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RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC.,
Company,
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION,
Master Servicer,
and
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 1998
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates
SERIES 1998-QS8
This is a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 1998, among
RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC., as the company (together with its permitted
successors and assigns, the "Company"), RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, as
master servicer (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the "Master
Servicer"), and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee (together with its permitted
successors and assigns, the "Trustee").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Company intends to sell mortgage pass-through certificates
(collectively, the "Certificates"), to be issued hereunder in multiple classes,
which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in
the Mortgage Loans (as defined herein). As provided herein, the Master Servicer
will make an election to treat the entire segregated pool of assets described in
the definition of Trust Fund herein, and subject to this Agreement (including
the Mortgage Loans but excluding the Initial Monthly Payment Fund), as a real
estate mortgage investment conduit (a "REMIC") for federal income tax purposes.
The Class CB, Class NB, Class A-P, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1,
Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates and the Uncertificated REMIC Regular
Interests (as defined herein), the rights in and to which will be initially
represented by the Class A-V Certificates, will be "regular interests" in the
REMIC, and the Class R Certificates will be the sole class of "residual
interests" therein for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein)
under federal income tax law.
The following table sets forth the designation, type, Pass-Through Rate,
aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance, Maturity Date, initial ratings
and certain features for each Class of Certificates comprising the interests in
the Trust Fund created hereunder.
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Designation Pass-Through Aggregate InitFeatures Maturity Date Standard & DCR
Rate Certificate Poor's
Principal Balance
Class CB 6.50% $124,454,000.00Senior June 25, 2013 AAA AAA
Class NB 6.50% $ Senior June 25, 2013 AAA AAA
41,430,000.00
Class A-P 0.00% $ Principal June 25, 2013 AAAr AAA
63,383.01 Only/Senior
Class A-V Variable Rate $ Variable June 25, 2013 AAAr AAA
0.00 Strip/Interest
Only/Senior
Class R 6.50% $ Residual/SeniJune 25, 2013 AAA AAA
100.00
Class M-1 6.50% $ 4,507,000.0Mezzanine June 25, 2013 N/A AA
Class M-2 6.50% $ Mezzanine June 25, 2013 N/A A
780,000.00
Class M-3 6.50% $ Mezzanine June 25, 2013 N/A BBB
693,500.00
Class B-1 6.50% $ 520,000.00 Subordinate .June 25, 2013 N/A BB
Class B-2 6.50% $ 433,500.00 Subordinate .June 25, 2013 N/A B
Class B-3 6.50% $ 433,464.63 Subordinate .June 25, 2013 N/A N/A
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The Mortgage Loans have an aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance equal
to $173,314,947.64. The Mortgage Loans are comprised of two Loan Groups. The
Mortgage Loans are fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans having terms to maturity
at origination or modification of not more than 15 years. The Group CB Loans
consist of 1,590 Mortgage Loans with original principal balances less than or
equal to $227,150. The Group NB Loans consist of 132 Mortgage Loans with
original principal balances exceeding $227,150.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Company,
the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless
the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this
Article.
Accrued Certificate Interest: With respect to each Distribution Date, as
to any Senior Certificate (other than the Class A-P Certificates and Class A-V
Certificates), any Class M Certificate, any Class B Certificate or any Class R
Certificate, interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the
related Pass-Through Rate on the Certificate Principal Balance thereof
immediately prior to such Distribution Date. With respect to each Distribution
Date, as to the Class A-V Certificates in the aggregate, interest accrued during
the related Interest Accrual Period at the related Pass-Through Rate on the
Class A-V Notional Amount. With respect to each Distribution Date, as to any
Subclass of Class A-V Certificates, interest accrued during the related Interest
Accrual Period at the related Pass-Through Rate on the Subclass Notional Amount.
Accrued Certificate Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year,
consisting of twelve 30-day months. In each case Accrued Certificate Interest on
any Class of Certificates will be reduced by the amount of (i) Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not offset by the Master Servicer with a
payment of Compensating Interest as provided in Section 4.01), (ii) the interest
portion (adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate (or the Modified Net Mortgage Rate in
the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan)) of Realized Losses (including Excess
Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses and
Extraordinary Losses) not allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05, (iii) the interest portion of Advances
previously made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or REO Property which remained
unreimbursed following the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition of such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property that were made with respect to delinquencies that were
ultimately determined to be Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses,
Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses and (iv) any other interest
shortfalls not covered by the subordination provided by the Class M Certificates
and Class B Certificates, including interest that is not collectible from the
Mortgagor pursuant to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended, or similar legislation or regulations as in effect from time to time,
with all such reductions allocated among all of the Certificates in proportion
to their respective amounts of Accrued Certificate Interest payable on such
Distribution Date which would have resulted absent such reductions. Any portion
of the reductions described in the immediately preceding sentence that are
allocated to the Class A-V Certificates shall be allocated among the Subclasses
thereof, if any, in proportion to their respective amounts of Accrued
Certificate Interest payable on such Distribution Date which would have resulted
absent such reductions. In addition to that portion of the reductions described
in the second preceding sentence that are allocated to any Class of Class B
Certificates or any Class of Class M Certificates, Accrued Certificate Interest
on such Class of Class B Certificates or such Class of Class M Certificates will
be reduced by the interest portion (adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate) of
Realized Losses that are allocated solely to such Class of Class B Certificates
or such Class of Class M Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05.
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Addendum and Assignment Agreement: The Addendum and Assignment Agreement,
dated as of January 31, 1995, between MLCC and the Master Servicer.
Additional Collateral: With respect to any Mortgage 100SM Loan, the
marketable securities held from time to time as security for the repayment of
such Mortgage 100SM Loan and any related collateral. With respect to any Parent
PowerSM Loan, the third-party guarantee for such Parent PowerSM Loan, together
with (i) any marketable securities held from time to time as security for the
performance of such guarantee and any related collateral or (ii) any mortgaged
property securing the performance of such guarantee, the related home equity
line of credit loan and any related collateral.
Additional Collateral Loan: Each Mortgage Loan that is supported by
Additional Collateral.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any date of
determination, the Mortgage Rate borne by the related Mortgage Note, less the
rate at which the related Subservicing Fee accrues.
Advance: As to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the Master Servicer,
pursuant to Section 4.04.
Affiliate: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such first Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof
and supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date, the
total of the amounts held in the Custodial Account at the close of business on
the preceding Determination Date on account of (i) Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, Principal Prepayments, Mortgage Loan purchases made pursuant
to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07 and Mortgage Loan substitutions made
pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04 received or made in the month of such
Distribution Date (other than such Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and
purchases of Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer has deemed to have been
received in the preceding month in accordance with Section 3.07(b)) and (ii)
payments which represent early receipt of scheduled payments of principal and
interest due on a date or dates subsequent to the related Due Date.
Appraised Value: As to any Mortgaged Property, the lesser of (i) the
appraised value of such Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the
time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the sales price
of the Mortgaged Property at such time of origination, except in the case of a
Mortgaged Property securing a refinanced or modified Mortgage Loan as to which
it is either the appraised value determined above or the appraised value
determined in an appraisal at the time of refinancing or modification, as the
case may be.
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Assignment: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of
record the sale of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering
Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if
permitted by law and accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to that effect.
Assignment Agreement: The Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated June
29, 1998, between Residential Funding and the Company relating to the transfer
and assignment of the Mortgage Loans.
Assignment of Proprietary Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
assignment of the related Cooperative Lease from the Mortgagor to the originator
of the Cooperative Loan.
Available Distribution Amount: As to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to (a) the sum of (i) the amount on deposit in the Custodial Account as of
the close of business on the immediately preceding Determination Date and
amounts deposited in the Custodial Account in connection with the substitution
of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, (ii) the amount of any Advance made on
the immediately preceding Certificate Account Deposit Date, (iii) any amount
deposited in the Certificate Account on the related Certificate Account Deposit
Date pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.12(a), (iv) any amount
deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 4.07, (v) any amount
that the Master Servicer is not permitted to withdraw from the Custodial Account
or the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.16(e) and (vi) any amount
received by the Trustee pursuant to the Surety Bond in respect of such
Distribution Date, reduced by (b) the sum as of the close of business on the
immediately preceding Determination Date of (w) aggregate Foreclosure Profits,
(x) the Amount Held for Future Distribution, and (y) amounts permitted to be
withdrawn by the Master Servicer from the Custodial Account in respect of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to clauses (ii)-(x), inclusive, of Section 3.10(a).
Bankruptcy Amount: As of any date of determination prior to the first
anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A)
$100,000 over (B) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated solely to
one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance with Section 4.05. As
of any date of determination on or after the first anniversary of the Cut-off
Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the lesser of (a) the
Bankruptcy Amount calculated as of the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date coinciding
with or preceding such date of determination (or, if such date of determination
is an anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Business Day immediately preceding
such date of determination) (for purposes of this definition, the "Relevant
Anniversary") and (b) the greater of
(A) the greater of (i) 0.0006 times the aggregate principal balance of all
the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool as of the Relevant Anniversary (other
than Additional Collateral Loans) having a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination
which exceeds 75% and (ii) $100,000; and (B) the greater of (i) the product of
(x) an amount equal to the largest difference in the related Monthly
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Payment for any Non-Primary Residence Loan remaining in the Mortgage Pool (other
than Additional Collateral Loans) which had an original Loan-to-Value Ratio of
80% or greater that would result if the Net Mortgage Rate thereof was equal to
the weighted average (based on the principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the Relevant Anniversary) of the Net Mortgage Rates of all Mortgage Loans as of
the Relevant Anniversary less 1.25% per annum, (y) a number equal to the
weighted average remaining term to maturity, in months, of all Non-Primary
Residence Loans remaining in the Mortgage Pool as of the Relevant Anniversary,
and (z) one plus the quotient of the number of all Non-Primary Residence Loans
remaining in the Mortgage Pool divided by the total number of Outstanding
Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool as of the Relevant Anniversary, and (ii)
$50,000,
over (2) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated solely to one or
more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance with Section 4.05 since the
Relevant Anniversary.
The Bankruptcy Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer
(including accelerating the manner in which such coverage is reduced) provided
that prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the
rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the
lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as
of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such
written confirmation to the Trustee.
Bankruptcy Code: The Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
Bankruptcy Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Deficient Valuation
or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that neither a Deficient Valuation
nor a Debt Service Reduction shall be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long
as the Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing that the Master
Servicer is diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with
the representations and warranties made regarding the related Mortgage Loan and
either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in default with regard to payments
due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal and interest under the
related Mortgage Loan and any premiums on any applicable primary hazard
insurance policy and any related escrow payments in respect of such Mortgage
Loan are being advanced on a current basis by the Master Servicer or a
Sub-Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any Debt Service
Reduction.
Book-Entry Certificate: Any Certificate registered in the name of the
Depository or its nominee.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day
on which banking institutions in the State of New York, the State of Michigan,
the State of California or the State of Illinois (and such other state or states
in which the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account are at the time
located) are required or authorized by law or executive order to be closed.
Buydown Funds: Any amount contributed by the seller of a Mortgaged
Property, the Company or other source in order to enable the Mortgagor to reduce
the payments required to be made from the Mortgagor's funds in the early years
of a Mortgage Loan. Buydown Funds are not
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part of the Trust Fund prior to deposit into the Custodial or Certificate
Account.
Buydown Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which a specified amount of
interest is paid out of related Buydown Funds in accordance with a related
buydown agreement.
Cash Liquidation: As to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a Mortgage
Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred, a determination by the Master
Servicer that it has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer reasonably and in
good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to such Mortgage Loan.
CB Loan Group: The group of Mortgage Loans comprised of the Group CB Loans.
Certificate: Any Class CB, Class NB, Class A-P, Class A-V, Class M, Class B
or Class R Certificate.
Certificate Account: The separate account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.01, which shall be entitled "Bankers Trust
Company, as trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Residential Accredit
Loans, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-QS8"
and which must be an Eligible Account.
Certificate Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution Date, the Business
Day prior thereto.
Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that neither a Disqualified
Organization nor a Non-United States Person shall be a holder of a Class R
Certificate for purposes hereof and, solely for the purpose of giving any
consent or direction pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate, other than a
Class R Certificate, registered in the name of the Company, the Master Servicer
or any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be
outstanding and the Percentage Interest or Voting Rights evidenced thereby shall
not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of
Percentage Interests or Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent or
direction has been obtained. All references herein to "Holders" or
"Certificateholders" shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may
indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and participating members
thereof, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall be required to recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder" only
the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate
Register.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate, as reflected on the books of an
indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository Participant acts as
agent, if any, and otherwise on the books of a Depository Participant, if any,
and otherwise on the books of the Depository.
Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to each Senior Certificate
(other than any Class A-V Certificate), on any date of determination, an amount
equal to (i) the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate as
specified on the face thereof, minus (ii) the sum of (x) the
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aggregate of all amounts previously distributed with respect to such Certificate
(or any predecessor Certificate) and applied to reduce the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(a) and (y) the aggregate of all
reductions in Certificate Principal Balance deemed to have occurred in
connection with Realized Losses which were previously allocated to such
Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) pursuant to Section 4.05. With
respect to each Class M Certificate, on any date of determination, an amount
equal to (i) the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Class M
Certificate as specified on the face thereof, minus (ii) the sum of (x) the
aggregate of all amounts previously distributed with respect to such Certificate
(or any predecessor Certificate) and applied to reduce the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(a) and (y) the aggregate of all
reductions in Certificate Principal Balance deemed to have occurred in
connection with Realized Losses which were previously allocated to such
Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) pursuant to Section 4.05; provided,
that if the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class B Certificates have been
reduced to zero, the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class M Certificate
of those Class M Certificates outstanding with the highest numerical designation
at any given time shall thereafter be calculated to equal the Percentage
Interest evidenced by such Certificate times the excess, if any, of (A) the then
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (B) the then
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all other Classes of Certificates
then outstanding. With respect to each Class B Certificate, on any date of
determination, an amount equal to (i) the Initial Certificate Principal Balance
of such Class B Certificate as specified on the face thereof, minus (ii) the sum
of (x) the aggregate of all amounts previously distributed with respect to such
Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) and applied to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(a) and (y) the
aggregate of all reductions in Certificate Principal Balance deemed to have
occurred in connection with Realized Losses which were previously allocated to
such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) pursuant to Section 4.05;
provided, that the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class B Certificate of
those Class B Certificates outstanding with the highest numerical designation at
any given time shall be calculated to equal the Percentage Interest evidenced by
such Certificate times the excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (B) the then aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of all other Classes of Certificates then outstanding. The
Class A-V Certificates will have no Certificate Principal Balance.
Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar: The register maintained and
the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02.
Class: Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the same designation.
The initial Class A-V Certificates and any Subclass thereof issued pursuant to
Section 5.01(c) shall be a single Class for the purposes of this Agreement.
Class A-P Collection Shortfall: With respect to the Cash Liquidation or
REO Disposition of a Discount Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the
excess of the amount described in Section 4.02(b)(i)(C)(1) over the amount
described in Section 4.02(b)(i)(C)(2).
Class A-P Principal Distribution Amount: As defined in Section 4.02(b)(i).
Class A-V Certificates: The Senior Certificates designated as Class A-V
Certificates, including any Subclass thereof.
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Class A-V Notional Amount: As of any Distribution Date, with respect to
the Class A-V Certificates, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Class B Certificate: Any one of the Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2
Certificates or Class B-3 Certificates executed by the Trustee and authenticated
by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
C and evidencing an interest designated as a "regular interest" in the REMIC for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions and representing an undivided interest in both
Loan Groups.
Class B Percentage: The Class B-1 Percentage, Class B-2 Percentage and
Class B-3 Percentage.
Class B-1 Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates immediately prior to such date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) (other than the related Discount
Fraction of each Discount Mortgage Loan) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class B-1 Prepayment Distribution Trigger: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a test that shall be satisfied if the fraction (expressed as
a percentage) equal to the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date divided by the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties)
immediately prior to such Distribution Date is greater than or equal to 0.80%.
Class B-2 Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to such date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) (other than the related Discount
Fraction of each Discount Mortgage Loan) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class B-2 Prepayment Distribution Trigger: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a test that shall be satisfied if the fraction (expressed as
a percentage) equal to the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date divided by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such
Distribution Date is greater than or equal to 0.50%.
Class B-3 Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, a fraction
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) (other than the related Discount
Fraction of each Discount Mortgage Loan) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class B-3 Prepayment Distribution Trigger: With respect to any Distribution
Date, a test
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that shall be satisfied if the fraction (expressed as a percentage) equal to the
sum of the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class B-3 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date divided by the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties)
immediately prior to such Distribution Date is greater than or equal to 0.25%.
Class M Certificate: Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates or Class M-3 Certificates executed by the Trustee and authenticated
by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
B and evidencing an interest designated as a "regular interest" in the REMIC for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Class M Percentage: The Class M-1 Percentage, Class M-2 Percentage and
Class M-3 Percentage.
Class M-1 Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to such date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) (other than the related Discount
Fraction of each Discount Mortgage Loan) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class M-2 Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) (other than the related Discount
Fraction of each Discount Mortgage Loan) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class M-2 Prepayment Distribution Trigger: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a test that shall be satisfied if the fraction (expressed as
a percentage) equal to the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class
B-2 Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date divided by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) immediately prior to such
Distribution Date is greater than or equal to 1.65%.
Class M-3 Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties) (other than the related Discount
Fraction of each Discount Mortgage Loan) immediately prior to such Distribution
Date.
Class M-3 Prepayment Distribution Trigger: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a test that shall be satisfied if the fraction (expressed as
a percentage) equal to the sum of the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class M-3 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class
B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date divided by the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO
Properties) immediately prior to such Distribution Date is greater than or equal
to 1.20%.
Class R Certificate: Any one of the Class R Certificates executed by the
Trustee and
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authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit D and evidencing an interest designated as a "residual
interest" in the REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Closing Date: June 29, 1998.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Compensating Interest: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from Principal Prepayments in
Full during the related Prepayment Period, but not more than the lesser of (a)
one-twelfth of 0.125% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
immediately preceding such Distribution Date and (b) the sum of the Servicing
Fee, all income and gain on amounts held in the Custodial Account and the
Certificate Account and payable to the Certificateholders with respect to such
Distribution Date and servicing compensation to which the Master Servicer may be
entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(v) and (vi); provided that for purposes of
this definition the amount of the Servicing Fee will not be reduced pursuant to
Section 7.02 except as may be required pursuant to the last sentence of such
Section.
Cooperative: A private, cooperative housing corporation organized under
the laws of, and headquartered in, the State of New York which owns or leases
land and all or part of a building or buildings located in the State of New
York, including apartments, spaces used for commercial purposes and common areas
therein and whose board of directors authorizes, among other things, the sale of
Cooperative Stock.
Cooperative Apartment: A dwelling unit in a multi-dwelling building owned
or leased by a Cooperative, which unit the Mortgagor has an exclusive right to
occupy pursuant to the terms of a proprietary lease or occupancy agreement.
Cooperative Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the proprietary
lease or occupancy agreement with respect to the Cooperative Apartment occupied
by the Mortgagor and relating to the related Cooperative Stock, which lease or
agreement confers an exclusive right to the holder of such Cooperative Stock to
occupy such apartment.
Cooperative Loans: Any of the Mortgage Loans made in respect of a
Cooperative Apartment, evidenced by a Mortgage Note and secured by (i) a
Security Agreement, (ii) the related Cooperative Stock Certificate, (iii) an
assignment of the Cooperative Lease, (iv) financing statements and (v) a stock
power (or other similar instrument), and ancillary thereto, a recognition
agreement between the Cooperative and the originator of the Cooperative Loan,
each of which was transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section
2.01 and are from time to time held as part of the Trust Fund.
Cooperative Stock: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the single
outstanding class of stock, partnership interest or other ownership instrument
in the related Cooperative.
Cooperative Stock Certificate: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
stock certificate
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or other instrument evidencing the related Cooperative Stock.
Corporate Trust Office: The principal office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement
shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this
instrument is located at Four Albany Street, New York, New York 10006,
Attention: Residential Funding Corporation Series 1998-QS8.
Credit Support Depletion Date: The first Distribution Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class M Certificates and Class B
Certificates have been reduced to zero.
Curtailment: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is not a
Principal Prepayment in Full.
Custodial Account: The custodial account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.07 in the name of a depository institution, as
custodian for the holders of the Certificates, for the holders of certain other
interests in mortgage loans serviced or sold by the Master Servicer and for the
Master Servicer, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.07 shall be
deposited directly. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.
Custodial Agreement: An agreement that may be entered into among the
Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and a Custodian in substantially the
form of Exhibit E hereto.
Custodian: A custodian appointed pursuant to a Custodial Agreement.
Cut-off Date: June 1, 1998.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof at the Cut-off Date after giving effect to all
installments of principal due on or prior thereto, whether or not received.
DCR: Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Company, or its successor in interest.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction in
the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction
constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a
court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than
the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in
the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any scheduled Monthly
Payment that constitutes a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation
or reduction results from a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificate: Any definitive, fully registered Certificate.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced with a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
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Depository: The Depository Trust Company, or any successor Depository
hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of
registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates is Cede &
Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and
a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Destroyed Mortgage Note: A Mortgage Note the original of which was
permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Determination Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 20th day
(or if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
following such 20th day) of the month of the related Distribution Date.
Discount Fraction: With respect to each Discount Mortgage Loan, the
fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is 6.50% minus the
Net Mortgage Rate (or the initial Net Mortgage Rate with respect to any Discount
Mortgage Loans as to which the Mortgage Rate is modified pursuant to 3.07(a))
for such Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is 6.50%. The Discount
Fraction with respect to each Discount Mortgage Loan is set forth on Exhibit P
attached hereto.
Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan having a Net Mortgage Rate (or
the initial Net Mortgage Rate) of less than 6.50% per annum and any Mortgage
Loan deemed to be a Discount Mortgage Loan pursuant to the definition of
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Disqualified Organization: Any organization defined as a "disqualified
organization" under Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code, which includes any of the
following: (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof,
any possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of
the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of
its activities are subject to tax and, except for the FHLMC, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign
government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers'
cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax
imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of
the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. A
Disqualified Organization also includes any "electing large partnership," as
defined in Section 775(a) of the Code and any other Person so designated by the
Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause the Trust Fund or any
Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than
such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code
that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms "United States",
"State" and "international
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organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or
successor provisions.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of any month beginning in the month
immediately following the month of the initial issuance of the Certificates or,
if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following
such 25th day.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first day of the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period commencing
on the second day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and
ending on the related Due Date.
