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GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
as Servicer,
GMACM HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2004-HE1,
as Issuer
and
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A.
as Indenture Trustee
_________________________
SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 30, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions...................................................2
Section 1.01 Definitions.............................................2
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions...........................2
Section 1.03 Interest Calculations...................................2
ARTICLE II Representations and Warranties................................3
Section 2.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the
Servicer................................................3
Section 2.02 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer............4
Section 2.03 Enforcement of Representations and Warranties...........4
ARTICLE III Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans................5
Section 3.01 The Servicer............................................5
Section 3.02 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments............8
Section 3.03 Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.................11
Section 3.04 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Property
Protection Expenses....................................13
Section 3.05 Modification Agreements................................14
Section 3.06 Trust Estate; Related Documents........................14
Section 3.07 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans..............15
Section 3.08 Issuer and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate..............16
Section 3.09 Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain
Expenses by Servicer...................................17
Section 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance......................18
Section 3.11 Annual Servicing Report................................18
Section 3.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans...........................18
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance Policies....19
Section 3.14 Information Required by the Internal Revenue
Service and Reports of Foreclosures and
Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.....................19
Section 3.15 Optional Repurchase or Transfer of Mortgage Loans......19
Section 3.16 Reserved...............................................21
Section 3.17 Reserved...............................................21
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Section 3.18 Funding Account........................................22
Section 3.19 Reserved...............................................24
Section 3.20 Reserve Sub-Account....................................25
Section 3.21 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments...........25
Section 3.22 Advance Facility.......................................25
ARTICLE IV Servicing Certificate........................................26
Section 4.01 Statements to Securityholders..........................26
Section 4.02 Tax Returns and 1934 Act Reports.......................27
ARTICLE V Note Payment Account.........................................29
Section 5.01 Note Payment Account...................................29
ARTICLE VI The Servicer.................................................30
Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer..............................30
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, the Servicer...........................30
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.....31
Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign.................................31
Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties...................................32
Section 6.06 Payment of Indenture Trustee's and Owner Trustee's
Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.....................32
ARTICLE VII Default......................................................33
Section 7.01 Servicing Default......................................33
Section 7.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.....35
Section 7.03 Notification to Securityholders........................37
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions.....................................37
Section 8.01 Amendment..............................................37
Section 8.02 GOVERNING LAW..........................................37
Section 8.03 Notices................................................37
Section 8.04 Severability of Provisions.............................38
Section 8.05 Third-Party Beneficiaries..............................38
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Section 8.06 Counterparts...........................................38
Section 8.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents...............38
Section 8.08 Termination Upon Purchase by the Servicer or
Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans; Partial
Redemption.............................................38
Section 8.09 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee........39
Section 8.10 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Related Documents.........39
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EXHIBIT A - MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE A-1
EXHIBIT B - LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY B-1
EXHIBIT C - FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE C-1
EXHIBIT D-1 - FORM OF FORM 10-K CERTIFICATION D-1
EXHIBIT D-2 FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION TO FORM 10-K CERTIFICATE D-2
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This Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2004 (the "Agreement"), is
among GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), the GMACM Home
Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1, as issuer (the "Issuer"), and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank,
N.A., as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as defined
herein), GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as seller (in such capacity, "GMACM") and as
servicer, and Walnut Grove Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-A, as seller ("WG Trust
2003" and, with GMACM, each a "Seller" and together, the "Sellers"), will sell
to Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. ("RAMP"), as purchaser (in such
capacity, the "Purchaser"), the Initial Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date, and
may sell Subsequent Mortgage Loans on one or more Subsequent Transfer Dates,
together with the Related Documents on the Closing Date and any Subsequent
Transfer Date, and thereafter all Additional Balances created on or after the
Cut-Off Date and any such Subsequent Transfer Date;
WHEREAS, RAMP, as depositor (in such capacity, the "Depositor"), will sell
the Initial Mortgage Loans and assign all of its rights under the Purchase
Agreement to the Issuer, together with the Related Documents on the Closing
Date, and thereafter all Additional Balances relating thereto created on or
after the Cut-Off Date;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Issuer will
issue the Certificates;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer will issue the
Notes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer will
service the Mortgage Loans directly or through one or more Subservicers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Definitions contained in Appendix A to the indenture dated
as of March 30, 2004 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, which is incorporated by reference herein. All other capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings specified herein.
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not
defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement
or in any such certificate or other document, to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings
of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the
definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document shall control.
(c) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;
Section and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are
references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement
unless otherwise specified; the term "including" shall mean
"including without limitation"; "or" shall include "and/or"; and
the term "proceeds" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
the UCC.
(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the
masculine as well as the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein
or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith
means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of
agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and
instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to
its permitted successors and assigns.
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Section 1.03 Interest Calculations. All calculations of interest hereunder that
are made in respect of the Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan shall be made on
a daily basis using a 365-day year. All calculations of interest on the Notes
shall be made on the basis of the actual number of days in an Interest Period
and a year assumed to consist of 360-days. The calculation of the Servicing Fee
shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
All dollar amounts calculated hereunder shall be rounded to the nearest ▇▇▇▇▇
with one-half of one ▇▇▇▇▇ being rounded up.
ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties
Section 2.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer. The Servicer
represents and warrants to the Issuer and for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Closing Date:
(a) the Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the
business in which it is currently engaged. The Servicer is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it
requires such qualification and in which the failure to so
qualify would have a material adverse effect (not in the ordinary
course of business) on the business, properties, assets, or
condition (financial or other) of the Servicer;
(b) the Servicer has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated
under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Servicing
Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by the availability of equitable
remedies;
(c) the Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person
or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or
registration or declaration with, any governmental authority,
bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery,
performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except
for such consent, license, approval or authorization, or
registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or
filed, as the case may be;
(d) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Servicer will not violate
any material provision of any existing law or regulation or any
order or decree of any court applicable to the Servicer or any
provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the
Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any material
mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the
Servicer is a party or by which the Servicer may be bound;
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(e) no litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court,
tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the
knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of
its properties or with respect to this Agreement or the Securities
which in the opinion of the Servicer has a reasonable likelihood of
resulting in a material adverse effect on the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(f) the Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply
in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in
connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are
registered with MERS; and
(g) the servicing of the Mortgage Loans has at all times been conducted
in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local
laws, rules and regulations and there has been no material violation
of any such laws, rules or regulations arising out of the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans.
The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive any termination
of the Servicer hereunder.
Section 2.02 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer hereby
represents and warrants to the Servicer and for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Closing Date:
(a) the Issuer is a statutory trust duly formed and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power,
authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Agreement; and
(b) the execution and delivery by the Issuer of this Agreement and the
performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement
will not violate any provision of any law or regulation governing
the Issuer or any order, writ, judgment or decree of any court,
arbitrator or governmental authority or agency applicable to the
Issuer or any of its assets. Such execution, delivery,
authentication and performance will not require the
authorization, consent or approval of, the giving of notice to,
the filing or registration with, or the taking of any other
action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency
regulating the activities of limited liability companies. Such
execution, delivery, authentication and performance will not
conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any
mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which the Issuer is bound.
Section 2.03 Enforcement of Representations and Warranties. The Servicer, on
behalf of and subject to the direction of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of
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the Mortgage Loans, or the Issuer, shall enforce the representations and
warranties of the Sellers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Upon the discovery
by the Sellers, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Enhancer, the Issuer, or the Custodian of a breach of any of the representations
and warranties made by a Seller in the Purchase Agreement, in respect of any
Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Securityholders or the Enhancer, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties (the Custodian being so obligated
under the Custodial Agreement). The Servicer shall promptly notify such Seller
of such breach and request that, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase
Agreement, the Seller either (i) cure such breach in all material respects
within 90 days from the date the Seller was notified of such breach or (ii)
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Issuer at the price and in the manner set
forth in Section 3.1(d) of the Purchase Agreement; provided, that the Seller
shall, subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, have the
option to substitute an Eligible Substitute Loan or Loans for such Mortgage
Loan. In the event that the Seller elects to substitute one or more Eligible
Substitute Loans pursuant to Section 3.1(e) of the Purchase Agreement, the
Seller shall deliver to the Custodian or the Servicer, in accordance with the
Purchase Agreement, with respect to such Eligible Substitute Loans, the original
Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, and such other documents and agreements as are
required by the Purchase Agreement. Payments due with respect to Eligible
Substitute Loans in the month of substitution shall not be transferred to the
Issuer and will be retained by the Servicer and remitted by the Servicer to such
Seller on the next succeeding Payment Date except to the extent that a payment
less than the applicable Minimum Monthly Payment has been received by the Issuer
for such month in respect of the Mortgage Loan to be removed. The Servicer shall
amend or cause to be amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal
of such Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Eligible Substitute Loans and
the Servicer shall promptly deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the
Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Sellers to cure
such breach or purchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan as to which such a
breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such breach available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as
pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, against any Seller. In connection with the
purchase of or substitution for any such Mortgage Loan by such Seller, the
Issuer shall assign to such Seller all of its right, title and interest in
respect of the Purchase Agreement applicable to such Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt
of the Repurchase Price, or upon completion of such substitution, the Servicer
shall notify the Custodian, and the Custodian shall deliver the Loan Agreements
to the Servicer, together with all relevant endorsements and assignments
prepared by the Servicer that the Indenture Trustee shall execute.
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans
Section 3.01 The Servicer.
(a) The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in a
manner generally consistent with the terms of the Program Guide
and in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and
that shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities and consistent with the manner in which it services
all other Mortgage Loans in its servicing portfolio with
characteristics similar to those of the Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or
through a Subservicer, to do any and all things in connection
with such servicing and administration which it may deem
necessary or desirable, it being understood, however, that the
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Servicer shall at all times remain responsible to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, for the
performance of its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance
with the terms hereof and the Program Guide. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall continue, and
is hereby authorized and empowered by the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, to execute
and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee 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 the Mortgaged Properties. The Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Custodian, as applicable, shall furnish the
Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties hereunder. In addition, the
Servicer may, at its own discretion and on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, obtain credit information in the form of a
"credit score" from a credit repository. On the Closing Date,
the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Servicer a limited
power of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
The Servicer is further authorized and empowered by the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the
Subservicer, when the Servicer or the Subservicer, as the case
may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment to register
any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R)System, or cause the removal from
the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R)System, to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders 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 Indenture Trustee and its successors and assigns.
The Indenture Trustee shall have no ongoing responsibility to
check the status of the Mortgage Loans on the MERS(R)System. Any
expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the
preceding sentence shall be borne by the Servicer, with no right
of reimbursement.
