EXHIBIT 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
Depositor
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB,
Servicer
GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC.
Servicer
and
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 1, 2003
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TERWIN MORTGAGE TRUST
ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES TMTS 2003-8HE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS........................................................................................ 1
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....................................... 42
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.............................................................. 42
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans............................................... 44
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor................................ 46
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Servicers........................................... 49
SECTION 2.05. Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans which are not "Qualified Mortgages"....... 51
SECTION 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates............................................... 52
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Elections........................................................................... 52
SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Servicers................................................................ 55
SECTION 2.09. Permitted Activities of the Trust......................................................... 55
SECTION 2.10. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity......................................................... 56
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS.................................................... 56
SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans........................................................ 56
SECTION 3.02. Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Servicer.................... 57
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer........................ 58
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Servicer................................................................ 58
SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account; Certificate Account............. 59
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts....................... 62
SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.............. 62
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Certificate Account................. 63
SECTION 3.09. Servicing Transfer Dates.................................................................. 65
SECTION 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance........................................................... 65
SECTION 3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements................................. 66
SECTION 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds............... 67
SECTION 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files........................................... 69
SECTION 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be Held for the Trustee......... 70
SECTION 3.15. Servicing Compensation.................................................................... 70
SECTION 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation........................................................... 71
SECTION 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance......................................................... 71
SECTION 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.......... 71
SECTION 3.19. Duties and Removal of the Credit Risk Manager............................................. 71
SECTION 3.20. Periodic Filings.......................................................................... 72
SECTION 3.21. Annual Certificate by Trustee............................................................. 73
SECTION 3.22. Annual Certificate by Servicer............................................................ 73
SECTION 3.23. Prepayment Penalty Reporting Requirements................................................. 74
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SECTION 3.24. Statements to the Trustee................................................................. 74
SECTION 3.25. Indemnification........................................................................... 74
SECTION 3.26. Nonsolicitation........................................................................... 75
SECTION 3.27. Maintenance of LPMI Policy................................................................ 75
SECTION 3.28. Confidentiality........................................................................... 76
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS...................................................................................... 76
SECTION 4.01. Advances.................................................................................. 76
SECTION 4.02. Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls..... 77
SECTION 4.03. Distributions on the REMIC Interests...................................................... 77
SECTION 4.04. Distributions............................................................................. 77
SECTION 4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.................................................. 81
ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES................................................................................... 84
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.......................................................................... 84
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates............... 85
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates......................................... 89
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners..................................................................... 89
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses................................. 89
SECTION 5.06. Book-Entry Certificates................................................................... 89
SECTION 5.07. Notices to Depository..................................................................... 90
SECTION 5.08. Definitive Certificates................................................................... 90
SECTION 5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................................................... 91
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICERS.................................................................... 91
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicers................................. 91
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicers................................. 91
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicers and Others........................ 92
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Servicer..................................................... 92
SECTION 6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds............................................ 93
SECTION 6.06. [RESERVED]................................................................................ 93
SECTION 6.07. [RESERVED]................................................................................ 93
SECTION 6.08. Limitation Upon Liability of the Credit Risk Manager...................................... 93
ARTICLE VII DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER................................................................... 93
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default......................................................................... 93
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.................................................. 95
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders........................................................ 96
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE............................................................................. 96
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee......................................................................... 96
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee..................................................... 97
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Mortgage Loans..................................................... 99
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.............................................................. 99
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees............................................................................ 99
SECTION 8.06. Indemnification of Trustee................................................................ 99
SECTION 8.07. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee...................................................... 100
SECTION 8.08. Resignation and Removal of Trustee........................................................ 100
SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee......................................................................... 101
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SECTION 8.10. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee........................................................ 101
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee............................................. 101
SECTION 8.12. Tax Matters............................................................................... 102
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION........................................................................................ 104
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage Loans.......................... 104
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.................................................... 105
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements....................................................... 106
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS........................................................................... 107
SECTION 10.01. Amendment................................................................................. 107
SECTION 10.02. Counterparts.............................................................................. 108
SECTION 10.03. Governing Law............................................................................. 108
SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties...................................................................... 108
SECTION 10.05. Notices................................................................................... 109
SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions................................................................ 110
SECTION 10.07. Assignment................................................................................ 110
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders................................................ 110
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights............................................................... 111
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid................................................. 111
SECTION 10.11. [Reserved]................................................................................ 111
SECTION 10.12. [Reserved]................................................................................ 111
SECTION 10.13. [Reserved]................................................................................ 111
SECTION 10.14. Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities..................................................... 111
EXHIBIT A FORMS OF CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT C SCHEDULE OF MORTGAGE LOANS WITH NO PREPAYMENT ENFORCEMENT
EXHIBIT D FORM OF CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT E-1 FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT E-2 FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT F FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT G FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
EXHIBIT H FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
EXHIBIT I REQUEST FOR RELEASE
EXHIBIT J [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT K FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT L FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT M CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT N FORM OF CAP CONTRACT
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of December 1, 2003, among
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor
(the "Depositor"), OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, a federally chartered savings bank,
as a servicer ("Ocwen" or a "Servicer"), GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC., a New
York corporation, as a servicer ("GreenPoint" or a "Servicer") and ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO
BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee
(the "Trustee").
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to
the Trustee in return for the Certificates. It is intended that the Trust Fund
for federal income tax purposes will include (i) three real estate mortgage
investment conduits, (ii) the right to receive (x) proceeds from prepayment
penalties on the Mortgage Loans, (y) amounts paid by the Servicer or the Seller
in respect of prepayment charges pursuant to this Agreement and (z) amounts
received in respect of any indemnification paid as a result of a prepayment
charge being unenforceable in breach of the representations and warranties set
forth in the Transfer Agreement, (iii) the Cap Contracts and the Cap Contract
Account and (iv) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof. REMIC 1
will consist of all of the assets constituting the Trust Fund (other than the
assets described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, the REMIC 1 Regular
Interests and the REMIC 2 Regular Interests) and will be evidenced by the REMIC
1 Regular Interests (which will be uncertificated and will represent the
"regular interests" in REMIC 1) and the Class LTR Interest as the single
"residual interest" in REMIC 1. The Trustee will hold the REMIC 1 Regular
Interests. REMIC 2 will consist of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests and will be
evidenced by the REMIC 2 Regular Interests (which will represent the "regular
interests" in REMIC 2) and the Class MTR Interest as the single "residual
interest" in REMIC 2. The Trustee will hold the REMIC 2 Regular Interests. The
Upper Tier REMIC will consist of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests and will be
evidenced by the REMIC Regular Interests (which will represent the "regular
interests" in the Upper Tier REMIC) and the Residual Interest as the single
"residual interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC. The Class R Certificate will
represent beneficial ownership of the Class LT1-R Interest, the Class LT2-R
Interest and the Residual Interest. The "latest possible maturity date" for
federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby will be the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.
All covenants and agreements made by the Seller in the Sale Agreement
and by the Depositor and the Trustee herein with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and the other property constituting the Trust Fund are for the benefit of the
Holders from time to time of the Certificates.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, Ocwen, GreenPoint and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices: The Servicer's normal servicing
practices, which will conform to the mortgage servicing practices of prudent
mortgage lending institutions which service for their own account mortgage loans
of the same type as the Mortgages Loans in the jurisdictions in which the
related Mortgaged Properties are located.
Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the period commencing on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the Closing
Date) and ending on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date. All
calculations of interest on each Class of Certificates will be made on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period and a 360 day
year.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is adjustable.
Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, each date on
which the related Mortgage Rate is subject to adjustment, as provided in the
related Mortgage Note.
Advance: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by a
Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the
amount of any such advances being equal to the sum of the aggregate of payments
of principal (except with respect to Mortgage Loans secured by a second lien on
real property) and interest (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) on the Mortgage
Loans that were due during the applicable Due Period and not received as of the
close of business on the related Determination Date, less the aggregate amount
of any such Delinquent payments that the Servicer has determined would
constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance were an advance to be made with respect
thereto; provided, however, that with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has been
converted to an REO Property, the obligation to make Advances shall only be to
payments of interest.
Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in Section
10.14(a).
Advance Facility Notice: As defined in Section 10.14(b).
Advance Financing Person: As defined in Section 10.14(a).
Advance Reimbursement Amounts: As defined in Section 10.14(b).
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the management
and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination,
the sum of the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the Class R Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-2 Certificate Principal
Balance and the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance, in each case as of such
date of determination.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any and all
amendments or supplements hereto made in accordance with the terms herein.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which, the sum of (i) the Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and (ii) the Class C Certificate Principal Balance after distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.
Appraised Value: With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which
were used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property, the "Appraised Value" of a
Mortgaged Property is the lesser of (1) the appraised value based on an
appraisal made for the Seller by an independent fee appraiser at the time of the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (2) the sales price of such
Mortgaged Property at such time of origination. With respect to a Mortgage Loan
the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing mortgage loan, the
"Appraised Value" is the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon
the appraisal obtained at the time of refinancing.
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Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws
of the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
of record the sale and assignment of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee, which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may, if permitted by
law, be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages
secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county.
Available Funds Cap: As of any Distribution Date with respect to the
Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the product of (x) 12 times the quotient
obtained by dividing the excess of (i) the total scheduled interest on the
Mortgage Loans based on the Mortgage Rates as of the related Due Date, over the
(ii) the related Servicing Fees, Trustee Fee, Credit Risk Manager Fee and
premiums on the related LPMI Policy divided by the Aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance as of the first day of the applicable Accrual Period and (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.
Balloon Loan: A Mortgage Loan having an original term to stated
maturity of approximately 15 years which provides for level monthly payments of
principal and interest based on a 30-year amortization schedule, with a balloon
payment of the remaining outstanding principal balance due on such Mortgage Loan
at its stated maturity.
Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which
is reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository
Participant", or indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the
rules of the Depository and as described in Section 5.06). As of the Closing
Date, each of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class
B-2, Class B-3 and Class S Certificates constitutes a Class of Book-Entry
Certificates.
Business Day: Any day other than (1) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (2) a
day on which banking institutions in the State of California, State of Maryland,
State of Minnesota, State of Delaware, State of Florida, State of New Jersey or
the City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to be closed.
Cap Contract: Each of the amended confirmation and agreement and any
related confirmation thereto, between the Trust and the Cap Contract
Counterparty (in the form of Exhibit N hereto).
Cap Contract Account: A separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(j) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Trust Fund and designated "▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as trustee, in trust for registered holders of Terwin
Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE." Funds in the
Cap Contract Account shall be held in trust for the Trust Fund for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Cap Contract Counterparty: Bear ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Financial Products, Inc.
Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution Date
and Cap Contract FXNCC5645-BXNE123704, the Cap Contract Notional Balance set
forth in Cap Table #1 below for such Distribution Date and with respect to any
Distribution Date and Cap Contract FXNCC5645-BXNE118693, the Cap Contract
Notional Balance set forth in Cap Table #2 below for such Distribution Date:
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ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - #1
BEGINNING NOTIONAL 1ML LOWER 1ML UPPER
ACCRUAL ENDING ACCRUAL BALANCE ($) COLLAR (%)(1) COLLAR (%)
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December 29, 2003 January 25, 2004 190,674,816.74 6.37834 10.00000
January 25, 2004 February 25, 2004 187,601,654.85 6.37887 10.00000
February 25, 2004 March 25, 2004 184,441,816.03 6.37937 10.00000
March 25, 2004 April 25, 2004 181,192,627.43 6.37984 10.00000
April 25, 2004 May 25, 2004 177,852,267.91 6.38029 10.00000
May 25, 2004 June 25, 2004 174,419,840.26 6.38070 10.00000
June 25, 2004 July 25, 2004 170,895,275.39 6.39267 10.00000
July 25, 2004 August 25, 2004 167,279,742.45 6.39295 10.00000
August 25, 2004 September 25, 2004 163,574,895.84 6.39321 10.00000
September 25, 2004 October 25, 2004 159,801,373.22 6.39343 10.00000
October 25, 2004 November 25, 2004 156,067,430.74 6.39363 10.00000
November 25, 2004 December 25, 2004 152,422,547.26 6.39383 10.00000
December 25, 2004 January 25, 2005 148,864,546.78 6.40483 10.00000
January 25, 2005 February 25, 2005 145,391,546.08 6.40499 10.00000
February 25, 2005 March 25, 2005 142,001,225.63 6.40607 10.00000
March 25, 2005 April 25, 2005 138,691,588.46 6.40622 10.00000
April 25, 2005 May 25, 2005 135,460,647.78 6.40637 10.00000
May 25, 2005 June 25, 2005 132,306,486.51 6.40652 10.00000
June 25, 2005 July 25, 2005 129,227,235.23 6.41719 10.00000
July 25, 2005 August 25, 2005 126,221,246.24 6.41730 10.00000
August 25, 2005 September 25, 2005 123,286,558.53 6.41789 10.00000
September 25, 2005 October 25, 2005 120,421,446.86 6.41800 10.00000
October 25, 2005 November 25, 2005 117,624,213.89 6.41811 10.00000
November 25, 2005 December 25, 2005 114,893,212.30 6.54151 10.00000
December 25, 2005 January 25, 2006 112,228,629.62 7.46363 10.00000
January 25, 2006 February 25, 2006 109,639,716.53 7.45903 10.00000
February 25, 2006 March 25, 2006 107,111,597.74 7.45492 10.00000
March 25, 2006 April 25, 2006 104,642,816.94 7.45033 10.00000
April 25, 2006 May 25, 2006 102,231,942.58 7.44576 10.00000
May 25, 2006 June 25, 2006 99,877,584.17 7.48618 10.00000
June 25, 2006 July 25, 2006 97,578,797.19 7.83987 10.00000
July 25, 2006 August 25, 2006 95,336,843.24 7.83356 10.00000
August 25, 2006 September 25, 2006 93,147,267.62 7.82774 10.00000
September 25, 2006 October 25, 2006 91,008,821.58 7.82146 10.00000
October 25, 2006 November 25, 2006 88,920,278.96 7.81519 10.00000
November 25, 2006 December 25, 2006 86,880,447.72 7.85607 10.00000
December 25, 2006 January 25, 2007 84,888,504.93 8.39610 10.00000
January 25, 2007 February 25, 2007 82,947,379.24 8.38920 10.00000
February 25, 2007 March 25, 2007 81,051,349.03 8.38051 10.00000
March 25, 2007 April 25, 2007 79,199,319.81 8.37159 10.00000
April 25, 2007 May 25, 2007 77,390,245.00 8.36269 10.00000
May 25, 2007 June 25, 2007 75,623,105.34 8.39531 10.00000
June 25, 2007 July 25, 2007 73,897,121.24 8.65096 10.00000
July 25, 2007 August 25, 2007 72,212,498.21 8.64560 10.00000
August 25, 2007 September 25, 2007 70,566,858.40 8.63540 10.00000
September 25, 2007 October 25, 2007 68,959,242.30 8.62522 10.00000
October 25, 2007 November 25, 2007 67,388,751.41 8.61506 10.00000
November 25, 2007 December 25, 2007 65,854,508.90 8.60599 10.00000
December 25, 2007 January 25, 2008 64,355,665.86 8.65800 10.00000
January 25, 2008 February 25, 2008 62,891,729.18 8.64827 10.00000
February 25, 2008 March 25, 2008 61,461,522.37 8.64196 10.00000
March 25, 2008 April 25, 2008 60,064,270.12 8.63162 10.00000
April 25, 2008 May 25, 2008 58,699,173.24 8.62130 10.00000
May 25, 2008 June 25, 2008 57,365,475.34 8.61152 10.00000
June 25, 2008 July 25, 2008 56,062,440.84 8.66160 10.00000
July 25, 2008 August 25, 2008 54,789,603.94 8.65109 10.00000
August 25, 2008 September 25, 2008 53,545,992.18 8.64061 10.00000
September 25, 2008 October 25, 2008 52,330,919.94 8.63406 10.00000
October 25, 2008 November 25, 2008 51,143,734.97 8.64605 10.00000
November 25, 2008 December 25, 2008 49,983,905.57 8.67022 10.00000
December 25, 2008 January 25, 2009 48,850,909.21 8.71694 10.00000
January 25, 2009 February 25, 2009 47,744,179.24 8.70599 10.00000
February 25, 2009 March 25, 2009 46,662,763.33 8.69508 10.00000
March 25, 2009 April 25, 2009 45,606,070.33 8.68420 10.00000
April 25, 2009 May 25, 2009 44,573,523.31 8.67576 10.00000
May 25, 2009 June 25, 2009 43,564,567.26 8.67330 10.00000
June 25, 2009 July 25, 2009 42,578,682.63 8.66556 10.00000
July 25, 2009 August 25, 2009 41,615,305.14 8.65475 10.00000
August 25, 2009 September 25, 2009 40,673,897.68 8.64397 10.00000
September 25, 2009 October 25, 2009 39,753,949.11 8.63323 10.00000
October 25, 2009 November 25, 2009 38,854,960.52 8.62252 10.00000
November 25, 2009 December 25, 2009 37,976,444.88 8.61194 10.00000
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BEGINNING NOTIONAL 1ML LOWER 1ML UPPER
ACCRUAL ENDING ACCRUAL BALANCE ($) COLLAR (%)(1) COLLAR (%)
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December 25, 2009 January 25, 2010 37,117,927.10 8.60130 10.00000
January 25, 2010 February 25, 2010 36,278,942.71 8.59070 10.00000
February 25, 2010 March 25, 2010 35,459,038.63 8.58013 10.00000
March 25, 2010 April 25, 2010 34,657,772.59 8.56960 10.00000
April 25, 2010 May 25, 2010 33,874,712.78 8.55911 10.00000
May 25, 2010 June 25, 2010 33,109,437.67 8.54865 10.00000
June 25, 2010 July 25, 2010 32,361,535.73 8.53823 10.00000
July 25, 2010 August 25, 2010 31,630,605.24 8.52785 10.00000
August 25, 2010 September 25, 2010 30,916,253.92 8.51750 10.00000
September 25, 2010 October 25, 2010 30,218,098.85 8.50720 10.00000
October 25, 2010 November 25, 2010 29,535,766.13 8.49693 10.00000
November 25, 2010 December 25, 2010 28,868,890.71 8.48670 10.00000
December 25, 2010 January 25, 2011 28,217,116.22 8.48108 10.00000
January 25, 2011 February 25, 2011 27,580,119.74 8.47090 10.00000
February 25, 2011 March 25, 2011 26,957,535.11 8.46075 10.00000
March 25, 2011 April 25, 2011 26,349,030.55 8.45065 10.00000
April 25, 2011 May 25, 2011 25,754,282.25 8.44058 10.00000
May 25, 2011 June 25, 2011 25,172,973.95 8.43056 10.00000
June 25, 2011 July 25, 2011 24,604,796.85 8.42057 10.00000
July 25, 2011 August 25, 2011 24,049,449.42 8.41062 10.00000
August 25, 2011 September 25, 2011 23,506,637.23 8.40072 10.00000
September 25, 2011 October 25, 2011 22,976,072.78 8.39085 10.00000
October 25, 2011 November 25, 2011 22,457,475.31 8.38102 10.00000
November 25, 2011 December 25, 2011 21,950,570.62 8.37124 10.00000
December 25, 2011 January 25, 2012 21,455,091.00 8.36149 10.00000
January 25, 2012 February 25, 2012 20,970,774.98 8.35179 10.00000
February 25, 2012 March 25, 2012 20,497,367.21 8.34212 10.00000
March 25, 2012 April 25, 2012 20,034,618.37 8.33250 10.00000
April 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 19,582,284.94 8.32292 10.00000
May 25, 2012 June 25, 2012 19,140,129.06 8.31338 10.00000
(1) With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (subject to a
cap equal to the 1ML Upper Collar) exceeds the 1ML Lower Collar, the Trust Fund
will receive payments pursuant to the Cap Contract.
ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - #2
BEGINNING NOTIONAL 1ML LOWER 1ML UPPER
ACCRUAL ENDING ACCRUAL BALANCE ($) COLLAR (%)(1) COLLAR (%)
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December 29, 2003 January 25, 2004 78,193,717.27 6.37834 10.00000
January 25, 2004 February 25, 2004 76,933,448.89 6.37887 10.00000
February 25, 2004 March 25, 2004 75,637,632.48 6.37937 10.00000
March 25, 2004 April 25, 2004 74,305,174.72 6.37984 10.00000
April 25, 2004 May 25, 2004 72,935,328.71 6.38029 10.00000
May 25, 2004 June 25, 2004 71,527,726.53 6.38070 10.00000
June 25, 2004 July 25, 2004 70,082,339.85 6.39267 10.00000
July 25, 2004 August 25, 2004 68,599,648.15 6.39295 10.00000
August 25, 2004 September 25, 2004 67,080,329.86 6.39321 10.00000
September 25, 2004 October 25, 2004 65,532,848.25 6.39343 10.00000
October 25, 2004 November 25, 2004 64,001,598.02 6.39363 10.00000
November 25, 2004 December 25, 2004 62,506,869.98 6.39383 10.00000
December 25, 2004 January 25, 2005 61,047,771.72 6.40483 10.00000
January 25, 2005 February 25, 2005 59,623,530.99 6.40499 10.00000
February 25, 2005 March 25, 2005 58,233,196.49 6.40607 10.00000
March 25, 2005 April 25, 2005 56,875,949.42 6.40622 10.00000
April 25, 2005 May 25, 2005 55,550,974.92 6.40637 10.00000
May 25, 2005 June 25, 2005 54,257,486.80 6.40652 10.00000
June 25, 2005 July 25, 2005 52,994,718.52 6.41719 10.00000
July 25, 2005 August 25, 2005 51,761,994.33 6.41730 10.00000
August 25, 2005 September 25, 2005 50,558,510.04 6.41789 10.00000
September 25, 2005 October 25, 2005 49,383,558.12 6.41800 10.00000
October 25, 2005 November 25, 2005 48,236,442.56 6.41811 10.00000
November 25, 2005 December 25, 2005 47,116,487.77 6.54151 10.00000
December 25, 2005 January 25, 2006 46,023,770.68 7.46363 10.00000
January 25, 2006 February 25, 2006 44,962,084.86 7.45903 10.00000
February 25, 2006 March 25, 2006 43,925,330.17 7.45492 10.00000
March 25, 2006 April 25, 2006 42,912,909.33 7.45033 10.00000
April 25, 2006 May 25, 2006 41,924,235.35 7.44576 10.00000
May 25, 2006 June 25, 2006 40,958,737.92 7.48618 10.00000
June 25, 2006 July 25, 2006 40,016,029.78 7.83987 10.00000
July 25, 2006 August 25, 2006 39,096,628.23 7.83356 10.00000
August 25, 2006 September 25, 2006 38,198,706.49 7.82774 10.00000
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BEGINNING NOTIONAL 1ML LOWER 1ML UPPER
ACCRUAL ENDING ACCRUAL BALANCE ($) COLLAR (%)(1) COLLAR (%)
------------------ ------------------ -------------- ------------- ----------
September 25, 2006 October 25, 2006 37,321,752.45 7.82146 10.00000
October 25, 2006 November 25, 2006 36,465,263.28 7.81519 10.00000
November 25, 2006 December 25, 2006 35,628,750.12 7.85607 10.00000
December 25, 2006 January 25, 2007 34,811,875.51 8.39610 10.00000
January 25, 2007 February 25, 2007 34,015,840.45 8.38920 10.00000
February 25, 2007 March 25, 2007 33,238,298.58 8.38051 10.00000
March 25, 2007 April 25, 2007 32,478,801.04 8.37159 10.00000
April 25, 2007 May 25, 2007 31,736,918.64 8.36269 10.00000
May 25, 2007 June 25, 2007 31,012,233.41 8.39531 10.00000
June 25, 2007 July 25, 2007 30,304,425.64 8.65096 10.00000
July 25, 2007 August 25, 2007 29,613,579.60 8.64560 10.00000
August 25, 2007 September 25, 2007 28,938,720.17 8.63540 10.00000
September 25, 2007 October 25, 2007 28,279,453.86 8.62522 10.00000
October 25, 2007 November 25, 2007 27,635,412.20 8.61506 10.00000
November 25, 2007 December 25, 2007 27,006,235.63 8.60599 10.00000
December 25, 2007 January 25, 2008 26,391,575.99 8.65800 10.00000
January 25, 2008 February 25, 2008 25,791,231.08 8.64827 10.00000
February 25, 2008 March 25, 2008 25,204,718.43 8.64196 10.00000
March 25, 2008 April 25, 2008 24,631,720.11 8.63162 10.00000
April 25, 2008 May 25, 2008 24,071,908.36 8.62130 10.00000
May 25, 2008 June 25, 2008 23,524,973.00 8.61152 10.00000
June 25, 2008 July 25, 2008 22,990,612.36 8.66160 10.00000
July 25, 2008 August 25, 2008 22,468,635.45 8.65109 10.00000
August 25, 2008 September 25, 2008 21,958,643.46 8.64061 10.00000
September 25, 2008 October 25, 2008 21,460,355.22 8.63406 10.00000
October 25, 2008 November 25, 2008 20,973,503.26 8.64605 10.00000
November 25, 2008 December 25, 2008 20,497,869.53 8.67022 10.00000
December 25, 2008 January 25, 2009 20,033,239.74 8.71694 10.00000
January 25, 2009 February 25, 2009 19,579,381.51 8.70599 10.00000
February 25, 2009 March 25, 2009 19,135,904.32 8.69508 10.00000
March 25, 2009 April 25, 2009 18,702,565.73 8.68420 10.00000
April 25, 2009 May 25, 2009 18,279,129.14 8.67576 10.00000
May 25, 2009 June 25, 2009 17,865,366.97 8.67330 10.00000
June 25, 2009 July 25, 2009 17,461,066.14 8.66556 10.00000
July 25, 2009 August 25, 2009 17,065,995.25 8.65475 10.00000
August 25, 2009 September 25, 2009 16,679,934.03 8.64397 10.00000
September 25, 2009 October 25, 2009 16,302,672.88 8.63323 10.00000
October 25, 2009 November 25, 2009 15,934,007.20 8.62252 10.00000
November 25, 2009 December 25, 2009 15,573,737.25 8.61194 10.00000
December 25, 2009 January 25, 2010 15,221,668.22 8.60130 10.00000
January 25, 2010 February 25, 2010 14,877,609.62 8.59070 10.00000
February 25, 2010 March 25, 2010 14,541,375.65 8.58013 10.00000
March 25, 2010 April 25, 2010 14,212,784.94 8.56960 10.00000
April 25, 2010 May 25, 2010 13,891,660.42 8.55911 10.00000
May 25, 2010 June 25, 2010 13,577,829.21 8.54865 10.00000
June 25, 2010 July 25, 2010 13,271,122.57 8.53823 10.00000
July 25, 2010 August 25, 2010 12,971,375.72 8.52785 10.00000
August 25, 2010 September 25, 2010 12,678,427.83 8.51750 10.00000
September 25, 2010 October 25, 2010 12,392,121.83 8.50720 10.00000
October 25, 2010 November 25, 2010 12,112,304.42 8.49693 10.00000
November 25, 2010 December 25, 2010 11,838,825.89 8.48670 10.00000
December 25, 2010 January 25, 2011 11,571,540.08 8.48108 10.00000
January 25, 2011 February 25, 2011 11,310,314.59 8.47090 10.00000
February 25, 2011 March 25, 2011 11,054,999.22 8.46075 10.00000
March 25, 2011 April 25, 2011 10,805,457.96 8.45065 10.00000
April 25, 2011 May 25, 2011 10,561,557.99 8.44058 10.00000
May 25, 2011 June 25, 2011 10,323,169.62 8.43056 10.00000
June 25, 2011 July 25, 2011 10,090,166.22 8.42057 10.00000
July 25, 2011 August 25, 2011 9,862,424.13 8.41062 10.00000
August 25, 2011 September 25, 2011 9,639,822.61 8.40072 10.00000
September 25, 2011 October 25, 2011 9,422,243.76 8.39085 10.00000
October 25, 2011 November 25, 2011 9,209,572.43 8.38102 10.00000
November 25, 2011 December 25, 2011 9,001,696.19 8.37124 10.00000
December 25, 2011 January 25, 2012 8,798,505.25 8.36149 10.00000
January 25, 2012 February 25, 2012 8,599,892.39 8.35179 10.00000
February 25, 2012 March 25, 2012 8,405,752.89 8.34212 10.00000
March 25, 2012 April 25, 2012 8,215,984.50 8.33250 10.00000
April 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 8,030,487.35 8.32292 10.00000
May 25, 2012 June 25, 2012 7,849,163.92 8.31338 10.00000
(1) With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (subject to a
cap equal to the 1ML Upper Collar) exceeds the 1ML Lower Collar, the Trust Fund
will receive payments pursuant to the Cap Contract.
Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in June 2012.
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Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed by the
Trustee and authenticated by the Trustee in substantially the forms attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee, in trust for registered holders of
Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE." Funds
in the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for
the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
that is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Certificate (other than the
Class S) and as of any Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of such Certificate less the sum of (1) all amounts distributed with
respect to such Certificate in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof on previous Distribution Dates pursuant to Section 4.04, and (2) any
Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Certificate on previous
Distribution Dates pursuant to Section 4.04(i). On each Distribution Date,
after all distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, a portion of
the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount in an amount equal to the excess of
the Overcollateralization Amount on such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Amount as of the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the
case of the first Distribution Date, the initial Overcollateralization Amount
(based on the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date)) will be added to the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class C Certificates (on a pro rata basis).
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02
hereof.
Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee for
the Depository) in the case of any Class of Regular Certificates or the Class R
Certificate, except that solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant
to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or
any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary to
effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however, that if any such
Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced
by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action
hereunder. The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor in determining which
Certificates are registered in the name of an Affiliate of the Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set forth
in Section 5.01 hereof.
Class A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
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Class A Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination,
the Class A Certificate Principal Balance.
Class A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Class A Current Interest or a Class A Interest Carry
Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such
Distribution Date to the Class A Certificates. For purposes of calculating
interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have
been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Class A Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A Current Interest with respect to prior
Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class A
Certificates with respect to Class A Current Interest and Class A Current
Interest Carry Forward Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest
on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class A
Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.470% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 0.940% per annum.
Class A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 1.590% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the Available
Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date (1) prior to the Stepdown Date or any Distribution Date on which a Trigger
Event exists, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date and (2) on or after the Stepdown Date where a Trigger Event does not exist,
the excess of (A) the sum of the Class A Certificate Principal Balance and the
Class R Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (B) the lesser of (i) 66.50% of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (ii)
the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end
of the immediately preceding Due Period over $1,344,343; provided, however, that
in no event will the Class A Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates and Class R Certificate.
Class B Certificates: Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates.
Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-1 Certificates.
Class B-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates.
Class B-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of
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the first day of such Accrual Period (after giving effect to all distributions
of principal made or deemed to be made as of such first day) plus the portion of
any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class B-1 Current
Interest or a Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-1 Certificates. For
purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date
will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-1 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.
Class B-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 2.150% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 3.225% per annum.
Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 3.270%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class B-1 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class R Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance and
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Trigger Event does not exist, the excess
of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (B) the Class R Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class R Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (F) the Class B-1
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 92.90% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess
of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
immediately preceding Due Period over $1,344,343. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each of the Class A Certificates, Class R Certificates and
Class M Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class B-1 Principal
Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class R,
Class M-1, Class M-2, and Class M-3 Certificates and (II) in no event will the
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
exceed the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance.
Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of all
distributions in reduction of the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all
previous Distribution Dates.
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Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-2 Certificates.
Class B-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class B-2-Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2
Certificates.
Class B-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Class B-2 Current Interest or a Class B-2 Interest
Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such
Distribution Date to the Class B-2 Certificates. For purposes of calculating
interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have
been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-2 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.
Class B-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 2.750% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 4.125% per annum.
Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 3.870%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class B-2 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class R Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, and the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance have been reduced to zero and a Trigger Event exists, or as long as a
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class
R Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class R Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of
the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E)
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (F) the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date) and (G) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 95.10% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
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Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess
of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
immediately preceding Due Period over $1,344,343. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each of the Class A Certificates, Class R Certificates,
Class M Certificates and Class B-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero, the
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates and (y)
100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on
such Class A, Class R, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class B-1
Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-2 Certificate
Principal Balance.
Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of all
distributions in reduction of the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all
previous Distribution Dates.
Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-3 Certificates.
Class B-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3
Certificates.
Class B-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Class B-3 Current Interest or a Class B-3 Interest
Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such
Distribution Date to the Class B-3 Certificates. For purposes of calculating
interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have
been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-3 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.
Class B-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 3.000% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 4.500% per annum.
Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.120%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class B-3 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A
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Certificate Principal Balance, Class R Certificate Principal Balance, the Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance and the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to
zero and a Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Trigger Event does not exist,
the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class R Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class R Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-3
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (G)
the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and (H) the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date) over (2) the lesser of (A) 97.30% of the Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately
preceding Due Period and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period over
$1,344,343. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to
the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of
Class A Certificates, Class R Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B-1
Certificates and Class B-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class B-3
Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates and (y) 100% of the
Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A,
Class R, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates
and (II) in no event will the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount with
respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-3 Certificate Principal
Balance.
Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of all
distributions in reduction of the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all
previous Distribution Dates.
Class C Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class C
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class C Certificates.
Class C Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates.
Class C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class C Distributable Interest
Rate on a notional amount equal to the aggregate of the aggregate principal
balance of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests immediately prior to such Distribution
Date (such amount of interest representing 100 percent of the interest payments
on the Class LT2-C Interest), plus the interest portion of any previous
distributions on such Class that is recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
such Distribution Date to the Class C Certificates.
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Class C Distributable Interest Rate: The excess, if any, of (a) the
weighted average of the interest rates on the REMIC 1 Regular Interests over (b)
two times the weighted average of the interest rates on the REMIC 1 Regular
Interests (treating for purposes of this clause (b) the interest rate on each of
the REMIC 1 Marker Classes as being capped at the interest rate of the
Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and treating the Class LT1-Z Interest as being
capped at zero). The averages described in the preceding sentence shall be
weighted on the basis of the respective principal balances of the REMIC 1
Regular Interests immediately prior to any date of determination.
Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class C Current Interest with respect to prior
Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class C
Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates or added
to the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Net Rate.
Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of all
distributions in reduction of the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount on all
previous Distribution Dates.
Class LT1-A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-AR Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-B1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-B2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-B3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-M1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-M2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-M3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to 50% of the initial principal balance
of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT1-R Interest: The sole Class of "residual interest" in REMIC 1,
as described in the Preliminary Statement and in Section 2.07.
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Class LT1-Z Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the REMIC 1
with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate
principal balances of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the aggregate principal
balances of the REMIC 1 Marker Classes and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.
Class LT2-A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class A Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class A
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 1.590%.
Class LT2-AR Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class R Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class R
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 1.590%.
Class LT2-B1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-1 Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class B-1
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 3.270%.
Class LT2-B2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-2 Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class B-2
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 3.870%.
Class LT2-B3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-3 Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class B-3
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 4.120%.
Class LT2-C Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans over the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3
Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3
Certificates and Class R Certificates and bearing interest on a notional amount
equal to the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans
outstanding as of the beginning of the related Accrual Period at a rate equal to
the Class LT2-C Interest Rate.
Class LT2-C Interest Rate: The excess, if any, of (a) the weighted
average of the interest rates on the REMIC 1 Regular Interests over (b) two
times the weighted average of the interest rates on the REMIC 1 Regular
Interests (treating for purposes of this clause (b) the interest rate on each of
the REMIC 1 Marker Classes as being capped at the interest rate on the
Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and treating the Class LT1-Z Interest as being
capped at zero. The averages described in the preceding sentence shall be
weighted on the basis of the respective principal balances of the REMIC 1
Regular Interests immediately prior to any date of determination.
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Class LT2-M1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class M-1 Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class M-1
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 1.820%.
Class LT2-M2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class M-2 Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class M-2
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 2.720%.
Class LT2-M3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in REMIC 2
with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the
Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i) the greater of
(x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class M-3 Margin and (y) 1.80% plus the Class M-3
Margin and (ii) the Net Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will equal 2.820%.
Class LT2-R Interest: The sole Class of "residual interest" in REMIC 2,
as described in the Preliminary Statement and Section 2.07.
Class M Certificates: Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3
Certificates.
Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-1 Certificates.
Class M-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates.
Class M-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Class M-1 Current Interest or a Class M-1 Interest
Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such
Distribution Date to the Class M-1 Certificates. For purposes of calculating
interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have
been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-1 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.
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Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.700% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 1.050% per annum.
Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 1.820%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class M-1 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance and the Class R Certificate Principal Balance have been
reduced to zero and a Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Trigger Event does
not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class R Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class R
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 78.50% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess
of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
immediately preceding Due Period over $1,344,343. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each of the Class A Certificates and Class R Certificates
has been reduced to zero, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal
the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A Certificates and Class R Certificates and (II)
in no event will the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance.
Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of all
distributions in reduction of the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all
previous Distribution Dates.
Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-2 Certificates.
Class M-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates.
Class M-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Class M-2 Current Interest or a Class M-2 Interest
Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such
Distribution Date to the Class M-2 Certificates. For purposes of calculating
interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have
been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
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the sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-2 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.
Class M-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 1.600% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 2.400% per annum.
Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 2.720%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class M-2 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, Class R Certificate Principal Balance and the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Trigger Event
exists, or as long as a Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum
of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class R Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class R Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (C) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (D) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 87.50% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due
Period over $1,344,343. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution
Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of
each Class of Class A Certificates, Class R Certificates and the Class M-1
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution
Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class R and Class M-1
Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance.
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of all
distributions in reduction of the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all
previous Distribution Dates.
Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-3 Certificates.
Class M-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates.
Class M-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the
interest accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-3 Pass-Through
Rate on the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of
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the first day of such Accrual Period (after giving effect to all distributions
of principal made or deemed to be made as of such first day) plus the portion of
any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Class M-3 Current
Interest or a Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-3 Certificates. For
purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date
will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-3 Certificates with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward
Amounts on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate for the
related Accrual Period.
Class M-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 1.700% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 2.550% per annum.
Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 2.820%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class M-3 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, Class R Certificate Balance, Class M-1 Certificate Principal
Balance and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero and
a Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Trigger Event does not exist, the excess
of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (B) the Class R Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class R Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (E) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
90.50% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of
the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due
Period over $1,344,343. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution
Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of
each of the Class A Certificates, the Class R Certificates, the Class M-1
Certificates and the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class
M-3 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates and (y) 100% of the
Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A,
Class R, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates and (II) in no event will the
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
exceed the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance.
Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of all
distributions in reduction of the Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all
previous Distribution Dates.
Class R Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class R
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
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Class R Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R Certificate.
Class R Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class R Pass-Through Rate on
the Class R Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Class R Current Interest or a Class R Interest Carry
Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such
Distribution Date to the Class R Certificate. For purposes of calculating
interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have
been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class R Current Interest with respect to prior
Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class R
Certificate with respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward Amounts
on such prior Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) at the Class R Pass-Through Rate for the related
Accrual Period.
Class R Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.470% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 0.940% per annum.
Class R Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 1.590% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class R Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the Available
Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.
Class S Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class S
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class S Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class S Pass-Through Rate on
the Class S Notional Balance as of the first day of such Accrual Period (after
giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to be made as of
such first day) plus the interest portion of any previous distributions in
respect of Class S Current Interest or Class S Interest Carry Forward Amounts
that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any
Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the
Class S Certificates. For purposes of calculating interest, principal
distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have been made on the
first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Class S Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (A) the Class S Current Interest with respect to prior Distribution
Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class S Certificates with
respect to Current Interest or Interest Carry Forward Amounts on such prior
Distribution Dates.
Class S Notional Amount: For any Distribution Date, the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3,
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class R Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date.
Class S Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date, the greater of
(1) 1.80% minus One-Month LIBOR and (2) 0.00%; provided, however, the rate on
the Class S Certificates with respect to the portion of the notional balance of
the Class S Certificates that corresponds to each Class of Offered
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Certificates will be subject to a cap equal to the excess of (x) the Net Rate
(multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of
which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period) over (y)
One-Month LIBOR plus the applicable margin for such Class of Offered
Certificates.
Client Data: The nonpublic personal information (as defined in 15
U.S.C. Section 6809(4)) of the Depositor's or its Affiliates' clients or
prospective clients received by a Receiving Party under or in connection with
this Agreement, including, but not limited to (i) a Person's name, address,
e-mail address, IP address, telephone number and/or social security number, (ii)
the fact that an individual has a relationship with the Depositor or its
Affiliates, or (iii) an individual's account information.
Closing Date: December 29, 2003.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Collection Account: A separate Eligible Account created and initially
maintained by a Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(d) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Ocwen Federal Bank
FSB, in trust for registered holders of Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE" in the case of Ocwen, or "GreenPoint
Mortgage Funding Inc., in trust for registered holders of Terwin Mortgage Trust,
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE" in the case of Green Point.
Funds in a Collection Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders
for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio: For any Mortgage Loan in a second lien
position, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the
sum of (1) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (2)
any outstanding principal balances of Mortgage Loans the liens on which are
senior to the lien on such related Mortgage Loan (such sum calculated at the
date of origination of such related Mortgage Loan) and the denominator of which
is the lesser of (A) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property and
(B) the sales price of the related Mortgaged Property at time of origination.
Compensating Interest: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the portion of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls required to be deposited in the related Collection Account by a
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof.
Corresponding REMIC 2 Interests: With respect to the Class LT1-A
Interest, the Class LT2-A Interest. With respect to the Class LT1-M1 Interest,
the Class LT2-M1 Interest. With respect to the Class LT1-M2 Interest, the Class
LT2-M2 Interest. With respect to the Class LT1-M3 Interest, the Class LT2-M3
Interest. With respect to the Class LT1-B1 Interest, the Class LT2-B1 Interest.
With respect to the Class LT1-B2 Interest, the Class LT2-B2 Interest. With
respect to the Class LT1-B3 Interest, the Class LT2-B3 Interest. With respect to
the Class LT1-AR Interest, the Class LT2-AR Interest.
Credit Risk Management Agreement: The Credit Risk Management Agreement
dated as of December 29, 2003 between Ocwen and the Credit Risk Manager and any
other such agreement entered into by GreenPoint and the Credit Risk Manager, if
any.
Credit Risk Manager: The Murrayhill Company, a Colorado corporation, or
its successor in interest.
Credit Risk Manager Fee: The fee payable on each Distribution Date to
the Credit Risk Manager as compensation for all services rendered by it in
exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Credit Risk
Manager under a Credit Risk Management Agreement, which amount shall equal
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one-twelfth of the product of (1) the Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate and (2) the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans subject to a Credit Risk
Management Agreement as of the first day of the related Due Period.
Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate: 0.015% per annum.
Current Interest: Any of the Class A Current Interest, the Class R
Current Interest, the Class M-1 Current Interest, the Class M-2 Current
Interest, the Class M-3, Current Interest Class B-1 Current Interest, the Class
B-2 Current Interest, the Class B-3 Current Interest, the Class C Current
Interest and the Class S Current Interest.
Custodial Agreement: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of December 29,
2003, among the Trustee, the Custodian and the Seller, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit M.
Custodian: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, or any successor
thereto.
Cut-off Date: December 1, 2003.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the calendar day
immediately preceding the Cut-off Date after application of all payments of
principal due on or prior to the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, and all
Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-off Date, but without giving
effect to any installments of principal received in respect of Due Dates on and
after the Cut-off Date.
Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Replacement Mortgage Loan.
Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due thereon
is not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close of business
on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days
delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of business on
the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which
such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a
30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day
of such month), then on the last day of such immediately succeeding month. With
respect to any Mortgage Loan due on any day other than the first day of the
month, such Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be due on the first day of the
immediately succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days
delinquent" and so on.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on
the face thereof as the "Initial Principal Balance of this Certificate."
Depositor: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its successor in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC"), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇: With respect to Classes of Book-Entry
Certificates, the agreement among the Trustee and the initial Depository.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 15th day
of the month of such Distribution Date or, if such 15th day is not a Business
Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Disqualified Organization: (1) the United States, any state or
political subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international
organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (2) any
organization (other than a cooperative described in Section 521 of the Code)
which is exempt from tax under Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code unless such
organization is subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code and (3)
any organization described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the
initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in January 2004.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan,
the day during the related Due Period on which a Scheduled Payment is due.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period beginning
on the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which
such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,
beginning on the Cut-off Date) and ending on the first day of the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: An account that is (1) maintained with a depository
institution the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated by each
Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, or (2) maintained
with the corporate trust department of a bank which (A) has a rating of at least
Baa3 or P-3 by Moody's and (B) is either the Depositor or the corporate trust
department of a national bank or banking corporation which has a rating of at
least A-1+ by S&P or P-1 by Moody's, or (iii) an account or accounts the
deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC, or (iv) an account or accounts,
acceptable to each Rating Agency without reduction or withdrawal of the rating
of any Class of Certificates, as evidenced in writing, by a depository
institution in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limit
established by the FDIC), the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise
secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to and
acceptable to the Trustee and each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a
claim with respect to the funds in such account and a perfected first security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is
maintained, or (v) maintained at an eligible institution whose commercial paper,
short-term debt or other short-term deposits are rated at least A-1 by S&P and
P-1 by Moody's, or (vi) maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution the deposits in which are insured by the FDIC to the applicable
limits and the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case
of a depository institution that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated A-1 by
S&P or Prime-1 by Moody's at the time any deposits are held on deposit therein,
or (vii) otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter
from each Rating Agency to the Trustee.
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ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, including
any successor or amendatory provisions.
ERISA Restricted Certificates: The Class C and Class R Certificates,
and any other Certificate, unless such other Certificate shall have received a
rating from a Rating Agency at the time of a transfer of such other Certificate
that is in one of the four highest generic rating categories.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.
Excess Interest: On any Distribution Date, for the Class A
Certificates, Class R Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2
Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the amount of
interest such Class of Certificates is entitled to receive on such Distribution
Date at its Pass-Through Rate over (2) the amount of interest such Class of
Certificates would have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had
the Pass-Through Rate for such Class been the REMIC Pass-Through Rate.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any Liquidation
Proceeds that are in excess of the sum of (1) the unpaid principal balance of
such Liquidated Loan as of the date of such liquidation plus (2) interest at the
Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced
to Certificateholders (and not reimbursed to the Servicer) up to the Due Date in
the month in which such Liquidation Proceeds are required to be distributed on
the unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Loan outstanding during each Due
Period as to which such interest was not paid or advanced.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, (1) prior to the Stepdown Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such Distribution
Date reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date and
(ii) $3,629,725 over (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (2) on and after the Stepdown Date, (A)
the sum of (i) the Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding
such Distribution Date, reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date and (ii) the greater of (a) 2.70% of the Pool Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans and (b) $1,344,343 less (B) the Pool Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date; provided,
however, that if on any Distribution Date a Trigger Event is in effect, the
Extra Principal Distribution Amount will not be reduced to the applicable
percentage of the then-current Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans (and will remain fixed at the applicable percentage of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date immediately
prior to the Trigger Event) until the next Distribution Date on which the
Trigger Event is not in effect.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae: A federally chartered and privately owned corporation
organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter
Act, or any successor thereto.
Federal Funds Rate: The interest rate at which depository institutions
lend balances at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions overnight.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
Final Servicing Transfer Date: The date on which the servicing rights
with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans serviced by GreenPoint have been
transferred to Ocwen, which is expected to be on or about February 1, 2004.
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Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is fixed.
Floating Rate Certificate Carryover: With respect of a Distribution
Date, in the event that the Pass-Through Rate for a Class of Offered
Certificates is based upon the Available Funds Cap, the excess of (x) the amount
of interest that such Class would have been entitled to receive on such
Distribution Date had the Pass-Through Rate for that Class not been calculated
based on the Available Funds Cap, up to but not exceeding the greater of (a)
the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap or (b) the Upper Collar over (y) the amount of
interest payable on such Class on such Distribution Date based on the Available
Funds Cap, up to but not exceeding the greater of (a) the Weighted Maximum Rate
Cap or (b) the Upper Collar, together with (i) the unpaid portion of any such
excess from prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the then
applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Class, without giving effect to the
Available Funds Cap) and (ii) any amount previously distributed with respect to
Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for such Class that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac: A corporate instrumentality of the United States created
and existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as
amended, or any successor thereto.
Grantor Trusts: The grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof.
GreenPoint: GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc.
Gross Margin: The percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note for
each of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans which is to be added to the
applicable index for use in determining the Mortgage Rate on each Adjustment
Date, and which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan.
Initial Adjustment Date: As to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
first Adjustment Date following the origination of such Mortgage Loan.
Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Certificate,
the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate or any predecessor
Certificate on the Closing Date as set forth in Section 5.01 hereof.
Initial Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Rate in
effect prior to the Initial Adjustment Date.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the
Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto
in effect with respect to such Mortgage Loan, including any replacement policy
or policies for any insurance policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to any Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy covering a
Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are payable to the mortgagee under
the Mortgage, the Servicer or the trustee under the deed of trust and are not
applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow in
servicing mortgage loans held for its own account, in each case other than any
amount included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Carry Forward Amount: Any of the Class A Interest Carry
Forward Amount, the Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class S Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class ▇-▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount or the Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as the case may be.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to the Certificates, (i) for
any Accrual Period other than the first Accrual Period, the second LIBOR
Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period and (ii) for the
first Accrual Period, December 24, 2003.
Interest Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum, without
duplication, of (1) all scheduled interest due during the related Due Period and
received before the related Servicer Remittance Date or advanced on or before
the related Servicer Remittance Date less the Servicing Fees, the Trustee Fee,
the Credit Risk Manager Fee and any fees paid by the Servicer on the related
LPMI Policy, (2) all Advances relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, (3) all Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (4)
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to the Mortgage Loans (to the extent such
Liquidation Proceeds relate to interest) collected during the related Prepayment
Period and (5) proceeds of any purchase pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03 or 9.01
(to the extent such proceeds relate to interest) less (A) all Non-Recoverable
Advances relating to interest and (B) all other amounts reimbursable to the
Servicer and the Trustee or to the Custodian pursuant to this Agreement and
allocable to interest.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The first Distribution Date following
the third anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in the
Trust Fund having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
Lender: As defined in Section 10.14(a).
LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in the City of London,
England and New York City, U.S.A. are open and conducting transactions in
foreign currency and exchange.
Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that has been liquidated through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure,
foreclosure sale, trustee's sale or other realization as provided by applicable
law governing the real property subject to the related Mortgage and any security
agreements and as to which a Servicer has certified (in accordance with Section
3.12) in the related Prepayment Period that it has received all amounts it
expects to receive in connection with such liquidation.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received
in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of Mortgage Loans,
whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale, sale by the Servicer pursuant
to this Agreement or otherwise or amounts received in connection with any
condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds
received in connection with an REO Property, less the sum of related
unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and any other expenses
related to such Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the lesser
of (X) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property and (Y) the sales
price of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of origination.
Losses: Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
collectively.
LPMI: Mortgage insurance policies, which are provided by an LPMI
Insurer and have premiums that are paid by a Servicer.
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LPMI Insurer: MGIC, PMI or Radian
LPMI Loan: A Mortgage Loan covered by an LPMI Policy, as set forth in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule or otherwise identified to a Servicer in writing.
LPMI Policy: A policy of primary mortgage insurance issued by a LPMI
Insurer pursuant to which the related premium is to be paid by a Servicer from
payments of interest made by the Mortgagor.
Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the maximum rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage
Note and with respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the rate of interest set
forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Maximum Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the maximum rate of interest set forth as such in the related
Mortgage Note and with respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the rate of
interest set forth in the related Mortgage Note, minus, in each case, (i) the
applicable Servicing Fee Rate (determined as though the Servicing Transfer Date
had occurred for each Mortgage Loan), (ii) the Trustee Fee Rate and (iii) the
premium rate on any related LPMI Policy.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
MERS Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS System.
MERS System: The system of recording transfers of mortgage
electronically maintained by MERS.
MGIC: Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, a Wisconsin stock
insurance corporation, or successor in interest.
MIN: The loan number for any MERS Loan.
Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the minimum rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage
Note.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.05.
Moody's: ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in interest.
MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors
and assigns.
Mortgage: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust
or other instrument creating a first or second lien or a first or second
priority ownership interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing
a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 hereof
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered
to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to
the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time are held as a
part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Properties), the mortgage loans so
held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure
or other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property. Any mortgage
loan that was
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intended by the parties hereto to be transferred to the Trust Fund as indicated
by such Mortgage Loan Schedule which is in fact not so transferred for any
reason shall continue to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder until the Purchase Price
with respect thereto has been paid to the Trust Fund; provided that Ocwen shall
have no obligation to service any Mortgage Loan unless it is transferred to
Ocwen on the Servicing Transfer Date.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The lists of Mortgage Loans (as from time to
time amended by the Seller to reflect the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans and
the addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and from time to
time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit B, setting forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans;
(iii) the Initial Mortgage Rate;
(iv) the maturity date and the months remaining before maturity
date;
(v) the original principal balance;
(vi) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(vii) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination with respect to a first
lien Mortgage Loan, or the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio with
respect to a second lien Mortgage Loan;
(ix) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time
of origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
(x) a code indicating the property type;
(xi) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan:
(a) the frequency of each Adjustment Date;
(b) the next Adjustment Date;
(c) the Maximum Mortgage Rate;
(d) the Minimum Mortgage Rate;
(e) the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date;
(f) the related Periodic Rate Cap;
(g) the Gross Margin;
(xiii) location of the related Mortgaged Property;
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(xiv) a code indicating whether a prepayment penalty is applicable
and, if so, the term of such prepayment penalty;
(xv) code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is covered by LPMI and
identifying the related insurer; and
(xvi) the LPMI premium rate.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan
and all amendments, modifications and attachments thereto.
Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note
from time to time.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per
annum rate equal to the then current Mortgage Rate less the sum of (i) the
Trustee Fee Rate, (ii) and any applicable LPMI premium payable by the Servicer,
(iii) the applicable Servicing Fee Rate and (iv) the Credit Risk Manager Fee
Rate.
Net Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date, the per annum rate
equal to the product of (x) 12 and (y) the amount determined by dividing the
excess of (i) the total scheduled interest on the Mortgage Loans based on the
Mortgage Rates in effect on the related Due Date over (ii) the Servicing Fees,
the Trustee Fee, the Credit Risk Manager Fee and premiums paid by a Servicer on
the related LPMI Policy, by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date (or the Cut-off Date, if
there is no preceding Distribution Date), multiplying the result by a fraction,
the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
of days in the related Accrual Period.
Non-Recoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by a Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of the
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current delinquency, would not, be
ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related
Liquidation Proceeds or other proceeds related to the Mortgage Loan.
Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance: Any portion of a Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by a Servicer that, in the good faith
judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current Servicing
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or other proceeds related to the
Mortgage Loan.
Non-Supported Interest Shortfall: As defined in Section 4.02.
Ocwen: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, a federally chartered savings bank, or
its successor in interest.
Offered Certificates: The Class A, Class S, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class R Certificate.
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Officer's Certificate: A certificate (1) signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a vice president (however
denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one
of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Depositor, Ocwen,
GreenPoint or the Trustee (or any other officer customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also to
whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of
such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject) or (2),
if provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case
may be, and delivered to the Depositor, Ocwen, GreenPoint or the Trustee, as the
case may be, as required by this Agreement.
One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate
determined by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the
basis of (a) the offered rates for one-month United States dollar deposits, as
such rates appear on Telerate page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest Determination Date or (b) if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), the offered rates of the Reference Banks
for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination
Date. If One-Month LIBOR is determined pursuant to clause (b) above, on each
Interest Determination Date, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period will
be established by the Trustee as follows:
(i) If on such Interest Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations,
One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period shall
be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 0.03125%).
(ii) If on such Interest Determination Date fewer than two
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations,
One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period shall
be the higher of (i) One-Month LIBOR as determined on
the previous Interest Determination Date and (ii) the
Reserve Interest Rate.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Depositor, Ocwen, GreenPoint or the Trustee, reasonably acceptable to
each addressee of such opinion; provided, however, that with respect to Section
6.04 or 10.01, or the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions,
such counsel must (1) in fact be independent of the Depositor, Ocwen, GreenPoint
or the Trustee, (2) not have any direct financial interest in the Depositor,
Ocwen, GreenPoint or the Trustee or in any affiliate of any, and (3) not be
connected with the Depositor, Ocwen, GreenPoint or the Trustee as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions.
Optional Termination: The termination of the Trust Fund hereunder
pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
Optional Termination Date: The Distribution Date on which the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less than 10% of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
Optional Termination Price: In the case of an Optional Termination
effected by Ocwen, as of any Distribution Date on or after the Optional
Termination Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Offered Certificates, plus accrued interest thereon, (B) any
unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Trustee or the
Servicers and any unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and
Trustee Fees (including any costs and
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expenses incurred in connection with the Optional Termination), (C) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates, plus accrued interest
thereon, (D) accrued interest on the Class S Certificates and (E) any
unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust Fund in
connection with any violation relating to any of the Mortgage Loans of any
predatory or abusive lending law.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outsourcer: As defined in Section 3.02(c).
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except: (1) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and (2) Certificates in exchange for
which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed by the Trustee
and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Distribution Date, a Mortgage Loan
with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated Loan, prior
to the end of the related Due Period.
Overcollateralization Amount: As of any date of determination, the
excess of (1) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (2) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates (other than the Class C
Certificates).
Ownership Interest: As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in
such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
Pass-Through Margin: With respect to the Class A Certificates, the
Class A Margin; with respect to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1
Margin; with respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Margin; with
respect to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Margin; with respect to the
Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Margin; with respect to the Class B-2
Certificates, the Class B-2 Margin; with respect to the Class B-3 Certificates,
the Class B-3 Margin; and with respect to the Class R Certificate, the Class R
Margin.
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to the Class A Certificates, the Class
A Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class S Certificates, the Class S
Pass-Through Rate; and, with respect to the Class R Certificate, the Class R
Pass-Through Rate.
Percentage Interest: With respect to:
(i) any Class, the percentage interest in the undivided
beneficial ownership interest evidenced by such Class
which shall be equal to the Class Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class divided by the Class
Principal Balance of all Classes; and
(ii) any Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby of the related Class shall equal the
percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination
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of such Certificate by the aggregate of the
Denominations of all Certificates of such Class.
Periodic Rate Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and the
related Mortgage Note, the provision therein that limits permissible increases
and decreases in the Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date.