Eligible Account: An account that is any of the following: (i) maintained
with a depository institution the debt obligations of which have been rated by
each Rating Agency in its highest rating available, or (ii) an account or
accounts in a depository institution in which such accounts are fully insured to
the limits established by the FDIC, provided that any deposits not so insured
shall, to the extent acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing,
be maintained such that (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee and each Rating Agency) the registered Holders of Certificates have a
claim with respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is
maintained, or (iii) in the case of the Custodial Account, either (A) a trust
account or accounts maintained in the corporate trust department of The First
National Bank of Chicago or (B) an account or accounts maintained in the
corporate asset services department of The First National Bank of Chicago, as
long as its short term debt obligations are rated P-1 (or the equivalent) or
better by each Rating Agency and its long term debt obligations are rated A2 (or
the equivalent) or better, by each Rating Agency, or (iv) in the case of the
Certificate Account, a trust account or accounts maintained in the corporate
trust division of Bankers Trust Company, or (v) an account or accounts of a
depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency (as evidenced in writing
by each Rating Agency that use of any such account as the Custodial Account or
the Certificate Account will not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of
Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or
the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating
Agency).
Eligible Funds: On any Distribution Date, the portion, if any, of each
Available Distribution Amount remaining after reduction by the sum of (i) the
aggregate amount of Accrued Certificate Interest on the Senior Certificates,
(ii) the Senior Principal Distribution Amount (determined without regard to
Section 4.02(a)(ii)(D) hereof), (iii) the Class A-P Principal Distribution
Amount (determined without regard to Section 4.02(b)(i)(E) hereof) and (iv) the
aggregate amount of Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class M, Class B-1 and
Class B-2 Certificates.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
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Excess Bankruptcy Loss: Any Bankruptcy Loss, or portion thereof, which
exceeds the then applicable Bankruptcy Amount.
Excess Fraud Loss: Any Fraud Loss, or portion thereof, which exceeds the
then applicable Fraud Loss Amount.
Excess Special Hazard Loss: Any Special Hazard Loss, or portion thereof,
that exceeds the then applicable Special Hazard Amount.
Excess Subordinate Principal Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date
on which the Certificate Principal Balance of the most subordinate class or
classes of Certificates (as established in Section 4.05 hereof) then outstanding
is to be reduced to zero and on which Realized Losses are to be allocated to
such class or classes, the excess, if any, of (i) the amount that would
otherwise be distributable in respect of principal on such class or classes of
Certificates on such Distribution Date over (ii) the excess, if any, of the
Certificate Principal Balance of such class or classes of Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over the aggregate amount of
Realized Losses to be allocated to such classes of Certificates on such
Distribution Date, as reduced by any amount calculated pursuant to Section
4.02(b)(i)(E).
Extraordinary Events: Any of the following conditions with respect to a
Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the Cooperative
Apartment) or Mortgage Loan causing or resulting in a loss which causes the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan:
(a) losses that are of the type that would be covered by the fidelity bond
and the errors and omissions insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant
to Section 3.12(b) but are in excess of the coverage maintained thereunder;
(b) nuclear reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive contamination, all
whether controlled or uncontrolled, and whether such loss be direct or indirect,
proximate or remote or be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or
aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of the term "Special Hazard
Loss";
(c) hostile or warlike action in time of peace or war, including action in
hindering, combatting or defending against an actual, impending or expected
attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power, de jure or de facto, or by
any authority maintaining or using military, naval or air forces; or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power, authority or forces;
(d) any weapon of war employing atomic fission or radioactive force whether
in time of peace or war; or
(e) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped power or action
taken by governmental authority in hindering, combatting or defending against
such an occurrence, seizure
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or destruction under quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by order of
any government or public authority; or risks of contraband or illegal
transportation or trade.
Extraordinary Losses: Any loss incurred on a Mortgage Loan caused by or
resulting from an Extraordinary Event.
FASIT: A "financial asset securitization investment trust" within the
meaning of Section 860L of the Code.
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
FHLMC: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate instrumentality
of the United States created and existing under Title III of the Emergency Home
Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Final Distribution Date: The Distribution Date on which the final
distribution in respect of the Certificates will be made pursuant to Section
9.01, which Final Distribution Date shall in no event be later than the end of
the 90-day liquidation period described in Section 9.02.
Fitch IBCA: Fitch IBCA, Inc. or its successor in interest.
FNMA: Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered and
privately owned corporation organized and existing under the Federal National
Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
Foreclosure Profits: As to any Distribution Date or related Determination
Date and any Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and REO Proceeds (net of all amounts reimbursable therefrom
pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii)) in respect of each Mortgage Loan or REO
Property for which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred in the related
Prepayment Period over the sum of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property (determined, in the case of an REO Disposition, in
accordance with Section 3.14) plus accrued and unpaid interest at the Mortgage
Rate on such unpaid principal balance from the Due Date to which interest was
last paid by the Mortgagor to the first day of the month following the month in
which such Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred.
Fraud Loss Amount: As of any date of determination after the Cut-off Date,
an amount equal to: (X) prior to the third anniversary of the Cut-off Date an
amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of
the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date minus the aggregate amount of Fraud
Losses allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in
accordance with Section 4.05 since the Cut-off Date up to such date of
determination and (Y) from the third to the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off
Date, an amount equal to (1) the lesser of (a) the Fraud Loss Amount as of the
most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date and (b) 0.50% of the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the most recent
anniversary of the Cut-off Date minus (2) the aggregate amount of Fraud Losses
allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance
with Section 4.05 since the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date up to
such date of determination. On and after the fifth
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anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Amount shall be zero.
The Fraud Loss Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer
(including accelerating the manner in which such coverage is reduced) provided
that prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the
rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the
lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as
of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such
written confirmation to the Trustee.
Fraud Losses: Losses on Mortgage Loans as to which there was fraud in the
origination of such Mortgage Loan.
Group CB Loans: The Mortgage Loans designated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as Group CB Loans, having original principal balances less than or
equal to $227,150.
Group NB Loans: The Mortgage Loans designated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as Group NB Loans, having original principal balances exceeding
$227,150.
Independent: When used with respect to any specified Person, means such a
Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Company, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee, or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) does not have any direct financial
interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee or in an Affiliate thereof, and (iii) is not connected
with the Company, the Master Servicer or the Trustee as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar
functions.
Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to each Class of
Certificates, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates as
of the Cut-off Date as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
Initial Class A-V Notional Amount: With respect to any Class A-V
Certificate, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
corresponding to the Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interests represented by such
Class A-V Certificate.
Initial Monthly Payment Fund: As defined in Section 2.01(g).
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to any Primary Insurance Policy or any other related insurance policy
covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are payable to the
mortgagee under the Mortgage, any Sub-Servicer, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee and are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property
(or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Apartment) or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master
Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account.
Insurer: Any named insurer under any Primary Insurance Policy or any
successor thereto or the named insurer in any replacement policy.
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Interest Accrual Period: With respect to any Certificate and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
International Borrower: In connection with any Mortgage Loan, a borrower
who is (a) a United States citizen employed in a foreign country, (b) a
non-permanent resident alien employed in the United States or (c) a citizen of a
country other than the United States with income derived from sources outside
the United States.
Late Collections: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts received
during any Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or as
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late
payments or collections of Monthly Payments due but delinquent for a previous
Due Period and not previously recovered.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds) received by
the Master Servicer in connection with the taking of an entire Mortgaged
Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation or in
connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through trustee's
sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than REO Proceeds.
Loan Group: Either or both of the CB Loan Group or the NB Loan Group.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: As of any date, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the current principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan at the date of determination and the denominator of which
is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
Maturity Date: The latest possible maturity date, solely for purposes of
Section 1.860G- 1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, by which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Certificates (other than the
Class A-V Certificates which have no Certificate Principal Balance) representing
a regular interest in the REMIC would be reduced to zero, which is June 25,
2013, the Distribution Date immediately following the latest scheduled maturity
date of any Mortgage Loan. The latest possible Maturity Date for each
Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interest is June 25, 2013, which is the
Distribution Date immediately following the latest scheduled maturity date of
any Mortgage Loan.
MLCC: Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation, or its successor in interest.
Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that has been the subject of a
Servicing Modification.
Modified Net Mortgage Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan that is the subject of
a Servicing Modification, the Net Mortgage Rate minus the rate per annum by
which the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan was reduced.
Monthly Payment: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO
Property) and any Due Date, the payment of principal and interest due thereon in
accordance with the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after
adjustment, if any, for Curtailments and
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for Deficient Valuations occurring prior to such Due Date but before any
adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than
a Deficient Valuation, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver
or grace period and before any Servicing Modification that constitutes a
reduction of the interest rate on such Mortgage Loan).
Moody's: Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or its successor in interest.
Mortgage: With respect to each Mortgage Note related to a Mortgage Loan
which is not a Cooperative Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust or other comparable
instrument creating a first lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold
interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage 100SM Loan: A Mortgage Loan that has a Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination in excess of 80.00% and that is secured by Additional Collateral and
does not have a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining to
a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to
the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of the Mortgage Loans attached hereto as
Exhibit F-1 (with respect to the Group CB Loans) and Exhibit F-2 (with respect
to Group NB Loans) (each as amended from time to time to reflect the addition of
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans), which lists shall set forth at a minimum
the following information as to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number ("RFC LOAN #");
(ii) the street address of the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect
to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Apartment)
including state and zip code ("ADDRESS");
(iii) the maturity of the Mortgage Note ("MATURITY DATE");
(iv) the Mortgage Rate ("ORIG RATE");
(v) the Sub-Servicer pass-through rate ("CURR NET");
(vi) the Net Mortgage Rate ("NET MTG RT");
(vii) the Pool Strip Rate ("STRIP");
(viii)the initial scheduled monthly payment of principal, if any,
and interest ("ORIGINAL P & I");
(ix) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance ("PRINCIPAL BAL");
(x) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination ("LTV");
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(xi) the rate at which the Subservicing Fee accrues ("SUBSERV FEE")
and at which the Servicing Fee accrues ("MSTR SERV FEE");
(xii) a code "T," "BT" or "CT" under the column "LN FEATURE,"
indicating that the Mortgage Loan is secured by a second or
vacation residence; and
(xiii)a code "N" under the column "OCCP CODE," indicating that the
Mortgage Loan is secured by a non-owner occupied residence.
Such schedules may consist of multiple reports that collectively set forth all
of the information required.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 as from time to time are held or deemed to be
held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans originally so held being
identified in the initial Mortgage Loan Schedule, and Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans held or deemed held as part of the Trust Fund including, without
limitation, (i) with respect to each Cooperative Loan, the related Mortgage
Note, Security Agreement, Assignment of Proprietary Lease, Cooperative Stock
Certificate, Cooperative Lease and Mortgage File and all rights appertaining
thereto, and (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan other than a Cooperative
Loan, each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage File and all rights
appertaining thereto.
Mortgage Note: The originally executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan,
together with any modification thereto.
Mortgage Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan, the interest rate borne by the
related Mortgage Note, or any modification thereto other than a Servicing
Modification.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying real property securing a Mortgage Loan
or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Lease and
Cooperative Stock.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
NB Loan Group: The group of Mortgage Loans comprised of the Group NB Loans.
Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate of interest
equal to the Adjusted Mortgage Rate less the per annum rate at which the
Servicing Fee is calculated.
Non-Primary Residence Loans: The Mortgage Loans designated as secured by
second or vacation residences, or by non-owner occupied residences, on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Non-United States Person: Any Person other than a United States Person.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any Advance previously made or proposed to be made
by the Master Servicer in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Deleted
Mortgage Loan) which, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will
not, or, in the case of a proposed Advance,
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would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer from related Late
Collections, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds or amounts
reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof. The
determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance
or that any proposed Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Company and the Trustee.
Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that, at the time of
reference thereto, is not subject to a Subservicing Agreement.
Officers' Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board,
the President or a Vice President or Assistant Vice President, or a Director or
Managing Director, and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant
Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Company or the Master Servicer, as
the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee, as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee
and the Master Servicer, who may be counsel for the Company or the Master
Servicer, provided that any opinion of counsel (i) referred to in the definition
of "Disqualified Organization" or (ii) relating to the qualification of the
Trust Fund as a REMIC or compliance with the REMIC Provisions must, unless
otherwise specified, be an opinion of Independent counsel.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As to any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan (including
an REO Property) which was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full,
Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition and which was not purchased, deleted or
substituted for prior to such Due Date pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or
4.07.
Ownership Interest: As to any Certificate, any ownership or security
interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal
or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
Parent PowerSM Loan: A Mortgage Loan that has a Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination in excess of 80.00%, that is supported by Additional Collateral and
does not have a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy.
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to the Senior Certificates (other than the
Class A-P Certificates and Class A-V Certificates), Class M Certificates and
Class B Certificates and any Distribution Date, the per annum rates set forth in
the Preliminary Statement hereto. With respect to the Class A-V Certificates
(other than any Subclass thereof) and any Distribution Date, a rate equal to the
weighted average, expressed as a percentage, of the Pool Strip Rates of all
Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the month next preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs, weighted on the basis of the respective Stated
Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans, which Stated Principal Balances shall
be the Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans at the close of business
on the immediately preceding Distribution Date after giving effect to
distributions thereon allocable to principal to the Holders of the Certificates
(or, with respect to the initial Distribution Date, at the close of business on
the Cut-off Date). With respect to the Class A-V Certificates and the initial
Distribution Date, the Pass-Through Rate is equal to 0.9451%
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per annum. With respect to any Subclass of Class A-V Certificates and any
Distribution Date, a rate equal to the weighted average, expressed as a
percentage, of the Pool Strip Rates of all Mortgage Loans corresponding to the
Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interests represented by such Subclass as of the
Due Date in the month next preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs, weighted on the basis of the respective Stated Principal Balances of
such Mortgage Loans, which Stated Principal Balances shall be the Stated
Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans at the close of business on the
immediately preceding Distribution Date after giving effect to distributions
thereon allocable to principal to the Holders of the Certificates (or with
respect to the initial Distribution Date, at the close of business on the
Cut-off Date). The Class A-P Certificates have no Pass-Through Rate and are not
entitled to Accrued Certificate Interest.
Paying Agent: Bankers Trust Company or any successor Paying Agent appointed
by the Trustee.
Percentage Interest: With respect to any Certificate (other than a Class R
Certificate), the undivided percentage ownership interest in the related Class
evidenced by such Certificate, which percentage ownership interest shall be
equal to the Initial Certificate Principal Balance thereof or Initial Class A-V
Notional Amount thereof (in the case of any Class A-V Certificate) divided by
the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance or the aggregate of the
Initial Class A-V Notional Amounts, as applicable, of all the Certificates of
the same Class. With respect to a Class R Certificate, the interest in
distributions to be made with respect to such Class evidenced thereby, expressed
as a percentage, as stated on the face of each such Certificate.
Permitted Investments: One or more of the following:
(i) obligations of or guaranteed as to principal and interest by
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof
when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States;
(ii) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (i)
maturing not more than one month from the date of acquisition
thereof, provided that the unsecured obligations of the party
agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated
by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating
available;
(iii) federal funds, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time
deposits and bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an
original maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of
bankers' acceptances, shall in no event have an original
maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more
than 30 days) denominated in United States dollars of any U.S.
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof or of any
domestic branch of a foreign depository institution or trust
company; provided that the debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company (or, if the only Rating Agency is
Standard & Poor's, in the case of the principal depository
institution in a depository institution holding company, debt
obligations of the depository
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institution holding company) at the date of acquisition
thereof have been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
short-term rating available; and provided further that, if the
only Rating Agency is Standard & Poor's and if the depository
or trust company is a principal subsidiary of a bank holding
company and the debt obligations of such subsidiary are not
separately rated, the applicable rating shall be that of the
bank holding company; and, provided further that, if the
original maturity of such short-term obligations of a domestic
branch of a foreign depository institution or trust company
shall exceed 30 days, the short-term rating of such
institution shall be A-1+ in the case of Standard & Poor's if
Standard & Poor's is the Rating Agency;
(iv) commercial paper and demand notes (having original maturities
of not more than 365 days) of any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which
on the date of acquisition has been rated by each Rating
Agency in its highest short-term rating available; provided
that such commercial paper and demand notes shall have a
remaining maturity of not more than 30 days;
(v) a money market fund or a qualified investment fund rated by
each Rating Agency in its highest long-term rating available;
and
(vi) other obligations or securities that are acceptable to each
Rating Agency as a Permitted Investment hereunder and will not
reduce the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by
such Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating
or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing
Date by such Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;
provided, however, no instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if it
represents, either (1) the right to receive only interest payments with respect
to the underlying debt instrument or (2) the right to receive both principal and
interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the
principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying
obligations. References herein to the highest rating available on unsecured
long-term debt shall mean AAA in the case of Standard & Poor's, Fitch IBCA or
DCR, and Aaa in the case of Moody's, and references herein to the highest rating
available on unsecured commercial paper and short-term debt obligations shall
mean A-1 in the case of Standard & Poor's, P-1 in the case of Moody's, either
A-1 by Standard & Poor's, P-1 by Moody's, F-1 by Fitch IBCA in the case of Fitch
IBCA and D-1 in the case of DCR.
Permitted Transferee: Any Transferee of a Class R Certificate, other than a
Disqualified Organization or Non-United States Person.
Person: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
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Pledged Asset Mortgage Servicing Agreement: The Pledged Asset Mortgage
Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 28, 1996 between MLCC and the Master
Servicer.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any date of determination, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of each Mortgage Loan that was an
Outstanding Mortgage Loan on the Due Date in the month preceding the month of
such date of determination.
Pool Strip Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate
equal to the excess of (a) the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan over (b)
6.50% per annum (but not less than 0.00%).
Prepayment Assumption: With respect to the Class CB, Class A-P, Class A-V,
Class M and Class B Certificates, the prepayment assumption to be used for
determining the accrual of original issue discount and premium and market
discount on such Certificates for federal income tax purposes, which assumes a
constant prepayment rate of 4.0% per annum of the then outstanding principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loans in the first month of the life of such
Mortgage Loans and an additional 1.090909% per annum in each month thereafter
until the twelfth month, and beginning in the twelfth month and in each month
thereafter during the life of the Mortgage Loans, a constant prepayment rate of
16.0% per annum. With respect to the Class NB Certificates, a prepayment
assumption of 275% of the standard prepayment assumption, used for determining
the accrual of original issue discount and market discount and premium on the
Certificates for federal income tax purposes. The standard prepayment assumption
assumes a constant rate of prepayment of mortgage loans of 0.2% per annum of the
then outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loans in the first month of
the life of the mortgage loans, increasing by an additional 0.2% per annum in
each succeeding month until the thirtieth month, and a constant 6% per annum
rate of prepayment thereafter for the life of the mortgage loans.
Prepayment Distribution Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date
and each Class of Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates, under the
applicable circumstances set forth below, the respective percentages set forth
below:
(i) For any Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date in
July 2003 (unless the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Senior Certificates have been reduced to zero), 0%.
(ii) For any Distribution Date on which any Class of Class M or
Class B Certificates are outstanding not discussed in clause
(i) above:
a. in the case of the Class of Class M Certificates then
outstanding with the lowest numerical designation, or in the
event the Class M Certificates are no longer outstanding, the
Class of Class B Certificates then outstanding with the lowest
numerical designation and each other Class of Class M
Certificates and Class B Certificates for which the related
Prepayment Distribution Trigger has been satisfied, a
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is
the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately
prior to such date and the denominator of which is the sum of
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the Certificate Principal Balances immediately prior to such
date of (1) the Class of Class M Certificates then outstanding
with the lowest numerical designation, or in the event the
Class M Certificates are no longer outstanding, the Class of
Class B Certificates then outstanding with the lowest
numerical designation and (2) all other Classes of Class M
Certificates and Class B Certificates for which the respective
Prepayment Distribution Triggers have been satisfied; and
b. in the case of each other Class of Class M Certificates and
Class B Certificates for which the Prepayment Distribution
Triggers have not been satisfied, 0%; and
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the application of the
foregoing percentages on any Distribution Date as provided in
Section 4.02 (determined without regard to the proviso to the
definition of "Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount")
would result in a distribution in respect of principal of any
Class or Classes of Class M Certificates and Class B
Certificates in an amount greater than the remaining
Certificate Principal Balance thereof (any such class, a
"Maturing Class"), then: (a) the Prepayment Distribution
Percentage of each Maturing Class shall be reduced to a level
that, when applied as described above, would exactly reduce
the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class to zero; (b)
the Prepayment Distribution Percentage of each other Class of
Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates (any such Class,
a "Non-Maturing Class") shall be recalculated in accordance
with the provisions in paragraph (ii) above, as if the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Maturing Class had been
reduced to zero (such percentage as recalculated, the
"Recalculated Percentage"); (c) the total amount of the
reductions in the Prepayment Distribution Percentages of the
Maturing Class or Classes pursuant to clause (a) of this
sentence, expressed as an aggregate percentage, shall be
allocated among the Non-Maturing Classes in proportion to
their respective Recalculated Percentages (the portion of such
aggregate reduction so allocated to any Non-Maturing Class,
the "Adjustment Percentage"); and (d) for purposes of such
Distribution Date, the Prepayment Distribution Percentage of
each Non-Maturing Class shall be equal to the sum of (1) the
Prepayment Distribution Percentage thereof, calculated in
accordance with the provisions in paragraph (ii) above as if
the Certificate Principal Balance of each Maturing Class had
not been reduced to zero, plus (2) the related Adjustment
Percentage.
Prepayment Distribution Trigger: The Class M-2 Prepayment Distribution
Trigger, Class M-3 Prepayment Distribution Trigger, Class B-1 Prepayment
Distribution Trigger, Class B-2 Prepayment Distribution Trigger or Class B-3
Prepayment Distribution Trigger.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property) that was
the subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in Full during the related Prepayment
Period, an amount equal to the excess of one
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month's interest at the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the
case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan over the amount of interest (adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate (or
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan)) paid by the
Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to the date of such Principal Prepayment in
Full or (b) a Curtailment during the prior calendar month, an amount equal to
one month's interest at the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in
the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) on the amount of such Curtailment.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the calendar month
preceding the month of distribution.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each primary policy of mortgage guaranty
insurance or any replacement policy therefor referred to in Section 2.03(b)(iv)
and (v).