Subject to Section 3.15, if the Mortgage did not have a Lien senior to the
related Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of the related
Cut-Off Date, then the Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the
placing of a Lien senior to that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged
Property. Subject to Section 3.15, if the Mortgage had a Lien senior to the
related Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of the related
Cut-Off Date, then the Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the
refinancing of such prior senior Lien; unless (i) the resulting CLTV of such
Mortgage Loan is no higher than the greater of the CLTV prior to such
refinancing or a 70% CLTV (or a 80% CLTV for those borrowers with a FICO "credit
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score" of 720 or greater) and (ii) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the
refinanced senior Lien is no higher than the interest rate on the loan
evidencing the existing senior Lien immediately prior to the date of such
refinancing (meaning, in the case of an adjustable rate loan, a substantially
similar index and a gross margin no higher than that of the existing senior
Lien); provided, however, that if the loan evidencing the existing senior Lien
prior to the date of refinancing is an adjustable rate loan and the loan
evidencing the refinanced senior Lien is a fixed rate loan, then the interest
rate on the loan evidencing the refinanced senior Lien may be up to 2.0% higher
than the then-current mortgage rate of the loan evidencing the existing senior
Lien and (iii) the loan evidencing the refinanced senior Lien is not subject to
negative amortization.
In connection with servicing the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer may take
reasonable actions to encourage or effect the termination of Loan Agreements
that have become dormant.
The relationship of the Servicer (and of any successor to the Servicer as
servicer under this Agreement) to the Issuer under this Agreement is intended by
the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint
venturer, partner or agent.
(b) The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements with Subservicers
for the servicing and administration of certain of the Mortgage
Loans. The Servicer shall provide notice to the Indenture Trustee
upon entering into a Subservicing Agreement. References in this
Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Servicer in
servicing the Mortgage Loans include actions taken or to be taken
by a Subservicer on behalf of the Servicer and any amount
actually received by such Subservicer in respect of a Mortgage
Loan shall be deemed to have been received by the Servicer
whether or not actually received by the Servicer. Each
Subservicing Agreement will be upon such terms and conditions as
are not inconsistent with this Agreement and as the Servicer and
the Subservicer have agreed. With the approval of the Servicer,
a Subservicer may delegate its servicing obligations to
third-party servicers, but such Subservicers will remain
obligated under the related Subservicing Agreements. The
Servicer and the Subservicer may enter into amendments to the
related Subservicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such
amendments shall not cause the Mortgage Loans to be serviced in a
manner that would be materially inconsistent with the standards
set forth in this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to
terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
and conditions thereof and without any limitation by virtue of
this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of
termination of any Subservicing Agreement by the Servicer or the
Subservicer, the Servicer shall either act as servicer of the
related Mortgage Loan or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with
a successor Subservicer which will be bound by the terms of the
related Subservicing Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled
to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for
indemnification of the Servicer and nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
In the event that the rights, duties and obligations of the Servicer are
terminated hereunder, any successor to the Servicer in its sole discretion may,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, terminate the existing Subservicing
Agreement with any Subservicer in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Subservicing Agreement or assume the terminated Servicer's rights and
obligations under such subservicing arrangements which termination or assumption
will not violate the terms of such arrangements.
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As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer, for the
benefit of the Indenture Trustee, the Enhancer and the Securityholders, shall
use reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under the
related Subservicing Agreement, to the extent that the non-performance of any
such obligation would have a material adverse effect on a Mortgage Loan. Such
enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims,
termination of Subservicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate
remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such
time as the Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it
the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall pay the costs of
such enforcement at its own expense, and shall be reimbursed therefor only (i)
from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement to the extent, if any,
that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage
Loan or (ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys fees
against the party against whom such enforcement is directed.
(c) All other documents contained in the Mortgage File and any original
documents relating to the Mortgage Loans not contained in the Mortgage File or
delivered to the Custodian, if any, or the Indenture Trustee are and shall be
held by the Servicer in trust as agent for the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Noteholders.
Section 3.02 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.
(a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments
called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans,
and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with
this Agreement and generally consistent with the Program Guide,
follow such collection procedures as shall be normal and usual in
its general mortgage servicing activities and consistent with the
procedures the Servicer employs in servicing all other Mortgage
Loans in the servicing portfolio with characteristics similar to
those of the Mortgage Loans. Consistent with the foregoing, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer
may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge, penalty
interest or other fees which may be collected in the ordinary
course of servicing a Mortgage Loan and (ii) arrange with a
Mortgagor a schedule for the payment of principal and interest
due and unpaid; provided, that such arrangement is consistent
with the Servicer's policies with respect to home equity mortgage
loans; and provided further, that notwithstanding such
arrangement, such Mortgage Loans will be included in the
information regarding delinquent Mortgage Loans set forth in the
Servicing Certificate. The Servicer may also extend the Due Date
for payment due on a Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Program
Guide; provided, however, that the Servicer shall first determine
that any such waiver or extension will not impair the coverage of
any related insurance policy or materially adversely affect the
Lien of the related Mortgage or the interests of the
Securityholders or the Enhancer, and the Servicer shall not grant
any such waiver or extension that would have any such effect.
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may
also:
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(i) waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan (including
reduce the Credit Limit);
(ii) consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such
term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor;
(iii) arrange with a Mortgagor a schedule for the payment of
principal and interest due and unpaid;
(iv) forgive any portion of the amounts contractually owed under the
Mortgage Loan;
(v) capitalize past due amounts owed under the Mortgage Loan by
adding any amounts in arrearage to the existing principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan (a "Capitalization Workout") which will result in an increased
monthly payment amount, provided that: (A) the amount added to the existing
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (the "Capitalized Amount") shall be no
greater than five times the Mortgagor's current Minimum Monthly Payment amount;
and (B) the Servicer shall not enter into a Capitalization Workout unless the
CLTV of the Mortgage Loan prior to the Capitalization Workout equals or exceeds
80% and the Mortgagor has qualified for the Capitalization Workout under the
Servicer's servicing guidelines; or
(vi) reset the maturity date for the Mortgage Loan, but in no event
shall such reset date extend beyond the end of the Collection Period preceding
the Final Payment Date;
or any combination of the foregoing, if in the Servicer's
determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not
materially adverse to the interests of the Securityholders or the Enhancer;
provided, however, that the Servicer may not modify or permit any Subservicer to
modify any Mortgage Loan (including without limitation any modification that
would change the Loan Rate, forgive the payment of any principal or interest
(unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan) or
extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan) unless such Mortgage Loan
is in default or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably
foreseeable. The general terms of any waiver, modification, forgiveness,
postponement or indulgence with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans will be
included in the Servicing Certificate, and such Mortgage Loans will not be
considered "delinquent" for the purposes of the Basic Documents so long as the
Mortgagor complies with the terms of such waiver, modification, forgiveness,
postponement or indulgence.
(b) The Servicer shall establish a Custodial Account, which shall
be an Eligible Account, titled "GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust
Series 2004-HE1," in which the Servicer shall deposit or cause
to be deposited any amounts representing payments and
collections in respect of the Initial Mortgage Loans received
by it subsequent to or on the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to
the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Subsequent Cut-Off Date
(other than in respect of the payments referred to in the
following paragraph), within two Business Days following
receipt thereof (or otherwise on or prior to the Closing
Date), including the following payments and collections
received or made by it (without duplication):
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(i) all payments of principal of or interest on the Mortgage Loans
received or advanced by the Servicer, net of any portion of
the interest thereof retained by any Subservicer as
subservicing fees;
(ii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of the Mortgage Loans purchased
by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.15;
(iii) Net Liquidation Proceeds, net of any related Foreclosure
Profit and all Subsequent Net Recovery Amounts;
(iv) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans repurchased by a Seller
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and all Substitution
Adjustment Amounts required to be deposited in connection with
the substitution of an Eligible Substitute Loan pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement;
(v) Insurance Proceeds, other than Net Liquidation Proceeds,
resulting from any insurance policy maintained on a Mortgaged
Property; and
(vi) amounts required to be paid by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 8.08;
provided, however, that with respect to each Collection Period, the Servicer
shall be permitted to retain from payments in respect of interest on the
Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Fee for such Collection Period. The foregoing
requirements respecting deposits to the Custodial Account are exclusive, it
being understood that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Servicer need not deposit in the Custodial Account amounts representing
Foreclosure Profits, fees (including annual fees) or late charge penalties,
payable by Mortgagors (such amounts to be retained as additional servicing
compensation in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof), or amounts received by the
Servicer for the accounts of Mortgagors for application towards the payment of
taxes, insurance premiums, assessments and similar items. In the event any
amount not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account is so deposited,
the Servicer may at any time withdraw such amount from the Custodial Account,
any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall retain
all Foreclosure Profits as additional servicing compensation.
The Servicer, in its sole discretion, may deposit into the Custodial
Account, Servicer Advances, representing installments of principal of or
interest on Mortgage Loans that were delinquent as of the end of any Collection
Period, provided that the Servicer reasonably believes that such amounts will be
recoverable from Collections on the related Mortgage Loan. If the Servicer makes
any such Servicer Advances, the Servicer shall be entitled to reimburse itself
by withdrawing from the Custodial Account, as provided herein, any amounts so
advanced. The Servicer may cause the institution maintaining the Custodial
Account to invest any funds in the Custodial Account in Permitted Investments
(including obligations of the Servicer or any of its Affiliates, if such
obligations otherwise qualify as Permitted Investments), which investments shall
mature not later than the Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment
Date, and which investments shall not be sold or disposed of prior to maturity.
In addition, no such Permitted Investment shall be purchased at a price in
excess of par. Except as provided above, all income and gain realized from any
such investment shall inure to the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject
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to its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred
in respect of the principal amount of any such investments shall be deposited in
the Custodial Account by the Servicer out of its own funds immediately as
realized.
(c) The Servicer shall require each Subservicer to hold all funds
constituting collections on the Mortgage Loans, pending remittance
thereof to the Servicer, in one or more accounts meeting the
requirements of an Eligible Account, and shall require all such
funds to be invested in Permitted Investments, unless all such
collections are remitted on a daily basis to the Servicer for
deposit into the Custodial Account.