Permitted Activities: The primary activities of the trust created
pursuant to this Agreement which shall be:
(i) holding Mortgage Loans transferred from the Depositor
and other assets of the Trust Fund, including the Cap
Contracts and any credit enhancement and passive
derivative financial instruments that pertain to
beneficial interests issued or sold to parties other
than the Depositor, its Affiliates, or its agents;
(ii) issuing Certificates and other interests in the
assets of the Trust Fund;
(iii) receiving collections on the Mortgage Loans and the
Cap Contracts and making payments on such
Certificates and interests in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement; and
(iv) engaging in other activities that are necessary or
incidental to accomplish these limited purposes,
which activities cannot be contrary to the status of
the Trust Fund as a qualified special purpose entity
under existing accounting literature.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency
thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by
any state of the United States or the District of
Columbia receiving the highest long-term debt rating
of each Rating Agency rating the Certificates;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper, other than
commercial or finance company paper issued by the
Depositor, the Trustee or any of its Affiliates,
which is then receiving the highest commercial or
finance company paper rating of each such Rating
Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances (other than banker's acceptances
issued by the Trustee or any of its Affiliates)
issued by any depository institution or trust company
incorporated under the laws of the United States or
of any state thereof and subject to supervision and
examination by federal and/or state banking
authorities, provided that the commercial paper
and/or long term unsecured debt obligations of such
depository institution or trust company are then
rated one of the two highest long-term and the
highest short-term ratings of each such Rating Agency
for such securities;
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(v) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit
issued by any bank or trust company or savings
institution to the extent that such deposits are
fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any
bank, insurance company or other corporation rated in
the two highest long-term or the highest short-term
ratings of each Rating Agency containing, at the time
of the issuance of such agreements, such terms and
conditions as will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
Certificates by any such Rating Agency as evidenced
by a letter from each Rating Agency;
(vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either
case entered into with a depository institution or
trust company (acting as principal) described in
clause (v) above;
(viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped
coupons or instruments sold at a purchase price in
excess of 115% of the face amount thereof) bearing
interest or sold at a discount issued by any
corporation, other than the Trustee or any of its
Affiliates, incorporated under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof which, at the time of
such investment, have one of the two highest long
term ratings of each Rating Agency;
(ix) interests in any money market fund (including those
managed or advised by the Trustee or any of its
affiliates) which at the date of acquisition of the
interests in such fund and throughout the time such
interests are held in such fund has the highest
applicable long term rating by each such Rating
Agency rating such fund; and
(x) short term investment funds sponsored by any trust
company or national banking association incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof, other than the Trustee or any of its
Affiliates, which on the date of acquisition has been
rated by each such Rating Agency in their respective
highest applicable rating category;
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a
premium or above par or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided,
further, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such
instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations
underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such
instrument provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at
a price below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to
investments in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (ix) above); and
provided, further, (I) that no amount beneficially owned by any REMIC
(including, without limitation, any amounts collected by the Servicer but not
yet deposited in the related Collection Account) may be invested in investments
(other than money market funds) treated as equity interests for Federal income
tax purposes, unless the Servicer shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the
expense of the party requesting that such investment be made, to the effect that
such investment will not adversely affect the status of the any REMIC provided
for herein as a REMIC under the Code or result in imposition of a tax on the
Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein and (II) any such investment must be
a "permitted investment"
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within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code. Permitted Investments that
are subject to prepayment or call may not be purchased at a price in excess of
par.
Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) that
is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess
inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to a
Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section
1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, and (v) a Person that is not a citizen or resident of
the United States, a corporation or partnership (or other entity treated as a
corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax purposes)
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof or the District of Columbia or an estate whose income from sources
without the United States is includible in gross income for United States
federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a
trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, unless, in the case of this clause (v), such
Person has furnished the transferor, and the Trustee with a duly completed
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or applicable successor form. The terms
"United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code. A corporation will not be
treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State thereof for
these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the
exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board
of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
PMI: PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances, as of such Distribution Date, of the
Mortgage Loans that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of such date.
Prepayment Assumption: A rate of prepayment, as described in the
Prospectus Supplement in the definition of "Modeling Assumptions," relating to
the Certificates.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a partial Principal Prepayment or
a Principal Prepayment in full (other than a Principal Prepayment in full
resulting from the purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or
9.01 hereof and other than a Principal Prepayment in full or in part on a
Mortgage Loan received during the period from and including the first day to and
including the 14th day of the month of such Distribution Date), the amount, if
any, by which (i) one month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding
Distribution Date or in the case of a partial Principal Prepayment on the amount
of such prepayment exceeds (ii) the amount of interest paid or collected in
connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Penalties: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable
by a Mortgagor in connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage, as applicable.
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Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date and Principal
Prepayments in full, the period beginning with the opening of business on the
15th day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution
Date occurs (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, beginning with the
opening of business on the Cut-off Date) and ending on the close of business on
the 14th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. As to any
Distribution Date and Principal Prepayments in part, the calendar month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date,
the sum of (i) the Principal Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) any Extra
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
Principal Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any
Distribution Date, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the scheduled principal
due during the related Due Period and received before the related Servicer
Remittance Date or advanced on or before the related Servicer Remittance Date,
(2) prepayments collected in the related Prepayment Period, (3) the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was purchased pursuant to Section
2.02 or 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period or pursuant to Section 9.01,
on the Business Day prior to such Distribution Date, (4) the amount, if any, by
which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of any Replacement Mortgage Loan is
less than the aggregate unpaid principal of the related Deleted Mortgage Loans
delivered by the Seller in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 2.03(c), (5) all Liquidation Proceeds collected during the
related Prepayment Period (to the extent that such Liquidation Proceeds related
to principal) and (6) all other collections and recoveries in respect of
principal during the related Prepayment Period less the sum of (A) all
Non-Recoverable Advances relating to principal with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and (B) all other amounts reimbursable to the Servicer, the Custodian and
the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and that was not paid or reimbursed from
the Interest Funds with respect to the Distribution Date.
Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of (or
proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including Mortgage Loans
purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02, 2.03, 3.12 and 9.01 hereof) that
is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an
amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates
in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial Principal
Prepayments shall be applied by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated December 24,
2003 relating to the public offering of the Class A, Class S, Class R, Class
M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.
PUD: A Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
repurchased by the Seller or the applicable Transferor, pursuant to Section 2.02
or 2.03 hereof or purchased by a Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(c) hereof, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the date of such purchase together with any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage
Rate from (a) the date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to
(b) the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed
to Certificateholders and (iii) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages
incurred by the Trust Fund (or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) in
connection with any violation relating to such Mortgage Loan of any anti-
predatory or anti-abusive lending laws.
Radian: Radian Guaranty Inc.
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Rating Agency: Either of S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇'▇. If any such organization or
its successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person,
designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Trustee. References herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall
mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to (1) a Liquidated Loan , the amount, if
any, by which the Stated Principal Balance and accrued interest thereon at the
Net Mortgage Rate exceeds the amount actually recovered by the Servicer with
respect thereto (net of reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances) at the
time such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Loan or (2) with respect to a
Mortgage Loan which is not a Liquidated Loan, any amount of principal that the
Mortgagor is no longer legally required to pay (except for the extinguishment of
debt that results from the exercise of remedies due to default by the
Mortgagor).
Receiving Party: The meaning specified in Section 3.28 hereof.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which the
applicable Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution
Date, the Closing Date).
Reference Banks: Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Citibank,
N.A., ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association and NatWest, N.A.;
provided that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a
Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Trustee which are engaged
in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market
(i) with an established place of business in London, England, (ii) whose
quotations appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page on the relevant Interest
Determination Date and (iii) which have been designated as such by the Trustee.
Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A, Class S, Class M-1, Class
M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.
Related Certificates: With respect to the Class LT2-A Interest, the
Class A Certificates. With respect to the Class LT2-AR Interest, the Class R
Certificates. With respect to the Class LT2-B1 Interest, the Class B-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LT2-B2 Interest, the Class B-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LT2-B3 Interest, the Class B-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class LT2-M1 Interest, the Class M-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LT2-M2 Interest, the Class M-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LT2-M3 Interest, the Class M-3
Certificates.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning
of section 860D of the Code. References herein to "the REMICs" or "a REMIC"
shall mean any of or, as the context requires, all of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 and the
Upper Tier REMIC.
REMIC Pass-Through Rate: The Pass-Through Rate for a Class of
Certificates calculated by replacing "Available Funds Cap" in the definitions of
Class A Pass-Through Rate, Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate, Class M-2 Pass-Through
Rate, Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate, Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate, Class B-2
Pass-Through Rate, Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate and Class R Pass-Through Rate in
such definition with "Net Rate."
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through
860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
proposed, temporary and final regulations and published rulings,
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notices and announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REMIC Regular Interests: (i) the rights under each of the Certificates
(other than the Class C, Class S and Class R Certificates) other than the rights
in interest rate cap contracts described in Section 2.07, (ii) the
Uncertificated Class C Interest and (iii) the Upper Tier REMIC Class S
Components.
REMIC 1: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section 2.07.
REMIC 1 Interests: Each of the Class LT1-A Interest, the Class LT1-AR
Interest, the Class LT1-M1 Interest, the Class LT1-M2 Interest, the Class LT1-M3
Interest, the Class LT1-B1 Interest, the Class LT1-B2 Interest, the Class LT1-B3
Interest, the Class LT1-Z Interest and the Class LT1-R Interest.
REMIC 1 Marker Classes: Each of the Classes of REMIC 1 Regular
Interests other than the Class LT1-Z Interest.
REMIC 1 Regular Interests: Each of the REMIC 1 Interests other than the
Class LT1-R Interest.
REMIC 2: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section 2.07.
REMIC 2 Interests: Each of the Class LT2-A Interest, the Class LT2-AR
Interest, the Class LT2-M1 Interest, the Class LT2-M2 Interest, the Class LT2-M3
Interest, the Class LT2-B1 Interest, the Class LT2-B2 Interest, the Class LT2-B3
Interest, the Class LT2-C Interest and the Class LT2-R Interest.
REMIC 2 Regular Interests: Each of the REMIC 2 Interests other than the
Class LT2-R Interest.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by a Servicer through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.
Remittance Report: The meaning specified in Section 4.04(i) hereof.
Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Depositor
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit I (1)
have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the
Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not
less than 90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (2)
with respect to any Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Mortgage Rate not less than
or no more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and, with respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: (A) have a
Maximum Mortgage Rate no more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Maximum
Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (B) have a Minimum Mortgage Rate no
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (C) have the same index and Periodic Rate Cap as that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Gross Margin not more than 1% per annum higher
or lower than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (D) not permit conversion of
the related Mortgage Rate to a fixed Mortgage Rate and (F) currently be accruing
interest at a rate not more than 1% per annum higher or lower than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (3) have a similar or higher FICO score or credit grade
than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (4) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio (or
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, in the case of the Mortgage Loans in a second lien
position) no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (5) have a remaining
term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (6) provide for a prepayment charge on terms
substantially similar to those of the prepayment charge, if any, of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (7) have the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (8)
constitute the same occupancy type as
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the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (9) comply with each representation and warranty
set forth in Section 2.03 hereof.
Request for Release: The Request for Release of Documents submitted by
the Servicer to the Custodian, substantially in the form attached to the
Custodial Agreement (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit I hereto).
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under this
Agreement.
Required Loss Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the applicable
percentage for such Distribution Date set forth in the following table:
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
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January 2007 - December 2007 2.00% with respect to January
2007, plus an additional 1/12th
of 1.00% for each month thereafter
January 2008 - December 2008 3.00% with respect to January
2008, plus an additional 1/12th
of 0.25% for each month thereafter
January 2009 - December 2009 3.25% with respect to January
2009, plus an additional 1/12th
of 0.25% for each month thereafter
January 2010 and thereafter 3.50%
Required Percentage: As of any Distribution Date following a Stepdown
Date, the quotient of (1) the excess of (A) the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date, over (B) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the most senior Class of Certificates outstanding, prior to giving
effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date and (2) the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.
Reserve Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Determination Date,
the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be (1) the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%) of the
one-month United States dollar lending rates which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest Determination Date to the
principal London offices of leading banks in the London interbank market or (2)
in the event that the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest
one-month United States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.
Residual Interest: An interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is entitled
to all distributions of principal and interest on the Class R Certificate other
than (i) distributions in respect of the Class LT1-R Interest or the Class LT2-R
Interest and (ii) distributions to the extent attributable to any excess of the
interest rate on the Class R Certificate over the Net Rate.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee or the
Servicer, any officer of the Trustee or the Servicer with direct responsibility
for the administration of this Agreement and also means any other officer to
whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of
such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
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Reuters Screen LIBO Page: The display designated as page "LIBO" on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace such LIBO
page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc.,
or its successor in interest.
Sale Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement dated
as of December 1, 2003 between the Depositor and the Seller.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due
on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan.
Section 302 Requirements: Any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant
to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 (as such may be amended from time to time).
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller: Terwin Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or
its successor in interest.
Servicer: Either of Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, a federally chartered
savings bank, or GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc. a New York corporation, or
their respective successors in interest, as applicable. Prior to the final
Servicing Transfer Date, references in this Agreement to the "Servicer" shall
mean either Ocwen Federal Bank FSB or GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc. or each
such servicer, as applicable.
Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, the related
Servicer Remittance Date.
Servicer's Assignee: As defined in Section 10.14(b).
Servicer Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
first Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and
disbursements) incurred in the performance by a Servicer of its servicing
obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the
preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, including
without limitation advances in respect of real estate taxes and assessments, (2)
any collection, enforcement or judicial proceedings, including without
limitation foreclosures, collections and liquidations, (3) the conservation,
management, sale and liquidation of any REO Property, (4) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.10 and (5) executing and recording instruments of
satisfaction, deeds of reconveyance or Assignments of Mortgage to the extent not
recovered from the Mortgagor or otherwise payable to the Servicer under this
Agreement; provided that the Servicer shall not be required to make any such
Servicing Advance with respect to any Mortgage Loan secured by a second lien on
real property.
Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to one month's interest at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution
Date or, in the event of any payment of interest that accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the applicable Servicing
Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
preceding Distribution Date for the period covered by such payment of interest.
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Servicing Fee Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan serviced by Ocwen, 0.50%
per annum and, as to any Mortgage Loan serviced by GreenPoint, 0.25% per annum.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of a Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as
such list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Rights Owner: A Servicer or an Affiliate of such Servicer
that has acquired or may acquire ownership of the servicing rights associated
with the servicing rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Servicing Rights Pledgee: One or more lenders, selected by the Servicer
or Servicing Rights Owner, to which the Servicer may pledge and assign all of
its right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement.
Servicing Transfer Costs: In the event that the Servicer does not
reimburse the Trustee under the this Agreement, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs associated with the transfer of servicing from the predecessor servicer,
including, without limitation, any such costs or expenses associated with the
termination of the predecessor servicer, the appointment of a successor
servicer, the complete transfer of all servicing data and the completion,
correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the
Trustee or any successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in
the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee or successor servicer to
service the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively.
Servicing Transfer Date: With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is
being serviced by GreenPoint on the Closing Date, the date on which the
servicing rights are transferred to Ocwen and with respect to any other Mortgage
Loan, the Closing Date.
SFAS 140: Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 140,
Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments
of Liabilities dated September 2000, published by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation.
SPV: As defined in Section 10.14(a).
Startup Date: As defined in Section 2.07 hereof.
Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related
REO Property (1) as of the Cut-off Date, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance
thereof, and (2) as of any Distribution Date, such Cut-off Date Principal
Balance, minus the sum of (A) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments
(x) due with respect to such Mortgage Loan during each Due Period ending prior
to such Distribution Date and (y) that were received by the Servicer as of the
close of business on the Determination Date related to such Distribution Date or
with respect to which Advances were made on the Servicer Advance Date prior to
such Distribution Date and (B) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such
Mortgage Loan received on or prior to the last day of the related Prepayment
Period, and all Liquidation Proceeds to the extent applied by the Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.12 with respect to such
Mortgage Loan, that were received by the Servicer as of the close of business on
the last day of the related Due Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Stated Principal Balance of a Liquidated Loan shall be deemed to be zero.
Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (1) the Distribution Date in
January 2007 or (2) the first Distribution Date on which (A) the Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (reduced by the Principal Funds
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with respect to such Distribution Date) is less than or equal to (B) 66.50% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution
Date.
Subordinated Certificates: The Class M and Class B Certificates.
Subservicing Agreement: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term
pursuant to Section 2.03(c).
Tax Matters Person: The Person designated as "tax matters person" in
the manner provided under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
Transfer Agreement: Any document pursuant to which the Seller acquired
any Mortgage Loan from the originator of such Mortgage Loan.
Transferor: Any originator of a Mortgage Loan.
Trigger Event: With respect to the Certificates after the Stepdown
Date, a Distribution Date on which (1) the quotient of (A) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans which are 60 or more days Delinquent,
measured on a rolling three month basis (including, for the purposes of this
calculation, Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, REO Properties and Mortgage Loans
with respect to which the applicable Mortgagor is in bankruptcy) and (B) the
Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans with respect to such Distribution
Date, equals or exceeds the product of (i) 45.00% and (ii) Required Percentage
or (2) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (A) the aggregate Realized
Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date through the last day of the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds the Required Loss Percentage.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust (the "Terwin Mortgage Trust, Series
TMTS 2003-8HE") created hereunder consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all
interest and principal received on or with respect thereto on and after the
Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing the Cut-off Date Principal
Balance thereof, exclusive of interest not required to be deposited in the
Collection Account; (ii) the Collection Account and the Certificate Account and
all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by
foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee's
rights under the Insurance Policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (v) all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing
into cash or other liquid property; and (vi) the Cap Contracts and Cap Contract
Account.
Trustee: ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, a national
banking association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity
as trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and
any successor thereto, and any corporation or national banking association
resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its
successors may be a party and any successor trustee as may from time to time be
serving as successor trustee hereunder.
Trustee Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate and the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
Trustee Fee Rate: 0.0165% per annum.
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Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated interest having (i)
the same rights to payments as the Class C Certificates, other than the rights
to payments of amounts with respect to the Cap Contracts, to Prepayment
Penalties received with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to amounts paid by the
Servicer or the Seller in respect of prepayment charges pursuant to this
Agreement and to amounts received in respect of any indemnification paid as a
result of a prepayment charge being unenforceable in breach of representations
and warranties set forth in the Transfer Agreement, and (ii) the rights to the
payments treated as distributed to the Class C Certificates under Section
2.07(d), provided, however, that such interest shall have no obligation to make
any payments treated as paid by the Class C Certificates pursuant to interest
rate cap agreements under Section 2.07(d).
United States Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States,
(ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or
partnership for federal income tax purposes organized in or under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (unless, in
the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations provide otherwise), (iii) an
estate the income of which is includible in gross income for United States tax
purposes regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to
the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on
August 20, 1996, and treated as United States persons prior to such date, that
elect to continue to be treated as United States persons will also be United
States Persons.
Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date on which amounts
are received on the Cap Contracts, a rate equal to the lesser of One-Month
LIBOR and 10.000% per annum.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S Components: Each of the Upper Tier REMIC Class
S-A Component, the Upper Tier REMIC Class S-AR Component, the Upper Tier REMIC
Class S-M1 Component, the Upper Tier REMIC Class S-M2 Component, the Upper Tier
REMIC Class S-M3 Component, the Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B1 Component the Upper
Tier REMIC Class S-B2 Component and the Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B3 Component.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S-A Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-A Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class A
Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-A Component is represented by the Class S
Certificates.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S-AR Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-AR Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class
R Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-AR Component is represented by the Class
S Certificates.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B1 Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-B1 Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class
B-1 Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B1 Component is represented by the
Class S Certificates.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B2 Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-B2 Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class
B-2 Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B2 Component is represented by the
Class S Certificates.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B3 Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-B3 Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class
B-3 Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-B3 Component is represented by the
Class S Certificates.
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Upper Tier REMIC Class S-M1 Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-M1 Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class
M-1 Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-M1 Component is represented by the
Class S Certificates.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S-M2 Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-M2 Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class
M-2 Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-M2 Component is represented by the
Class S Certificates.
Upper Tier REMIC Class S-M3 Component: An interest-only "regular
interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, payable on
the Class LT2-M3 Interest at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class
M-3 Margin. The Upper Tier REMIC Class S-M3 Component is represented by the
Class S Certificates.
USAP Report: A report in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers delivered in accordance with Section 3.18.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the Certificates
that is allocated to any of the Certificates for purposes of the voting
provisions hereunder. Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates
shall be allocated 90% to the Offered Certificates (other than the Class S
Certificates), 5% to the Class C Certificates and 5% to the Class S
Certificates, with the allocation among the Offered (other than the Class S
Certificates) Certificates to be in proportion to the Class Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Class Certificate Principal
Balance of all other Classes. Voting Rights will be allocated among the
Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.
Weighted Maximum Rate Cap: As of any Distribution Date, a rate equal to
the product of (x) 12 times the quotient obtained by dividing the excess of (i)
the interest that would have been payable on the Mortgage Loans (based on their
Stated Principal Balances) at their Maximum Mortgage Rates during the related
Due Period over (ii) the related Servicing Fees, the Credit Risk Management Fee,
the Trustee Fee and premiums paid by the Servicer on the related LPMI Policy, by
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (y) a fraction,
the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
of the days in the related Accrual Period.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Trustee without
recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the assets
of the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal received
on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on or after the Cut-off Date (other
than Scheduled Payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date).
In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver
to, and deposit with, the Trustee the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
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(A) The Original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or ,
"Pay to the order of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association,
as trustee, without recourse" together with all riders thereto. The
Mortgage Note shall include all intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of the title from the originator to the Transferor.
(B) Except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan
that is not a MERS Loan, the original recorded Mortgage together with
all riders thereto, with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the
original Mortgage has not yet been returned from the recording office,
a copy of the original Mortgage together with all riders thereto
certified by the Transferor to be true copy of the original of the
Mortgage that has been delivered for recording in the appropriate
recording office of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located and in the case of each MERS Loan, the original Mortgage
together with all riders thereto, noting the presence of the MIN of the
Loan and either language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination, the
original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of
recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the
public recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded.
(C) In the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Loan, the original Assignment of each Mortgage, to "▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee."
(D) The original policy of title insurance (or a
preliminary title report, commitment or binder if the original title
insurance policy has not been received from the title insurance
company).
(E) Originals of any intervening assignments of the
Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon or, if the original
intervening assignment has not yet been returned from the recording
office, a copy of such assignment certified to be a true copy of the
original of the assignment which has been sent for recording in the
appropriate jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.
(F) Originals of all assumption and modification
agreements, if any.
If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Depositor cannot deliver
the Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or
modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording thereon, if
applicable, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such
Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification,
as the case may be, has been delivered for recordation, the Depositor shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee written notice stating that such
Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case may be, has
been delivered to the appropriate public recording office for recordation.
Thereafter, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
such Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or
modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon,
if applicable, upon receipt thereof from the public recording office. To the
extent any required endorsement is not contained on a Mortgage Note or an
Assignment of Mortgage, the Depositor shall make or cause such endorsement to be
made.
With respect to any Mortgage Loan, none of the Depositor, the Servicer
or the Trustee shall be obligated to cause to be recorded the Assignment of
Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01. In the event that an Assignment of
Mortgage is not recorded, the Servicer shall have no liability for its failure
to receive and act on notices related to such Assignment of Mortgage.
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The ownership of each Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of
the related Mortgage File is vested in the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. Neither the Depositor nor the related Servicer shall take
any action inconsistent with such ownership and shall not claim any ownership
interest therein. The Depositor and the Servicer shall respond to any third
party inquiries with respect to ownership of the Mortgage Loans by stating that
such ownership is held by the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Mortgage documents relating to the Mortgage Loans serviced by each Servicer and
not delivered to the Trustee are and shall be held in trust by the Servicer for
the benefit of the Trustee as the owner thereof and the Servicer's possession of
the contents of each Mortgage File so retained is for the sole purpose of
servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and possession by the
Servicer is in a custodial capacity only. The Depositor agrees to take no action
inconsistent with the Trustee's ownership of the Mortgage Loans, to promptly
indicate to all inquiring parties that the Mortgage Loans have been sold and to
claim no ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans.
It is the intention of this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan. If a conveyance
of Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Depositor is characterized as a pledge
and not a sale, then the Depositor shall be deemed to have transferred to the
Trustee all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under the
obligations of the Seller deemed to be secured by said pledge; and it is the
intention of this Agreement that the Depositor shall also be deemed to have
granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title, and interest in, to and under the obligations of the
Seller to the Depositor deemed to be secured by said pledge and that the Trustee
shall be deemed to be an independent custodian for purposes of perfection of the
security interest granted to the Depositor. If the conveyance of the Mortgage
Loans from the Depositor to the Trustee is characterized as a pledge, it is the
intention of this Agreement that this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law, and that the Depositor shall be deemed to have
granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage Loans, all
payments of principal of or interest on such Mortgage Loans, all other rights
relating to and payments made in respect of the Trust Fund, and all proceeds of
any thereof. If the trust created by this Agreement terminates prior to the
satisfaction of the claims of any Person in any Certificates, the security
interest created hereby shall continue in full force and effect and the Trustee
shall be deemed to be the collateral agent for the benefit of such Person.
In addition to the conveyance made in the first paragraph of this
Section 2.01, the Depositor does hereby convey, assign and set over to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders its rights and interests under
the Sale Agreement, including the Depositor's right, title and interest in the
representations and warranties contained in the Sale Agreement, the rights of
the Transfer Agreement described therein and the benefit of the repurchase
obligations and the obligation of the Seller contained in the Sale Agreement to
take, at the request of the Depositor or the Trustee, all action on its part
which is reasonably necessary to ensure the enforceability of a Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee hereby accepts such assignment, and shall be entitled to exercise
all rights of the Depositor under the Sale Agreement as if, for such purpose, it
were the Depositor. The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit
and conveyance does not and is not intended to result in creation or assumption
by the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Seller, or any other
Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto.
The parties hereto agree that the Custodian shall hold the Mortgage
Files on behalf of the Trustee. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement
to the contrary, the parties acknowledge and agree that all of the obligations
and duties of the (i) Depositor and the Servicer to deliver the documents to the
Trustee, including, without limitation, the Mortgage Files and Requests for
Release, shall be satisfied by the delivery of such documents to the Custodian,
and (ii) Trustee relating to any certifications to be delivered by with respect
to the Mortgage Files and the delivery of any Mortgage Files or documents in
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such Mortgage Files upon receipt of Requests for Release shall be satisfied by
the performance of such obligations by the Custodian in accordance with the
provisions of the Custodial Agreement.
SECTION 2.02 Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
Except as set forth in the Exception Report delivered contemporaneously
herewith (the "Exception Report"), the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
initial certification delivered by the Custodian on the Closing Date in
accordance with the provisions of the Custodial Agreement and declares that it
holds and will hold any documents constituting a part of the Mortgage Files
delivered to it in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders. The Depositor will cause the Seller to repurchase any
Mortgage Loan to which a material exception was taken in the Exception Report
unless such exception is cured to the satisfaction of the Trustee within 45
Business Days of the Closing Date.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Cap Contracts (a form of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit N), the Transfer Agreement and the Sale Agreement.
The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, to cause the
Custodian to review each Mortgage File delivered to it within 60 days after the
Closing Date to ascertain and to certify, within 70 days of the Closing Date, to
the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer that all documents required by
Section 2.01 have been executed and received, and that such documents relate to
the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B-1 that have been conveyed to it. If
the Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage
File to be missing or defective (that is, mutilated, damaged, defaced or
unexecuted) in any material respect, the Custodian shall promptly (and in any
event within no more than five Business Days) after such finding so notify the
Servicer, the Seller and the Depositor. The Custodian shall have no obligation
to verify if the documents listed in Section 2.01(F) exist if such documents are
not delivered to it. In addition, the Trustee shall cause the Custodian to
include in its Certification to the Servicer, the Seller and the Depositor, a
list of the original Mortgages with evidence of recording thereon that have not
been received within 70 days of the Closing Date; if it has not been received
because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such Mortgage has
been delivered for recordation, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee written notice stating that such Mortgage has been
delivered to the appropriate public recording office for recordation and
thereafter the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered such Mortgage
with evidence of recording thereon upon receipt thereof from the public
recording office. The Trustee shall request that the Seller correct or cure such
omission, defect or other irregularity, or substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant
to the provisions of Section 2.03(c), within 90 days from the date the Seller
was notified of such omission or defect and, if the Seller does not correct or
cure such omission or defect within such period, that the Seller purchase such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund within 90 days from the date the Trustee
notified the Seller of such omission, defect or other irregularity at the
Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be paid to the Trustee prior to
the related Servicing Transfer Date, and thereafter to the Servicer and
deposited by the Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, in the Certificate
Account or Collection Account, as appropriate, promptly upon receipt, and, upon
receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed by a
Servicing Officer, the Custodian, upon receipt of a Request for Release, shall
promptly release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, without
recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be provided to it by the Seller
and necessary to vest in the Seller or its designee, as the case may be, any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and the Trustee shall have no further
responsibility with regard to such Mortgage Loan. It is understood and agreed
that the obligation of the Seller to purchase, cure or substitute any Mortgage
Loan as to which a material defect in or omission of a constituent document
exists shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect or omission
available to the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders. The preceding sentence
shall not, however, limit any remedies available to
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the Certificateholders, the Depositor, or the Trustee pursuant to the Sale
Agreement and any Transfer Agreement. The Trustee shall be under no duty or
obligation to inspect, review and examine such documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine, enforceable,
recordable or appropriate to the represented purpose, or that they have actually
been recorded, or that they are other than what they purport to be on their
face. The Servicer and the Trustee shall keep confidential the name of each
Mortgagor except as required by this Agreement and the Servicer and the Trustee
shall not solicit any such Mortgagor for the purpose of refinancing the related
Mortgage Loan; notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing
shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information
that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the Servicer or
the Trustee from sources other than the other parties hereto, (ii) disclosure of
any and all information (A) if required to do so by any applicable law, rule or
regulation, (B) to any government agency or regulatory body having or claiming
authority to regulate or oversee any respects of the Servicer's or Trustee's
business or that of its affiliates, (C) pursuant to any subpoena, civil
investigation demand or similar demand or request of any court, regulatory
authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the Servicer or the Trustee or any
affiliate or an officer, director, employer or shareholder thereof is a party or
(D) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or
attorney of the Servicer or the Trustee having a need to know the same, provided
that the Servicer or the Trustee advises such recipient of the confidential
nature of the information being disclosed, or (iii) any other disclosure
authorized by the Depositor.