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal or other recovery on a
Mortgage Loan, including a recovery that takes the form of Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date
and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled
interest on such payment due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor
of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Program Guide: Collectively, the Seller Guide and the Servicer Guide for
Residential Funding's Expanded Criteria Mortgage Program.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property)
required to be or otherwise purchased on any date pursuant to Section 2.02,
2.03, 2.04 or 4.07, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated
Principal Balance thereof plus the principal portion of any related unreimbursed
Advances and (ii) unpaid accrued interest at the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or
Modified Net Mortgage Rate plus the rate per annum at which the Servicing Fee is
calculated in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) (or at the Net Mortgage Rate
(or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) in the
case of a purchase made by the Master Servicer) on the Stated Principal Balance
thereof to the first day of the month following the month of purchase from the
Due Date to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by
Residential Funding or the Company for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on
the date of such substitution, as confirmed in an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after
deduction of the principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate outstanding principal balance, after
such deduction), not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall to be deposited by Residential
Funding in the Custodial Account in the month of substitution); (ii) have a
Mortgage Rate and a Net Mortgage Rate no lower than and not more than 1% per
annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Net Mortgage Rate, respectively, of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan as
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of the date of substitution; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio at the time of
substitution no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time of
substitution; (iv) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than
(and not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v)
comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Sections 2.03 and 2.04
hereof and Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement; and (vi) have a Pool Strip
Rate equal to or greater than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding
any other provisions herein, (x) with respect to any Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which was a Discount
Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be a
Discount Mortgage Loan and to have a Discount Fraction equal to the Discount
Fraction of the related Deleted Mortgage Loan and (y) in the event that the
"Pool Strip Rate" of any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan as calculated
pursuant to the definition of "Pool Strip Rate" is greater than the Pool Strip
Rate of the related Deleted Mortgage Loan (i) the Pool Strip Rate of such
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be equal to the Pool Strip Rate of the
related Deleted Mortgage Loan for purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A-V Certificates and (ii) the excess of the Pool Strip Rate on such
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan as calculated pursuant to the definition of
"Pool Strip Rate" over the Pool Strip Rate on the related Deleted Mortgage Loan
shall be payable to the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof.
Rating Agency: Standard & Poor's and DCR with respect to the Senior
Certificates, and DCR with respect to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates. If either agency or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such statistical credit rating agency, or
other comparable Person, designated by the Company, notice of which designation
shall be given to the Trustee and the Master Servicer.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as to
which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan (or
REO Property) as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii)
interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the Net Mortgage Rate from the
Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced to Certificateholders up
to the last day of the month in which the Cash Liquidation (or REO Disposition)
occurred on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property)
outstanding during each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced,
minus (iii) the proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such Cash
Liquidation (or REO Disposition) occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries
of interest at the Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Mortgage Loan, net
of the portion thereof reimbursable to the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer
with respect to related Advances or expenses as to which the Master Servicer or
Sub-Servicer is entitled to reimbursement thereunder but which have not been
previously reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is the subject
of a Servicing Modification, (a) the amount by which the interest portion of a
Monthly Payment or the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan was reduced, and
(b) any such amount with respect to a Monthly Payment that was or would have
been due in the month immediately following the month in which a Principal
Prepayment or the Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan is received or is deemed
to have been received. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation
and the
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principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the object of a Debt Service
Reduction, the amount of such Debt Service Reduction. Notwithstanding the above,
neither a Deficient Valuation nor a Debt Service Reduction shall be deemed a
Realized Loss hereunder so long as the Master Servicer has notified the Trustee
in writing that the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing any remedies that may
exist in connection with the representations and warranties made regarding the
related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in default
with regard to payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal
and interest under the related Mortgage Loan and any premiums on any applicable
primary hazard insurance policy and any related escrow payments in respect of
such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis by the Master Servicer
or a Sub-Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any Debt Service
Reduction.
Record Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the close of business
on the last Business Day of the month next preceding the month in which the
related Distribution Date occurs.
Regular Certificate: Any of the Certificates other than a Class R
Certificate.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Administrator: Residential Funding Corporation. If Residential
Funding Corporation is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to no longer
be able to fulfill its obligations as REMIC Administrator under this Agreement
the Master Servicer or Trustee acting as Master Servicer shall appoint a
successor REMIC Administrator, subject to assumption of the REMIC Administrator
obligations under this Agreement.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through
860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
temporary and final regulations (or, to the extent not inconsistent with such
temporary or final regulations, proposed regulations) and published rulings,
notices and announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
REO Acquisition: The acquisition by the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any REO Property pursuant
to Section 3.14.
REO Disposition: As to any REO Property, a determination by the Master
Servicer that it has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO
Proceeds and other payments and recoveries (including proceeds of a final sale)
which the Master Servicer expects to be finally recoverable from the sale or
other disposition of the REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest: As to any REO Property, for any period, an amount
equivalent to interest (at the Net Mortgage Rate that would have been applicable
to the related Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding) on the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof for such
period.
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REO Proceeds: Proceeds, net of expenses, received in respect of any REO
Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related
Mortgaged Property or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related
Cooperative Apartment) which proceeds are required to be deposited into the
Custodial Account only upon the related REO Disposition.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master Servicer through
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.
Request for Release: A request for release, the forms of which are
attached as Exhibit H hereto, or an electronic request in a form acceptable to
the Custodian.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy which is required to be maintained from time to time under this
Agreement, the Program Guide or the related Subservicing Agreement in respect of
such Mortgage Loan.
Required Surety Payment: With respect to any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan that becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (i)
principal portion of the Realized Loss with respect to such Mortgage Loan and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Additional Collateral required at
origination with respect to such Mortgage Loan over (b) the net proceeds
realized by MLCC from the related Additional Collateral.
Residential Funding: Residential Funding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans to the Company and
any successor thereto.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of
the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee, including any Senior Vice
President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Assistant
Secretary, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, or any other officer of
the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above designated officers to whom, with respect to a particular matter,
such matter is referred.
Schedule of Discount Fractions: The schedule setting forth the Discount
Fractions with respect to the Discount Mortgage Loans, attached hereto as
Exhibit P.
Security Agreement: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the agreement
creating a security interest in favor of the originator in the related
Cooperative Stock.
Seller: As to any Mortgage Loan, a Person, including any Sub-Servicer, that
executed a Seller's Agreement applicable to such Mortgage Loan.
Seller's Agreement: An agreement for the origination and sale of Mortgage
Loans generally in the form of the Seller Contract referred to or contained in
the Program Guide, or in such other form as has been approved by the Master
Servicer and the Company, each containing representations and warranties in
respect of one or more Mortgage Loans consistent in all material respects with
those set forth in the Program Guide.
Senior Accelerated Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the
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percentage indicated below:
Senior Accelerated
Distribution Date Distribution Percentage
July 1998 through
June 2003........................... 100%
July 2003 through Senior Percentage, plus 70% of the
June 2004........................... Subordinate Percentage
July 2004 through
June 2005........................... Senior Percentage, plus 60% of the
Subordinate Percentage
July 2005 through
June 2006........................... Senior Percentage, plus 40% of the
Subordinate Percentage
July 2006 through
June 2007........................... Senior Percentage, plus 20% of the
Subordinate Percentage
July 2007 and
thereafter.......................... Senior Percentage
provided, however, (i) that any scheduled reduction to the Senior
Accelerated Distribution Percentage described above shall not occur as of any
Distribution Date unless either (a)(1)(X) the outstanding principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more averaged over the last six months,
as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M and Class B Certificates, is less than 50% or (Y) the outstanding
principal balance of Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more averaged over the
last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance
of all Mortgage Loans averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 2% and
(2) Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans to date for such Distribution Date if
occurring during the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth year (or any year
thereafter) after the Closing Date are less than 30%, 35%, 40%, 45% or 50%,
respectively, of the sum of the Initial Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates or (b)(1) the outstanding
principal balance of Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more averaged over the
last six months, as a percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance
of all Mortgage Loans averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 4% and
(2) Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans to date for such Distribution Date, if
occurring during the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth year (or any year
thereafter) are less than 10% , 15%, 20%, 25% or 30%, respectively, of the sum
of the Initial Certificate Principal Balances of the Class M Certificates and
Class B Certificates and (ii) that for any Distribution Date on which the Senior
Percentage is greater than the Senior Percentage as of the Closing Date, the
Senior Accelerated Distribution Percentage for such Distribution Date shall be
100%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balances of the Senior Certificates, to zero, the Senior Accelerated
Distribution Percentage shall thereafter be 0%.
Senior Certificate: Any one of the Class CB, Class NB, Class A-V, Class A-P
or Class R Certificates, executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar substantially
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in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, each such Certificate (other than the
Class A-V Certificates) evidencing an interest designated as a "regular
interest" in the REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class A-V
Certificates will represent the entire beneficial ownership interest in the
Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interests. On and after the date of issuance of any
Subclass of Class A-V Certificates pursuant to Section 5.01(c), any such
Subclass will represent the Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interest or Interests
specified by the initial Holder of the Class A-V Certificates pursuant to said
Section.
Senior Percentage: As of any Distribution Date, the lesser of 100% and a
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Senior Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (or related REO Properties)
(other than the related Discount Fraction of each Discount Mortgage Loan)
immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Senior Principal Distribution Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (a) the balance of the Available Distribution Amount remaining after
the distribution of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to Section
4.02(a)(i) and (b) the sum of the amounts required to be distributed to the
Senior Certificateholders on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.02(a)(ii), (xvi) and (xvii).
Servicing Accounts: The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant
to Section 3.08.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or
other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer in the performance of its
servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property or, with
respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Apartment, (ii) any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under Sections 3.01, 3.08, 3.12(a) and 3.14, including, if the
Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer provides services such
as appraisals and brokerage services that are customarily provided by Persons
other than servicers of mortgage loans, reasonable compensation for such
services.
Servicing Fee: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date,
the fee payable monthly to the Master Servicer in respect of master servicing
compensation that accrues at an annual rate designated on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as the "MSTR SERV FEE" for such Mortgage Loan, as may be adjusted with
respect to successor Master Servicers as provided in Section 7.02.
Servicing Modification: Any reduction of the interest rate on or the
outstanding principal balance of a Mortgage Loan that is in default, or for
which, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, default is reasonably
foreseeable, pursuant to a modification of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with
Section 3.07(a).
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Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee by the Master Servicer, as such list may from time to time be
amended.
Special Hazard Amount: As of any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
$1,733,149 minus the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Special Hazard Losses
allocated solely to one or more specific Classes of Certificates in accordance
with Section 4.05 and (ii) the Adjustment Amount (as defined below) as most
recently calculated. For each anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Adjustment
Amount shall be equal to the amount, if any, by which the amount calculated in
accordance with the preceding sentence (without giving effect to the deduction
of the Adjustment Amount for such anniversary) exceeds the greater of (A) the
greatest of (i) twice the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in
the Trust Fund which has the largest outstanding principal balance on the
Distribution Date immediately preceding such anniversary, (ii) the product of
1.00% multiplied by the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans on
the Distribution Date immediately preceding such anniversary and (iii) the
aggregate outstanding principal balance (as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date) of the Mortgage Loans in any single five-digit California zip
code area with the largest amount of Mortgage Loans by aggregate principal
balance as of such anniversary and (B) the greater of (i) the product of 0.50%
multiplied by the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans on the
Distribution Date immediately preceding such anniversary multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate outstanding principal
balance (as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date) of all of the
Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of
California divided by the aggregate outstanding principal balance (as of the
immediately preceding Distribution Date) of all of the Mortgage Loans, expressed
as a percentage, and the denominator of which is equal to 16.6% (which
percentage is equal to the percentage of Mortgage Loans initially secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in the State of California) and (ii) the aggregate
outstanding principal balance (as of the immediately preceding Distribution
Date) of the largest Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property (or, with
respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Apartment) located in the
State of California.
The Special Hazard Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer
(including accelerating the manner in which coverage is reduced) provided that
prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the
rating assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating Agency below the
lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as
of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such
written confirmation to the Trustee.
Special Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss not in excess of the cost of the
lesser of repair or replacement of a Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to a
Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Apartment) suffered by such Mortgaged
Property (or Cooperative Apartment) on account of direct physical loss,
exclusive of (i) any loss of a type covered by a hazard policy or a flood
insurance policy required to be maintained in respect of such Mortgaged Property
pursuant to Section 3.12(a), except to the extent of the portion of such loss
not covered as a result of any
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coinsurance provision and (ii) any Extraordinary Loss.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the
McGraw-Hill Companies, or its successor in interest.
Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property, at any given time, (i) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan, minus (ii) the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Monthly
Payments due with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due
Period ending prior to the most recent Distribution Date which were received or
with respect to which an Advance was made, and (b) all Principal Prepayments
with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds, to the extent applied by the Master
Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.14 with respect
to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, in each case which were distributed
pursuant to Section 4.02 on any previous Distribution Date, and (c) any Realized
Loss allocated to Certificateholders with respect thereto for any previous
Distribution Date.
Subclass: With respect to the Class A-V Certificates, any Subclass thereof
issued pursuant to Section 5.01(c). Any such Subclass will represent the
Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interest or Interests specified by the initial
Holder of the Class A-V Certificates pursuant to Section 5.01(c).
Subclass Notional Amount: As of any Distribution Date, with respect to any
Subclass of Class A-V Certificates issued pursuant to Section 5.01(c), the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans corresponding to the
Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interests represented by such Subclass immediately
prior to such date.
Subordinate Percentage: As of any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Senior
Percentage as of such Distribution Date.
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Class of Class M Certificates and Class B
Certificates, (a) the sum of (i) the product of (x) the related Class M
Percentage or Class B Percentage for such Class and (y) the aggregate of the
amounts calculated for such Distribution Date under clauses (1), (2) and (3) of
Section 4.02(a)(ii)(A); (ii) such Class's pro rata share, based on the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class M Certificates and Class B
Certificates then outstanding, of the principal collections described in Section
4.02(a)(ii)(B)(b) to the extent such collections are not otherwise distributed
to the Senior Certificates; (iii) the product of (x) the related Prepayment
Distribution Percentage and (y) the aggregate of all Principal Prepayments in
Full and Curtailments received in the related Prepayment Period (other than the
related Discount Fraction of such Principal Payments in Full and Curtailments
with respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan) to the extent not payable to the
Senior Certificates; (iv) if such Class is the most senior Class of Certificates
then outstanding (as established in Section 4.05 hereof), any Excess Subordinate
Principal Amount for such Distribution Date; and (v) any amounts described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) as determined for any previous Distribution Date,
that remain undistributed to the extent that such amounts are not attributable
to Realized Losses which have been allocated to a subordinate Class of Class M
or Class B
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Certificates minus (b) any Excess Subordinate Principal Amount not payable to
such Class on such Distribution Date pursuant to the definition thereof;
provided, however, that such amount shall in no event exceed the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates immediately prior to
such date.
Subserviced Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that, at the time of reference
thereto, is subject to a Subservicing Agreement.
Sub-Servicer: Any Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered into a
Subservicing Agreement and who generally satisfied the requirements set forth in
the Program Guide in respect of the qualification of a Sub-Servicer as of the
date of its approval as a Sub-Servicer by the Master Servicer.
Sub-Servicer Advance: Any delinquent installment of principal and interest
on a Mortgage Loan which is advanced by the related Sub-Servicer (net of its
Subservicing Fee) pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement.
Subservicing Account: An account established by a Sub-Servicer in
accordance with Section 3.08.
Subservicing Agreement: The written contract between the Master Servicer
and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of certain
Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02, generally in the form of the
servicer contract referred to or contained in the Program Guide or in such other
form as has been approved by the Master Servicer and the Company. With respect
to Mortgage Loans subserviced by MLCC, the Subservicing Agreement shall also
include the Addendum and Assignment Agreement and the Pledged Asset Mortgage
Servicing Agreement.
Subservicing Fee: As to any Mortgage Loan, the fee payable monthly to the
related Sub-Servicer (or, in the case of a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, to the
Master Servicer) in respect of subservicing and other compensation that accrues
at an annual rate equal to the excess of the Mortgage Rate borne by the related
Mortgage Note over the rate per annum designated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
as the "CURR NET" for such Mortgage Loan.
Surety: Ambac Assurance Corporation, or its successors in interest.
Surety Bond: The Limited Purpose Surety Bond (Policy No. AB0039BE), dated
February 28, 1996, issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (formerly known as
AMBAC Indemnity Corporation) for the benefit of certain beneficiaries, including
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Certificates, but only to the
extent that such Limited Purpose Surety Bond covers any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loans.
Tax Returns: The federal income tax return on Internal Revenue Service
Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return,
including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of
REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed
on behalf of the Trust Fund due to its classification as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions, together with any and all other information, reports or
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returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed
with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority
under any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation or
other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
Transferee: Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership Interest
in a Certificate.
Transferor: Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
Trust Fund: The segregated pool of assets, with respect to which a REMIC
election is to be made, consisting of:
(i) the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Files,
(ii) all payments on and collections in respect of the Mortgage
Loans due after the Cut-off Date as shall be on deposit in the
Custodial Account or in the Certificate Account and identified
as belonging to the Trust Fund, including the proceeds from
the liquidation of Additional Collateral for any Additional
Collateral Loan, but not including amounts on deposit in the
Initial Monthly Payment Fund;
(iii) property which secured a Mortgage Loan and which has been
acquired for the benefit of the Certificateholders by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure,
(iv) the hazard insurance policies and Primary Insurance Policies,
if any, and the interest in the Surety Bond transferred to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01, and
(v) all proceeds of clauses (i) through (iv) above.
Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interests: The 1,722 uncertificated partial
undivided beneficial ownership interests in the Trust Fund, numbered
sequentially from 1 to 1,722, each relating to the particular Mortgage Loan
identified by such sequential number on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, each having
no principal balance, and each bearing interest at the respective Pool Strip
Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan.
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers: The Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, as published by the Mortgage
Bankers Association of America and effective with respect to fiscal periods
ending on or after December 15, 1995.
Uninsured Cause: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies.
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United States Person: A citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity (treated as a corporation or
partnership for United States income tax purposes) created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof, or the District of
Columbia (except in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in
Treasury regulations) or an estate that is described in Section 7701(a)(30)(D)
of the Code, or a trust that is described in Section 7701(a)(30)(E) of the Code.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates
which is allocated to any Certificate. 98.0% of all of the Voting Rights shall
be allocated among Holders of Certificates, other than the Class A-V
Certificates and Class R Certificates, in proportion to the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balances of their respective Certificates; 1% of all
Voting Rights shall be allocated among the Holders of the Class A-V Certificates
and the Holders of the Class R Certificates shall be entitled to 1% of all of
the Voting Rights, allocated among the Certificates of each such Class in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Company, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does
hereby assign to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest
of the Company in and to the Mortgage Loans, including all interest and
principal received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off
Date (other than payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on
or before the Cut-off Date).
(b) In connection with such assignment, except as set forth in Section
2.01(c) below, the Company does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the
Trustee, or to and with one or more Custodians, as the duly appointed agent or
agents of the Trustee for such purpose, the following documents or instruments
(or copies thereof as permitted by this Section) (I) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan so assigned (other than a Cooperative Loan):
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to the
order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of
endorsements from the originator thereof to the Person
endorsing it to the Trustee, or with respect to any Destroyed
Mortgage Note, an original lost note affidavit from the
related Seller or Residential Funding stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost, misplaced or destroyed,
together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) The original Mortgage with evidence of recording indicated
thereon or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public
recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded;
(iii) An original Assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee with
evidence of recording indicated thereon or a copy of such
assignment certified by the public recording office in which
such assignment has been recorded;
(iv) The original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage showing an unbroken chain of title from the
originator thereof to the Person assigning it to the Trustee
or a copy of such assignment or assignments of the Mortgage
certified by the public recording office in which such
assignment or assignments have been recorded; and
(v) The original of each modification, assumption agreement or
preferred loan agreement, if any, relating to such Mortgage
Loan or a copy of each modification, assumption agreement or
preferred loan agreement certified by the public recording
office in which such document has been recorded.
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and (II) with respect to each Cooperative Loan so assigned:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to the
order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of
endorsements from the originator thereof to the Person
endorsing it to the Trustee, or with respect to any Destroyed
Mortgage Note, an original lost note affidavit from the
related Seller or Residential Funding stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost, misplaced or destroyed,
together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) A counterpart of the Cooperative Lease and the Assignment of
Proprietary Lease to the originator of the Cooperative Loan
with intervening assignments showing an unbroken chain of
title from such originator to the Trustee;
(iii) The related Cooperative Stock Certificate, representing the
related Cooperative Stock pledged with respect to such
Cooperative Loan, together with an undated stock power (or
other similar instrument) executed in blank;
(iv) The original recognition agreement by the Cooperative of the
interests of the mortgagee with respect to the related
Cooperative Loan;
(v) The Security Agreement;
(vi) Copies of the original UCC-1 financing statement, and any
continuation statements, filed by the originator of such
Cooperative Loan as secured party, each with evidence of
recording thereof, evidencing the interest of the originator
under the Security Agreement and the Assignment of Proprietary
Lease;
(vii) Copies of the filed UCC-3 assignments of the security interest
referenced in clause (vi) above showing an unbroken chain of
title from the originator to the Trustee, each with evidence
of recording thereof, evidencing the interest of the
originator under the Security Agreement and the Assignment of
Proprietary Lease;
(viii)An executed assignment of the interest of the originator in
the Security Agreement, Assignment of Proprietary Lease and
the recognition agreement referenced in clause (iv) above,
showing an unbroken chain of title from the originator to the
Trustee;
(ix) The original of each modification, assumption agreement or
preferred loan agreement, if any, relating to such Cooperative
Loan; and
(x) An executed UCC-1 financing statement showing the Master
Servicer as debtor, the Company as secured party and the
Trustee as assignee and an executed UCC-1 financing statement
showing the Company as debtor and the
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Trustee as secured party, each in a form sufficient for
filing, evidencing the interest of such debtors in the
Cooperative Loans.
(c) The Company may, in lieu of delivering the documents set forth in
Section 2.01(b)(I)(iv) and (v) and Section (b)(II)(ii), (iv), (vii), (ix) and
(x) to the Trustee or the Custodian or Custodians, deliver such documents to the
Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall hold such documents in trust for
the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders until such time
as is set forth below. Within ten Business Days following the earlier of (i) the
receipt of the original of each of the documents or instruments set forth in
Section 2.01(b)(I)(iv) and (v) and Section (b)(II)(ii), (iv), (vii), (ix) and
(x) (or copies thereof as permitted by such Section) for any Mortgage Loan and
(ii) a written request by the Trustee to deliver those documents with respect to
any or all of the Mortgage Loans then being held by the Master Servicer, the
Master Servicer shall deliver a complete set of such documents to the Trustee or
the Custodian or Custodians that are the duly appointed agent or agents of the
Trustee.