Section 3.03 Withdrawals from the Custodial Account. The Servicer shall, from
time to time as provided herein, make withdrawals from the Custodial Account of
amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.02 that are attributable to the
Mortgage Loans for the following purposes:
(a) on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the aggregate
amounts to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account and applied
pursuant to Section 3.05(a) of the Indenture and, prior to close
of business on the Business Day prior to the related Payment Date
(provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be
required to invest any amounts deposited into the Note Payment
Account after 1:00 p.m.), shall withdraw such amounts from the
Custodial Account and deposit such amounts into the Note Payment
Account, Funding Account or Reserve Sub-Account, as applicable,
to be distributed by the Paying Agent in accordance with and in
the order or priority set forth in Section 3.05(a) of the
Indenture for such Payment Date, in accordance with the Servicing
Certificate;
(b) to pay to itself any monthly payments received from the Mortgagors, the
amount of such payment that represents interest accrued on the
related Mortgage Loan for any period prior to the Cut-Off Date;
prior to the commencement of the Rapid Amortization Period, from
Principal Collections on the Mortgage Loans, and, if Principal
Collections are not sufficient, from Excess Spread, to pay to
GMACM the amount of any Additional Balances as and when created
during the related Collection Period, and, prior to the
commencement of the Managed Amortization Period, to pay to the
related Seller the Purchase Price of any Subsequent Mortgage
Loans on the related Subsequent Transfer Date;
(c) to the extent deposited to the Custodial Account, to reimburse itself
or the related Subservicer for previously unreimbursed expenses
incurred in maintaining individual insurance policies pursuant to
Section 3.04, or Liquidation Expenses, paid pursuant to Section
3.07 or otherwise reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement (to the extent not payable pursuant to Section 3.09),
such withdrawal right being limited to amounts received on
particular Mortgage Loans (other than any Repurchase Price in
respect thereof) that represent late recoveries of the payments
for which such advances were made, or from related Net
Liquidation Proceeds or the proceeds of the purchase of such
Mortgage Loan;
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(d) to pay to itself out of each payment received on account of interest
on a Mortgage Loan as contemplated by Section 3.09, an amount equal
to the related Servicing Fee and the Recovery Fee (to the extent not
retained pursuant to Section 3.02 or 3.07), and to pay to any
Subservicer any subservicing fees not previously withheld by such
Subservicer;
(e) reserved;
(f) reserved;
(g) to the extent deposited in the Custodial Account, to pay to itself
as additional servicing compensation any (i) interest or investment
income earned on funds deposited in the Custodial Account that it is
entitled to withdraw pursuant to Sections 3.02(b) and 5.01, and (ii)
Foreclosure Profits (to the extent permitted by law);
(h) to pay to itself or a Seller, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or
property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased or
otherwise transferred to such Seller, the Servicer or other entity,
all amounts received thereon and not required to be distributed to
Securityholders as of the date on which the related Purchase Price
or Repurchase Price is determined;
(i) to withdraw any other amount deposited in the Custodial Account that
was not required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.02;
(j) to pay to itself, with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which it has
made a Servicer Advance of delinquent principal and/or interest, any
previously unreimbursed Servicer Advances of such amounts
theretofore made to the extent of receipts of late recoveries of
such payments from the related Mortgagors, out of related Net
Liquidation Proceeds or the proceeds of the purchase of such
Mortgage Loans;
(k) to reimburse itself for the amount of any investment earnings
advanced prior to maturity pursuant to Section 5.01, to the extent
not reimbursed from earnings received on the related investment at
maturity;
(l) at its option, for so long as it is the sole Certificateholder, to
pay to itself from amounts otherwise required to be remitted to the
Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(xv) of the
Indenture, all amounts payable to it as a Certificateholder on the
related Payment Date, and
(m) to reimburse itself for Servicer Advances of delinquent principal
and/or interest on a Mortgage Loan or other advances that are made
pursuant to this Agreement that are not reimbursed pursuant to
clauses (c) or (j) of this Section 3.03.
Since, in connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (c), (d), (g),
(h) and (j), the Servicer's entitlement thereto is limited to collections or
other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, 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 Custodial Account pursuant to such
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clauses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer
shall be entitled to reimburse itself for any previously unreimbursed expenses
incurred pursuant to Section 3.07 or otherwise reimbursable pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement that the Servicer determines to be otherwise
nonrecoverable (except with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the
Repurchase Price has been paid), by withdrawal from the Custodial Account of
amounts on deposit therein attributable to the Mortgage Loans on any Business
Day prior to the Payment Date succeeding the date of such determination.
Section 3.04 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Property Protection Expenses. To
the extent permitted under the related Loan Agreement and Mortgage, and to the
extent the Servicer receives notice that a hazard insurance policy has been
cancelled, the Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan
hazard insurance naming the Servicer or related Subservicer as loss payee
thereunder providing extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal to
the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such
Mortgage Loan from time to time or (ii) the combined principal balance owing on
such Mortgage Loan and any mortgage loan senior to such Mortgage Loan from time
to time; provided, however, that such coverage may not be less than the minimum
amount required to fully compensate for any loss or damage on a replacement cost
basis. The Servicer shall use its best efforts to monitor that hazard insurance
is maintained as described in the previous sentence in the same manner as it
would for mortgage loans in its own portfolio. The Servicer shall also cause to
be maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure, or deed in lieu of
foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan, fire insurance with extended coverage in an
amount which is at least equal to the amount necessary to avoid the application
of any co-insurance clause contained in the related hazard insurance policy.
Amounts collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than 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 Custodial
Account to the extent called for by Section 3.02. In cases in which any
Mortgaged Property is located at any time during the life of a Mortgage Loan in
a federally designated flood area, to the extent permitted under the related
Loan Agreement and Mortgage, and to the extent the Servicer receives notice that
the related flood insurance has been cancelled, the hazard insurance to be
maintained for the related Mortgage Loan shall include flood insurance (to the
extent available). All such flood insurance shall be in amounts equal to the
lesser of (i) the amount required to compensate for any loss or damage to the
related Mortgaged Property on a replacement cost basis and (ii) the maximum
amount of such insurance available for such Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged
Property is located is participating in such program). The Servicer shall use
its best efforts to monitor such flood insurance as described in the previous
sentence in the same manner as it would for mortgage loans in its own portfolio.
The Servicer shall be under no obligation to require that any Mortgagor maintain
earthquake or other additional insurance and shall be under no obligation itself
to maintain any such additional insurance on property acquired in respect of a
Mortgage Loan, 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 Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy consistent with its
general mortgage servicing activities 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 3.04, it being
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understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which
case the Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained
on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence of
this Section 3.04 and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered
by such policy, deposit in the Custodial Account the amount not otherwise
payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. Any such
deposit by the Servicer shall be made on the last Business Day of the Collection
Period in the month in which payments under any such policy would have been
deposited in the Custodial Account. In connection with its activities as
servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of
itself, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, claims under any such blanket
policy.
Section 3.05 Modification Agreements. The Servicer or the related Subservicer,
as the case may be, shall be entitled to (a) execute assumption agreements,
substitution agreements, and instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of
partial or full release or discharge, or any other document contemplated by this
Agreement and other comparable instruments with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties (and the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee each shall promptly execute any such documents on request of
the Servicer) and (b) approve the granting of an easement thereon in favor of
another Person, any alteration or demolition of such Mortgaged Properties or
other similar matters, if it has determined, exercising its good faith business
judgment in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related
Mortgage Loans, that the security for, and the timely and full collectability
of, such Mortgage Loans would not be adversely affected thereby. A partial
release pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall be permitted only if the CLTV for
the related Mortgage Loan after such partial release does not exceed the CLTV
for such Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-Off Date. Any fee collected by the
Servicer or the related Subservicer for processing such request will be retained
by the Servicer or such Subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
Section 3.06 Trust Estate; Related Documents.
(a) When required by the provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall execute instruments to release property
from the terms of the Trust Agreement, Indenture or Custodial
Agreement, as applicable, or convey the Issuer's or the Indenture
Trustee's interest in the same, in a manner and under
circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Agreement. No party relying upon an instrument executed by
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Section
3.06 shall be bound to ascertain the Issuer's or the Indenture
Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any
conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.
(b) If from time to time any written assurance, assumption agreement or
substitution agreement or other similar agreement shall be
executed pursuant to Section 3.05, the Servicer shall check that
each of such documents purports to be an original executed copy
(or a copy of the original executed document if the original
executed copy has been submitted for recording and has not yet
been returned) and, if so, shall file such documents, and upon
receipt of the original executed copy from the applicable
recording office or receipt of a copy thereof certified by the
applicable recording office shall file such originals or
certified copies, with the Related Documents held by the
Servicer.
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(c) Upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Servicer, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C hereto, to the effect that a Mortgage
Loan has been the subject of a final payment or a prepayment in
full and such Mortgage Loan has been terminated or that
substantially all Net Liquidation Proceeds that have been
determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment to be
finally recoverable have been recovered, and upon deposit to the
Custodial Account of such final monthly payment, prepayment in
full together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of
such payment with respect to such Mortgage Loan or, if
applicable, Net Liquidation Proceeds, the Custodian shall
promptly release the Related Documents held by the Custodian to
the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall execute such Related
Documents, along with such documents as the Servicer or the
related Mortgagor may request to evidence satisfaction and
discharge of such Mortgage Loan, upon request of the Servicer.
If from time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer requests the
Custodian to release the Related Documents held by the Custodian
and delivers to the Custodian a trust receipt reasonably
satisfactory to the Custodian and signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Servicer, the Custodian shall release such Related
Documents to the Servicer. If such Mortgage Loans shall be
liquidated and the Custodian receives a certificate from the
Servicer as provided above, then, upon request of the Servicer,
the Custodian shall release the trust receipt to the Servicer.
Section 3.07 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. With respect to any
Mortgage Loan that comes into and continues in default, the Servicer shall
decide whether to (i) foreclose upon the related Mortgaged Property, (ii) write
off the unpaid Principal Balance thereof as bad debt, (iii) take a deed in lieu
of foreclosure, (iv) accept a short sale (a payoff of the Mortgage Loan for an
amount less than the total amount contractually owed in order to facilitate a
sale of the Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor), (v) permit a short refinancing
(a payoff of the Mortgage Loan for an amount less than the total amount
contractually owed in order to facilitate refinancing transactions by the
Mortgagor not involving a sale of the Mortgaged Property), (vi) arrange for a
repayment plan, (vii) agree to a modification in accordance with this Agreement
or (viii) take an unsecured note in each case subject to the rights of any
related first Lien holder; provided, that in connection with the foregoing, if
the Servicer has actual knowledge that any Mortgaged Property is affected by
hazardous or toxic wastes or substances and that the acquisition of such
Mortgaged Property would not be commercially reasonable, then the Servicer shall
not cause the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to acquire title to such Mortgaged
Property in a foreclosure or similar proceeding. In connection with such
decision, the Servicer shall follow such practices (including, in the case of
any default on a related senior mortgage loan, the advancing of funds to correct
such default if deemed to be appropriate by the Servicer) and procedures as it
shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its
general mortgage servicing activities and as shall be required or permitted by
the Program Guide; provided, that the Servicer shall not be liable in any
respect hereunder if the Servicer is acting in connection with any such
foreclosure or attempted foreclosure which is not completed or other conversion
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in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The
foregoing is subject to the proviso that the Servicer shall not be required to
expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or attempted foreclosure
which is not completed or towards the correction of any default on a related
senior mortgage loan or restoration of any property unless it shall determine
that such expenditure will increase the related Net Liquidation Proceeds. In the
event of a determination by the Servicer that any such expenditure previously
made pursuant to this Section 3.07 will not be reimbursable from Net Liquidation
Proceeds, the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of its funds so
expended pursuant to Section 3.03.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, a Mortgage Loan may be
deemed to be finally liquidated if substantially all amounts expected by the
Servicer to be received in connection therewith have been received; provided,
however, that the Servicer may continue to pursue recovery of such Mortgage Loan
and any Recovery Amount with respect to any such Mortgage Loan shall be
deposited into the Custodial Account. If the Servicer continues to pursue
recovery, the Servicer shall be entitled to the Recovery Fee with respect to
that Mortgage Loan and to be reimbursed for any Servicer Advances and expenses
as though such Mortgage Loan continued to be an Outstanding Mortgage Loan
hereunder. For purposes of determining the amount of any Net Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or other unscheduled collections, the Servicer may
take into account minimal amounts of additional receipts expected to be received
or any estimated additional liquidation expenses expected to be incurred in
connection with such Mortgage Loan.
