necessary to ensure
that the safe harbor exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act under Rule 144A is and will be available for resales of such
Certificates conducted in accordance with Rule 144A.
Section 5.02. Liquidation of SBA Loans.
In the event that any payment due under any SBA Loan and not postponed
pursuant to Section 5.01 is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or
in the event the Obligor fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under
the SBA Loan, the Servicer shall take such action in accordance with the
applicable SBA Rules and Regulations as it shall deem to be in the best
interests of the Certificateholders and the SBA. With respect to any such SBA
ss. 7(a) Loan for which the SBA has expressed to the Servicer the SBA's desire
to assume servicing of such SBA Loan consistent with the SBA Rules and
Regulations, the Trustee shall, upon written direction of the Servicer, deliver
to the SBA or its designee all or any portion of the Trustee's Document File
relating to such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan and the Trustee shall execute such documents,
including but not limited to an endorsement of the related SBA Note and an
assignment of the related Mortgage, as the Servicer or the SBA shall request.
Expenses incurred in connection with any such action shall be the responsibility
of the Servicer and shall not be chargeable to the Principal and Interest
Account or the Certificate Account. Subject to the SBA Rules and Regulations and
with the prior written consent of the SBA (if required by the SBA Rules and
Regulations), the Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably effect
the ownership of Mortgaged Properties or other Collateral relating to defaulted
SBA ss. 7(a) Loans for which the related SBA ss. 7(a) Loan is still outstanding,
as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of
delinquent payments in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10. In
connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall
exercise collection and foreclosure procedures with the same degree of care and
skill in its exercise or use as it would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of its own affairs. The Unguaranteed Percentage of any amounts
advanced in connection with such foreclosure or other action shall constitute
"Servicing Advances." The Servicer shall take into account the existence of any
hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid wastes on Mortgaged Properties
in determining whether to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the
ownership of such Mortgaged Property, and will not foreclose on a Mortgaged
Property where it has cause to believe such substances exist unless it has
received a Phase I environmental report and such report reveals no environmental
problems, or such Mortgaged Property is subject to an environmental
rehabilitation for which the Seller is not responsible.
After an SBA Loan has become a Liquidated SBA Loan, the Servicer shall
promptly prepare and forward to the Trustee and the SBA and upon request, any
Certificateholder, a Liquidation Report, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
J, detailing the Liquidation Proceeds received from the Liquidated SBA Loan,
expenses incurred with respect thereto, and any loss incurred in connection
therewith.
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Section 5.03. Establishment of Principal and Interest Accounts;
Deposits in Principal and Interest Accounts.
(a) The Servicer shall cause to be established and maintained
one or more Principal and Interest Accounts, in one or more Designated
Depository Institutions, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, which
may be interest-bearing or such accounts may be trust accounts wherein the
moneys therein are invested in Permitted Instruments, titled "Business Loan
Center, Inc., in trust for the registered holders of Business Loan Center, SBA
Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B."
Such Principal and Interest Accounts shall be insured by the BIF or SAIF
administered by the FDIC to the maximum extent provided by law. The creation of
any Principal and Interest Account shall be evidenced by a letter agreement in
the form of Exhibit C hereto.
A copy of such letter agreement shall be furnished to the
Trustee, the SBA and, upon request, any Certificateholder.
(b) The Servicer and each Subservicer shall deposit without
duplication (within two Business Days of receipt thereof) in the Principal and
Interest Account and retain therein:
(i) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all payments
received after the Cut-Off Date on account of principal on the
SBA Loans, including the Unguaranteed Percentage of all Excess
Payments, Principal Prepayments and Curtailments collected
after the Cut-Off Date;
(ii) all payments received after the Cut-Off Date on
account of interest on the SBA Loans (net of the portion
thereof required to be paid to the related Registered Holders,
the Premium Protection Fee, the FTA's Fee and the Servicing
Fee with respect to each SBA Loan, the Additional Fee with
respect to each Additional Fee SBA Loan, and other servicing
compensation payable to the Servicer as permitted herein);
(iii) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all Net
Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all Insurance
Proceeds (other than amounts to be applied to restoration or
repair of any related Mortgaged Property, or to be released to
the Obligor in accordance with customary servicing
procedures);
(v) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all Released
Mortgaged Property Proceeds;
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(vi) any amounts paid in connection with the
repurchase of the Unguaranteed Interest of any SBA Loan and
the amount of any Substitution Adjustment received pursuant to
Sections 2.05 and 3.03;
(vii) any amount required to be deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account pursuant to Section 5.10; and
(viii) the amount of any losses incurred in
connection with investments in Permitted Instruments.
(c) The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Principal
and Interest Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments with respect to the
Guaranteed Interest, the Premium Protection Fee, the FTA's Fee and the Servicing
Fee, with respect to each SBA Loan and the Additional Fee with respect to each
Additional Fee SBA Loan, together with the difference between any Liquidation
Proceeds and the related Net Liquidation Proceeds, need not be deposited by the
Servicer in the Principal and Interest Account.
(d) Any interest earnings on funds held in the Principal and
Interest Account paid by a Designated Depository Institution shall be for the
account of the Servicer and may only be withdrawn from the Principal and
Interest Account by the Servicer immediately following its monthly remittance to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.04(a). Any reference herein to amounts on
deposit in the Principal and Interest Account shall refer to amounts net of such
investment earnings.
Section 5.04. Permitted Withdrawals From the Principal and Interest
Account
The Servicer shall withdraw funds from the Principal and Interest
Account for the following purposes:
(a) to effect the remittance to the Trustee on each
Determination Date for deposit in the Certificate Account, the portion of the
Available Funds for the related Remittance Date that is net of Compensating
Interest, Monthly Advances and amounts then on deposit in the Spread Account;
(b) to reimburse itself for any accrued unpaid Servicing Fees
and Premium Protection Fees allocable to the SBA Loans, unreimbursed Monthly
Advances and for unreimbursed Servicing Advances to the extent deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account (and not netted from Monthly Payments received).
The Servicer's right to reimbursement for unpaid Servicing Fees and, except as
provided in the following sentence, Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances
shall be limited to Liquidation Proceeds, Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts as may be collected by the Servicer
from the Obligor or otherwise relating to the SBA Loan in respect of which such
unreimbursed amounts are owed. The Servicer's right to reimbursement for
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Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances in excess of such amounts shall be
limited to any late collections of interest received on the SBA Loans generally,
including Liquidation Proceeds, Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and any other amounts;
(c) to withdraw any amount received from an Obligor that is
recoverable and sought to be recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy pursuant to the United States Bankruptcy Code in accordance with a
final, nonappealable order of a court having competent jurisdiction;
(d) (i) to make investments in Permitted Instruments and (ii)
to pay to itself, as permitted by Section 5.03(d), interest paid in respect of
Permitted Instruments or by a Designated Depository Institution on funds
deposited in the Principal and Interest Account;
(e) to withdraw any funds deposited in the Principal and
Interest Account that were not required to be deposited therein or were
deposited therein in error;
(f) to pay itself servicing compensation pursuant to Section
7.03 hereof or interest as permitted under the definition of Excess Proceeds;
and
(g) to clear and terminate the Principal and Interest Account
upon the termination of this Agreement.
So long as no default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, and consistent with any requirements of the Code, the
Principal and Interest Account shall either be maintained with a Designated
Depository Institution as an interest-bearing account meeting the requirements
set forth in Section 5.03(a), or the funds held therein may be invested by the
Servicer (to the extent practicable) in Permitted Instruments, as directed in
writing by the Servicer. In either case, funds in the Principal and Interest
Account must be available for withdrawal without penalty, and any Permitted
Instruments must mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding
the Determination Date next following the date of such investment (except that
if such Permitted Instrument is an obligation of the institution that maintains
such account, then such Permitted Instrument shall mature not later than such
Determination Date) and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity.
All Permitted Instruments must be held by or registered in the name of "Business
Loan Center, Inc. in trust for the registered holders of Business Loan Center
SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1." All interest or
other earnings from funds on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account (or
any Permitted Instruments thereof) shall be the exclusive property of the
Servicer, and may be withdrawn from the Principal and Interest Account pursuant
to clause (d) above. The amount of any losses incurred in connection with the
investment of funds in the Principal and Interest Account in Permitted
Instruments shall be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account by the
Servicer from its own funds immediately as realized without reimbursement
therefor.
Section 5.05. [Intentionally Omitted]
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Section 5.06. Transfer of Accounts.
The Servicer may, upon written notice to the Trustee and the
SBA, transfer any Principal and Interest Account to a different Designated
Depository Institution.
Section 5.07. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
The Servicer shall comply with the SBA Rules and Regulations
concerning the issuance and maintenance of fire and hazard insurance with
extended coverage customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located.
If at origination of an SBA Loan, to the best of the Servicer's knowledge after
reasonable investigation, the related Mortgaged Property is in an area
identified in the Federal Register by the Flood Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available)
consistent with the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Servicer will require the
related Obligor to purchase a flood insurance policy with a generally acceptable
insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of
(i) the full insurable value of the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) the maximum
amount of insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as
amended. The Servicer shall also maintain, to the extent such insurance is
available, and required by the SBA Rules and Regulations and the Servicer's
policies on Foreclosed Property constituting real property, fire and hazard
insurance in the amounts described above and liability insurance. Any amounts
collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property, or to be
released to the Obligor in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations) shall
be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account, subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 5.04. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or
other additional insurance need be required by the Servicer of any Obligor or
maintained on Foreclosed Property, other than pursuant to such applicable laws
and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such
additional insurance. All policies required hereunder shall be endorsed with
standard mortgagee clauses with losses payable to the Servicer or its
affiliates.
Section 5.08. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 5.09. Fidelity Bond.
The Servicer shall maintain with a responsible company, and at its own
expense, a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy,
in a minimum amount equal to $500,000, and a maximum deductible of $25,000, if
commercially available, with coverage on all employees acting in any capacity
requiring such persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers relating to
the SBA Loans ("Servicer Employees"). The fidelity bond shall insure the
Trustee, its officers and employees against losses resulting from forgery,
theft, embezzlement or fraud by such Servicer Employees. The errors and
omissions policy shall insure against losses resulting from the errors,
omissions and negligent acts of such Servicer Employees. No provision of this
Section 5.09 requiring such fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance
shall relieve the Servicer from its duties as set forth in this Agreement. Upon
the request of the Trustee, the SBA or any Certificateholder, the Servicer shall
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cause to be delivered to the Trustee, the SBA or such Certificateholder a
certified true copy of such fidelity bond and insurance policy. The current
issuer of such fidelity bond is Travelers Casualty and Surety and the current
issuer of such insurance policy is Lloyds of London.
Section 5.10. Title, Management and Disposition of Foreclosed Property
In the event that title to a Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure (a "Foreclosed Property"), the
deed or certificate of sale may be taken in the name of the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the SBA, as their
interests may appear under the Multi-Party Agreement dated the date of this
Agreement.
Unless the servicing of a Foreclosed Property relating to an SBA ss.
7(a) Loan is assumed by the SBA pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations, the
Servicer, subject to Sections 5.01 and 5.02 hereof, shall manage, conserve,
protect and operate each Foreclosed Property for the SBA and the
Certificateholders solely for the purpose of its prudent and prompt disposition
and sale. The Servicer shall, either itself or through an agent selected by the
Servicer, manage, conserve, protect and operate the Foreclosed Property in the
same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed
property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in
the same locality as the Foreclosed Property is managed. The Servicer shall
attempt to sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same) on such terms and
conditions as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the SBA and the
Certificateholders.
The Servicer shall cause to be deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, no later than five Business Days after the receipt thereof, the
Unguaranteed Percentage of all revenues received with respect to the
conservation and disposition of the related Foreclosed Property net of Servicing
Advances.
The disposition of Foreclosed Property shall be carried out by the
Servicer at such price, and upon such terms and conditions, as the Servicer,
with SBA concurrence (if required by the SBA Rules and Regulations), deems to be
in the best interest of the SBA and the Certificateholders. The Unguaranteed
Percentage of the proceeds of sale of the Foreclosed Property shall promptly,
but in no event later than two Business Days after receipt, be deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account as received from time to time and, as soon as
practicable thereafter, the expenses of such sale shall be paid. The Servicer
shall, subject to Section 5.04, reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, unpaid Servicing Fees and unreimbursed Monthly Advances, and
the Servicer shall deposit in the Principal and Interest Account the
Unguaranteed Percentage of the net cash proceeds of such sale to be distributed
to the Certificateholders in accordance with Section 6.07 hereof.
In the event any Mortgaged Property is acquired as aforesaid or
otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on an SBA Loan, the
Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property within two years after its
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acquisition unless the Servicer and the Trustee shall have received an Opinion
of Counsel also addressed to the SBA to the effect that such longer retention
will not cause the Trust Fund to be subject to Federal income tax.
Section 5.11. [Intentionally Omitted.]
Section 5.12. Collection of Certain SBA Loan Payments.
The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments
called for under the terms and provisions of the SBA Loans, and shall cause the
Obligors under the SBA Loans, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent
with this Agreement, to comply with the terms and provisions of any applicable
hazard insurance policy. Consistent with the foregoing and the SBA Rules and
Regulations, the Servicer may in its discretion waive or permit to be waived any
fee or charge (other than the Servicing Fee, without the written consent of the
SBA) which the Servicer would be entitled to retain hereunder as servicing
compensation and extend the due date for payments due on an SBA Note for a
period (with respect to each payment as to which the due date is extended) not
greater than 180 days after the initially scheduled due date for such payment
provided that the Servicer determines such extension would not be considered a
new mortgage loan for federal income tax purposes. In the event the Servicer
shall consent to the deferment of the due dates for payments due on an SBA Note,
the Servicer shall nonetheless make payment of any required Monthly Advance with
respect to the payments so extended to the same extent as if such installment
were due, owing and delinquent and had not been deferred, and shall be entitled
to reimbursement therefor in accordance with Section 5.04(b) hereof.
Section 5.13. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the SBA Loans.
The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee and the SBA access to the
documentation regarding the SBA Loans required by applicable local, state and
federal regulations, such access being afforded without charge but only upon
reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the
Servicer designated by it.
Section 5.14. Superior Liens.
If the Servicer is notified that any superior lienholder has
accelerated or intends to accelerate the obligations secured by a Prior Lien, or
has declared or intends to declare a default under the mortgage or the
promissory note secured thereby, or has filed or intends to file an election to
have the Mortgaged Property sold or foreclosed, the Servicer shall take, on
behalf of the SBA and the Trust Fund, whatever actions are necessary to protect
the interests of the Certificateholders and the SBA, and/or to preserve the
security of the related SBA Loan. The Servicer shall immediately notify the
Trustee, the Rating Agency and the SBA of any such action or circumstances. The
Servicer will advance the necessary funds to cure the default or reinstate the
superior lien, if such advance is in the best interests of the
Certificateholders and the SBA. The Servicer shall thereafter take such action
as is necessary to recover the amount so advanced.
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ARTICLE VI
PAYMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 6.01. Establishment of Certificate Account; Deposits in
Certificate Account; Permitted Withdrawals from
Certificate Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee will establish
and maintain with itself in its trust department a trust account, which shall
not be interest-bearing, titled "Certificate Account, Marine Midland Bank, as
trustee for the registered holders of Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed
Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B" (the
"Certificate Account"). The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the
Certificate Account and retain therein:
(i) the Available Funds (net of the amount of Monthly
Advances and Compensating Interest deposited pursuant to
subclause (ii) below and amounts then on deposit in the Spread
Account) remitted by the Servicer;
(ii) the Compensating Interest and the portion of the
Monthly Advance remitted to the Trustee by the Servicer;
(iii) amounts transferred from the Spread Account
pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(i);
(iv) amounts required to be paid by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.06(e) in connection with losses on
investments of amounts in the Certificate Account; and
(v) amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account
pursuant to Section 6.04 and the Capitalized Interest Account
pursuant to Section 6.05, respectively.
(b) Amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account shall be withdrawn on
each Remittance Date by the Trustee, or the Paying Agent, on its behalf, to
effect the distribution described in Section 6.07(b) and thereafter by the
following parties in no particular order of priority:
(i) by the Trustee, to invest amounts on deposit in
the Certificate Account in Permitted Instruments pursuant to
Section 6.06;
(ii) by the Trustee, to pay on a monthly basis to the
Servicer as additional servicing compensation interest paid
and earnings realized on Permitted Instruments;
(iii) by the Trustee, to withdraw any amount not
required to be deposited in the Certificate Account or
deposited therein in error; and
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(iv) by the Trustee, to clear and terminate the
Certificate Account upon the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 hereof.
Section 6.02. Establishment of Spread Account; Deposits in
Spread Account; Permitted Withdrawals from Spread
Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee will establish
with the Spread Account Custodian an Account in accordance with the terms of the
Spread Account Agreement (the "Spread Account"). The Spread Account shall be the
property of the Spread Account Depositor, subject to the terms hereof and of the
Spread Account Agreement, and the funds held therein may be invested in
Permitted Instruments. The Spread Account shall not constitute part of the Trust
Fund. The Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as the case may be, shall,
promptly upon receipt, deposit into the Spread Account or, in the case of the
Trustee, transfer to the Spread Account Custodian for deposit in the Spread
Account:
(i) on the Closing Date, the Initial Spread Account
Deposit made by the Spread Account Depositor;
(ii) on each Remittance Date, that portion of the
Available Funds, if any, required to be deposited into the
Spread Account pursuant to Section 6.07(b)(iii) until the
Spread Account Balance equals the then applicable Specified
Spread Account Requirement; and
(iii) amounts required to be paid by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.06(e) in connection with losses on
investments of amounts in the Spread Account.