Within 70 days of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall deliver, based
solely upon a certification delivered to the Trustee by the Custodian, to the
Depositor and the Servicer, the Trustee's Certification, substantially in the
form of Exhibit D attached hereto, evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage
Files, with any exceptions noted thereto.
The Seller shall deliver or cause the Custodian to deliver to the
Servicer copies of all trailing documents required to be included in the
Mortgage File at the same time the originals or certified copies thereof are
delivered to the Custodian, such documents including but not limited to the
mortgagee policy of title insurance and any mortgage loan document upon return
from the recording office. The Servicer shall not be responsible for any costs
incurred in obtaining such documents.
SECTION 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Depositor.
(a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Servicers and
the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:
(i) The Depositor is duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware and has full power and authority (corporate and other)
necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct its business as
now conducted by it and to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and the Sale Agreement.
(ii) The Depositor has the full corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the
Sale Agreement and has duly authorized, by all necessary corporate
action on its part, the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Sale Agreement; and this Agreement and the Sale
Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor
in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to (i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles
of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
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(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Sale Agreement by the Depositor, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Sale Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary
course of business of the Depositor and will not (A) result in a
material breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of
the Depositor or (B) materially conflict with, result in a violation or
acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms of
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or by which it may be bound or (C) constitute a material
violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Depositor of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Depositor; and the
Depositor is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or
other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute,
order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or
violation may materially impair the Depositor's ability to perform or
meet any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(iv) No litigation is pending, or, to the best of the
Depositor's knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement and the Sale Agreement or the ability
of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement and
the Sale Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the
Depositor with, this Agreement and the Sale Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any such
consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Depositor
has obtained the same. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to
the Trustee with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date,
and following the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to it by the Seller,
the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage
Notes were subject to no offsets, claims, liens, mortgage, pledge,
charge, security interest, defenses or counterclaims.
(b) The representations and warranties of each Transferor with respect
to the related Mortgage Loans in the applicable Transfer Agreement, which have
been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of the date specified in
the applicable Transfer Agreement (or underlying agreement, if such Transfer
Agreement is in the form of an assignment of a prior agreement). To the extent
that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Mortgage Loan constitutes a
breach of both (i) a representation or warranty of the applicable Transferor
under the applicable Transfer Agreement and (ii) a representation or warranty of
the Seller under the Sale Agreement, the Trustee shall enforce the obligations
of the Seller under the Sale Agreement and to the extent the Seller does not
fulfill its contracted obligations then the Trustee shall enforce the
obligations of the applicable Transferor under any applicable representation or
warranty made by it. The Trustee further acknowledges that the Depositor shall
have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of any representation
or warranty with respect to the Mortgage Loans under any circumstances.
(c) Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Servicers or the
Trustee of a breach of any of such representations and warranties that adversely
and materially affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan, prepayment
charges or the interests of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. Within 90 days of
the discovery of a breach of any representation or warranty, the applicable
Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, shall either (a) cure such breach in
all material respects, (b) repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property
acquired in respect thereof from the Trustee at the Purchase Price or (c) within
the two year period following the Closing
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Date, substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan. In
the event of discovery of a breach of any representation and warranty of any
Transferor or the Seller, the Trustee's rights shall be enforced under the
applicable Transfer Agreement and the Sale Agreement for the benefit of
Certificateholders. If a breach of the representations and warranties set forth
in the Transfer Agreement hereof exists solely due to the unenforceability of a
prepayment charge, the Trustee shall notify the Servicer thereof and not seek to
enforce the repurchase remedy provided for herein unless directed in writing to
do so by the Servicer. In the event of a breach of the representations and
warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loans set forth in a Transfer Agreement,
the Trustee shall enforce the right of the Trust Fund to be indemnified for such
breach of representation and warranty. In the event that such breach relates
solely to the unenforceability of a prepayment charge, amounts received in
respect of such indemnity up to the amount of such prepayment charge shall be
distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i). As provided in the Sale Agreement,
if the Transferor substitutes for a Mortgage Loan for which there is a breach of
any representations and warranties in the related Transfer Agreement which
adversely and materially affects the value of such Mortgage Loan and such
substitute mortgage loan is not a Replacement Mortgage Loan, under the terms of
the Sale Agreement, the Seller will, in exchange for such substitute Mortgage
Loan, (i) provide the applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan
or (ii) within two years of the Closing Date, substitute such affected Mortgage
Loan with a Replacement Mortgage Loan. Any such substitution shall not be
effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for
Release substantially in the form of Exhibit I and shall not be effected unless
it is within two years of the Startup Date. The Seller indemnifies and holds the
Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicers and each Certificateholder
harmless against any and all taxes, claims, losses, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other
costs, fees and expenses that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Servicers and any Certificateholder may sustain in connection with any actions
of the Seller relating to a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan other than in
compliance with the terms of this Section 2.03 and the Sale Agreement, to the
extent that any such action causes (i) any federal or state tax to be imposed on
the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein, including without limitation,
any federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of
the Code or on "contributions after the startup date" under Section 860(d)(1) of
the Code, or (ii) any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Certificate is outstanding. In furtherance of the foregoing,
if the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, is not a member of MERS and
repurchases a Mortgage Loan which is registered on the MERS System, the
Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, at its own expense and without any
right of reimbursement, shall cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of
the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the
Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, and shall cause such Mortgage to be
removed from registration on the MERS System in accordance with MERS' rules and
regulations.
With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Seller pursuant to
the Sale Agreement or by any Transferor pursuant to the applicable Transfer
Agreement, the principal portion of the funds received by the Trustee in respect
of such repurchase of a Mortgage Loan will be considered a Principal Prepayment
and shall be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05. The
Trustee, upon receipt of the full amount of the Purchase Price for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan, or upon receipt by the Custodian of the Mortgage File for a
Replacement Mortgage Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, shall release
or cause to be released and reassign to the Seller or the applicable Transferor,
as applicable, the related Mortgage File for the Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case
without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be provided to the
Trustee and necessary to vest in such party or its designee or assignee title to
any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, free and clear of all
security interests, liens and other encumbrances created by this Agreement,
which instruments shall be prepared by the related Servicer, and the Trustee
shall have no further responsibility with respect to the Mortgage File relating
to such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
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With respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan to be delivered to the
Trustee (or its custodian) pursuant to the terms of this Article II in exchange
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan: (i) the applicable Transferor or the Seller, as
applicable, must deliver to the Trustee (or its custodian) the Mortgage File for
the Replacement Mortgage Loan containing the documents set forth in Section 2.01
along with a written certification certifying as to the Mortgage Loan satisfying
all requirements under the definition of Replacement Mortgage Loan and the
delivery of such Mortgage File and containing the granting language set forth in
Section 2.01; and (ii) the Depositor will be deemed to have made, with respect
to such Replacement Mortgage Loan, each of the representations and warranties
made by it with respect to the related Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall
cause the Custodian to review the Mortgage File with respect to each Replacement
Mortgage Loan and certify to the Depositor that all documents required by
Section 2.01 have been executed and received.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Replacement
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Seller will determine
the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all such
Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution and the aggregate
prepayment penalties with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loans is less
than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (after application of the principal
portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution) and aggregate
prepayment penalties of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans. An amount equal to the
aggregate of the deficiencies described in the preceding sentence (such amount,
the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") shall be deposited into the Certificate
Account by the Seller on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date
relating to the Prepayment Period during which the related Mortgage Loan became
required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the right to
substitute Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Article II shall be subject to the
additional limitations that no substitution of a Replacement Mortgage Loan for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received an
Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to make the
substitution) that, under current law, such substitution will not (A) affect
adversely the status of any REMIC established hereunder as a REMIC, or of the
related "regular interests" as "regular interests" in any such REMIC, or (B)
cause any such REMIC to engage in a "prohibited transaction" or prohibited
contribution pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
The Trustee shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the
removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the
substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Replacement Mortgage Loans.
Upon such substitution by the Seller, such Replacement Mortgage Loan or
Replacement Mortgage Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall
be subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Sale
Agreement, including all applicable representations and warranties thereof
included in the Sale Agreement as of the date of substitution.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties
and indemnification (i) set forth in Section 2.03, (ii) of the Seller and the
Depositor set forth in the Sale Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by the
Depositor hereunder and (iii) of each Transferor, assigned by the Seller to the
Depositor pursuant to the Sale Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by the
Depositor hereunder shall each survive delivery of the Mortgage Files and the
Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee and shall continue
throughout the term of this Agreement.
(e) The Depositor shall deliver a copy of the Mortgage Loan Schedule to
each Servicer on the Closing Date.
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SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Servicers.
(a) Ocwen hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, GreenPoint
and the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:
(i) Ocwen is a federally chartered savings bank and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United
States and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all
business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by Ocwen in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not
required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any
event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state,
to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage
Loan, to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and to perform any of its other obligations under this
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(ii) Ocwen has the corporate power and authority and to
service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to
enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of Ocwen the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of Ocwen, enforceable against
Ocwen in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability
hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights
generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and
other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses
and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Ocwen, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement, the
consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof
are in the ordinary course of business of Ocwen and will not (A) result
in a material breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws
of Ocwen or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach,
violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default under,
the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which Ocwen
is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material
violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to Ocwen of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having jurisdiction over Ocwen; and Ocwen is not in breach or violation
of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or
in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair
Ocwen's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under this
Agreement.
(iv) Ocwen is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ and is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Mac.
(v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of Ocwen's
knowledge, threatened, against Ocwen that would materially and
adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
Agreement or the ability of Ocwen to service the Mortgage Loans or to
perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance
with the terms hereof.
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by Ocwen of, or compliance by Ocwen with, this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
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contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or
order is required, Ocwen has obtained the same.
(vii) Ocwen has fully furnished and will fully furnish (for
the period it serviced the Mortgage Loans), in accordance with the Fair
Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and
complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower
credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information
Company on a monthly basis.
(b) GreenPoint hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, Ocwen
and the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:
(i) GreenPoint is a New York corporation and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of New York
and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by GreenPoint in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not
required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any
event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state,
to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage
Loan, to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and to perform any of its other obligations under this
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(ii) GreenPoint has the corporate power and authority and
to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and
to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of GreenPoint the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of GreenPoint, enforceable
against GreenPoint in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the
enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors'
rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
GreenPoint, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement,
the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof
are in the ordinary course of business of GreenPoint and will not (A)
result in a material breach of any term or provision of the charter or
by-laws of GreenPoint or (B) materially conflict with, result in a
material breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a material
default under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument
to which GreenPoint is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C)
constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation
applicable to GreenPoint of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over GreenPoint; and
GreenPoint is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or
other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute,
order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or
violation may materially impair GreenPoint's ability to perform or meet
any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(iv) GreenPoint is an approved servicer of mortgage loans
for ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ and is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac.
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(v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of
GreenPoint's knowledge, threatened, against GreenPoint that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of GreenPoint to
service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations
under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by GreenPoint of, or compliance by GreenPoint
with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or
order is required, GreenPoint has obtained the same.
(vii) GreenPoint has fully furnished and will fully furnish
(for the period it serviced the Mortgage Loans), in accordance with the
Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate
and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its
borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit
Information Company on a monthly basis.
SECTION 2.05. Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans which are
not "Qualified Mortgages".
Upon discovery by the Depositor, the related Servicer or the Trustee
that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the
meaning of section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall
promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days of discovery) give written
notice thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Depositor
shall, at the Depositor's option, either (i) substitute, if the conditions in
Section 2.03(c) with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Replacement
Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a
Mortgage Loan for a breach of representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03. The Trustee, upon the written direction of the Depositor, shall reconvey
to the Depositor the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same
manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03.
SECTION 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee accepts the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund
and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Trustee has
authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange
for the Mortgage Loans, Certificates duly authenticated by the Trustee in
authorized denominations evidencing ownership of the entire Trust Fund. The
Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above
for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates and to
perform its duties set forth in this Agreement in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Elections.
(a) The Depositor hereby instructs and authorizes the Trustee to make
an appropriate election to treat each of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 and the Upper Tier
REMIC as a REMIC. The Trustee shall sign the returns providing for such
elections and such other tax or information returns which are required to be
signed by the Trustee under applicable law. This Agreement shall be construed so
as to carry out the intention of the parties that each of REMIC l, REMIC 2 and
the Upper Tier REMIC be treated as a REMIC at all times prior to the date on
which the Trust Fund is terminated.
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(b) The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created
hereby. The "Startup Date" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the
Closing Date. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
REMIC 1 shall consist of all of the assets of the Trust Fund (other
than (i) any proceeds of prepayment penalties, (ii) amounts paid by a Servicer
or the Seller in respect of prepayment charges or waivers thereof pursuant to
this Agreement, (iii) amounts received in respect of any indemnification paid as
a result of a prepayment charge being unenforceable in breach of the
representations and warranties set forth in the Transfer Agreement, (iv) the
interests issued by the REMICs provided for herein, (v) the Cap Contracts and
the Cap Contract Account and (vi) the grantor trusts described in this Section
2.07. REMIC 1 shall issue (i) the REMIC 1 Regular Interests, each of which shall
be designated as regular interests of such REMIC, and (ii) the Class LT1-R
Interest, which shall be designated as the sole Class of residual interest in
REMIC 1. Each of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests shall have the characteristics
set forth in its definition.
The assets of REMIC 2 shall be the REMIC 1 Regular Interests. The REMIC
2 Regular Interests shall be designated as the regular interests in REMIC 2 and
the Class LT2-R Interest shall be designated as the sole Class of residual
interest in REMIC 2. Each of the REMIC 2 Regular Interests shall have the
characteristics set forth in its definition.
The assets of the Upper Tier REMIC shall be the REMIC 2 Regular
Interests. The REMIC Regular Interests shall be designated as the regular
interests in the Upper Tier REMIC and the Residual Interest shall be designated
as the sole Class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. For federal
income tax purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on each REMIC Regular Interest (other
than the Uncertificated Class C Interest and the Upper Tier REMIC Class C
Components) and on the sole Class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC
shall be subject to a cap equal to the Net Rate.
The beneficial ownership of the Class LT1-R Interest, the Class LT2-R
Interest and the Residual Interest shall be represented by the Class R
Certificate. Neither the Class LT1-R Interest nor the Class LT2-R Interest shall
have a principal balance or bear interest.
The interest rate for each REMIC 1 Interest and REMIC 2 Interest set
forth in the definition thereof shall be a per annum rate.
(c) The "tax matters person" with respect to each REMIC for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions shall be the beneficial owner of the Class R Certificate;
provided, however, that the Holder of a Class R Certificate, by its acceptance
thereof, irrevocably appoints the Trustee as its agent and attorney-in-fact to
act as "tax matters person" with respect to each such REMIC for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions. If there is more than one beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate, the "tax matters person" shall be the Person with the greatest
percentage interest in the Class R Certificate and, if there is more than one
such Person, shall be determined under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d)
and Treasury regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.
(d) It is intended that (i) the rights of the Class A Certificates,
Class R Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3
Certificates Class B-1 Certificates Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3
Certificates to receive payments in respect of Excess Interest shall be treated
as rights in interest rate cap contracts written in favor of the holders of the
Class A Certificates, Class R Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2
Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates by the Class C Certificateholders, and
such shall be accounted for as property held separate and apart from the regular
interests in the Upper Tier REMIC held by the holders of the Class A
Certificates, M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates,
Class
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B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates and the
residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC held by the holder of the Class R
Certificate. This provision is intended to satisfy the requirements of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860G-2(i) for the treatment of property rights coupled
with REMIC interests to be separately respected and shall be interpreted
consistently with such regulation. On each Distribution Date, to the extent that
any of the Class A Certificates, Class R Certificate, M-1 Certificates, Class
M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2
Certificates or Class B-3 Certificates receive payments of Excess Interest, such
amounts, to the extent not derived from payments received on the Cap Contract,
will be treated as distributed by the Upper Tier REMIC to the Class C
Certificates pro rata in payment of the amounts specified in Section 4.04(f) and
then paid to the relevant Class of Certificates pursuant to the related interest
cap agreement.
(e) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of
the Uncertificated Class C Interest, the Cap Contracts, the Cap Contract
Account, the rights to Prepayment Penalties received with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, to amounts paid by the Servicer or the Seller in respect of
prepayment charges pursuant to this Agreement and to amounts received in respect
of any indemnification paid as a result of a prepayment charge being
unenforceable in breach of the representations and warranties set forth in the
Transfer Agreement and the obligation of the holders of the Class C Certificates
to pay amounts of Excess Interest to the holders of the Class A Certificates,
Class R Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3
Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3
Certificates shall be treated as a "grantor trust" under the Code, and the
provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In
furtherance of such intention, the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be
furnished to the holders of the Class C Certificates information regarding their
allocable share, if any, of the income with respect to such grantor trust, (ii)
file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together
with any necessary attachments) and such other forms as may be applicable and
(iii) comply with such information reporting obligations with respect to
payments from such grantor trust to the holders of Class A Certificates, Class R
Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3
Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3
Certificates and Class C Certificates as may be applicable under the Code.
(f) All payments of principal and interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on
each of the Mortgage Loans received from the Mortgage Loans (to the extent
constituting Interest Funds and Principal Funds for such Distribution Date)
shall be paid to the REMIC 1 Regular Interests until the principal balance of
all such interests have been reduced to zero and any losses allocated to such
interests have been reimbursed. Any excess amounts shall be distributed to the
Class LT1-R Interest. On each Distribution Date, an amount equal to 50% of the
increase in the Overcollateralization Amount shall be payable as a reduction of
the principal amounts of the REMIC 1 Marker Classes (with such amount allocated
among the REMIC 1 Marker Classes so that each REMIC 1 Marker Class will have its
principal reduced by an amount equal to 50% of any increase in the
Overcollateralization Amount that results in a reduction in the principal
balance of its Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest) and will be accrued and added to
the principal balance of the Class LT1-Z Interest. All payments of principal on
the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated 50% to the Class LT1-Z Interest and 50% to
the REMIC 1 Marker Classes (with principal payments allocated to each of the
REMIC 1 Marker Classes in an amount equal to 50% of the principal amounts
distributed to the Corresponding REMIC 2 Interests in reduction of their
principal amounts). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an amount equal to
the principal payments that result in a reduction in the Overcollateralization
Amount shall be treated as payable entirely to the Class LT1-Z Interest.
Realized Losses (other than Realized Losses that do not decrease the
Overcollateralization Amount and are not allocated to the Certificates) shall be
applied to the REMIC 1 Marker Classes and the Class LT1-Z Interest in such a way
that, after all distributions have been made on each Distribution Date, (i) the
principal balance of each of the REMIC 1 Marker Classes is equal to 50% of the
principal balance of the Corresponding REMIC 2 Interest and (ii) the principal
balance of the Class LT1-Z Interest is equal to the sum of (x) 50% of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (y) 50% of
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the Overcollateralization Amount. Each REMIC 1 Marker Class shall be entitled to
receive an amount equal to 50% of all amounts distributed to the Corresponding
REMIC 2 Interest in respect of unreimbursed amounts of Realized Losses. The
Class LT1-Z Interest shall be entitled to receive all other amounts distributed
to the Certificates in respect of unreimbursed amounts of Realized Losses.
All payments of scheduled principal and prepayments on the Mortgage
Loans (to the extent constituting Interest Funds and Principal Funds for such
Distribution Date), and Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans, shall be
allocated among the REMIC 2 Regular Interests in the same manner as such
payments or Realized Losses are allocated to the Related Certificates (treating
the Class S Certificates as Related Certificates with respect to each of the
Class LT2-A, Class LT2-M1, Class LT2-M2, Class LT2-M3, Class LT2-Bl, Class
LT2-B2, Class LT2-B3, and Class LT2-AR Interests in proportion to their
respective principal balances and treating the Class C Certificates as Related
Certificates with respect to the Class LT2-C Interest). Each REMIC 2 Regular
Interest shall be entitled to receive all amounts distributed to the Related
Certificates in respect of unreimbursed amounts of Realized Losses (treating the
Class S Certificates as Related Certificates with respect to each of the Class
LT2-A, Class LT2-M1, Class LT2-M2, Class LT2-M3, Class LT2-B1, Class LT2-B2,
Class LT2-B3 and LT2-AR Interests in proportion to their respective principal
balances and treating the Class C Certificates as Related Certificates with
respect to the Class LT2-C Interest).
In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify as a
REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a
result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC
Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties and
obligations set forth herein, the Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee and the
Trust Fund against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided,
however, that the Servicer shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable
to the action or inaction of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Holder of the
Class R Certificate, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting from
misinformation provided by the Holder of the Class R Certificate on which the
Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the
rights and remedies of the Holder of the Class R Certificate now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no
event shall the Servicer have any liability (1) for any action or omission that
is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or
which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses
other than arising out of a negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or consequential
damages to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest
on the Certificates).
In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify as a
REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a
result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC
Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Trustee of its duties and
obligations set forth herein, the Trustee shall indemnify the Trust Fund against
any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the action or
inaction of the Servicers, the Depositor or the Holder of the Class R
Certificate, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting from
misinformation provided by the Holder of the Class R Certificate on which the
Trustee has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the
rights and remedies of the Holder of the Class R Certificate now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no
event shall the Trustee have any liability (1) for any action or omission that
is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or
which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses
other than arising out of a negligent performance by the Trustee of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or consequential
damages to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest
on the Certificates).
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SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Servicers.
(a) Ocwen hereby covenants to each of the other parties to this
Agreement as follows:
(i) Ocwen shall comply in the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy;
(ii) no written information, certificate of an officer,
statement furnished in writing or written report delivered to the
Depositor or the Trustee, any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee
and prepared by Ocwen pursuant to this Agreement will be inaccurate in
any material respect, provided, however, that Ocwen shall not be
responsible for inaccurate information provided to it by third parties.
(b) GreenPoint hereby covenants to each of the other parties to this
Agreement as follows:
(i) GreenPoint shall comply in the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy;
(ii) no written information, certificate of an officer,
statement furnished in writing or written report delivered to the
Depositor or the Trustee, any affiliate of the Depositor, or the
Trustee and prepared by GreenPoint pursuant to this Agreement will be
inaccurate in any material respect, provided, however, that GreenPoint
shall not be responsible for inaccurate information provided to it by
third parties.
SECTION 2.09. Permitted Activities of the Trust. The Trust is created
for the object and purpose of engaging in the Permitted Activities. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to
execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust, and to perform the duties and
obligations of the Trustee under, the Cap Contracts, in such form as the
Depositor shall direct or shall approve, the execution and delivery of such
agreement by the Depositor to be conclusive evidence of its approval thereof.
SECTION 2.10. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity. For purposes of SFAS
140, the parties hereto intend that the Trust Fund shall be treated as a
"qualifying special purpose entity" as such term is used in SFAS 140 and any
successor rule thereto and its power and authority as stated in Section 2.09 of
this Agreement shall be limited in accordance with paragraph 35 or SFAS 140.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall service
and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices. In connection with such servicing and administration, the Servicer
shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as
provided in Section 3.02 hereof, to do or cause to be done any and all things
that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and
administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject
to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related
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Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect
any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds and (iv) subject to
Section 3.12(a), to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership
of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that, subject to
Section 6.03, the Servicer shall not take any action that is inconsistent with
or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders in any
Mortgage Loan serviced by it under this Agreement or the rights and interests of
the other parties to this Agreement except as otherwise required by this
Agreement or by law. The Servicer shall represent and protect the interest of
the Trust Fund in the same manner as it currently protects its own interest in
mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation
regarding a Mortgage Loan but in any case not in any manner that is a lesser
standard than that provided in the first sentence of this Section 3.01 and shall
not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any
Mortgage Loan which would cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to
qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under Section 860G(a)
or 860G(d) of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is
hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee, when the
Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any
of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial
or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the
Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by
any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to
service and administer the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation, any
powers of attorney. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the
Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer.
In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the
Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the
purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from
related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.06, and further as
provided in Section 3.08. Except with respect to any second lien Mortgage Loan,
to the extent that a Mortgage does not provide for escrow payments (i) the
Servicer shall determine whether any such payments are made by the Mortgagor in
a manner and at a time that is necessary to avoid the loss of the Mortgaged
Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien and (ii)
ensure that all insurance required to be maintained on the Mortgaged Property
pursuant to this Agreement is maintained. Except with respect to any second lien
Mortgage Loan, if any such payment has not been made and the Servicer receives
notice of a tax lien with respect to the Mortgage Loan being imposed, the
Servicer will, to the extent required to avoid loss of the Mortgaged Property,
advance or cause to be advanced funds necessary to discharge such lien on the
Mortgaged Property. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the
timely payments of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related
insurance premiums shall not, for the purposes of calculating monthly
distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal
Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such
Mortgage Loans so permit.
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The Servicer shall deliver a list of Servicing Officers to the Trustee
by the Closing Date.
The Servicer will transmit full-file credit reporting data for each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Guide Announcement 95-19 and that for each
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer agrees that it shall report one of the following
statuses each month as follows: current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.),
foreclosed or charged-off.
The Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on
behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name
of a sub-servicer, when the Servicer or such sub-servicer, as the case may be,
believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on
the MERS System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan
on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and
other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of
a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its
successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the
actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing
or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System,
shall be subject to withdrawal by the Servicer from the Collection Account.
SECTION 3.02. Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the
Obligations of Servicer.
(a) The Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan
by a subservicer, which may be an affiliate (each, a "subservicer") pursuant to
a subservicing agreement (each, a "Subservicing Agreement"); provided, however,
that (i) such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related subservicing
agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner
consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder and (ii) that
such agreement would not result in a withdrawal or downgrading by any Rating
Agency of the ratings of any Certificates evidenced by a letter to that effect
delivered by each Rating Agency to the Depositor. Notwithstanding the provisions
of 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 liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement 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 Mortgage Loans. Every subservicing
agreement entered into by the Servicer shall contain a provision giving any
successor servicer the option to terminate such agreement in the event a
successor servicer is appointed. All actions of the each subservicer performed
pursuant to the related subservicing agreement shall be performed as an agent of
the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the
Servicer. The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all subservicing
agreements. The Trustee shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities with
respect to a subservicer including no obligation, duty or liability to monitor
such subservicer or to pay a subservicer's fees and expenses.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to
have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans that are received by a subservicer regardless of whether such
payments are remitted by the subservicer to the Servicer.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall be entitled to
outsource one or more separate servicing functions to a Person (each an
"Outsourcer") that does not meet the eligibility requirements for a subservicer,
so long as such outsourcing does not constitute the delegation of the Servicer's
obligation to perform all or substantially all of the servicing of the related
Mortgage Loans to
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such Outsourcer. In any event, the use by the Servicer of any such Outsourcer
shall not release the Servicer from any of its obligations hereunder and the
Servicer shall remain responsible hereunder for all acts and omissions of such
Outsourcer as fully as if such acts and omissions were those of the Servicer,
and the Servicer shall pay all fees and expenses of the Outsourcer from the
Servicer's own funds. In the event an Outsourcer is not an Affiliate of the
Servicer, the Servicer shall notify the Trustee promptly in writing in the event
that the Servicer enters into an agreement with such Outsourcer whereby such
Outsourcer will be remitting and reporting to the Trustee. The Trustee shall
have no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to any Outsourcer.
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the
Servicer.
Neither the Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility or
liability for any action or failure to act by the Servicer, and none of them is
obligated to supervise the performance of the Servicer hereunder or otherwise.
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Servicer.
Subject to Sections 6.04 and 7.02, in the event that the Servicer shall
for any reason no longer be the Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an
Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, within a period of time
not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of notice of
termination or resignation, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations
of the Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not
be (i) liable for losses of the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof or any
acts or omissions of such predecessor Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make
Advances or Servicing Advance if it is prohibited from doing so by applicable
law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage
Loans hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (iv)
responsible for any expenses of the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v)
deemed to have made any representations and warranties hereunder, including
pursuant to Section 2.04 or the first paragraph of Section 6.02 hereof;
provided, however that the Trustee (subject to clause (ii) above) or its
designee, in its capacity as the successor servicer, shall immediately assume
the terminated or resigning Servicer's obligation to make Advances and Servicing
Advances). No such termination shall affect any obligation of the Servicer to
pay amounts owed under this Agreement and to perform its duties under this
Agreement until its successor assumes all of its rights and obligations
hereunder. If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any other
successor servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and obligations of
the Servicer under any subservicing agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof; provided, however, that the Trustee (or any other successor servicer)
shall not incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity as
servicer under a subservicing agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the subservicing agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession. To the extent any costs or expenses, including
without limitation Servicing Transfer Costs incurred by the Trustee in
connection with this Section 3.04, are not paid by the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement within 30 days of the date of the Trustee's invoice thereof, such
amounts shall be payable out of the Certificate Account. In such event, the
terminated Servicer shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any such expense incurred
by the Trust Fund upon receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice evidencing such
expenses. If the Trustee is unwilling or unable to act as servicer, the Trustee
shall seek to appoint a successor servicer that is eligible in accordance with
the criteria specified this Agreement.
The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the expense of
the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating
to each subservicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of
the subservicing agreement to the assuming party.
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SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account;
Certificate Account.