In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be issued to the Indenture Trustee, which shall hold the same on behalf of
the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Indenture. Notwithstanding any
such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such
Mortgaged Property shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be
considered to be an outstanding Mortgage Loan held as an asset of the Issuer
until such time as such property shall be sold. Consistent with the foregoing
for purposes of all calculations hereunder, so long as the related Mortgage Loan
shall be considered to be an outstanding Mortgage Loan, it shall be assumed
that, notwithstanding that the indebtedness evidenced by the related Loan
Agreement shall have been discharged, such Loan Agreement in effect at the time
of any such acquisition of title before any adjustment thereto by reason of any
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period will remain in effect.
Any proceeds from foreclosure proceedings or the purchase or repurchase of
any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as well as any
recovery resulting from a collection of Net Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds, shall be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer or the related Subservicer in accordance with this
Section 3.07; second, to pay the Servicer or the related Subservicer all
Servicing Fees payable therefrom; third, to pay accrued and unpaid interest on
such Mortgage Loan, at the Net Loan Rate to the Payment Date on which such
amounts are to be deposited in the Note Payment Account or Distribution Account;
and fourth, as a recovery of principal on such Mortgage Loan. Any remaining
amount shall constitute Foreclosure Profits.
Section 3.08 Issuer and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate. On or before each
Payment Date, the Servicer will notify the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian,
with a copy to the Issuer, of the termination of or the payment in full and the
termination of any Mortgage Loan during the preceding Collection Period. Upon
receipt of payment in full, the Servicer is authorized to execute, pursuant to
the authorization contained in Section 3.01, an instrument of satisfaction
regarding the related Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction shall be
recorded by the Servicer if required by applicable law and be delivered to the
Person entitled thereto and to cause the removal from the registration on the
MERS(R) System of such Mortgage. It is understood and agreed that any expenses
incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or transfer shall be
reimbursed from amounts deposited in the Custodial Account. From time to time
and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the
Custodian shall, upon request of the Servicer and delivery to the Custodian,
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with a copy to the Issuer, of a Request for Release, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C, signed by a Servicing Officer, release or cause to be released the
related Loan Agreement to the Servicer. The Issuer or Indenture Trustee shall
promptly execute such documents, in the forms provided by the Servicer, as shall
be necessary for the prosecution of any such proceedings or the taking of other
servicing actions. Such trust receipt shall obligate the Servicer to return such
Loan Agreement to the Custodian (as specified in such receipt) when the need
therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan shall be
liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
similar to that specified above, such trust receipt shall be released to the
Servicer.
In order to facilitate the foreclosure of the Mortgage securing any
Mortgage Loan that is in default following recordation of the related Assignment
of Mortgage in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer shall, if so requested in writing by the
Servicer, promptly execute an appropriate assignment in the form provided by the
Servicer to assign such Mortgage Loan for the purpose of collection to the
Servicer (any such assignment shall unambiguously indicate that the assignment
is for the purpose of collection only), and, upon such assignment, such assignee
for collection will thereupon bring all required actions in its own name and
otherwise enforce the terms of such Mortgage Loan and deposit or credit the Net
Liquidation Proceeds, exclusive of Foreclosure Profits, received with respect
thereto into the Custodial Account. In the event that all delinquent payments
due under any such Mortgage Loan are paid by the Mortgagor and any other
defaults are cured, then the assignee for collection shall promptly reassign
such Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee and return all Related Documents to
the place where the related Mortgage File was being maintained.
In connection with the Issuer's obligation to cooperate as provided in
this Section 3.08 and all other provisions of this Agreement requiring the
Issuer to authorize or permit any actions to be taken with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans and as
assignee of record of the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to
Section 3.13 of the Indenture, expressly agrees, on behalf of the Issuer, to
take all such actions on behalf of the Issuer and to promptly execute and return
all instruments reasonably required by the Servicer in connection therewith;
provided, that if the Servicer requests a signature of the Indenture Trustee, on
behalf of the Issuer, then the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee
an Officer's Certificate stating that such signature is necessary or appropriate
to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties
under this Agreement.
Section 3.09 Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer.
The Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee in accordance with
Section 3.03 as compensation for its services in connection with servicing the
Mortgage Loans. Moreover, late payment charges and other receipts not required
to be deposited in the Custodial Account as specified in Section 3.02 shall be
retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The Servicer
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shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
activities hereunder (including payment of all other fees and expenses not
expressly stated hereunder to be for the account of the Securityholders),
including the fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and the
Custodian, and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor.
Section 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Depositor, with a copy to the Enhancer, beginning March 31, 2005,
and on or before March 31 of each year thereafter, an Officer's
Certificate stating that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of its
performance under any servicing agreements to which it is a
party, including this Agreement, has been made under such
officer's supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's
knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has complied in all
material respects with the minimum servicing standards set forth
in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
and has fulfilled all of its material obligations in all material
respects throughout such year, or, if there has been material
noncompliance with such servicing standards or a default in the
fulfillment in all material respects of any such obligation
relating to this Servicing Agreement, such statement shall
include a description of such noncompliance or specify each such
default, as the case may be, known to such officer and the nature
and status thereof.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
with a copy to the Enhancer, promptly after having obtained
knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days
thereafter, written notice by means of an Officer's Certificate of
any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both, would become a Servicing Default.
Section 3.11 Annual Servicing Report. Beginning March 31, 2005, and on or before
March 31 of each year thereafter, the Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm
of nationally recognized independent public accountants (which firm may also
render other services to the Servicer) to furnish a report to the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Enhancer and each Rating Agency stating
its opinion that, on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm
substantially in accordance with standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants, the assertions made pursuant to Section 3.10
regarding compliance with the minimum servicing standards set forth in the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers during the preceding
calendar year are fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such
exceptions and other qualifications that, in the opinion of such firm, such
accounting standards require it to report. In rendering such statement, such
firm may rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of Mortgage Loans
by Subservicers, upon comparable statements for examinations conducted by
independent public accountants substantially in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (rendered
within one year of such statement) with respect to such Subservicers.
Section 3.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage Loans. Whenever required by statute or regulation, the Servicer shall
provide to the Enhancer, any Securityholder upon reasonable request (or a
regulator for a Securityholder) or the Indenture Trustee, reasonable access to
the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans. Such access shall be afforded
without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during normal business
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derogate from the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding Mortgagors, and the failure of
the Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.12 as a result of
such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.12.
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance Policies. The Servicer
shall, during the term of its service as servicer, maintain in force and effect
(i) a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the
performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder and (ii) a fidelity bond in
respect of its officers, employees or agents. Each such policy or policies and
fidelity bond shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be required by
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servicing for mortgage loans purchased by such entity.
Section 3.14 Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service and Reports of
Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall prepare
and deliver all federal and state information reports with respect to the
Mortgage Loans when and as required by all applicable state and federal income
tax laws. In particular, with respect to the requirement under Section 6050J of
the Code to the effect that the Servicer or Subservicer shall make reports of
foreclosures and abandonments of any mortgaged property for each year beginning
in 2004, the Servicer or Subservicer shall file reports relating to each
instance occurring during the previous calendar year in which the Servicer (a)
on behalf of the Issuer, acquired an interest in any Mortgaged Property through
foreclosure or other comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of a
Mortgage Loan, or (b) knew or had reason to know that any Mortgaged Property had
been abandoned. The reports from the Servicer or Subservicer shall be in form
and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by Section
6050J and Section 6050H (reports relating to mortgage interest received) of the
Code.
Section 3.15 Optional Repurchase or Transfer of Mortgage Loans.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in Section 3.07 to the contrary,
the Servicer, at its option and in its sole discretion, may
repurchase any Mortgage Loan that is delinquent in payment by
a period of ninety (90) days or longer for a price equal to
the Repurchase Price, provided that any such repurchase shall
occur only during the 60-day period commencing on the first
day of the next calendar month.
(b) The Servicer, at its option and in its sole discretion, may repurchase
any Mortgage Loan for a price equal to the Repurchase Price (i)
if the related Mortgage did not have a Lien senior to it as of
the related Cut-Off Date, and, at the request of the related
Mortgagor, the Servicer agrees to the placement of a Lien on the
related Mortgaged Property senior to that of such Mortgage or
(ii) at the request of the Mortgagor, the Servicer agrees to an
increase in the Credit Limit above the Credit Limit of such
Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-Off Date or (iii) at the
request of the Mortgagor, the Servicer agrees to the refinancing
of the Lien senior to that of the related Mortgage resulting in a
CLTV that does not satisfy the conditions set forth in Section
3.01(a) herein.
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(c) Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Servicer, upon receipt
of written notice and direction from the Issuer, shall cause the
retransfer of Mortgage Loans from the Trust Estate to the Issuer
as of the close of business on a Payment Date (the "Transfer
Date"). On the fifth Business Day (the "Transfer Notice Date")
prior to the Transfer Date designated in such notice, the
Servicer shall give the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies
and the Enhancer a notice of the proposed retransfer that
contains a list of the Mortgage Loans to be retransferred. Such
retransfers of Mortgage Loans shall be permitted upon
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) No Rapid Amortization Event has occurred;
(ii) On the Transfer Date, the Overcollateralization Amount (after
giving effect to the removal from the Trust Estate of the
Mortgage Loans proposed to be retransferred) will equal or
exceed the Overcollateralization Target Amount;
(iii) The retransfer of any Mortgage Loans on any Transfer Date
during the Managed Amortization Period shall not, in the
reasonable belief of the Servicer, cause a Rapid Amortization
Event to occur or an event which with notice or lapse of time
or both would constitute a Rapid Amortization Event;
(iv) On or before the Transfer Date, the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee a revised Mortgage Loan
Schedule showing that the Mortgages Loans transferred to the
Certificateholders are no longer owned by the Trust Estate;
(v) The Servicer shall represent and warrant that the Mortgage
Loans to be removed from the Trust Estate were selected at
random and the Servicer shall have received the consent of the
Enhancer as to the selection of the particular Mortgage Loans
to be removed; and
(vi) The Servicer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and
the Enhancer an officer's certificate certifying that the
items set forth in subparagraphs (i) through (v), inclusive,
have been performed or are true and correct, as the case may
be. The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on such
officer's certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries
with regard to the matters set forth therein and shall incur
no liability in so relying.