On the Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall certify that it has in its
possession an original or copy of each of the documents referred to in Section
2.01(b)(I)(iv) and (v) and Section (b)(II)(ii), (iv), (vii), (ix) and (x) which
has been delivered to it by the Company. Every six months after the Closing
Date, for so long as the Master Servicer is holding documents pursuant to this
Section 2.01(c), the Master Servicer shall deliver to (i) Moody's if it is one
of the Rating Agencies, (ii) the Trustee and (iii) each Custodian a report
setting forth the status of the documents which it is holding pursuant to this
Section 2.01(c).
(d) In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the Company
cannot deliver the Mortgage, any assignment, modification, assumption agreement
or preferred loan agreement (or copy thereof certified by the public recording
office) with evidence of recording thereon concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement solely because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such Mortgage, assignment, modification, assumption
agreement or preferred loan agreement as the case may be, has been delivered for
recordation, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
or the respective Custodian a true and correct photocopy of such Mortgage,
assignment, modification, assumption agreement or preferred loan agreement.
The Company shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public
office for real property records the Assignment referred to in clause (I)(iii)
of Section 2.01(b), except in states where, in the opinion of counsel acceptable
to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, such recording is not required to
protect the Trustee's interests in the Mortgage Loan against the claim of any
subsequent transferee or any successor to or creditor of the Company or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan and shall promptly cause to be filed the Form
UCC-3 assignment and UCC-1 financing statement referred to in clause (II)(vii)
and (x), respectively, of Section 2.01(b). If any Assignment, Form UCC-3 or Form
UCC-1, as applicable, is lost or returned unrecorded to the Company because of
any defect therein, the Company shall prepare a substitute Assignment, Form
UCC-3 or Form UCC-1, as applicable, or cure such defect, as the case may be, and
cause such Assignment to be recorded in accordance with this paragraph. The
Company shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the
respective Custodian such Mortgage or Assignment or Form UCC-3 or Form UCC-1, as
applicable, (or copy thereof certified by the
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public recording office) with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon
receipt thereof from the public recording office or from the related
Sub-Servicer. In connection with its servicing of Cooperative Loans, the Master
Servicer will use its best efforts to file timely continuation statements with
regard to each financing statement and assignment relating to Cooperative Loans
as to which the related Cooperative Apartment is located outside of the State of
New York.
In the event that the Company delivers to the Trustee or Custodian any
Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage in blank, the Company shall, or shall
cause the Custodian to, complete the endorsement of the Mortgage Note and the
Assignment of Mortgage in the name of the Trustee within 45 days after the
Closing Date, as contemplated by Section 2.02.
Any of the items set forth in Sections 2.01(b)(I)(iv) and (v) and (II)(vi)
and (vii) and that may be delivered as a copy rather than the original may be
delivered in microfiche form.
(e) Residential Funding hereby assigns to the Trustee its security interest
in and to any Additional Collateral, its right to receive payments in respect of
any Additional Collateral Loans pursuant the Addendum and Assignment Agreement
and the Pledged Asset Mortgage Servicing Agreement, and its rights as
beneficiary under the Surety Bond in respect of any Additional Collateral Loans.
With respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan, Residential Funding
shall cause to be filed in the appropriate recording office a UCC-3 statement
giving notice of the assignment of the related security interest to the Trust
Fund and shall thereafter cause the timely filing of all necessary continuation
statements with regard to such financing statements.
(f) It is intended that the conveyance by the Company to the Trustee of the
Mortgage Loans as provided for in this Section 2.01 be, and be construed as, a
sale by the Company to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. Further, it is not intended that such conveyance be deemed
to be a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Company to the Trustee to secure a
debt or other obligation of the Company. However, in the event that the Mortgage
Loans are held to be property of the Company or of Residential Funding, or if
for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in
the Mortgage Loans, then it is intended that (a) this Agreement shall also be
deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the
New York Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other
applicable jurisdiction; (b) the conveyance provided for in Section 2.01 shall
be deemed to be (1) a grant by the Company to the Trustee of a security interest
in all of the Company's right (including the power to convey title thereto),
title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (A) the
Mortgage Loans, including (i) with respect to each Cooperative Loan, the related
Mortgage Note, Security Agreement, Assignment of Proprietary Lease, Cooperative
Stock Certificate, Cooperative and (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan other
than a Cooperative Loan, the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, (B) all amounts
payable pursuant to the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof, (C)
any insurance policies related to any Mortgage Loan, and (D) any and all general
intangibles, accounts, chattel paper, instruments, documents, money, deposit
accounts, certificates of deposit, goods, letters of credit, advices of credit
and investment property consisting of, arising from or relating to any of the
foregoing, and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the
foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including
without limitation all amounts from time to time held or invested in the
Certificate Account or the Custodial Account, whether in the form of cash,
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instruments, securities or other property and (2) an assignment by the Company
to the Trustee of any security interest in any and all of Residential Funding's
right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the property described in the
foregoing clauses (1)(A), (B), (C) and (D) granted by Residential Funding to the
Company pursuant to the Assignment Agreement; (c) the possession by the Trustee,
the Custodian or any other agent of the Trustee of Mortgage Notes or such other
items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents, goods,
letters of credit, advices of credit, certificated securities or chattel paper
shall be deemed to be possession by the secured party, or possession by a
purchaser for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the
Minnesota Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other
applicable jurisdiction (including, without limitation, Section 9-305 and 9-115
thereof); and (d) notifications to persons holding such property, and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property,
shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents of, or persons holding for,
(as applicable) the Trustee or its designee for the purpose of perfecting such
security interest under applicable law.
The Company and, at the Company's direction, Residential Funding and the
Trustee shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such
reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were
deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans and the other
property described above, such security interest would be deemed to be a
perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company shall prepare and deliver to the
Trustee not less than 15 days prior to any filing date and, the Trustee shall
forward for filing, or shall cause to be forwarded for filing, at the expense of
the Company, all filings necessary to maintain the effectiveness of any original
filings necessary under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
jurisdiction to perfect the Trustee's security interest in or lien on the
Mortgage Loans, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Company,
including without limitation (x) continuation statements, and (y) such other
statements as may be occasioned by (1) any change of name of Residential
Funding, the Company or the Trustee (such preparation and filing shall be at the
expense of the Trustee, if occasioned by a change in the Trustee's name), (2)
any change of location of the place of business or the chief executive office of
Residential Funding or the Company or (3) any transfer of any interest of
Residential Funding or the Company in any Mortgage Loan.
(g) The Master Servicer hereby acknowledges the receipt by it of cash in an
amount equal to $10,425 (the "Initial Monthly Payment Fund"), representing
scheduled principal amortization and interest at the Net Mortgage Rate for the
Due Date in July 1998, for those Mortgage Loans for which the Trustee will not
be entitled to receive such payment. The Master Servicer shall hold such Initial
Monthly Payment Fund in the Custodial Account and shall include such Initial
Monthly Payment Fund in the Available Distribution Amount for the Distribution
Date in July 1998. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Initial
Monthly Payment Fund shall not be an asset of the REMIC. To the extent that the
Initial Monthly Payment Fund constitutes a reserve fund for federal income tax
purposes, (1) it shall be an outside reserve fund and not an asset of the REMIC,
(2) it shall be owned by the Seller and (3) amounts transferred by the REMIC to
the Initial Monthly Payment Fund shall be
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treated as transferred to the Seller or any successor, all within the meaning of
Section 1.860G- 2(h) of the Treasury Regulations.
Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans
subject to a Custodial Agreement, and based solely upon a receipt or
certification executed by the Custodian, receipt by the respective Custodian as
the duly appointed agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section
2.01(b)(i) through (iii) above (except that for purposes of such acknowledgement
only, a Mortgage Note may be endorsed in blank and an Assignment of Mortgage may
be in blank) and declares that it, or a Custodian as its agent, holds and will
hold such documents and the other documents constituting a part of the Mortgage
Files delivered to it, or a Custodian as its agent, and the rights of
Residential Funding with respect to any Additional Collateral and the Surety
Bond assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01, in trust for the use and
benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee or Custodian
(such Custodian being so obligated under a Custodial Agreement) agrees, for the
benefit of Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File delivered to it
pursuant to Section 2.01(b) within 45 days after the Closing Date to ascertain
that all required documents (specifically as set forth in Section 2.01(b)), have
been executed and received, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as supplemented, that have been
conveyed to it. Upon delivery of the Mortgage Files by the Company or the Master
Servicer, the Trustee shall acknowledge receipt (or, with respect to Mortgage
Loans subject to a Custodial Agreement, and based solely upon a receipt or
certification executed by the Custodian, receipt by the respective Custodian as
the duly appointed agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section
2.01(c) above. The Trustee or Custodian (such Custodian being so obligated under
a Custodial Agreement) agrees to review each Mortgage File delivered to it
pursuant to Section 2.01(c) within 45 days after receipt thereof to ascertain
that all documents required to be delivered pursuant to such Section have been
received, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, as supplemented, that have been conveyed to it.
If the Custodian, as the Trustee's agent, finds any document or documents
constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in any
material respect, the Trustee shall promptly so notify the Master Servicer and
the Company. Pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian
will notify the Master Servicer, the Company and the Trustee of any such
omission or defect found by it in respect of any Mortgage File held by it. The
Master Servicer shall promptly notify the related Sub-Servicer or Seller of such
omission or defect and request that such Sub-Servicer or Seller correct or cure
such omission or defect within 60 days from the date the Master Servicer was
notified of such omission or defect and, if such Sub-Servicer or Seller does not
correct or cure such omission or defect within such period, that such
Sub-Servicer or Seller purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at its
Purchase Price, in either case within 90 days from the date the Master Servicer
was notified of such omission or defect; provided that if the omission or defect
would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined
in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure or repurchase must occur within
90 days from the date such breach was discovered. The Purchase Price for any
such Mortgage Loan, whether purchased by the Seller or the Sub-Servicer, shall
be deposited or
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caused to be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Custodial Account
maintained by it pursuant to Section 3.07 and, upon receipt by the Trustee of
written notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee
or any Custodian, as the case may be, shall release to the Master Servicer the
related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments
of transfer or assignment prepared by the Master Servicer, in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller or its designee or the
Sub-Servicer or its designee, as the case may be, any Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not be part of the Trust
Fund. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller or the
Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, to so cure or purchase any Mortgage Loan as to
which a material defect in or omission of a constituent document exists shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect or omission available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
Servicer and the Company.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders that:
(i) The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws governing its
creation and existence and is or will be in compliance with
the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged Property is
located to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability
of each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master
Servicer and its performance and compliance with the terms of
this Agreement will not violate the Master Servicer's Certificate
of Incorporation or Bylaws or constitute a material default (or
an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a material default) under, or result in the material
breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument
to which the Master Servicer is a party or which may be
applicable to the Master Servicer or any of its assets;
(iii) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Trustee and the Company, constitutes a valid,
legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer,
enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(iv) The Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any
order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or
demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental
agency, which default might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
other) or
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operations of the Master Servicer or its properties or might
have consequences that would materially adversely affect its
performance hereunder;
(v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master
Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer
which would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
performing its obligations under this Agreement;
(vi) The Master Servicer will comply in all material respects in
the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules
and requirements of each insurer under each Required Insurance
Policy;
(vii) No information, certificate of an officer, statement furnished
in writing or report delivered to the Company, any Affiliate
of the Company or the Trustee by the Master Servicer will, to
the knowledge of the Master Servicer, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary
to make the information, certificate, statement or report not
misleading; and
(viii)The Master Servicer has examined each existing, and will
examine each new, Subservicing Agreement and is or will be
familiar with the terms thereof. The terms of each existing
Subservicing Agreement and each designated Sub-Servicer are
acceptable to the Master Servicer and any new Subservicing
Agreements will comply with the provisions of Section 3.02.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 2.03(a) shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to
the Trustee or any Custodian.
Upon discovery by either the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
any Custodian of a breach of any representation or warranty set forth in this
Section 2.03(a) which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall
give prompt written notice to the other parties (any Custodian being so
obligated under a Custodial Agreement). Within 90 days of its discovery or its
receipt of notice of such breach, the Master Servicer shall either (i) cure such
breach in all material respects or (ii) to the extent that such breach is with
respect to a Mortgage Loan or a related document, purchase such Mortgage Loan
from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price and in the manner set forth in Section
2.02; provided that if the omission or defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to
be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure must occur within 90 days from the date such breach was
discovered. The obligation of the Master Servicer to cure such breach or to so
purchase such Mortgage Loan shall constitute the sole remedy in respect of a
breach of a representation and warranty set forth in this Section 2.03(a)
available to the Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders.
(b) The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the
benefit of Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date (or, if otherwise
specified below, as of the date so specified):
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(i) No Mortgage Loan is one month or more delinquent in payment of
principal and interest as of the Cut-off Date and no Mortgage
Loan has been so delinquent more than once in the 12-month
period prior to the Cut-off Date;
(ii) The information set forth in Exhibit F-1 and Exhibit F-2
hereto with respect to each Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage
Loans, as the case may be, in the CB Loan Group and NB Loan
Group, as applicable, is true and correct in all material
respects at the date or dates respecting which such
information is furnished;
(iii) The Mortgage Loans are fully-amortizing, fixed-rate mortgage
loans with level Monthly Payments due on the first day of each
month and terms to maturity at origination or modification of
not more than 15 years;
(iv) To the best of the Company's knowledge, except with respect to
four Mortgage Loans representing approximately 0.2% of the
Mortgage Loans by aggregate Stated Principal Balance, if a
Mortgage Loan is secured by a Mortgaged Property with a
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%, such
Mortgage Loan is the subject of a Primary Insurance Policy that
insures that portion of the principal balance thereof that
exceeds the amount equal to 75% of the Appraised Value of the
related Mortgaged Property. To the best of the Company's
knowledge, each such Primary Insurance Policy is in full force
and effect and the Trustee is entitled to the benefits
thereunder;
(v) The issuers of the Primary Insurance Policies are insurance
companies whose claims-paying abilities are currently
acceptable to each Rating Agency;
(vi) No more than 0.5% of the Group CB Loans by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date are secured by Mortgaged
Properties located in any one zip code area in California, no
more than 0.4% of the Group CB Loans by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date are secured by Mortgaged
Properties located in any one zip code area outside California;
no more than 2.2% of the Group NB Loans by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date are secured by Mortgaged
Properties located in any one zip code area in California, no
more than 2.4% of the Group NB Loans by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance as of the Cut- off Date are secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in any one zip code area outside
California;
(vii) If the improvements securing a Mortgage Loan are in a
federally designated special flood hazard area, flood
insurance in the amount required under the Program Guide
covers the related Mortgaged Property (either by coverage
under the federal flood insurance program or by coverage by
private insurers);
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(viii)Immediately prior to the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to
the Trustee, the Company had good title to, and was the sole
owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge,
lien, encumbrance or security interest (other than rights to
servicing and related compensation) and such assignment
validly transfers ownership of the Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or
security interest;
(ix) Approximately 30.82% of the Group CB Loans by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date were underwritten under
a reduced loan documentation program, approximately 24.70% of the
Group CB Loans by aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date were underwritten under a no-stated income program
and approximately 1.34% of the Group CB Loans by aggregate Stated
Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date were underwritten under
a no income/no asset program; and approximately 31.54% of the
Group NB Loans by aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date were underwritten under a reduced loan documentation
program, approximately 23.40% of the Group NB Loans by aggregate
Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date were underwritten
under a no-stated income program and approximately 1.56% of the
Group NB Loans by aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date were underwritten under a no income/no asset
program.
(x) Except with respect to approximately 34.96% of the Group CB
Loans by aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off
Date, and approximately 3.95% of the Group NB Loans by
aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date, the
Mortgagor represented in its loan application with respect to
the related Mortgage Loan that the Mortgaged Property would be
owner-occupied;
(xi) None of the Mortgage Loans will be Buy-Down Loans;
(xii) Each Mortgage Loan constitutes a qualified mortgage under
Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury Regulations
Section 1.860G-2(a)(1);
(xiii)A policy of title insurance was effective as of the closing
of each Mortgage Loan and is valid and binding and remains in
full force and effect;
(xiv) With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a Cooperative Loan,
the Cooperative Stock that is pledged as security for the
Mortgage Loan is held by a person as a tenant-stockholder (as
defined in Section 216 of the Code) in a cooperative housing
corporation (as defined in Section 216 of the Code);
(xv) Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
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(xvi) None of the Mortgage Loans contain a Destroyed Mortgage Note
in the related Mortgage File;
(xvii)Not more than 1.5% of the Group CB Loans and no more than
1.3% of the Group NB Loans by aggregate Stated Principal
Balance as of the Cut-off Date will have been made to
International Borrowers, and no such Mortgagor is a member of
a foreign diplomatic mission with diplomatic rank;
(xviii) No Mortgage Loan provides for payments that are subject to
reduction by withholding taxes levied by any foreign
(non-United States) sovereign government; and
(xix) None of the Mortgage Loans by aggregate Stated Principal
Balance as of the Cut-off Date are Additional Collateral
Loans.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 2.03(b) shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to
the Trustee or any Custodian.
Upon discovery by any of the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
any Custodian of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth
in this Section 2.03(b) which materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt written notice to the other parties (any Custodian being so
obligated under a Custodial Agreement); provided, however, that in the event of
a breach of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03(b)(xii),
the party discovering such breach shall give such notice within five days of
discovery. Within 90 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach,
the Company shall either (i) cure such breach in all material respects or (ii)
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price and in the
manner set forth in Section 2.02; provided that the Company shall have the
option to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such
Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within two years following the Closing
Date; provided that if the omission or defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to
be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date such
breach was discovered. Any such substitution shall be effected by the Company
under the same terms and conditions as provided in Section 2.04 for
substitutions by Residential Funding. It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of the Company to cure such breach or to so purchase or substitute
for any Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to cure
breaches or purchase or substitute for Mortgage Loans as provided in this
Section 2.03(b) if the substance of the breach of a representation set forth
above also constitutes fraud in the origination of the Mortgage Loan.
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Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of Sellers.
The Company, as assignee of Residential Funding under the Assignment
Agreement, hereby assigns to the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders
all of its right, title and interest in respect of the Assignment Agreement and
each Seller's Agreement applicable to a Mortgage Loan. Insofar as the Assignment
Agreement or such Seller's Agreement relates to the representations and
warranties made by Residential Funding or the related Seller in respect of such
Mortgage Loan and any remedies provided thereunder for any breach of such
representations and warranties, such right, title and interest may be enforced
by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. Upon
the discovery by the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Custodian
of a breach of any of the representations and warranties made in a Seller's
Agreement or the Assignment Agreement (which, for purposes hereof, will be
deemed to include any other cause giving rise to a repurchase obligation under
the Assignment Agreement) in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties (any Custodian being so obligated under a Custodial Agreement). The
Master Servicer shall promptly notify the related Seller or Residential Funding,
as the case may be, of such breach and request that such Seller or Residential
Funding, as the case may be, either (i) cure such breach in all material
respects within 90 days from the date the Master Servicer was notified of such
breach or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase
Price and in the manner set forth in Section 2.02; provided that in the case of
a breach under the Assignment Agreement Residential Funding shall have the
option to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such
Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within two years following the Closing
Date; provided that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than
a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such
cure or substitution must occur within 90 days from the date the breach was
discovered. In the event that Residential Funding elects to substitute a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant
to this Section 2.04, Residential Funding shall deliver to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, the original Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, an Assignment
of the Mortgage in recordable form, and such other documents and agreements as
are required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by
Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for such month. Monthly Payments due with respect to
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be
part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Master Servicer and remitted
by the Master Servicer to Residential Funding on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to the
Certificateholders will include the Monthly Payment due on a Deleted Mortgage
Loan for such month and thereafter Residential Funding shall be entitled to
retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master
Servicer shall amend or cause to be amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule, and, if
the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Discount Mortgage Loan, the Schedule of Discount
Fractions, for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of
such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended
Mortgage Loan Schedule, and, if the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Discount Loan,
the amended Schedule of Discount Fractions, to the Trustee. Upon such
substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject
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to the terms of this Agreement and the related Subservicing Agreement in all
respects, the related Seller shall be deemed to have made the representations
and warranties with respect to the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan contained
in the related Seller's Agreement as of the date of substitution, and the
Company and the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have made with respect to any
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the
covenants, representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.04, in
Section 2.03 hereof and in Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement, and the Master
Servicer shall be obligated to repurchase or substitute for any Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan as to which a Repurchase Event (as defined in the
Assignment Agreement) has occurred pursuant to Section 4 of the Assignment
Agreement.
In connection with the substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less
than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans
(in each case after application of the principal portion of the Monthly Payments
due in the month of substitution that are to be distributed to the
Certificateholders in the month of substitution). Residential Funding shall
deposit the amount of such shortfall into the Custodial Account on the day of
substitution, without any reimbursement therefor. Residential Funding shall give
notice in writing to the Trustee of such event, which notice shall be
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate as to the calculation of such shortfall
and (subject to Section 10.01(f)) by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such substitution will not cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust
Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited
transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after
the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code or (b) any portion of the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is
outstanding.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller or
Residential Funding, as the case may be, to cure such breach or purchase (or in
the case of Residential Funding to 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 Certificateholders or the Trustee
on behalf of Certificateholders. If the Master Servicer is Residential Funding,
then the Trustee shall also have the right to give the notification and require
the purchase or substitution provided for in the second preceding paragraph in
the event of such a breach of a representation or warranty made by Residential
Funding in the Assignment Agreement. In connection with the purchase of or
substitution for any such Mortgage Loan by Residential Funding, the Trustee
shall assign to Residential Funding all of the right, title and interest in
respect of the Seller's Agreement and the Assignment Agreement applicable to
such Mortgage Loan.
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Section 2.05. Execution and Authentication of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and
the delivery of the Mortgage Files to it, or any Custodian on its behalf,
subject to any exceptions noted, together with the assignment to it of all other
assets included in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Concurrently with such delivery and in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant
to the written request of the Company executed by an officer of the Company has
executed and caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of
the Company the Certificates in authorized denominations which evidence
ownership of the entire Trust Fund.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer.