(b) Amounts on deposit in the Spread Account shall be
withdrawn by the Spread Account Custodian and transferred to the Trustee for
distribution in the manner set forth in subclause (c) below on each Remittance
Date in the following order of priority:
(i) to deposit in the Certificate Account an amount
by which (a) the sum of the Class A Interest Distribution
Amount, the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and the
Class A Carry Forward Amount exceeds (b) the Available Funds
for such Remittance Date (but excluding from such definition
of Available Funds, amounts in the Spread Account); and
(ii) to the extent that the amount then on deposit in
the Spread Account after giving effect to all required
transfers from the Spread Account to the Certificate Account
on such Remittance Date then exceeds the Specified Spread
Account Requirement as of such Remittance Date (such excess, a
"Spread Account Excess"), an amount equal to such Spread
Account Excess shall be distributed by the Spread Account
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Custodian to the Certificate Account to pay interest and
principal to the Class B Certificateholders, as payment of the
Trustee's fees and expenses, to pay the Servicer up to the
Reimbursable Amounts and then to the Spread Account Depositor
in the priority as set forth in Section 6.07(b);
and also, in no particular order of priority:
(iii) to invest amounts on deposit in the Spread
Account in Permitted Instruments pursuant to Section 6.06;
(iv) to withdraw any amount not required to be
deposited in the Spread Account or deposited therein in error;
and
(v) to clear and terminate the Spread Account upon
the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms
of Section 11.01.
(c) Any amounts which are required to be withdrawn from the
Spread Account pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall be withdrawn from the
Spread Account in the following order of priority: (i) first, from any
uninvested funds therein, and (ii) second, from the proceeds of the liquidation
of any investments therein pursuant to Section 6.06(b).
(d) Any amounts which are distributed by the Spread Account
Custodian to the Spread Account Depositor pursuant to paragraph (b)(ii) above
will not be required to be refunded, regardless of whether there are sufficient
funds on a subsequent Remittance Date to make a full distribution to holders of
the Certificates on such Remittance Date.
Section 6.03. Establishment of Expense Account; Deposits in
Expense Account; Permitted Withdrawals from Expense
Account
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee will establish
with itself an account for the benefit of the Trustee to pay its fees and
expenses related to the Trust Fund (the "Expense Account"). The Expense Account
shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund and is for the benefit of the
Trustee and, on a subordinate basis, for the benefit of the Servicer as
described in (b)(ii) and (c) below. The Trustee shall deposit into the Expense
Account:
(i) on each Remittance Date from the amounts on
deposit in the Certificate Account or as stated in Section
6.02(b)(ii), an amount equal to one-twelfth of the Annual
Expense Escrow Amount; and
(ii) upon receipt, amounts required to be paid by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06(e) in connection with losses
on investments of amounts in the Expense Account.
If, at any time the amount then on deposit in the Expense Account shall be
insufficient to pay in full the fees and expenses of the Trustee then due, the
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Trustee shall make demand on the Servicer to advance the amount of such
insufficiency, and the Servicer shall promptly advance such amount to the
Trustee. Thereafter, the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement from the
Expense Account for the amount of any such advance from any excess funds
available pursuant to subclause (c)(ii) below. Without limiting the obligation
of the Servicer to advance such insufficiency, in the event the Servicer does
not advance the full amount of such insufficiency by the Business Day
immediately preceding the Determination Date, the amount of such insufficiency
shall be deposited into the Expense Account for payment to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.07(b)(vi), to the extent of available funds in the Certificate
Account.
(b) The Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, may invest
amounts on deposit in the Expense Account in Permitted Instruments pursuant to
Section 6.06 hereof, and the Trustee shall withdraw amounts on deposit in the
Expense Account to:
(i) pay the Trustee's fees and expenses as described
in Section 2.08 hereof;
(ii) pay on a monthly basis to the Servicer as
additional servicing compensation interest paid and earnings
realized on Permitted Instruments;
(iii) withdraw any amounts not required to be
deposited in the Expense Account or deposited therein in
error; and
(iv) clear and terminate the Expense Account upon the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of
Section 11.01.
(c) On the twelfth Remittance Date following the Closing Date,
and on each twelfth Remittance Date thereafter, the Trustee shall determine that
all payments required to be made during the prior twelve month period pursuant
to subclauses (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, have been made, and, if all
such payments have been made, from the amounts remaining in the Expense Account,
the Trustee shall (in the following order of priority):
(i) reimburse the Servicer and/or the Seller, for
reimbursable advances made pursuant to Section 9.01;
(ii) reimburse the Servicer for advances made by it
pursuant to the last paragraph of subclause (a) above; and
(iii) remit to the Servicer as additional servicing
compensation any amounts remaining in the Expense Account
after payments made pursuant to subclauses (b)(i), (b)(ii),
(b)(iii), (c)(i) and (c)(ii), above.
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Section 6.04. Establishment of Pre-Funding Account; Deposits in
Pre-Funding Account; Permitted Withdrawals from
Pre-Funding Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Spread Account
Depositor shall establish and maintain with the Trustee in its trust department
a trust account, which shall not be interest-bearing, titled "Business Loan
Center SBA Pre-Funding Account 1998-1" (the "Pre-Funding Account"). The
Pre-Funding Account shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund. The Spread
Account Depositior shall be deemed the owner of the Pre-Funding Account for
Federal income tax purposes. The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit
into the Pre-Funding Account and retain therein the Original Pre-Funded Amount
from the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates.
(b) On each Subsequent Transfer Date, the Servicer shall
instruct the Trustee to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to
100% of the aggregate Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans as of the
related Subsequent Cut-Off Date sold to the Trust Fund on such Subsequent
Transfer Date and pay such amount to or upon the order of the Seller with
respect to such transfer.
(c) If at the end of the Funding Period amounts still remain
in the Pre-Funding Account, the Servicer shall instruct the Trustee to withdraw
from the Pre-Funding Account on the immediately following Remittance Date and
deposit such amounts in the Certificate Account. However, if at the close of
business on March 26, 1999, amounts still remain in the Pre-Funding Account, the
Servicer shall instruct the Trustee to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account on
the Special Remittance Date and deposit in the Certificate Account any
Pre-Funded Amount then remaining in the Pre-Funding Account, and then the
Pre-Funding Account shall be closed.
(d) On the Remittance Dates occurring in January 1999,
February 1999 and March 1999, the Trustee shall transfer from the Pre-Funding
Account to the Certificate Account, the Pre-Funding Earnings, if any, applicable
to each such Remittance Date.
Section 6.05. Establishment of Capitalized Interest Account;
Deposits in Capitalized Interest Account; Permitted
Withdrawals from Capitalized Interest Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Seller shall
establish and maintain with the Trustee in its trust department a trust account,
which shall not be interest bearing, titled "Business Loan Center SBA
Capitalized Interest Account 1998-1" (the "Capitalized Interest Account"). The
Capitalized Interest Account shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund. The
Seller shall be deemed the owner of the Capitalized Interest Account for Federal
income tax purposes. The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit into the
Capitalized Interest Account $59,625.00. If prior to the end of the Funding
Period the funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account are invested in a
guaranteed investment contract, repurchase agreement or other arrangement
acceptable to the Rating Agency, that constitutes a Permitted Instrument, the
Trustee shall, within one Business Day of its receipt of notification of
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satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, withdraw from the Capitalized
Interest Account and pay to the Seller the amount set forth in such
notification.
(b) On each Subsequent Transfer Date the Seller may instruct
the Trustee to withdraw from the Capitalized Interest Account and pay on such
Subsequent Transfer Date to the Seller the Overfunded Interest Amount for such
Subsequent Transfer Date, as calculated by the Seller pursuant to Section
2.09(e) hereof.
(c) On the Remittance Dates occurring in January 1999,
February 1999 and March 1999 the Trustee shall transfer from the Capitalized
Interest Account to the Certificate Account, the Capitalized Interest
Requirement, if any, for such Remittance Dates.
(d) On the Special Remittance Date, the Trustee shall
transfer from the Capitalized Interest Account to the Certificate Account the
Capitalized Interest Requirement, if any, for such Special Remittance Date. Any
amounts remaining in the Capitalized Interest Account after taking into account
such transfer shall be paid on such Special Remittance Date to the Seller, and
the Capitalized Interest Account shall be closed.
Section 6.06. Investment of Accounts.
(a) So long as no default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, and consistent with any requirements of the Code,
all or a portion of any Account which is not by the terms of this Agreement to
be held uninvested by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian shall be
invested and reinvested by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as
directed in writing by the Servicer, in one or more Permitted Instruments in the
name of the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as the case may be, bearing
interest or sold at a discount. No such investment in the Certificate Account,
the Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, the Expense Account
and the Spread Account shall mature later than the Business Day immediately
preceding the next Remittance Date and no such investment in the Expense Account
shall mature later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date such
funds will be needed to pay fees or premiums; provided, however, the Trustee or
any affiliate thereof, may be the obligor on any investment which otherwise
qualifies as a Permitted Instrument and any investment on which the Trustee is
the obligor may mature on such Remittance Date or date when needed, as the case
may be.
(b) If any amounts are needed for disbursement from any
Account held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian and sufficient
uninvested funds are not available to make such disbursement, the Trustee or the
Spread Account Custodian, as the case may be, shall cause to be sold or
otherwise converted to cash a sufficient amount of the investments in such
Account. Neither the Trustee nor the Spread Account Custodian shall be liable
for any investment loss or other charge resulting therefrom.
(c) Subject to Section 12.01 hereof, neither the Trustee nor
the Spread Account Custodian shall in any way be held liable by reason of any
insufficiency in any Account held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian
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resulting from any investment loss on any Permitted Instrument included therein
(except to the extent that the Trustee is the obligor thereon).
(d) The Trustee and the Spread Account Custodian shall invest
and reinvest funds in the Accounts held by the Trustee or the Spread Account
Custodian, to the fullest extent practicable, in such manner as the Servicer
shall from time to time direct in writing, but only in one or more Permitted
Instruments, provided, however that any amounts held uninvested in the
Pre-Funding Account shall be, as soon as practicable, invested in one or more
Permitted Instruments.
(e) All income or other gain from investments in any Account
held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian shall be deposited in such
Account, as the case may be, immediately on receipt, and the Trustee or the
Spread Account Custodian shall notify the Servicer of any loss resulting from
such investments. The Servicer shall remit the amount of any such loss, from its
own funds, without reimbursement therefor, to the Trustee or the Spread Account
Custodian, as the case may be, for deposit in the Account from which the related
funds were withdrawn for investment by the next Determination Date following
receipt by the Servicer of such notice.
Section 6.07. Distributions.
(a) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive
distributions from the proceeds of the Trust Fund, and all ownership interests
of the Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement.
(b) On each Remittance Date the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Certificate Account the sum of (A) that portion of the Available Funds
received from the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(i), (B) the amounts
received pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(ii) and (iv) and (C) the amounts deposited
therein pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(i), and make distributions thereof in the
following order of priority:
(i) First, to the Class A Certificates in an amount
up to the Class A Interest Distribution Amount;
(ii) Second, to the Class A Certificates in an amount
up to the sum of (a) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
and (b) the Class A Carry Forward Amount;
(iii) Third, to the Spread Account, any remaining
Available Funds unless and until the amount therein equals the
Specified Spread Account Requirement;
(iv) Fourth, to the Class B Certificates in an amount
up to the Class B Interest Distribution Amount minus the Class
Carry Forward Interest Amount for the Class B Certificates;
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(v) Fifth, to the Class B Certificates, in an amount
up to the sum of (a) the Class B Principal Distribution Amount
and (b) the Class B Carry Forward Amount;
(vi) Sixth, to the Expense Account in an amount up to
one-twelfth of the Annual Expense Escrow Amount plus any
amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Section
6.03(a) resulting from insufficiencies in the Expense Account;
(vii) Seventh, to the Class B Certificates, the
Class Carry Forward Interest Amount for the Class B
Certificates;
(viii) Eighth, to the Servicer in an amount up to
the Reimbursable Amounts;
(ix) Ninth, any remaining amounts to the Spread
Account Depositor.
Additionally, on the Special Remittance Date, the Trustee shall
withdraw from the Certificate Account the amount, if any, deposited therein
pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(v) and make distributions thereof as follows: from
amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account, distributions of principal to
the Class A and Class B Certificates pro rata based upon the Class A and Class B
Percentages.
(c) All distributions made to the Certificateholders of a
particular Class will be made on a pro rata basis among the Certificateholders
of record of the applicable Class on the next preceding Record Date based on the
Percentage Interest represented by their respective Certificates on such date,
and shall be made by check or, upon request by a Certificateholder, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder
at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, and, in the
case of wire transfers, at the expense of such Certificateholder unless such
Certificateholder shall own of record Certificates which have initial
Certificate Principal Balances aggregating at least $5,000,000.
Section 6.08. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 6.09. Statements.
Each month, not later than 12:00 noon New York time on the
Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, by telecopy, for
distribution to the Certificateholders, the receipt and legibility of which
shall be confirmed telephonically, with hard copy thereof and the Servicer's
Monthly Computer Tape in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L (both in hard
copy and in computer tape form) to be delivered on the Business Day following
the Determination Date, a certificate signed by a Servicing Officer (a
"Servicer's Certificate") stating the date (day, month and year), the Series
number of the Certificates, the date of this Agreement, and, as of the close of
business on the Record Date for such month:
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(i) Available Funds for the related Remittance Date,
in the aggregate and by component;
(ii) The Aggregate Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, the Aggregate Class B Certificate Principal Balance
and the Pool Principal Balance as reported in the prior
Servicer's Certificate pursuant to subclause (xii) below, or,
in the case of the first Determination Date, the Original
Class A and Class B Certificate Principal Balance and the
Original Pool Principal Balance;
(iii) The number and Principal Balances of all SBA
Loans which were the subject of Principal Prepayments during
the Due Period and the number and Principal Balances of all
Defaulted SBA Loans purchased by the Servicer during the Due
Period;
(iv) The product of the Unguaranteed Percentage
multiplied by all Curtailments which were received during the
Due Period;
(v) The product of the Unguaranteed Percentage
multiplied by all Excess Payments and the product of the
Unguaranteed Percentage multiplied by all Monthly Payments in
respect of principal received during the Due Period;
(vi) The aggregate amount of interest received on
each SBA Loan net of the FTA's Fee, the Premium Protection
Fee, the Additional Fee and the portion thereof payable to the
Registered Holders;
(vii) The amount of the Monthly Advances to be made
on the Determination Date and the Compensating Interest
payment to be made on the Determination Date;
(viii) The delinquency and foreclosure information
set forth in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K;
(ix) The product of the Unguaranteed Percentage
multiplied by the amount of any losses realized on a
Liquidated SBA Loan;
(x) The Class A and Class B Interest Distribution
Amounts and Principal Distribution Amounts for the Remittance
Date with the components thereof stated separately;
(xi) The amount, if any, to be transferred from the
Spread Account to the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
6.02(b)(i);
(xii) The Aggregate Class A Certificate Principal
Balance, Aggregate Class B Certificate Principal Balance and
the Pool Principal Balance after giving effect to the
distribution to be made on the Remittance Date;
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(xiii) The Excess Spread, the Spread Account Balance
and the Specified Spread Account Requirement with respect to
such Remittance Date;
(xiv) The weighted average maturity and weighted
average SBA Loan Interest Rate;
(xv) The Servicing Fees and amounts to be deposited
to the Expense Account;
(xvi) The amount of all payments and reimbursements
to the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04 (b), (c), (d)(ii),
(e) and (f);
(xvii) The Class A and Class B Remittance Rates with
respect to such Remittance Date;
(xviii) During the Funding Period, the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Subsequent SBA Loans purchased during
the prior Due Period and the amount on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalization Interest Account as
of the end of such Due Period; and
(xix) Such other information as the
Certificateholders, the Trustee or the Rating Agency may
reasonably require; provided, however, that the Servicer shall
have no obligation to distribute such information directly to
any Certificateholder.
The Trustee shall forward such report to the Certificateholders and the
Rating Agency on the Remittance Date, together with a separate report indicating
the amount of funds deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
6.01(a)(iv); and the amounts which are reimbursable to the Servicer or the
Seller pursuant to Sections 6.03(c)(i), 6.03(c)(ii) and 6.07(b)(viii) (all
reports prepared by the Trustee of such withdrawals and deposits will be based
in whole or in part upon the information provided to the Trustee by the
Servicer).
To the extent that there are inconsistencies between the telecopy of
the Servicer's Certificate and the hard copy thereof, the Trustee shall be
entitled to rely upon the telecopy. In the case of information furnished
pursuant to subclauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (x) and (xii), above, the amounts
shall be expressed in a separate section of the report as a dollar amount for
each Class per $1,000 original dollar amount as of the Cut-Off Date.
Additionally, on the Special Remittance Date the Trustee shall, based
upon information received from the Servicer, forward to the Certificateholders
and the Rating Agency a report setting forth the amount of principal and
interest, if any, being paid to each Class of Certificates on the Special
Remittance Date.
(a) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee for distribution to
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each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder
such information as is reasonably necessary to provide to such Person a
statement containing the information set forth in subclauses (vi), (x), and
(xiv), above, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof
during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the
Servicer shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Servicer pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force.
(b) Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Servicer
will provide to each Certificateholder which is a savings and loan association,
bank or insurance company certain reports and access to information and
documentation regarding the SBA Loans sufficient to permit such
Certificateholder to comply with applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision or other regulatory authorities with respect to investment in the
Certificates.
(c) The Servicer shall furnish to each Certificateholder,
during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special, or other reports or
information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be necessary,
reasonable, or appropriate with respect to the Certificateholder or otherwise
with respect to the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information
to be provided by and in accordance with such applicable instructions and
directions as the Certificateholder may reasonably require; provided, that the
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by such Certificateholder for the
Servicer's actual expenses incurred in providing such reports if such reports
are not producible in the ordinary course of the Servicer's business. The Rating
Agency shall receive copies of any such reports or information furnished to the
Certificateholders.
Section 6.10. Advances by the Servicer.