The Servicer shall not be permitted to effect the retransfer of any
Mortgage Loan except under the conditions specified above. Upon receiving the
requisite notice and direction from the Issuer, the Servicer shall perform in a
timely manner those acts required of it, as specified above. Upon satisfaction
of the above conditions, on the Transfer Date the Indenture Trustee shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Issuer a written itemization of each
Mortgage Loan being transferred, together with the Mortgage File for each such
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Mortgage Loan, and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Issuer
or its designee such other documents prepared by the Servicer as shall be
reasonably necessary to transfer such Mortgage Loans to the Certificateholders.
Any such transfer of the Trust Estate's right, title and interest in and to
Mortgage Loans shall be without recourse, representation or warranty by or of
the Indenture Trustee or the Trust Estate to the Issuer or its designee.
Section 3.16 Reserved.
Section 3.17 Reserved.
Section 3.18 Funding Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish
and maintain on behalf of itself one or more segregated trust
accounts, which shall be Eligible Accounts, titled "Funding
Account, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for GMACM
Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1" (the "Funding Account"). The
Indenture Trustee shall establish within the Funding Account a
sub-account, titled "Reserve Sub-Account", as set forth in
Section 3.20 of this Agreement. On each Payment Date during the
Revolving Period, the Servicer shall withdraw from the Custodial
Account and deposit into the Funding Account (but not the Reserve
Sub-Account) the aggregate amount of Principal Collections
remaining after the purchase of all Additional Balances and/or
Subsequent Mortgage Loans on or prior to such Payment Date.
(b) The Servicer may cause the institution maintaining the Funding Account
to invest any funds therein in Permitted Investments having a
maturity of up to 90 days or maturing or otherwise available not
later than the Business Day preceding the related Payment Date on
which funds are scheduled to be withdrawn to purchase Subsequent
Mortgage Loans; provided, that any investment in an obligation of
the institution with which the Funding Account is maintained may
mature on or before 10:30 a.m., New York time, on such Payment
Date; and provided further, that no such investment may be sold
or disposed of prior to maturity. In addition, no such Permitted
Investment shall be purchased at a price in excess of par. At
any time when the Indenture Trustee is maintaining the Funding
Account, any request by the Servicer to invest funds on deposit
therein shall be in writing, delivered to the Indenture Trustee
at or before 10:30 a.m., New York time, if such investment is to
be made on such day. The Servicer shall certify that the
requested investment is a Permitted Investment maturing at or
prior to the time required hereby. Any such investment shall be
registered in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee,
and to the extent that any such investment is certificated, such
investment shall be maintained with the Indenture Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office. All net income or other gain received
from any such investment shall be deposited into or credited to
the Note Payment Account.
(c) From time to time withdrawals shall be made from the Funding
Account by the Servicer as follows:
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(i) on each Payment Date during the Revolving Period, any amounts
on deposit in the Funding Account, including Excess Spread,
shall be withdrawn and applied, to the extent available, in
the following order:
(A) to GMACM, as payment for Additional Balances, if any, in an amount
equal to (1) the aggregate of all Draws during the
related Collection Period or (2) if the Servicer has
applied amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account
representing Principal Collections received during
such Collection Period to the purchase of Additional
Balances, the excess, if any, of the aggregate of all
Draws during the related Collection Period over
Principal Collections for such Collection Period; and
(B) to each Seller, as payment for Subsequent Mortgage Loans, if any, in an
amount equal to (1) the aggregate Principal Balance
of all such Subsequent Mortgage Loans purchased from
such Seller during the related Collection Period or
(2) if the Servicer has applied amounts on deposit in
the Custodial Account representing Principal
Collections for such Collection Period toward the
purchase of Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the excess, if
any, of the aggregate Principal Balance of all such
Subsequent Mortgage Loans purchased from such Seller
over such Principal Collections;
(ii) on the last Payment Date during the Revolving Period, any
amounts remaining on deposit in the Funding Account, if any,
after giving effect to clause (i) above, shall be deposited
into the Note Payment Account for payment to the Noteholders
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture.
Section 3.19 Reserved.
Section 3.20 Reserve Sub-Account.
On or after the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and
maintain a sub-account within the Funding Account (the "Reserve Sub-Account").
On each Business Day following each Determination Date, the Servicer, in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 3.05(a), 3.05(b) and 3.05(c) of the
Indenture, shall determine the amount, if any, to be withdrawn from the
Custodial Account and deposited into the Reserve Sub-Account. From time to time
withdrawals shall be made from the Reserve Sub-Account by the Indenture Trustee
in the amounts and for the purposes set forth in Sections 3.05(a), 3.05(b) and
3.05(c) of the Indenture. In addition, if a Funding Event has occurred during
the Managed Amortization Period, any amount in the Reserve Sub-Account may be
applied to purchase Subsequent Mortgage Loans in the manner set forth in the
Purchase Agreement. Funds on deposit in the Reserve Sub-Account may be invested
in Permitted Investments in accordance with Section 3.18(b) hereof.
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Section 3.21 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.
(a) When any Mortgaged Property is conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer
or Subservicer, to the extent it has knowledge of such
conveyance, shall enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any
Loan Agreement or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under
applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the
extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section
3.21(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Servicer
is restricted by law from preventing; and
(ii) if the Servicer determines that it is reasonably likely that any
Mortgagor will bring, or if any Mortgagor does bring, legal action
to declare invalid or otherwise avoid enforcement of a due-on-sale
clause contained in any Loan Agreement or Mortgage, the Servicer
shall not be required to enforce the due-on-sale clause or to
contest such action.
(b) Subject to the Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause to the
extent set forth in Section 3.21(a), in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor,
and such Person is to enter into an assumption or modification
agreement or supplement to the Loan Agreement or Mortgage which
requires the signature of the Indenture Trustee, or if an
instrument of release signed by the Indenture Trustee is required
releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the
Servicer is authorized, subject to the requirements of the
sentence next following, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, the assumption agreement with the Person to
whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such
modification agreement or supplement to the Loan Agreement or
Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to
carry out the terms of the Loan Agreement or Mortgage or
otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding
assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such
Person. The Servicer shall execute and deliver such documents
only if it reasonably determines that (i) its execution and
delivery thereof will not conflict with or violate any terms of
this Agreement or cause the unpaid balance and interest on the
Mortgage Loan to be uncollectible in whole or in part, (ii) any
required consents of insurers under any Required Insurance
Policies have been obtained and (iii) subsequent to the closing
of the transaction involving the assumption or transfer (A) such
transaction will not adversely affect the coverage under any
Required Insurance Policies, (B) the Mortgage Loan will fully
amortize over the remaining term thereof, (C) no material term of
the Mortgage Loan (including the interest rate on the Mortgage
Loan) will be altered nor will the term of the Mortgage Loan be
changed and (D) if the seller/transferor of the Mortgaged
Property is to be released from liability on the Mortgage Loan,
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such release will not (based on the Servicer's or Subservicer's
good faith determination) adversely affect the collectability of
the Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt of appropriate instructions from
the Servicer in accordance with the foregoing, the Indenture
Trustee shall execute any necessary instruments for such
assumption or substitution of liability as directed in writing by
the Servicer. Upon the closing of the transactions contemplated
by such documents, the Servicer shall cause the originals or true
and correct copies of the assumption agreement, the release (if
any), or the modification or supplement to the Loan Agreement or
Mortgage to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the
Custodian and deposited with the Mortgage File for such Mortgage
Loan. Any fee collected by the Servicer or such related
Subservicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Servicer or such
Subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
Section 3.22 Advance Facility.
(a) The Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into any facility (an
"Advance Facility") with any Person (any such Person, an "Advance
Facility Counterparty"), without the consent of any party to this
Agreement or the Enhancer, which provides that the Servicer may
pledge or sell its rights to receive reimbursement of any
advances made by the Servicer in respect of draws for HELOCs
("HELOC Advances") and any Servicer Advances pursuant to this
Agreement ("Advance Reimbursement Rights") pursuant to credit
facilities, repurchase facilities, or similar facilities
providing liquidity for the funding of the HELOC Advances and the
Servicer Advances. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance
Facility, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this
Agreement to make any HELOC Advance or Servicer Advances as
required by this Agreement, and shall not be relieved of such
obligations by virtue of such Advance Facility.
(b) If the Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, and for so long
as an Advance Facility Counterparty remains entitled to receive
reimbursement for any Servicer Advances ("Advance Reimbursement
Amount"), then the Servicer shall identify such Advance
Reimbursement Amount as received, consistently with the
reimbursement rights set forth in Sections 3.03 of this
Agreement, and shall remit such Advance Reimbursement Amount in
accordance with the documentation establishing the Advance
Facility to such Advance Facility Counterparty or to a trustee,
agent or custodian (an "Advance Facility Trustee") designated by
such Advance Facility Counterparty. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if so required pursuant to the terms of the Advance
Facility, the Servicer may withdraw from the Custodial Account or
direct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw, as applicable, and the
Servicer shall, or if so directed, the Indenture Trustee is
hereby authorized to and shall pay to the Advance Facility
Counterparty or the Advance Facility Trustee the Advance
Reimbursement Amount identified pursuant to the preceding
sentence.
(c) The Advance Reimbursement Amount shall consist solely of amounts
in respect of Servicer Advances made with respect to the Mortgage
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Loans for which the Servicer would be permitted to reimburse
itself in accordance with this Agreement, assuming the Servicer
had made the related Servicer Advances. Any Advance
Reimbursement Amount that the Servicer, in its capacity as
Servicer, is entitled to be paid shall not be included in
distributions to Noteholders. An Advance Facility Counterparty
whose obligations are limited to the making of Servicer Advances
will not be deemed to be a Subservicer under this Agreement or be
required to meet the criteria for qualification as a Subservicer
under this Agreement.
(d) Any Advance Reimbursement Amount allocated to reimburse Servicer
Advances made with respect to any particular Mortgage Loan shall
be allocated to the reimbursement of the unreimbursed Servicer
Advances made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a "first-in,
first out" ("FIFO") basis, such that the Advance Reimbursement
Amount shall be applied to reimburse the Servicer Advance for
that Mortgage Loan that was disbursed earliest in time first, and
to reimburse the Servicer Advance for that Mortgage Loan that was
disbursed latest in time, last. The Servicer shall provide to
the related Advance Facility Counterparty or Advance Facility
Trustee loan-by-loan information with respect to each Advance
Reimbursement Amount remitted to such Advance Facility
Counterparty or Advance Facility Trustee, to enable the Advance
Facility Counterparty or Advance Facility Trustee to make the
FIFO allocation of each such Advance Reimbursement Amount with
respect to each Mortgage Loan. HELOC Advances shall be
reimbursed as funds are received and available to be disbursed in
reimbursement for any HELOC Advance pursuant to the Basic
Documents. The Servicer shall provide to the related Advance
Facility Counterparty or Advance Facility Trustee loan-by-loan
information with respect to each HELOC Advance remitted to such
Advance Facility Counterparty or Advance Facility Trustee.