(a) The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans
and shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Sub-Servicers
as provided in Section 3.02, to do any and all things which it may deem
necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own
name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the
Trustee when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be,
believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf
of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge, or of consent to assumption or modification in connection with a
proposed conveyance, or of assignment of any Mortgage and Mortgage Note in
connection with the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan and all other comparable
instruments, or with respect to the modification or rerecording of a Mortgage
for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage, the subordination of the lien of the
Mortgage in favor of a public utility company or government agency or unit with
powers of eminent domain, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the
completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure, the conveyance of a
Mortgaged Property to the related Insurer, the acquisition of any property
acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the management,
marketing and conveyance of any property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu
of foreclosure with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the
Mortgaged Properties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 3.07(a),
the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any
Mortgage Loan that would both constitute a sale or exchange of such Mortgage
Loan within the meaning of Section 1001 of the Code and any proposed, temporary
or final regulations promulgated thereunder (other than in connection with a
proposed conveyance or assumption of such Mortgage Loan that is treated as a
Principal Prepayment in Full pursuant to Section 3.13(d) hereof) and cause the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as such under the Code. The Trustee shall furnish
the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage
Loans. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by the Master
Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to such powers of attorney. In servicing
and administering any Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall,
to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement, comply with the Program
Guide as if it were the originator of such Mortgage Loan and had retained the
servicing rights and obligations in respect thereof. In connection with
servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer and any
Affiliate of the Master Servicer (i) may perform services such as appraisals and
brokerage services that are not customarily provided by servicers of mortgage
loans, and shall be entitled to reasonable compensation therefor in accordance
with Section 3.10 and (ii) may, at its own discretion and on behalf of the
Trustee, obtain credit information in the form of a "credit score" from a credit
repository.
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(b) All costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub-Servicers in
effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the properties subject
to the Mortgage Loans shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly
distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the
related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so
permit, and such costs shall be recoverable to the extent permitted by Section
3.10(a)(ii).
(c) The Master Servicer may enter into one or more agreements in connection
with the offering of pass-through certificates evidencing interests in one or
more of the Certificates providing for the payment by the Master Servicer of
amounts received by the Master Servicer as servicing compensation hereunder and
required to cover certain Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans,
which payment obligation will thereafter be an obligation of the Master Servicer
hereunder.
Section 3.02. Subservicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and
Sub-Servicers; Enforcement of Sub-Servicers' and Sellers' Obligations.
(a) The Master Servicer may continue in effect Subservicing Agreements
entered into by Residential Funding and Sub-Servicers prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and may enter into new Subservicing Agreements with
Sub-Servicers, for the servicing and administration of all or some of the
Mortgage Loans. Each Sub-Servicer of a Mortgage Loan shall be entitled to
receive and retain, as provided in the related Subservicing Agreement and in
Section 3.07, the related Subservicing Fee from payments of interest received on
such Mortgage Loan after payment of all amounts required to be remitted to the
Master Servicer in respect of such Mortgage Loan. For any Mortgage Loan that is
a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive
and retain an amount equal to the Subservicing Fee from payments of interest.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to actions
taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans
include actions taken or to be taken by a Sub-Servicer on behalf of the Master
Servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement will be upon such terms and conditions as
are generally required or permitted by the Program Guide and are not
inconsistent with this Agreement and as the Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicer
have agreed. A representative form of Subservicing Agreement is attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit G. With the approval of the Master Servicer, a Sub-Servicer
may delegate its servicing obligations to third-party servicers, but such
Sub-Servicer will remain obligated under the related Subservicing Agreement. The
Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer may enter into amendments thereto or a
different form of Subservicing Agreement, and the form referred to or included
in the Program Guide is merely provided for information and shall not be deemed
to limit in any respect the discretion of the Master Servicer to modify or enter
into different Subservicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such
amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of either this Agreement or the Program Guide in a manner which would
materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer, for
the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall use its best
reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of each Sub-Servicer under the
related Subservicing Agreement and of each Seller under the related Seller's
Agreement, to the extent that the non-performance of any such obligation would
have a material and adverse effect on a Mortgage Loan, including, without
limitation, the obligation to
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purchase a Mortgage Loan on account of defective documentation, as described in
Section 2.02, or on account of a breach of a representation or warranty, as
described in Section 2.04. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the
legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements or Seller's
Agreements, as appropriate, 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 Master
Servicer would employ in its good faith business judgment and which are normal
and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities. The Master 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.
Section 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing
Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such
Subservicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this Agreement;
provided, however, that in the event of termination of any Subservicing
Agreement by the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, the Master Servicer shall
either act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loan or enter into a Subservicing
Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which will be bound by the terms of the
related Subservicing Agreement. If the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of
Residential Funding acts as servicer, it will not assume liability for the
representations and warranties of the Sub-Servicer which it replaces. If the
Master Servicer enters into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor
Sub-Servicer, the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the
successor Sub-Servicer assume liability for the representations and warranties
made by the terminated Sub-Servicer in respect of the related Mortgage Loans
and, in the event of any such assumption by the successor Sub-Servicer, the
Master Servicer may, in the exercise of its business judgment, release the
terminated Sub-Servicer from liability for such representations and warranties.
Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this
Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer or
a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through a Sub-Servicer or
otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee
and the Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage
Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 without diminution of
such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or
arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Sub-Servicer or the
Company and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the
Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. The
Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a
Sub-Servicer or Seller for indemnification of the Master Servicer and nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
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Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer and Trustee
or Certificateholders.
Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer
in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between
the Sub-Servicer and the Master Servicer alone and the Trustee and the
Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Sub-Servicer in
its capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.06. The foregoing
provision shall not in any way limit a Sub-Servicer's obligation to cure an
omission or defect or to repurchase a Mortgage Loan as referred to in Section
2.02 hereof.
Section 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
master servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee, its
designee or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that may
have been entered into. The Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for
the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer's
interest therein and to have replaced the Master Servicer as a party to the
Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreement had
been assigned to the assuming party except that the Master Servicer shall not
thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing
Agreement.
(b) The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the
expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and
records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then
being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of
each Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
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Section 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to
Custodial Account.
(a) The Master 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
the terms and provisions of any related Primary Insurance Policy, follow such
collection procedures as it would employ in its good faith business judgment and
which are normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities.
Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i)
waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in
connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend the Due Date
for payments due on a Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Program Guide;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall first determine that any such
waiver or extension will not impair the coverage of any related Primary
Insurance Policy or materially adversely affect the lien of the related
Mortgage. In the event of any such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make
timely advances on the related Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period in
accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof by reason of such arrangements unless otherwise agreed to
by the Holders of the Classes of Certificates affected thereby; provided,
however, that no such extension shall be made if any advance would be a
Nonrecoverable Advance. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer may also waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent
to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner
grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Master Servicer's determination such
waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to
the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated
Realized Loss that might result absent such action); provided, however, that the
Master Servicer may not modify materially or permit any Sub-Servicer to modify
any Mortgage Loan, including without limitation any modification that would
change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment of any principal or interest
(unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan or
except in connection with prepayments to the extent that such reamortization is
not inconsistent with the terms of the 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 Master Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable;
and provided, further, that no such modification shall reduce the interest rate
on a Mortgage Loan below the sum of the Pool Strip Rate and the sum of the rates
at which the Servicing Fee and the Subservicing Fee with respect to such
Mortgage Loan accrues. In connection with any Curtailment of a Mortgage Loan,
the Master Servicer, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the
Mortgage Note and local law and practice, may permit the Mortgage Loan to be
reamortized such that the Monthly Payment is recalculated as an amount that will
fully amortize the remaining Stated Principal Balance thereof by the original
Maturity Date based on the original Mortgage Rate; provided, that such
re-amortization shall not be permitted if it would constitute a reissuance of
the Mortgage Loan for federal income tax purposes.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Custodial Account in
which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily
basis, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the following payments
and collections remitted by Sub-Servicers or received by it in respect of the
Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in
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respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the
Cut-off Date):
(i) All payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments made by Mortgagors on the Mortgage Loans and the
principal component of any Sub-Servicer Advance or of any REO
Proceeds received in connection with an REO Property for which
an REO Disposition has occurred;
(ii) All payments on account of interest at the Adjusted Mortgage
Rate on the Mortgage Loans, including Buydown Funds, if any,
and the interest component of any Sub-Servicer Advance or of
any REO Proceeds received in connection with an REO Property
for which an REO Disposition has occurred;
(iii) Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (net of any
related expenses of the Sub-Servicer);
(iv) All proceeds of any Mortgage Loans purchased pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07 and all amounts required to
be deposited in connection with the substitution of a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 or
2.04;
(v) Any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(c)
or 3.21;
(vi) All amounts transferred from the Certificate Account to the
Custodial Account in accordance with Section 4.02(a); and
(vii) Any amounts realized by MLCC and received by the Master
Servicer in respect of any Additional Collateral.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, payments on the Mortgage Loans which are not part of the Trust
Fund (consisting of payments in respect of principal and interest on the
Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date) and payments or collections in
the nature of prepayment charges or late payment charges or assumption fees may
but need not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Custodial Account. In
the event any amount not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account is so
deposited, the Master Servicer may at any time withdraw such amount from the
Custodial Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The
Custodial Account may contain funds that belong to one or more trust funds
created for mortgage pass-through certificates of other series and may contain
other funds respecting payments on mortgage loans belonging to the Master
Servicer or serviced or master serviced by it on behalf of others.
Notwithstanding such commingling of funds, the Master Servicer shall keep
records that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in the Custodial Account
that have been identified by it as being attributable to the Mortgage Loans.
With respect to Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and
the proceeds of the purchase of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Sections 2.02,
2.03, 2.04 and 4.07 received in
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any calendar month, the Master Servicer may elect to treat such amounts as
included in the Available Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date in the
month of receipt, but is not obligated to do so. If the Master Servicer so
elects, such amounts will be deemed to have been received (and any related
Realized Loss shall be deemed to have occurred) on the last day of the month
prior to the receipt thereof.
(c) The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to cause the institution
maintaining the Custodial Account to invest the funds in the Custodial Account
attributable to the Mortgage Loans in Permitted Investments which shall mature
not later than the Certificate Account Deposit Date next following the date of
such investment (with the exception of the Amount Held for Future Distribution)
and which shall not be sold or disposed of prior to their maturities. All income
and gain realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the
Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation 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 attributable to the investment of amounts in
respect of the Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in the Custodial Account by the
Master Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized without any right
of reimbursement.
(d) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee and the Company of
any change in the location of the Custodial Account and the location of the
Certificate Account prior to the use thereof.
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Section 3.08. Subservicing Accounts; Servicing Accounts.
(a) In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Sub-Servicer, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to establish and maintain
one or more Subservicing Accounts which shall be an Eligible Account or, if such
account is not an Eligible Account, shall generally satisfy the requirements of
the Program Guide and be otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer and each
Rating Agency. The Sub-Servicer will be required thereby to deposit into the
Subservicing Account on a daily basis all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by
the Sub-Servicer, less its Subservicing Fees and unreimbursed advances and
expenses, to the extent permitted by the Subservicing Agreement. If the
Subservicing Account is not an Eligible Account, the Master Servicer shall be
deemed to have received such monies upon receipt thereof by the Sub-Servicer.
The Sub-Servicer shall not be required to deposit in the Subservicing Account
payments or collections in the nature of prepayment charges or late charges or
assumption fees. On or before the date specified in the Program Guide, but in no
event later than the Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Sub-Servicer, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to remit to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account all funds held in the Subservicing
Account with respect to each Mortgage Loan serviced by such Sub-Servicer that
are required to be remitted to the Master Servicer. The Sub-Servicer will also
be required, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to advance on such
scheduled date of remittance amounts equal to any scheduled monthly installments
of principal and interest less its Subservicing Fees on any Mortgage Loans for
which payment was not received by the Sub-Servicer. This obligation to advance
with respect to each Mortgage Loan will continue up to and including the first
of the month following the date on which the related Mortgaged Property is sold
at a foreclosure sale or is acquired by the Trust Fund by deed in lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise. All such advances received by the Master Servicer
shall be deposited promptly by it in the Custodial Account.
(b) The Sub-Servicer may also be required, pursuant to the Subservicing
Agreement, to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account
interest at the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate plus the
rate per annum at which the Servicing Fee accrues in the case of a Modified
Mortgage Loan) on any Curtailment received by such Sub-Servicer in respect of a
Mortgage Loan from the related Mortgagor during any month that is to be applied
by the Sub-Servicer to reduce the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan as of the first day of such month, from the date of application of
such Curtailment to the first day of the following month. Any amounts paid by a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be for the benefit of the
Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation and shall be subject to its
withdrawal or order from time to time pursuant to Sections 3.10(a)(iv) and (v).
(c) In addition to the Custodial Account and the Certificate Account, the
Master Servicer shall for any Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, and shall cause the
Sub-Servicers for Subserviced Mortgage Loans to, establish and maintain one or
more Servicing Accounts and deposit and retain therein all collections from the
Mortgagors (or advances from Sub-Servicers) for the payment of taxes,
assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if
applicable, or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Each
Servicing Account shall satisfy the requirements for a Subservicing Account and,
to the extent permitted by the Program Guide or as
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is otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer, may also function as a
Subservicing Account. Withdrawals of amounts related to the Mortgage Loans from
the Servicing Accounts may be made only to effect timely payment of taxes,
assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if
applicable, or comparable items, to reimburse the Master Servicer or
Sub-Servicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to
Sections 3.11 (with respect to the Primary Insurance Policy) and 3.12(a) (with
respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be
determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors on
balances in the Servicing Account or to clear and terminate the Servicing
Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01 or
in accordance with the Program Guide. As part of its servicing duties, the
Master Servicer shall, and the Sub-Servicers will, pursuant to the Subservicing
Agreements, be required to pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in this
account to the extent required by law.
(d) The Master Servicer shall advance the payments referred to in the
preceding subsection that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors or advanced by
the Sub-Servicers on the date when the tax, premium or other cost for which such
payment is intended is due, but the Master Servicer shall be required so to
advance only to the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the
Master Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Section 3.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
In the event that compliance with this Section 3.09 shall make any Class
of Certificates legal for investment by federally insured savings and loan
associations, the Master Servicer shall provide, or cause the Sub-Servicers to
provide, to the Trustee, the Office of Thrift Supervision or the FDIC and the
supervisory agents and examiners thereof access to the documentation regarding
the Mortgage Loans required by applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer shall permit such representatives to photocopy any
such documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge
reasonably approximating the cost of such photocopying to the Master Servicer.
Section 3.10. Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may, from time to time as provided herein, make
withdrawals from the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to
Section 3.07 that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans for the following
purposes:
(i) to make deposits into the Certificate Account in the amounts
and in the manner provided for in Section 4.01;
(ii) to reimburse itself or the related Sub-Servicer for previously
unreimbursed advances or expenses made pursuant to Sections
3.01, 3.07(a), 3.08, 3.11, 3.12(a), 3.14 and 4.04 or otherwise
reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such
withdrawal right being limited to amounts received on
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particular Mortgage Loans (including, for this purpose, REO
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
proceeds from the purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07) which represent (A) Late
Collections of Monthly Payments for which any such advance was
made in the case of Sub-Servicer Advances or Advances pursuant
to Section 4.04 and (B) recoveries of amounts in respect of
which such advances were made in the case of Servicing
Advances;
(iii) to pay to itself or the related Sub-Servicer (if not
previously retained by such Sub-Servicer) out of each payment
received by the Master Servicer on account of interest on a
Mortgage Loan as contemplated by Sections 3.14 and 3.16, an
amount equal to that remaining portion of any such payment as
to interest (but not in excess of the Servicing Fee and the
Subservicing Fee, if not previously retained) which, when
deducted, will result in the remaining amount of such interest
being interest at the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net
Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) on the
amount specified in the amortization schedule of the related
Mortgage Loan as the principal balance thereof at the
beginning of the period respecting which such interest was
paid after giving effect to any previous Curtailments;
(iv) to pay to itself as additional servicing compensation any
interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the
Custodial Account that it is entitled to withdraw pursuant to
Section 3.07(c);
(v) to pay to itself as additional servicing compensation any
Foreclosure Profits, and any amounts remitted by Sub-Servicers
as interest in respect of Curtailments pursuant to Section
3.08(b);
(vi) to pay to itself, a Sub-Servicer, a Seller, Residential
Funding, the Company or any other appropriate Person, as the
case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property
acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased or
otherwise transferred pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
4.07 or 9.01, all amounts received thereon and not required to
be distributed to the Certificateholders as of the date on
which the related Stated Principal Balance or Purchase Price
is determined;
(vii) to reimburse itself or the related Sub-Servicer for any
Nonrecoverable Advance or Advances in the manner and to the
extent provided in subsection (c) below, any Advance made in
connection with a modification of a Mortgage Loan that is in
default or, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, default is
reasonably foreseeable pursuant to Section 3.07(a), to the
extent the amount of the Advance has been added to the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, or any
Advance reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.02(a)(iii);
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(viii)to reimburse itself or the Company for expenses incurred by
and reimbursable to it or the Company pursuant to Sections
3.13, 3.14(c), 6.03, 10.01 or otherwise, or in connection with
enforcing any repurchase, substitution or indemnification
obligation of any Seller (other than an Affiliate of the
Company) pursuant to the related Seller's Agreement;
(ix) to reimburse itself for amounts expended by it (a) pursuant to
Section 3.14 in good faith in connection with the restoration
of property damaged by an Uninsured Cause, and (b) in
connection with the liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or
disposition of an REO Property to the extent not otherwise
reimbursed pursuant to clause (ii) or (viii) above; and
(x) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Custodial Account that
was not required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section
3.07.
(b) Since, in connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii),
(v) and (vi), the Master Servicer's entitlement thereto is limited to
collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, the Master
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 clauses.
(c) The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimburse itself or the
related Sub-Servicer for any advance made in respect of a Mortgage Loan that the
Master Servicer determines to be a Nonrecoverable Advance by withdrawal from the
Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein attributable to the Mortgage
Loans on any Certificate Account Deposit Date succeeding the date of such
determination. Such right of reimbursement in respect of a Nonrecoverable
Advance on any such Certificate Account Deposit Date shall be limited to an
amount not exceeding the portion of such advance previously paid to
Certificateholders (and not theretofore reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the
related Sub-Servicer).
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Section 3.11. Maintenance of the Primary Insurance Policies; Collections
Thereunder.
(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Sub-Servicer to take,
any action which would result in non-coverage under any applicable Primary
Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer
or Sub-Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. To the extent coverage is
available, the Master Servicer shall keep or cause to be kept in full force and
effect each such Primary Insurance Policy until the principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property is reduced to 80% or less
of the Appraised Value in the case of such a Mortgage Loan having a
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%, provided that such Primary
Insurance Policy was in place as of the Cut-off Date and the Company had
knowledge of such Primary Insurance Policy. The Master Servicer shall be
entitled to cancel or permit the discontinuation of any Primary Insurance Policy
as to any Mortgage Loan, if the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan is
reduced below an amount equal to 80% of the appraised value of the related
Mortgaged Property as determined in any appraisal thereof after the Closing
Date, or if the Loan-to-Value Ratio is reduced below 80% as a result of
principal payments on the Mortgage Loan after the Closing Date. In the event
that the Company gains knowledge that as of the Closing Date, a Mortgage Loan
had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80% and is not the subject
of a Primary Insurance Policy (and was not included in any exception to the
representation in Section 2.03(b)(iv)) and that such Mortgage Loan has a current
Loan-to-Value Ratio in excess of 80% then the Master Servicer shall use its
reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain a Primary Insurance Policy to the
extent that such a policy is obtainable at a reasonable price. The Master
Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy
applicable to a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, or consent to any Sub-Servicer
canceling or refusing to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy applicable to a
Mortgage Loan subserviced by it, that is in effect at the date of the initial
issuance of the Certificates and is required to be kept in force hereunder
unless the replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed
policy is maintained with an insurer whose claims-paying ability is acceptable
to each Rating Agency for mortgage pass-through certificates having a rating
equal to or better than the lower of the then-current rating or the rating
assigned to the Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency.
(b) In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present or to cause the related
Sub-Servicer to present, on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, if
any, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the related Insurer under any
Primary Insurance Policies, in a timely manner in accordance with such policies,
and, in this regard, to take or cause to be taken such reasonable action as
shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policies
respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any Insurance
Proceeds collected by or remitted to the Master Servicer under any Primary
Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10.
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Section 3.12. Maintenance of Fire Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan
(other than a Cooperative Loan) fire insurance with extended coverage in an
amount which is equal to the lesser of the principal balance owing on such
Mortgage Loan or 100 percent of the insurable value of the improvements;
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.
To the extent it may do so without breaching the related Subservicing Agreement,
the Master Servicer shall replace any Sub-Servicer that does not cause such
insurance, to the extent it is available, to be maintained. The Master Servicer
shall also cause to be maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure, or deed
in lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative 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. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any
amounts collected by the Master 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 Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be
deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.10. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance
shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the
Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall
be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of related late payments by the
Mortgagor or out of Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds to the extent
permitted by Section 3.10. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or
other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on
property acquired in respect of a Mortgage 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. Whenever the improvements securing a Mortgage
Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan) are located at the time of origination of
such Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the
Master Servicer shall cause flood insurance (to the extent available) to be
maintained in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal
to the lesser of (i) the amount required to compensate for any loss or damage to
the Mortgaged Property on a replacement cost basis and (ii) the maximum amount
of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged
Property is located is participating in such program).
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
fire insurance policy with extended coverage 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 3.12(a), it being
understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which
case the Master 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 3.12(a) and there shall have been a loss which would
have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Certificate Account the amount
not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible
clause. Any such deposit by the Master Servicer shall be made on the Certificate
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Account Deposit Date next preceding the Distribution Date which occurs in the
month following the month in which payments under any such policy would have
been deposited in the Custodial Account. In connection with its activities as
administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to
present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and the Certificateholders, claims
under any such blanket policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and
keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement a blanket
fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy covering the Master
Servicer's officers and employees and other persons acting on behalf of the
Master Servicer in connection with its activities under this Agreement. The
amount of coverage shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be
required by FNMA or FHLMC, whichever is greater, with respect to the Master
Servicer if the Master Servicer were servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans for FNMA or FHLMC. In the event that any such bond or policy ceases to be
in effect, the Master Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement bond or
policy from an issuer or insurer, as the case may be, meeting the requirements,
if any, of the Program Guide and acceptable to the Company. Coverage of the
Master Servicer under a policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate of the Master
Servicer and providing the coverage required by this Section 3.12(b) shall
satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.12(b).
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.