Not later than the close of business on each Determination Date, the
Servicer may in its sole discretion, if it determines such amount is
recoverable, remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Certificate Account an
amount (as indicated in the Servicer's Certificate prepared pursuant to Section
6.09), to be distributed on the related Remittance Date pursuant to Section
6.07, equal to the amount by which (i) 30 days' interest at a rate equal to the
then applicable Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate on the aggregate Class A and
Class B Principal Balances immediately prior to the related Remittance Date
(plus or minus the difference, if any, between (A) the sum of the Class A and
Class B Interest Distribution Amounts and (B) the sum of the Adjusted Class A
and Adjusted Class B Interest Distribution Amounts for the related Remittance
Date) exceeds (ii) the amount received by the Servicer as of the related Record
Date in respect of interest on the Unguaranteed Interest of the SBA Loans minus
the Servicing Fee allocable to the Unguaranteed Interest (plus, for the
Remittance Dates in January 1999, February 1999 and March 1999, the sum of (i)
all funds to be transferred to the Certificate Account from the Capitalized
Interest Account for such Remittance Date pursuant to Section 6.05(c) and (ii)
the Pre-Funding Earnings for the applicable Remittance Date), the Premium
Protection Fee, the Additional Fee, the Servicing Fee, and the FTA's Fee, such
excess being defined herein as the "Monthly Advance." The Servicer may reimburse
itself for Monthly Advances made pursuant to Section 5.04. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required to make a Monthly Advance with
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respect to an SBA Loan if it determines, in good faith, that such advance would
be nonrecoverable from amounts received in respect of the SBA Loans.
Section 6.11. Compensating Interest.
The Certificateholders shall be entitled to a full month's interest on
the principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interest of each SBA Loan at the then
applicable Class A or Class B Remittance Rate, as the case may be. Not later
than the close of business on each Determination Date, with respect to each SBA
Loan for which a Principal Prepayment or Curtailment was received during the
related Due Period, the Servicer shall remit to the Trustee for deposit in the
Certificate Account from amounts otherwise payable to it as servicing
compensation, an amount (such amount required to be delivered to the Trustee is
referred to herein as "Compensating Interest") (as indicated in the Servicer's
Certificate prepared pursuant to Section 6.09) equal to the difference between
(a) 30 days' interest at the Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate on the Principal
Balance of each such SBA Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period applicable
to the Remittance Date on which such amount will be distributed, and (b) the
amount of interest actually received on the Unguaranteed Interest of each such
SBA Loan for such Due Period net of the portion thereof payable to the
Registered Holder, the Premium Protection Fee, the FTA's Fee, the Servicing Fee
and the Excess Spread and, with respect to each Additional Fee SBA Loan, the
Additional Fee.
Section 6.12. Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment of Mortgaged
Property
Each year the Servicer shall make the reports of foreclosures and
abandonments of any Mortgaged Property required by Section 6050J of the Code.
Promptly after filing each such report with the Internal Revenue Service, the
Servicer shall provide the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate certifying that
such report has been filed.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURE
Section 7.01. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 7.02. Satisfaction of Mortgages and Collateral and Release
of SBA Files
The Servicer shall maintain the Fidelity Bond as provided for in
Section 5.09 insuring the Servicer against any loss it may sustain with respect
to any SBA Loan not satisfied in accordance with the procedures set forth
herein.
Upon the payment in full of any SBA Loan, or the receipt by the
Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Servicer will immediately notify the FTA and
the Trustee by a certification in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received
or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be
deposited in the Principal and Interest Account pursuant to Section 5.03 have
been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery
to it of the Trustee's Document File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the FTA and the Trustee shall release, within 3 Business Days, the
related Trustee's Document File to the Servicer. Expenses incurred in connection
with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be payable
only from and to the extent of servicing compensation and shall not be
chargeable to the Principal and Interest Account or the Certificate Account.
Subject to the Multi-Party Agreement, from time to time and as
appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any SBA Loan, the FTA and the
Trustee shall, upon request of the Servicer and delivery to the FTA and the
Trustee of a certification in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto signed by a
Servicing Officer, release the related Trustee's Document File to the Servicer
within 3 Business Days, and the Trustee shall execute such documents as shall be
necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings. The Servicer shall return
the Trustee's Document File to the FTA and the Trustee when the need therefor by
the Servicer no longer exists, unless the SBA Loan has been liquidated and the
Unguaranteed Percentage of the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the SBA Loan
have been deposited in the Principal and Interest Account and remitted to the
Trustee for deposit in the Certificate Account or the SBA File or such document
has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public
official as required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action
or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property or other
Collateral either judicially or non-judicially, and the Servicer has delivered
to the FTA and the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to
the name and address of the Person to whom such SBA File or such document was
delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a
certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such SBA Loan was liquidated,
the servicing receipt shall be released by the Trustee to the Servicer.
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The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer any court
pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other documents provided to it
necessary to the foreclosure or trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged
Property or other Collateral or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment
against any Obligor on the SBA Note or Mortgage or other agreement securing
Collateral or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies
or rights provided by the SBA Note or Mortgage or other agreement securing
Collateral or otherwise available at law or in equity. Together with such
documents or pleadings, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate
of a Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents be executed
by the Trustee and certifying as to the reason such documents or pleadings are
required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not
invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage or other agreement
securing Collateral, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion
of the foreclosure or trustee's sale. The Trustee shall, upon receipt of a
written request from a Servicing Officer, execute any document provided to the
Trustee by the Servicer or take any other action requested in such request, that
is, in the opinion of the Servicer as evidenced by such request, required by any
state or other jurisdiction to discharge the lien of a Mortgage or other
agreement securing Collateral upon the satisfaction thereof and the Trustee will
sign and post, but will not guarantee receipt of, any such documents to the
Servicer, or such other party as the Servicer may direct, within five Business
Days of the Trustee's receipt of such certificate or documents. Such certificate
or documents shall establish to the Trustee's satisfaction that the related SBA
Loan has been paid in full by or on behalf of the Obligor and that such payment
has been deposited in the Principal and Interest Account.
Section 7.03. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its services hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to withdraw from the Principal and Interest Account or to retain from
interest payments on the SBA Loans the Servicer's Servicing Fee and the Premium
Protection Fee in accordance with Section 5.04(b). Additional servicing
compensation in the form of assumption and other administrative fees, interest
paid on funds on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account, interest paid
and earnings realized on Permitted Instruments, amounts remitted pursuant to
Section 6.03(c)(iii) and late payment charges shall be retained by or remitted
to the Servicer to the extent not required to be remitted to the Trustee for
deposit in the Certificate Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder
and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically
provided for herein.
Section 7.04. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Servicer will deliver to the Trustee, the SBA and the Rating Agency
on or before September 30 of each year beginning September 30, 1999, an
Officer's Certificate stating that (i) the Servicer has fully complied with the
provisions of Articles V and VII, (ii) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this
Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision, (iii) to the best of
such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all
its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been
a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such
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default known to such officers and the nature and status thereof and the action
being taken by the Servicer to cure such default and (iv) the Servicer has not
lost its license to originate or sell SBA ss. 7(a) Loans or had its license
suspended. The Seller will deliver to the Trustee on or before September 30 of
each year beginning September 30, 1999 an Officer's Certificate describing the
status of compliance with the requirements under this Agreement. Upon the
reasonable request to the Trustee by a Certificateholder, and at the expense of
the Seller, the Trustee shall deliver to the Certificateholder the above
referenced Officer's Certificates.
Section 7.05. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report
On or before September 30 of each year relating to the fiscal year
ending on the preceding June 30th (commencing with the fiscal year ending June
30, 1999), the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ &
Company, LLP or (ii) a firm of nationally recognized independent public
accountants reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to furnish a letter or letters
to the Trustee and the Rating Agency to the effect that such firm has with
respect to the Servicer's overall servicing operations examined such operations
in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Single Audit Program for
Mortgage Bankers, and stating such firm's conclusions relating thereto. Upon the
reasonable request to the Trustee by a Certificateholder, and at the expense of
the Seller, the Trustee shall deliver to the Certificateholder the above
referenced Officer's Certificate.
Section 7.06. SBA's, and Trustee's Right to Examine Servicer Records
and Audit Operations
The SBA and the Trustee shall have the right upon reasonable prior
notice, during normal business hours and as often as reasonably required, to
examine and audit any and all of the books, records or other information of the
Servicer, whether held by the Servicer or by another on behalf of the Servicer,
which may be relevant to the performance or observance by the Servicer of the
terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement. No amounts payable in respect
of the foregoing shall be paid from the Trust Fund.
Section 7.07. Reports to the Trustee; Principal and Interest Account
Statements.
Not later than 20 days after each Record Date, the Servicer shall
forward to the Trustee and the SBA a statement, certified by a Servicing
Officer, setting forth the status of the Principal and Interest Account as of
the close of business on the preceding Record Date and showing, for the period
covered by such statement, the aggregate of deposits into the Principal and
Interest Account for each category of deposit specified in Section 5.03, the
aggregate of withdrawals from the Principal and Interest Account for each
category of withdrawal specified in Section 5.04, the aggregate amount of
permitted withdrawals not made in the related Due Period, and the amount of any
Monthly Advances or payments of Compensating Interest, in each case, for the
related Due Period.
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Section 7.08. Premium Protection Fee and Servicing Fee .
Pursuant to and in accordance with the policies of the SBA and SBA Form
1086, the Servicer shall retain the Premium Protection Fee and the Servicing Fee
for each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan. The Premium Protection Fee and the Servicing Fee
shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund and Certificateholders shall have no
interest in, and are not entitled to receive any portion of, either the Premium
Protection Fee or the Servicing Fee. If the Servicer is replaced as servicer
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, it shall no longer be entitled to
the Premium Protection Fee and the Servicing Fee but, instead, the successor
servicer shall be entitled thereto.
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ARTICLE VIII
REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED BY SERVICER
Section 8.01. Financial Statements.
The Servicer understands that, in connection with the transfer of the
Certificates, Certificateholders may request that the Servicer make available to
prospective Certificateholders the annual audited financial statements of the
Servicer for one or more of the most recently completed five fiscal years, which
request shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Servicer also agrees to make available on a reasonable basis to any
prospective Certificateholder a knowledgeable financial or accounting officer
for the purpose of answering reasonable questions respecting recent developments
affecting the Servicer or the financial statements of the Servicer and to permit
any prospective Certificateholder to inspect the Servicer's servicing facilities
during normal business hours for the purpose of satisfying such prospective
Certificateholder that the Servicer has the ability to service the SBA Loans in
accordance with this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX
THE SERVICER
Section 9.01. Indemnification; Third Party Claims.
(a) The Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the
SBA, and each Certificateholder harmless against any and all claims, losses,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any
other costs, fees and expenses that the Trustee, the SBA, and any
Certificateholder may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer
to perform its duties and service the SBA Loans in compliance with the terms of
this Agreement. The Servicer shall immediately notify the Trustee, the SBA and
each Certificateholder if a claim is made by any party with respect to this
Agreement, and the Servicer shall assume (with the consent of the Trustee) the
defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith,
including reasonable counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any
judgment or decree which may be entered against the Servicer, the Trustee, the
SBA, and/or a Certificateholder in respect of such claim. The Trustee may
reimburse the Servicer from the Expense Account pursuant to Section 6.03(c)(i)
for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when
the claim relates directly to the failure of the Servicer to service and
administer the SBA Loans in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The Seller agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the
SBA and each Certificateholder harmless against any and all claims, losses,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any
other costs, fees and expenses that the Trustee, the SBA, and any
Certificateholder may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer,
if it is an affiliate thereof, or the failure of the Seller to perform its
respective duties in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and in the best
interests of the SBA and the Certificateholders. The Seller shall immediately
notify the Trustee, the SBA, and each Certificateholder if a claim is made by a
third party with respect to this Agreement, and the Seller shall assume (with
the consent of the Trustee) the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses
in connection therewith, including reasonable counsel fees, and promptly pay,
discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against the
Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee, the SBA and/or a Certificateholder in respect
of such claim. The Trustee may reimburse the Seller from the Expense Account
pursuant to Section 6.03(c)(i) for all amounts advanced by them pursuant to the
preceding sentence except when the claim relates directly to the Seller's
indemnification pursuant to Section 2.05 and Section 3.03 or to the failure of
the Servicer, if it is an affiliate of a Seller, to perform its obligations to
service and administer the Mortgages in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement, or the failure of the Seller to perform its duties in compliance with
the terms of this Agreement and in the best interests of the SBA and the
Certificateholders.
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Section 9.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer.
The Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to
do business as a foreign entity, in each jurisdiction necessary to protect the
validity and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the SBA Loans and to
perform its duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or
any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all
of the business of the Servicer, shall be an established mortgage loan servicing
institution that has a net worth of at least $15,000,000 and shall be an
approved SBA guaranteed lender in good standing, operating pursuant to an
effective Loan Guaranty Agreement, and shall be the successor of the Servicer,
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. The Servicer shall send notice of any such merger or
consolidation to the Trustee, the Rating Agency and the SBA.
Section 9.03. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.
The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Servicer may rely on any document of any kind which it in good faith reasonably
believes to be genuine and to have been adopted or signed by the proper
authorities or persons respecting any matters arising hereunder. Subject to the
terms of Section 9.01 herein, the Servicer shall have no obligation to appear
with respect to, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to
the Servicer's duty to service the SBA Loans in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 9.04. Servicer Not to Resign.
The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except (i) by mutual consent of the Servicer, the SBA, the Trustee
and the Majority Certificateholders, (ii) in connection with a merger,
conversion or consolidation permitted pursuant to Section 9.02 and with the
consent of the SBA and written notice to the Rating Agency (in which case the
Person resulting from the merger, conversion or consolidation shall be the
successor of the Servicer), or (iii) upon the determination that the Servicer's
duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or
administrative determination and such incapacity cannot be cured by the
Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer
shall be evidenced by a written Opinion of Counsel (who may be counsel for the
Servicer) to such effect delivered to the Trustee, the SBA and to each
Certificateholder, which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance
acceptable to the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective until a
successor has assumed the Servicer's responsibilities and obligations hereunder
in accordance with Section 10.02.
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ARTICLE X
DEFAULT
Section 10.01. Events of Default.
(a) In case one or more of the following Events of Default
by the Servicer shall occur and be continuing, that is to say:
(i) (A) the failure by the Servicer to make any
required Servicing Advance, to the extent such failure
materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders; (B) the failure by the Servicer to make
any required Monthly Advance to the extent such failure
materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders; (C) the failure by the Servicer to remit
any Compensating Interest to the extent such failure
materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders; or (D) any failure by the Servicer to
remit to Certificateholders, or to the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders, any payment required to be made
under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied
after the date upon which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Servicer and the Trustee
by any Certificateholder; or
(ii) failure by the Servicer or the Seller duly to
observe or perform, in any material respect, any other
covenants, obligations or agreements of the Servicer or the
Seller as set forth in this Agreement, which failure continues
unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer or the Seller,
as the case may be, by the Trustee or to the Servicer, or the
Seller, as the case may be, and the Trustee by any
Certificateholder; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction for the appointment
of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and
such decree or order shall have remained in force,
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or
(iv) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of
a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or
relating to all or substantially all of the Servicer's
property; or
(v) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts as they become due, file a petition to take
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advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization
statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
(b) then, and in each and every such case, so long as an Event
of Default shall not have been remedied, and in the case of clause (i) above
(except for clause (i)(B)), if such Event of Default shall not have been
remedied within 30 days after the Servicer has received notice of such Event of
Default, (x) with respect solely to clause (i)(B) above, if such Monthly Advance
is not made earlier than 4:00 p.m. New York time on the Determination Date, the
Trustee shall give immediate telephonic notice of such failure to a Servicing
Officer of the Servicer and, unless such failure is cured, either by receipt of
payment or receipt of evidence (e.g., a wire reference number communicated by
the sending bank) that such funds have been sent, by 12:00 Noon New York time on
the second Business Day thereafter, the Trustee shall immediately assume,
pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof, the duties of a successor Servicer; and (y) in
the case of clauses (i)(A), (i)(C), (i)(D), (iii), (iv) and (v), the Majority
Certificateholders, by notice in writing to the Servicer (except with respect to
(iii), (iv) and (v) for which no notice is required) may, in addition to
whatever rights such Certificateholders may have at law or equity including
damages, injunctive relief and specific performance, in each case immediately
terminate all the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement
and in and to the SBA Loans and the proceeds thereof, as Servicer. Upon such
receipt by the Servicer of a second written notice from the Majority
Certificateholders stating that they or it intend to terminate the Servicer as a
result of such Event of Default, all authority and power of the Servicer under
this Agreement, whether with respect to the SBA Loans or otherwise, shall,
subject to Section 10.02 and the Multi-Party Agreement, pass to and be vested in
the Trustee and the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and
all documents and other instruments and do or cause to be done all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, including, but not limited to, the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the SBA Loans and related documents. The Servicer agrees to
cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Servicer's
responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the
transfer to the Trustee for administration by it of all amounts which shall at
the time be credited by the Servicer to each Principal and Interest Account or
thereafter received with respect to the SBA Loans. The Trustee shall provide
notice to the SBA of any Event of Default hereunder.
Section 10.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor
On and after the time of the Servicer's immediate termination, or the
Servicer's receipt of notice if required by Section 10.01, or at any time if the
Trustee receives the resignation of the Servicer evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel pursuant to Section 9.04 or the Servicer is removed as Servicer pursuant
to this Article X, the Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the
Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions
set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer
by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that the Trustee shall
not be liable for any actions of any Servicer prior to it, and that the Trustee
shall not be obligated to make advances or payments pursuant to Sections 6.03,
6.10, 6.11, 5.10 or 5.14 but only to the extent the Trustee determines
reasonably and in good faith that such advances would not be recoverable, such
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determination to be evidenced with respect to each such advance by a
certification of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee. As compensation therefor,
the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to the SBA Loans which the
Servicer would have been entitled to receive from the Principal and Interest
Account pursuant to Section 5.04, the Servicing Fee and the Premium Protection
Fee, if the Servicer had continued to act as Servicer hereunder, together with
other servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment
charges or otherwise as provided in Sections 7.01 and 7.03.
Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee shall, if it is unable to so act
or if the SBA so requests in writing to the Trustee, appoint, or petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established servicing
institution acceptable to the SBA including but not limited to the SBA, and
satisfying the Rating Agency Condition that has a net worth of not less than
$15,000,000, and which is an approved SBA guaranteed lender in good standing,
operating pursuant to an effective Loan Guaranty Agreement, as the successor to
the Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the
responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder. Any
collections received by the Servicer after removal or resignation shall be
endorsed by it to the Trustee and remitted directly to the Trustee or, at the
direction of the Trustee, to the successor servicer. As compensation, any
successor servicer (including, without limitation, the Trustee) so appointed
shall be entitled to receive all funds relating to the SBA Loans which the
Servicer would have been entitled to receive from the Principal and Interest
Account pursuant to Section 5.04 if the Servicer had continued to act as
Servicer hereunder and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and the Premium
Protection Fee, together with other servicing compensation in the form of
assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in Section 7.03.
In the event the Trustee is required to solicit bids as provided herein, the
Trustee shall solicit, by public announcement, bids from banks and mortgage
servicing institutions meeting the qualifications set forth above. Such public
announcement shall specify that the successor servicer shall be entitled to the
full amount of the aggregate Servicing Fees and Premium Protection Fees as
servicing compensation, together with the other servicing compensation in the
form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise. Within thirty days
after any such public announcement, the Trustee shall negotiate and effect the
sale, transfer and assignment of the servicing rights and responsibilities
hereunder to the qualified party submitting the highest qualifying bid. The
Trustee shall deduct from any sum received by the Trustee from the successor to
the Servicer in respect of such sale, transfer and assignment all costs and
expenses of any public announcement and of any sale, transfer and assignment of
the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder and the amount of any
unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances. After such deductions, the
remainder of such sum shall be paid by the Trustee as a servicing fee to the SBA
at the time of such sale, transfer and assignment to the Servicer's successor.
The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. The Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and any successor servicer in effecting the
termination of the Servicer's servicing responsibilities and rights hereunder
and shall promptly provide the Trustee or such successor servicer, as
applicable, all documents and records reasonably requested by it to enable it to
assume the Servicer's functions hereunder and shall promptly also transfer to
the Trustee or such successor servicer, as applicable, all amounts which then
have been or should have been deposited in the Principal and Interest Account or
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Spread Account by the Servicer or which are thereafter received with respect to
the SBA Loans. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor servicer shall be
held liable by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by (i) the failure of the
Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash, documents or records to
it, or (ii) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction
over the Servicer hereunder. No appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder shall be effective until written notice of such proposed appointment
shall have been provided by the Trustee to each Certificateholder and the SBA
and the Trustee and the SBA shall have consented thereto. The Trustee shall not
resign as servicer until a successor servicer reasonably acceptable to the SBA
has been appointed.
Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, the
Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with
such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor out of payments on SBA Loans as it and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of that permitted the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03 or otherwise as
provided in this Agreement. The Servicer, the Trustee and such successor shall
take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession.
Section 10.03. Waiver of Defaults.
The SBA may, or the Majority Certificateholders may, on behalf of all
Certificateholders, and subject to the consent of the SBA, which consent may not
be unreasonably withheld, and satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, waive
any events permitting removal of the Servicer pursuant to this Article X;
provided, however, that the Majority Certificateholders or the SBA may not waive
a default in making a required distribution on a Certificate without the consent
of the holder of such Certificate. Upon any waiver of a past default, such
default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereto except to the extent expressly so waived.
Section 10.04. Control by Majority Certificateholders and Others.
The SBA may, or the Majority Certificateholders with the consent of the
SBA may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding relating
to the Trust Fund or the Certificates or for any remedy available to the Trustee
with respect to the Certificates or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee with respect to the Certificates or the Trust Fund provided that:
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any
rule of law or with this Agreement;
(ii) the Trustee shall have been provided with
indemnity satisfactory to it; and
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(iii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction; provided, however, that the Trustee, as the case
may be, need not take any action which it determines might
involve it in liability or may be unjustly prejudicial to the
Certificateholders not so directing.
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ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
Section 11.01. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate upon notice to the Trustee of the
earlier of the following events: (a) the final payment or other liquidation of
the last SBA Loan or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure
or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any SBA Loan and the remittance of all funds
due thereunder, or (b) mutual consent of the Servicer and all Certificateholders
in writing; provided, however, that in no event shall the Trust Fund established
by this Agreement terminate later than twenty-one years after the death of the
last surviving lineal descendant of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, late Ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. ▇▇▇▇▇, alive as of the date hereof.
The Servicer may, at its option, terminate this Agreement on any date
on which the Pool Principal Balance is less than 10% of the sum of (i) the
Original Pool Principal Balance and (ii) the Original Pre-Funded Amount by
purchasing, on the next succeeding Remittance Date, all of the Unguaranteed
Interests in the SBA Loans and Foreclosed Properties at a price equal to the sum
of (i) 100% of the then outstanding Aggregate Class A and Class B Certificate
Principal Balances, and (ii) 30 days' interest thereon at the then applicable
Class A and Class B Remittance Rates, as the case may be (the "Termination
Price"). Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if at the time the Servicer
determines to exercise such option the unsecured long-term debt obligations of
the Servicer are not rated at least BBB by the Rating Agency, if the Rating
Agency is still rating the Certificates, the Servicer shall give the Rating
Agency prior written notice of the Servicer's determination to exercise such
option and shall not exercise such option, without the consent of the Rating
Agency, prior to furnishing the Rating Agency with an Opinion of Counsel, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Rating Agency, that the
exercise of such option would not be deemed a fraudulent conveyance by the
Servicer.
Notice of any termination, specifying the Remittance Date upon which
the Trust Fund will terminate and that the Certificateholders shall surrender
their Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final distribution and
cancellation shall be given promptly by the Servicer by letter to
Certificateholders mailed during the month of such final distribution before the
Determination Date in such month, specifying (i) the Remittance Date upon which
final payment of the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender
of Certificates at the office of the Trustee therein designated, (ii) the amount
of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Remittance Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee
therein specified. The Servicer shall give such notice to the Trustee therein
specified. The Servicer shall give such notice to the Trustee at the time such
notice is given to Certificateholders. Any obligation of the Servicer to pay
amounts due to the Trustee shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender
their Certificates for cancellation within six months after the time specified
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in the above-mentioned written notice, the Servicer shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto and shall
at the expense of the Trust Fund cause to be published once, in the national
edition of The Wall Street Journal notice that such money remains unclaimed. If
within six months after the second notice all of the Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or
may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain subject
hereto. If within the period then specified in the escheat laws of the State of
New York after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Seller shall be entitled to all unclaimed
funds and other assets which remain subject hereto and the Trustee upon transfer
of such funds shall be discharged of any responsibility for such funds and the
Certificateholders shall look to the Seller for payment.
Section 11.02. Accounting Upon Termination of Servicer
Upon termination of the Servicer under Article X hereof, the Servicer
shall:
(a) deliver to its successor or, if none shall yet have been
appointed, to the Trustee the funds in any Principal and Interest Account;
(b) deliver to its successor or, if none shall yet have been
appointed, to the Trustee all SBA Files and related documents and statements
held by it hereunder and a SBA Loan portfolio computer tape;
(c) deliver to its successor or, if none shall yet have been
appointed, to the Trustee and, upon request, to the Certificateholders a full
accounting of all funds, including a statement showing the Monthly Payments
collected by it and a statement of monies held in trust by it for the payments
or charges with respect to the SBA Loans; and
(d) execute and deliver such instruments and perform all acts
reasonably requested in order to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of
servicing of the SBA Loans to its successor and to more fully and definitively
vest in such successor all rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations
and liabilities of the Servicer under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE XII
THE TRUSTEE
Section 12.01. Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. If an Event of Default has occurred and has not been cured or waived,
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
conform to the requirements of this Agreement, provided, however that the
Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution,
certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument
furnished by the Servicer or the Seller hereunder. If any such instrument is
found not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner,
the Trustee shall take action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument
corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's satisfaction,
the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders and the
Servicer.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct or bad faith; provided, however, that:
(a) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after
the curing of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of
such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the
Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;
(b) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to
any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Majority Certificateholders, relating to
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the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Agreement;
(d) In the absence of actual knowledge of an officer of the
Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall
not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any
default or Event of Default unless the Trustee shall be specifically notified in
writing by the Servicer or any of the Certificateholders. In the absence of
actual knowledge or receipt of such notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume
that there is no default or Event of Default; and
(e) The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur financial liability for the performance of any of
its duties hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 12.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.01:
(i) The Trustee may request and rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, Officer's Certificate, certificate of auditors or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) The Trustee may consult with counsel and any
opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with
such opinion of counsel;
(iii) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this
Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend by litigation
hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or
direction of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein
shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been
cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and
skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's
own affairs;
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(iv) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
hereunder and after the curing of all Events of Default which
may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so
by Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating not less than 25% provided, however, that if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs,
expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the
making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the
Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security
afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability
as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable
expense of every such examination shall be paid by the
Servicer or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the
Servicer upon demand from the Servicer's own funds;
(vi) The right of the Trustee to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be
construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable
for other than its negligence or willful misconduct or bad
faith in the performance of such act;
(vii) The Trustee shall not be required to give any
bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trust
created hereby or the powers granted hereunder;
(viii) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys; and
(ix) In the event that the Trustee is also acting as
Paying Agent; Registrar or Spread Account Custodian, the
rights and protections afforded to the Trustee shall be
afforded to such Paying Agent, Registrar or Spread Account
Custodian.
Section 12.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates
or SBA Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other
than the certificate of authentication on the Certificates) shall be taken as
the statements of the Servicer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any SBA Loan or
related document. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Servicer of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of
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such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the
Servicer in respect of the SBA Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the
Principal and Interest Account by the Servicer. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for the legality or validity of the Agreement or the validity,
priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the Certificates issued
or intended to be issued hereunder.
Section 12.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, and may otherwise deal with the parties hereto.
Section 12.05. Servicer To Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to
time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution of
the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the
powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and the Servicer will pay or
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not
regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
arise from its negligence or bad faith, provided that the Trustee shall have no
lien on the Trust Fund for the payment of its fees and expenses. To the extent
that actual fees and expenses of the Trustee exceed the amount available for
payment thereof on deposit in the Expense Account as of the date such fees and
expenses are due and payable, the Servicer shall reimburse the Trustee for such
shortfall out of its own funds without reimbursement therefor, except as
provided in Section 6.03. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Trustee and the Spread Account Custodian and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Spread Account Custodian shall be indemnified by the
Servicer and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (i) incurred
in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder, and (ii) resulting from any error in any tax or information return
prepared by the Servicer. The obligations of the Servicer under this Section
12.05 shall survive payment of the Certificates, and shall extend to any
co-trustee appointed pursuant to this Article XII.
Section 12.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be (i) a national banking
association or banking corporation or trust company organized and doing business
under the laws of any state or the United States of America, (ii) authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, (iii) having a combined
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capital and surplus of at least $30,000,000, (iv) having unsecured and
unguaranteed long-term debt obligations rated at least Baa2 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors
Service, Inc., BBB by the Rating Agency (provided the Rating Agency is rating
the unsecured and unguaranteed long-term debt obligations of the Trustee) or
such other rating as is acceptable to the SBA, (v) is subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority, (vi) is an approved SBA guaranteed
lender in good standing, operating pursuant to an effective Loan Guaranty
Agreement, and (vii) is reasonably acceptable to the SBA. If such banking
association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section its combined capital and surplus shall be
deemed to be as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall (a) give prompt notice to the
SBA and each Certificateholder that it has so ceased to be eligible to be the
Trustee and (b) resign, upon the request of the SBA or the Majority
Certificateholders, in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
12.07.
Section 12.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Servicer, the SBA, and to
all Certificateholders. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Servicer
shall with the consent of the SBA promptly appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trustee and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall
be delivered to the Certificateholders by the Servicer. Unless a successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee. If the resigning Trustee fails to petition an appropriate court, the
SBA may, after such 60 day period, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 12.06 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver
of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Servicer
may remove the Trustee and appoint, subject to the approval of the SBA, a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee so removed and to the successor trustee. A copy of such
instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders and the SBA by the
Servicer.
The Majority Certificateholders with the consent of the SBA, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld, and upon satisfaction of the Rating
Agency Condition, or the SBA may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by
such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of
which instruments shall be delivered to the Servicer, one complete set to the
Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor Trustee so appointed.
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Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 12.08.
Section 12.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 12.07 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Servicer and to its predecessor trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee
herein. The predecessor trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all SBA
Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder, and the
Servicer and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments
and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and
certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such rights,
powers, duties and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 12.06.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section, the Servicer shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee
hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the
Certificate Register. If the Servicer fails to mail such notice within 10 days
after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee
shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Servicer.
Section 12.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated or any corporation or national banking association
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation or national banking association succeeding
to the business of the trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation or national banking association shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 12.06, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Trustee shall send notice of any
such merger or consolidation to the Rating Agency.
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Section 12.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located, the
Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the
Trustee and the SBA pursuant to the procedure set forth below, to act as
co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Fund, or any part
thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 12.10, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee
may consider necessary or desirable. If the Servicer shall not have joined in
such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do,
or in case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or
separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as
a successor trustee under Section 12.06 hereunder. No notice to Holders of
Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be
required under Section 12.08 hereof. The Trustee shall notify the SBA prior to
the appointment of any co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) and the SBA shall
have ten Business Days from its receipt of such notice to notify the Trustee
whether it, in its reasonable judgment, disapproves of such co-trustee(s) or
separate trustee(s). If the SBA does not notify the Trustee within such time
frame, it will be deemed to have approved such co-trustee(s) or separate
trustee(s). If the SBA notifies the Trustee within such time frame that it, in
its reasonable judgment, disapproves of such co-trustee(s) or separate
trustee(s) (which notice shall be accompanied by the name(s) of the SBA's
alternative proposed co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s)), such appointments
shall not be effective.
In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee
pursuant to this Section 12.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as
successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any
portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by
such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article XII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
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of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
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 or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. The Trustee shall not be responsible
for any action or inaction of any such separate trustee or co-trustee. If any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or
be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall
vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without
the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 12.11. Authenticating Agent.
Upon the request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall appoint an
Authenticating Agent, initially, Marine Midland Bank, with power to act on the
Trustee's behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery
of the Certificates in connection with transfers and exchanges under Section
4.02, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the Authenticating Agent
had been expressly authorized by that Section to authenticate and deliver
Certificates. For all purposes of this Agreement, the authentication and
delivery of Certificates by the Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section
shall be deemed to be the authentication and delivery of Certificates by the
Trustee. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a Person meeting the
requirements for the Trustee set forth in Section 12.06.
Any corporation or national banking association into which any
Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation or national banking association resulting from
any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall
be a party, or any corporation or national banking association succeeding to the
corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of
the Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or national
banking association is otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the
Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving notice of
resignation to the Trustee and the Servicer. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Servicer. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee
shall promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written
notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders as their names and
addresses appear on the Certificate Register. The Servicer agrees to pay to the
Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
The provisions of Sections 4.04 and 12.03 shall be applicable to any
Authenticating Agent.
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Section 12.12. Tax Returns and Reports.
The Trustee, upon request, will furnish the Servicer with all such
information as may be reasonably required in connection with the Servicer's
preparation of all Tax Returns of the Trust Fund and, upon request within five
(5) Business Days after its receipt thereof, shall (i) sign on behalf of the
Trust Fund any Tax Return that the Trustee is required to sign pursuant to
applicable federal, state or local tax laws, and (ii) cause such Tax Return to
have been returned to the Servicer for filing; provided, however, the Trustee
shall have no liability for any taxes required pursuant to any such Tax Return.
The Servicer shall prepare and file or cause to be filed with the
Internal Revenue Service Federal tax information returns with respect to the
Trust Fund and the Certificates containing such information and at the times and
in the manner as may be required by the Code or applicable Treasury regulations,
and shall furnish to each Holder of Certificates at any time during the calendar
year for which such returns or reports are made such statements or information
at the times and in the manner as may be required thereby. The Trustee shall
sign all tax information returns filed pursuant to this Section and any other
returns as may be required by the Code, and in doing so shall rely entirely
upon, and shall have no liability for information provided by, or calculations
provided by, the Servicer.
Section 12.13. Protection of Trust Fund.
(a) The Trustee will hold the Trust Fund and such other assets
as may from time to time be deposited with it hereunder in trust for the benefit
of the Holders and the SBA and at the request of the Seller or the SBA will from
time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto
pursuant to Section 13.02 hereof and all instruments of further assurance and
other instruments, and will take such other action upon such request as it deems
reasonably necessary or advisable, to:
(i) more effectively hold in trust all or any
portion of the Trust Fund or such other assets;
(ii) perfect, publish notice of, or protect the
validity of any grant made or to be made by this Agreement;
(iii) enforce any of the SBA Loans; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Fund and
the rights of the Trustee, and the ownership interests of the
Certificateholders represented thereby, in such Trust Fund
against the claims of all Persons and parties.
The Trustee shall send copies of any request received from the Seller
or the SBA to take any action pursuant to this Section 12.13 to the Holders.
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(b) Subject to Article X hereof, the Trustee shall have the
power to enforce, and shall enforce the obligations of the other parties to this
Agreement by action, suit or proceeding at law or equity, and shall also have
the power to enjoin, by action or suit in equity, any acts or occurrences which
may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the Holders; provided, however,
that nothing in this Section 12.13 shall require any action by the Trustee
unless the Trustee shall first (i) have been furnished indemnity satisfactory to
it and (ii) when required by this Agreement, have been requested to take such
action by the Majority Certificateholders, the SBA or the Seller in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The Trustee shall execute any instrument required pursuant
to this Section so long as such instrument does not conflict with this Agreement
or with the Trustee's fiduciary duties.
Section 12.14. Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of Trustee.
The Trustee hereby makes the following representations, warranties and
covenants on which the Seller, the Servicer, the SBA and the Certificateholders
shall rely:
(a) The Trustee is a banking corporation and trust company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of New York.
(b) The Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and shall have taken all necessary
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this
Agreement.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of
this Agreement shall not (i) violate any provision of any law or any order,
writ, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority
applicable to the Trustee or any of its assets, (ii) violate any provision of
the corporate charter or By-laws of the Trustee or (iii) violate any provision
of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any properties included in
the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of, any mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement or other undertaking to which it is a party, which violation, default
or lien could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
Trustee's performance or ability to perform its duties under this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(d) The execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of
this Agreement shall not require the authorization, consent or approval of, the
giving of notice to, the filing or registration with or the taking of any other
action in respect of any governmental authority or agency regulating the banking
and corporate trust activities of the Trustee.
(e) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Trustee,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy,
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insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or the application of equitable principles
in any proceeding, whether at law or in equity. The Trustee hereby agrees and
covenants that it will not at any time in the future, deny that this Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Trustee.
(f) The Trustee shall not take any action, or fail to take any
action, if such action or failure to take action will materially interfere with
the enforcement of any rights of the SBA or the Certificateholders under this
Agreement or the Certificates.
(g) The Trustee will comply at all times with the provisions
of the SBA Rules and Regulations in respect of its activities concerning the SBA
Loans, and will at all times hold an effective Loan Guaranty Agreement.
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01. Acts of Certificateholders.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, whenever
Certificateholder action, consent or approval is required under this Agreement,
such action, consent or approval shall be deemed to have been taken or given on
behalf of, and shall be binding upon, all Certificateholders if the Majority
Certificateholders agree to take such action or give such consent or approval.
Section 13.02. Amendment.
(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee by written agreement, upon the prior
written consent of the SBA, without the notice to or consent of the
Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions herein, to comply with any changes in the Code, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement
which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; provided,
however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect the interests of any
Certificateholder or any other party and further provided that no such amendment
shall reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, any amounts
received on SBA Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate
without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, or change the rights or
obligations of any other party hereto without the consent of such party.
(b) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee and the Majority Certificateholders, upon the
prior written consent of the SBA, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no
such amendment shall reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
any amounts which are required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate or reduce the percentage of Holders
which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the
Holders of 100% of the Certificates affected thereby and, provided further, that
no amendment affecting only one class of Certificates shall require the approval
of Holders of Certificates of the other Class.
(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
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Section 13.03. Recordation of Agreement.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject
to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in
all of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the
properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the
Servicer at the Certificateholders' expense on direction of the Majority
Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of
the SBA Loans.
Section 13.04. Duration of Agreement.
This Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated
as herein provided.
SECTION 13.05. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
Section 13.06. Notices.
All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed
by overnight mail, certified mail or registered mail, postage prepaid, to (i) in
the case of the Servicer and the Seller, Business Loan Center, Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or such
other addresses as may hereafter be furnished to the Certificateholders in
writing by the Seller and the Servicer, (ii) in the case of the Trustee, Marine
Midland Bank, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, 12th Floor, Attention:
Corporate Trust Department, (iii) in the case of the Certificateholders, as set
forth in the Certificate Register, (iv) in the case of Duff & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Credit
Rating Co. to ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, to, and (v) in
the case of the SBA, the United States Small Business Administration, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Associate Administrator for
Financial Assistance. Any such notices shall be deemed to be effective with
respect to any party hereto upon the receipt of such notice by such party,
except that notices to the Certificateholders shall be effective upon mailing or
personal delivery.
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Section 13.07. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Agreement shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement.
Section 13.08. No Partnership.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a
co-partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto and the services of
the Servicer shall be rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for
the Certificateholders.
Section 13.09. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 13.10. Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Seller and the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificateholders and their
respective successors and assigns.
Section 13.11. Headings.
The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of
this Agreement.
Section 13.12. Paying Agent.
The Trustee hereby appoints Marine Midland Bank as Paying Agent. The
Trustee may appoint one or more other Paying Agents or successor Paying Agents
meeting the eligibility requirements of a Trustee set forth in Section 12.06
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vii) hereof.
Each Paying Agent, immediately upon such appointment, shall signify
its acceptance of the duties and obligations imposed upon it by this Agreement
by written instrument of acceptance deposited with the Trustee.
Each such Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06, that such Paying Agent
will:
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(a) allocate all sums received for distribution to the Holders
of Certificates for which it is acting as Paying Agent on each Remittance Date
among such Holders in the proportion specified by the Trustee; and
(b) hold all sums held by it for the distribution of amounts
due with respect to the Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Holders
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein
provided.
Any Paying Agent other than the Trustee may at any time resign and be
discharged of the duties and obligations created by this Agreement by giving at
least sixty (60) days written notice to the Trustee. Any such Paying Agent may
be removed at any time by an instrument filed with such Paying Agent signed by
the Trustee.
In the event of the resignation or removal of any Paying Agent other
than the Trustee such Paying Agent shall pay over, assign and deliver any moneys
held by it as Paying Agent to its successor, or if there be no successor, to the
Trustee.
Upon the appointment, removal or notice of resignation of any Paying
Agent, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders by mailing notice thereof
to their addresses appearing on the Certificate Register.
Section 13.13. Notification to Rating Agency.
The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Rating Agency of the
occurrence of any of the following events of which it has received notice: (1)
any modification or amendment to this Agreement, (2) any change of the Trustee,
the Servicer or the Paying Agent, (3) any Event of Default or waiver of an Event
of Default, (4) that any superior lienholder has accelerated or intends to
accelerate the obligations secured by a Prior Lien, and (5) the final payment of
all the Certificates. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Rating Agency a
copy of each of the Servicer's Certificates. Further, the Servicer shall give
prompt notice to the Rating Agency if the Servicer or any of its affiliates
acquire any Certificates.
Section 13.14. Third Party Rights
The Trustee, the FTA, the Spread Account Custodian and the Servicer
agree that the SBA shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement
entitled to all the rights and benefits set forth herein as fully as if it were
a party hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC.,
as Seller and Servicer
By:
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Name:
Title:
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ Barstock
Title: Assistant Vice President
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Acceptance of Marine Midland Bank
Marine Midland Bank hereby accepts its appointment under the
within instrument to serve as initial Authenticating Agent, Certificate
Registrar and Paying Agent. In connection therewith, Marine Midland Bank agrees
to be bound by all applicable provisions of such instrument.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK, as initial
Authenticating Agent,
Certificate Registrar and
Paying Agent
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ Barstock
Title: Assistant Vice President
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK)
On the ____ day of ____________ before me, a Notary Public in
and for said State, personally appeared ____________________ known to me to be
an officer of the Trustee, the trust company that executed the within
instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of
said banking corporation, and acknowledged to me that such banking corporation
executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
My Commission expires
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STATE OF ____________)
: ss.:
COUNTY OF __________)
On the ____ day of ______________ before me, a Notary Public
in and for the State of New York, personally appeared ___________ known to me to
be the ____________ of Business Loan Center, Inc., one of the entities that
executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity
executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
My Commission expires
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EXHIBIT A
CONTENTS OF SBA FILE
With respect to each SBA Loan, the SBA File shall include a copy of
any of the following items delivered to the Trustee or, with respect to 1 below
for the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans, the FTA:
1. The original SBA Note, endorsed by means of an
allonge as follows: "Pay to the order of Marine
Midland Bank, and its successors and assigns, as
trustee under that certain Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of December 23, 1998 for the
benefit of the United States Small Business
Administration and holders of Business Loan Center
SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series
1998-1, Class A and Class B, as their respective
interests may appear, without recourse" and signed,
by facsimile or manual signature, in the name of the
Seller by a Responsible Officer, with all prior and
intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to the Seller, if the
Seller was not the originator;
2. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) the original Mortgage, with
evidence of recording thereon, (ii) a copy of the
Mortgage certified as a true copy by a Responsible
Officer of the Seller where the original has been
transmitted for recording until such time as the
original is returned by the public recording office
or duly licensed title or escrow officer or (iii) a
copy of the Mortgage certified by the public
recording office in those instances where the
original recorded Mortgage has been lost;
3. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) the original Assignment of
Mortgage from the Seller endorsed as follows: "Marine
Midland Bank, ("Assignee") its successors and
assigns, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as December 23, 1998 subject to the
Multi-Party Agreement dated as of December 23, 1998"
with evidence of recording thereon (provided,
however, that where permitted under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the Mortgaged Property is
located, the Assignment of Mortgage may be effected
by one or more blanket assignments for SBA Loans
secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
county), or (ii) a copy of such Assignment of
Mortgage certified as a true copy by a Responsible
Officer of the Seller where the original has been
transmitted for recording (provided, however, that
where the original Assignment of Mortgage is not
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being delivered to the Trustee, each such Responsible
Officer may complete one or more blanket certificates
attaching copies of one or more Assignments of
Mortgage relating to the Mortgages originated by the
Seller);
4. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) originals of all intervening
assignments, if any, showing a complete chain of
title from the originator to the Seller, including
warehousing assignments, with evidence of recording
thereon if such assignments were recorded, (ii)
copies of any assignments certified as true copies by
a Responsible Officer of the Seller where the
originals have been submitted for recording until
such time as the originals are returned by the public
recording officer, or (iii) copies of any assignments
certified by the public recording office in any
instances where the original recorded assignments
have been lost;
5. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) originals of all title
insurance policies relating to the Mortgaged
Properties to the extent the Seller obtained such
policies or (ii) copies of any title insurance
policies or other evidence of lien position,
including but not limited to PIRT policies, limited
liability reports and lot book reports, to the extent
the Seller obtains such policies or other evidence of
lien position, certified as true by the Seller;
6. For all SBA Loans, blanket assignment of all
Collateral securing the SBA Loan, including without
limitation, all rights under applicable guarantees
and insurance policies;
7. For all SBA Loans, irrevocable power of attorney of
the Seller to the Trustee to execute, deliver, file
or record and otherwise deal with the Collateral for
the SBA Loans in accordance with the Agreement. The
power of attorney will be delegable by the Trustee to
the Servicer and any successor servicer and will
permit the Trustee or its delegate to prepare,
execute and file or record UCC financing statements
and notices to insurers; and
8. For all SBA Loans, blanket UCC-1 financing statements
identifying by type all Collateral for the SBA Loans
in the SBA Loan Pool and naming the Trustee as
Secured Party and the Seller as the Debtor. The UCC-1
financing statements will be filed promptly following
the Closing Date in New York and Delaware and will be
in the nature of protective notice filings rather
than a true financing statement.
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[FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE]
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES OR
BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,
AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS
AND ONLY (1) IN CERTIFICATED FORM (A) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT ("RULE 144A") TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"), PURCHASING FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER
HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER
IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, OR (B) TO AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) OF REGULATION
D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE
TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B)
THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT
SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SECURITIES AND BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, (2) PURSUANT
TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (3) PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION
STATEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OR BY ANY OTHER PERSON.
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BUSINESS LOAN CENTER SBA LOAN-BACKED ADJUSTABLE RATE CERTIFICATES
Series 1998-1 Original Class A Certificate
Class A Principal Balance:
No. 1 $24,316,729.85
Original Dollar Amount as
of the Cut-Off Date
Represented by this
Certificate: 100%
$24,316,729.85
Remittance Rate: Percentage Interest of
Variable the Class A Certificates
Evidenced by this
Certificate: 100%
Date of Pooling and Servicer:
Servicing Agreement Business Loan Center, Inc.
and Cut-Off Date:
December 23, 1998
First Remittance Date: Latest Maturity Date:
January 15, 1999 January 2025
CUSIP No.: 123280 AC 3
Closing Date: Trustee:
December 30, 1998 Marine Midland Bank
Business Loan Center, Inc. certifies that ABN AMRO Incorporated is the
registered owner of a percentage interest (the "Percentage Interest") in the
Unguaranteed Interest in a pool of loans partially guaranteed by the U.S. Small
Business Administration (the "SBA Loans") and serviced by Business Loan Center,
Inc. (hereinafter called the "Servicer," in its capacity as the Servicer, and
the "Seller," in its capacity as the Seller, which terms include any successor
entity under the Agreement referred to below). The SBA Loans were originated or
purchased by the Seller. The SBA Loans will be serviced pursuant to the terms
and conditions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
December 23, 1998 (the "Agreement") between Marine Midland Bank, as trustee (the
"Trustee") and Business Loan Center, Inc., as Seller and Servicer, certain of
the pertinent provisions of which are set forth herein. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in
the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
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provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
holder is bound.
On each Remittance Date, commencing on January 15, 1999, the Trustee
or Paying Agent shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last day of the month next preceding
the month of such distribution (or on the Closing Date for the First Remittance
Date) (the "Record Date"), an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest of the Class A Certificates evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to Holders of Class A Certificates on such
Remittance Date pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Agreement.
During the initial Interest Accrual Period, this Certificate will bear
interest at the rate of 6.75% per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual
Period, this Certificate will bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
Prime Rate in effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 1.00% per annum,
subject to the limits described in the Agreement.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee
or Paying Agent by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, upon written
request to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Person entitled thereto as shall appear on the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making
of any notation thereon, at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, and, in the case of wire transfers, at the expense of such Person
unless such Person shall own of record Certificates which have initial
Certificate Principal Balances aggregating at least $5,000,000.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Class A
Certificate at the office or agency maintained for that purpose by the
Certificate Registrar in New York, New York.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed, Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B (herein called the
"Certificates") and representing undivided ownership in the right to receive the
principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interests of the SBA Loans together with
interest thereon at the then applicable Class A or Class B Remittance Rate, as
the case may be.
Neither the Certificates nor the SBA Loans represent an obligation of,
or an interest in, the Servicer and (except for the Excess Spread, which is
guaranteed by the SBA for up to 120 days of accrued interest) are not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Small Business
Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association or the Veterans
Administration or any other governmental agency. The Certificates are limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the SBA Loans,
all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In the event
Servicer funds are advanced with respect to any SBA Loan, such advance is
reimbursable to the Servicer from late recoveries of interest on the SBA Loans
generally.
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As provided in the Agreement, deposits and withdrawals from the
Certificate Account, the Spread Account and the Expense Account may be made by
the Trustee from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement to the Servicer of
advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by it, and investment in Permitted
Instruments.
Subject to certain restrictions, the Agreement permits the amendment
thereof with respect to certain modifications (a) by the Seller, the Servicer
and the Trustee without the consent of the Certificateholders and (b) by the
Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Majority
Certificateholders. The Agreement permits the Majority Certificateholders to
waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by the Servicer in the
performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its consequences, except
in a default in making any required distribution on a Certificate. Any such
consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall be conclusive and
binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future holders of this
Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement permits the Majority
Certificateholders to waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by
the Servicer in the performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its
consequences, except in a default in making any required distribution on a
Certificate. Any such consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall
be conclusive and binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future
holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Certificate Registrar in
New York, New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to, the Trustee, duly executed by the holder
hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate undivided Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates. As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the Certificate is exchangeable for a new Certificate evidencing the same
undivided ownership interest, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar,
and any agent of any of the foregoing, may treat the person in whose name this
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Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
foregoing shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Except for certain obligations of the Servicer to the Trustee, the
obligations created by the Agreement shall terminate upon notice to the Trustee
of the later of the following events: (i) the final payment or other liquidation
of the last SBA Loan or the disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any SBA Loan and the remittance of
all funds due thereunder or (ii) mutual consent of the Servicer and all
Certificateholders in writing; provided, however, that in no event shall the
Trust Fund established by the Agreement terminate later than twenty-one years
after the death of the last surviving lineal descendant of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. ▇▇▇▇▇, alive as of the
date of the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed.
Business Loan Center, Inc.
Servicer
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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This is one of the
Certificates referred
to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
or
Marine Midland Bank,
as Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE]
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES OR
BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,
AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS
AND ONLY (1) IN CERTIFICATED FORM (A) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT ("RULE 144A") TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"), PURCHASING FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER
HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER
IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, OR (B) TO AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1)-(3) OR (7) OF REGULATION
D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE
TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B)
THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT
SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SECURITIES AND BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, (2) PURSUANT
TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (3) PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION
STATEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED FOR OR ON BEHALF OF (1) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, OR (2) ANY ENTITY, THE ASSETS OF WHICH WOULD BE DEEMED
PLAN ASSETS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS SET FORTH AT 29 C.F.R.
ss.2510.3-101, OTHER THAN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60.
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THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OR BY ANY OTHER PERSON.
THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS
WITH RESPECT TO INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL WILL BE SUBORDINATED TO SUCH RIGHTS OF
THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS B CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR
OTHERWISE CONVEYED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF
THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, A COPY OF WHICH APPROVAL SHALL
BE FURNISHED TO THE TRUSTEE.
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BUSINESS LOAN CENTER SBA LOAN-BACKED ADJUSTABLE RATE CERTIFICATES
Series 1998-1 Original Class B Certificate
Class B Principal Balance:
No. 1 $2,114,498.25
Original Dollar Amount as
of the Cut-Off Date
Represented by this
Certificate:
$2,114,498.25
Remittance Rate: Percentage Interest of
Variable the Class B Certificates
Evidenced by this
Certificate: 100%
Date of Pooling and Servicer:
Servicing Agreement Business Loan Center, Inc.
and Cut-Off Date:
December 23, 1998
First Remittance: Latest Maturity Date: January 2025
Date:
January 15, 1999
Closing Date: Trustee:
December 30, 1998 Marine Midland Bank
Business Loan Center, Inc. certifies that Business Loan Center
Financial Corp. II is the registered owner of a percentage interest (the
"Percentage Interest") in the Unguaranteed Interest in a pool of loans partially
guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the "SBA Loans") and
serviced by Business Loan Center, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Servicer," in
its capacity as the Servicer, and the "Seller," in its capacity as the Seller,
which terms include any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below).
The SBA Loans were originated or purchased by the Seller. The SBA Loans will be
serviced pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of December 23, 1998 (the "Agreement") between
Marine Midland Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee") and Business Loan Center, Inc.,
as Seller and Servicer, certain of the pertinent provisions of which are set
forth herein. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such holder is bound.
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On each Remittance Date, commencing on January 15, 1998, the Trustee
or Paying Agent shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last day of the month next preceding
the month of such distribution (or on the Closing Date for the First Remittance
Date) (the "Record Date"), an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest of the Class B Certificates evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to Holders of Class B Certificates on such
Remittance Date pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Agreement.
During the initial Interest Accrual Period, this Certificate will bear
interest at the rate of 6.95% per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual
Period, this Certificate will bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
Prime Rate in effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 0.80%, subject to
the limits described in the Agreement.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee or
Paying Agent by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, upon written
request to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Person entitled thereto as shall appear on the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making
of any notation thereon, at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, and, in the case of wire transfers, at the expense of such Person
unless such Person shall own of record Certificates which have initial
Certificate Principal Balances aggregating at least $5,000,000.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency maintained for that purpose by the Certificate Registrar in New
York, New York.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed, Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B (herein called the
"Certificates") and representing undivided ownership in the right to receive the
principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interests of the SBA Loans together with
interest thereon at the then applicable Class A or Class B Remittance Rate, as
the case may be.
Neither the Certificates nor the SBA Loans represent an obligation of,
or an interest in, the Servicer and (except for the Excess Spread, which is
guaranteed by the SBA for up to 120 days of accrued interest) are not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Small Business
Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association or the Veterans
Administration or any other governmental agency. The Certificates are limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the SBA Loans,
all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In the event
Servicer funds are advanced with respect to any SBA Loan, such advance is
reimbursable to the Servicer from late recoveries of interest on the SBA Loans
generally.
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As provided in the Agreement, deposits and withdrawals from the
Certificate Account, the Spread Account and the Expense Account may be made by
the Trustee from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement to the Servicer of
advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by it, and investment in Permitted
Instruments.
Subject to certain restrictions, the Agreement permits the amendment
thereof with respect to certain modifications (a) by the Seller, the Servicer
and the Trustee without the consent of the Certificateholders and (b) by the
Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Majority
Certificateholders. The Agreement permits the Majority Certificateholders to
waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by the Servicer in the
performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its consequences, except
in a default in making any required distribution on a Certificate. Any such
consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall be conclusive and
binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future holders of this
Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement permits the Majority
Certificateholders to waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by
the Servicer in the performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its
consequences, except in a default in making any required distribution on a
Certificate. Any such consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall
be conclusive and binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future
holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Certificate Registrar in
New York, New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to, the Trustee, duly executed by the holder
hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate undivided Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates. As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the Certificate is exchangeable for a new Certificate evidencing the same
undivided ownership interest, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar,
and any agent of any of the foregoing, may treat the person in whose name this
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Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
foregoing shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Except for certain obligations of the Servicer to the Trustee,
the obligations created by the Agreement shall terminate upon notice to the
Trustee of the later of the following events: (i) the final payment or other
liquidation of the last SBA Loan or the disposition of all property acquired
upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any SBA Loan and the
remittance of all funds due thereunder or (ii) mutual consent of the Servicer
and all Certificateholders in writing; provided, however, that in no event shall
the Trust Fund established by the Agreement terminate later than twenty-one
years after the death of the last surviving lineal descendant of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. ▇▇▇▇▇, alive
as of the date of the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed.
Business Loan Center, Inc.
Servicer
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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This is one of the
Certificates referred
to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee
By:
----------------------------
Authorized Signatory
or
Marine Midland Bank,
as Authenticating Agent
By:
----------------------------
Authorized Signatory
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EXHIBIT C
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
(date)
To:
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(the "Depository")
As "Servicer" under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 23, 1998, Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1 Class A and Class B (the "Agreement"), we hereby
authorize and request you to establish an account, as a Principal and Interest
Account pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Agreement, to be designated as
______________________________________ in trust for the registered holders of
Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series
1998-1." All deposits in the account shall be subject to withdrawal therefrom by
order signed by the Servicer. You may refuse any deposit which would result in
violation of the requirement that the account be fully insured as described
below. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate. Please execute and return
one original to us.
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC.
By: _____________________
Name: _____________________
Title: _____________________
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The undersigned, as Depository, hereby certifies that the above
described account has been established under Account Number __________, at the
office of the depository indicated above, and agrees to honor withdrawals on
such account as provided above. The amounts deposited at any time in the account
will be insured to the maximum amount provided by applicable law by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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(Name of Depository)
By: _____________________
Name: _____________________
Title: _____________________
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EXHIBIT D
[OMITTED]
D-1
EXHIBIT E
[OMITTED]
E-1
EXHIBIT E(1)
WIRING INSTRUCTIONS FORM
_______________, 19__
[Paying Agent]
[Trustee]
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Re: Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1, [Class A] [Class B] Number
Dear Sir:
In connection with the sale of the above-captioned Certificate
by ___________________________________ to _________________________________,
("Transferee") you, as Paying Agent, are instructed to make all remittances to
Transferee as Certificateholder as of ____________, 19__ by wire transfer. For
such wire transfer, the wiring instructions are as follows:
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Transferee
Certificateholder's mailing address:
Name:
Address:
E(1)-1
EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION
____________ , 199_
[Seller]
[Servicer]
[SBA]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed
Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1998-1, dated as of December 23, 1998
between Business Loan Center, Inc.
and Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.05 of the above-captioned Pooling
and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby
certifies that, except as noted on the attachment hereto, if any (the "Loan
Exception Report"), it has received each of the documents required to be
delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Agreement (not including the
original SBA Notes relating to the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans, which are to be delivered
to the FTA) with respect to each [Initial] [Subsequent] SBA Loan listed in the
SBA Loan Schedule and the documents contained therein appear to bear original
signatures.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any such
documents beyond the review specifically required in the above-referenced
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity,
legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any such documents or
any of the SBA Loans identified on the SBA Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such SBA Loan.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
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EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Servicer]
[Seller]
[SBA]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Business Loan Center
SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1998-1, dated as of December 23, 1998
between Business Loan Center, Inc.
and Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.05 of the above-captioned Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that,
except as noted on the attachment hereto, as to each SBA Loan listed in the SBA
Loan Schedule (other than any SBA Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment
hereto) it has reviewed the documents delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.04
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has determined that (i) all such
documents are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it
and have not been mutilated, damaged, torn or otherwise physically altered and
relate to such SBA Loan and (iii) based on its examination or inquiry, and only
as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the SBA Loan
Schedule respecting such SBA Loan is correct. The Trustee has made no
independent examination or inquiry of such documents beyond the review
specifically required in the above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality,
enforceability or genuineness of any such documents contained in each or any of
the Loans identified on the SBA Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectibility,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such SBA Loan or (iii) the
compliance by such documents with statutory or regulatory guidelines.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
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EXHIBIT G
[OMITTED]
G-1
EXHIBIT H
SBA LOAN SCHEDULE
[NOT ATTACHED]
H-1
EXHIBIT I
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: [Trustee]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Business Loan Center SBA
Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1,
dated as of December 23, 1998
In connection with the administration of the pool of SBA Loans
held by you, we request the release, and acknowledge receipt, of the (Trustee's
SBA File/[specify document]) for the SBA Loan described below, for the reason
indicated. Please execute the attached documents, if any, for the described SBA
Loan for the reasons indicated.
Obligor's Name, Address & Zip Code:
SBA Loan Number:
Business Loan Center, Inc. Loan Number:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
____ 1. SBA Loan Paid in Full
(Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts
received in connection therewith have been credited
to the Principal and Interest Account and remitted to
the Trustee for deposit into the Certificate Account
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 2. SBA Loan Liquidated
(Servicer hereby certifies that all proceeds of
foreclosure, insurance or other liquidation have been
finally received and credited to the Principal and
Interest Account and remitted to the Trustee for
deposit into the Certificate Account pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 3. SBA Loan in Foreclosure
_____4. SBA Loan Repurchased Pursuant to Section 11.01
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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_____5. SBA Loan Repurchased or Substituted Pursuant to
Article II or III of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (Servicer hereby certifies that the
repurchase price or Substitution Adjustment has been
credited to the Principal and Interest Account and/or
remitted to the Trustee for deposit into the
Certificate Account pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.)
____ 6. Collateral Being Released Pursuant to Section 5.01(f) of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
____ 7. SBA Loan Collateral being substituted or subordinated.
If box 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the
Trustee's SBA File was previously released to us, please release to us our
previous receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your
possession relating to the above specified SBA Loan.
If box 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 above is checked, upon our return of
all of the above documents to you, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in
the space indicated below, and returning this form.
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC.
as Servicer
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Date:____________________________
Documents returned to Trustee:
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Trustee
By: ___________________________
Date: _________________________
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF LIQUIDATION REPORT
Customer Name:
Account number:
Original Principal Balance:
1. Unguaranteed Percentage of Liquidation Proceeds
Principal Prepayment $________
Property Sale Proceeds ________
Insurance Proceeds ________
Other (Itemize) ________
Unguaranteed Percentage of
Total Proceeds $_______
2. Servicing Advances $________
Monthly Advances ________
Total Advances $_______
3. Net Liquidation Proceeds $_______
(Line 1 minus Line 2)
4. Principal Balance of the SBA
Loan on date of liquidation $_______
5. Realized (Loss) or Gain $_______
(Line 3 minus Line 4)
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF DELINQUENCY REPORT
DELINQUENCY AND FORECLOSURE INFORMATION
RANGES # GROSS GROSS CERT. UNGTD
SERIES (IN DAYS) ACCT AMOUNT PCT AMOUNT PCT
1 TO 29 DAYS
30 TO 59 DAYS
60 TO 89 DAYS
90 TO 179 Days
180 to 719 Days
720 AND OVER
FORECLOSURE REO
PROPERTY DELINQUENCY
OUTSTANDING
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EXHIBIT L
SERVICER'S MONTHLY COMPUTER TAPE FORMAT
The computer tape to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.09 shall contain the following information for each SBA Loan as of the
related Record Date:
1. Name of the Obligor, address of the Mortgaged Property, if
applicable, and Account Number.
2. The SBA Loan Interest Rate.
3. The Monthly Payment.
4. The dates on which the payments were received for the
applicable Due Period and the amount of such payments
segregated into the following categories; (a) total
interest received (including Servicing Fee, interest
payable to holder of the Guaranteed Interest, the Premium
Protection Fee, FTA's Fee, Excess Spread, Extra Interest
and, if applicable, Additional Fee); (b) interest payable
to the holder of the Guaranteed Interest and FTA's Fee;
(c) principal and Excess Payments received; (d)
Curtailments received; and (e) Principal Prepayments
received.
5. The SBA Loan principal balance.
6. The SBA Loan date and original term to maturity.
7. A "Delinquency Flag" noting that the SBA Loan is current
or delinquent. If delinquent, state the date on which the
last payment was received.
8. For any SBA Loan that is not either 24 months delinquent
or otherwise determined to be uncollectible, a
"Foreclosure Flag" noting that the SBA Loan is the
subject of foreclosure proceedings.
9. For any SBA Loan that is not either 24 months delinquent
or otherwise determined to be uncollectible, an "REO
Flag" noting that the Mortgaged Property is an REO
Property.
10. A "Liquidated SBA Loan Flag" noting that the SBA Loan is
a Liquidated SBA Loan and the Net Liquidation Proceeds
received in connection therewith.
11. Any additional information reasonably requested by the
Trustee.
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EXHIBIT M
MULTI-PARTY AGREEMENT
AMONG BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC., MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ SERVICES CORP. AND SBA
This Multi-Party Agreement is entered into as of December 23, 1998
(this "Agreement"), by and among Business Loan Center, Inc. (the "SBA Lender"),
Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee ("Trustee"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Services Corp. ("FTA"), and
the United States Small Business Administration ("SBA").
The SBA Lender has made and intends to continue to make loans to small
businesses under the Small Business Act, as amended.
SBA guarantees a portion of each SBA Lender Loan (as defined herein)
in accordance with 13 C.F.R. Part 120 and a Small Business Administration Loan
Guaranty Agreement (SBA Form 750), dated March 27, 1997, between SBA and
Business Loan Center, Inc. as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to
time ("the SBA Agreement").
Because SBA guarantees a portion of each SBA Lender Loan (as defined
herein), SBA has an interest in the SBA Lender Loans, the underlying collateral,
and the Loan Documents (as defined herein).
The SBA Lender has entered into certain Secondary Participation
Guaranty Agreements on SBA Form 1086 (each, a "Participation Agreement") with a
purchaser (each, a "Guaranteed Holder"), FTA and SBA. Under the Participation
Agreements, the SBA Lender has sold the guaranteed portion (the "Guaranteed
Interest") in certain SBA Lender Loans. SBA has caused FTA to issue a
certificate to each Guaranteed Holder which entitles the Guaranteed Holder to
receive the payments and other recoveries of principal relating to the
Guaranteed Interest on the related SBA Lender Loans, together with interest on
the Guaranteed Interest at a per annum rate in effect from time to time in
accordance with the Participation Agreement.
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The SBA Lender and the Trustee have entered into a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of December 23, 1998 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") which establishes a trust (the "Trust"). Under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the SBA Lender will convey the Conveyed Interest (as
defined herein) to the Trust. The Trust will issue certificates (the
"Certificates") evidencing the right to receive the Unguaranteed Interest in the
SBA Lender Loans together with interest.
13 C.F.R. Section 120.420 and the SBA Agreement require the SBA Lender
to obtain SBA's written consent before it sells the Unguaranteed Interest.
The SBA Lender, the Trustee and SBA want to assure consistency between
the SBA Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and clarify the
respective rights of the parties.
The SBA Lender, Trustee, FTA and SBA agree as follows:
1. Definitions. In this Agreement, the following terms have the
following meanings:
a. "Conveyed Interest": the Unguaranteed Interest
plus the amount by which the interest collected by the
Servicer on the principal portion of the Guaranteed Interest
of each SBA Lender Loan in the Loan Pool exceeds the sum of
(a) the interest payable to the Registered Holder, (b) the
fees payable to SBA and FTA, (c) the Servicing Fee (d) the
Premium Protection Fee and (e) with respect to Additional Fee
SBA Loans, the Additional Fee (each as defined in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement).
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b. "Event of Default": as defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
c. "Loan Documents": all Notes, mortgages, deeds of
trust, security deeds, security agreements, instruments of
hypothecation, guarantees and other agreements and documents
that relate to the SBA Lender Loans.
d. "Notes": the notes evidencing the SBA Lender
Loans.
e. "Premium Protection Fee": 0.60% per annum of the
then outstanding principal balance of the Guaranteed Interest.
f. "SBA Lender Loan Debtor": any debtor obligated
under an SBA Lender Loan.
g. "SBA Lender Loans": the loans listed on Exhibit
H, as amended or supplemented from time to time, of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including any Subsequent SBA
Loans (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)) and
any other loans included in the Trust Fund (as defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement).
h. "SBA Rules and Regulations": the Small Business
Act, as amended, the SBA Agreement, all legislation binding on
SBA with respect to financial transactions, all rules and
regulations promulgated from time to time under the Small
Business Act, and SBA Standard Operating Procedures and
official Notices as from time to time in effect.
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i. "Servicer": the Servicer (as defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if applicable, any
Subservicer (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement).
j. "Servicing Fee": 0.40% per annum of the then
outstanding principal balance of the entire SBA Lender Loans.
k. "Spread Account Excess": as defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
l. "Unguaranteed Interest": the portion of each SBA
Lender Loan not guaranteed by SBA.
2. SBA's Guaranteed Interest. The SBA Lender, the Trustee (on behalf
of itself and the holders of the Certificates) and FTA acknowledge SBA's
interest in the Guaranteed Interest of all SBA Lender Loans, together with the
collateral securing the SBA Lender Loans and the Loan Documents, and in all
payments and recoveries with respect to the SBA Lender Loans and the collateral
or any other source, including insurance proceeds and recoveries from
guarantees, and agree to recognize and uphold such interest under SBA Rules and
Regulations. The SBA Lender and Trustee will execute any release, assignment,
endorsement or other document that SBA may from time to time reasonably request
with respect to the Guaranteed Interest. Each of SBA Lender and Trustee will
remit funds it receives in respect of the Guaranteed Interest in the SBA Lender
Loans to FTA or SBA, as appropriate. If SBA purchases the Guaranteed Interest in
any SBA Lender Loan, any recoveries from the SBA Lender Loan Debtor or the
collateral securing the SBA Lender Loan will be distributed pro rata to SBA as
holder of the Guaranteed Interest and to the Trustee as holder of the
Unguaranteed Interest.
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3. Unguaranteed Interest. SBA acknowledges that it has no interest in
the Unguaranteed Interest, the Servicing Fee or the Premium Protection Fee. SBA
further acknowledges that it has no interest in any collateral that secures any
SBA Lender Loan or any Loan Document, except to the extent the collateral
secures or a Loan Document relates to the Guaranteed Interest. The collateral
for an SBA Lender Loan secures the Guaranteed Interest and the Unguaranteed
Interest pari passu and all recoveries from insurance, guarantees or any other
source will be shared pro rata. If SBA receives any amount in respect of the
Conveyed Interest, SBA will remit the sum to Trustee for the credit of the SBA
Lender, provided that in no event will SBA have any obligation to pay any amount
not owed by SBA under SBA Rules and Regulations. If SBA receives any amount in
respect of the Servicing Fee or the Premium Protection Fee, SBA will remit the
sum to the SBA Lender, for distribution to itself, or, if the SBA Lender is not
the Servicer, the Servicer, provided that Trustee shall have given FTA and SBA
15 days prior written notice under this Agreement of the change in Servicer.
This Agreement constitutes a notice of claims assignment for the full term of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act
of 1940, as amended, 31 U.S.C. Section 3727, with respect to any right to
payment of any Unguaranteed Interest or the Servicing Fee or the Premium
Protection Fee.
4. SBA Consent to Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(a) SBA consents to the SBA Lender's execution and
performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
transactions contemplated in it including, but not limited to,
the sales of the Class A Certificates (as defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement).
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a default by
the SBA Lender under another agreement or a default by an
entity other than the SBA Lender under another agreement may
not be an event of default under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. Trustee waives any rights it may have, including
rights of set-off and banker's liens, to any account of the
SBA Lender into which payments from the SBA Lender Loan
Debtors are received and the Principal and Interest Account
(as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement).
(c) It is a condition precedent to the effectiveness
of this Agreement that SBA receive opinions of counsel stating
that the Multi-Party Agreement is enforceable against the
Trustee and the SBA Lender.
5. SBA Lender to Retain Ultimate Risk of Loss. As required by 13
C.F.R. Section 120.420(b)(2), the SBA Lender must retain an economic risk in and
bear the ultimate risk of loss on the Unguaranteed Interest. The SBA Lender will
establish the Spread Account under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and cause
a wholly-owned subsidiary to be and remain the Spread Account Depositor (as
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and cause a wholly-owned
subsidiary to retain the Class B Certificates in accordance with Section 11
hereof.
6. Premium Protection Fee and Servicing Fee. The Servicer will retain
the Premium Protection Fee and the Servicing Fee with respect to all SBA Lender
Loans.
7. Restriction on Use of SBA Lender Loans. The SBA Lender will not use
the SBA Lender Loans or the collateral supporting the SBA Lender Loans for any
borrowing or other financing not related to financing of the guaranteed or
unguaranteed portions of the SBA Lender Loans.
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8. FTA To Hold Original SBA Lender Notes; Possession of Loan
Documents. (a) The SBA Lender will deliver all original Notes relating to the
Initial SBA Loans (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) to FTA
prior to the issuance of the Certificates and the SBA Lender will deliver all
original Notes relating to the Subsequent SBA Loans (as defined in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement) to FTA prior to each Subsequent Transfer of the
Subsequent SBA Loans. Each Note will be endorsed by means of an allonge (an
endorsement of the Note constituting a separate piece of paper) as follows: "Pay
to the order of Marine Midland Bank, and its successors and assigns, as trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 23, 1998, for the
benefit of the United States Small Business Administration and the holders of
Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and
Class B as their respective interests may appear, without recourse." Upon
receiving the Note, FTA will deliver to SBA Lender and the Trustee a receipt for
such Note in the form of Exhibit 1.
(b) The Notes are being delivered to FTA for the
purposes of protecting the SBA's and the Certificateholders'
respective interests. SBA appoints FTA as its fiscal and
transfer agent and each of SBA and the Trustee appoint FTA as
its agent to hold the Notes. FTA does not and will not during
the term of this Agreement have any interest in the SBA Lender
Loans in the Loan Pool or the related Loan Documents.
(c) FTA will not release any Note to either the SBA
Lender or any other person except (i) upon receipt from the
SBA Lender of a Request for Release of Note in the form of
Exhibit 3, along with a consent to release from the Trustee,
or (ii) with SBA's prior written consent. Upon receipt of the
required request and consent, FTA will release, within 3
Business Days, the related Note. The Servicer will return the
Notes to FTA in accordance with the appropriate provisions of
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the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and when the Notes are
returned to FTA, FTA will issue a receipt in the form of
Exhibit 1 hereto. SBA will notify Duff and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Credit
Rating Co. if FTA releases any Note solely upon the
instructions of SBA.
(d) Upon reasonable notice to FTA, SBA will have the
right during normal business hours to inspect the original
Notes at FTA's office.
(e) The SBA Lender will deliver to the Trustee the
Loan Documents and assignments of Loan Documents in accordance
with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All instruments of
assignment will assign the applicable collateral to "Marine
Midland Bank ("Assignee") its successors and assigns, as
trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
December 23, 1998, subject to the Multi-Party Agreement dated
as of December 23, 1998". All financing statements will name
the Trustee as secured party. Any power of attorney from the
SBA Lender to Trustee must require the Trustee to deal with
the collateral in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and this Agreement.
(f) If the Servicer or SBA must be the record owner
or secured party with respect to any Note or any loan document
or any collateral securing any Note for any purpose including,
without limitation, to liquidate (including by any judicial
means) or otherwise pursue remedies against any SBA Lender
Loan Debtor or any collateral securing any Note, the Trustee
will assign such Note or collateral to the Servicer, or SBA,
as necessary.
9. Servicing of SBA Lender Loans. The Servicer will service the SBA
Lender Loans. The Servicer will remit funds to which the Guaranteed Holders or
SBA is entitled in accordance with the terms of the Participation Agreements,
and will remit to the Trustee funds which are required to be remitted to the
Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The
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Servicer must proceed with all collection, enforcement of remedies and
liquidation actions against SBA Lender Loan Debtors in default in accordance
with SBA Rules and Regulations. The Servicer must perform all servicing
activities in accordance with SBA Rules and Regulations, the Participation
Agreements and, to the extent there is no conflict, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. Property acquired through foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure
will be titled in the name of Trustee for the benefit of SBA and the holders of
the Certificates, as their interests may appear, subject to the terms of this
Agreement. The Servicer will continue to administer such property and will be
responsible for its disposition in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations
and, to the extent there is no conflict, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Servicer will distribute disposition proceeds to SBA, as party in
interest with respect to the Guaranteed Interest, and to Trustee in respect of
the Unguaranteed Interest, pro rata. SBA may, at its option, assume servicing of
any SBA Lender Loan in accordance with SBA Rules and Regulations. Unless the
Trustee becomes the Servicer, the Trustee will not take (i) any action regarding
the servicing of any SBA Lender Loan or (ii) any action with respect to any SBA
Lender Loan Debtor or any collateral securing any SBA Lender Loan. Any actions
required of SBA Lender under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or this
Agreement may be performed by or through a subservicer approved by SBA under an
agreement approved by SBA, but any such subservicing arrangement will not limit
or reduce the SBA Lender's obligations or liabilities as servicer under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or this Agreement.
10. Default Under Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee will
give SBA prompt written notice of an Event of Default and prompt written notice
of any termination of the Servicer as Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. Upon an Event of Default and termination of the Servicer as Servicer
in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Trustee may
be substituted as Servicer so long as Trustee is then an approved SBA
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participating lender in good standing, operating under a current Small Business
Administration Loan Guaranty Agreement (Deferred Participation) (Form 750). If
Trustee does not meet that condition or is otherwise unable to act or if the SBA
requests in writing, Trustee will appoint another Servicer in accordance with
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any successor Servicer must agree to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement and must execute an agreement in the form
of Exhibit 2. Any substitute Servicer will be entitled to receive the Servicing
Fee and the Premium Protection Fee.
11. Transferees. Other than the issuance of the Certificates, Trustee
will not sell, participate, pledge, hypothecate, enter into any repurchase
agreement with respect to, or otherwise transfer any of its interest in any SBA
Lender Loan or any Note without SBA's prior written consent. The proposed
transferee must be an approved SBA participating lender in good standing,
operating under a current Small Business Administration Loan Guaranty Agreement
(Deferred Participation) (Form 750) and must be acceptable to SBA. Upon
consenting to any proposed transfer, SBA will give FTA prompt written notice.
Any transferee must agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. Upon
initial issuance, the Class B Certificate will be issued to and registered in
the name of Business Loan Center Financial Corp. II, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the SBA Lender which will retain legal and beneficial ownership of the Class
B Certificate. The SBA Lender agrees that Business Loan Center Financial Corp.
II will not sell, pledge, transfer, assign or otherwise convey, in whole or in
part, the Class B Certificate without the prior written consent of SBA.
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12. SBA Lender Acknowledgment of Continuing Obligation; No Assumption
of Liabilities. No action taken by Trustee, SBA or the Servicer under this
Agreement, the SBA Agreement, or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will
release or relieve SBA Lender of any of its obligations to SBA or to the
Trustee. None of SBA, Trustee, FTA or the Servicer will incur any liability or
obligation to SBA Lender by reason of any reasonable or customary action taken
in carrying out the provisions of this Agreement. Neither the execution of this
Agreement, nor the taking of any action by Trustee, SBA, FTA or the Servicer
under this Agreement will be an assumption by Trustee, SBA, FTA or the Servicer
of any liabilities or obligations of SBA Lender. The provisions of this Section
will survive termination of this Agreement.
13. FTA's and SBA's Limited Liability and Expenses. (a) FTA may rely
upon any signature, notice, certificate, or other document reasonably believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the party purporting to sign it.
SBA Lender will assume liability for and indemnify, protect, and hold harmless
FTA from any liabilities or losses arising out of this Agreement, except in the
case of FTA's gross negligence or willful misconduct. SBA Lender will reimburse
FTA for all expenses, taxes, and other charges that FTA incurs in administering
this Agreement. SBA Lender will pay FTA its standard fee for its services under
this Agreement. In performing its obligations under this Agreement, FTA will not
follow instructions from any party other than SBA or, pursuant to Section 8(c),
upon the request of the SBA Lender and concurring instructions of Trustee. The
SBA Lender will not hold FTA liable for any action taken in accordance with such
instructions.
(b) SBA may rely on any signature, notice,
certificate, request or other document reasonably believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed by the party
purporting to sign it. SBA Lender will assume liability for
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and indemnify, protect and hold harmless SBA from all
liabilities or losses arising out of this Agreement, except in
the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct. Upon
request by SBA, SBA Lender will reimburse SBA for all expenses
and other charges that SBA incurs in connection with this
Agreement.
(c) The provisions of this Section 13 will survive
any termination of this Agreement.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which will be an original.
15. Inconsistencies. If any provision of this Agreement is
inconsistent with any provision in any other agreement, including but not
limited to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the provision of this Agreement
controls. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any agreements entered into in
connection with such agreement are amended to the extent necessary to give
effect to the prior sentence. The SBA Agreement is amended to provide that FTA
will hold the Notes that are transferred pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and that the Trustee may hold the Loan Documents as provided in this
Agreement.
16. Amendment and Term. This Agreement may not be terminated or
amended without the prior written consent of the parties. Neither the SBA
Agreement nor the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended in any manner
that would impair the respective rights of the SBA or the Trustee under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of the party so affected.
17. Governing Law. Except to the extent inconsistent with Federal Law,
in which case Federal Law will govern, this Agreement will be interpreted and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without
reference to its conflict of laws rules.
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18. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement binds and benefits the
parties and their respective successors and
assigns.
19. Section Headings. The section headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only, and are without substantive meaning or content.
20. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will be given no effect and will not
invalidate any other provision of this Agreement.
21. Notices and Deliveries. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
this document, all notices or deliveries under this Agreement will be given by
actual delivery to the parties at the addresses below or to such other addresses
that any party may designate for itself by written notice to each of the other
parties. All notices will be effective upon receipt by the applicable party.
If to the SBA Lender, at:
Business Loan Center, Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy No.: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
If to the Trustee, at:
Marine Midland Bank
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
If to FTA, at:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Services Corp.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: President
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If to SBA, at:
U.S. Small Business Administration
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Associate Administrator for
Financial Assistance
Additionally, the SBA Lender will provide SBA with a copy of (i) the
SBA Loan Schedule included as Exhibit H to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
as amended or supplemented from time to time, along with any amendments thereto
delivered to the Trustee, and (ii) each delinquency and foreclosure report
prepared in accordance with clause (viii) of Section 6.09 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Such Schedules and reports will be sent (to the extent
practicable, in electronic format) to ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Director of
Secondary Market Sales (▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇.▇▇▇).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the SBA Lender, the Trustee, FTA, and SBA
have executed this Agreement below.
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC.
By:
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MARINE MIDLAND BANK, not in
its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By:
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UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Associate Administrator
for Financial Assistance
▇▇▇▇▇▇ SERVICES CORP.
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: Executive Vice President
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EXHIBIT 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF NOTE
___________, 199_
In accordance with Section 8 of the Multi-Party Agreement,
dated as of December 23, 1998, by and among Business Loan Center, Inc., Marine
Midland Bank, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Services Corp. ("▇▇▇▇▇▇") and the United States Small
Business Administration ("SBA"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇, hereby acknowledges receipt of the SBA
guaranteed Note described below with respect to the following:
MAKER:
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
DATE OF NOTE:
SBA LOAN NUMBER (GP NUMBER):
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC. ACCOUNT NUMBER:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ SERVICES CORP.
By:_______________________________
Its:______________________________
INSTRUCTIONS TO ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SERVICES CORP. One original executed copy of this receipt
should be made available for pick-up at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or delivered to
Marine Midland Bank, as trustee, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, and a copy to Business Loan Center, Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
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EXHIBIT 2
The undersigned consents and agrees to be bound as successor
Servicer by the terms of foregoing Multi-Party Agreement dated as of December
23, 1998 among Business Loan Center, Inc., Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Services Corp. and the United States Small Business Administration.
-----------------------------------
By: ___________________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
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EXHIBIT 3
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF NOTE
_____________, 199_
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Services Corp.
As Agent for the United States
Small Business Administration
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
In accordance with Section 8(c) of the Multi-Party Agreement dated as
of December 23, 1998 by and among Business Loan Center, Inc., Marine Midland
Bank, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Services Corp. ("▇▇▇▇▇▇") and the United States Small Business
Administration ("SBA") and, subject to your receipt of concurrence from Marine
Midland Bank, as Trustee, Business Loan Center, Inc. hereby requests release of
the Note described below:
OBLIGOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS:
SBA LOAN NUMBER (GP NUMBER):
Reason for Requesting Note
(ONE OF THESE MUST BE CHECKED)
____1. SBA Loan Paid in Full
____2. SBA Loan Liquidated
____3. SBA Loan in Foreclosure
____4. SBA Loan repurchased pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 23, 1998, relating to
Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1998-1 (The "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
____5. SBA Loan repurchased or substituted pursuant to Article II or
Article III of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
____6. Collateral being released pursuant to Section 5.01(f) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement
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____7. SBA Loan collateral being substituted or subordinated
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC.
By: ________________________
Its: ________________________
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EXHIBIT N
SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
This Spread Account Agreement is dated as of December 30, 1998
(the "Agreement") among Business Loan Center Financial Corp. II, a Delaware
corporation, as Spread Account Depositor (the "Spread Account Depositor"),
Marine Midland Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and Marine Midland Bank, in its
capacity as custodian hereunder (the "Spread Account Custodian"). All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below.
WHEREAS, Business Loan Center, Inc. (the "Seller"), and Marine
Midland Bank, in its capacity as Trustee, have entered into a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 23, 1998 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), in connection with the establishment of a Trust (the "Trust") and
the issuance of Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed, Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1, representing an undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the Trust;
WHEREAS, the Spread Account Depositor wishes to establish the
Spread Account (the "Account") with the Spread Account Custodian, to be used in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Spread Account Custodian herein agrees to
maintain the Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. In addition to those terms defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and otherwise herein, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
"Account" has the meaning set forth in the second
WHEREAS clause hereof.
"Account Property" has the meaning set forth in Section
3 hereof.
"Certificated Securities" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8-102(4) of the UCC.
"Clearing Corporation" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8-102(5) of the UCC.
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"Eligible Deposit Account" means either (a) a
segregated account with a Designated Depository Institution
(as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or (b) a
segregated trust account with the corporate trust department
of a depository institution organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any one of the States (or any
domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust
powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such
account.
"Delivery" when used with respect to Account Property
means:
(a) with respect to bankers' acceptances, commercial paper,
negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute
instruments and are susceptible of physical delivery ("Physical Property"):
(i) transfer of possession thereof to the Spread Account
Custodian, endorsed to, or registered in the name of,
the Spread Account Custodian or its nominee or endorsed
in blank;
(b) with respect to a certificated security:
(i) delivery thereof in bearer form to the Spread Account
Custodian; or
(ii) delivery thereof in registered form to the Spread
Account Custodian and
(A) the certificate is endorsed to the Spread Account
Custodian or in blank by effective endorsement; or
(B) the certificate is registered in the name of the
Spread Account Custodian, upon original issue or
registration of transfer by the issuer;
(c) with respect to an uncertificated security:
(i) the delivery of the uncertificated security to the
Spread Account Custodian; or
(ii) the issuer has agreed that it will comply with
instructions originated by the Spread Account Custodian
without further consent by the registered owner;
(d) with respect to any security issued by the U.S. Treasury that
is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to
Federal book-entry regulations:
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(i) a Federal Reserve Bank by book entry credits the
book-entry security to the securities account (as
defined in 31 CFR Part 357) of a participant (as
defined in 31 CFR Part 357) which is also a securities
intermediary; and
(ii) the participant indicates by book entry that the
book-entry security has been credited to the Spread
Account Custodian's securities account;
(e) with respect to a security entitlement:
(i) the Spread Account Custodian becomes the entitlement
holder; or
(ii) the securities intermediary has agreed that it will
comply with entitlement orders originated by the Spread
Account Custodian without further consent by the
entitlement holder;
(f) for the purpose of clauses (b) and (c) hereof "delivery"
means:
(i) with respect to a certificated security:
(A) the Spread Account Custodian acquires possession
thereof;
(B) another person (other than a securities
intermediary) either acquires possession thereof
on behalf of the Spread Account Custodian or,
having previously acquired possession thereof,
acknowledges that it holds for the Spread Account
Custodian; or
(C) a securities intermediary acting on behalf of the
Spread Account Custodian acquires possession of
thereof, only if the certificate is in registered
form and has been specially endorsed to the Spread
Account Custodian by an effective endorsement;
(ii) with respect to an uncertificated security:
(A) the issuer registers the Spread Account Custodian
as the registered owner, upon original issue or
registration of transfer; or
(B) another person (other than a securities
intermediary) either becomes the registered owner
thereof on behalf of the Spread Account Custodian
or, having previously become the registered owner,
acknowledges that it holds for the Spread Account
Custodian;
(g) for purposes of this definition, except as otherwise
indicated, the following terms shall have the meaning assigned to each such term
in the UCC:
(i) "certificated security"
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(ii) "effective endorsement"
(iii) "entitlement holder"
(iv) "instrument"
(v) "securities account"
(vi) "securities entitlement"
(vii) "securities intermediary"
(viii) "uncertificated security"
(h) in each case of Delivery contemplated herein, the Spread
Account Custodian shall make appropriate notations on its records, and shall
cause the same to be made on the records of its nominees, indicating that
securities are held in trust pursuant to and as provided in this Agreement.
"Depositary" has the meaning set forth in 31 C.F.R.
306.118 or similar federal regulations governing the transfer
of securities issued by the United States Treasury which are
maintained in book-entry form.
"Securities Intermediary" has the meaning set forth
in Section 8-102 (a)(14) of the UCC.
"Instruments" has the meaning set forth in Section
9-105(l)(ii) of the UCC but excludes any "instruments" that
are "certificated securities" as defined in Section 8-102(l)
(a) of the UCC.
"Physical Property" has the meaning set forth in
clause (i) of the definition of "Delivery" in this Section 1.
"UCC" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code.
"Uncertificated Security" has the meaning set forth
in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC.
Section 2. Appointment of Spread Account Custodian. The Spread Account
Depositor and the Trustee hereby appoint Marine Midland Bank as their agent
under this Agreement to act on their behalf in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement with respect to their interests in the Account and all amounts and
investments deposited therein or credited thereto. Marine Midland Bank hereby
accepts and acknowledges its appointment as agent on behalf of the Spread
Account Depositor and the Trustee.
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Section 3. Pledge of Security Interest. The Spread Account Depositor
hereby assigns, sells, conveys and transfers to the Spread Account Custodian and
its successors and assigns, and grants thereto a security interest in, all of
its right, title and interest in and to all amounts payable to the Spread
Account pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Account, all amounts deposited therein or credited thereto, from time to time,
and all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all other
amounts and investments held from time to time in the Account (whether in the
form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities,
Uncertificated Securities, or otherwise) in consideration of its right to
receive Excess Spread in accordance with Section 6.02 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (all of the foregoing, collectively, the "Account
Property"), to have and to hold all the aforesaid property, rights and
privileges unto the Spread Account Custodian, its successors and assigns, in
trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, subject to the
terms and provisions, set forth in this Agreement. The Spread Account Custodian
hereby acknowledges such transfer and, upon receipt, shall hold and distribute
the Account Property in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
Section 4. Establishment of the Account. In consideration of its right
to receive Excess Spread in accordance with Section 6.02 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Spread Account Depositor hereby establishes and shall
hereafter maintain with the Spread Account Custodian the Account as a separate
trust account to include the money and other property deposited and held therein
pursuant hereto. The Account shall be a segregated trust account maintained in
New York and initially established with the Spread Account Custodian and
maintained with the Spread Account Custodian in the Corporate Trust Department
of the Spread Account Custodian. The Spread Account Custodian acknowledges the
interest of the Trustee in the Account, as set forth herein and in Article VI of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Spread Account Custodian further
acknowledges and agrees that (i) any deposits to the Account shall be made
solely by the Servicer or the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(a) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) any withdrawals from the Account shall be
made by the Spread Account Custodian solely upon instructions therefor given by
the Trustee as specifically set forth in Section 6.02(b) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the Seller, the Servicer and the Spread Account
Depositor shall have no rights to receive any amounts in the Account other than
as specifically set forth herein and in Section 6.02(b) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Section 5. Delivery of Account Property. With respect to the Account
Property, the Spread Account Depositor and the Spread Account Custodian agree
that:
(a) any Account Property that is held in deposit
accounts shall be held solely in an Eligible Deposit Account;
and each such deposit account shall be subject to the
exclusive dominion and control of the Spread Account
Custodian, and the Spread Account Custodian shall have sole
signature authority with respect thereto;
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(b) any Account Property that is Physical Property
shall be delivered to the Spread Account Custodian in
accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of "Delivery"
and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by
the Spread Account Custodian or a securities intermediary (as
such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the Relevant
UCC);
(c) any Account Property that is a "certificated
security" under Article 8 of the Relevant UCC shall be
delivered to the Spread Account Custodian in accordance with
paragraph (b) of the definition of "Delivery" and shall be
held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Spread
Account Custodian or a securities intermediary (as such term
is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the Relevant UCC);
(d) any Account Property that is an "uncertificated
security" under Article 8 of the Relevant UCC shall be
delivered to the Spread Account Custodian in accordance with
paragraph (c) of the definition of "Delivery" and shall be
maintained by the Spread Account Custodian, pending maturity
or disposition, through continued registration on the books
and records of the issuer thereof of the ownership of such
security by the Spread Account Custodian (or its nominee) or a
securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section
8-102(a)(14) of the Relevant UCC);
(e) any Account Property that is a book-entry
security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to
Federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered to the
Spread Account Custodian in accordance with paragraph (d) of
the definition of "Delivery" and shall be maintained by the
Spread Account Custodian, pending maturity or disposition,
through continued book-entry registration of such Account
Property in the name of the Spread Account Custodian or a
securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section
8-102(a)(14) of the Relevant UCC), and
(f) any Account Property held through a securities
intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14)
of the Relevant UCC) shall be held in a securities account (as
such term is defined in Section 8-501(a) of the Relevant UCC)
that is established by such securities intermediary in the
name of the Spread Account Custodian for which the Spread
Account Custodian is the sole entitlement holder (as defined
in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Relevant UCC).
Section 6. Investment. Amounts held in the Account shall be invested in
Permitted Instruments in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.06 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such investments shall be made in the name
of the Spread Account Custodian or its nominee, and all income and gain realized
thereon shall be retained in the Account until withdrawals are permitted under
Section 6.02(b)(iii) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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Section 7. Statement of Account. On or before each Determination Date,
the Spread Account Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee, the Servicer and the
Spread Account Depositor an account statement of the Spread Account Custodian
setting forth, as of such date, (i) the amount on deposit in the Account, (ii)
the activity in the Account for the preceding month and (iii) the amount of any
income or gain (or loss) on amounts held in the Account.
Section 8. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon
the termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with its
terms. Upon termination of this Agreement, any amounts on deposit in the Account
shall be paid by the Spread Account Custodian to the Spread Account Depositor in
accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 9. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the Spread
Account Depositor and the Spread Account Custodian with the consent of the
Trustee. The parties hereto agree to make any changes to this Agreement required
by the Rating Agency in order to obtain an investment-grade rating.
Section 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts,
each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such
counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW.
Section 12. Notices. All demands, notices and communications upon or
to the Spread Account Depositor, the Servicer, the Spread Account Custodian or
the Trustee under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered or
mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have
been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Trustee, at the address
therefor set forth in Section 13.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (b)
in the case of the Spread Account Custodian, c/o Marine Midland Bank at ▇▇▇
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Department; and (c) in the case of the Spread Account Depositor, c/o Business
Loan Center, Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
Section 13. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such agreements, provisions or terms shall be
deemed severable from the remaining agreements, provisions or terms of this
Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other
provisions of this Agreement.
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Section 14. Assignment; Benefit of Agreement. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Spread Account Depositor Spread Account Custodian without the prior written
consent of the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the Trustee and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Spread Account Depositor, the Trustee
and the Spread Account Custodian have caused this Spread Account Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Spread Account Custodian
By:
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Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
BUSINESS LOAN CENTER FINANCIAL CORP. II
as Spread Account Depositor
By:
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Name: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
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EXHIBIT O-1
FORM OF TRANSFEREE LETTER [NON-RULE ▇▇▇▇]
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, as Trustee
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Business Loan Center, Inc.,
as Servicer
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
__________, 199_
Re: Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above-captioned Certificates,
we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an
institutional "Accredited Investor," as defined in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement pursuant to which the Certificates were issued (the "Agreement"), and
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates,
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Seller concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) we are acquiring the Certificates for investment
for our own account and not with a view to any distribution of such Certificates
(but without prejudice to our right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of
the Certificates in accordance with clause (f) below), (e) we have not offered
or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from,
any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect
thereto, or taken any other action which would result in a violation of Section
5 of the Act, (f) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
Certificates unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or is exempt from
such registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that
such sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption
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from the Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed
and delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate if required by the Agreement, and (3) the purchaser or transferee
has otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth in the
Agreement and (g) with respect to a Class B Certificate, the purchaser is not
acquiring a Class B Certificate, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of:
(i) an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or Section 4975
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) any entity, the assets
of which would be deemed plan assets under the Department of Labor regulations
set forth at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101.
Very truly yours,
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Print Name of Transferee
By:
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Authorized Officer
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FORM OF RULE 144A CERTIFICATION
Business Loan Center, Inc.,
as Servicer
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
_________, 199_
Re: Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify
that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have had the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Seller concerning
the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any
additional information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the
Certificates, (c) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any
interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or solicited any
offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security with, any person
in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising
or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a
distribution of the Certificates under the Act or that would render the
disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will
authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates,
(d) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Act and have completed the form of certification to that effect
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attached hereto as Annex 1. We are aware that the sale to us is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own account or
for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further, understand that such Certificates
may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed
to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for
the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.
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[Date]
[Placement Agent]
[Address]
[Issuer]
[Address]
Re: Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable
Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B
(the "Confidentially Offered Securities")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our purchase of Confidentially Offered Securities,
the undersigned certifies to each of the parties to whom this letter is
addressed that it is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act")) as follows:
1. It owns and/or invests on a discretionary basis eligible securities
(excluding affiliate's securities, bank deposit notes and CD's, loan
participations, repurchase agreements, securities owned but subject to a
repurchase agreement and currency, interest rate and commodity swaps),
as described below:
Amount:(1) $_________________; and
2. The dollar amount set forth above is:
a. greater than $100 million and the undersigned is one of the
following entities:
(1) |_| an insurance company as defined in Section
2(13) of the Act;* or
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1 Must be calculated using only securities which the undersigned
beneficially held as of the date below.
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(2) |_| an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act or any business development
company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or as defined in
Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940; or
(3) |_| a Small Business Investment Company licensed
by the U.S. Small Business Administration under
Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958; or
(4) |_| a plan (i) established and maintained by a
state, its political subdivisions, or any agency
or instrumentality of a state or its political
subdivisions, the laws of which permit the
purchase of securities of this type, for the
benefit of its employees and (ii) the governing
investment guidelines of which permit the purchase
of securities of this type; or
(5) |_| a corporation (other than a U.S. bank, savings
and loan association or equivalent foreign
institution), partnership, Massachusetts or
similar business trust, or an organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code; or (6) |_| a U.S. bank, savings and
loan association or equivalent foreign
institution, which has an audited net worth of at
least $25 million as demonstrated in its latest
annual financial statements as of a date not more
than 16 months preceding the date of sale in the
case of a U.S. institution or 18 months in the
case of a foreign institution.; or
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*
A purchase by an insurance company for one or more of its separate accounts,
as defined by section 2(a)(37) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, which
are neither registered nor required to be registered thereunder, shall be
deemed to be a purchase for the account of such insurance company.
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(7) |_| an investment adviser registered under the
Investment Advisers Act; or
b. |_| greater than $10 million, and the undersigned is a
broker-dealer registered with the SEC; or
c. |_| less than $10 million, and the undersigned is a
broker-dealer registered with the SEC and will only
purchase Rule 144A securities in riskless principal
transactions (as defined in Rule 144A); or
d. |_| less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an
investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, which, together with one or more
registered investment companies having the same or an
affiliated investment adviser, owns at least $100
million of eligible securities; or
e. |_| less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an
entity, all the equity owners of which are qualified
institutional buyers.
The undersigned further certifies that it is purchasing
Confidentially Offered Securities for its own account or for the account of
others that independently qualify as "Qualified Institutional Buyers" as defined
in Rule 144A. It is aware that the sale of the Confidentially Offered Securities
are being made in reliance on its continued compliance with Rule 144A. It is
aware that the transferor may rely on the exemption from the provisions of
Section 5 of the Act provided by Rule 144A. The undersigned understands that the
Confidentially Offered Securities may be resold, pledged or transferred only to
a person reasonably believed to be a Qualified Institutional Buyer that
purchases for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional
Buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made
in reliance in Rule 144A.
The undersigned agrees that if at some time before the
expiration of the holding period described in Rule 144 it wishes to dispose of
or exchange any of the Confidentially Offered Securities, it will not transfer
or exchange any of the Confidentially Offered Securities to a Qualified
Institutional Buyer without first obtaining a letter in the form hereof from the
transferee and delivering such certificate to the addressees hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this document has been executed by the
undersigned who is duly authorized to do so on behalf of the undersigned
Qualified Institutional Buyer on the _____ day of ___________, 1998.
Name of Institution
Signature
Name
Title**
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**
Must be President, Chief Financial Officer, or other executive officer.
EXHIBIT O-2-B
FORM OF RULE 144A CERTIFICATION
Business Loan Center, Inc.,
as Servicer
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Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
_________, 199_
Re: Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class B
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify
that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have had the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Seller concerning
the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any
additional information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the
Certificates, (c) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any
interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or solicited any
offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security with, any person
in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising
or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a
distribution of the Certificates under the Act or that would render the
disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will
authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates,
(d) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Act and have completed the form of certification to that effect
attached hereto as Annex 1 and (e) with respect to a Class B Certificate, we are
not acquiring a Class B Certificate, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf
of: (i) an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or Section 4975
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) any entity, the assets
of which would be deemed plan assets under the Department of Labor regulations
set forth at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101. We are aware that the sale to us is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own
account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further, understand that such
Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person
reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice
is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT O-2-B
[Date]
[Placement Agent]
[Address]
[Issuer]
[Address]
Re: Business Loan Center SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable
Rate Certificates, Series 1998-1, Class A and Class B
(the "Confidentially Offered Securities")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our purchase of Confidentially Offered Securities,
the undersigned certifies to each of the parties to whom this letter is
addressed that it is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act")) as follows:
1. It owns and/or invests on a discretionary basis eligible securities
(excluding affiliate's securities, bank deposit notes and CD's, loan
participations, repurchase agreements, securities owned but subject to a
repurchase agreement and currency, interest rate and commodity swaps),
as described below:
Amount:2 $_________________; and
2. The dollar amount set forth above is:
a. greater than $100 million and the undersigned is one of the
following entities:
(1) |_| an insurance company as defined in Section
2(13) of the Act;* or
(2) |_| an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act or any business development
company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or as defined in
Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940; or
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2 Must be calculated using only securities which the undersigned beneficially
held as of the date below.
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(3) |_| a Small Business Investment Company licensed
by the U.S. Small Business Administration under
Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958; or
(4) |_| a plan (i) established and maintained by a
state, its political subdivisions, or any agency
or instrumentality of a state or its political
subdivisions, the laws of which permit the
purchase of securities of this type, for the
benefit of its employees and (ii) the governing
investment guidelines of which permit the purchase
of securities of this type; or
(5) |_| a corporation (other than a U.S. bank, savings
and loan association or equivalent foreign
institution), partnership, Massachusetts or
similar business trust, or an organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code; or
(6) |_| a U.S. bank, savings and loan association or
equivalent foreign institution, which has an
audited net worth of at least $25 million as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements as of a date not more than 16 months
preceding the date of sale in the case of a U.S.
institution or 18 months in the case of a foreign
institution.; or
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(7) |_| an investment adviser registered under the
Investment Advisers Act; or
b. |_| greater than $10 million, and the undersigned is a
broker-dealer registered with the SEC; or
c. |_| less than $10 million, and the undersigned is a
broker-dealer registered with the SEC and will only purchase
Rule 144A securities in riskless principal transactions (as
defined in Rule 144A); or
d. |_| less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, which, together with one or more registered
investment companies having the same or an affiliated
investment adviser, owns at least $100 million of eligible
securities; or
e. |_| less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an
entity, all the equity owners of which are qualified
institutional buyers.
The undersigned further certifies that it is purchasing
Confidentially Offered Securities for its own account or for the account of
others that independently qualify as "Qualified Institutional Buyers" as defined
in Rule 144A. It is aware that the sale of the Confidentially Offered Securities
are being made in reliance on its continued compliance with Rule 144A. It is
aware that the transferor may rely on the exemption from the provisions of
Section 5 of the Act provided by Rule 144A. The undersigned understands that the
Confidentially Offered Securities may be resold, pledged or transferred only to
a person reasonably believed to be a Qualified Institutional Buyer that
purchases for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional
Buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made
in reliance in Rule 144A.
The undersigned agrees that if at some time before the
expiration of the holding period described in Rule 144 it wishes to dispose of
or exchange any of the Confidentially Offered Securities, it will not transfer
or exchange any of the Confidentially Offered Securities to a Qualified
Institutional Buyer without first obtaining a letter in the form hereof from the
transferee and delivering such certificate to the addressees hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this document has been executed by the
undersigned who is duly authorized to do so on behalf of the undersigned
Qualified Institutional Buyer on the _____ day of ___________, 1998.
Name of Institution
Signature
Name
Title**
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**
Must be President, Chief Financial Officer, or other executive officer.
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