(a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices to collect all payments called for under the terms
and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be
consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related
Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer may in
its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable, any penalty
interest, or (ii) subject to Section 3.01 hereof, extend the due dates for
payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 180 days;
provided, however, that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not
affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any
computation hereunder, except as provided below. In the event of any such
arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, subject to Section 4.01, the Servicer
shall make any Advances on the related Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period
in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof by reason of such arrangements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment
of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer,
consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also waive, modify
or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications that would
change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend
the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related
Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance in final
satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict
compliance with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor
(any and all such waivers, modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or
interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively referred to herein as
"forbearance"), provided, however, that in determining which course of action
permitted by this sentence it shall pursue, the Servicer shall adhere to the
standards of Section 3.01. The Servicer's analysis supporting any forbearance
and the conclusion that any forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01
shall be reflected in writing in the Mortgage File or the Servicer's servicing
records.
(b) The Servicer will not waive any Prepayment Penalty or portion
thereof unless, (i) the enforceability thereof shall have been limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights generally or is otherwise prohibited by law, or (ii) the
collectability thereof shall have been limited due to acceleration in connection
with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment, or (iii) the Servicer has not
been provided with information sufficient to enable it to collect the Prepayment
Penalty, or (iv) in the Servicer's reasonable judgment as described in Section
3.01 hereof, (x) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default, (y) such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into
account the value of such Prepayment Penalty and related Mortgage Loan and (z)
doing so is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans
(including any waiver of a Prepayment Penalty in connection with a refinancing
of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default). Except as provided in the preceding sentence, in no event will the
Servicer waive a Prepayment Penalty in connection with a refinancing of a
Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default. If the Servicer waives or does not collect all or a portion of a
Prepayment Penalty relating to a Principal Prepayment in full due to any action
or omission of the Servicer, other than as provided above, the Servicer shall
deposit the amount of such Prepayment Penalty (or such portion thereof as had
been waived for deposit) into the Collection Account for distribution in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Penalty payable
under the terms of the Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment
Penalty set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule or other information provided to
the Servicer, the Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with
respect to such difference, and in addition shall not have any liability or
obligation to pay the amount of any uncollected Prepayment Penalty if the
failure to collect such amount is the direct result of inaccurate or incomplete
information on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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(c) The Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in
litigation with respect to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage,
Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with
respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing
the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment
is required is prohibited by applicable law.
(d) The Servicer shall establish and initially maintain, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, the Collection Account. The Servicer shall deposit into
the Collection Account daily, within two Business Days of receipt thereof, in
immediately available funds, the following payments and collections received or
made by it on and after the Cut-Off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including
Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans, other than principal due
on the Mortgage Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage
Loans net of the related Servicing Fee permitted under Section 3.15,
other than interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or prior to the
Cut-off Date;
(iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal
servicing procedures;
(iv) all Compensating Interest;
(v) any amount required to be deposited by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.05(f) in connection with any losses on Permitted
Investments;
(vi) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof;
(vii) all Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section
4.01;
(viii) all Prepayment Penalties; and
(ix) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Servicer into the
Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, late payment charges,
insufficient funds charges and payments in the nature of assumption fees (i.e.
fees related to the assumption of a Mortgage Loan upon the purchase of the
related Mortgaged Property and other similar ancillary fees (other than
Prepayment Penalties) if collected, need not be remitted by the Servicer. In the
event that the Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be remitted and
not otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it may at
any time withdraw or direct the Trustee, or such other institution maintaining
the Collection Account, to withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any
provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall maintain
adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section.
All funds deposited in the Collection Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event
shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Collection Account at
the direction of the Servicer.
The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location of the
Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof. Not later than twenty days after each Distribution
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Date, the Servicer shall forward to the Trustee and the Depositor the most
current available bank statement for the Collection Account. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any
Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate,
upon request at the expense of the requesting party, provided such statement is
delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.
(e) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Certificate Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit or cause to be deposited in the Certificate Account and retain
therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount withdrawn by the Servicers from
the Collection Accounts and required to be deposited in the Certificate
Account;
(ii) the Purchase Price and any Substitution Adjustment
Amount;
(iii) any amount required to be deposited by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.05(g) in connection with any losses on Permitted
Investments; and
(iv) the Optional Termination Price paid by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 9.01.
Any amounts received by the Trustee prior to 1:00 p.m. New York City
time (or such earlier deadline for investment in the Permitted Investments
designated by the Trustee) which are required to be deposited in the Certificate
Account by the Servicer shall be invested in Permitted Investments on the
Business Day on which they were received. The foregoing requirements for
remittance by the Servicer and deposit by the Servicer into the Certificate
Account shall be exclusive. In the event that the Servicer shall remit any
amount not required to be remitted and not otherwise subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any time withdraw such amount from
the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held by the Trustee in
trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this
Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event shall the
Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Certificate Account at the
direction of the Servicers. The Trustee shall give notice to the Servicer of the
location of the Certificate Account maintained by it when established and prior
to any change thereof.
(f) Each institution that maintains the Collection Account, or the
Certificate Account shall invest the funds in each such account, as directed by
the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in writing, in Permitted
Investments, which shall mature not later than (i) in the case of the Collection
Account the Business Day preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date (except
that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains such Collection Account or is otherwise immediately available, then
such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the Servicer Remittance
Date) and (ii) in the case of the Certificate Account, the Business Day
immediately preceding the first Distribution Date that follows the date of such
investment (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the
institution that maintains such Certificate Account or is otherwise immediately
available, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such
Distribution Date) and, in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to
its maturity. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. All income and gain net of
any losses realized from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account shall be
for the benefit of the Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be remitted
to it monthly as provided herein. The amount of any losses incurred in the
Collection Account in respect of any such investments shall be deposited by the
Servicer in the Collection Account out of the Servicer's own funds immediately
as realized. All income and gain net of any losses realized from amounts on
deposit in the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the Trustee and
shall be remitted to or withdrawn by it monthly as provided herein. The amount
of any losses
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incurred in the Certificate Account in respect of any such investments shall be
deposited by the Trustee, in the Certificate Account out of the Trustee's own
funds immediately as realized.
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.
To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall
establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and
deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by
the Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums
or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall
require the Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in
violation of applicable law.
Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be
made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse
the Servicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to
Sections 3.01 hereof (with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance
premiums) and 3.10 hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any
Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if
required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to
Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the
Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section
9.01 hereof. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing if required by federal
regulation, the Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder that is a
savings and loan association, bank or insurance company certain reports and
reasonable access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable
regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with respect to
investment in the Certificates; provided, that the Servicer shall be entitled to
be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the
Servicer in providing such reports and access. Nothing in this Section 3.07
shall limit the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors, and the failure
of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section as a result of
such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.07. Nothing in
this Section 3.07 shall require the Servicer to collect, create, collate or
otherwise generate any information that it does not generate in its usual course
of business. The Servicer shall not be required to make copies of or ship
documents to any party unless provisions have been made for reimbursement of the
costs thereof.
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Certificate Account.
(a) The Servicer may from time to time, make withdrawals from the
Collection Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Servicer (to the extent not previously
paid to or withheld by the Servicer), as servicing compensation in
accordance with Section 3.15, that portion of any payment of interest
that equals the Servicing Fee for the period with respect to which such
interest payment was made, and, as additional servicing compensation,
those other amounts set forth in Section 3.15;
(ii) to reimburse the Servicer or Advances made by it (or
to reimburse the Advance Financing Person for Advances made by it) with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, such right of reimbursement pursuant to
this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on particular
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Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds)
that represent late recoveries of payments of principal and/or interest
on such particular Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any such
Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse the Servicer for (x) any Non-Recoverable
Advance previously made and, (y) any Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances
to the extent such Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances would constitute
"unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) if paid by one of the REMICs provided for
herein;
(iv) to pay to the Servicer earnings on or investment
income with respect to funds in or credited to the Collection Account;
(v) to reimburse the Servicer from Insurance Proceeds for
Insured Expenses covered by the related Insurance Policy;
(vi) to pay the Credit Risk Manager the Credit Risk
Manager Fee;
(vii) to pay the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees
(including any unpaid Servicing Fees on second lien Mortgage Loans to
the extent such fees are not recoverable from the Liquidation Proceeds
received on such Mortgage Loan) and to reimburse it for any
unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Servicer's right to reimbursement
of Servicing Advances pursuant to this subclause (vi) with respect to
any Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts received on particular
Mortgage Loan(s)(including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds and
purchase and repurchase proceeds) that represent late recoveries of the
payments for which such advances were made pursuant to Section 3.01 or
Section 3.06;
(viii) to pay to the Depositor or the Servicer, as
applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in
respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03
or 3.12, all amounts received thereon and not taken into account in
determining the related Stated Principal Balance of such repurchased
Mortgage Loan;
(ix) to reimburse the Servicer, the Trustee or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them in connection with the
Mortgage Loans or Certificates and reimbursable pursuant to Section
3.25 or Section 6.03 hereof provided that reimbursement therefor would
constitute "unanticipated" expenses within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii);
(x) to reimburse the Trustee for enforcement expenses
reasonably incurred in respect of a breach of defect giving rise to the
purchase obligation in Section 2.03 that were incurred in the Purchase
Price of the Mortgage Loans including any expenses arising out of the
enforcement of the purchase obligation; provided that any such expenses
will be reimbursable under this subclause (ix) only to the that such
expenses would constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) if paid by one of the
REMICs provided for herein;
(xi) to make payments with respect to premiums for LPMI
Policies;
(xii) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount
deposited in the Collection Account and not required to be deposited
therein; and
(xiii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
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In addition, no later than 1:00 p.m. New York City Time on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall cause to be withdrawn from the Collection
Account the Interest Funds and the Principal Funds (other that amounts payable
to the Trustee), to the extent on deposit, and such amount shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account; provided, however, if the Trustee does not receive such
Interest Funds and Principal Funds by 1:00 p.m. New York City Time, such
Interest Funds and Principal Funds shall be deposited in the Certificate Account
by 1:00 p.m. New York City Time on the next Business Day. In the event such
funds are not deposited by 1:00 p.m. New York City Time on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall pay, out of its own funds, interest on such
amount at a rate equal to the Trustee's Prime Rate for each date or part
thereof.
The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage
Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from
the Collection Account.
The Servicer shall provide written notification to the Trustee on or
prior to the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date upon making any
withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (iii) and (vii)
above.
Unless otherwise specified, any amounts reimbursable to the Servicer or
the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Certificate
Accounts shall be deemed to come from first, Interest Funds, and thereafter,
Principal Funds for the related Distribution Date.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Certificate Account for
distribution to the Certificateholders in the manner specified in this Agreement
(and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of any taxes that it
is authorized to retain pursuant to this Agreement). In addition, the Trustee
may from time to time make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the
following purposes:
(i) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount
deposited in the Certificate Account and not required to be deposited
therein;
(ii) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof;
(iii) to reimburse the Trustee for fees pursuant to Section
8.05 hereof, and to reimburse the Trustee or the Custodian for expenses
and indemnification reimbursable pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof; and
(iv) to pay to the Trustee earnings on or investment
income with respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate Account.
The Trustee's right to pay and reimburse itself pursuant to this
Section 3.08(b) shall be prior to any payment or reimbursement to any other
Person and to any distributions to Certificateholders.
SECTION 3.09. Servicing Transfer Dates.
GreenPoint will service certain of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement prior to the related Servicing Transfer Date. With
respect to such Mortgage Loans, Ocwen shall not be obligated to perform any
duties or responsibilities under this Agreement with respect to any Mortgage
Loan until the servicing rights and related servicing files with respect to such
Mortgage Loan have been transferred to Ocwen on the related Servicing Transfer
Date. On the Servicing Transfer Date, Ocwen agrees to accept the servicing of
the Mortgage Loans previously serviced by GreenPoint. Ocwen agrees to cooperate
with GreenPoint to effectuate the timely transfer of servicing from GreenPoint
to Ocwen on
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the related Servicing Transfer Date. Ocwen shall not be liable for any actions
or inactions of any prior servicer of a Mortgage Loan prior to the related
Servicing Transfer Date nor shall any action or inaction by a prior servicer be
deemed an Event of Default with respect to Ocwen. Ocwen shall confirm that the
Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule have been transferred for servicing
to Ocwen and shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee promptly following the
completion of such transfer on the related Servicing Transfer Date.
SECTION 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
The Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan,
hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that is at least equal to
the lesser of (i) the replacement value of the improvements that are part of
such Mortgaged Property and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such
policy shall be sufficient to prevent the related Mortgagor and/or mortgagee
from becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of standard hazard insurance shall
contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a standard mortgagee
clause. The Servicer shall also cause flood insurance to be maintained on
property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan, to the extent required under the standards described below.
Pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof, any amounts collected by the Servicer under any
such policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair
of the related Mortgaged Property or property thus acquired or amounts released
to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures)
shall be deposited in the Collection Account. Any cost incurred by the Servicer
in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating
monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Trustee
for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall
be recoverable by the Servicer out of late payments by the related Mortgagor or
out of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent and as otherwise permitted by Section
3.08 hereof. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired
in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and
regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such
additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property is located at the time of
origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard
area and such area is participating in the national flood insurance program, the
Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be maintained with respect to such
Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of
(i) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the
replacement value of the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged Property,
or (iii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the related
Mortgaged Property under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.
In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall
conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the
first sentence of this Section 3.10, it being understood and agreed that such
policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent to
those commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers. If such
policy contains a deductible clause, the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy
complying with the first sentence of this Section 3.10, and there shall have
been a loss that would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the
Collection Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as servicer
of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the
Depositor and the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, claims
under any such blanket policy.
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SECTION 3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
When a Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Servicer shall, except as set forth below, to the extent it has
knowledge of such conveyance or prospective conveyance, exercise its rights to
accelerate the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale"
clause contained in the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note; provided, however,
that the Servicer shall not exercise any such right if the "due-on-sale" clause,
in the reasonable belief of the Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable
law; provided, further, that the Servicer shall not take any action in relation
to the enforcement of any "due-on-sale" clause which would adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. An Opinion of Counsel
at the expense of the Servicer (which expense shall constitute a Servicing
Advance) delivered to the Trustee and the Depositor shall conclusively establish
the reasonableness of the Servicer's belief that any "due-on-sale" clause is not
enforceable under applicable law. In such event, the Servicer shall make
reasonable efforts to enter into an assumption and modification agreement with
the Person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant
to which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless
prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage, the Mortgagor remains liable
thereon. If the foregoing is not permitted under applicable law, the Servicer is
authorized to enter into a substitution of liability agreement with such Person,
pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and such
Person is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Note. In
addition to the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required to enforce any
"due-on-sale" clause if in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, entering
into an assumption and modification agreement with a Person to whom such
property shall be conveyed and releasing the original Mortgagor from liability
would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders. The Mortgage Loan, as
assumed, shall conform in all respects to the requirements, representations and
warranties of this Agreement. The Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any
such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to
the Trustee the original copy of such assumption or substitution agreement
(indicating the Mortgage File to which it relates) which copy shall be added by
the Trustee to the related Mortgage File and which shall, for all purposes, be
considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other
documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The Servicer shall be
responsible for recording any such assumption or substitution agreements, the
cost of which shall constitute a Servicing Advance. In connection with any such
assumption or substitution agreement, the Monthly Payment on the related
Mortgage Loan shall not be changed but shall remain as in effect immediately
prior to the assumption or substitution, the stated maturity or outstanding
principal amount of such Mortgage Loan shall not be changed nor shall any
required monthly payments of principal or interest be deferred or forgiven. Any
fee collected by the Servicer for consenting to any such conveyance or entering
into an assumption or substitution agreement shall be retained by or paid to the
Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision
of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or
any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of
a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Servicer may be
restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
SECTION 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination
of Excess Proceeds.
(a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the
servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise
comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage
Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection
with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or
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advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance
Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its
own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have
suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that
such restoration increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after
reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have
priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and
expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of
the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the
Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that the Servicer is
contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is
located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous
waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the
Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to
sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent
selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same
manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO
Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the
interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the
Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Servicer and the
Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The
Servicer or an affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral
fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of
REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO
Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and
all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such
REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with
the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental
income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection
Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The
Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to
foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified
by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax
and information returns, as may be required.
In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to
the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the
Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, request, in accordance with
applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period,
more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would
otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case
such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the
Trustee shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of
Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee) to the effect that the holding by
the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period
or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as
defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for
herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged
Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented)
or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund
in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust
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Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or
local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged under section
860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has
agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the
imposition of any such taxes.
The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan
shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such
foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding.
The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired
through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the
Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in
connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees,
Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with
respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the
payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans
(with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and
all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be
payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and
shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income
received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to
amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the
related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal
Prepayment for all purposes hereof.
The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net
of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the
Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt
thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date.
The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting
from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO
Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and
Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to
reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section
3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Penalties and then to
accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such
amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate
to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be
distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.
(b) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the
respective aggregate amounts of Excess Proceeds, if any, that occurred in the
related Prepayment Period.
(c) The Servicer (or a special servicer appointed as set forth below)
or its designee, in its sole discretion, shall have the option (by written
notice sent to the Trustee ) to purchase for its own account from the Trust Fund
any Mortgage Loan that is 90 days or more Delinquent at a price equal to the
Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder
shall be delivered to the Trustee for deposit to the Certificate Account and the
Trustee, upon receipt of such confirmation of deposit and upon the Custodian's
receipt of a Request for Release from the Servicer in the form of Exhibit I
hereto, shall release or cause to be released to the Servicer the related
Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by the Servicer, in each case without recourse,
representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to vest in the Servicer any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the Servicer shall succeed to all the
Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan and all
security and documents related thereto. Such assignment shall be an assignment
outright and not for security. The Servicer shall thereupon own such Mortgage
Loan, and all security and documents, free of any further obligation to the
Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect thereto. In the alternative, with
respect to any Mortgage Loan that is 90 days or more Delinquent, the
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Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have the option to transfer the
servicing of any such Mortgage Loan to a special servicer; provided that such
special servicer must meet the successor servicer eligibility and other
requirements under Section 7.02. Upon the transfer of servicing to the special
servicer, the special servicer shall thereupon assume in writing all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder arising thereafter with respect
to such Mortgage Loan, and the Servicer shall have no further rights or
obligations hereunder, with respect to such Mortgage Loan. The special servicer
shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and other compensation accruing after the
servicing transfers to the special servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 3.15.
SECTION 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage 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 promptly notify the Trustee or
its designee by delivering a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit I. Upon receipt of a copy of such request, the Trustee or its designee
shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer, and the
Servicer is authorized to cause the removal from the registration on the MERS
System of any such Mortgage if applicable, and the Trustee or its designee shall
at the Servicer's written direction execute and deliver to the Servicer the
request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of
mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage in each case
provided by the Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence
of cancellation thereon. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument
of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection
Account, the Certificate Account or the related subservicing account unless such
expenses are not recoverable from the Mortgagor. From time to time and as shall
be appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including
for such purpose, collection under any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity
bond or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial
release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of
any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other
documents included in the Mortgage File, the Trustee or its designee shall, upon
delivery to the Trustee or its designee of a Request for Release in the form of
Exhibit I signed by a Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the
Servicer. Subject to the further limitations set forth below, the Servicer shall
cause the Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee
or its designee when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless
the Mortgage Loan is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the
Collection Account.
Each Request for Release may be delivered to the Trustee or its
designee (i) via mail or courier, (ii) via facsimile or (iii) by such other
means, including, without limitation, electronic or computer readable medium, as
the Servicer and the Trustee or its designee shall mutually agree. The Trustee
or its designee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File(s) within five
(5) Business Days of receipt of a properly completed Request for Release
pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above. Receipt of a properly completed
Request for Release shall be authorization to the Trustee or its designee to
release such Mortgage Files, provided the Trustee or its designee has determined
that such Request for Release has been executed, with respect to clauses (i) or
(ii) above, or approved, with respect to clause (iii) above, by an authorized
Servicing Officer of the Servicer, and so long as the Trustee or its designee
complies with its duties and obligations under the agreement. If the Trustee or
its designee is unable to release the Mortgage Files within the period
previously specified, the Trustee or its designee shall immediately notify the
Servicer indicating the reason for such delay. If the Servicer is required to
pay penalties or damages due to the Trustee or its designee's negligent failure
to release the related Mortgage File or the Trustee or its designee's negligent
failure to execute and release documents in a timely manner, the Trustee or its
designee, as applicable, shall be liable for such penalties or damages
respectively caused by it.
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If the Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure proceeding
in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this Agreement, the
Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or its designee,
for signature, as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale
or other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action
brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or
rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at
law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall cause
possession of any Mortgage File or of the documents therein that shall have been
released by the Trustee or its designee to be returned to the Trustee promptly
after possession thereof shall have been released by the Trustee or its designee
unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds
relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Collection Account, and
the Servicer shall have delivered to the Trustee or its designee a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit I or (ii) the Mortgage File or document shall
have 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 and the
Servicer shall have delivered to the Trustee or its designee an Officer's
Certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the
Person to which the Mortgage File or the documents therein were delivered and
the purpose or purposes of such delivery.
SECTION 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to
be Held for the Trustee.
All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control
of, the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection
of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but
not limited to, any funds on deposit in the Collection Account, shall be held by
the Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole
and exclusive property of the Trust Fund, subject to the applicable provisions
of this Agreement. The Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or
subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Collection
Account or Certificate Account or in any Escrow Account, or any funds that
otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ
of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any
claim or right of set off against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on,
or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Servicer shall
be entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that
are properly due and payable to the Servicer under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.15. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain or withdraw from the Collection Account out of each payment
of interest on a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund or as otherwise
provided in Section 3.08 an amount equal to interest at the Servicing Fee Rate
on the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the
immediately preceding Distribution Date.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Proceeds,
late payment fees, assumption fees (i.e. fees related to the assumption of a
Mortgage Loan upon the purchase of the related Mortgaged Property) and similar
fees payable by the Mortgagor, and all income and gain net of any losses
realized from Permitted Investments in the Collection Account shall be retained
by the Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Collection
Account pursuant to Sections 3.05, or 3.12(a) hereof. The Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing
activities hereunder (including payment of any premiums for hazard insurance, as
required by Section 3.10 hereof and maintenance of the other forms of insurance
coverage required by Section 3.10 hereof) and shall not
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be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in
Sections 3.08 and 3.12 hereof. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any
Servicing Fee or for any differential between the Servicing Fee and the amount
necessary to induce a successor servicer to act as a successor servicer under
this Agreement.
SECTION 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to comparable
regulatory authorities supervising Holders of the Certificates and the examiners
and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and such other authorities, access
to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall be afforded without
charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and during normal
business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it provided, that
the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder
for actual expenses incurred by the Servicer in providing such reports and
access. Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the Servicer to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Mortgagors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this
Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this
Section. Nothing in this Section 3.16 shall require the Servicer to collect,
create, collate or otherwise generate any information that it does not generate
in its usual course of business. The Servicer shall not be required to make
copies of or ship documents to any party unless provisions have been made for
reimbursement of the costs thereof.
SECTION 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
Pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor
and the Trustee on or before March 15 of each year beginning in 2004 (or such
other date that the Depositor gives the Servicer at least 30 days prior notice
of) in order to remain in compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, an
Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review
of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of
performance under this Agreement or a similar agreement has been made under such
officer's supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based
on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of 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 default known to such
officers and the nature and status thereof. The Trustee shall forward a copy of
each such statement received by it to each Rating Agency. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon written
request at the Certificateholder's expense, provided such statement has been
delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements.
On or before March 15 of each year, beginning in 2004 or such other
date in order to remain in compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, the
Servicer at its expense shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer or any
Affiliate thereof) that is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants to furnish a USAP Report to the Trustee and the Depositor.
Copies of the USAP Report shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder upon request at the Certificateholder's expense, provided such
report has been delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.19. Duties and Removal of the Credit Risk Manager.
For and on behalf of the Seller, the Credit Risk Manager will provide
reports and recommendations concerning certain delinquent and defaulted Mortgage
Loans, and as to the collection of
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any Prepayment Penalties with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Such reports and
recommendations will be based upon information provided to the Credit Risk
Manager pursuant to the Credit Risk Management Agreement. Upon any termination
of the Credit Risk Manager or the appointment of a successor credit risk
manager, the Trustee, if it has been notified in writing of such termination or
appointment, shall give written notice thereof to Ocwen, the Trustee and the
Depositor.
If Holders of the Certificates entitled to 66 2/3% or more of the
Voting Rights request in writing to the Trustee to terminate the Credit Risk
Manager under this Agreement, the Credit Risk Manager shall be removed pursuant
to this Section 3.19. Upon receipt of such notice, the Trustee shall provide
written notice to the Credit Risk Manager of its removal, which shall be
effective upon receipt of such notice by the Credit Risk Manager.
SECTION 3.20. Periodic Filings.
(a) As part of the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, the Trustee shall include, to the extent received by it, the
accountants report required pursuant to Section 3.18 as well as the Officer's
Certificate delivered by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17 relating to the
Servicer's performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) The Trustee shall prepare for filing (other than the initial Form
8-K which shall be the responsibility of the Depositor), and execute (other than
the Form 10-Ks and the Certification), on behalf of the Trust Fund, and file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (i) within 15 days after each
Distribution Date in each month, each Monthly Statement on Form 8-K under the
Exchange Act executed by the Trustee, (ii) on or before March 31 of each year
beginning in 2004 or such other date in order to remain in compliance with the
Section 302 Requirements, a Form 10-K under the Exchange Act executed by the
Depositor, including any certification (the "Certification") required by the
Section 302 Requirements, and (iii) any and all reports, statements and
information respecting the Trust Fund and/or the Certificates required to be
filed on behalf of the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act. The Certification and
Form 10-K shall be executed by a senior officer of the Depositor. Upon such
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trustee shall promptly
deliver to the Depositor a copy of any such executed report, statement or
information. Prior to making any such filings and certifications, the Trustee
shall comply with the provisions set forth in this Section. If permitted by
applicable law and unless the Depositor otherwise directs, the Trustee shall
file a Form 15 under the Exchange Act on or before January 30, 2004 as soon as
it is able to do so pursuant to applicable law. The Depositor hereby grants to
the Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute (other than the Form 10-Ks
and the Certification) and file each such document on behalf of the Depositor.
Such power of attorney shall continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by
the Trustee from the Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney
and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund. The Depositor agrees to promptly
furnish to the Trustee, from time to time upon request, such further
information, reports, and financial statements within its control related to
this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee reasonably deems
appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the Commission. The
Trustee shall have no responsibility to file any items other than those
specified in this section.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) The obligations set forth in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this
Section shall only apply with respect to periods for which the Trustee is
obligated to file Form 8-Ks and 10-Ks pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
In the event a Form 15 is properly filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section, there shall be no further obligations under paragraphs (a) through (c)
of this Section commencing with the fiscal year in which the Form 15 is filed
(other than the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section to be
performed in such fiscal year that relate back to the prior fiscal year).
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SECTION 3.21. Annual Certificate by Trustee
(a) Within 15 days prior to the date on which a Form 10-K is to be
filed with a Certification by the Depositor, an officer of the Trustee shall
execute and deliver an Officer's Certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee or any officer to whom that officer reports, to the Depositor for
the benefit of such Depositor and its officers, directors and affiliates,
certifying as to the matters described in the Officer's Certificate attached
hereto as Exhibit K.
(b) The Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and its
respective officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based
upon a breach by the Trustee or any of its officers, directors, agents or
affiliates of its obligations under this Section 3.21 any material misstatement
or omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee in connection
therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the Depositor, then the Trustee agrees that it
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Depositor as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Trustee on the one had
and the Depositor on the other in connection with a breach of the Trustee's
obligations under this Section 3.21, any material misstatement or omission in
the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the Trustee's
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
SECTION 3.22. Annual Certificate by Servicer
(a) Within 15 days prior to the date on which a Form 10-K is required
to be filed with a Certification by the Depositor, the Servicer shall execute
and deliver an Officer's Certificate in the form of Exhibit L attached hereto,
signed by the senior officer in charge of servicing of the Servicer or any
officer to whom that officer reports, to the Trustee and Depositor for the
benefit of the Trustee and Depositor and their respective officers, directors
and affiliates, certifying as to the following matters:
(i) I have reviewed the information required to be
delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Servicing Information").
(ii) Based on my knowledge, the information in the Annual
Statement of Compliance, and all servicing reports, officer's
certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans submitted to the Trustee by the Servicer taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make any such reports,
certificates or other information, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading as of the last day of
the period covered by the Annual Statement of Compliance;
(iii) Based on my knowledge, the Servicing Information
required to be provided to the Trustee by the Servicer under this
Agreement has been provided to the Trustee; and
(iv) I am responsible for reviewing the activities
performed by the Servicer under this Agreement and based upon the
review required hereunder, and except as disclosed in the Annual
Statement of Compliance, the Annual Independent Certified Public
Accountant's Servicing Report and all servicing reports, officer's
certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans submitted to the Trustee by the Servicer, the Servicer
has, as of the last day of the period covered by the Annual Statement
of Compliance fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement.
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(b) The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the
Depositor and their respective officers, directors, agents and affiliates from
and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or
based upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or
affiliates of its obligations under this Section 3.22, any material misstatement
or omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection
therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the Trustee and the Depositor, then the Servicer
agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Trustee and
the Depositor as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the
Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Depositor on the one hand and the Servicer on the other in connection with a
breach of the Servicer's obligations under this Section 3.22, any material
misstatement or omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this
Section or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith.