(e) Upon request of the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee agrees to
execute such acknowledgments, certificates, and other documents
recognizing the interests of any Advance Facility Counterparty in
such Advance Reimbursement Rights as the Servicer may cause to be
made subject to Advance Facilities pursuant to this Section 3.22.
ARTICLE IV
Servicing Certificate
Section 4.01 Statements to Securityholders.
(a) With respect to each Payment Date, on the Business Day following the
related Determination Date, the Servicer shall forward the
Servicing Certificate to the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture
Trustee, pursuant to Section 3.26 of the Indenture, shall make
such Servicing Certificate available to each Certificateholder,
each Noteholder, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Paying Agent and each Rating Agency, with a copy to
the Enhancer. The Servicing Certificate shall set forth the
following information as to the Notes and Certificates, to the
extent applicable:
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(i) the aggregate amount of (a) Interest Collections, (b)
Principal Collections (and, with respect to any Payment Date
relating to the Managed Amortization Period, Net Principal
Collections) and (c) Substitution Adjustment Amounts for such
Collection Period;
(ii) the amount of such distribution as principal to the
Noteholders of each Class of Notes;
(iii) the amount of such distribution as interest to the Noteholders
of each Class of Notes, the amount thereof, if any, payable in
respect of unpaid Interest Shortfalls, and the amount of any
Interest Shortfalls for the related Payment Date;
(iv) each Policy Draw Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and the
aggregate amount of prior draws on the Policy thereunder not
yet reimbursed;
(v) the amount of such distribution to the Certificateholders;
(vi) the amount of any Additional Balance Increase Amount payable
to the Certificateholders;
(vii) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the end of the preceding Collection Period;
(viii) the number and aggregate Principal Balances of Mortgage Loans (a)
as to which the Minimum Monthly Payment is delinquent for
30-59 days, 60-89 days, 90-119 days, 120-149 days and
150-179 days, respectively, (b) the related Mortgaged
Property of which has been foreclosed upon and (c) as to
which the related Mortgaged Property has become REO
Property, in each case as of the end of the preceding
Collection Period; provided, however, that such information
shall not be provided on the statements relating to the
first Payment Date;
(ix) the number and aggregate Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans
repurchased pursuant to Section 3.15(a) herein during such
Collection Period;
(x) the Net WAC Rate for the related Collection Period;
(xi) prior to the second Determination Date following the
commencement of the Rapid Amortization Period, the aggregate
amount of Additional Balances created during the previous
Collection Period and conveyed to the Issuer prior to the
commencement of such Rapid Amortization Period;
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(xii) the aggregate Liquidation Loss Amounts with respect to the
related Collection Period, the amount distributed as principal
to Noteholders in respect of Liquidation Loss Amounts and the
aggregate of the Liquidation Loss Amounts (minus any
Subsequent Net Recovery Amounts) from all Collection Periods
to date expressed as dollar amount and as a percentage of the
aggregate Cut-Off Date Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans;
(xiii) the aggregate Note Balance of each Class of Notes and the
Certificate Balance of each Class of the Certificates after
giving effect to the distribution of principal on such Payment
Date;
(xiv) the balance of the Funding Account and the Reserve Sub-Account
as of the end of the preceding Collection Period;
(xv) the Percentage Interest applicable to each of the Securities,
after application of payments made on such Payment Date;
(xvi) the Overcollateralization Amount as of the end of the
preceding Collection Period; and
(xvii) the aggregate Principal Balance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans
transferred to the Trust Estate.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, the amounts shall be expressed as an aggregate dollar amount per Note or
Certificate, as applicable, with a $25,000 denomination and per Certificate with
a denomination equal to a 100% Percentage Interest.
If a Rapid Amortization Event or a Servicing Default shall occur, on the
Business Day following the related Determination Date, the Servicer shall
forward to the Indenture Trustee, a statement to such effect, including the
nature of such Rapid Amortization Event or Servicing Default. Upon the
Servicer's becoming aware of any Early Amortization Event, the Servicer shall
forward to the Indenture Trustee and the Enhancer, a statement to such effect,
including the nature of such Early Amortization Event. The Indenture Trustee,
pursuant to Section 3.26 of the Indenture, shall deliver or cause to be
delivered by mail to each Certificateholder, each Noteholder, the Enhancer, the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent and each Rating
Agency, notice of such Rapid Amortization Event, Early Amortization Event or
Servicing Default, including, the nature thereof. Such statement may be included
in, or separate from, the regular statement sent to Securityholders.
The Indenture Trustee will make the Servicing Certificate (and, at its
option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative
format) available each month to Securityholders, and other parties to this
Agreement via the Indenture Trustee's internet website. The Indenture Trustee's
internet website shall initially be located at "▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇". Assistance in
using the website can be obtained by calling the Indenture Trustee's customer
service desk at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. Parties that are unable to use the above
distribution options are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first
class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such. The
Indenture Trustee shall have the right to change the way the statements to
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Securityholders are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Indenture Trustee
shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding
any such changes. The Indenture Trustee may require registration and the
acceptance of a disclaimer in connection with access to its website.
(b) The Servicer shall forward to the Indenture Trustee any other information
reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee necessary to make distributions
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture. Prior to the close of business on the
Business Day next succeeding each Determination Date, the Servicer shall furnish
a written statement to the Certificate Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee
setting forth the aggregate amounts required to be withdrawn from the Custodial
Account and the Reserve Sub-Account and deposited into the Note Payment Account,
Reserve Sub-Account, Funding Account and/or Distribution Account on the Business
Day preceding the related Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.03. The
determination by the Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of obvious
error, be deemed to be presumptively correct for all purposes hereunder, and the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon the
same without any independent check or verification. In addition, upon the
Issuer's written request, the Servicer shall promptly furnish such information
reasonably requested by the Issuer that is reasonably available to the Servicer
to enable the Issuer to perform its federal and state income tax reporting
obligations.
(c) If the Note Balance of the Variable Pay Revolving Notes is to be reduced on
any Payment Date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Servicer shall, not
later than 12:00 Noon (New York time) on the second Business Day prior to such
Payment Date, deliver a written notice to the Administrative Agent specifying
the amount of such reduction.
Section 4.02 Tax Returns and 1934 Act Reports
(a) The Servicer will act as the Tax Matters Partner or the agent for
the Tax Matters Partner pursuant to the Trust Agreement. The
Servicer agrees to perform the obligations of the Servicer set forth
in Section 5.03 of the Trust Agreement. The Servicer will prepare
and file or cause to be prepared and filed all tax and information
returns of the Trust Estate.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, on behalf of the Depositor and in respect
of the Trust Fund, prepare and cause to be filed with the
Commission and the Servicer shall execute, or cause to be
executed, any periodic reports required to be filed under the
provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder. In connection with the preparation and
filing of such periodic reports, the Indenture Trustee shall
timely provide to the Servicer (I) a list of Noteholders as shown
on the Note Register as of the end of each calendar year, (II)
copies of all pleadings, other legal process and any other
documents relating to any claims, charges or complaints involving
the Indenture Trustee, as trustee, or the Trust Estate that are
received by the Indenture Trustee, (III) notice of all matters
that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee, have been submitted to a vote of the
Noteholders or Certificateholders, other than those matters that
have been submitted to a vote of the Noteholders or
Certificateholders at the request of the Depositor or the
Servicer, and (IV) notice of any failure of the Indenture Trustee
to make any distribution to the Noteholders or Certificateholders
as required pursuant to the Indenture or Trust Agreement, as
applicable. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Servicer shall
have any liability with respect to Indenture Trustee's failure to
properly prepare or file, or the Servicer's failure to execute
(or cause to be executed), such periodic reports resulting from
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or relating to the Indenture Trustee's or the Servicer's, as the
case may be, inability or failure to maintain or obtain any
information not resulting from the Indenture Trustee's or the
Servicer's, as the case may be, own negligence or willful
misconduct. Any Form 10-K filed with the Commission in
connection with this Section 4.01(b) shall include a
certification, signed by the senior officer in charge of the
servicing functions of the Servicer, in the form attached as
Exhibit D-1 hereto or such other form as may be required or
permitted by the Commission (the "Form 10-K Certification"), in
compliance with Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and
any additional directives of the Commission. In connection with
the Form 10-K Certification, the Indenture Trustee shall provide
the Servicer with a back-up certification substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D-2.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall prepare all reports on behalf of the
Trust Estate, including, but not limited to, all Forms 8-K, Forms
10-K and, when applicable, a Form 15 that are required under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Indenture Trustee
shall continue to file all Forms 8-K and Forms 10-K with respect to
the Trust Estate until directed by the Depositor in writing to
discontinue such filings.
ARTICLE V
Note Payment Account
Section 5.01 Note Payment Account. The Indenture Trustee shall establish and
maintain an Eligible Account entitled "▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Securityholders, the Certificate Paying Agent
and the Enhancer, pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2004, between
GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1 and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A." (the "Note
Payment Account"). On each Payment Date, amounts on deposit in the Note Payment
Account shall be distributed by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section
3.05 of the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit in the
Note Payment Account, the amount of any Advance received from the holder of a
Variable Pay Revolving Note in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Indenture, or
the proceeds of the sale and issuance of a Variable Pay Revolving Note issued
pursuant to the Indenture after the Closing Date, to be applied as a
distribution of principal of the related Class of Term Notes on its respective
Targeted Final Payment Date. The Indenture Trustee shall invest or cause the
institution maintaining the Note Payment Account to invest the funds therein in
Permitted Investments selected in writing by the Servicer and designated in the
name of the Indenture Trustee, which investments shall mature not later than the
Business Day next preceding the Payment Date next following the date of such
investment (except that any investment in the institution with which the Note
Payment Account is maintained may mature on such Payment Date and shall not be
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sold or disposed of prior to maturity). In addition, no such Permitted
Investment shall be purchased at a price in excess of par. All income and gain
realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and
shall be subject to its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any
losses incurred in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in the
Note Payment Account by the Servicer out of its own funds immediately as
realized.
ARTICLE VI
The Servicer
Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
upon and undertaken by the Servicer herein.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
the Servicer. Any corporation into which the Servicer 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 Servicer shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to the business of the Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Servicer may assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations
under this Agreement; provided, that the Person accepting such assignment or
delegation shall be a Person qualified to service mortgage loans, is reasonably
satisfactory to the Enhancer (provided, that such consent to assignment may not
be unreasonably withheld), is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and executes
and delivers to the Issuer (with a copy to the Enhancer) an agreement, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Enhancer, that contains an
assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of
each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the Servicer under
this Agreement; and provided further, that no Rating Event will occur as a
result of such assignment and delegation (as evidenced by a letter to such
effect from each Rating Agency), if determined without regard to the Policy; and
provided further, that the Owner Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such assignment or delegation will not cause the Issuer to be
treated as an association (or a publicly-traded partnership) taxable as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. Neither the
Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any
such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its
duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties hereunder. The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent
of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Servicer shall be indemnified by the Issuer and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to
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this Agreement or the Securities, including any amount paid to the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06(b), other than any loss,
liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans
(except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable
pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or expense incurred by
reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of
its obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not
incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any
such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this
Agreement, the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the
Securityholders. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such
action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Issuer, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
therefor. The Servicer's right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this
Section 6.03 shall survive any resignation or termination of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.04 or 7.01 with respect to any losses, expenses, costs or
liabilities arising prior to such resignation or termination (or arising from
events that occurred prior to such resignation or termination).
Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02,
the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on
it except (a) upon determination that the performance of its obligations or
duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in
material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried
on by it or its subsidiaries or Affiliates, the other activities of the Servicer
so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Servicer
or its subsidiaries or Affiliates at the date of this Agreement or (b) upon
satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) the Servicer shall have proposed a
successor servicer to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing and such
proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Enhancer; (ii) each Rating Agency shall have delivered
a letter to the Issuer, the Enhancer and the Indenture Trustee prior to the
appointment of the successor servicer stating that the proposed appointment of
such successor servicer as Servicer hereunder will not cause a Rating Event, if
determined without regard to the Policy; and (iii) such proposed successor
servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Enhancer, as evidenced by a letter to
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that no such
resignation by the Servicer shall become effective until such successor servicer
or, in the case of (a) above, the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage
Loans, shall have assumed the Servicer's responsibilities and obligations
hereunder or the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, shall have
designated a successor servicer in accordance with Section 7.02. Any such
resignation shall not relieve the Servicer of responsibility for any of the
obligations specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the
resignation or termination of the Servicer. Any such determination permitting
the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to
such effect delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Enhancer.
Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties. In the ordinary course of business, the
Servicer at any time may delegate any of its duties hereunder to any Person,
including any of its Affiliates, that agrees to conduct such duties in
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accordance with standards comparable to those with which the Servicer complies
pursuant to Section 3.01. Such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its
liabilities and responsibilities with respect to such duties and shall not
constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 6.04.
Section 6.06 Payment of Indenture Trustee's and Owner Trustee's Fees and
Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) After the Closing Date, the Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee from time to time, and the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and any such co-trustee
shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of
a trustee of an express trust and, in the case of the Indenture
Trustee, for so long as GMAC Mortgage Corporation is the Servicer
shall be as set forth in the letter agreement between the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer dated as of March 30, 2004)
for all services rendered by each of them in the execution of the
trusts created under the Trust Agreement and the Indenture and in
the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties
under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, as the case may be,
of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee,
and the Servicer will pay or reimburse the Indenture Trustee and
any co-trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture
Trustee or any co-trustee in accordance with any of the
provisions of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust
Agreement except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
arise from its negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith. In
addition, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to be
reimbursed from the Servicer for all reasonable costs associated
with the transfer of servicing from the predecessor servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02 hereunder, including, without
limitation, any reasonable costs or expenses associated with the
complete transfer of all servicing data and the completion,
correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the Indenture Trustee to correct any errors or
insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the
Indenture Trustee to service the Mortgage Loans properly and
effectively.
(b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee for, and to hold the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct on the part of the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, arising out of, or in
connection with, the acceptance and administration of the Issuer
and the assets thereof, including the costs and expenses
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
against any claim in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of its powers or duties under any Basic Document; provided
that:
(i) with respect to any such claim, the Indenture Trustee or Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, shall have given the Servicer
written notice thereof promptly after the Indenture Trustee or
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall have actual knowledge
thereof;
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(ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
shall cooperate and consult fully with the Servicer in
preparing such defense; and
(iii) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Servicer shall not be liable for settlement of any claim
by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, entered into without the prior consent of the Servicer.
No termination of this Agreement or resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee shall affect the obligations created by this Section 6.06 of the
Servicer to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee under the
conditions and to the extent set forth herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided by the
Servicer in this Section 6.06(b) shall not pertain to any loss, liability or
expense of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim, incurred in connection with any
actions taken by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee at the direction of
the Noteholders or Certificateholders, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
Default
Section 7.01 Servicing Default.
(a) If a Servicing Default shall occur and be continuing, then, and in every
such case, so long as a Servicing Default shall not have been remedied by the
Servicer, either the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, upon actual knowledge of the
occurrence of a Servicing Default and with the consent of the Enhancer, or the
Enhancer, by notice then given in writing to the Servicer, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, may terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Servicer as servicer under this Agreement other than its right to receive
servicing compensation and expenses for servicing the Mortgage Loans hereunder
during any period prior to the date of such termination, and the Issuer, the
Enhancer or the Indenture Trustee (with the consent of the Enhancer), may
exercise any and all other remedies available at law or equity. Any such notice
to the Servicer shall also be given to each Rating Agency, the Enhancer and the
Issuer. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect
to the Securities or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be
vested in the Indenture Trustee, subject to Section 7.02 hereof, as pledgee of
the Mortgage Loans, pursuant to and under this Section 7.01; and, without
limitation, the Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute
and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any
and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts
or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of each Mortgage
Loan and related documents, or otherwise. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Issuer, the Enhancer and Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, in effecting
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the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer hereunder,
including, without limitation, the transfer to the Indenture Trustee for the
administration by it of all cash amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans that
shall at the time be held by the Servicer and to be deposited by it in the
Custodial Account, or that have been deposited by the Servicer in the Custodial
Account or thereafter received by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, the recordation of Assignments of Mortgages to the Indenture Trustee if
MERS is not the mortgagee of a Mortgage Loan, and the delivery of the Mortgage
Files in its possession to the Indenture Trustee. All reasonable costs and
expenses (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) incurred in connection
with amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to
this Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer (or if the
predecessor Servicer is the Indenture Trustee, the initial Servicer) upon
presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer hereunder,
the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection of a
payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due prior to the notice terminating the
Servicer's rights and obligations hereunder and received after such notice, that
portion to which the Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.03
and 3.09 as well as its Servicing Fee in respect thereof, and any other amounts
payable to the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance under
clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of Servicing Default, after the applicable
grace periods specified therein, shall not constitute a Servicing Default if
such delay or failure could not be prevented by the exercise of reasonable
diligence by the Servicer and such delay or failure was caused by an act of God
or the public enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war, public disorder,
rebellion or sabotage, epidemics, landslides, lightning, fire, hurricanes,
earthquakes, floods or similar causes. The preceding sentence shall not relieve
the Servicer from using reasonable efforts to perform its respective obligations
in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer
shall provide the Indenture Trustee, the Enhancer and the Securityholders with
notice of any such failure or delay by it, together with a description of its
efforts to so perform its obligations. The Servicer shall immediately notify the
Indenture Trustee, the Enhancer and the Issuer in writing of any Servicing
Default.
Section 7.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01 or sends a notice pursuant to Section
6.04, the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans
shall itself become, or shall appoint an affiliate of the
Indenture Trustee to become the successor in all respects to the
Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the
transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
immediately assume all of the obligations of the Servicer to make
advances on Mortgage Loans under Section 3.02(b) and will be
subject to all other responsibilities, duties and liabilities
relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and
provisions hereof as soon as practicable, but in no event later
than 90 days after the Indenture Trustee becomes successor
servicer. During such 90 day period, the Indenture Trustee, with
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the consent of the Enhancer, may require the Servicer being
terminated to continue to perform such servicing responsibilities
(other than making advances on the Mortgage Loans under Section
3.02(b)) as the Indenture Trustee deems appropriate. In such
event, the Servicer being terminated shall provide such services
as directed by the Indenture Trustee until the earliest of the
date the Indenture Trustee notifies such Servicer to discontinue
providing such services, the date on which a successor servicer
or the Indenture Trustee has assumed all responsibilities, duties
and liabilities of the Servicer hereunder or the expiration of
the 90 day period. The Servicer shall be entitled to the
Servicing Fee hereunder for any period during which the Servicer
is obligated to provide such services as if no termination of the
Servicer had occurred. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Trust
Agreement shall be construed to permit or require the Indenture
Trustee to (i) succeed to the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities of the initial Servicer in its capacity as Seller
under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) be responsible or accountable
for any act or omission of the Servicer prior to the issuance of
a notice of termination hereunder, (iii) require or obligate the
Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as successor Servicer, to
purchase, repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan, (iv) fund
any Additional Balances with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (v)
fund any losses on any Permitted Investment directed by any other
Servicer, or (vi) be responsible for the representations and
warranties of the Servicer. As compensation therefor, the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation as the
Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if no such notice
of termination had been given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Indenture Trustee is (x) unwilling to act as successor
Servicer itself or to appoint an affiliate to become successor
Servicer, or (y) legally unable so to act, the Indenture Trustee
as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans may (in the situation described
in clause (x)) or shall (in the situation described in clause
(y)) appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint any established housing and home finance institution,
bank or other mortgage loan servicer having a net worth of not
less than $10,000,000 as the successor to the Servicer hereunder
in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities,
duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder; provided, that
any such successor Servicer shall be acceptable to the Enhancer,
as evidenced by the Enhancer's prior written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further,
that the appointment of any such successor Servicer will not
result in a Rating Event, if determined without regard to the
Policy. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder, unless the Indenture Trustee is prohibited by law from
so acting, the Indenture Trustee itself shall act or appoint an
affiliate to act in such capacity as provided above. In
connection with such appointment and assumption, the successor
shall be entitled to receive compensation out of payments on
Mortgage Loans in an amount equal to the compensation that the
Servicer would otherwise have received pursuant to Section 3.09
(or such other compensation as the Indenture Trustee and such
successor shall agree). The appointment of a successor Servicer
shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Servicer that
may have arisen under this Agreement prior to its termination as
Servicer (including the obligation to purchase Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 3.01, to pay any deductible under an
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insurance policy pursuant to Section 3.04 or to indemnify the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06), nor shall any
successor Servicer be liable for any acts or omissions of the
predecessor Servicer or for any breach by such Servicer of any of
its representations or warranties contained herein or in any
related document or agreement. The Indenture Trustee and such
successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement
and the requirements (including any notice requirements) of
applicable law, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture
Trustee, in its capacity as successor Servicer, shall not be
responsible for the lack of information and/or documents that it
cannot obtain through reasonable efforts or for failing to take
any action that the Indenture Trustee is legally prohibited from
taking by applicable law.
(b) Any successor, including the Indenture Trustee, to the Servicer as
servicer shall during its term as Servicer (i) continue to
service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the
Securityholders, (ii) maintain in force a policy or policies of
insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its
obligations as Servicer hereunder and a fidelity bond in respect
of its officers, employees and agents to the same extent as the
Servicer is so required pursuant to Section 3.13 and (iii) be
bound by the terms of the Insurance Agreement.
(c) Any successor Servicer, including the Indenture Trustee, shall not
be deemed in default or to have breached its duties hereunder if the
predecessor Servicer shall fail to deliver any required deposit to
the Custodial Account or otherwise cooperate with any required
servicing transfer or succession hereunder.