(a) When any Mortgaged Property is conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master
Servicer or Sub-Servicer, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance,
shall enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note 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 Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under
this Section 3.13(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption
which the Master Servicer is restricted by law from
preventing; and
(ii) if the Master 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 Mortgage Note or
Mortgage, the Master Servicer shall not be required to enforce
the due-on-sale clause or to contest such action.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause
to the extent set forth in Section 3.13(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 Mortgage
Note or Mortgage which requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an
instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor
from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer is authorized, subject
to the requirements of the sentence next following, to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Trustee, the assumption agreement
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with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such
modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other
instruments as are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws
regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person;
provided, however, none of such terms and requirements shall both (i) constitute
a "significant modification" effecting an exchange or reissuance of such
Mortgage Loan under the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to
qualify as a REMIC under the Code or (subject to Section 10.01(f)), result in
the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or constitute
"contributions" after the start-up date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master
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) the Mortgage Loan will continue to be secured by a first
mortgage lien pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, (B) such transaction will
not adversely affect the coverage under any Required Insurance Policies, (C) the
Mortgage Loan will fully amortize over the remaining term thereof, (D) 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 (E)
if the seller/transferor of the Mortgaged Property is to be released from
liability on the Mortgage Loan, such release will not (based on the Master
Servicer's or Sub-Servicer's good faith determination) adversely affect the
collectability of the Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt of appropriate instructions
from the Master Servicer in accordance with the foregoing, the Trustee shall
execute any necessary instruments for such assumption or substitution of
liability as directed in writing by the Master Servicer. Upon the closing of the
transactions contemplated by such documents, the Master 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 Mortgage Note or Mortgage to
be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian and deposited with the Mortgage
File for such Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer or such
related Sub-Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer
as additional servicing compensation.
(c) The Master Servicer or the related Sub-Servicer, as the case may be,
shall be entitled to approve a request from a Mortgagor for a partial release of
the related Mortgaged Property, the granting of an easement thereon in favor of
another Person, any alteration or demolition of the related Mortgaged Property
(or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Apartment) 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 Loan, that the security for, and the timely and full collectability of,
such Mortgage Loan would not be adversely affected thereby and that the Trust
Fund would not fail to continue to qualify as a REMIC under the Code as a result
thereof and (subject to Section 10.01(f)) that no tax on "prohibited
transactions" or "contributions" after the startup day would be imposed on the
REMIC as a result thereof. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer or the
related Sub-Servicer for processing such a request will be retained by the
Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
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(d) Subject to any other applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Trustee and Master Servicer shall be entitled to approve an assignment in
lieu of satisfaction with respect to any Mortgage Loan, provided the obligee
with respect to such Mortgage Loan following such proposed assignment provides
the Trustee and Master Servicer with a "Lender Certification for Assignment of
Mortgage Loan" in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee and Master Servicer, providing the following: (i)
that the Mortgage Loan is secured by Mortgaged Property located in a
jurisdiction in which an assignment in lieu of satisfaction is required to
preserve lien priority, minimize or avoid mortgage recording taxes or otherwise
comply with, or facilitate a refinancing under, the laws of such jurisdiction;
(ii) that the substance of the assignment is, and is intended to be, a
refinancing of such Mortgage Loan and that the form of the transaction is solely
to comply with, or facilitate the transaction under, such local laws; (iii) that
the Mortgage Loan following the proposed assignment will have a rate of interest
at least 0.25 percent below or above the rate of interest on such Mortgage Loan
prior to such proposed assignment; and (iv) that such assignment is at the
request of the borrower under the related Mortgage Loan. Upon approval of an
assignment in lieu of satisfaction with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer shall receive cash in an amount equal to the unpaid principal balance
of and accrued interest on such Mortgage Loan and the Master Servicer shall
treat such amount as a Principal Prepayment in Full with respect to such
Mortgage Loan for all purposes hereof.
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Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably
convert (which may include an REO Acquisition) the ownership of properties
securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as
to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent
payments pursuant to Section 3.07. In connection with such foreclosure or other
conversion, the Master Servicer shall, consistent with Section 3.11, follow such
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, 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 Master Servicer
shall not be liable in any respect hereunder if the Master Servicer is acting in
connection with any such foreclosure or other conversion in a manner that is
consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer, however,
shall not be required to expend its own funds or incur other reimbursable
charges in connection with any foreclosure, or attempted foreclosure which is
not completed, or towards the restoration of any property unless it shall
determine (i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the
proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Holders of Certificates of one
or more Classes after reimbursement to itself for such expenses or charges and
(ii) that such expenses or charges will be recoverable to it through Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, or REO Proceeds (respecting which it shall have
priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to
Section 3.10, whether or not such expenses and charges are actually recoverable
from related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or REO Proceeds). In the
event of such a determination by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section
3.14(a), the Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of such amounts
pursuant to Section 3.10. In addition to the foregoing, the Master Servicer
shall use its best reasonable efforts to realize upon any Additional Collateral
for such of the Additional Collateral Loans as come into and continue in default
and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of
delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.07; provided that the Master Servicer
shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, obtain title to any such Additional
Collateral as a result of or in lieu of the disposition thereof or otherwise;
and provided further that (i) the Master Servicer shall not proceed with respect
to such Additional Collateral in any manner that would impair the ability to
recover against the related Mortgaged Property, and (ii) the Master Servicer
shall proceed with any REO Acquisition in a manner that preserves the ability to
apply the proceeds of such Additional Collateral against amounts owed under the
defaulted Mortgage Loan. Any proceeds realized from such Additional Collateral
(other than amounts to be released to the Mortgagor or the related guarantor in
accordance with procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing
loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of the
related Mortgage and Mortgage Note and to the terms and conditions of any
security agreement, guarantee agreement, mortgage or other agreement governing
the disposition of the proceeds of such Additional Collateral) shall be
deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.10. Any other payment received by the Master Servicer in respect of such
Additional Collateral shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10. Concurrently with the foregoing, the Master
Servicer may pursue any remedies that may be available in connection with a
breach of a representation and warranty with respect to any such Mortgage Loan
in accordance with Sections 2.03 and 2.04. However, the Master Servicer is not
required to continue to pursue both foreclosure (or similar remedies) with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and remedies in connection with a breach of a
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representation and warranty if the Master Servicer determines in its reasonable
discretion that one such remedy is more likely to result in a greater recovery
as to the Mortgage Loan. Upon the occurrence of a Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition, following the deposit in the Custodial Account of all Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments and recoveries referred to in
the definition of "Cash Liquidation" or "REO Disposition," as applicable, upon
receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed by a
Servicing Officer, the Trustee or any Custodian, as the case may be, shall
release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
Master Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in
the Master Servicer or its designee, as the case may be, the related Mortgage
Loan, and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not be part of the Trust Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, in the
Master Servicer's sole discretion with respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or
REO Property as to either of the following provisions, (i) a Cash Liquidation or
REO Disposition may be deemed to have occurred if substantially all amounts
expected by the Master Servicer to be received in connection with the related
defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property have been received, and (ii) for
purposes of determining the amount of any Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds, REO Proceeds or any other unscheduled collections or the amount of any
Realized Loss, the Master 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 the related
defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property.
(b) In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired by the
Trust Fund as an REO Property by foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure,
the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee or to its nominee
on behalf of Certificateholders. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title
and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such REO Property shall (except
as otherwise expressly provided herein) be considered to be an Outstanding
Mortgage Loan held in the Trust Fund until such time as the REO Property shall
be sold. Consistent with the foregoing for purposes of all calculations
hereunder so long as such REO Property shall be considered to be an Outstanding
Mortgage Loan it shall be assumed that, notwithstanding that the indebtedness
evidenced by the related Mortgage Note shall have been discharged, such Mortgage
Note and the related amortization schedule in effect at the time of any such
acquisition of title (after giving effect to any previous Curtailments and
before any adjustment thereto by reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding
or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) remain in effect.
(c) In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any REO Property as aforesaid
or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage
Loan, the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund shall dispose of such REO
Property within three full years after the taxable year of its acquisition by
the Trust Fund for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (or such shorter
period as may be necessary under applicable state (including any state in which
such property is located) law to maintain the status of the Trust Fund as a
REMIC under applicable state law and avoid taxes resulting from such property
failing to be foreclosure property under applicable state law) or, at the
expense of the Trust Fund, request, more than 60 days before the day on which
such grace period would otherwise expire, an extension of such grace period
unless the Master Servicer (subject to Section 10.01(f)) obtains for the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel,
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addressed to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, to the effect that the holding
by the Trust Fund of such REO Property subsequent to such period will not result
in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" as defined in Section
860F of the Code or cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC (for
federal (or any applicable State or local) income tax purposes) at any time that
any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to
hold such REO Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the
Custodial Account for any costs incurred in obtaining such Opinion of Counsel,
as provided in Section 3.10. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, no REO Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or
allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used by or on behalf of the Trust
Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such REO
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund to the imposition
of any federal income taxes on the income earned from such REO Property,
including any taxes imposed by reason of Section 860G(c) of the Code, unless the
Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with
respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
(d) The proceeds of any Cash Liquidation, REO Disposition or purchase or
repurchase of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as well
as any recovery resulting from a collection of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or REO Proceeds, will be applied in the following order of priority:
first, to reimburse the Master Servicer or the related Sub-Servicer in
accordance with Section 3.10(a)(ii); second, to the Certificateholders to the
extent of accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan, and any related REO
Imputed Interest, at the Net Mortgage Rate (or the Modified Net Mortgage Rate in
the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) to the Due Date prior to the Distribution
Date on which such amounts are to be distributed; third, to the
Certificateholders as a recovery of principal on the Mortgage Loan (or REO
Property)(provided that if any such Class of Certificates to which such Realized
Loss was allocated is no longer outstanding, such subsequent recovery shall be
distributed to the persons who were the Holders of such Class of Certificates
when it was retired); fourth, to all Servicing Fees and Subservicing Fees
payable therefrom (and the Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicer shall have no
claims for any deficiencies with respect to such fees which result from the
foregoing allocation); and fifth, to Foreclosure Profits.
(e) In the event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose
obligors is not a United States Person, in connection with any foreclosure or
acquisition of a deed in lieu of foreclosure (together, "foreclosure") in
respect of such Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will cause compliance with
the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor
thereto) necessary to assure that no withholding tax obligation arises with
respect to the proceeds of such foreclosure except to the extent, if any, that
proceeds of such foreclosure are required to be remitted to the obligors on such
Mortgage Loan.
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Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
(a) Upon becoming aware of the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or
upon the receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full
will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer
will immediately notify the Trustee (if it holds the related Mortgage File) or
the Custodian by a certification of a Servicing Officer (which certification
shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be
received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in
the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.07 have been or will be so
deposited), substantially in one of the forms attached hereto as Exhibit H, or,
in the case of the Custodian, an electronic request in a form acceptable to the
Custodian, requesting delivery to it of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such
certification and request, the Trustee shall promptly release, or cause the
Custodian to release, the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. The
Master Servicer is authorized to execute and deliver to the Mortgagor the
request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of
mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage, together with
the Mortgage Note with, as appropriate, written evidence of cancellation
thereon. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction
or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Custodial Account or the
Certificate Account.
(b) From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of
any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian, with a
copy to the Trustee, a certificate of a Servicing Officer substantially in one
of the forms attached as Exhibit H hereto, or, in the case of the Custodian, an
electronic request in a form acceptable to the Custodian, requesting that
possession of all, or any document constituting part of, the Mortgage File be
released to the Master Servicer and certifying as to the reason for such release
and that such release will not invalidate any insurance coverage provided in
respect of the Mortgage Loan under any Required Insurance Policy. Upon receipt
of the foregoing, the Trustee shall deliver, or cause the Custodian to deliver,
the Mortgage File or any document therein to the Master Servicer. The Master
Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein so released to
be returned to the Trustee, or the Custodian as agent for the Trustee when the
need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage
Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage
Loan have been deposited in the Custodial Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or
such document has been delivered directly or through a Sub-Servicer to an
attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law,
for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the
foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and
the Master Servicer has delivered directly or through a Sub-Servicer to the
Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and
address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered
and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. In the event of the liquidation of
a Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall deliver the Request for Release with respect
thereto to the Master Servicer upon deposit of the related Liquidation Proceeds
in the Custodial Account.
(c) The Trustee or the Master Servicer on the Trustee's behalf shall
execute and deliver to the Master Servicer, if necessary, any court pleadings,
requests for trustee's sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or
trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to
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any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any
other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise
available at law or in equity. Together with such documents or pleadings (if
signed by the Trustee), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a
certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents
be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to the reason such documents or
pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee will not invalidate any insurance coverage under any Required Insurance
Policy or invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for
the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee's
sale.
Section 3.16. Servicing and Other Compensation; Compensating Interest.
(a) The Master Servicer, as compensation for its activities hereunder,
shall be entitled to receive on each Distribution Date the amounts provided for
by clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 3.10(a), subject to clause (e)
below. The amount of servicing compensation provided for in such clauses shall
be accounted for on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis. In the event that
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and REO Proceeds (net of amounts
reimbursable therefrom pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii)) in respect of a Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition exceed the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan plus unpaid interest accrued thereon (including REO Imputed
Interest) at a per annum rate equal to the related Net Mortgage Rate (or the
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan), the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to retain therefrom and to pay to itself and/or the
related Sub-Servicer, any Foreclosure Profits and any Servicing Fee or
Subservicing Fee considered to be accrued but unpaid.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment charges,
assumption fees, late payment charges, investment income on amounts in the
Custodial Account or the Certificate Account or otherwise shall be retained by
the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer to the extent provided herein, subject
to clause (e) below.
(c) The Master Servicer shall be required to pay, or cause to be paid, all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder
(including payment of premiums for the Primary Insurance Policies, if any, to
the extent such premiums are not required to be paid by the related Mortgagors,
and the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any Custodian) and shall not be
entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in Sections
3.10 and 3.14.
(d) The Master Servicer's right to receive servicing compensation may not
be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all
of its responsibilities and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the amount of servicing
compensation that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive for its
activities hereunder for the period ending on each Distribution Date shall be
reduced (but not below zero) by an amount equal to Compensating Interest (if
any) for such Distribution Date. Such reduction shall be applied during such
period as follows: first, to any Servicing Fee or Subservicing Fee to which the
Master Servicer is entitled
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pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(iii); second, to any income or gain realized from
any investment of funds held in the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account
to which the Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Sections 3.07(c) or
4.01(b), respectively; and third, to any amounts of servicing compensation to
which the Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(v) or (vi). In
making such reduction, the Master Servicer (i) will not withdraw from the
Custodial Account any such amount representing all or a portion of the Servicing
Fee to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(iii); (ii) will not
withdraw from the Custodial Account or Certificate Account any such amount to
which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.07(c) or 4.01(b) and (iii) will not
withdraw from the Custodial Account any such amount of servicing compensation to
which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(v) or (vi).
Section 3.17. Reports to the Trustee and the Company.
Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date, the Master
Servicer shall forward to the Trustee and the Company a statement, certified by
a Servicing Officer, setting forth the status of the Custodial Account as of the
close of business on such Distribution Date as it relates to the Mortgage Loans
and showing, for the period covered by such statement, the aggregate of deposits
in or withdrawals from the Custodial Account in respect of the Mortgage Loans
for each category of deposit specified in Section 3.07 and each category of
withdrawal specified in Section 3.10.
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer will deliver to the Company and the Trustee on or
before March 31 of each year, beginning with the first March 31 that occurs at
least six months after the Cut-off Date, an Officers' Certificate stating, as to
each signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master Servicer
during the preceding calendar year related to its servicing of mortgage loans
and its performance under pooling and servicing agreements, including this
Agreement, has been made under such officers' supervision, (ii) to the best of
such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Master 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 relating to this Agreement 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 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 and (iii) to the
best of such officers' knowledge, each Sub-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 under its Subservicing Agreement in all material respects throughout
such year, or, if there has been material noncompliance with such servicing
standards or a material default in the fulfillment of such obligations relating
to this 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.
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Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
On or before March 31 of each year, beginning with the first March 31 that
occurs at least six months after the Cut-off Date, the Master Servicer at its
expense shall cause a firm of independent public accountants, which shall be
members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, to furnish a
report to the Company and the Trustee 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 3.18 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 Sub-Servicers, 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 Sub-Servicers.
Section 3.20. Rights of the Company in Respect of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Company, upon reasonable notice,
during normal business hours access to all records maintained by the Master
Servicer in respect of its rights and obligations hereunder and access to
officers of the Master Servicer responsible for such obligations. Upon request,
the Master Servicer shall furnish the Company with its most recent financial
statements and such other information as the Master Servicer possesses regarding
its business, affairs, property and condition, financial or otherwise. The
Master Servicer shall also cooperate with all reasonable requests for
information including, but not limited to, notices, tapes and copies of files,
regarding itself, the Mortgage Loans or the Certificates from any Person or
Persons identified by the Company or Residential Funding. The Company may, but
is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder
and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any
defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder or exercise the rights of
the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be
relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by
the Company or its designee. The Company shall not have any responsibility or
liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer and is not
obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement or otherwise.
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Section 3.21. Administration of Buydown Funds.
(a) With respect to any Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Sub-Servicer has
deposited Buydown Funds in an account that satisfies the requirements for a
Subservicing Account (the "Buydown Account"). The Master Servicer shall cause
the Subservicing Agreement to require that upon receipt from the Mortgagor of
the amount due on a Due Date for each Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Sub-Servicer
will withdraw from the Buydown Account the predetermined amount that, when added
to the amount due on such date from the Mortgagor, equals the full Monthly
Payment and transmit that amount in accordance with the terms of the
Subservicing Agreement to the Master Servicer together with the related payment
made by the Mortgagor or advanced by the Sub-Servicer.
(b) If the Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan prepays such loan in its
entirety during the period (the "Buydown Period") when Buydown Funds are
required to be applied to such Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Sub-Servicer shall be
required to withdraw from the Buydown Account and remit any Buydown Funds
remaining in the Buydown Account in accordance with the related buydown
agreement. The amount of Buydown Funds which may be remitted in accordance with
the related buydown agreement may reduce the amount required to be paid by the
Mortgagor to fully prepay the related Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgagor on a
Buydown Mortgage Loan defaults on such Mortgage Loan during the Buydown Period
and the property securing such Buydown Mortgage Loan is sold in the liquidation
thereof (either by the Master Servicer or the insurer under any related Primary
Insurance Policy), the Sub-Servicer shall be required to withdraw from the
Buydown Account the Buydown Funds for such Buydown Mortgage Loan still held in
the Buydown Account and remit the same to the Master Servicer in accordance with
the terms of the Subservicing Agreement for deposit in the Custodial Account or,
if instructed by the Master Servicer, pay to the insurer under any related
Primary Insurance Policy if the Mortgaged Property is transferred to such
insurer and such insurer pays all of the loss incurred in respect of such
default. Any amount so remitted pursuant to the preceding sentence will be
deemed to reduce the amount owed on the Mortgage Loan.
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ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01. Certificate Account.
(a) The Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall establish and
maintain a Certificate Account in which the Master Servicer shall cause to be
deposited on behalf of the Trustee on or before 2:00 P.M. New York time on each
Certificate Account Deposit Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds
an amount equal to the sum of (i) any Advance for the immediately succeeding
Distribution Date, (ii) any amount required to be deposited in the Certificate
Account pursuant to Section 3.12(a), (iii) any amount required to be deposited
in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.16(e) or Section 4.07, (iv) any
amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 9.01 and (v) all other amounts
constituting the Available Distribution Amount for the immediately succeeding
Distribution Date.
(b) The Trustee shall, upon written request from the Master Servicer,
invest or cause the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to invest
the funds in the Certificate Account in Permitted Investments designated in the
name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which shall
mature not later than the Business Day next preceding the Distribution Date next
following the date of such investment (except that (i) any investment in the
institution with which the Certificate Account is maintained may mature on such
Distribution Date and (ii) any other investment may mature on such Distribution
Date if the Trustee shall advance funds on such Distribution Date to the
Certificate Account in the amount payable on such investment on such
Distribution Date, pending receipt thereof to the extent necessary to make
distributions on the Certificates) and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to
maturity. Subject to Section 3.16(e), all income and gain realized from any such
investment shall be for the benefit of the Master 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 Certificate Account
by the Master Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized without any
right of reimbursement.
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Section 4.02. Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date (x) the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee or (y) the Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee, shall distribute to
the Master Servicer, in the case of a distribution pursuant to Section
4.02(a)(iii), the amount required to be distributed to the Master Servicer or a
Subservicer pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii), and to each Certificateholder of
record on the next preceding Record Date (other than as provided in Section 9.01
respecting the final distribution) either in immediately available funds (by
wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such
Certificateholder has so notified the Master Servicer or the Paying Agent, as
the case may be, or, if such Certificateholder has not so notified the Master
Servicer or the Paying Agent by the Record Date, by check mailed to such
Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate
Register such Certificateholder's share (which share (A) with respect to each
Class of Certificates (other than any Subclass of the Class A-V Certificates),
shall be based on the aggregate of the Percentage Interests represented by
Certificates of the applicable Class held by such Holder or (B) with respect to
any Subclass of the Class A-V Certificates, shall be equal to the amount (if
any) distributed pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i) below to each Holder of a
Subclass thereof) of the following amounts, in the following order of priority
(subject to the provisions of Section 4.02(b)), in each case to the extent of
the Available Distribution Amount:
(i) to the Senior Certificateholders, on a pro rata basis based on
Accrued Certificate Interest payable on such Certificates with respect to
such Distribution Date, Accrued Certificate Interest on such Classes of
Certificates (or Subclass, if any, with respect to the Class A-V
Certificates) for such Distribution Date, plus any Accrued Certificate
Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any previous Distribution Date
except as provided in the last paragraph of this Section 4.02(a); and
(ii) to the Senior Certificateholders, in the priorities and amounts
set forth in Section 4.02(b)(ii) and Section 4.02(c), the sum of the
following (applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balances of such
Senior Certificates, as applicable):
(A) the Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date times the sum of the
following:
(1) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due during
the related Due Period on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan (other than
the related Discount Fraction of the principal portion of such
payment with respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan), whether or not
received on or prior to the related Determination Date, minus the
principal portion of any Debt Service Reduction (other than the
related Discount Fraction of the principal portion of such Debt
Service Reductions with respect to each Discount Mortgage Loan)
which together with other Bankruptcy Losses exceeds the Bankruptcy
Amount;
(2) the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan
repurchased during the related Prepayment Period (or deemed to have
been so repurchased in accordance with Section 3.07(b)) pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 4.07
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and the amount of any shortfall deposited in the Custodial Account
in connection with the substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04 during the related Prepayment
Period (other than the related Discount Fraction of such Stated
Principal Balance or shortfall with respect to each Discount
Mortgage Loan); and
(3) the principal portion of all other unscheduled collections
(other than Principal Prepayments in Full and Curtailments and
amounts received in connection with a Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition of a Mortgage Loan described in Section 4.02(a)(ii)(B),
including without limitation Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received during the related Prepayment
Period (or deemed to have been so received in accordance with
Section 3.07(b)) to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as
recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 3.14 (other than the related Discount Fraction of the
principal portion of such unscheduled collections, with respect to
each Discount Mortgage Loans);
(B) with respect to each Mortgage Loan for which a Cash Liquidation or a
REO Disposition occurred during the related Prepayment Period (or was
deemed to have occurred during such period in accordance with Section
3.07(b)) and did not result in any Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess
Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses, an amount
equal to the lesser of (a) the Senior Percentage for such Distribution
Date times the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (other than
the related Discount Fraction of such Stated Principal Balance, with
respect to each Discount Mortgage Loan) and (b) the Senior Accelerated
Distribution Percentage for such Distribution Date times the related
unscheduled collections (including without limitation Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) to the extent applied by the Master
Servicer as recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant
to Section 3.14 (in each case other than the portion of such unscheduled
collections, with respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan, included in Section
4.02(b)(i)(C));
(C) the Senior Accelerated Distribution Percentage for such Distribution
Date times the aggregate of all Principal Prepayments in Full and
Curtailments received in the related Prepayment Period (other than the
related Discount Fraction of such Principal Prepayments in Full and
Curtailments, with respect to each Discount Mortgage Loan);
(D) any Excess Subordinate Principal Amount for such Distribution Date; and
(E) any amounts described in subsection (ii), clauses (A), (B) and (C) of
this Section 4.02(a), as determined for any previous Distribution Date,
which remain unpaid after application of amounts previously distributed
pursuant to this clause (E) to the extent that such amounts are not
attributable to Realized Losses which have been allocated to the Class M
Certificates or Class B Certificates;
(iii) if the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class M
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B Certificates have not been reduced to zero, to the Master Servicer or a
Subservicer, by remitting for deposit to the Custodial Account, to the
extent of and in reimbursement for any Advances or Subservicer Advances
previously made with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property which
remain unreimbursed in whole or in part following the Cash Liquidation or
REO Disposition of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, minus any such
Advances that were made with respect to delinquencies that ultimately
constituted Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess
Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for such Distribution Date, plus any Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any previous
Distribution Date, except as provided below;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, an amount equal to
(x) the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date, minus (y) the amount of any Class
A-P Collection Shortfalls for such Distribution Date or remaining unpaid
for all previous Distribution Dates, to the extent the amounts available
pursuant to clause (x) of Sections 4.02(a)(vii), (ix), (xi), (xiii), (xiv)
and (xv) are insufficient therefor, applied in reduction of the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates;
(vi) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for such Distribution Date, plus any Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any previous
Distribution Date, except as provided below;
(vii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, an amount equal
to (x) the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date, minus (y) the amount of any Class
A-P Collection Shortfalls for such Distribution Date or remaining unpaid
for all previous Distribution Dates, to the extent the amounts available
pursuant to clause (x) of Sections 4.02(a)(ix), (xi), (xiii), (xiv) and
(xv) are insufficient therefor, applied in reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates;
(viii) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for such Distribution Date, plus any Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any previous
Distribution Date, except as provided below;
(ix) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, an amount equal to
(x) the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date minus (y) the amount of any Class
A-P Collection Shortfalls for such Distribution Date or remaining unpaid
for all previous Distribution Dates, to the extent the amounts available
pursuant to clause (x) of Sections 4.02(a)(xi), (xiii), (xiv) and (xv) are
insufficient therefor, applied in reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates;
(x) to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, the Accrued
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Interest thereon for such Distribution Date, plus any Accrued Certificate
Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any previous Distribution Date,
except as provided below;
(xi) to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, an amount equal to
(x) the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date minus (y) the amount of any Class
A-P Collection Shortfalls for such Distribution Date or remaining unpaid
for all previous Distribution Dates, to the extent the amounts available
pursuant to clause (x) of Sections 4.02(a)(xiii), (xiv) and (xv) are
insufficient therefor, applied in reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates;
(xii) to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for such Distribution Date, plus any Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any previous
Distribution Date, except as provided below;
(xiii) to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, an amount equal
to (x) the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date minus (y) the amount of any Class
A-P Collection Shortfalls for such Distribution Date or remaining unpaid
for all previous Distribution Dates, to the extent the amounts available
pursuant to clause (x) of Sections 4.02(a)(xiv) and (xv) are insufficient
therefor, applied in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class B-2 Certificates;
(xiv) to the Holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, an amount equal
to (x) the Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for such Distribution
Date, plus any Accrued Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid from
any previous Distribution Date, except as provided below, minus (y) the
amount of any Class A-P Collection Shortfalls for such Distribution Date
or remaining unpaid for all previous Distribution Dates, to the extent the
amounts available pursuant to clause (x) of Section 4.02(a) (xv) are
insufficient therefor;
(xv) to the Holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, an amount equal to
(x) the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date minus (y) the amount of any Class
A-P Collection Shortfalls for such Distribution Date or remaining unpaid
for all previous Distribution Dates applied in reduction of the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates;
(xvi) to the Senior Certificateholders, in the priority set forth in
Section 4.02(b) the portion, if any, of the Available Distribution Amount
remaining after the foregoing distributions, applied to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balances of such Senior Certificates, but in no
event more than the aggregate of the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances of each such Class of Senior Certificates, and thereafter, to
each Class of Class M Certificates then outstanding beginning with such
Class with the lowest numerical designation, any portion of the Available
Distribution Amount remaining after the Senior Certificates have been
retired, applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of each such
Class of Class M Certificates, but in no event more than the outstanding
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Principal Balance of each such Class of Class M Certificates; and
thereafter to each such Class of Class B Certificates then outstanding
beginning with such Class with the lowest numerical designation, any
portion of the Available Distribution Amount remaining after the Class M
Certificates have been retired, applied to reduce the Certificate
Principal Balance of each such Class of Class B Certificates, but in no
event more than the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of each such
Class of Class B Certificates; and
(xvii) to the Class R Certificateholders, the balance, if any, of the
Available Distribution Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date, with respect to
the Class of Class B Certificates outstanding on such Distribution Date with the
highest numerical designation, or in the event the Class B Certificates are no
longer outstanding, the Class of Class M Certificates then outstanding with the
highest numerical designation, or in the event the Class B Certificates and
Class M Certificates are no longer outstanding, the Senior Certificates, Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any previous Distribution
Date will be distributable only to the extent that such unpaid Accrued
Certificate Interest was attributable to interest shortfalls relating to
Nonrecoverable Advances as determined by the Master Servicer with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan where such Mortgage Loan has not yet been the subject of a
Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition.
(b) Distributions of principal on the Senior Certificates on each
Distribution Date occurring prior to the occurrence of the Credit Support
Depletion Date will be made as follows:
(i) first, to the Class A-P Certificates, until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero, an amount (the "Class A-P
Principal Distribution Amount") equal to the aggregate of:
(A) the related Discount Fraction of the principal portion of
each Monthly Payment on each Discount Mortgage Loan due during
the related Due Period, whether or not received on or prior to
the related Determination Date, minus the Discount Fraction of
the principal portion of any related Debt Service Reduction
which together with other Bankruptcy Losses exceeds the
Bankruptcy Amount;
(B) the related Discount Fraction of the principal portion of
all unscheduled collections on each Discount Mortgage Loan
received during the preceding calendar month (other than
amounts received in connection with a Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition of a Discount Mortgage Loan described in clause
(C) below), including Principal Prepayments in Full,
Curtailments and repurchases (including deemed repurchases
under Section 3.07(b)) of Discount Mortgage Loans (or, in the
case of a substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the
Discount Fraction of the amount of any shortfall deposited in
the Custodial Account in connection with such substitution);
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(C) in connection with the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition
of a Discount Mortgage Loan that did not result in any Excess
Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy
Losses or Extraordinary Losses, an amount equal to the lesser
of (1) the applicable Discount Fraction of the Stated
Principal Balance of such Discount Mortgage Loan immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and (2) the aggregate amount
of the collections on such Mortgage Loan to the extent applied
as recoveries of principal;
(D) any amounts allocable to principal for any previous
Distribution Date (calculated pursuant to clauses (A) through
(C) above) that remain undistributed; and
(E) the amount of any Class A-P Collection Shortfalls for such
Distribution Date and the amount of any Class A-P Collection
Shortfalls remaining unpaid for all previous Distribution
Dates, but only to the extent of the Eligible Funds for such
Distribution Date; and
(ii) second, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount shall be
distributed concurrently (A) to the Class R Certificates and Class CB
Certificates sequentially, in that order, and (B) to the Class NB
Certificates, in each case in accordance with the percentage of the
amounts described in Sections 4.02(a)(ii)(A), (B) and (C) derived from the
related Loan Group, in each case until the Certificate Principal Balance
of either such class has been reduced to zero and thereafter shall be
distributed to the remaining class of Senior Certificates until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero.
(c) On or after the occurrence of the Credit Support Depletion Date, all
priorities relating to distributions as described in Section 4.02(b) above in
respect of principal among the various classes of Senior Certificates (other
than the Class A-P Certificates) will be disregarded, and (i) an amount equal to
the Discount Fraction of the principal portion of scheduled payments and
unscheduled collections received or advanced in respect of the Discount Mortgage
Loans will be distributed to the Class A-P Certificates, (ii) the Senior
Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed to the remaining Senior
Certificates pro rata in accordance with their respective outstanding
Certificate Principal Balances, and (iii) the amount set forth in Section
4.02(a)(i) will be distributed as set forth therein.
(d) After the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balances of the Senior
Certificates (other than the Class A-P Certificates) to zero but prior to the
occurrence of the Credit Support Depletion Date, the Senior Certificates (other
than the Class A-P Certificates) will be entitled to no further distributions of
principal thereon and the Available Distribution Amount will be paid solely to
the holders of the Class A-P, Class A-V, Class M and Class B Certificates, in
each case as described herein.
(e) In addition to the foregoing distributions, with respect to any
Mortgage Loan that was previously the subject of a Cash Liquidation or an REO
Disposition that resulted in a Realized Loss, in the event that within two years
of the date on which such Realized Loss was
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determined to have occurred the Master Servicer receives amounts, which the
Master Servicer reasonably believes to represent subsequent recoveries (net of
any related liquidation expenses), or determines that it holds surplus amounts
previously reserved to cover estimated expenses, specifically related to such
Mortgage Loan (including, but not limited to, recoveries in respect of the
representations and warranties made by the related Seller pursuant to the
applicable Seller's Agreement), the Master Servicer shall distribute such
amounts to the applicable Certificateholders of the Class or Classes to which
such Realized Loss was allocated (with the amounts to be distributed allocated
among such Classes in the same proportions as such Realized Loss was allocated),
and within each such Class to the Certificateholders of record as of the Record
Date immediately preceding the date of such distribution (or if such Class of
Certificates is no longer outstanding, to the Certificateholders of record at
the time that such Realized Loss was allocated); provided that no such
distribution to any Class of Certificates of subsequent recoveries related to a
Mortgage Loan shall exceed, either individually or in the aggregate and together
with any other amounts paid in reimbursement therefor, the amount of the related
Realized Loss that was allocated to such Class of Certificates. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no such distribution shall be made with respect to the
Certificates of any Class to the extent that either (i) such Class was protected
against the related Realized Loss pursuant to any instrument or fund established
under Section 11.01(e) or (ii) such Class of Certificates has been deposited
into a separate trust fund or other structuring vehicle and separate
certificates or other instruments representing interests therein have been
issued in one or more classes, and any of such separate certificates or other
instruments was protected against the related Realized Loss pursuant to any
limited guaranty, payment obligation, irrevocable letter of credit, surety bond,
insurance policy or similar instrument or a reserve fund, or a combination
thereof. Any amount to be so distributed with respect to the Certificates of any
Class shall be distributed by the Master Servicer to the Certificateholders of
record as of the Record Date immediately preceding the date of such distribution
(i) with respect to the Certificates of any Class (other than the Class A-V
Certificates), on a pro rata basis based on the Percentage Interest represented
by each Certificate of such Class as of such Record Date and (ii) with respect
to the Class A-V Certificates, to the Class A-V Certificates or any Subclass
thereof in the same proportion as the related Realized Loss was allocated. Any
amounts to be so distributed shall not be remitted to or distributed from the
Trust Fund, and shall constitute subsequent recoveries with respect to Mortgage
Loans that are no longer assets of the Trust Fund.
(f) Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be
paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its
Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each
Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to
the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating
brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating firm") for which
it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds
to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Company or the Master Servicer shall have any
responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or
applicable law.
(g) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, if the Master Servicer
anticipates that a final distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates
will be made on the next
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Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall, no later than the Determination
Date in the month of such final distribution, notify the Trustee and the Trustee
shall, no later than two (2) Business Days after such Determination Date, mail
on such date to each Holder of such Class of Certificates a notice to the effect
that: (i) the Trustee anticipates that the final distribution with respect to
such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date but only upon
presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office of the Trustee or
as otherwise specified therein, and (ii) no interest shall accrue on such
Certificates from and after the end of the prior calendar month. In the event
that Certificateholders required to surrender their Certificates pursuant to
Section 9.01(c) do not surrender their Certificates for final cancellation, the
Trustee shall cause funds distributable with respect to such Certificates to be
withdrawn from the Certificate Account and credited to a separate escrow account
for the benefit of such Certificateholders as provided in Section 9.01(d).
Section 4.03. Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Concurrently with each distribution charged to the Certificate Account
and with respect to each Distribution Date the Master Servicer shall forward to
the Trustee and the Trustee shall forward by mail to each Holder and the Company
a statement setting forth the following information as to each Class of
Certificates to the extent applicable:
(i) (a) the amount of such distribution to the Certificateholders
of such Class applied to reduce the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof, and (b) the aggregate amount included therein
representing Principal Prepayments;
(ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of such Class of
Certificates allocable to interest;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of
Certificates is less than the full amount that would be
distributable to such Holders if there were sufficient funds
available therefor, the amount of the shortfall;
(iv) the amount of any Advance by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.04;
(v) the number and Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans after giving effect to the distribution of principal on
such Distribution Date;
(vi) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of
Certificates and the Senior Percentage, after giving effect to
the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date, separately
identifying any reduction thereof due to Realized Losses other
than pursuant to an actual distribution of principal;
(vii)the related Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount and
Prepayment Distribution Percentage, if applicable;
(viii)on the basis of the most recent reports furnished to it by
Sub-Servicers, the number and aggregate principal balances of
Mortgage Loans that are
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delinquent (A) one month, (B) two months and (C) three months
and the number and aggregate principal balance of Mortgage
Loans that are in foreclosure;
(ix) the number, aggregate principal balance and book value of any
REO Properties;
(x) the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid,
if any, for each Class of Certificates, after giving effect to
the distribution made on such Distribution Date;
(xi) the Special Hazard Amount, Fraud Loss Amount and Bankruptcy
Amount as of the close of business on such Distribution Date
and a description of any change in the calculation of such
amounts;
(xii) the weighted average Pool Strip Rate for such Distribution
Date and the Pass-Through Rate with respect to the Class A-V
Certificates and each Subclass, if any, thereof;
(xiii) the Class A-V Notional Amount and each Subclass Notional
Amount;
(xiv) the occurrence of the Credit Support Depletion Date;
(xv) the Senior Accelerated Distribution Percentage applicable to
such distribution;
(xvi) the Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date;
(xvii) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses for such Distribution
Date;
(xviii) the aggregate amount of any recoveries on previously
foreclosed loans from Sellers due to a breach of
representation or warranty;
(xix) the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to the amounts distributed
on such Distribution Date; and
(xx) the weighted average Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans
after giving effect to the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, the
amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per Certificate with a $1,000
denomination. In addition to the statement provided to the Trustee as set forth
in this Section 4.03(a), the Master Servicer shall provide to any manager of a
trust fund consisting of some or all of the Certificates, upon reasonable
request, such additional information as is reasonably obtainable by the Master
Servicer at no additional expense to the Master Servicer.
(b) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year,
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Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and shall forward, or cause to
be forwarded, to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was the
Holder of a Certificate, other than a Class R Certificate, a statement
containing the information set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (a)
above aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Master
Servicer shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to any
requirements of the Code.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year,
the Master Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and shall forward,
or cause to be forwarded, to each Person who at any time during the calendar
year was the Holder of a Class R Certificate, a statement containing the
applicable distribution information provided pursuant to this Section 4.03
aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which
such Person was the Holder of a Class R Certificate. Such obligation of the
Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that
substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Master Servicer
pursuant to any requirements of the Code.
(d) Upon the written request of any Certificateholder, the Master Servicer,
as soon as reasonably practicable, shall provide the requesting
Certificateholder with such information as is necessary and appropriate, in the
Master Servicer's sole discretion, for purposes of satisfying applicable
reporting requirements under Rule 144A.
Section 4.04. Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the Company;
Advances by the Master Servicer.
(a) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day next succeeding each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall furnish a written statement to the
Trustee, any Paying Agent and the Company (the information in such statement to
be made available to Certificateholders by the Master Servicer on request)
setting forth (i) the Available Distribution Amount; and (ii) the amounts
required to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account and deposited into the
Certificate Account on the immediately succeeding Certificate Account Deposit
Date pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 4.01(a). The determination by the
Master Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of obvious error, be
presumptively deemed to be correct for all purposes hereunder and the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon the same without any independent check or
verification.
(b) On or before 2:00 P.M. New York time on each Certificate Account
Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall either (i) deposit in the Certificate
Account from its own funds, or funds received therefor from the Sub-Servicers,
an amount equal to the Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in respect of
the related Distribution Date, which shall be in an aggregate amount equal to
the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with each interest portion thereof
adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate), less the amount of any related Servicing
Modifications, Debt Service Reductions or reductions in the amount of interest
collectable from the Mortgagor pursuant to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil
Relief Act of 1940, as amended, or similar legislation or regulations then in
effect, on the Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date, which
Monthly Payments were delinquent as of the close of business as of the related
Determination Date; provided that no Advance shall be made if it would be a
Nonrecoverable Advance, (ii) withdraw
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from amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account and deposit in the Certificate
Account all or a portion of the Amount Held for Future Distribution in discharge
of any such Advance, or (iii) make advances in the form of any combination of
(i) and (ii) aggregating the amount of such Advance. Any portion of the Amount
Held for Future Distribution so used shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by
deposit in the Certificate Account on or before 11:00 A.M. New York time on any
future Certificate Account Deposit Date to the extent that funds attributable to
the Mortgage Loans that are available in the Custodial Account for deposit in
the Certificate Account on such Certificate Account Deposit Date shall be less
than payments to Certificateholders required to be made on the following
Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to use any Advance made
by a Sub-Servicer as described in Section 3.07(b) that has been deposited in the
Custodial Account on or before such Distribution Date as part of the Advance
made by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.04. The amount of any
reimbursement pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii) in respect of outstanding
Advances on any Distribution Date shall be allocated to specific Monthly
Payments due but delinquent for previous Due Periods, which allocation shall be
made, to the extent practicable, to Monthly Payments which have been delinquent
for the longest period of time. Such allocations shall be conclusive for
purposes of reimbursement to the Master Servicer from recoveries on related
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.10.
The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable
Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance, shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to
the Seller and the Trustee.
In the event that the Master Servicer determines as of the Business Day
preceding any Certificate Account Deposit Date that it will be unable to deposit
in the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance required to be made
for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date, it shall give notice to the
Trustee of its inability to advance (such notice may be given by telecopy), not
later than 3:00 P.M., New York time, on such Business Day, specifying the
portion of such amount that it will be unable to deposit. Not later than 3:00
P.M., New York time, on the Certificate Account Deposit Date the Trustee shall,
unless by 12:00 Noon, New York time, on such day the Trustee shall have been
notified in writing (by telecopy) that the Master Servicer shall have directly
or indirectly deposited in the Certificate Account such portion of the amount of
the Advance as to which the Master Servicer shall have given notice pursuant to
the preceding sentence, pursuant to Section 7.01, (a) terminate all of the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement in accordance
with Section 7.01 and (b) assume the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer hereunder, including the obligation to deposit in the Certificate
Account an amount equal to the Advance for the immediately succeeding
Distribution Date.
The Trustee shall deposit all funds it receives pursuant to this Section
4.04 into the Certificate Account.
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Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses.
Prior to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the
total amount of Realized Losses, if any, that resulted from any Cash
Liquidation, Servicing Modification, Debt Service Reduction, Deficient Valuation
or REO Disposition that occurred during the related Prepayment Period or, in the
case of a Servicing Modification that constitutes a reduction of the interest
rate on a Mortgage Loan, the amount of the reduction in the interest portion of
the Monthly Payment due in the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. The
amount of each Realized Loss shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate. All
Realized Losses, other than Excess Special Hazard Losses, Extraordinary Losses,
Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Excess Fraud Losses, shall be allocated as follows:
first, to the Class B-3 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero; second, to the Class B-2 Certificates until
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; third, to
the Class B-1 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificates until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the
Class M-2 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; sixth, to the Class M-1 Certificates until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and thereafter, if any such
Realized Loss is on a Discount Mortgage Loan, to the Class A-P Certificates in
an amount equal to the Discount Fraction of the principal portion thereof, and
the remainder of such Realized Losses on the Discount Mortgage Loans and the
entire amount of such Realized Losses on Non-Discount Mortgage Loans will be
allocated among all the Senior Certificates (other than the Class A-P
Certificates) on a pro rata basis, as described below. The principal portion of
any Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses, Excess Fraud Losses
and Extraordinary Losses on the Mortgage Loans will be allocated to the Class
A-P Certificates in an amount equal to the Discount Fraction thereof in the case
of a Discount Mortgage Loan and the remainder of such losses will be allocated
among the Senior (other than the Class A-P), Class M and Class B Certificates,
on a pro rata basis, as described below.
As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a "pro rata basis"
among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an allocation on a pro
rata basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each such Class of
Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution
Date in the case of the principal portion of a Realized Loss or based on the
Accrued Certificate Interest thereon payable on such Distribution Date (without
regard to any Compensating Interest for such Distribution Date) in the case of
an interest portion of a Realized Loss. Except as provided in the following
sentence, any allocation of the principal portion of Realized Losses (other than
Debt Service Reductions) to a Class of Certificates shall be made by reducing
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so allocated, which
allocation shall be deemed to have occurred on such Distribution Date. Any
allocation of the principal portion of Realized Losses (other than Debt Service
Reductions) to the Class B Certificates or, after the Certificate Principal
Balances of the Class B Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Class of
Class M Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical designation
shall be made by operation of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance"
and by operation of the provisions of Section 4.02(a). Allocations of the
interest portions of Realized Losses shall be made in proportion to the amount
of Accrued Certificate Interest and by operation of the definition of "Accrued
Certificate Interest" and by
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operation of the provisions of Section 4.02(a). Allocations of the principal
portion of Debt Service Reductions shall be made by operation of the provisions
of Section 4.02(a). All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a
Class of Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such
Class in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby; provided that
if any Subclasses of the Class A-V Certificates have been issued pursuant to
Section 5.01(c), all Realized Losses and other losses allocated to the Class A-V
Certificates shall be allocated among such Subclasses in proportion to the
respective amounts of Accrued Certificate Interest payable on such Distribution
Date that would have resulted absent such reductions.
Section 4.06. Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged
Property.
The Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicers shall file information returns
with respect to the receipt of mortgage interests received in a trade or
business, the reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property
and the information returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with
respect to any Mortgaged Property required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P,
respectively, of the Code, and deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
on or before March 31 of each year stating that such reports have been filed.
Such reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
Section 4.07. Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
As to any Mortgage Loan which is delinquent in payment by 90 days or more,
the Master Servicer may, at its option, purchase such Mortgage Loan from the
Trustee at the Purchase Price therefor. If at any time the Master Servicer makes
a payment to the Certificate Account covering the amount of the Purchase Price
for such a Mortgage Loan, and the Master Servicer provides to the Trustee a
certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the amount of such
payment has been deposited in the Certificate Account, then the Trustee shall
execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan at the request of the Master
Servicer without recourse to the Master Servicer which shall succeed to all the
Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan, and all
security and documents relative thereto. Such assignment shall be an assignment
outright and not for security. The Master Servicer will thereupon own such
Mortgage, and all such security and documents, free of any further obligation to
the Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect thereto. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4.07, the Master Servicer shall
continue to service any such Mortgage Loan after the date of such purchase in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and, if any Realized Loss with
respect to such Mortgage Loan occurs, allocate such Realized Loss to the Class
or Classes of Certificates that would have borne such Realized Loss in
accordance with the terms hereof as if such Mortgage Loan had not been so
purchased. For purposes of this Agreement, a payment of the Purchase Price by
the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.07 will be viewed as an advance,
and the amount of any Realized Loss shall be recoverable pursuant to the
provisions for the recovery of unreimbursed Advances under Section 4.02(a) or,
to the extent not recoverable under such provisions, as a Nonrecoverable Advance
as set forth herein.
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Section 4.08. Surety Bond. (a) If a Required Surety Payment is payable
pursuant to the Surety Bond with respect to any Additional Collateral Loan, the
Master Servicer shall so notify the Trustee as soon as reasonably practicable
and the Trustee shall promptly complete the notice in the form of Attachment 1
to the Surety Bond and shall promptly submit such notice to the Surety as a
claim for a Required Surety. The Master Servicer shall upon request assist the
Trustee in completing such notice and shall provide any information requested by
the Trustee in connection therewith.
(b) Upon receipt of a Required Surety Payment from the Surety on behalf of
the Holders of Certificates, the Trustee shall deposit such Required Surety
Payment in the Certificate Account and shall distribute such Required Surety
Payment, or the proceeds thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.02.
(c) The Trustee shall (i) receive as attorney-in-fact of each Holder of a
Certificate any Required Surety Payment from the Surety and (ii) disburse the
same to the Holders of such Certificates as set forth in Section 4.02.
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.
(a) The Class CB and Class NB, Class M, Class B and Class R Certificates,
respectively, shall be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibits A, B, C
and D and shall, on original issue, be executed and delivered by the Trustee to
the Certificate Registrar for authentication and delivery to or upon the order
of the Company upon receipt by the Trustee or one or more Custodians of the
documents specified in Section 2.01. The Certificates, other than the Class R
Certificates and Class A-V Certificates, shall be issuable in minimum dollar
denominations of $25,000 (or $250,000 in the case of the Class M-2, Class M-3,
Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates) and integral multiples of $1
(in the case of the Class CB Certificates and Class NB Certificates) and $1,000
(in the case of the Class A-P, Class M and Class B Certificates) in excess
thereof, except that one Certificate of each of the Class A-P, Class M-3, Class
B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates may be issued in a denomination equal to the
denomination set forth as follows for such Class or the sum of such denomination
and an integral multiple of $1,000:
Class A-P $ 25,383.01
Class M-3 $250,500.00
Class B-2 $433,500.00
Class B-3 $433,464.63
The Class R Certificates and Class A-V Certificates shall be issuable in minimum
denominations of not less than a 20% Percentage Interest; provided, however,
that one Class R Certificate will be issuable to Residential Funding as "tax
matters person" pursuant to Section 10.01(c) and (e) in a minimum denomination
representing a Percentage Interest of not less than 0.01%. Each Subclass of
Class A-V Certificates shall be issuable as a single certificate as provided in
Section 5.01(c).
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of an authorized officer of the Trustee. Certificates bearing the manual
or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers
of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Certificate or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate
a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Certificate Registrar by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that
such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The Class CB Certificates and Class NB Certificates shall initially be
issued as one or more Certificates registered in the name of the Depository or
its nominee and, except as provided below, registration of such Certificates may
not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository that agrees to
hold such Certificates for the respective Certificate Owners with
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Ownership Interests therein. The Class CB Certificateholders and Class NB
Certificateholders shall hold their respective Ownership Interests in and to
each of the Class CB Certificates or Class NB Certificates, as applicable,
through the book-entry facilities of the Depository and, except as provided
below, shall not be entitled to Definitive Certificates in respect of such
Ownership Interests. All transfers by Certificate Owners of their respective
Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance
with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm
representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall transfer
the Ownership Interests only in the Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate
Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in
accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
The Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Company may for all purposes
(including the making of payments due on the respective Classes of Book-Entry
Certificates) deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the
Certificate Owners with respect to the respective Classes of Book-Entry
Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders
hereunder. The rights of Certificate Owners with respect to the respective
Classes of Book-Entry Certificates shall be limited to those established by law
and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the Depository Participants
and brokerage firms representing such Certificate Owners. Multiple requests and
directions from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of any Class of
Book-Entry Certificates with respect to any particular matter shall not be
deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate
Owners. The Trustee may establish a reasonable record date in connection with
solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders and shall give
notice to the Depository of such record date.
If (i)(A) the Company advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository
is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as
Depository and (B) the Company is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii)
the Company at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, the Trustee shall notify
all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such
event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners
requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the Book-Entry
Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from
the Depository for registration of transfer, the Trustee shall issue the
Definitive Certificates. Neither the Company, the Master Servicer nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any actions taken by the Depository or its nominee,
including, without limitation, any delay in delivery of such instructions and
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein
to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Company in connection with
the issuance of the Definitive Certificates pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall
be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, and the Trustee and
the Master Servicer shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates
as Certificateholders hereunder.
(c) From time to time Residential Funding, as the initial Holder of the
Class A-V Certificates, may exchange such Holder's Class A-V Certificates for
Subclasses of Class A-V Certificates to be issued under this Agreement by
delivering a "Request for Exchange" substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit Q executed by an authorized officer, which Subclasses, in
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the aggregate, will represent the Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interests
corresponding to the Class A-V Certificates so surrendered for exchange. Any
Subclass so issued shall bear a numerical designation commencing with Class
A-V-1 and continuing sequentially thereafter, and will evidence ownership of the
Uncertificated REMIC Regular Interest or Interests specified in writing by such
initial Holder to the Trustee. The Trustee may conclusively, without any
independent verification, rely on, and shall be protected in relying on,
Residential Funding's determinations of the Uncertificated REMIC Regular
Interests corresponding to any Subclass, the initial Subclass Notional Amount
and the initial Pass-Through Rate on a Subclass as set forth in such Request for
Exchange and the Trustee shall have no duty to determine if any Uncertificated
REMIC Regular Interest designated on a Request for Exchange corresponds to a
Subclass which has previously been issued. Each Subclass so issued shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A and shall, on original issue,
be executed and delivered by the Trustee to the Certificate Registrar for
authentication and delivery in accordance with Section 5.01(a). Every
Certificate presented or surrendered for exchange by the initial Holder shall
(if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed
by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer attached to such
Certificate and shall be completed to the satisfaction of the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the initial Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing. The Certificates of any Subclass of Class
A-V Certificates may be transferred in whole, but not in part, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.02.
Section 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices or agencies to
be appointed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.12 a
Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of
transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee is
initially appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering
Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The
Certificate Registrar, or the Trustee, shall provide the Master Servicer with a
certified list of Certificateholders as of each Record Date prior to the related
Determination Date.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any
office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
8.12 and, in the case of any Class M, Class B or Class R Certificate, upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee shall execute and
the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like
Class (or Subclass) and aggregate Percentage Interest.
(c) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class (or Subclass)
and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange the Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar
shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates of such Class which the
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate
presented or surrendered for exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or
the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
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Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Class B Certificate
shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act
and laws. In the event that a transfer of a Class B Certificate is to be made
either (i)(A) the Trustee shall require a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable
to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company that
such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable
exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made
pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trustee, the Company or the Master Servicer and (B) the Trustee shall
require the transferee to execute a representation letter, substantially in the
form of Exhibit J-1 hereto, and the Trustee shall require the transferor to
execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto,
each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee certifying to the Company and the Trustee the facts surrounding such
transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trustee,
the Company or the Master Servicer or (ii) the prospective transferee of such a
Certificate shall be required to provide the Trustee, the Company and the Master
Servicer with an investment letter substantially in the form of Exhibit L
attached hereto (or such other form as the Company in its sole discretion deems
acceptable), which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the
Company or the Master Servicer, and which investment letter states that, among
other things, such transferee (A) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as
defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other
"qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (B) is aware
that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration
requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule
144A. The Holder of any such Certificate desiring to effect any such transfer,
sale, pledge or other disposition shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trustee, the Company, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Registrar against
any liability that may result if the transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition
is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
(e) In the case of any Class M, Class B or Class R Certificate presented
for registration in the name of any Person, either (i) the Trustee shall require
an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee, the Company and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase
or holding of such Class M, Class B or Class R Certificate is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable
provisions of any subsequent enactments), and will not subject the Trustee, the
Company or the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including
obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition
to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Company or the Master Servicer or (ii) the
prospective transferee shall be required to provide the Trustee, the Company and
the Master Servicer with a certification to the effect set forth in paragraph
six of Exhibit J-1 (with respect to any Class B Certificate), Exhibit J-2 (with
respect to any Class M Certificate) or paragraph fourteen of Exhibit I-1 (with
respect to any Class R
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Certificate), which the Trustee may rely upon without further inquiry or
investigation, or such other certifications as the Trustee may deem desirable or
necessary in order to establish that such transferee or the Person in whose name
such registration is requested is not an employee benefit plan or other plan
subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, or any Person (including an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a
trustee of any such plan) who is using "plan assets" of any such plan to effect
such acquisition.
(f) (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to
have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its designee under clause (iii)(A)
below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate
the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all
instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with
any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending
change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Trustee shall require
delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any
Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and
agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I-1) from the proposed Transferee,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer,
representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a
Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership
Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the
proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any
Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as
it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it
will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it
has reviewed the provisions of this Section 5.02(f) and agrees
to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I-2, from the Holder wishing to
transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and
warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the
proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of
tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this
Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is
not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee
shall be effected.
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(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer
Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class
R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest
unless it provides a certificate to the Trustee in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in
a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in
such Certificate, agrees to give the Trustee written notice
that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning
of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A)
immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in
a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest
holder."
(ii) The Trustee will register the Transfer of any Class R
Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer
Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Holder
requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been
reasonably required by the Trustee as a condition to such
registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to
Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations (as
defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code) are prohibited.
(iii) (A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of
a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law,
to all rights and obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to
the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R
Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a
holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding
United States Person shall be restored, to the extent
permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Holder
thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such
Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class
R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G- 3,
then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be
restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and
obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of
registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The
Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(f) or for making any
payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for
taking any other action with respect to such holder under the
provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a
Class R Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this
Section 5.02(f) and to the extent that the retroactive
restoration of the rights of the Holder of such Class R
Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A) above shall be
invalid,
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illegal or unenforceable, then the Master Servicer shall have
the right, without notice to the holder or any prior holder of
such Class R Certificate, to sell such Class R Certificate to
a purchaser selected by the Master Servicer on such terms as
the Master Servicer may choose. Such purported Transferee
shall promptly endorse and deliver each Class R Certificate in
accordance with the instructions of the Master Servicer. Such
purchaser may be the Master Servicer itself or any Affiliate
of the Master Servicer. The proceeds of such sale, net of the
commissions (which may include commissions payable to the
Master Servicer or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if
any, will be remitted by the Master Servicer to such purported
Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this
clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of
the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall not be
liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion.
(iv) The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, shall make
available, upon written request from the Trustee, all information
necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the
Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to any
Person who is a Disqualified Organization, including the
information regarding "excess inclusions" of such Class R
Certificates required to be provided to the Internal Revenue
Service and certain Persons as described in Treasury Regulations
Sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5), and (B) as a result
of any regulated investment company, real estate investment
trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate or
organization described in Section 1381 of the Code that holds an
Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate having as among its
record holders at any time any Person who is a Disqualified
Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such
information may be required by the Master Servicer from such
Person.
(v) The provisions of this Section 5.02(f) set forth prior to this
clause (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided
that there shall have been delivered to the Trustee the
following:
(A) written notification from each Rating Agency to the effect
that the modification, addition to or elimination of such
provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its
then-current ratings, if any, of any Class of the Senior,
Class M or Class B Certificates below the lower of the
then-current rating or the rating assigned to such
Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency; and
(B) subject to Section 10.01(f), a certificate of the Master
Servicer stating that the Master Servicer has received an
Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Master Servicer, to the effect that such modification,
addition to or absence of such provisions will not cause the
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Trust Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause
(x) the Trust Fund to be subject to an entity-level tax caused
by the Transfer of any Class R Certificate to a Person that is
a Disqualified Organization or (y) a Certificateholder or
another Person to be subject to a REMIC-related tax caused by
the Transfer of a Class R Certificate to a Person that is not
a Permitted Transferee.
(g) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of
Certificates of any Class, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be
destroyed by the Certificate Registrar.
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar receive evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and
(ii) there is delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that
such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor, Class and Percentage Interest but
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. Upon the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any duplicate
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any
agent of the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as
the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Section 4.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, except as and to
the extent provided in the definition of "Certificateholder," and neither the
Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any
agent of the Company, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary except as provided in
Section 5.02(f).
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Section 5.05. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Trustee may appoint a Paying Agent for the purpose of making
distributions to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.02. In the event
of any such appointment, on or prior to each Distribution Date the Master
Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited with
the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to make the payments to the Certificateholders
in the amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 4.02, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
The Trustee shall cause each Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the
Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee
that such Paying Agent will hold all sums held by it for the payment to the
Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders. Any sums so
held by such Paying Agent shall be held only in Eligible Accounts to the extent
such sums are not distributed to the Certificateholders on the date of receipt
by such Paying Agent.
Section 5.06. Optional Purchase of Certificates.
(a) On any Distribution Date on which the Pool Stated Principal Balance is
less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans, either the Master Servicer or the Company shall have the right, at its
option, to purchase the Certificates in whole, but not in part, at a price equal
to the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates plus the
sum of Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual
Period and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest.
(b) The Master Servicer or the Company, as applicable, shall give the
Trustee not less than 60 days' prior notice of the Distribution Date on which
the Master Servicer or the Company, as applicable, anticipates that it will
purchase the Certificates pursuant to Section 5.06(a). Notice of any such
purchase, specifying the Distribution Date upon which the Holders may surrender
their Certificates to the Trustee for payment in accordance with this Section
5.06, shall be given promptly by the Master Servicer or the Company, as
applicable, by letter to Certificateholders (with a copy to the Certificate
Registrar and each Rating Agency) mailed not earlier than the 15th day and not
later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month of such final
distribution, specifying:
(i) the Distribution Date upon which purchase of the Certificates
is anticipated to be made upon presentation and surrender of
such Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee
therein designated,
(ii) the purchase price therefor, if known, and
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution
Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office
or agency of the Trustee therein specified.
If either the Master Servicer or the Company gives the notice specified above,
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or the Company, as applicable, shall deposit in the Certificate Account before
the Distribution Date on which the purchase pursuant to Section 5.06(a) is to be
made, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to the purchase price for
the Certificates computed as provided above.
(c) Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates to be purchased
pursuant to Section 5.06(a) by the Holders thereof, the Trustee shall distribute
to such Holders an amount equal to the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance
thereof plus the sum of Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for the related
Interest Accrual Period and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest
with respect thereto.
(d) In the event that any Certificateholders do not surrender their
Certificates on or before the Distribution Date on which a purchase pursuant to
this Section 5.06 is to be made, the Trustee shall on such date cause all funds
in the Certificate Account deposited therein by the Master Servicer or the
Company, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5.06(b) to be withdrawn therefrom
and deposited in a separate escrow account for the benefit of such
Certificateholders, and the Master Servicer or the Company, as applicable, shall
give a second written notice to such Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for payment of the purchase price therefor. If within six months
after the second notice any Certificate shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Trustee shall take appropriate steps as directed by the Master
Servicer or the Company, as applicable, to contact the Holders of such
Certificates concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses
of maintaining the escrow account and of contacting Certificateholders shall be
paid out of the assets which remain in the escrow account. If within nine months
after the second notice any Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation in accordance with this Section 5.06, the Trustee shall pay to the
Master Servicer or the Company, as applicable, all amounts distributable to the
Holders thereof and the Master Servicer or the Company, as applicable, shall
thereafter hold such amounts until distributed to such Holders. No interest
shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in the
escrow account or by the Master Servicer or the Company, as applicable, as a
result of such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for
payment in accordance with this Section 5.06. Any Certificate that is not
surrendered on the Distribution Date on which a purchase pursuant to this
Section 5.06 occurs as provided above will be deemed to have been purchased and
the Holder as of such date will have no rights with respect thereto except to
receive the purchase price therefor minus any costs and expenses associated with
such escrow account and notices allocated thereto. Any Certificates so purchased
or deemed to have been purchased on such Distribution Date shall remain
outstanding hereunder. The Master Servicer or the Company, as applicable, shall
be for all purposes the Holder thereof as of such date.
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ARTICLE VI
THE COMPANY AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Company and the Master
Servicer.
The Company and the Master Servicer shall each be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively
imposed upon and undertaken by the Company and the Master Servicer herein. By
way of illustration and not limitation, the Company is not liable for the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, nor is it obligated by
Section 7.01 or Section 10.01 to assume any obligations of the Master Servicer
or to appoint a designee to assume such obligations, nor is it liable for any
other obligation hereunder that it may, but is not obligated to, assume unless
it elects to assume such obligation in accordance herewith.
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Company or the Master
Servicer; Assignment of Rights and Delegation of Duties by Master Servicer.
(a) The Company and the Master Servicer will each keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of
its incorporation, and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans
and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
(b) Any Person into which the Company or the Master Servicer may be merged
or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation
to which the Company or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the business of the Company or the Master Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Company or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding;
provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to the Master Servicer
shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of FNMA or FHLMC; and
provided further that each Rating Agency's ratings, if any, of the Senior, Class
M or Class B Certificates in effect immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation will not be qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a result thereof
(as evidenced by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency).
(c) Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 6.02 and Section 6.04 to
the contrary, the Master 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 which is qualified to service
mortgage loans on behalf of FNMA or FHLMC, is reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Company, is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and executes
and delivers to the Company and the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee, which contains an
assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of
each covenant and condition to be performed or observed
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by the Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided further that each Rating
Agency's rating of the Classes of Certificates that have been rated in effect
immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified,
reduced or withdrawn as a result of such assignment and delegation (as evidenced
by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency). In the case of any such
assignment and delegation, the Master Servicer shall be released from its
obligations under this Agreement, except that the Master Servicer shall remain
liable for all liabilities and obligations incurred by it as Master Servicer
hereunder prior to the satisfaction of the conditions to such assignment and
delegation set forth in the next preceding sentence.
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Company, the Master Servicer
and Others.
Neither the Company, the Master Servicer nor any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Company or the Master Servicer shall be
under any liability to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to
this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this
provision shall not protect the Company, the Master Servicer or any such Person
against any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any liability
which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard
of obligations and duties hereunder. The Company, the Master Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or the Master 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 Company,
the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company
or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless
against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal
action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss,
liability or expense 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 willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance
of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder.
Neither the Company nor the Master Servicer shall be under any obligation
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal or administrative action,
proceeding, hearing or examination that is not incidental to its respective
duties under this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability; provided, however, that the Company or the Master Servicer
may in its discretion undertake any such action, proceeding, hearing or
examination that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement
and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action, proceeding, hearing or examination and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the
Company and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out
of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Custodial
Account as provided by Section 3.10 and, on the Distribution Date(s) following
such reimbursement, the aggregate of such expenses and costs shall be allocated
in reduction of the Accrued Certificate Interest on each Class entitled thereto
in the same manner as if such expenses and costs constituted a Prepayment
Interest Shortfall.
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Section 6.04. Company and Master Servicer Not to Resign.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, neither the Company nor the
Master Servicer shall resign from its respective obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Company or the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation
by the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor
servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities and
obligations in accordance with Section 7.02.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events (whatever reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i) the Master Servicer shall fail to distribute or cause to be
distributed to the Holders of Certificates of any Class any
distribution required to be made under the terms of the
Certificates of such Class and this Agreement and, in either
case, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 5
days after the date upon which written notice of such failure,
requiring such failure to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Company or to the
Master Servicer, the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating not less than 25%; or
(ii) the Master Servicer shall fail to observe or perform in any
material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
part of the Master Servicer contained in the Certificates of any
Class or in this Agreement and such failure shall continue
unremedied for a period of 30 days (except that such number of
days shall be 15 in the case of a failure to pay the premium for
any Required Insurance Policy) after the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall
have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the
Company, or to the Master Servicer, the Company and the Trustee
by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing, in the
case of any such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 25%; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an
involuntary case under any present or future federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master
Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities,
or similar proceedings of, or relating to, the Master Servicer
or of, or relating to, all or substantially all of the
property of the
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Master Servicer; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to
take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under, any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily
suspend payment of its obligations; or
(vi) the Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.04(b) that it is unable to deposit in the
Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i)-(v) of this Section shall
occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default
shall not have been remedied, either the Company or the Trustee may, and at the
direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer (and to
the Company if given by the Trustee or to the Trustee if given by the Company),
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than
its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. If an Event of Default described in
clause (vi) hereof shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice to the Master
Servicer and the Company, immediately terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the
Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a
Certificateholder hereunder as provided in Section 4.04(b). On or after the
receipt by the M