SECTION 3.23. Prepayment Penalty Reporting Requirements
(a) Promptly after each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall provide
to the Depositor, the Trustee the following information with regard to each
Mortgage Loan that has prepaid during the related Prepayment Period:
(i) loan number;
(ii) current Mortgage Rate;
(iii) current principal balance;
(iv) original principal balance;
(v) Prepayment Penalty amount due;
(vi) Prepayment Penalty amount collected; and
(vii) reason why full Prepayment Penalty amount was not
collected, if applicable.
SECTION 3.24. Statements to the Trustee.
Not later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the second Business Day
following each Determination Date, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee an
electronic file providing loan level accounting data for the period ending on
the last Business Day of the preceding month in the format mutually agreed upon
between the Servicer and the Trustee. Each Servicer agrees to provide the
Trustee with such information that may reasonably be requested from such
Servicer by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.12(a)(l) hereof.
SECTION 3.25. Indemnification.
(a) The Servicer shall indemnify the Seller, the Trust Fund, the
Trustee and the Depositor and their officers, directors, employees and agents
and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgements, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of such
parties may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer to perform
its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Servicer immediately shall notify the Seller, the Trustee and the
Depositor or any other relevant party if a claim is made by a third party with
respect to this Agreement or
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the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) the defense
of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including
counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgement or decree
which may be entered against it or any of such parties in respect of such claim.
The Servicer shall follow any reasonable written instructions received from the
Trustee in connection with such claim it being understood that the Trustee shall
have no duty to monitor or give instructions with respect to such claims. The
Servicer shall provide the Depositor and the Trustee with a written report of
all expenses and advances incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this Section
3.25(a), and the Servicer shall promptly reimburse itself from the assets of the
Trust Fund in the Collection Account for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to
the preceding sentence except when the claim in any way relates to the failure
of the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in material
compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the gross negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct of the Servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding
Certificates.
(b) The Trustee shall indemnify the Seller, the Trust Fund, the
Servicer and the Depositor and their officers, directors, employees and agents
and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgements, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of such
parties may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Trustee to perform
its duties in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee shall
provide the Servicer and the Depositor with a written report of all expenses and
advances incurred by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.25(b), and the
Trustee shall promptly reimburse itself from the assets of the Trust Fund in the
Collection Account for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding
sentence except when the claim in any way relates to the failure of the Trustee
to perform its duties in material compliance with the terms of this Agreement or
the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee. The provisions
of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the outstanding Certificates.
SECTION 3.26. Nonsolicitation.
For as long as the Servicer services the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer
covenants that it will not, and that it will ensure that its affiliates and
agents, will not, directly solicit or provide information for any other party to
solicit for prepayment or refinancing of any of the Mortgage Loans by the
related Mortgagors. It is understood that the promotions undertaken by the
Servicer, its agents or affiliates, which are directed to the general public at
large, or certain segments thereof, shall not constitute solicitation as that
term is used in this Section 3.26.
SECTION 3.27. Maintenance of LPMI Policy.
The Servicer shall take all such actions as are necessary to service,
maintain and administer the LPMI Loans in accordance with the LPMI Policy and to
perform and enforce the rights of the insured under such LPMI Policy. Except as
expressly set forth herein, the Servicer shall have full authority on behalf of
the Trust Fund to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in
connection with the servicing, maintenance and administration of the LPMI
Policy. The Servicer shall not modify or assume a Mortgage Loan covered by the
LPMI Policy or take any other action with respect to such Mortgage Loan which
would result in non-coverage under the LPMI Policy of any loss which, but for
the actions of the Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. If the LPMI
insurer fails to pay a claim under the LPMI Policy as a result of breach by the
Servicer of its obligations hereunder or under the LPMI Policy, the Servicer
shall be required to deposit in the Collection Account on or prior to the net
succeeding Remittance Date an amount equal to such unpaid claim from its own
funds without any right to reimbursement from the Trust Fund. The Servicer shall
cooperate with the LPMI insurer and shall use
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its best efforts to furnish all reasonable aid, evidence and information in the
possession of the Servicer to which the Servicer has access with respect to any
LPMI Loan.
SECTION 3.28. Confidentiality.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
the Servicer agrees that, if and to the extent that the Servicer (the "Receiving
Party") should receive any Client Data hereunder: (1) the Receiving Party shall
not disclose or use such Client Data except to the extent necessary to carry out
such Receiving Party's obligations under this Agreement and for no other
purpose; (2) the Receiving Party shall not disclose Client Data to any third
party, including, without limitation, such Receiving Party's third party service
providers without the Depositor's prior written consent and an agreement in
writing from the third party to use or disclose such Client Data only to the
extent necessary to carry out such Receiving Party's obligations under this
Agreement and for no other purposes; (3) the Receiving Party shall maintain, and
shall require all third parties approved under subsection (2) to maintain,
effective information security measures to protect Client Data from unauthorized
disclosure or use; and (4) the Receiving Party shall provide the Depositor with
information regarding such security measures upon our reasonable request and
promptly provide the Depositor with information regarding any failure of such
security measures or any security breach related to Client Data. The obligations
set forth in this Section 3.28 shall survive termination of the Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 4.01. Advances.
Subject to the conditions of this Article IV, the Servicer, as required
below, shall make an Advance with respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced by it
and deposit such Advance in the related Collection Account. Each such Advance
shall be remitted to the related Collection Account no later than 1:00 p.m. New
York City time on the related Servicer Advance Date in immediately available
funds. The Servicer shall be obligated to make any such Advance only to the
extent that such advance would not be a Non-Recoverable Advance. If the Servicer
shall have determined that it has made a Non-Recoverable Advance or that a
proposed Advance or a lesser portion of such Advance would constitute a
Non-Recoverable Advance, the Servicer shall deliver (i) to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders funds constituting the remaining portion of
such Advance, if applicable, and (ii) to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
setting forth the basis for such determination. The Servicer may, in its sole
discretion, make an Advance with respect to the principal portion of the final
Scheduled Payment on a Balloon Loan, but the Servicer is under no obligation to
do so; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall affect the
Servicer's obligation under this Section 4.01 to Advance the interest portion of
the final Scheduled Payment with respect to a Balloon Loan as if such Balloon
Loan were a fully amortizing Mortgage Loan. If a Mortgagor does not pay its
final Scheduled Payment on a Balloon Loan when due, the Servicer shall Advance
(unless it determines in its good faith judgment that such amounts would
constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance) a full month of interest (net of the
Servicing Fee) on the Stated Principal Balance thereof each month until its
Stated Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own funds,
a Servicer may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records relating
to the Collection Account that any amount held for future distribution has been
used by the Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance and
(ii) transfer such funds from the related Collection Account to the Certificate
Account. In addition, the Servicer shall have the right to reimburse itself for
any such Advance from amounts held from time to time in the related Collection
Account to the extent such amounts are not then required to be distributed. Any
funds so applied and transferred pursuant to the previous two sentences shall be
replaced by the
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Servicer by deposit in the related Collection Account on or before any future
Servicer Advance Date to the extent that the funds that would otherwise be
available in the Certificate Account for the related Distribution Date shall be
less than the total amount that would be distributed to Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.04 if such amounts for future distribution had not been so
used to make Advances. The Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the
related Collection Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant to
this Section as provided in Section 3.08. The obligation to make Advances with
respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue until such Mortgage Loan is paid in
full or the related Mortgaged Property or related REO Property has been
liquidated or until the purchase or repurchase thereof (or substitution
therefor) from the Trust Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of this
Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.
In the event that any Mortgage Loan is the subject of a Prepayment
Interest Shortfall, beginning on the related Servicing Transfer Date, a Servicer
shall, from amounts in respect of the applicable Servicing Fee for such
Distribution Date, deposit into the related Collection Account, as a reduction
of the applicable Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, no later than the
related Servicer Advance Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date, an
amount up to the Prepayment Interest Shortfall. In case of such deposit, the
Servicer shall not be entitled to any recovery or reimbursement from the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders. With respect
to any Distribution Date, to the extent that the Prepayment Interest Shortfall
exceeds Compensating Interest (such excess, a "Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall"), such Non-Supported Interest Shortfall shall reduce the Current
Interest with respect to each Class of Certificates, pro rata based upon the
amount of interest each such Class would otherwise be entitled to receive on
such Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.03. Distributions on the REMIC Interests.
On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Account constituting Interest Funds and Principal Funds for such Distribution
Date shall be treated for federal income tax purposes as applied to
distributions on the interests in each of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 and Upper Tier REMIC
in an amount sufficient to make the distributions on the respective Certificates
on such Distribution Date in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04.
SECTION 4.04. Distributions.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
distributions, from funds then available in the Certificate Account, of an
amount equal to the Interest Funds in the following order of priority:
(i) to pay to the Class C Certificates all Prepayment
penalties received with respect to the Mortgage Loans, all amounts paid
by the Servicer or the Seller in respect of prepayment charges pursuant
to this Agreement and all amounts received in respect of any
indemnification paid as a result of a prepayment charge being
unenforceable in breach of the representations and warranties set forth
in the Sale Agreement or the Transfer Agreement, in each case, for the
related Prepayment Period;
(ii) to each Class of Class R Certificate, Class A
Certificates and Class S Certificates, the Current Interest and any
Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class; provided,
however, if such amount is not sufficient to make a full distribution
of the Current Interest and any Interest Carry
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Forward Amount with respect to all of the Class R Certificate, Class
A Certificates and Class S Certificates, such amount will be
distributed pro rata among each Class of the Class R Certificate,
Class A Certificates and Class S Certificates based on the
ratio of (x) the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount for
each Class of the Class R Certificate, Class A Certificates and Class
S Certificates to (y) the total amount of Current Interest and any
Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class R Certificate, Class A
Certificates and Class S Certificates;
(iii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Current Interest
and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class;
(iv) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Current Interest
and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class;
(v) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Current Interest
and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class;
(vi) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Current Interest
and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class;
(vii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Current Interest
and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class;
(viii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Current Interest
and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class and
(ix) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(e) hereof.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
distributions, from funds then available in the Certificate Account, of an
amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount in the following order of
priority, and each such distribution shall be made only after all distributions
pursuant to Section 4.04(b) above shall have been made until such amount shall
have been fully distributed for such Distribution Date:
(i) (A) to the Class R Certificate and the Class A
Certificates, sequentially, the Class A Principal Distribution Amount,
until the respective Certificate Principal Balances thereof have been
reduced to zero;
(ii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount;
(iii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount;
(iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount;
(v) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount;
(vi) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2
Principal Distribution Amount; and
(vii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3
Principal Distribution Amount; and
(viii) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(e) hereof.
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(e) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
distributions, from funds available from the Certificate Account up to the
following amounts, of the remainders pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ix) and
4.04(d)(viii) hereof and, to the extent required to make the distributions set
forth below in clauses (i) through (x) of this Section 4.04(e), and each such
distribution shall be made only after all distributions pursuant to Sections
4.04(b) and (d) above shall have been made until such remainders shall have been
fully distributed for such Distribution Date:
(i) for distribution as part of the Principal
Distribution Amount, the Extra Principal Distribution Amount;
(ii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(iii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(v) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(vi) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(vii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(viii) to the Offered Certificates (other than the Class S
Certificates), on a pro rata basis based upon outstanding Floating Rate
Certificate Carryover, the Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for each
such Class;
(ix) [Reserved]; and
(x) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(f) hereof.
(f) on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the
remainders pursuant to Section 4.04(e)(x) as follows:
(i) to the Class C Certificates in the following order of
priority, (I) the Class C Current Interest, (II) the Class C Interest
Carry Forward Amount, (III) as principal on the Class C Certificate
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates has
been reduced to zero and (IV) the Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount;
and
(ii) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g) hereof.
(g) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the remainder
to the Class R Certificate and such distributions shall be made only after all
preceding distributions shall have been made until such remainder shall have
been fully distributed.
(h) On each Distribution Date, after giving effect to distributions on
such Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the Applied Realized Loss
Amount for the Certificates to reduce the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class C and Subordinated Certificates in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Class C Certificates until the Class C
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(ii) to the Class B-3 Certificates until the Class B-3
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
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(iii) to the Class B-2 Certificates until the Class B-2
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(iv) to the Class B-1 Certificates until the Class B-1
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class M-3 Certificates until the Class M-3
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero
(vi) to the Class M-2 Certificates until the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero; and
to the Class M-1 Certificates until the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
(i) Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final distribution,
on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to each
Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder has so notified
the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date or,
if not, by check mailed by first Class mail to such Certificateholder at the
address of such holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, but subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final
distribution, distributions with respect to Certificates registered in the name
of a Depository shall be made to such Depository in immediately available funds.
In accordance with Section 3.24 of this Agreement, not later than the
time and date specified therein, each Servicer shall prepare and deliver a
report (the "Remittance Report") to the Trustee in the form of a computer
readable magnetic tape (or by such other means as the Servicer and the Trustee
may agree from time to time) containing such data and information such as to
permit the Trustee to prepare the Monthly Statement to Certificateholders and
make the required distributions for the related Distribution Date. The Trustee
will prepare the Monthly Report based solely upon the information received from
the Servicers.
(j) The Trustee is hereby directed by the Depositor to execute both Cap
Contracts on behalf of the Trust Fund in the form presented to it by the
Depositor and shall have no responsibility for the contents, adequacy or
sufficiency of such Cap Contract, including, without limitation, the
representations and warranties contained therein. Any funds payable by the
Trustee under the Cap Contracts at closing shall be paid by the Depositor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Cap
Contracts, the Trustee shall not be required to make any payments to the
counterparty under the Cap Contracts. Any payments received under the terms of
the Cap Contracts will be available to pay the holders of the Offered
Certificates up to the amount of any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover
remaining after the application of Section 4.04(e)(viii) on such Distribution
Date; provided, however, that payments received on the Cap Contracts will not be
used to pay any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover that results from a failure
to allocate to the Class A or Class R Certificates Realized Losses that do not
decrease the Overcollateralization Amount and are not allocated to the Class
▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 or Class B-3 Certificates. Any
amounts in the Cap Contract Account on any Distribution Date in excess of
amounts required, subject to the restrictions set forth in the preceding
sentence, to pay outstanding Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers on such
Distribution Date will be distributed to the holders of the Class C Certificates
in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04(f) hereof (after all other
distributions have been made thereunder on such Distribution Date). Payments
from the Cap Contract Account in respect of the Floating Rate Certificate
Carryovers shall, subject to the limitations set
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forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.04(j), be paid to the Offered
Certificates in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04(e)(viii) hereof.
(i) On or prior to the Cap Contract Termination Date,
amounts, if any, received by the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust
Fund in respect of the Cap Contracts shall be deposited by the Trustee
into the Cap Contract Account. With respect to any Distribution Date on
or prior to the Cap Contract Termination Date, the amount, if any,
payable by the Cap Contract Counterparty under the Cap Contracts will
equal the product of (i) the excess of (x) One-Month LIBOR (as
determined by the Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal
to the rate with respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the
heading "1ML Upper Collar" in the Cap Table), over (y) the rate with
respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the heading "1ML Lower
Collar" in the Cap Table, (ii) an amount equal to the Cap Contract
Notional Balances and (iii) the number of days in such Accrual Period,
divided by 360.
(ii) Amounts on deposit in the Cap Contract Account will
remain uninvested pending distribution to Certificateholders.
(iii) The Cap Contracts are scheduled to remain in effect
until the Cap Contract Termination Date and will be subject to early
termination only in limited circumstances. Such circumstances include
certain insolvency or bankruptcy events in relation to the Cap Contract
Counterparty (after a grace period of three Local Business Days, as
defined in the Cap Contract, after notice of such failure is received
by the Cap Contract Counterparty) to make a payment due under the Cap
Contract, the failure by the Cap Contract Counterparty or the Trustee
(after a cure period of 20 days after notice of such failure is
received) to perform any other agreement made by it under the Cap
Contract, the termination of the Trust Fund and the Cap Contracts
becoming illegal or subject to certain kinds of taxation.
SECTION 4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date based solely on information
provided by the Servicers and the Cap Counterparty , the Trustee shall prepare
and make available on its website located at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ to each Holder of a
Class of Certificates of the Trust Fund, the Servicers, the Rating Agencies and
the Depositor a statement. Assistance in using the website can be obtained by
calling the Trustee's customer service desk at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. All parties that
are unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them
via first class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such.
The Trustee shall have the right to change the way such statements are
distributed in order to make such distributions more convenient and/or more
accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall provide timely and
adequate notification to all above parties regarding such changes. Such
statement for each $1,000 principal amount of Certificates shall set forth the
following:
(i) the amount of the related distribution to Holders of
each Class allocable to principal, separately identifying (A) the
aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments included therein, (B) the
aggregate of all scheduled payments of principal included therein, (C)
the Extra Principal Distribution Amount, if any, and (D) the aggregate
amount of prepayment penalties, if any;
(ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of each
Class allocable to interest, together with any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfalls allocated to each Class;
(iii) any Interest Carry Forward Amount for each Class of
the Offered Certificates;
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(iv) the Class Certificate Principal Balance of each Class
after giving effect (i) to all distributions allocable to principal on
such Distribution Date and (ii) the allocation of any Applied Realized
Loss Amounts for such Distribution Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for such
Distribution Date;
(vi) the related amount of the applicable Servicing Fee
paid to or retained by each Servicer;
(vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates
for such Distribution Date;
(viii) the amount of Advances included in the distribution
on such Distribution Date;
(ix) the cumulative amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B)
Applied Realized Loss Amounts to date;
(x) the amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B) Applied
Realized Loss Amounts with respect to such Distribution Date;
(xi) the number and aggregate principal amounts of
Mortgage Loans (A) Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure) (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more
days, and (B) in foreclosure and Delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61
to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, in each case as of the close of
business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date;
(xii) [Reserved];
(xiii) the related amount of the Credit Risk Manager Fee
paid to the Credit Risk Manager;
(xiv) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date and the date of acquisition thereof;
(xv) the total number and principal balance of any REO
Properties as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar
month preceding such Distribution Date;
(xvi) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all
Liquidated Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date;
(xvii) whether a Trigger Event has occurred;
(xviii) with respect to each Class of Certificates, any
Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Distribution Date
for each such Class, any Interest Carry Forward Amount paid for each
such Class and any remaining Interest Carry Forward Amount for each
such Class;
(xix) with respect to each Class Certificates any Floating
Rate Certificate Carryover with respect to such Distribution Date for
each such Class, any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover paid for each
such Class and any remaining Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for
each such Class;
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(xx) the number and Stated Principal Balance (as of the
preceding Distribution Date) of any Mortgage Loans which were purchased
or repurchased during the preceding Due Period and since the Cut-off
Date;
(xxi) the number of Mortgage Loans for which prepayment
penalties were received during the related Prepayment Period and, for
each such Mortgage Loan, the amount of prepayment penalties received
during the related Prepayment Period and in the aggregate of such
amounts for all such Mortgage Loans since the Cut-off Date;
(xxii) [Reserved];
(xxiii) the amount and purpose of any withdrawal from the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(v);
(xxiv) the amount of any payments to each Class of
Certificates that are treated as payments received in respect of a
REMIC Regular Interest and the amount of any payments to each Class of
Certificates that are not treated as payments received in respect of a
REMIC Regular Interest;
(xxv) as of each Distribution Date, the amount, if any, to
be deposited in the Cap Contract Account as described in Section
4.04(j) and the amount thereof to be paid to the Offered Certificates
as described in Section 4.04(j) hereof.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) If so requested in writing or as required by applicable law, within
a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee
shall make available on its website or cause to be furnished to each Person who
at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder of record, a
statement containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of
this Section 4.05 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion
thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
(d) Upon filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Trustee shall
furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificate the Form 1066 and each Form
1066Q and shall respond promptly (subject to receipt of any information required
to be provided by the Depositor or the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement) to
written requests made not more frequently than quarterly by any Holder of Class
R Certificate with respect to the following matters: The original projected
principal and interest cash flows on the Closing Date on each Class of regular
and residual interests created hereunder and on the Mortgage Loans, based on the
Prepayment Assumption;
(i) The original projected principal and interest cash
flows on the Closing Date on each Class of regular and residual
interests created hereunder and on the Mortgage Loans, based on the
Prepayment Assumption;
(ii) The projected remaining principal and interest cash
flows as of the end of any calendar quarter with respect to each Class
of regular and residual interests created hereunder and the Mortgage
Loans, based on the Prepayment Assumption;
(iii) The Prepayment Assumption and any interest rate
assumptions used in determining the projected principal and interest
cash flows described above;
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(iv) The original issue discount (or, in the case of the
Mortgage Loans, market discount) or premium accrued or amortized
through the end of such calendar quarter with respect to each Class of
regular or residual interests created hereunder and to the Mortgage
Loans, together with each constant yield to maturity used in computing
the same;
(v) The treatment of losses realized with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or the regular interests created hereunder, including
the timing and amount of any cancellation of indebtedness income of the
REMICs with respect to such regular interests or bad debt deductions
claimed with respect to the Mortgage Loans;
(vi) The amount and timing of any non-interest expenses of
the REMICs; and
(vii) Any taxes (including penalties and interest) imposed
on the REMICs, including, without limitation, taxes on "prohibited
transactions," "contributions" or "net income from foreclosure
property" or state or local income or franchise taxes.
The information pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above
shall be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 8.11.
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as
exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum
dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof (except that
one Certificate of each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be
in excess of the applicable minimum dollar denomination) and aggregate dollar
denominations as set forth in the following table:
Original Certificate
Minimum Integral Multiples in Principal Balance or
Class Denomination Excess of Minimum Notional Amount
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A $ 25,000.00 $ 1.00 $228,938,000.00
S $ 1,000,000.00 $ 1.00 (1)
M-1 $ 25,000.00 $ 1.00 $ 16,500,000.00
M-2 $ 25,000.00 $ 1.00 $ 12,375,000.00
M-3 $ 25,000.00 $ 1.00 $ 4,125,000.00
B-1 $ 25,000.00 $ 1.00 $ 3,300,000.00
B-2 $ 25,000.00 $ 1.00 $ 3,025,000.00
B-3 $ 25,000.00 $ 1.00 $ 3,025,000.00
C $ 250,000.00 $1,000.00 $ 3,629,434.01
R $ 100.00 N/A $ 100.00
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(1) The Class S Certificates are interest-only certificates; they will not
be entitled to payments of principal; and they will accrue interest on
the Class S Notional Amount.
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The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the manual
or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind
the Trust Fund, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such authentication and
delivery. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement,
or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth as attached
hereto executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate of
authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. On
the Closing Date, the Trustee shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued
at the written direction of the Depositor, or any Affiliate thereof.
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.09 hereof, a Certificate Register for the Trust
Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below and to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of Transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of Transfer of any
Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class and of like aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing
the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever any Certificates are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and authenticate and
deliver the Certificates that the Certificateholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration
of Transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of Transfer
in form satisfactory to a Trustee duly executed by the holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required. All
Certificates surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be
canceled and subsequently destroyed by a Trustee in accordance with such
Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No Transfer of a Class C Certificate shall be made unless such
Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state securities
laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption
from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such
Transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall (except with
respect to the initial transfer of a Class C Certificate by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co.)
each certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the Transfer in
substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit F (the "Transferor Certificate")
and (i) deliver a letter in substantially the form of either Exhibit G (the
"Investment Letter") or Exhibit H (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) there shall
be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such Transfer may be made
pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Depositor or the Trustee. The Depositor shall provide
to any Holder of a Class C Certificate and any prospective transferee designated
by any such Holder,
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information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such
other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility
set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for Transfer of any such Certificate without
registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration
exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee shall cooperate with the Depositor
in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence,
including providing to the Depositor such information in the possession of the
Trustee regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters
regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its
obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Class C Certificate
desiring to effect such Transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Depositor and the Trustee against any liability that may result if the Transfer
is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No Transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of
such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a
plan subject to any applicable Federal, state or local law materially similar to
the foregoing provisions of ERISA and the Code ("Similar Law"), or a Person
acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, (ii)
except in the case of a Class R Certificate which may not be transferred to a
transferee that does not provide the representation described in clause (i), a
representation that the transferee is an insurance company that is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60, 60 Fed. Reg. 35925 (July 12, 1995) ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the
purchase and holding of such Certificates is covered under Sections I and III of
PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA Restricted Certificate, other
than a Class R Certificate, presented for registration in the name of an
employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, or a plan subject to Similar Law (or comparable provisions of any
subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting
on behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to
the effect that the purchase and holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate
will not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or Similar
Law and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those
expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee. For purposes of clause (i) of the preceding sentence,
such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the
transferee's acceptance of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (or the acceptance by
a Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in any Class of ERISA Restricted
Certificates) unless the Trustee shall have received from the transferee an
alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of
an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a
plan subject to Similar Law without the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no
effect. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not
permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. The
Trustee shall be entitled, but not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any
ERISA Restricted Certificate that was in fact an employee benefit plan subject
to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a plan
subject to Similar Law or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan at the time
it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became such a plan or
Person acting on behalf of such a plan, all payments made on such ERISA
Restricted Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments so
recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last
preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not such a plan or Person acting on
behalf of a plan.
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(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in
a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in
its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be
purchased, transferred or sold, directly or indirectly, except in
accordance with the provisions hereof. No Ownership Interest in a Class
R Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter
transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any
Class R Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to
be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee
shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of
the initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit E-1 and an affidavit of the proposed transferor in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2. In the absence of a contrary
instruction from the transferor of a Class R Certificate, declaration
(11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit may be left blank. If the
transferor requests by written notice to the Trustee prior to the date
of the proposed transfer that one of the two other forms of declaration
(11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit be used, then the
requirements of this Section 5.02(c)(ii) shall not have been satisfied
unless the Transfer Affidavit includes such other form of declaration.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer
Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to
Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, (B) to obtain
a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Class R
Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that
such Person is not a Permitted Transferee. Further, no transfer, sale
or other disposition of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate
may be made to a person who is not a U.S. Person (within the meaning of
section 7701 of the Code) unless such person furnishes the transferor
and the Trustee with a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor thereto) and the Trustee consents
to such transfer, sale or other disposition in writing.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Class R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class R
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for making
any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking
any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of
this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of
the related Transfer Affidavit. The Trustee shall be entitled but not
obligated to recover from any Holder of a Class R Certificate that was
in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or,
at such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee,
all payments made on such Class R Certificate at and after either such
time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall
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be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted
Transferee of such Certificate.
(v) At the option of the Holder of the Class R
Certificate, the Class LT1-R Interest, the Class LT2-R and the Residual
Interest in the Upper Tier REMIC may be severed and represented by
separate certificates (with the separate certificate that represents
the Residual Interest also representing all rights of the Class R
Certificate to distributions attributable to a Pass-Through Rate on the
Class R Certificate in excess of the Net Rate); provided, however, that
such separate certification may not occur until the Trustee receives an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that separate certification in the
form and manner proposed would not result in the imposition of federal
tax upon the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein or
cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a
REMIC; and provided further, that the provisions of Sections 5.02(b)
and (c) will apply to each such separate certificate as if the separate
certificate were a Class R Certificate. If, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel, it is necessary to preserve the REMIC status of any of the
REMICs provided for herein, the Class LT1-R Interest, Class LT2-R
Interest and the Residual Interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall be
severed and represented by separate certificates (with the separate
certificate that represents the Residual Interest also representing all
rights of the Class R Certificate to distributions attributable to a
Pass-Through Rate on the Class R Certificate in excess of the Net
Rate).
The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in
this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Class R Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor, to the effect that the elimination
of such restrictions will not cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or
result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any REMIC provided for
herein, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring
any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate hereby consents to any amendment
of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee,
is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any
beneficial interest in, a Class R Certificate is not transferred, directly or
indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide
for a means to compel the Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is held by a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted
Transferee.
(d) The transferor of the Class R Certificate shall notify the
Trustee in writing upon the transfer of the Class R Certificate.
(e) The preparation and delivery of all certificates, opinions and
other writings referred to above in this Section 5.02 shall not be an expense of
the Trust Fund, the Depositor or the Trustee.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and of the ownership thereof and (b) there is delivered to the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, 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. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, 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 (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not
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the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. All
Certificates surrendered to the Trustee under the terms of this Section 5.03
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its standard
procedures without liability on its part.
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the
purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to
communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication that such Certificateholders propose to transmit or if the
Depositor shall request such information in writing from the Trustee, then the
Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of such request,
provide the Depositor or such Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the
most recent list of the Certificateholders of the Trust Fund held by the
Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and
holding a Certificate, agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the
Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
SECTION 5.06. Book-Entry Certificates.
The Regular Certificates, upon original issuance, shall be issued in
the form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by or on behalf of the
Depositor. The Class R Certificates shall be definitive certificates. The
Book-Entry Certificates shall initially be registered on the Certificate
Register in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no Certificate Owner
of a Book-Entry Certificate will receive a definitive certificate representing
such Certificate Owner's interest in such Certificates, except as provided in
Section 5.08. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Certificates
("Definitive Certificates") have been issued to the Certificate Owners of the
Book-Entry Certificates pursuant to Section 5.08:
(a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Depositor and the Trustee may deal with the Depository and the
Depository Participants for all purposes (including the making of distributions)
as the authorized representative of the respective Certificate Owners of the
Book-Entry Certificates;
(c) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred
by the Trustee except to another Depository;
(d) the rights of the respective Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be exercised only through the Depository and the Depository
Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between the Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates and the Depository and/or the
Depository Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.08, the Depository will
make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and
transmit distributions of principal and interest on the related Certificates to
such Depository Participants;
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(e) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges
and expenses from its Depository Participants;
(f) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants; and
(g) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any
other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall
control.
For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or permitting
actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Certificateholders
evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
any Class of Certificates, such direction or consent may be given by Certificate
Owners (acting through the Depository and the Depository Participants) owning
Book-Entry Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage of principal amount
of such Class of Certificates.
In the event that any ERISA-Restricted Certificate is a Book-Entry
Certificate, each transferor and transferee of an interest in such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representations
and warranties with respect to such transfer as may be required by Section 5.02,
the Trustee shall have no obligation to monitor compliance with such transfer
restrictions and the Trustee shall have no liability with respect to transfers
of Book-Entry Certificates made in violation of such transfer restrictions.
SECTION 5.07. Notices to Depository.
Whenever any notice or other communication is required to be given to
Certificateholders of the Class with respect to which Book-Entry Certificates
have been issued, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been
issued to the related Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications to the Depository.
SECTION 5.08. Definitive Certificates.
If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any
Certificates, (a) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee that the
Depository is no longer willing, qualified or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with respect to such
Certificates and the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified
successor, (b) the Depositor, at its sole option, advises the Trustee that it
elects to terminate the book-entry system with respect to such Certificates
through the Depository or (c) after the occurrence and continuation of an Event
of Default, Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates having not less
than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced by any Class of Book-Entry Certificates
advise the Trustee and the Depository in writing through the Depository
Participants that the continuation of a book-entry system with respect to
Certificates of such Class through the Depository (or its successor) is no
longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners of such Class, then the
Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates,
through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners of such Class
requesting the same. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive
Certificates. Upon surrender to the Trustee of any such Certificates by the
Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for
registration, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of such
Definitive Certificates, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to
be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and
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performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such
Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates its
offices at ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
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2003-8HE as offices for such purposes. The Trustee will give prompt written
notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such
office or agency.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICERS
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Servicers.
The Depositor and each of the Servicers shall each be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and
respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Servicers.
Except as provided in the next paragraph, the Depositor and each
Servicer will each keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation or banking association under the laws of the United States or under
the laws of one of the States thereof and will each obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or a Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Depositor or a Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
business of the Depositor or a Servicer, shall be the successor of the
Depositor, or such Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for the
execution of an assumption agreement where such succession is not effected by
operation of law); provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
a Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage
loans on behalf of, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac.
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicers
and Others.
None of the Depositor, either Servicer nor any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Depositor or either Servicer shall be under
any liability to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any action taken
or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Depositor, either Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor, either Servicer or any such Person from any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties hereunder. The Depositor, either Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Depositor or either Servicer may rely in good faith on
any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any
Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, either Servicer
and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
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Depositor or either Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held
harmless against any loss, liability or expense, incurred in connection with the
performance of their duties under this agreement or incurred in connection with
any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing
authority or 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. None of the
Depositor nor either Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective
duties hereunder and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that any of the Depositor or either Servicer, in
its discretion, may undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties
hereto and interests of the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In
such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability
resulting therefrom shall be, expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund,
and the Depositor and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor
out of the Collection Account as provided by Section 3.08 hereof.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Servicer.
No Servicer shall resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed
on it except (i) upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law or (ii) upon at least 30 days prior written
notice to the Trustee, the servicing rights associated with the servicing rights
and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loans (the "Servicing Rights") may
be transferred by the Servicer or the Servicing Rights Owner to a successor
servicer, provided, however, that the successor servicer meets the conditions
for a successor servicer set forth in Section 7.02. The Servicing Rights Owner
may at its option (a) retain ownership of the Servicing Rights, in which case
the Servicing Rights Owner may make such arrangements for the compensation
provided for by this Agreement or (b) sell the Servicing Rights to such
successor servicer, in which case all amounts paid by the successor servicer to
the Servicing Rights Owner shall be the property solely of the Servicing Rights
Owner. Any such determination under clause (i) permitting the resignation of a
Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to
the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective until the Trustee or a
successor servicer meeting the eligibility requirements under Section 7.02 has
assumed such Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations
hereunder. Any such resignation shall not relieve a Servicer of any of the
obligations specified in Section 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the
resignation or termination of a Servicer.
The Trustee and the Depositor hereby specifically (i) consent to the
pledge and assignment by a Servicer or the Servicing Rights Owner of all of its
right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement to a Servicing Rights
Pledgee, for the benefit of certain lenders, and (ii) agree that upon delivery
to the Trustee by a Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by a Servicer
whereby such Servicer shall resign as a servicer under this Agreement, the
Trustee shall appoint such Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor
servicer, provided that at the time of such appointment, such Servicing Rights
Pledgee or such designee meets the requirements of a successor servicer as set
forth herein and agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
If, pursuant to this paragraph, the duties of a Servicer are transferred to a
successor servicer, the entire amount of the applicable Servicing Fee and other
compensation payable to such Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be
payable to such successor servicer.
SECTION 6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
Each Servicer shall, for so long as it acts as a servicer under this
Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of insurance
covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations as servicer
hereunder, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees and
agents.
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Each such policy or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the
requirements from time to time of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac for Persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac.
Each Servicer shall provide the Trustee, upon request, with copies of such
policies and fidelity bond or a certification from the insurance provider
evidencing such policies and fidelity bond. In the event that any such policy or
bond ceases to be in effect, such Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts
to obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an insurer or issuer
meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of such replacement. Any
such policy or fidelity bond shall by its terms not be cancelable without thirty
days' prior written notice to the Trustee.
SECTION 6.06. [RESERVED].
SECTION 6.07. [RESERVED].
SECTION 6.08. Limitation Upon Liability of the Credit Risk Manager.
Neither the Credit Risk Manager, nor any of its directors, officers,
employees, or agents shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of
any action made in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or the Credit Risk
Management Agreement, in reliance upon information provided under the Credit
Risk Management Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Credit Risk Manager or any such person
against liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
malfeasance, gross negligence or bad faith in its performance of its duties or
by reason of reckless disregard for its obligations and duties under this
Agreement or the applicable Credit Risk Management Agreement. The Credit Risk
Manager and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Credit Risk Manager
may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed
and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder, and may
rely in good faith upon the accuracy of information furnished by the Servicer
pursuant to the Credit Risk Management Agreement in the performance of its
duties thereunder and hereunder.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events:
(i) any failure by the Servicer to make any Advance to
deposit in the related Collection Account or the Certificate Account or
remit to the Trustee any payment (excluding a payment required to be
made under Section 4.01 hereof) required to be made under the terms of
this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for three
Business Days or, with respect to a payment required to be made under
Section 4.01 hereof, for one Business Day, after the date on which
written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer by
the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee and the Servicer by the
Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or
(ii) any failure by the Servicer to observe or perform in
any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
part of the Servicer contained in this Agreement or any representation
or warranty shall prove to be untrue, which failure or breach shall
continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer by
the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee by the Holders
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of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a 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 consecutive days; or
(iv) consent by the Servicer to the appointment of a
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Servicer or all or substantially all of the property of
the Servicer; or
(v) admission by the Servicer in writing of its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take
advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations.
If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer, then,
and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have
been remedied within the applicable grace period, the Trustee may, or at the
direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates, shall, by notice in writing to the
Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage
Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder
hereunder. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. To the
extent the Event of Default resulted from the failure of the Servicer to make a
required Advance, the Trustee shall thereupon make any Advance described in
Section 4.01 hereof subject to Section 3.04 hereof. The Trustee is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and
to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect
the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination
shall affect any obligation of a Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to
Article VIII. 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 of all cash amounts which shall
at the time be credited to the related Collection Account, or thereafter be
received with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer and the Trustee shall
promptly notify the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of an Event of Default or
an event that, with notice, passage of time, other action or any combination of
the foregoing would be an Event of Default, such notice to be provided in any
event within two Business Days of such occurrence.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection
of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice
terminating the Servicer's rights and obligations as a servicer hereunder and
received after such notice, that portion thereof to which the Servicer would
have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.08(a)(i) through (viii), and any other
amounts payable to the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior
to the termination of its activities hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, upon termination of the Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of
the Servicer which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such
termination. The Servicer shall continue to be entitled to the benefits
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of Section 6.03 notwithstanding any termination hereunder, with respect to
events occurring prior to such termination.
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, to the extent provided in
Section 3.04, be the successor 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 and applicable law
including the obligation to make advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As
compensation therefor, subject to the last paragraph of Section 7.01, the
Trustee shall be entitled to all fees, compensation and reimbursement for costs
and expenses that such Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if the
Servicer had continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Trustee has become the successor to the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01
hereof, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is
prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Section 4.01
hereof or if it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing
institution the appointment of which successor shall not adversely affect the
then current rating of the Certificates by each Rating Agency 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 successor
servicer shall be an institution that is a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mac approved
seller/servicer in good standing, that has a net worth of at least $15,000,000,
and that is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to
the Depositor and the Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and
assignment, that contains an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers,
duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Servicer (other
than liabilities of the Servicer under Section 6.03 hereof incurred prior to
termination of the Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if
originally named as a party to this Agreement; and provided further that each
Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in effect
immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified or
reduced as a result of such assignment and delegation; provided however, that
(i) in no event shall Ocwen or any Affiliate thereof be a successor servicer and
(ii) in no event shall Ocwen or any Affiliate thereof act as a subservicer or
subcontractor to any successor servicer. No appointment of a successor to the
Servicer hereunder shall be effective until the Trustee shall have consented
thereto and written notice of such proposed appointment shall have been provided
by the Trustee to each Certificateholder. The Trustee shall not resign as
servicer until a successor servicer has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, the
Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject
to Section 3.04 hereof, 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 Mortgage
Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such
compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Servicer hereunder. The
Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the
Trustee nor any other successor servicer shall be deemed to be in default
hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any
delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case
caused by the failure of the Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in
delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service
as servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that the Servicer is
required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.
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In the event of an Event of Default, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary above, the Trustee and the Depositor hereby agree that upon delivery to
the Trustee by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer
within ten Business Days of when notification of such event shall have been
provided by the Trustee, whereunder the Servicer shall resign as a servicer
under this Agreement, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee shall be
appointed as successor servicer (provided that at the time of such appointment
the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee meets the requirements of a
successor servicer set forth above) and the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such
designee agrees to be subject to the terms of this Agreement. Furthermore, in
the absence of receiving a letter from the Servicing Rights Pledgee, for a
period of 20 days following the date on which the Servicer shall have received a
notice of termination pursuant to this Section 7.02, the terminated Servicer or
Servicing Rights Owner may appoint a successor servicer that satisfies the
eligibility criteria of a successor servicer set forth above; provided that such
successor servicer agrees to make all Advances that would otherwise be made by
the Trustee under Section 7.01 as of the date of such appointment, and to
reimburse the terminated Servicer and/or the Trustee for any unreimbursed
Advances they have made in connection this Section 7.02 or Section 7.01. Any
proceeds received in connection with the appointment of such successor servicer
shall be the property of the terminated Servicer or the Servicing Rights Owner.
Such 20-day period shall terminate immediately (i) at the close of business on
the second Business Day of such 20-day period if (A) the Servicer was terminated
because of an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(i) for failing to make
a required Advance, and (B) the Servicer shall have failed to make (or cause to
be made) such Advance, or shall fail to reimburse (or cause to be reimbursed)
the Trustee for an Advance made by the Trustee, by the close of business on such
second Business Day, or (ii) at the close of business on the second Business Day
following the date (if any) during such 20-day period on which an Advance is due
to be made, if the terminated Servicer shall have failed to make (or caused to
be made) such Advance, or the terminated Servicer shall have failed to
reimburse (or cause to be reimbursed) the Trustee for such Advance, by the close
of business on such second Business Day.
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such
Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs. In case an Event of Default or other default by the
Servicer or the Depositor hereunder shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee,
shall, at the written direction of the majority of the Certificateholders, or
may, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Certificateholders under this Agreement by a suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law or otherwise, whether for the specific performance of any
covenant or agreement contained in this agreement or in aid of the execution of
any power granted in this Agreement or for the enforcement of any other legal,
equitable or other remedy, as the Trustee, being advised by counsel, and subject
to the foregoing, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the
rights of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their
face to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not
to conform on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material
manner, the Trustee shall notify the person providing such Agreement of such
non-conformance, and if the instrument is not corrected to the its satisfaction,
the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders and take such
further action as directed by the
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Certificateholders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Trustee shall have no obligation to reconcile, recompute or verify
any information provided to it in any monthly remittance report received by it
from the Servicer or to calculate, recompute or verify the amount of any payment
made to or by it pursuant to either Cap Contract.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own misconduct, its negligent failure to perform its obligations
in compliance with this Agreement, or any liability that would be imposed by
reason of its willful misfeasance or bad faith; provided, however, that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and
after the curing of all such Events of Default that 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,
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 that it reasonably believed in good
faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper
authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless the Trustee was negligent or acted in
bad faith or with willful misfeasance; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Trustee, with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the
Holders in accordance with this Agreement relating to 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, nor shall it be liable for any acts or omissions
of the Servicer or the Custodian.
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) the Trustee may request and conclusively rely upon
and shall be fully 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 of its choice
and any advice or Opinion of counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
Opinion of counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Agreement;
(iv) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
hereunder and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
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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 so to do by the Holders of each Class of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of such
Class;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, custodians, accountants or attorneys or independent
contractors and the Trustee will not be responsible for any misconduct
or negligence on the part of any agent, custodian, accountant, attorney
or independent contractor appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(vi) with respect to expenses that would be treated as
"unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) if paid by the Trust Fund or any of the
REMICs provided for herein, the Trustee shall not be required to expend
its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Trustee, for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this
Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment security);
(viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
an Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof;
(ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make
any investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct
or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders
shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to
it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred
therein or thereby;
(x) if requested by the Servicer, the Trustee may appoint
the Servicer as the trustee's attorney-in-fact in order to carry out
and perform certain activities that are necessary or appropriate for
the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
Agreement. Such appointment shall be evidenced by a power of attorney
in such form as may be agreed to by the Trustee and the Servicer. The
Trustee shall have no liability for any action or inaction of the
Servicer in connection with such power of attorney and the Trustee
shall be indemnified by the Servicer for all liabilities, costs and
expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer's use
or misuse of such powers of attorney; and
(xi) the Depositor and the Servicers hereby approve of the
appointment of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to act as custodian
pursuant to the Custodial Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit M and
each further agree that the Trustee appointed Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company to act as custodian with due care.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the
trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the
benefit of all the Holders of the Certificates, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement. The Trustee shall have no duty (A) to see to any recording,
filing, or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or
any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security
interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such
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rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any
insurance or (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or
other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owning with
respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund.
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Servicers, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, the Cap Contracts, the Custodial
Agreement, any Certificate or the Credit Risk Management Agreement, of any
Mortgage Loan, or any related document other than with respect to the execution
and authentication of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Depositor or the Servicers of any funds paid to
the Depositor or the Servicers in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in
or withdrawn from the Collection Account or the Certificate Account by the
Depositor or the Servicers.
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it
were not the Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees.
The Trustee shall be entitled to the Trustee Fee and earnings on or
investment income with respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate
Account.
SECTION 8.06. Indemnification of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee and its respective directors, officers, employees and
agents shall be entitled to indemnification from the Trust Fund for any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or
judicial proceeding relating to a governmental authority or any legal proceeding
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of,
or in connection with, (x) the acceptance or administration of the trusts
created hereunder or (y) the performance of their duties hereunder and under the
Custodial Agreement and the Cap Contracts, and the costs and expenses of
defending themselves against any claim in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder, provided that:
(i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall
have given the Depositor written notice thereof promptly after the
Trustee shall have knowledge thereof; provided that failure to so
notify shall not relieve the Trust Fund of the obligation to indemnify
the Trustee;
(ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the
Trustee shall reasonably cooperate and consult with the Depositor in
preparing such defense; and
(iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 8.06, the Trust Fund shall not be liable for settlement of any
such claim by the Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the
Depositor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive any termination of
this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and shall be
construed to include, but not be limited to any loss, liability or expense under
any environmental law.
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(b) The Trustee shall be entitled to all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advancements incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance
with this Agreement (including fees and expenses of its counsel and all persons
not regularly in its employment), except any such expenses, disbursements and
advancements that either (i) arise from its negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct or (ii) do not constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).
(c) Any amounts for indemnification and reimbursement under this
Agreement may be withdrawn by the Trustee from the Certificate Account at any
time.
(d) In connection with its appointment as Custodian, to the same extent
and for the matters covered herein and subject to the limitations set forth in
this Section 8.06, the Custodian may seek indemnification out of the Trust Fund.
SECTION 8.07. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall, at all times, be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United
States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit
rating that would not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their
respective ratings of any Class of Certificates below the ratings issued on the
Closing Date (or having provided such security from time to time as is
sufficient to avoid such reduction). If such corporation or 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 8.07 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus 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 8.07, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.08 hereof. The corporation or
national banking association serving as Trustee may have normal banking and
trust relationships with the Depositor and its Affiliates; provided, however,
that such corporation cannot be an Affiliate of either Servicer.
SECTION 8.08. Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by (1) giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor by
mailing notice of resignation by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Certificateholders at their addresses appearing on the Certificate Register and
each Rating Agency, not less than 60 days before the date specified in such
notice when, subject to Section 8.09, such resignation is to take effect, and
(2) acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee in accordance with Section
8.09 and meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.07. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee.
If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor or (ii) the Trustee shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as 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
Depositor may remove the Trustee and shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall be delivered to the successor
trustee.
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The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of all Classes
of Certificates may at any time remove the Trustee and the Depositor shall
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 by the successor trustee to the
Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the
successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to
each Rating Agency by the successor Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.08 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.09 hereof.
SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.08 hereof
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor 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.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and its appointment
shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.09, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail
such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Depositor.
SECTION 8.10. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section
8.07 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for the execution of an assumption agreement where such
succession is not effected by operation of law).
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the
time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver
all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as
co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof, whichever
is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.11, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable. Any such co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
compensated by the Trust Fund and subject to the written approval of the
Servicers. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any co-trustee
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appointed with due care; provided that the appointment of a co-trustee shall not
relieve the Trustee of its obligations hereunder. If the Servicers shall not
have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by the
Servicers of a request to do so, or in the 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 8.07 and no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 8.09.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred
or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee
joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
(whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Servicer
hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform
such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any
portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at
the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable
by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of
or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Depositor.
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. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
SECTION 8.12. Tax Matters.
(a) It is intended that each of the REMICs provided for herein REMIC
shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so
as to allow each such REMIC to qualify as, a "real estate mortgage investment
conduit" as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. It is also
intended that each of the grantor trusts provided for in Section 2.07 hereof
shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so
as to allow each such grantor trust to qualify as, a
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grantor trust under the provisions of Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the
Code. In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it
shall act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on
behalf of each of the REMICs and grantor trusts provided for herein and that in
such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed,
in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax
Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service)
and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue
Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or information
returns for each taxable year with respect to each of the REMICs and grantor
trusts provided for herein, containing such information and at the times and in
the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws,
regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and in
such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the Closing
Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service, on Forms
8811 or SS-4 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title,
address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the Certificates
may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with such additional
information as may be required by such Form, and update such information at the
time or times in the manner required by the Code for each of the REMICs provided
for herein; (c) make or cause to be made elections, on behalf of each of the
REMICs provided for herein to be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return of
such REMICs for their first taxable years (and, if necessary, under applicable
state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to
the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary,
state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as and when required
to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions or other
applicable tax law or with respect to the grantor trusts provided for herein,
including without limitation, the calculation of any original issue discount
using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information necessary for the
computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Class R Certificate to a Person
that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or
other middleman) of a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or a
pass-through entity in which a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee is the
record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing
such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) to the
extent that they are under its control conduct the affairs of each of the REMICs
and grantor trusts provided for herein at all times that any Certificates are
outstanding so as to maintain the status of each of the REMICs provided for
herein as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and the status of each of the
grantor trusts provided for herein as a grantor trust under Subpart E, Part I of
subchapter J of the Code; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or
omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of
any of the REMICs provided for herein or result in the imposition of tax upon
any such REMIC; (h) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to
take any action that would cause the termination of the grantor trust status
under Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Code of any of the grantor trusts
provided to herein or result in the imposition of tax upon any such grantor
trusts; (i) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 8.12, the amount of any federal, state and local taxes, including
prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on each of the REMICs
or grantor trusts provided for herein prior to the termination of the Trust Fund
when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not
prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax
in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding
payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings); (j) sign or cause to be signed by the required person federal,
state or local income tax or information returns; (k) maintain records relating
to each of the REMICs and grantor trusts provided for herein, including but not
limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of each of the REMICs
and grantor trusts provided for herein, and the fair market value and adjusted
basis of the Trust Fund property determined at such intervals as may be required
by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules,
statements or information, in each instance, to the extent such information is
provided by a Servicer as required under this Agreement; (l) request from the
Servicers such information as may be reasonably available to the Servicers and
required to prepare the returns, schedules, statements or information referred
to in Section 8.12(k), and (m) as and when
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necessary and appropriate, represent each of the REMICs and grantor trusts
provided for herein in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an
examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an
administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any of the REMICs provided
for herein, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing
agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of any of the
REMICs provided for herein, and otherwise act on behalf of each of the REMICs
and grantor trusts provided for herein in relation to any tax matter involving
any of such REMICs or any controversy involving the Trust Fund.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth
herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
within 10 days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee
requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the
valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including, without
limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of
the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide
to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional
information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time, request in order to
enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor
hereby agrees to indemnify the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages,
claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of
the Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to
cause to be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely
basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of
any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the
Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of the any of such REMICs as
defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the Trust Fund
after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax
is imposed including any minimum tax imposed on any REMIC created hereunder
pursuant to sections 23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation
Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by
(i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by
the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the
location of the Trustee, (ii) any party hereto (other than the Trustee) to the
extent any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by such other
party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or (iii) in all other
cases, or in the event that any liable party here fails to honor its obligations
under the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), any such tax will be paid first with
amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Class R Certificateholders (pro rata)
pursuant to Section 4.04, and second with amounts (other than amounts derived by
the Trust Fund from a payment on the Cap Contract) otherwise to be distributed
to all other Certificateholders in the following order of priority: first, to
the Class C Certificates (pro rata), second to the Class B-3 Certificates (pro
rata), third, to the Class B-2 Certificates (pro rata), fourth to the Class B-1
Certificates (pro rata), fifth, to the Class M-3 Certificates (pro rata), sixth,
to the Class M-2 Certificates (pro rata), seventh, to the Class M-1 Certificates
(pro rata) and eighth, to the Class A Certificates (pro rata). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent that such tax is
payable by the Class R Certificate, the Trustee is hereby authorized pursuant to
such instruction to retain on any Distribution Date, from the Holders of the
Class R Certificate (and, if necessary, from the Holders of all other
Certificates in the priority specified in the preceding sentence), funds
otherwise distributable to such Holders in an amount sufficient to pay such tax.
The Trustee agrees to promptly notify in writing the party liable for any such
tax of the amount thereof and the due date for the payment thereof.
(b) Each of the Depositor and the Trustee agrees not to knowingly
or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would (i) cause
the termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein or
result in the imposition of a tax upon any of the REMICs provided for herein or
(ii) cause the termination of the grantor trust status of any of the grantor
trusts provided for herein or result in the imposition of a tax upon any of the
grantor trusts provided for herein.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all
Mortgage Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Servicers and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the
Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the exercise by Ocwen of an
Optional Termination on or after the Optional Termination Date; and (b) the
later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the
disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement,
as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the
earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor
of the descendants of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the late Ambassador of the United
States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the
Latest Possible Maturity Date.
Any termination pursuant to clause (a) above shall be effected by Ocwen
purchasing all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the amount
described in the definition of Optional Termination Price. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Optional Termination Price paid by Ocwen
shall be deposited by the Trustee directly into the Certificate Account
immediately upon Optional Termination.
The right of Ocwen to effect an Optional Termination pursuant to clause
(a) above shall be conditioned upon the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans, at the time of any such repurchase, aggregating ten (10)
percent or less of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date.
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, (i) the Trustee determines that there are
no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund
other than the funds in the Collection Account, the Trustee shall send a final
distribution notice promptly to each Certificateholder or (ii) the Trustee
determines that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after a final
distribution on such Class, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders
within seven (7) Business Days after such Determination Date that the final
distribution in retirement of such Class of Certificates is scheduled to be made
on the immediately following Distribution Date. Any final distribution made
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence will be made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee
specified in such notice. If Ocwen elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant
to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 10 days prior to the date notice is to
be mailed to the affected Certificateholders, the Trustee shall notify the
Depositor of the date such electing party intends to terminate the Trust Fund
and of the applicable repurchase price of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly
by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 10th
day and no later than the 15th day of the month immediately preceding the month
of such final distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution
Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon
presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b)
the location of the office or agency at which such presentation and surrender
must be made, and (c) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such
Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office therein specified.
The Trustee will give such notice to each Rating Agency at the time such notice
is given to Certificateholders.
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In the event such notice is given, each Servicer shall cause all funds
in the related Collection Account to be deposited in the Certificate Account on
the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to
the final distribution in respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit
with respect to the Trust Fund, certification to the Trustee that such required
amount has been deposited in the Trust Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a
Request for Release therefor, the Trustee shall promptly release to the Mortgage
Files for the Mortgage Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class the amounts
allocable to such Certificates held in the Certificate Account in the order and
priority set forth in Section 4.04 hereof on the final Distribution Date and in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice
to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
six months after the second notice all the applicable 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 that remain a part of
the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders
shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that
remain subject hereto. Upon payment to the Class R Certificateholders of such
funds and assets, the Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations with
respect thereto.
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event Ocwen exercises its option to effect an Optional
Termination as provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has
been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of Ocwen to the effect
that the failure of the Trust Fund to comply with the requirements of this
Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section
860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(i) The Depositor shall establish a 90-day liquidation
period and notify the Trustee thereof, which shall in turn specify the
first day of such period in a statement attached to the final tax
returns of each of the REMICs provided for herein pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860F-1. The Depositor shall satisfy all the
requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code
and any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
obtained at the expense of Ocwen;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or
prior to the time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the
Depositor as agent of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the
Trust Fund for cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
distributed or credited, to the Class R Certificateholders all cash on
hand (other than cash retained to meet outstanding claims), and the
Trust Fund shall terminate at that time, whereupon the Trustee shall
have no further duties or obligations with respect to sums distributed
or credited to the Class R Certificateholders.
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(b) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby
authorize the Depositor to specify the 90-day liquidation period for the Trust
Fund, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.
(c) The Trustee as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and sign
such a plan of complete liquidation prepared and delivered to it by Depositor
upon the written request of the Depositor, and the receipt of the Opinion of
Counsel referred to in Section 9.03(a) and to take such other action in
connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Depositor.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicers and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders
to,
(i) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake,
(ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provision
therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein,
(iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Agreement, or
(iv) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the
terms or provisions contained in this Agreement, provided, however,
that, in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv), such amendment will not,
as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect, adversely effect
in any material respect the interests of any Holder; provided, further,
however, that such amendment will be deemed to not adversely affect in
any material respect the interest of any Holder if the Person
requesting such amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency
stating that such amendment will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of its rating of any Class of the Certificates, it being
understood and agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not
represent a determination as to the materiality of any such amendment
and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Servicers and the Trustee may at any time
and from time to time amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of
its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or appropriate to maintain
the qualification of any of the REMICs provided for herein as REMICs under the
Code or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on the Trust
Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein pursuant to the Code that would be
a claim against the Trust Fund at any time prior to the final redemption of the
Certificates, provided that the Trustee shall have been provided an Opinion of
Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such
amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee, to the effect
that such action is necessary or appropriate to maintain such qualification or
to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Servicers, the Trustee and the Holders of the Certificates affected thereby
evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
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Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any
manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to be
distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in (i),
without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing 66
2/3% or more of the Voting Rights of such Class or (iii) reduce the aforesaid
percentages of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first
received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party
requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, to the effect that such amendment will not cause the imposition of any
tax on the Trust Fund, any of the REMICs provided for herein or the
Certificateholders or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder and
each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders 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. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to the Trustee
that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and
that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and
(ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the
immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
supplement, modification or waiver which affects its rights, duties or
obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.02. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and
such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 10.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND
TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.
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SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of
the Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, assignments of Mortgages, title insurance
policies and any modifications, extensions and/or assumption agreements and
private mortgage insurance policies relating to the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof to
the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such
conveyance be deemed a pledge thereof by the Depositor to the Trustee. However,
in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are
held to be the property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in such assets, then
(i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance
provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant
by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, of a
security interest in all of the assets that constitute the Trust Fund, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the
assets of the Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a
perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of the Agreement. The Depositor shall
arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements in
connection with any security interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:
(i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
(ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not
been cured;
(iii) The resignation or termination of the Trustee or the
Servicer and the appointment of any successor;
(iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03 and 3.12;
(v) The final payment to Certificateholders; and
(vi) Any change in the location of the Certificate
Account.
The Trustee shall promptly furnish or make available to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:
(i) Each report to Certificateholders described in
Section 4.05;
(ii) Each annual statement as to compliance described in
Section 3.17; and
(iii) Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.18.
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All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of the
Depositor, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 4 World
Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10080, Attention: Asset-Backed
Finance; (b) in the case of the Trustee, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services - Terwin Mortgage Trust, Series TMTS 2003-8HE, with a
copy to its Corporate Trust Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota; (c) in the case of
the Rating Agencies, (i) Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇; and (ii)
▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇; (d) in the case of the Credit Risk Manager, The Murrayhill Company, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇; (e) in the case of Ocwen,
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇; and (f) in the case of GreenPoint, GreenPoint Mortgage Funding
Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and in the case of any of
the foregoing persons, such other addresses as may hereafter be furnished by any
such persons to the other parties to this Agreement. Notices to
Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 10.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided pursuant to Section 6.02, 6.04 and 7.02, this Agreement may not be
assigned by either Servicer without the prior written consent of the Depositor
and the Trustee.
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust
Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein
set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to
constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an
association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third
party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to
any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement,
unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice
of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided,
the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity satisfactory to
it as it may require against
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the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the
Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by
each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that
no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this
Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other
of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference
to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in
the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 10.08, each
and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as
can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
Each Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit
any representative of the Depositor or the Trustee during the Servicer's normal
business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other
papers of such Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified
public accountants selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers,
employees, agents, counsel and independent public accountants (and by this
provision, the Servicer hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with such
representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Nothing in this Section 10.09
shall limit the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors and the failure
of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 10.09 as a result
of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 10.09. Nothing
in this Section 10.09 shall require the Servicer to collect, create, collate or
otherwise generate any information that it does not generate in its usual course
of business. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by the Depositor
or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09 shall be borne by the party
requesting such inspection (except in the case of the Trustee in which case such
expenses shall be borne by the requesting Certificateholder(s)).
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not
be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in
the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any
reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by
the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 10.11. [Reserved]
SECTION 10.12. [Reserved]
SECTION 10.13. [Reserved]
SECTION 10.14. Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities.
(a) The Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or
other facility (any such arrangement, an "Advance Facility"), under which (1)
the Servicer assigns or pledges its rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed
for any or all Advances and/or Servicing Advances to (i) a Person, which may be
a special-purpose bankruptcy-remote entity (an "SPV"), (ii) a Person, which may
simultaneously assign or pledge such rights to an SPV or (iii) a lender (a
"Lender"), which, in the case of any Person or SPV of the type described in
either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), may directly or through other
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assignees and/or pledgees, assign or pledge such rights to a Person, which may
include a trustee acting on behalf of holders of debt instruments (any such
Person or any such Lender, an "Advance Financing Person"), and/or (2) an Advance
Financing Person agrees to fund all the Advances and/or Servicing Advances
required to be made by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of
the Trustee, the Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before
the Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the Trustee or the
Certificateholders be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advance
Financing Person to a Servicer. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance
Facility under which an Advance Financing Person agrees to fund Advances and/or
Servicing Advances, (A) the Servicer (i) shall remain obligated pursuant to this
Agreement to make Advances and/or Servicing Advances pursuant to and as required
by this Agreement and (ii) shall not be relieved of such obligations by virtue
of such Advance Facility and (B) neither the Advance Financing Person nor any
Servicer's Assignee (as hereinafter defined) shall have any right to proceed
against or otherwise contact any Mortgagor for the purpose of collecting any
payment that may be due with respect to any related Mortgage Loan or enforcing
any covenant of such Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents.
(b) The Advance Financing Person shall only have rights to previously
unreimbursed Advances and/or Servicing Advances ("Advance Reimbursement
Amounts"). Advance Reimbursement Amounts (i) shall consist solely of amounts in
respect of Advances and/or Servicing Advances for which the Servicer would be
permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof, assuming
the Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and/or Servicing Advance(s) and
(ii) shall not consist of amounts payable to a successor servicer in accordance
with Section 3.08 hereof to the extent permitted under Section 10.14(e) below.
(c) Notwithstanding the existence of an Advance Facility, the Servicer,
on behalf of the Advance Financing Person and the Servicer's Assignee, shall be
entitled to receive reimbursements of Advances and/or Servicing Advances in
accordance with Section 3.08 hereof, which entitlement may be terminated by the
Advance Financing Person pursuant to a written notice to the Trustee in the
manner set forth in Section 10.05 hereof. Upon receipt of such written notice,
the Servicer shall no longer be entitled to receive reimbursement for any
Advance Reimbursement Amounts and the Servicer's Assignee shall immediately have
the right to receive from the related Collection Account all Advance
Reimbursement Amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of
doubt, (i) the Servicer and/or the Servicer's Assignee shall only be entitled to
reimbursement of Advance Reimbursement Amounts hereunder from withdrawals from
the related Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 of this Agreement and
shall not otherwise be entitled to make withdrawals or receive amounts that
shall be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(f)
hereof, and (ii) neither the Trustee nor the Certificateholders shall have any
right to, or otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance Reimbursement Amounts
to which the Servicer or Servicer's Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled
pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof. An Advance Facility may be terminated by the
joint written direction of the Servicer and the related Advance Financing
Person. Written notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Trustee in
the manner set forth in Section 10.05 hereof. Neither the Depositor nor the
Trustee shall, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any
additional duty or liability with respect to the calculation or payment of any
Advance Reimbursement Amount, nor, as a result of the existence of any Advance
Facility, shall the Depositor or the Trustee have any additional responsibility
to track or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or the payment of
Advance Reimbursement Amounts to the Servicer's Assignee. The Servicer shall
indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, any successor servicer and the Trust Fund
for any claim, loss, liability or damage resulting from any claim by the related
Advancing Financing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss,
liability or damage resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or
willful misconduct on the part of the Depositor, the Trustee or any successor
servicer, as the case may be, or failure by the successor servicer or the
Trustee, as the case may be, to remit funds as required by this Agreement or the
commission of an act or
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omission to act by the successor servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be,
and the passage of any applicable cure or grace period, such that an Event of
Default under this Agreement occurs or such entity is subject to termination for
cause under this Agreement. The Servicer shall maintain and provide to any
successor servicer and, upon request, the Trustee a detailed accounting on a
loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged or assigned to, and
reimbursed to any Advancing Financing Person. The successor servicer shall be
entitled to rely on any such information provided by the predecessor servicer,
and the successor servicer shall not be liable for any errors in such
information.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) As between a predecessor servicer and its Advance Financing Person,
on the one hand, and a successor servicer and its Advance Financing Person, if
any, on the other hand, Advance Reimbursement Amounts on a loan-by-loan basis
with respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which an Advance and/or Servicing
Advance shall have been made and be outstanding shall be allocated on a
"first-in, first out" basis. In the event the Servicer's Assignee shall have
received some or all of an Advance Reimbursement Amount related to Advances
and/or Servicing Advances that were made by a Person other than such predecessor
servicer or its related Advance Financing Person in error, then such Servicer's
Assignee shall be required to remit any portion of such Advance Reimbursement
Amount to each Person entitled to such portion of such Advance Reimbursement
Amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall
remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advance Financing Person for all
Advances and/or Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent the
related Advance Reimbursement Amounts have not been assigned or pledged to such
Advance Financing Person or Servicer's Assignee.
(f) For purposes of any Officer's Certificate of the Servicer made
pursuant to Section 4.01, any Non-Recoverable Advance referred to therein may
have been made by such Servicer or any predecessor servicer. In making its
determination that any Advance or Servicing Advance theretofore made has become
a Non-Recoverable Advance, the Servicer shall apply the same criteria in making
such determination regardless of whether such Advance or Servicing Advance shall
have been made by the Servicer or any predecessor servicer.
Any amendment to this Section 10.14 or to any other provision
of this Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an
Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 10.14, including
amendments to add provisions relating to a successor servicer, may be entered
into by the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicers without the consent of any
Certificateholder, provided such amendment complies with Section 10.01 hereof.
All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of each party
hereto of any such amendment shall be borne solely by the Servicer. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Advances and/or Servicing
Advances financed by and/or pledged to an Advance Financing Person under any
Advance Facility are obligations owed to the Servicer payable only from the cash
flows and proceeds received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances
and/or Servicing Advances only to the extent provided herein, and the Trustee
and the Trust Fund are not, as a result of the existence of any Advance
Facility, obligated or liable to repay any Advances and/or Servicing Advances
financed by the Advance Financing Person; (b) the Servicer will be responsible
for remitting to the Advance Financing Person the applicable amounts collected
by it as reimbursement for Advances and/or Servicing Advances funded by the
Advance Financing Person, subject to the provisions of this Agreement; and (c)
the Trustee shall not have any responsibility to track or monitor the
administration of the financing arrangement between the Servicer and any Advance
Financing Person.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Servicers 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.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: ____________________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By: ____________________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB,
as Servicer
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC.,
as Servicer
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and Agreed for purposes of
Article II
TERWIN ADVISORS LLC,
as Seller
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and Agreed for purposes of
Section 3.19 and Section 6.08
THE MURRAYHILL COMPANY,
as Credit Risk Manager
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
FORMS OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
A-1
EXHIBIT B
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
B-1-1
EXHIBIT C
SCHEDULE OF MORTGAGE LOANS WITH NO PREPAYMENT ENFORCEMENT
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
C-1
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION
[DATE]
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
4 World Financial ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2003 among
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Ocwen Federal
Bank FSB, as a servicer, GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc. as a servicer
and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee,
relating to Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
TMTS 2003-8HE
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that [,except
as set forth in Schedule A hereto,] as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in
full or listed on the attachment hereto) it has reviewed the Mortgage File and
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that:
(i) All documents in the Mortgage File required to be delivered to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are
in its possession;
(ii) In connection with each Mortgage Loan or Assignment thereof as
to which documentary evidence of recording was not received on the Closing Date,
it has received evidence of such recording; and
(iii) Such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on
their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond confirming (i) that the Mortgage Loan
number and the name of the Mortgagor in each Mortgage File conform to the
respective Mortgage Loan number and name listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and (ii) the existence in each Mortgage File of each of the documents listed in
subparagraphs (i)(A) through (G), inclusive, of Section 2.01 in the Agreement.
The Trustee makes no representations or warranties as to the validity, legality,
recordability, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of
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the documents contained in each Mortgage Loan or the collectibility,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Custodian
By: ____________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: _________________________________
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EXHIBIT E-1
FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES TMTS 2003-8HE
[DATE]
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Terwin Mortgage Trust, Series TMTS
2003-8HE
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We propose to purchase Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE, Class R, described in the Prospectus
Supplement, dated December 24, 2003, and Prospectus, dated July 3, 2003.
1. We certify that (a) we are not a disqualified organization and
(b) we are not purchasing such Class R Certificate on behalf of a disqualified
organization; for this purpose the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. We
understand that any breach by us of this certification may cause us to be liable
for an excise tax imposed upon transfers to disqualified organizations.
2. We certify that (a) we have historically paid our debts as
they became due, (b) we intend, and believe that we will be able, to continue to
pay our debts as they become due in the future, (c) we understand that, as
beneficial owner of the Class R Certificate, we may incur tax liabilities in
excess of any cash flows generated by the Class R Certificate, and (d) we intend
to pay any taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificate as they become
due and (e) we will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of ours or another U.S. taxpayer.
3. We acknowledge that we will be the beneficial owner of the
Class R Certificate and:*
_________ The Class R Certificate will be registered
in our name.
________________________________
* Check appropriate box and if necessary fill in the name of the Transferee's
nominee.
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_________ The Class R Certificate will be held in the
name of our nominee, _________________,
which is not a disqualified organization.
4. We certify that we are not an employee benefit plan subject to
Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), or a plan within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or a plan
subject to federal, state or local law materially similar to the foregoing
provisions of ERISA and the Code (each, a "Plan"), and are not directly or
indirectly purchasing the Class R Certificate on behalf of, as investment
manager of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of or with the assets of a Plan or
directly or indirectly purchasing the Class R Certificate with the assets of any
insurance company separate account or general account containing any "plan
assets" or of any Plan.
5. We certify that (i) we are a U.S. person or (ii) we will hold
the Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States and have furnished the transferor, the Trustee and the
Trustee with a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI
or successor form at the time and in the manner required by the Code; for this
purpose the term "U.S. person" means a citizen or resident of the United States,
a corporation, or partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury
regulations are adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under
the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
including an entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income
tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income
tax regardless of the source of its income, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more such U.S. persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable
Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are
eligible to elect to be treated as U.S. Persons. We agree that any breach by us
of this certification shall render the transfer of any interest in the Class R
Certificate to us absolutely null and void and shall cause no rights in the
Class R Certificate to vest in us.
6. We agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to
transfer any interest in the Class R Certificate, we will transfer such interest
in the Class R Certificate only (a) to a transferee that (i) is not a
disqualified organization and is not purchasing such interest in the Class R
Certificate on behalf of a disqualified organization, (ii) is a U.S. person or
will hold the Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States and will furnish us, the Trustee and the
Trustee with a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI
or successor form at the time and in the manner required by the Code and (iii)
has delivered to the Trustee and the Trustee a letter in the form of this letter
(including the affidavit appended hereto) and, we will provide the Trustee and
the Trustee a written statement substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 to the
Agreement.
7. We hereby designate _______________________ as our fiduciary
to act as the tax matters person for each of the REMICs provided for in the
Agreement as to which the Class R Certificate represents the residual interest
for federal income tax purposes.
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Very truly yours,
[PURCHASER]
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of __________ __, 200__
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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APPENDIX A
Affidavit pursuant to (i) Section 860E(e)(4)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and (ii) certain provisions of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that the following is true:
(1) He or she is an officer of _________________________ (the
"Transferee"),
(2) the Transferee's Employer Identification number is __________,
(3) the Transferee is not a "disqualified organization" (as defined below),
has no plan or intention of becoming a disqualified organization, and
is not acquiring any of its interest in the Terwin Mortgage Trust,
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE, Class R on behalf of a
disqualified organization or any other entity,
(4) unless ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc.("MLMI") has consented to
the transfer to the Transferee by executing the form of Consent affixed
as Appendix B to the Transferee's Letter to which this Certificate is
affixed as Appendix A, the Transferee is a "U.S. person" (as defined
below),
(5) that no purpose of the transfer is to avoid or impede the assessment or
collection of tax,
(6) the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due,
(7) the Transferee intends, and believes that it will be able, to continue
to pay its debts as they become due in the future,
(8) the Transferee understands that, as beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows
generated by the Class R Certificate,
(9) the Transferee intends to pay any taxes associated with holding the
Class R Certificate as they become due,
(10) the Transferee consents to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by MLMI (upon advice of
counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the
Class R Certificate will not be owned directly or indirectly by a
disqualified organization, and
(11) IF BRACKETED, THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS ARE INAPPLICABLE [the
transfer is not a direct or indirect transfer of the Class R
Certificate to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within
the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee, and
as to each of the residual interests represented by the Class R
Certificate, the present value of the anticipated tax liabilities
associated with holding such residual interest does not exceed the sum
of:
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(A) the present value of any consideration given to the Transferee
to acquire such residual interest;
(B) the present value of the expected future distributions on such
residual interest; and
(C) the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
with holding such residual interest as the related REMIC
generates losses.
For purposes of this declaration, (i) the Transferee is assumed to pay
tax at a rate equal to the highest rate of tax specified in Section
11(b)(1) of the Code, but the tax rate specified in Section 55(b)(1)(B)
of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in
Section 11(b)(1) of the Code if the Transferee has been subject to the
alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding
two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable
year using the alternative minimum tax rate, and (ii) present values
are computed using a discount rate equal to the Federal short-term rate
prescribed by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer
and the compounding period used by the Transferee;]
[(11) (A) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of each of the
Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the Transferee's
fiscal year of transfer, the Transferee's gross assets for
financial reporting purposes exceed $100 million and its net
assets for financial reporting purposes exceed $10 million;
and
(B) the Transferee is an eligible corporation as defined in
Treasury regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i) and has agreed
in writing that any subsequent transfer of the Class R
Certificate will be to another eligible corporation in a
transaction that satisfies Treasury regulation Sections
1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), 1.860E-1(c)(4)(ii), 1.860E-1(c)(4)(iii) and
1.860E-1(c)(5) and such transfer will not be a direct or
indirect transfer to a foreign permanent establishment (within
the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of a domestic
corporation.
For purposes of this declaration, the gross and net assets of the Transferee do
not include any obligation of any related person as defined in Treasury
regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii) or any other asset if a principal purpose
for holding or acquiring the other asset is to permit the Transferee to make
this declaration or to satisfy the requirements of Treasury regulation Section
1.860E-1(c)(5)(i).]
(12) The Transferee will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee or another U.S.
taxpayer.
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For purpose of this affidavit, the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and the term
"U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or
partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations are
adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including an
entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes,
an estate whose income is subject to Unites States federal income tax regardless
of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or
more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions
of such trust, (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury regulations,
certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are eligible to elect to be
treated as U.S. Persons).
_________________________________
By: _____________________________
_________________________________
Address of Investor for receipt of distribution:
Address of Investor for receipt of tax information:
(Corporate Seal)
Attest:
_________________________________
_________________________________, Secretary
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Personally appeared before me the above-named ______________, known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing
instrument and to be the _______ of the Investor, and acknowledged to
me that he executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act
and deed of the Investor.
Subscribed and sworn before me this day of
, 200_ .
_________________________________
Notary Public
County of ____________________
State of _____________________
My commission expires the ________ day of ______________
By: ____________________________
Name: ____________________
Title: ____________________
Dated: _____________
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FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES TMTS 2003-8HE
[DATE]
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention:Corporate Trust Services - Terwin Mortgage Trust, Series TMTS 2003-8HE
Re: Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE
_______________________ (the "Transferor") has reviewed the
attached affidavit of _____________________________ (the "Transferee"), and has
no actual knowledge that such affidavit is not true, and has no reason to
believe that the Transferee has the intention to impede the assessment or
collection of any federal, state or local taxes legally required to be paid with
respect to the Class R Certificate referred to in the attached affidavit. In
addition, the Transferor has conducted a reasonable investigation at the time of
the transfer and found that the Transferee had historically paid its debts as
they came due and found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee
will not continue to pay its debts as they become due.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE FOR
CLASS C CERTIFICATES
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - TMTS 2003-8HE
RE: Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-8HE
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the Class C Certificate, we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act and (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers
to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action that would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act. All
capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1,
2003, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Ocwen Federal
Bank FSB, as a servicer, GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., as a servicer and
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________
Name of Transferor
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
(ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
[DATE]
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - TMTS 2003-8HE
Re: Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-8HE Class C
Ladies and Gentlemen:
______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
________________ (the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the
"Transferred Certificates") of Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2003-8HE, Class C (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2003 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as a servicer ( "Ocwen" or a "Servicer"),
GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., as a servicer ("GreenPoint" or a
"Servicer")and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). [THE PURCHASER INTENDS TO REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN
THE NAME OF ____________________, AS NOMINEE FOR _________________.] All terms
used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:
1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not
been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state, (b) neither the
Depositor nor the Trustee is required, and neither of them intends, to so
register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates cannot be resold
unless (i) they are registered and qualified under the Securities Act and the
applicable state securities laws or (ii) an exemption from registration and
qualification is available and (d) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement contains
restrictions regarding the transfer of the Certificates.
2. The Certificates will bear a legend to the following effect:
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS
AMENDED (THE "1940 ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS,
AND MAY NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
OR OFFERED FOR SALE, UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS NOT SUBJECT TO
REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, THE 1940 ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND SUCH TRANSFER ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE OTHER
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PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE SHALL
HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE SERVICER (A)
AN INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B)
REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE OFFERING AND SALE OF
THE CERTIFICATES.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE SHALL
HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (I) A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE EITHER (A) IS NOT
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE OR ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW")
(EACH, A "PLAN") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF
ERISA AND THE CODE, AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PURCHASING ANY
CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF, AS INVESTMENT MANAGER OF, AS NAMED FIDUCIARY
OF, AS TRUSTEE OF OR WITH ASSETS OF A PLAN OR, IN THE CASE OF AN
INSURANCE COMPANY, THE ASSETS OF ANY SEPARATE ACCOUNTS CONTAINING ANY
"PLAN ASSETS" PURSUANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS SET FORTH
IN 29 CFR Section 2510.3-101 TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION OR (B) A
REPRESENTATION LETTER THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT
IS PURCHASING THE CERTIFICATE WITH FUNDS CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE
COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, 60 FED. REG. 35925 (JULY
12, 1995) ("PTCE 95-60"), AND THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE
CERTIFICATE IS COVERED UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (II)
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF
THE CERTIFICATE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER
ERISA, THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE OR THE
TRUSTEE TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO THOSE EXPRESSLY UNDERTAKEN IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, WHICH REPRESENTATION LETTER OR
OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE TRUSTEE.
3. The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificates for
its own account [FOR INVESTMENT ONLY]* and not with a view to or for sale or
other transfer in connection with any distribution of the Transferred
Certificates in any manner that would violate the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding
that disposition of the Purchaser's property shall at all times be and remain
within its control.
4. The Purchaser (a) is a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters, and in particular in such matters related to securities
similar to the Certificates, such that it is capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of investment in the Certificates, (b) is able to bear the economic
risks of such an investment and (c) is an "accredited investor" within the
meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act.
5. The Purchaser will not nor has it authorized nor will it
authorize any person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise
transfer any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
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similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to
accept a pledge, disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner,
(c) otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any
interest in any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any
manner, (d) make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in
any other manner, or (e) take any other action, that would constitute a
distribution of any Certificate under the Securities Act or the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), that would render the
disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or
any state securities law, or that would require registration or qualification
pursuant thereto. Neither the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf has
offered the Certificates for sale or made any general solicitation by means of
general advertising or in any other manner with respect to the Certificates. The
Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in
compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
6. The Purchaser either (A) is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), or a plan within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") or a plan subject to federal state
or local law materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA and the
Code ("Similar Law") (each, a "Plan"), and is not directly or indirectly
purchasing any Certificate on behalf of, as investment manager of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of or with assets of a Plan or directly or indirectly
purchasing any certificates with the assets of any insurance company separate
account containing any "plan assets" or of any Plan, (B) is an insurance company
that is purchasing the Certificate with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, 60 Fed. Reg. 35925 (July 12, 1995) ("PTCE
95-60"), and the purchase and holding of the Certificate is covered under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (C) herewith delivers to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the Trustee shall
be entitled to rely, to the effect that the purchase and holding of the
Certificate by the Purchaser will not result in a prohibited transaction under
ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee to any
obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee.
7. Prior to the sale or transfer by the Purchaser of any of the
Certificates, the Purchaser will obtain from any subsequent purchaser
substantially the same certifications, representations, warranties and covenants
contained in the foregoing paragraphs and in this letter or a letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit [H] to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
8. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicers
and the Depositor against any liability that may result from any
misrepresentation made herein.
Very truly yours,
[PURCHASER]
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
(QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)
[DATE]
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - TMTS 2003-8HE
Re: Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-8HE Class C
Ladies and Gentlemen:
______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
________________ (the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the
"Transferred Certificates") of the Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2003-8HE, Class C (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to
a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2003 (the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement"), among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as a servicer ( "Ocwen" or
a "Servicer"), GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., as a servicer ("GreenPoint" or
a "Servicer")and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee
(the "Trustee"). [THE PURCHASER INTENDS TO REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE
IN THE NAME OF ____________________, AS NOMINEE FOR __________________.] All
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Transferred
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 such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Transferred
Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional information
deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Transferred Certificates, (d)
we either (i) are not an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or a plan
within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code") or a plan subject to federal, state or local law materially
similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA and the Code ("Similar Law") (each,
a "Plan"), nor are we directly or
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indirectly purchasing any Certificate on behalf of, as investment manager of, as
named fiduciary of, as trustee of or with assets of a Plan or directly or
indirectly purchasing any certificates with the assets of any insurance company
separate account containing any "plan assets" or of any Plan, (ii) are an
insurance company that is purchasing the Transferred Certificates with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in
Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, 60 Fed. Reg. 35925
(July 12, 1995) ("PTCE 95-60"), and the purchase and holding of the Certificates
is covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) herewith have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and
upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the
purchase and holding of the Transferred Certificates by the Purchaser will not
result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will
not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those expressly
undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, (e) we have not, nor has anyone acting
on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to,
or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition
of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar
security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
with, any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of
general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that
would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or
that would render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5
of the Securities Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act,
nor has authorized or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with
respect to the Certificates, (f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as
that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and have completed
one of the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or
Annex 2. We are aware that the sale of the Transferred Certificates to us is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the Transferred
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 by us, based upon certifications of such
purchaser or information we have in our possession, to be a qualified
institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another
exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
We agree to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicers and the Depositor
against any liability that may result from any misrepresentation made herein.
Very truly yours,
[PURCHASER]
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX 1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[FOR TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with the purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $____________* in securities (except
for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A)
and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
____ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other
than a bank, savings and loan association or similar
institution), Massachusetts or similar business
trust, partnership, or charitable organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
____ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State,
territory or the District of Columbia, the business
of which is substantially confined to banking and is
supervised by Federal, State or territorial banking
commission or similar official or is a foreign bank
or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net
worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, a copy of which
is attached hereto.
____ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association,
cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
institution, which is supervised and examined by a
State or Federal authority having supervision over
such institution or is a foreign savings and loan
association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
____ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
____ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company
whose primary and predominant business activity is
the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks
underwritten by insurance companies and which is
subject to supervision by the
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* Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in
securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.
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insurance commissioner or a similar official or
agency of the State, territory or the District of
Columbia.
____ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established
and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the
State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit
of its employees.
____ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
____ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act
of 1940, as amended.
____ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small
business investment company licensed by the U.S.
Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or
(d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as
amended.
____ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.
3. The term "securities" as used for purposes of the calculation
of the dollar amount in paragraph 2 excludes: (i) securities of issuers that are
affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment
to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer, (iii) securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi)
repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
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certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan as provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:____________________________
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ANNEX 2
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[FOR TRANSFEREES THAT ARE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is
an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
____ The Buyer owned $___________ in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
144A).
____ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies
which owned in the aggregate $__________ in
securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the
same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
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6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the
undersigned will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
__________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:_____________________________
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EXHIBIT I
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS AND RECEIPT
________________
[Date]
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
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Attention: Mortgage Custody - TW038C
In connection with the administration of the mortgages held by you as Custodian
under a certain Custodial Agreement dated as of [ ] between [ ], as Trustee, and
you, as Custodian (the "Custodial Agreement"), the undersigned Servicer hereby
requests a release of the Mortgage File held by you as Custodian with respect to
the following described Mortgage Loan for the reason indicated below.
Mortgagor's Name:
Address:
Loan No.:
Reason for requesting file:
1. Mortgage Loan paid in full. The Servicer hereby certifies that
all amounts received in connection with the loan have been credited, or paid to
the Trustee for credit, to the Collection Account or the Certificate Account
(whichever is applicable) pursuant to the Pooling Agreement.)
2. The Mortgage Loan is being foreclosed.
3. Mortgage Loan substituted. The Servicer hereby certifies that
a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan has been assigned and delivered to you
along with the related Mortgage File pursuant to the Pooling Agreement.)
4. Mortgage Loan repurchased. The Servicer hereby certifies that
the Purchase Price has been credited to the Collection Account or the
Certificate Account (whichever is applicable) pursuant to the Pooling
Agreement.)
5. Other. (Describe)
The undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File will be held by the
undersigned in accordance with the provisions of the Pooling Agreement and will
be returned to you within ten (10) days of our receipt of the Mortgage File,
except if the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, or repurchased or substituted
for a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan (in which case the Mortgage File will
be retained by us permanently) and except if the Mortgage Loan is being
foreclosed (in which case the Mortgage File will be returned when no longer
required by us for such purpose).
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Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Custodial Agreement.
__________________________________
[Name of Servicer]
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title: Servicing Officer
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EXHIBIT J
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT K
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF TRUSTEE
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc.
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4 World Financial ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Re: Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE
Reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2003 (the "Agreement"), by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage
Investors, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as a
servicer, GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., as a servicer and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of the Trustee hereby certify
to the Depositor, and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the Monthly Statements delivered pursuant to the
Agreement since the last Officer's Certificate executed pursuant to
Section 3.21 of the Agreement [or in the case of the first
certification, since the Cut-off Date] (the "Trustee Information").
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in the Monthly Statement, taken
as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading as of the date hereof;
3. Based on my knowledge, the Monthly Statements required to be prepared
by the Trustee under the Agreement has been prepared and provided in
accordance with the Agreement; and
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee
under the Agreement and the Trustee has, as of the date hereof
fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement and there are no
significant deficiencies relating to the Trustee's compliance with the
Agreement.
Date:
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
Trustee
By: ____________________________
Name: ____________________________
Title: ____________________________
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EXHIBIT L
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage Investors, Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
4 World Financial Center, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention:Corporate Trust Services - Terwin Mortgage Trust, Series TMTS 2003-8HE
Re: Terwin Mortgage Trust, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series TMTS 2003-8HE
Reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2003 (the "Agreement"), by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mortgage
Investors, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as a
servicer ("Ocwen" or a "Servicer"), GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., as a
servicer ("GreenPoint" or a "Servicer") and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
I, [identify the certifying individual], an authorized representative
of the Servicer hereby certify to the Trustee and the Depositor, and each of
their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and
intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the information required to be delivered by the
Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to the Agreement (the "Servicing
Information").
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in the Annual Statement of
Compliance, and all servicing reports, officer's certificates and other
information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted
to the Trustee by the Servicer taken as a whole, does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the last
day of the period covered by the Annual Statement of Compliance;
3. Based on my knowledge, the Servicing Information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Servicer under the Agreement has been
provided to the Trustee; and
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4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer
under the Agreement and based upon the review required hereunder, and
except as disclosed in the Annual Statement of Compliance, the Annual
Independent Certified Public Accountant's Servicing Report and all
servicing reports, officer's certificates and other information
relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to the
Trustee by the Servicer, the Servicer has, as of the last day of the
period covered by the Annual Statement of Compliance fulfilled its
obligations under this Agreement.
Date:
_____________________, as Servicer
By: __________________________
Name: __________________________
Title: __________________________
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EXHIBIT M
CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT N
FORM OF CAP CONTRACT
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