(d) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Servicer
hereunder, either (i) the successor Servicer, including the
Indenture Trustee if the Indenture Trustee is acting as successor
Servicer, shall represent and warrant that it is a member of MERS
in good standing and shall agree to comply in all material
respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with
the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with
MERS, in which case the predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with
the successor Servicer in causing MERS to revise its records to
reflect the transfer of servicing to the successor Servicer as
necessary under MERS' rules and regulations, or (ii) the
predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer
in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of Mortgage
in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the
Indenture Trustee and to execute and deliver such other notices,
documents and other instruments as may be necessary or desirable
to effect a transfer of such Mortgage Loan or servicing of such
Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R)System to the successor Servicer. The
predecessor Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such
assignment in the appropriate recording office. The predecessor
Servicer shall bear any and all fees of MERS, costs of preparing
any assignments of Mortgage, and fees and costs of filing any
assignments of Mortgage that may be required under this
subsection (d). The successor Servicer shall cause such
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assignment to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the
Custodian promptly upon receipt of the original with evidence of
recording thereon or a copy certified by the public recording
office in which such assignment was recorded.
Section 7.03 Notification to Securityholders. Upon any termination of or
appointment of a successor to the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII or
Section 6.04, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
the Securityholders, the Enhancer, the Issuer and each Rating Agency.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 8.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
parties hereto; provided, that any such amendment shall be accompanied by a
letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such amendment will not result
in a Rating Event, if determined without regard to the Policy; and provided
further, that the Enhancer and the Indenture Trustee shall consent thereto.
Section 8.02 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 8.03 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered
at or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to (a) in the case of
the Servicer, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, (b) in the case of the Enhancer, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Research and
Risk Management (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1), (c) in the case of
▇▇▇▇▇'▇, Home Mortgage Loan Monitoring Group, 4th Floor, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, (d) in the case of Standard & Poor's, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance Group, (e) in
the case of the Owner Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square North,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ and (f) in the case of
the Issuer, GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1, c/o the Owner Trustee at the
address set forth in clause (e) above, and (g) in the case of the Indenture
Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee; or, with
respect to each of the foregoing Persons, at such other address as shall be
designated by such Person in a written notice to the other foregoing Persons.
Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Securityholder shall be given
by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Securityholder as
shown in the Note Register or Certificate Register, as the case may be. Any
notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the related
Securityholder receives such notice. Any notice or other document required to be
delivered or mailed by the Indenture Trustee to any Rating Agency shall be given
on a reasonable efforts basis and only as a matter of courtesy and
accommodation, and the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability for failure to
deliver any such notice or document to any Rating Agency.
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Section 8.04 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 the Securities or
the rights of the Securityholders.
Section 8.05 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Securityholders, the
Enhancer, the Owner Trustee and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other Person shall
have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 8.06 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 8.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
Section 8.08 Termination Upon Purchase by the Servicer or Liquidation of All
Mortgage Loans; Partial Redemption.
(a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer, the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee created hereby shall terminate upon
the last action required to be taken by the Issuer pursuant to the
Trust Agreement and by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture following the earlier of:
(i) the date on or before which the Indenture or the Trust Agreement is
terminated, or
(ii) the purchase by the Servicer from the Issuer of all Mortgage Loans
and REO Property in accordance with Section 8.08(b).
(b) The Servicer shall have the right to purchase from the Issuer all of
the Mortgage Loans and related REO Property if the aggregate Note
Balance of the Notes as of any Payment Date is less than 10% of
the aggregate Note Balance of the Notes as of the Closing Date
(provided that a draw on the Policy would not occur as a result
of such purchase and provided further that the purchase price
will provide sufficient funds to pay the outstanding Note Balance
and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Payment Date
on which such amounts are to be distributed to the
Securityholders), at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate
unpaid Principal Balance of all such remaining Mortgage Loans,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average
of the Loan Rates thereon up to the date preceding the Payment
Date on which such amounts are to be distributed to the
Securityholders (and in the case of REO Property, the fair market
value of the REO Property), plus any amounts due and owing to the
Enhancer under the Insurance Agreement related to the Mortgage
Loans or the Notes (and any unpaid Servicing Fee relating to the
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Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to have been paid at such time),
plus any Interest Shortfall and interest owed thereon to the
Noteholders.
The Servicer shall send written notice to the Enhancer of its intent
to exercise its right to purchase any of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
Section 8.08(b).
If such right is exercised by the Servicer, the Servicer shall
deposit the amount calculated pursuant to this Section 8.08(b) with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture and, upon the
receipt of such deposit, the Indenture Trustee or Custodian shall release to the
Servicer, the files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans being purchased. The
Servicer, at its expense, shall prepare and deliver to the Indenture Trustee for
execution, at the time the related Mortgage Loans are to be released to the
Servicer, appropriate documents assigning each such Mortgage Loans from the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer to the Servicer or the appropriate party.
Section 8.09 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee. For all purposes
of this Agreement, in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of
any of its powers hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to and
entitled to the benefits of Article VI of the Indenture.
Section 8.10 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Related Documents. The recitals
contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Servicer, and the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee assume no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee make no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Basic Document or
Related Document, or of the Certificates (other than the signatures of the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on the Certificates) or the Notes. The Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or
liability with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to
generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under the Trust
Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including the compliance by
the Depositor, the Sellers or the Servicer with any warranty or representation
made under any Basic Document or the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation, or any action of any person taken in the name of the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers or
representatives all as of the day and year first above written.
GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By:
Name:
Title:
GMACM HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2004-HE1,
as Issuer
By: Wilmington Trust Company, not in
its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT B
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREMISES:
That ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee"), under the indenture dated as of March 30, 2004 (the "Indenture"),
between GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1, as issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, and having its principal office located at ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, hath made, constituted and
appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and appoint GMAC Mortgage
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, with full
power and authority to sign, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file for record, and
record any instrument on its behalf and to perform such other act or acts as may
be customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate the
following enumerated transactions in respect of any of the Mortgages securing a
Mortgage Loan and the related Loan Agreements for which the undersigned is
acting as Indenture Trustee for various Securityholders (whether the undersigned
is named therein as mortgagee or beneficiary or has become mortgagee by virtue
of endorsement of such Loan Agreement secured by any such Mortgage) and for
which GMAC Mortgage Corporation is acting as Servicer pursuant to a Servicing
Agreement dated as of March 30, 2004 (the "Servicing Agreement").
This appointment shall apply to the following enumerated transactions only:
1. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage, where said modification or
re-recording is for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage to conform same
to the original intent of the parties thereto or to correct title errors
discovered after such title insurance was issued and said modification or
re-recording, in either instance, does not adversely affect the Lien of
the Mortgage as insured.
2. The subordination of the Lien of a Mortgage to an easement in favor of a
public utility company or a government agency or unit with powers of
eminent domain; this section shall include, without limitation, the
execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial reconveyances or the
execution of requests to trustees to accomplish same.
3. With respect to a Mortgage, the foreclosure, the taking of a deed in lieu
of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure
or termination, cancellation or rescission of any such foreclosure,
including, without limitation, any and all of the following acts:
a. The substitution of trustee(s) serving under a Mortgage, in
accordance with state law and the Mortgage;
b. Statements of breach or non-performance;
c. Notices of default;
d. Cancellations/rescissions of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
e. The taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure; and
f. Such other documents and actions as may be necessary under the terms
of the Mortgage or state law to expeditiously complete said
transactions.
4. The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing
of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or
conveyance of title to real estate owned.
5. The completion of loan assumption agreements.
6. The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or full reconveyance upon
payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby, including, without
limitation, cancellation of the related Loan Agreement.
7. The assignment of any Mortgage and the related Loan Agreement, in
connection with the repurchase of the Mortgage Loan secured and evidenced
thereby.
8. The full assignment of a Mortgage upon payment and discharge of all sums
secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof, including,
without limitation, the endorsement of the related Loan Agreement.
9. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage, where said modification or
re-recording is for the purpose of any modification pursuant to Section
3.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
10. The execution of partial satisfactions/releases pursuant to Section 3.01
of the Servicing Agreement.
The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to
execute such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing
necessary and proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or
under this Limited Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could
do, and hereby does ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by authority hereof.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in Appendix A to the Indenture.
Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the
power granted under this Limited Power of Attorney; and may be satisfied that
this Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect has not
been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the
undersigned.
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
STATE OF )
SS.
COUNTY OF )
On this [___] day of March, 2004, before me the undersigned, Notary Public
of said State, personally appeared , personally known to me to be duly
authorized officers of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. that executed the within
instrument and personally known to me to be the persons who executed the within
instrument on behalf of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. therein named, and acknowledged
to me such ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. executed the within instrument pursuant to its
by-laws.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Notary Public in and for the
State of
After recording, please mail to:
Attn:
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
DATE:
TO:
RE: REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
In connection with your administration of the Mortgage Loans, we request the
release of the Mortgage File described below.
Servicing Agreement Dated:
Series #:
Account #:
Pool #:
Loan #:
Borrower Name(s):
Reason for Document Request: (circle one) Mortgage Loan
Prepaid in Full Mortgage Loan Repurchased
"We hereby certify that all amounts received or to be received in connection
with such payments which are required to be deposited have been or will be so
deposited as provided in the Servicing Agreement."
GMAC Mortgage Corporation
Authorized Signature
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TO CUSTODIAN: Please acknowledge this request, and check off documents being
enclosed with a copy of this form. You should retain this form for your files in
accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement.
Enclosed Documents: [ ] Loan Agreement
Name
Title
Date
EXHIBIT D-1
FORM OF FORM 10-K CERTIFICATION
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
[____], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
of GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1 (the "Trust"), the assets of which are
serviced pursuant to the Servicing Agreement dated March 30, 2004 (the
"Servicing Agreement") among the Trust, GMAC Mortgage Corporation (the
"Servicer") and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. (the "Indenture Trustee");
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the
last day of the period covered by that annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement
is included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the review
required under the Servicing Agreement, and, except as disclosed in the report,
the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Servicing Agreement; and
5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the report
provided by an independent public accountant , after conducting a review in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, or
similar procedure, as set forth in the Servicing Agreement, that is included in
these reports.
[In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [▇▇▇▇▇
Fargo Bank, N.A.], [ ].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have duly executed this certificate as of
_________, 20__.
____________________________*
Name:
Title:
* to be signed by the senior officer in charge of the servicing
functions of the Servicer
EXHIBIT D-2
FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION TO FORM 10-K CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. (the
"Indenture Trustee") certifies that:
(a) The Indenture Trustee has performed all of the duties specifically
required to be performed by it pursuant to the provisions of the Servicing
Agreement dated as of March 30, 2004 (the "Agreement") by and among GMACM Home
Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE1, as depositor, GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as
Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the standards set forth
therein.
(b) Based on my knowledge, the information that is provided by the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of the Agreement is accurate as of
the last day of the 20[ ] calendar year.
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings
given such terms in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have duly executed this certificate as of _________,
20__.
____________________________*
Name:
Title: