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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest Event
Reported): August 1, 2000
CWABS, INC., (as depositor under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2000,
providing for the issuance of the CWABS, INC., Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-3).
CWABS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 333-38686 95-4596514
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
4500 Park Granada
Calabasas, California 91302
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(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 225-3240
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Item 5. Other Events.
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Description of the Certificates and the Mortgage Pool*
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On August 1, 2000, CWABS, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), by and among the Company, as depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc. ("CHL"), as seller and master servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), providing for the issuance of the Company's
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3 (the "Certificates"). The Pooling and
Servicing Agreement is annexed hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
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* Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the prospectus dated August 18, 2000 and
the prospectus supplement dated August 18, 2000 of CWABS, Inc., relating
to its Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3.
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Mortgage Loan Statistics
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The following tables describe characteristics of the Initial Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date. All percentages set forth below have been
calculated based on the principal balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of
the date set forth below. The sum of the columns may not equal the respective
totals due to rounding.
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Type of Mortgage Rate
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Balance Mortgage Mortgage
Type of Mortgage Rate Outstanding Pool Loans
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Adjustable Rate $218,454,171.80 85.65% 1,234
Fixed Rate 36,588,072.29 14.35 731
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
Mortgage Rates as of the Initial Cut-off Date for the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Range of Initial Balance Mortgage Mortgage
Mortgage Rates (%) Outstanding Pool Loans
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<= 7.000 $ 1,542,835.88 0.60% 5
7.001 - 7.500 598,741.29 0.23 2
7.501 - 8.000 2,829,485.58 1.11 11
8.001 - 8.500 7,967,419.05 3.12 28
8.501 - 9.000 20,442,645.20 8.02 75
9.001 - 9.500 27,912,015.98 10.94 118
9.501 - 10.000 50,236,865.02 19.70 218
10.001 - 10.500 38,500,627.78 15.10 196
10.501 - 11.000 37,686,329.01 14.78 230
11.001 - 11.500 17,837,420.21 6.99 149
11.501 - 12.000 12,686,145.18 4.97 119
12.001 - 12.500 5,593,956.87 2.19 87
12.501 - 13.000 6,584,351.07 2.58 89
13.001 - 13.500 4,434,714.78 1.74 63
13.501 - 14.000 2,906,818.66 1.14 58
14.001 - 14.500 2,164,044.20 0.85 71
14.501 - 15.000 1,677,726.65 0.66 48
15.001 - 15.500 4,635,825.03 1.82 126
15.501 - 16.000 5,476,478.54 2.15 151
16.001 - 16.500 977,296.40 0.38 42
16.501 - 17.000 758,518.87 0.30 26
17.001 - 17.500 1,007,163.68 0.39 36
> 17.500 584,819.16 0.23 17
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
As of the Initial Cut-off Date, the weighted average Mortgage Rate of the
Initial Mortgage Loans is approximately 10.652%. With respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans that have adjustable Mortgage Rates, the weighted average Gross
Margin of these Initial Mortgage Loans is approximately 6.493%, the weighted
average Minimum Mortgage Rate is approximately 10.354% and the weighted
average Maximum Mortgage Rate is approximately 17.197%.
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratios for the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Range of Combined Balance Mortgage Mortgage
Loan-to-Value Ratios (%) Outstanding Pool Loans
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<= 10.00 $ 92,650.00 0.04% 3
10.01 - 15.00 230,186.44 0.09 6
15.01 - 20.00 671,176.66 0.26 15
20.01 - 25.00 378,529.37 0.15 18
25.01 - 30.00 891,131.49 0.35 27
30.01 - 35.00 651,797.35 0.26 23
35.01 - 40.00 1,377,586.48 0.54 29
40.01 - 45.00 1,680,443.92 0.66 29
45.01 - 50.00 2,765,993.93 1.08 45
50.01 - 55.00 3,683,316.42 1.44 42
55.01 - 60.00 5,977,088.72 2.34 64
60.01 - 65.00 13,055,447.31 5.12 144
65.01 - 70.00 20,757,806.27 8.14 175
70.01 - 75.00 33,617,824.25 13.18 222
75.01 - 80.00 70,628,606.53 27.69 421
80.01 - 85.00 48,432,474.20 18.99 366
85.01 - 90.00 44,861,269.19 17.59 304
90.01 - 95.00 5,203,915.56 2.04 31
95.01 - 95.08 85,000.00 0.03 1
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
As of the Initial Cut-off Date, the weighted average Combined Loan-to-Value
Ratio of the Initial Mortgage Loans is approximately 77.87%.
Remaining Months to Stated Maturity for the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Remaining Term Balance Mortgage Mortgage
(months) Outstanding Pool Loans
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118 - 120 $ 1,768,446.41 0.69% 85
121 - 180 17,347,302.35 6.80 464
181 - 240 398,710.98 0.16 4
301 - 360 235,527,784.35 92.35 1,412
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
As of the Initial Cut-off Date, the weighted average Remaining Term to
Maturity of the Initial Mortgage Loans is approximately 345 months.
Lien Priority of the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Balance Mortgage Mortgage
Lien Priority Outstanding Pool Loans
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First Lien $245,310,050.52 96.18% 1,617
Second Lien 9,732,193.57 3.82 348
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
State Distribution of the Mortgaged Properties for the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Balance Mortgage Mortgage
State Outstanding Pool Loans
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Alabama $ 140,494.31 0.06% 2
Alaska 185,726.33 0.07 2
Arizona 5,959,012.54 2.34 46
Arkansas 619,741.82 0.24 13
California 111,065,364.14 43.55 540
Colorado 8,873,377.08 3.48 42
Connecticut 4,599,288.29 1.80 23
District of Columbia 1,871,604.93 0.73 10
Florida 6,803,180.15 2.67 94
Georgia 4,678,632.90 1.83 47
Hawaii 1,728,622.11 0.68 11
Idaho 1,414,649.65 0.55 11
Illinois 6,353,271.76 2.49 72
Indiana 2,997,137.72 1.18 43
Iowa 307,483.23 0.12 9
Kansas 997,653.08 0.39 13
Kentucky 964,434.69 0.38 13
Louisiana 2,248,852.83 0.88 37
Maine 20,995.06 0.01 1
Maryland 5,121,942.79 2.01 33
Massachusetts 6,513,648.72 2.55 56
Michigan 10,627,902.84 4.17 127
Minnesota 1,548,214.29 0.61 10
Mississippi 550,381.93 0.22 12
Missouri 2,695,041.13 1.06 40
Montana 903,493.61 0.35 6
Nebraska 162,409.14 0.06 5
Nevada 4,426,704.17 1.74 25
New Hampshire 412,827.37 0.16 8
New Jersey 5,209,224.87 2.04 30
New Mexico 1,169,344.49 0.46 9
New York 6,770,659.90 2.65 49
North Carolina 2,020,770.30 0.79 19
North Dakota 36,000.00 0.01 2
Ohio 5,050,603.31 1.98 67
Oklahoma 940,961.51 0.37 14
Oregon 1,903,466.31 0.75 16
Pennsylvania 2,287,201.08 0.90 40
Rhode Island 830,996.00 0.33 9
South Carolina 995,552.58 0.39 16
Tennessee 3,912,655.76 1.53 38
Texas 10,596,140.77 4.15 146
Utah 3,781,027.01 1.48 30
Vermont 187,400.00 0.07 2
Virginia 4,403,006.27 1.73 38
Washington 8,172,491.87 3.20 52
West Virginia 320,064.86 0.13 8
Wisconsin 1,622,088.59 0.64 28
Wyoming 40,500.00 0.02 1
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
Type of Mortgaged Properties for the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Balance Mortgage Mortgage
Property Type Outstanding Pool Loans
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Single Family $207,969,253.83 81.54% 1,669
PUD 30,484,755.38 11.95 144
Condominium 9,992,412.42 3.92 84
Two-Four Family 4,868,340.77 1.91 40
Manufactured Housing 1,727,481.69 0.68 28
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
Occupancy Types for the Mortgaged Properties for the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Balance Mortgage Mortgage
Occupancy Type Outstanding Pool Loans
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Primary Residence $248,320,780.31 97.36% 1,910
Investment Property 4,304,619.20 1.69 39
Second Home 2,416,844.58 0.95 16
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
Loan Purpose for the Initial Mortgage Loans
Aggregate Percent Number of
Principal of Initial Initial
Balance Mortgage Mortgage
Loan Purpose Outstanding Pool Loans
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Cash Out Refinance $129,851,318.08 50.91% 1,088
Purchase 95,196,963.40 37.33 479
Rate/Term Refinance 29,993,962.61 11.76 398
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TOTAL $255,042,244.09 100.00% 1,965
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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
Information and Exhibits.
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(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Exhibits:
99.1 Pooling & Servicing Agreement, dated August 1, 2000, by and
among the Company, CHL and the Trustee.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CWABS, INC.
By: /s/ Michael Muir
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Michael Muir
Vice President
Dated: September 15, 2000
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit Page
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99.1 Pooling & Servicing Agreement, dated August 1, 2000, by
and among the Company, CHL and the Trustee.
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EXHIBIT 99.1
EXECUTION COPY
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CWABS, INC.,
Depositor
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
Seller and Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 1, 2000
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ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2000-3
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01. Defined Terms..........................................................................I-1
Section 1.02. [Reserved].............................................................................I-33
ARTICLE II.
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans..........................................................II-34
Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans...........................................II-40
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer and the Seller.......II-45
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.......................................II-57
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions and Repurchases.......II-59
Section 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates...........................................II-59
Section 2.07. Covenants of the Master Servicer......................................................II-60
ARTICLE III.
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans............................................III-61
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Master Servicer......................III-62
Section 3.03. Rights of the Depositor, the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer...............III-63
Section 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer....................................................III-63
Section 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account; Distribution Account;
Pre-Funding Account..................................................................III-63
Section 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts..................III-67
Section 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.........III-67
Section 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account, Distribution Account and the
Carryover Reserve Fund...............................................................III-68
Section 3.09. [Reserved.]..........................................................................III-70
Section 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance......................................................III-70
Section 3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements............................III-71
Section 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds and
Realized Losses; Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans................................III-72
Section 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files......................................III-75
Section 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer to be Held for the
Trustee..............................................................................III-76
Section 3.15. Servicing Compensation...............................................................III-76
Section 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation......................................................III-77
Section 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance....................................................III-77
Section 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.....III-77
ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 4.01. Advances..............................................................................IV-79
Section 4.02. Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.IV-79
Section 4.03. [Reserved]............................................................................IV-80
Section 4.04. Distributions.........................................................................IV-80
Section 4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders..............................................IV-83
Section 4.06. [Reserved]............................................................................IV-86
Section 4.07. [Reserved]............................................................................IV-86
Section 4.08. Carryover Reserve Fund................................................................IV-86
ARTICLE V.
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.......................................................................V-87
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates............V-87
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates......................................V-91
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners..................................................................V-92
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses..............................V-92
Section 5.06. Book-Entry Certificates................................................................V-92
Section 5.07. Notices to Depository..................................................................V-93
Section 5.08. Definitive Certificates................................................................V-93
Section 5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................................................V-94
ARTICLE VI.
THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SELLER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller...........VI-95
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Seller...........VI-95
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and others..VI-95
Section 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer..........................................VI-96
Section 6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds........................................VI-96
ARTICLE VII.
DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF MASTER SERVICER
Section 7.01. Events of Default....................................................................VII-97
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.............................................VII-98
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders...................................................II-100
ARTICLE VIII.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of Trustee....................................................................II-101
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee................................................II-102
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Mortgage Loans................................................II-103
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.........................................................II-103
Section 8.05. Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses...................................II-103
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.................................................II-104
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee...................................................II-104
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee....................................................................II-105
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...................................................II-106
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee........................................II-106
Section 8.11. Tax Matters..........................................................................II-107
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage Loans.....................IX-110
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates...............................................IX-110
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements..................................................IX-111
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Amendment.............................................................................X-113
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts................................................X-114
Section 10.03. Governing Law.........................................................................X-114
Section 10.04. Intention of Parties..................................................................X-115
Section 10.05. Notices...............................................................................X-115
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions............................................................X-116
Section 10.07. Assignment............................................................................X-116
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders............................................X-116
Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights...........................................................X-117
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.............................................X-117
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2000, among
CWABS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"),
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., a New York corporation (in its capacity as
seller hereunder, the "Seller", and in its capacity as master servicer
hereunder, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Subsidiary REMIC will be evidenced by the LT-Accrual Interest
(the "Subsidiary REMIC Accrual Class"), the Class LT-A, Class LT-M-1, Class
LT-M-2, Class LT-B Interests (the "Subsidiary REMIC Accretion Directed
Classes"), which will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are hereby
designated as the "regular interests" in the Subsidiary REMIC. The Class R-1
Interest is hereby designated as the sole class of residual interest in the
Subsidiary REMIC. The Subsidiary REMIC Interests will have the following
designations, initial principal balances, pass-through rates, and
Corresponding Classes of Master REMIC Certificates ("Corresponding Classes"):
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Pass-
Subsidiary REMIC Initial Through Corresponding
Interests Balance Rate Class
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LT-A 1/2 Corresponding Master REMIC Class balance Adjustable A
Net Rate
LT-M-1 1/2 Corresponding Master REMIC Class balance Adjustable M-1
Net Rate
LT-M-2 1/2 Corresponding Master REMIC Class balance Adjustable M-2
Net Rate
LT-B 1/2 Corresponding Master REMIC Class balance Adjustable B
Net Rate
LT-Accrual Interest (1/2 Mortgage Loan balance plus 1/2 Pre-Funded Adjustable N/A
Amount plus 1/2 Overcollateralization Amount) Net Rate
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On each Distribution Date, 50% of the increase in the
Overcollateralization Amount will be payable as a reduction of the principal
balances of the Subsidiary REMIC Accretion Directed Classes (each such Class
will be reduced by an amount equal to 50% of any increase in the
Overcollateralization Amount that is attributable to a reduction in the
principal balance of its Corresponding Class) and will be accrued and added to
the principal balance of the Subsidiary REMIC Accrual Class. All payments of
scheduled principal and prepayments of principal generated by the Mortgage
Loans shall be allocated 50% to the Subsidiary REMIC Accrual Class, and 50% to
the Subsidiary REMIC Accretion Directed Classes (principal payments shall be
allocated among such Subsidiary REMIC Accretion Directed Classes in an amount
equal to 50% of the principal amounts allocated to their respective
Corresponding Classes), until paid in full. Notwithstanding the above,
principal payments allocated to the Class B-IO Certificates that result in a
reduction in the Overcollateralization Amount shall be allocated to the
Subsidiary REMIC Accrual Class (until paid in full). Realized losses shall be
applied so that after all distributions have been made on each Distribution
Date (i) the principal balances of each of the Subsidiary REMIC Accretion
Directed Classes is equal to 50% of the principal balance of their
Corresponding Class, and (ii) the Subsidiary REMIC Accrual Class is equal to
50% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans plus 50% of the
Overcollateralization Amount.
The following Master REMIC Interests, each of which is hereby
designated a regular interest in the Master REMIC, will have the following
designations, initial principal balances, pass-through rates:
Pass-
Class Initial Through
Balance Rate
Class A $279,500,000 (1)
Class M-1 $21,125,000 (1)
Class M-2 $13,000,000 (1)
Class B $11,375,000 (1)
Class B-IO (2) (3)
(1) The lesser of: (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the Pass-Through Margin for
such Class of Offered Certificates and (ii) the Adjustable Net Rate.
(2) Notional principal balance equals the actual principal balance of the
Mortgage Pool plus the Pre-Funded Amount.
(3) The pass through rate in respect of the Class B-IO Certificates will
be the excess of: (i) the Adjustable Net Rate over (ii) the product
of: (A) two and (B) the weighted average Pass-Through Rate of the
Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests, where the Subsidiary REMIC
Accrual Class is subject to a cap equal to zero and each Subsidiary
REMIC Accretion Directed Class is subject to a cap equal to the Pass
Through Rate on its Corresponding Class.
The Class R-2 Interest is hereby designated as the sole class of
residual interest in the Master REMIC. The Class R Certificates will represent
beneficial ownership of both the Class R-1 Interest and the Class R-2
Interest.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Defined Terms.
In addition to those defined terms defined in Section 1.02, whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accrual Period: With respect to the Certificates (other than the
Class B-IO and the Class R Certificates) and any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of
the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending on the day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date. All calculations of interest on
the Certificates will be made on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in the related Accrual Period and a 360 day year. The Class B-IO and
the Class R Certificates are not entitled to distributions of interest.
Adjustable Net Rate: The weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the
Mortgage Loans. For purposes of the definition of Adjustable Net Rate, all
calculations of interest in respect of a Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Rate
less the related Servicing Fee Rate will be made on the basis of the actual
number of days in the related Accrual Period and a 360 day year. The
Adjustable Net Rate in respect of the first Distribution Date shall be
12.182%.
Adjustable Rate Initial Mortgage Loans: Initial Mortgage Loans that
have Mortgage Rates that are adjustable for the life of the related Mortgage.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is adjustable for the
life of the related Mortgage, including any Mortgage Loans delivered in
replacement thereof.
Adjustable Rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans: Subsequent Mortgage Loans
that have Mortgage Rates that are adjustable for the life of the related
Mortgage.
Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, each date
on which the related Mortgage Rate is subject to adjustment, as provided in
the related Mortgage Note.
Advance: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by the
Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.01, the amount of any such advances being equal to the sum of (A) the
aggregate of payments of principal and interest (net of the Servicing Fees) on
the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related Due Date and not received as
of the close of business on the related Determination Date and (B) with
respect to each REO Property that has not been liquidated, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (x) one month's interest (adjusted to the Net Mortgage
Rate) on the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan over (y)
the net monthly rental income (if any) from such REO Property deposited in the
Certificate Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.12, less
the aggregate amount of any such delinquent payments that the Master Servicer
has determined would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance were an advance to be
made with respect thereto.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any and all
amendments or supplements hereto made in accordance with the terms herein.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of business on
the immediately preceding Determination Date on account of (i) all Scheduled
Payments or portions thereof received in respect of the Mortgage Loans due
after the related Due Date and (ii) Principal Prepayments and Liquidation
Proceeds received in respect of such Mortgage Loans after the last day of the
related Prepayment Period or Due Period, respectively.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the sum of the Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans which are to
be applied in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, which shall on any such Distribution
Date equal the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Offered Certificates (after all distributions of principal on
such Distribution Date) exceeds the Stated Principal Balance for such
Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans plus the amount, if any, in the
Pre-Funding Account.
Appraised Value: The appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based
upon the appraisal made for the Seller by a fee appraiser at the time of the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, or the sales price of the Mortgaged
Property at the time of such origination, whichever is less, or with respect
to any Mortgage Loan originated in connection with a refinancing, the
appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the
time of such refinancing.
Bankruptcy Code: Title 11 of the United States Code.
Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of
which is reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a person
maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository
Participant", or indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the
rules of the Depository and as described in Section 5.06). As of the Closing
Date, each Class of Offered Certificates constitutes a Class of Book-Entry
Certificates.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii)
a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York or the
city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Carryover Reserve Fund: The separate Eligible Account created and
initially maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.09 in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Offered Certificates and
designated "The Bank of New York in trust for registered holders of CWABS,
Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3". Funds in the Carryover
Reserve Fund shall be held in trust for the Holders of the Offered
Certificates for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed and
authenticated by the Trustee in substantially the forms attached hereto as
exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
initially maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(b) with a
depository institution in the name of the Master Servicer for the benefit of
the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and designated "Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc. in trust for registered holders of CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-3". Funds in the Certificate Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in
this Agreement.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
person that is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Offered Certificate and as
of any Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificate less the sum of (i) all amounts distributed with respect to such
Certificate in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on
previous Distribution Dates pursuant to Section 4.04, and (ii) any Applied
Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Certificate on previous Distribution
Dates pursuant to Section 4.04(f). References herein to the Certificate
Principal Balance of a Class of Certificates shall mean the Certificate
Principal Balances of all Certificates in such Class.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
5.02 hereof.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee
for the Depository, in the case of any Class of Offered Certificates, except
that solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement,
any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of
the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the Voting Interest
evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the
requisite amount of Voting Interests necessary to effect such consent has been
obtained; provided that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100%
of the Voting Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such
Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision
hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a
particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The
Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor
or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are
registered in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set
forth in Section 5.01 hereof.
Class A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class A Certificateholder: A holder of a Class A Certificate.
Class A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates.
Class A Current Interest: For any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
on the Class A Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date plus any amount previously distributed with respect to
interest for such Class that is recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy.
Class A Interest Carryforward Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the excess of (a) the Class A Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (b) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(ii) interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class A Net Rate Cap Carryover: For any Distribution Date on which
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class A Certificates is based upon the Net Rate
Cap, the excess of (i) the amount of interest the Class A Certificates would
have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the Pass-Through
Rate been calculated as One-Month LIBOR plus the applicable Pass-Through
Margin (up to but not exceeding the Maximum Rate), over (ii) the amount of
interest the Class A Certificates received on such Distribution Date based on
the Net Rate Cap, together with the unpaid portion of any such excess from
prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate, without giving effect to the Net Rate Cap, up to but not
exceeding the Maximum Rate).
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
excess (if any) of (1) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (2) the lesser
of (I) 68.50% of the Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of
the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool and (II) the Stated Principal Balance
for such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool less the
OC Floor.
Class B Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage
Loans which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B Certificates.
Class B Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class B Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B Certificates.
Class B Cumulative Loss Trigger Event: Exists for a Distribution Date
on and after the September 2003 Distribution Date if cumulative Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans exceed the applicable percentages set forth
herein of the sum of Cut-off Date Principal Balances of the Initial Mortgage
Loans plus the amount deposited in the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing
Date: for any Distribution Date from September 2003 through August 2004,
4.00%; for any Distribution Date from September 2004 through August 2005,
5.00%; for any Distribution Date thereafter, 6.25%.
Class B Current Interest: For any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
on the Class B Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date plus any amount previously distributed with respect to
interest for such Class that is recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy.
Class B Interest Carryforward Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the excess of (a) the Class B Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (b) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(ii) interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class B Net Rate Cap Carryover: For any Distribution Date on which
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class B Certificates is based upon the Net Rate
Cap, the excess of (i) the amount of interest the Class B Certificates would
have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the Pass-Through
Rate been calculated as One-Month LIBOR plus the applicable Pass-Through
Margin (up to but not exceeding the Maximum Rate), over (ii) the amount of
interest the Class B Certificates received on such Distribution Date based on
the Net Rate Cap, together with the unpaid portion of any such excess from
prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate, without giving effect to the Net Rate Cap, up to but not
exceeding the Maximum Rate).
Class B Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess (if any) of (1) the sum of (a) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (b) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (c) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (d) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser
of (A) (x) so long as a Class B Cumulative Loss Trigger Event is not in
effect, 96.50% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in the
Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date and (y) if a Class B Cumulative Loss
Trigger Event is in effect, 95.50% of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date and (B) the
Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans in
the Mortgage Pool less the OC Floor; provided, however, that after the
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M-1 and Class M-2
Certificates are reduced to zero, the Class B Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date will equal 100% of the Principal Distribution
Amount.
Class B Unpaid Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution
Date on which a Class B Cumulative Loss Trigger Event exists, the amount equal
to the excess of (i) the amount calculated pursuant to the definition of Class
B Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the
amount distributed to the Class B Certificateholders from the related
Principal Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.04(b).
Class B Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (i) the Class B Applied Realized Loss Amount over (ii) the sum of
all distributions in reduction of the Class B Applied Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates.
Class B-IO Certificates: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-IO
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-15 hereto.
Class B-IO Distributable Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of (i) the notional balance of the Class B-IO Certificates,
(ii) the Pass-Through Rate of the Class B-IO Certificates and (iii) (a) the
actual number of days in the Accrual Period divided by (b) 360.
Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage
Loans which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates.
Class M-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-5 hereto,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates.
Class M-1 Current Interest: For any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
on the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date plus any amount previously distributed with respect to
interest for such Class that is recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy.
Class M-1 Interest Carryforward Amount: For any Distribution Date,
the sum of (i) the excess of (a) the Class M-1 Current Interest with respect
to prior Distribution Dates over (b) the amount actually distributed to the
Class M-1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution
Dates and (ii) interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at
the Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-1 Net Rate Cap Carryover: For any Distribution Date on which
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-1 Certificates is based upon the Net
Rate Cap, the excess of (i) the amount of interest the Class M-1 Certificates
would have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the
Pass-Through Rate been calculated as One-Month LIBOR plus the applicable
Pass-Through Margin (up to but not exceeding the Maximum Rate), over (ii) the
amount of interest the Class M-1 Certificates received on such Distribution
Date based on the Net Rate Cap, together with the unpaid portion of any such
excess from prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the
applicable Pass-Through Rate, without giving effect to the Net Rate Cap, up to
but not exceeding the Maximum Rate).
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess (if any) of (1) the sum of (a) Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (b) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser
of (A) 81.50% of the Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of
the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool and (B) the Stated Principal Balance
for such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool less the
OC Floor.
Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the excess of (i) the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (ii) the sum
of all distributions in reduction of the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss
Amounts on all previous Distribution Dates.
Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage
Loans which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates.
Class M-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates.
Class M-2 Current Interest: For any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
on the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date plus any amount previously distributed with respect to
interest for such Class that is recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy.
Class M-2 Interest Carryforward Amount: For any Distribution Date,
the sum of (i) the excess of (a) the Class M-2 Current Interest with respect
to prior Distribution Dates over (b) the amount actually distributed to the
Class M-2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution
Dates and (ii) interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at
the Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.
Class M-2 Net Rate Cap Carryover: For any Distribution Date on which
the Pass-Through Rate for the Class M-2 Certificates is based upon the Net
Rate Cap, the excess of (i) the amount of interest the Class M-2 Certificates
would have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the
Pass-Through Rate been calculated as One-Month LIBOR plus the applicable
Pass-Through Margin (up to but not exceeding the Maximum Rate), over (ii) the
amount of interest the Class M-2 Certificates received on such Distribution
Date based on the Net Rate Cap, together with the unpaid portion of any such
excess from prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the
applicable Pass-Through Rate, without giving effect to the Net Rate Cap, up to
but not exceeding the Maximum Rate).
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess (if any) of (1) the sum of (a) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (b) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (c) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior
to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 89.50% of the Stated
Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans in the
Mortgage Pool and (B) the Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date
of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool less the OC Floor.
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the excess of (i) the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (ii) the sum
of all distributions in reduction of the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss
Amounts on all previous Distribution Dates.
Class R Certificate: Any one of the Class R Certificates executed and
authenticated by the Trustee in substantially the form set forth in Exhibits D
and E hereto, and evidencing ownership of the Class R-1 and Class R-2
Interests.
Closing Date: August 31, 2000.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio: The fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the outstanding principal balance
at the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan of any senior mortgage loan,
or in the case of an open-ended senior mortgage loan (if any), the maximum
available line of credit with respect to such mortgage loan, regardless of any
lesser amount actually outstanding at the date of origination of the Mortgage
Loan, and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property.
Compensating Interest: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, an amount
equal to one-half of the Servicing Fee, to be applied to the interest portion
of a Prepayment Interest Shortfall on such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
4.02 hereof.
Corresponding Certificate: With respect to each REMIC 4 Regular
Interest, the Certificate that evidences ownership of that REMIC 4 Regular
Interest.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of New York where 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 Agreement is located at 101 Barclay Street, 12E, New
York, New York 10286 (Attention: Corporate Trust MBS Administration),
telephone: (212) 815-8727, facsimile: (212) 815-5309.
Credit Comeback Excess Amount: With respect to Fixed Rate Credit
Comeback Loans and any Master Servicer Advance Date, the portion of the sum of
the following (without duplication) attributable to the excess, if any, of the
actual mortgage rate on a Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loan over the Mortgage
Rate on such Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loan: (i) all scheduled interest
collected during the related Due Period with respect to the Fixed Rate Credit
Comeback Loans, (ii) all Advances relating to interest with respect to the
Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loans, (iii) all Compensating Interest with respect
to the Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loans and (iv) Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to the Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loans collected during the related
Due Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds relate to interest), less
the sum of (i) all Nonrecoverable Advances relating to interest on such Fixed
Rate Credit Comeback Loans reimbursed during the related Due Period and (ii)
any Servicing Fees related to such Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loans.
Cut-off Date: For any Initial Mortgage Loan included in the Mortgage
Pool, the later of August 1, 2000 or the origination date of such Mortgage
Loan. For any Subsequent Mortgage Loan to be included in the Mortgage Pool,
the origination date for such Subsequent Mortgage Loan (unless such Subsequent
Mortgage Loan was originated prior to August 25, 2000, in which case, as of
August 1, 2000).
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, as
specified in its amortization schedule at the time, after giving effect to any
partial prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds received prior to such date and
to the payment of principal due on such date and irrespective of any
delinquency in payment by the related mortgagor.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan that became
final and non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient
Valuation or any other 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 such Mortgage Loan, or any
reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any
Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which
valuation or reduction results from an order of such court that is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: (i) The Initial Mortgage Loans
identified on the schedule of Mortgage Loans hereto set forth on Exhibit F-2
hereof for which all or a portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered
to the Trustee on or prior to the Closing Date, and (ii) all Subsequent
Mortgage Loans. The Depositor shall deliver (or cause delivery of) the
Mortgage Files to the Trustee: (A) with respect to at least 50% of the Initial
Mortgage Loans, not later than the Closing Date, (B) with respect to at least
an additional 40% of the Initial Mortgage Loans, not later than 21 days after
the Closing Date, and not later than twenty one days after the relevant
Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to at least 90% of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Subsequent Transfer Date, and (C) , with
respect to the remaining 10% of the Initial Mortgage Loans, not later than
thirty days after the Closing Date, and not later than thirty days after the
relevant Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to the remaining 10% of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on the related Subsequent Transfer Date. To
the extent that Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. shall be in possession of any
Mortgage Files with respect to any Delay Delivery Loan, until delivery of such
Mortgage File to the Trustee as provided in Section 2.01, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc. shall hold such files as Master Servicer hereunder, as agent and
in trust for the Trustee.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by
a Replacement Mortgage Loan.
Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due
thereon is not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close
of business on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is
"30 days delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of
business on the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the
month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day
(e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was
due on the 31st day of such month), then on the last day of such immediately
succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days delinquent" and
so on.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth
on the face thereof as the "Initial Principal Balance of this Certificate".
Depositor: CWABS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in
interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC"), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York.
Depository Agreement: With respect to the Class of Book-Entry
Certificates, the agreement among the Depositor, the Trustee and the initial
Depository, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit
O.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 15th
day of the month of such Distribution Date or, if such 15th day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of New
York, in trust for registered holders of CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-3". Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in
this Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution Date, 1:00
p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the
initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in September 2000.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first day of the
month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
beginning on the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the Due Date in the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company, the
long-term unsecured debt obligations and short-term unsecured debt obligations
of which are rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest long-term
and its highest short-term rating categories respectively, at the time any
amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a
depository institution or trust company in which such accounts are insured by
the FDIC (to the limits established by the FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in
which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the
Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a
perfected first priority 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 or
trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company having capital and surplus
of not less than $50,000,000, acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any
other account acceptable to the Rating Agencies. Eligible Accounts may bear
interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition,
accounts maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA Restricted Certificate: Each of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
B, Class B-IO and Class R Certificates. Subordinated Certificates will cease
to be ERISA Restricted Certificates on the effective date of a final exemption
amending the Underwriters' Exemption to read substantially in the form in
which it was proposed in 65 Fed. Reg. 51454 (August 23, 2000) provided the
Master Servicer, in consultation with counsel, determines that the
Underwriters' Exemption, as amended, provides an exemption for the
Subordinated Certificates.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.
Excess Cashflow: With respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
remaining amounts constituting Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date
pursuant to Sections 4.04(a)(v), 4.04(b)(i)(5) and 4.04(b)(ii)(5).
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any Liquidation
Proceeds that are in excess of the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of
such Liquidated Loan as of the date of such liquidation plus (ii) interest at
the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or
advanced to Certificateholders (and not reimbursed to the Master Servicer) up
to the Due Date in the month in which such Liquidation Proceeds are required
to be distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of such Liquidated Loan
outstanding during each Due Period as to which such interest was not paid or
advanced.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of the Specified
Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date over the
Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date (after giving effect
to distributions of principal other than any Extra Principal Distribution
Amount) and (ii) the Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The 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.
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement
Act of 1989.
Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loan: Any Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan for
which the related mortgage rate is subject to reduction for good payment
history of Scheduled Payments by the related Mortgagor.
Fixed Rate Initial Mortgage Loans: Initial Mortgage Loans that have
Mortgage Rates which are fixed for the life of the related Mortgage or that
are Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loans.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is fixed for the life
of the related Mortgage or identified as a Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loan,
including any Mortgage Loans delivered in replacement thereof.
Fixed Rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans: Subsequent Mortgage Loans that
have Mortgage Rates which are fixed for the life of the related Mortgage or
any Subsequent Mortgage Loans which are Fixed Rate Credit Comeback Loans.
FNMA: The 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.
Funding Period: The period from and including the Closing Date to and
including September 29, 2000.
Gross Margin: The percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note
for the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans to be added to the Index for use in
determining the Mortgage Rate on each Adjustment Date, and which is set forth
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for such Mortgage Loans.
Index: As to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and on any Adjustment
Date related thereto, the index for the adjustment of the Mortgage Rate set
forth as such in the related Mortgage Note, such index in general being the
average of the London interbank offered rates for six-month U.S. dollar
deposits in the London market, as set forth in The Wall Street Journal, or, if
the Index ceases to be published in The Wall Street Journal or becomes
unavailable for any reason, then the Index shall be a new index selected by
the Master Servicer, as holder of the Mortgage Note, based on comparable
information, in each case as most recently announced as of a date 45 days
prior to such Adjustment Date.
Initial Adjustment Date: As to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
first Adjustment Date following the origination of such Mortgage Loan.
Initial Certificate Account Deposit: An amount equal to the aggregate
of all amounts in respect of (i) principal of the Initial Mortgage Loans due
after the Cut-off Date and received by the Master Servicer before the Closing
Date and not applied in computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof
and (ii) interest on the Initial Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date and
received by the Master Servicer before the Closing Date.
Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any
Certificate, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate or any
predecessor Certificate on the Closing Date.
Initial Cut-off Date: As defined in the definition of Cut-off Date.
Initial Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund on
the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement as identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date (not including any
Subsequent Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund on the Closing Date).
Initial Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Rate in
effect prior to the Initial Adjustment Date.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the
Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect with respect to such Mortgage Loan, including any
replacement policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to any Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy covering a
Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are payable to the mortgagee under
the Mortgage, the Master Servicer or the trustee under the deed of trust and
are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master
Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account, in
each case other than any amount included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect
of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any
other insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Carryforward Amount: Any of the Class A Interest
Carryforward Amount, Class M-1 Interest Carryforward Amount, the Class M-2
Interest Carryforward Amount, or the Class B Interest Carryforward Amount.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to the Offered Certificates
and any Accrual Period, the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Accrual Period.
Interest Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Master
Servicer Advance Date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the portion of the
Initial Certificate Account Deposit allocable to interest; (ii) all scheduled
interest collected during the related Due Period with respect to the Mortgage
Loans less the related Servicing Fee, (iii) all Advances relating to interest
with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (iv) all Compensating Interest with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and (v) Liquidation Proceeds with respect to the
Mortgage Loans collected during the related Due Period (to the extent such
Liquidation Proceeds relate to interest) less the sum of (i) all amounts
withdrawn from the Certificates Account pursuant to Section 3.08(i)-(vii)
relating to interest with respect to the related Due Period and (ii) any
Credit Comeback Excess Amounts.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date following the
third anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in the
Trust Fund having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in the City of London,
England and New York City, U.S.A. are open and conducting transactions in
foreign currency and exchange.
Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that has been liquidated through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure,
foreclosure sale, trustee's sale or other realization as provided by
applicable law governing the real property subject to the related Mortgage and
any security agreements and as to which the Master Servicer has certified (in
accordance with Section 3.12) in the related Prepayment Period that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with such
liquidation.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received
in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of Mortgage Loans,
whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or amounts
received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged
Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO Property,
less the sum of related unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Fees and Servicing
Advances.
Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule: With
respect to any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Loan Number and Borrower
Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered in connection with such
Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant to Section 2.01(f). Each Loan Number and
Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule shall contain the information
specified in the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" with respect to the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Subsequent Transfer Date, and each
Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be deemed
to be included in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: The fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the original principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property.
Master Servicer: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York
corporation, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as master
servicer hereunder.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, 1:00 p.m.
Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the maximum rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage
Note.
Maximum Rate: The weighted average (based on current Stated Principal
Balances) of (A) the weighted average Maximum Mortgage Rates of the Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans as specified in the related Mortgage Notes and (B) the
weighted average current Mortgage Rates of the Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans, less
the Servicing Fee Rate (adjusted to an effective rate reflecting the accrual
of interest on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed).
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any
successor thereto.
MERS Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the
MERS(R)System.
MERS(R) System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for any MERS Mortgage Loan.
Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the minimum rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage
Note.
MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan, as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors
and assigns.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.05.
Moody's: Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first lien on or first priority ownership interest, or creating a second lien
on or second priority ownership interest, as applicable, in an estate in fee
simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 hereof
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents
delivered to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof and any Subsequent Transfer
Agreement as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Fund (including
any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held being identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition of title of
the related Mortgaged Property. Any mortgage loan that was intended by the
parties hereto to be transferred to the Trust Fund as indicated by such
Mortgage Loan Schedule which is in fact not so transferred for any reason
including, without limitation, a breach of the representation contained in
Section 2.03(b)(v) hereof, shall continue to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder
until the Purchase Price with respect thereto has been paid to the Trust Fund.
Mortgage Loan Repurchase Price: The price, calculated as set forth in
Section 9.01, to be paid in connection with the repurchase of the Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Section 9.01.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to
time amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the deletion of Deleted
Mortgage Loans and the addition of (x) Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement any (y) Subsequent Mortgage Loans pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement and any Subsequent Transfer Agreement)
transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and from time to time
subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit F-1, setting forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) [Reserved];
(iii) the Appraised Value;
(iv) the Initial Mortgage Rate;
(v) the maturity date;
(vi) the original principal balance;
(vii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(viii) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(ix) the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
(x) the Loan-to-Value Ratio or Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, as
applicable, at origination;
(xi) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time
of origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
(xii) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is either
(a) a detached single family dwelling (b) a condominium unit or (c) a
two- to four-unit residential property;
(xiii) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan;
(a) the frequency of each Adjustment Date;
(b) the next Adjustment Date;
(c) the Maximum Mortgage Rate;
(d) the Minimum Mortgage Rate;
(e) the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date;
(f) the related Periodic Rate Cap;
(g) the Gross Margin; and
(h) the purpose of the Mortgage Loan; and
(xiv) with respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, a code
indicating whether such Mortgage Loan is a Fixed Rate Credit Comeback
Loan.
Such schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described under
(vii) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be
deemed to include each Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan
Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(f) and all the related Subsequent
Mortgage Loans and Subsequent Mortgage Loan information included therein.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note
from time to time; provided, however, the Mortgage Rate for each Fixed Rate
Credit Comeback Loan shall be treated as reduced by 0.375% per annum on the
first four yearly anniversaries after the first payment date of such Fixed
Rate Credit Comeback Loan (such first payment date being listed in clause
(viii) of the definition of Mortgage Loan Schedule), whether or not the
Mortgagor actually qualifies for such reduction pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage or Mortgage Note.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgagor: The obligors on a Mortgage Note.
Net Excess Spread: With respect to any Distribution Date, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to (i) the excess
of (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of
the Mortgage Loans, multiplied by 1/12th of the related weighted average Net
Mortgage Rate over (y) the sum of the Current Interests for the Offered
Certificates for such Distribution Date multiplied by (ii) 12, and the
denominator of which is an amount equal to the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance for such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans.
Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per
annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate.
Net Rate Cap: For any Distribution Date with respect to the Offered
Certificates, the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate on the Mortgage Loans
(adjusted to an effective rate reflecting the accrual of interest calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed).
Net Rate Cap Carryover: With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the Class A Net Rate Cap Carryover for such
Distribution Date (if any), (ii) the Class M-1 Net Rate Cap Carryover for such
Distribution Date (if any), (iii) the Class M-2 Net Rate Cap Carryover for
such Distribution Date (if any) and (iv) the Class B Net Rate Cap Carryover
for such Distribution Date (if any); provided that when the term Net Rate Cap
Carryover is used with respect to one Class of Offered Certificates, it shall
mean such carryover amount listed in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as
applicable, with the same Class designation.
Non-Book-Entry Certificate: Any Certificate other than a Book-Entry
Certificate.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Master Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of
the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current delinquency, would
not, be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
OC Floor: 0.50% of the sum of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date plus the amount deposited in the
Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date.
Offered Certificates: Any of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 or
Class B Certificates.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (i) signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President
(however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the
Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer (or any other officer customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with a particular
subject) or (ii), if provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing
Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to the Depositor, the Seller and
the Trustee, as the case may be, as required by this Agreement.
One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate
determined by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the
basis of the rate for U.S. dollar deposits for one month that appears on
Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest
Determination Date; provided that the parties hereto acknowledge that
One-Month LIBOR calculated for the first Accrual Period shall equal 6.62000%
per annum. If such rate does not appear on such page (or such other page as
may replace that page on that service, or if such service is no longer
offered, such other service for displaying One-Month LIBOR or comparable rates
as may be reasonably selected by the Trustee), One-Month LIBOR for the
applicable Accrual Period will be the Reference Bank Rate. If no such
quotations can be obtained by the Trustee and no Reference Bank Rate is
available, One-Month LIBOR will be One-Month LIBOR applicable to the preceding
Accrual Period.
1/29 Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan having a Mortgage Rate that is
fixed for 12 months after origination thereof before such Mortgage Rate
becomes subject to adjustment.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, reasonably acceptable to each
addressee of such opinion; provided that with respect to Section 6.04 or
10.01, or the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such
counsel must (i) in fact be independent of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer, (ii) not have any direct financial interest in the Depositor or the
Master Servicer or in any affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected with
the Depositor or the Master Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar
functions.
Optional Termination: The termination of the Trust Fund created
hereunder pursuant to the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the last
sentence of Section 9.01 hereof.
Optional Termination Date: The Distribution Date on which the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property as of such date
is equal to or less than 10% of the sum of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date plus the amount deposited in the
Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date.
Original Mortgage Loan: The mortgage loan refinanced in connection
with the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Original Value: The value of the property underlying a Mortgage Loan
based, in the case of the purchase of the underlying Mortgaged Property, on
the lower of an appraisal satisfactory to the Master Servicer or the sales
price of such property or, in the case of a refinancing, on an appraisal
satisfactory to the Master Servicer.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Distribution Date, a Mortgage
Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a
Liquidated Loan, prior to the end of the related Prepayment Period.
Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the excess, if any, of the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance for
such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans plus the amount (if any) on
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account over the Certificate Principal Balances of
all Certificates on such date (after taking into account the payment of
principal other than any Extra Principal Distribution Amount, on such
Certificates on such Distribution Date).
Ownership Interest: As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in
such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
Pass-Through Margin: The per annum Pass-Through Margin for any
Distribution Date and each Class of Offered Certificates is as follows: (A)
for any Distribution Date on or prior to the Optional Termination Date: Class
A, 0.270%; Class M-1, 0.600%; Class M-2, 1.030%; and Class B, 1.830%, and (B)
for any Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date: Class A,
0.540%; Class M-1, 0.900%; Class M-2, 1.545%; and Class B, 2.745%.
Pass-Through Rate: For any Distribution Date and any Class of Offered
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the least of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus
the Pass-Through Margin for such Class of Offered Certificates for such
Distribution Date, (ii) the Maximum Rate and (iii) the Net Rate Cap for such
Distribution Date.
Percentage Interest: With respect to:
(i) any Class, the percentage interest in the undivided
beneficial ownership interest evidenced by such Class which shall be
equal to the Class Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
divided by the Class Principal Balance of all Classes of
Certificates; and
(ii) any Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby of the related Class shall equal the percentage obtained by
dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the
Denominations of all Certificates of such Class.
Periodic Rate Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and the
related Mortgage Note, the provision therein that limits permissible increases
and decreases in the Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date to not more than two
percentage points, except that the Initial Adjustment Dates for certain of the
1/29, 2/28 and 3/27 Mortgage Loans are subject to a provision that limits
permissible increases and decreases in the Mortgage Rates as provided in the
related Mortgage Notes.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof,
provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower
rating as each Rating Agency has confirmed in writing will not result
in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by such Rating Agency;
(iii) [Reserved];
(iv) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of
each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as each Rating Agency has
confirmed in writing will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by such Rating
Agency;
(v) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any
state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper
and/or long term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company are then rated one of the two highest
long-term and the highest short-term ratings of each such Rating
Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as each Rating
Agency has confirmed in writing will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by such
Rating Agency;
(vi) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit
issued by any bank or trust company or savings institution to the
extent that such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;
(vii) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank,
insurance company or other corporation containing, at the time of the
issuance of such agreements, such terms and conditions as each Rating
Agency has confirmed in writing will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by such
Rating Agency;
(viii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into
with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (v) above;
(ix) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons
or instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the face
amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one of the
two highest long term ratings of each Rating Agency (except (x) if
the Rating Agency is Moody's, such rating shall be the highest
commercial paper rating of Moody's for any such securities, or such
lower rating as each Rating Agency has confirmed in writing will not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned
to the Certificates by such Rating Agency;
(x) interests in any money market fund which at the date of
acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the time
such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable long
term rating by each Rating Agency or such lower rating as each Rating
Agency has confirmed in writing will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by such
Rating Agency;
(xi) short term investment funds sponsored by any trust
company or national banking association incorporated under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof which on the date of
acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in their respective
highest applicable rating category or such lower rating as each
Rating Agency has confirmed in writing will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by such Rating Agency; and
(xii) such other investments having a specified stated
maturity and bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to
each Rating Agency as will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by any
Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each
Rating Agency;
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a
premium or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided further that no
such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such instrument
evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying
such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such instrument
provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at
par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at a price
below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to investments
in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (vii) above); provided
further that no amount beneficially owned by any REMIC (including, without
limitation, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer but not yet deposited
in the Certificate Account) may be invested in investments (other than money
market funds) treated as equity interests for Federal income tax purposes,
unless the Master Servicer shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense
of Master Servicer, to the effect that such investment will not adversely
affect the status of any such REMIC as a REMIC under the Code or result in
imposition of a tax on any such REMIC. Permitted Investments that are subject
to prepayment or call may not be purchased at a price in excess of par.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization
or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in section 521 of
the Code) that is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including
the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable
income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(1) of the
Code) with respect to any Class R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an
"electing large partnership" as defined in Section 775 of the Code, (vi) a
Person that is not a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
partnership, or other entity (treated as a corporation or a partnership for
federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate
whose income from sources without the United States is includible in gross
income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States,
or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States
persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trustor
unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person may cause the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and "International
Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or
successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality
of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for
these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the
exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pool Characteristics: The "Pool Characteristics" identified on pages
S-20 and S-21 of the Prospectus Supplement.
Pre-Funded Amount: The amount deposited in the Pre-Funding Account on
the Closing Date, which shall equal $69,957,755.91.
Pre-Funding Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of New
York, in trust for registered holders of CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-3." Funds in the Pre-Funding Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in
this Agreement and shall not be a part of any REMIC created hereunder,
provided, however that any investment income earned from Permitted Investments
made with funds in the Pre-Funding Account will be for the account of the
Depositor.
Prepayment Assumption: The applicable rate of prepayment, as
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Certificates.
Prepayment Interest Excess: With respect to any Distribution Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment during
the period from the second day through the fifteenth day of the month of such
Distribution Date, any payment of interest received in connection therewith
(net of any applicable Servicing Fee) representing interest accrued for any
portion of such month of receipt.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a partial Principal Prepayment,
a Principal Prepayment in full, or that became a Liquidated Loan during the
period from the sixteenth day of the month preceding such Distribution Date
through the first day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or
in the case of the first Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date through and
including the fifteenth day of the month of such Distribution Date, (other
than a Principal Prepayment in full resulting from the purchase of a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 3.12 or 9.01 hereof), the amount,
if any, by which (i) one month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate
on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to
such prepayment (or liquidation) or in the case of a partial Principal
Prepayment on the amount of such prepayment (or liquidation proceeds) exceeds
(ii) the amount of interest paid or collected in connection with such
Principal Prepayment or such liquidation proceeds.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the time period
beginning with the opening of business on the sixteenth day of the calendar
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, with
respect to the first Distribution Date, the period from the Cut-off Date) and
ending on the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the sum of (i) the Principal Funds for such Distribution Date; (ii) any Extra
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (iii) for the
October 2000 Distribution Date, any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding
Account after the end of the Funding Period (net of any investment income
therefrom).
Principal Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the sum, without
duplication, of (i) the portion of the Initial Certificate Deposit Amount
allocable to principal; (ii) the scheduled principal collected during the
related Due Period or advanced on or before the related Master Servicer
Advance Date, (iii) prepayments collected during the related Prepayment
Period, (iv) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was
repurchased by the Seller or the Master Servicer for the related Determination
Date, (v) the aggregate of all Substitution Adjustment Amounts for the related
Determination Date in connection with the substitution of Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and (vi) all Liquidation Proceeds collected during
the related Due Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds relate to
principal) less all Nonrecoverable Advances relating to principal reimbursed
during the related Due Period.
Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of (or
proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including loans
purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 3.12 and 9.01
hereof) that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not
accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on
any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment. Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Master
Servicer in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated August 18,
2000 relating to the public offering of the Certificates (other than the Class
B-IO and Class R Certificates).
PUD: A Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (x) required to be
repurchased by the Seller or purchased by (1) the Master Servicer, as
applicable, pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.12 hereof or (2) the Depositor
pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof or (y) that the Master Servicer has a right to
purchase pursuant to Section 3.12 hereof, an amount equal to the sum of (i)
100% of the unpaid principal balance (or, if such purchase or repurchase, as
the case may be, is effected by the Seller (and the Seller is the Master
Servicer) or by the Master Servicer, the Stated Principal Balance) of the
Mortgage Loan as of the date of such purchase and (ii) accrued interest
thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (or, if such purchase or repurchase,
as the case may be, is effected by the Seller (and the Seller is the Master
Servicer) or by the Master Servicer, at the Net Mortgage Rate) from (a) the
date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor (or, if such
purchase or repurchase, as the case may be, is effected by the Seller (and the
Seller is the Master Servicer) or by the Master Servicer, the date through
which interest was last advanced and not reimbursed by the Master Servicer) to
(b) the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed
to Certificateholders.
Rating Agency: Moody's and S&P. If any such organization or its
successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person,
designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Trustee. References herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall
mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Loan, an amount (not
less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan)
as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance
of such Liquidated Loan as of the date of such liquidation, minus (ii) the
Liquidation Proceeds, if any, received in connection with such liquidation
during the month in which such liquidation occurs, to the extent applied as
recoveries of principal of the Liquidated Loan. With respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, (i) if the value of
the related Mortgaged Property was reduced below the principal balance of the
related Mortgage Note, the amount by which the value of the Mortgaged Property
was reduced below the principal balance of the related Mortgage Note, and (ii)
if the principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has been reduced,
the difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding
immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation plus any reduction in the
interest component of the Scheduled Payments. With respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has become the subject of a Debt Service Reduction and any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the related Scheduled Payment
was reduced.
Record Date: With respect to the Offered Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date, or if the Offered Certificates are no longer Book-Entry Certificates,
the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the month in which the
applicable Distribution Date occurs; with respect to the Class R and the Class
B-IO Certificates and any Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately
preceding such Distribution Date.
Reference Bank Rate: With respect to any Accrual Period, the
arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple
of 0.03125%) of the offered rates for United States dollar deposits for one
month that are quoted by the Reference Banks as of 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the related Interest Determination Date to prime banks in the London
interbank market for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to
the outstanding balance of the Offered Certificates on such Interest
Determination Date, provided that at least two such Reference Banks provide
such rate. If fewer than two offered rates appear, the Reference Bank Rate
will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
whole multiple of 0.03125%) of the rates quoted by one or more major banks in
New York City, selected by the Trustee, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on such date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a period
of one month in amounts approximately equal to the outstanding balance of the
Offered Certificates on such Interest Determination Date.
Reference Banks: Barclays Bank PLC, Bankers Trust and NatWest, N.A.,
provided that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a
Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Trustee which are
engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London,
England, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under common control
with the Depositor or any affiliate thereof and (iii) which have been
designated as such by the Trustee.
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection
with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class B or Class B-IO Certificates.
Remainder Excess Cashflow: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date remaining after the applications
set forth in Section 4.04(c)(i) through (viii).
REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statements, which term shall
mean "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of section
860D of the Code.
REMIC 1: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
REMIC 2: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
REMIC 1 Regular Interests: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
REMIC 2 Regular Interests: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and proposed, temporary and final regulations and published rulings, notices
and announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect
from time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
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.
Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit N,
(i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion
of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of,
and not less than 90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (ii) with respect to any Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Mortgage Rate
not less than or no more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan bearing an
adjustable rate of interest: (a) have a Maximum Mortgage Rate no more than 1%
per annum higher or lower than the Maximum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (b) have a Minimum Mortgage Rate no more than 1% per annum
higher or lower than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(c) have the same Index and Periodic Rate Cap as that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan and a Gross Margin not more than 1% per annum higher or lower than that
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (d) not permit conversion of the related
Mortgage Rate to a fixed Mortgage Rate; (iii) have the same or higher credit
quality characteristics than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) be
accruing interest at a rate not more than 1% per annum higher or lower than
that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio or Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio, as applicable, no higher than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not
more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vii) not
permit conversion of the Mortgage Rate from a fixed rate to a variable rate or
visa versa; (viii) provide for a prepayment charge on terms substantially
similar to those of the prepayment charge, if any, of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (ix) have the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (x)
constitute the same occupancy type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (xi)
comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03 hereof.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the Master
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits M and N, as
appropriate.
Required Carryover Reserve Fund Deposit: With respect to any
Distribution Date on which the Net Excess Spread is less than .25%, the
excess, if any, of (i) the product of .50% and 1/12th of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the amount of funds on
deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund prior to deposits thereto on such
Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date on which the Net
Excess Spread is equal to or greater than .25%, the excess, if any, of (i)
$5,000 over (ii) the amount of funds on deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund
prior to deposits thereto on such Distribution Date.
Required Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, is equal
to the fraction (expressed as a percentage), (x) the numerator of which is the
excess of (I) the Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of the
Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool over (II) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the most senior Class of Certificates outstanding as of the
preceding Master Servicer Advance Date and (y) the denominator of which is the
Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans in
the Mortgage Pool.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under
this Agreement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, any Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan
due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage
Loan.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master Servicer
of its servicing obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the
cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including
foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO Property and
(iv) compliance with the obligations under Section 3.10.
Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to one month's interest at the Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or, in the event of any payment of
interest that accompanies a Principal Prepayment in full made by the
Mortgagor, interest at the Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance
of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such payment of interest.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.50% per
annum.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished
to the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement, as such list may from time to time be amended.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Specified Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to the first
Distribution Date, zero; with respect to any other Distribution Date prior to
the Stepdown Date, 1.75% of the sum of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date plus the amount deposited in the
Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date; with respect to any Distribution Date
on and after the Stepdown Date, 3.50% of the then current Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans; subject to a minimum amount equal to the OC
Floor; provided that, if on any Distribution Date a Trigger Event exists, the
Specified Overcollateralization Amount shall not be reduced to the applicable
percentage of the then current Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
until the next Distribution Date on which a Trigger Event no longer exists.
Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and (i)
as of the related Cut-off Date, the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan or (ii) as of any Distribution Date, such Cut-off Date
Principal Balance minus the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Scheduled
Payments due with respect to such Mortgage Loan on or prior to the end of the
most recent Due Period that were received by the Master Servicer on or prior
to the end of the most recent Determination Date or were advanced by the
Master Servicer on or prior to the most recent Master Servicer Advance Date,
(b) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan received by
the Master Servicer on or prior to the end of the most recent Prepayment
Period, and (c) all Liquidation Proceeds received by the Master Servicer prior
to the end of the most recent Due Period, to the extent applied by the Master
Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.12. The
Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan that becomes a Liquidated Loan
will be zero on the Distribution Date following the Due Period in which such
Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Loan. When used with respect to the
Mortgage Pool as a whole, Stated Principal Balance means the aggregate Stated
Principal Balances of all the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool.
Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (i) the Distribution Date in
September 2003 or (ii) the first Distribution Date on which the Class A
Certificate Principal Balance is less than or equal to 68.50% of the then
current Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans.
Subordinated Certificates: The Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class B
Certificates.
Subsequent Certificate Account Deposit: With respect to any
Subsequent Transfer Date, an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts in
respect of (i) principal of the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans due after
the related Cut-off Date and received by the Master Servicer before such
Subsequent Transfer Date and not applied in computing the Cut-off Date
Principal Balance thereof and (ii) interest on the such Subsequent Mortgage
Loans due after such Cut-off Date and received by the Master Servicer before
the Subsequent Transfer Date.
Subsequent Cut-off Date: As defined in the definition of Cut-off
Date.
Subsequent Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust
Fund pursuant to Section 2.01(b) on a Subsequent Transfer Date, and listed on
the related Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(f). When used with respect to a single
Subsequent Transfer Date, "Subsequent Mortgage Loan" shall mean a Subsequent
Mortgage Loan conveyed to the Trust Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date
Subsequent Transfer Agreement: A Subsequent Transfer Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit Q hereto, executed and delivered by the
Seller, the Depositor and the Trustee as provided in Section 2.01(d).
Subsequent Transfer Date: For any Subsequent Transfer Agreement, the
"Subsequent Transfer Date" identified in such Subsequent Transfer Agreement;
provided, however, the Subsequent Transfer Date for any Subsequent Transfer
Agreement may not be a date earlier than the date on which the Subsequent
Transfer Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties thereto pursuant
to Section 2.01(d).
Subsequent Transfer Date Aggregate Purchase Amount: With respect to
any Subsequent Transfer Date, the sum of (i) the Subsequent Transfer Date
Adjustable Rate Purchase Amount for such Subsequent Transfer Date and (ii) the
Subsequent Transfer Date Fixed Rate Purchase Amount for such Subsequent
Transfer Date.
Subsequent Transfer Date Adjustable Rate Purchase Amount: With
respect to any Subsequent Transfer Date, the "Subsequent Transfer Date
Adjustable Rate Purchase Amount" identified in the related Subsequent Transfer
Agreement which shall be an estimate of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of the Adjustable Rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified in such
Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
Subsequent Transfer Date Adjustable Rate Transfer Amount: With
respect to any Subsequent Transfer Date, the aggregate Stated Principal
Balances as of the related Cut-off Dates of the Adjustable Rate Subsequent
Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Subsequent Transfer Date, as listed on the
related Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(f); provided, however, that such amount
shall not exceed the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account allocated to
purchase Adjustable Rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
Subsequent Transfer Date Fixed Rate Purchase Amount: With respect to
any Subsequent Transfer Date, the "Subsequent Transfer Date Fixed Rate
Purchase Amount" identified in the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement which
shall be an estimate of the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Fixed
Rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified in such Subsequent Transfer
Agreement.
Subsequent Transfer Date Fixed Rate Transfer Amount: With respect to
any Subsequent Transfer Date, the aggregate Stated Principal Balances as of
the related Cut-off Dates of the Fixed Rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed
on such Subsequent Transfer Date, as listed on the related Loan Number and
Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered pursuant to Section
2.01(f); provided, however, that such amount shall not exceed the amount on
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account allocated to purchase Fixed Rate Subsequent
Mortgage Loans.
Subsequent Transfer Date Transfer Amount: With respect to any
Subsequent Transfer Date, the sum of (i) the Subsequent Transfer Date
Adjustable Rate Transfer Amount for such Subsequent Transfer Date and (ii) the
Subsequent Transfer Date Fixed Rate Transfer Amount for such Subsequent
Transfer Date.
Subservicer: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Subservicing Agreement: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term
pursuant to Section 2.03(c).
Substitution Amount: With respect to any Mortgage Loan substituted
pursuant to Section 2.03(c), the excess of (x) the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan that is substituted for, over (y) the principal balance of the
related substitute Mortgage Loan, each balance being determined as of the date
of substitution.
Tax Matters Person: The person designated as "tax matters person" in
the manner provided under Treasury regulation ss. 1.860F-4(d) and temporary
Treasury regulation ss. 301.6231(a)(7)-1T. Initially, this person shall be the
Trustee.
Tax Matters Person Class R Certificate: A Class R Certificate
designated as the Tax Matters Person Class R Certificate and evidencing 0.001%
Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates.
3/27 Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan having a Mortgage Rate that is
fixed for 36 months after origination thereof before such Mortgage Rate
becomes subject to adjustment.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
Trigger Event: Exists, if the product of (i) 2.44 times (ii) the
quotient (expressed as a percentage), (A) the numerator of which is the Stated
Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of all Mortgage Loans 60 or more
days delinquent as of the preceding Due Date (including Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and REO Properties) and (B) the denominator of which is the Stated
Principal Balance for such Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans in the
Mortgage Pool, equals or exceeds the Required Percentage.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of
(i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or with
respect thereto on and after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in
computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof, exclusive of interest
not required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
3.05(b)(ii); (ii) the Certificate Account, the Distribution Account, the
Carryover Reserve Fund and the Pre-Funding Account, and all amounts deposited
therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii)
property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure,
deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee's rights under
the Insurance Policies with respect to the Mortgage Loan; and (v) all proceeds
of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash
or other liquid property.
Trustee: The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, not in
its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and any successor thereto, and
any corporation or national banking association resulting from or surviving
any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and
any successor trustee as may from time to time be serving as successor trustee
hereunder.
2/28 Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan having a Mortgage Rate that is
fixed for 24 months after origination thereof before such Mortgage Rate
becomes subject to adjustment.
Underwriters' Exemption. Prohibited Transaction Exemption 97-34, 62
Fed. Reg. 39021 (1997), as amended (or any successor thereto), or any
substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department
of Labor.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the
Certificates that is allocated to any Certificates for purposes of the voting
provisions hereunder. Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates
shall be allocated 95% to the Offered Certificates and 5% to the Class B-IO
Certificates and the Class R Certificates, and with the allocation among the
Class B-IO and Class R Certificates being four-fifths and one-fifth,
respectively. Voting Rights will be allocated among the Certificates of each
such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
Section 1.02. [Reserved]
ARTICLE II.
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and
otherwise conveys to the Depositor, without recourse, all the right, title and
interest of the Seller in and to the Initial Mortgage Loans, including all
interest and principal received and receivable by the Seller on or with
respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date (to the extent
not applied in computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof) or
deposited into the Certificate Account by the Seller as an Initial Certificate
Account Deposit as provided in this Agreement, other than principal due on the
Initial Mortgage Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date and interest accruing
prior to the Cut-off Date. The Seller confirms that, concurrently with the
transfer and assignment, it has deposited into the Certificate Account the
Initial Certificate Account Deposit.
Immediately upon the conveyance of the Initial Mortgage Loans
referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Depositor sells, transfers,
assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all right title and interest in the
Initial Mortgage Loans.
(b) Subject to the execution and delivery of the related Subsequent
Transfer Agreement as provided by Section 2.01(d) and the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, the Seller sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and
otherwise conveys to the Depositor, without recourse, on each Subsequent
Transfer Date, all the right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the
related Subsequent Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal
received and receivable by the Seller on or with respect to such Subsequent
Mortgage Loans after the related Cut-off Date (to the extent not applied in
computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof) or deposited into the
Certificate Account by the Seller as a Subsequent Certificate Account Deposit
as provided in this Agreement, other than principal due on such Subsequent
Mortgage Loans on or prior to the related Cut-off Date and interest accruing
prior to the related Cut-off Date.
Immediately upon the conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Depositor sells, transfers,
assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all right title and interest in the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
(c) The Seller has entered into this Agreement in consideration for
the purchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and has agreed to take the
actions specified herein. The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, hereby sells, transfers, assigns and otherwise
conveys to the Trustee for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders,
without recourse, all right title and interest in the portion of the Trust
Fund not otherwise conveyed to the Trust Fund pursuant to Sections 2.01(a) or
(b).
(d) On any Business Day during the Funding Period designated by the
Seller and on five Business Days prior written notice to the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer is not the Seller) and
the Rating Agencies, the Depositor, the Trustee and the Seller shall complete,
execute and deliver a Subsequent Transfer Agreement; provided, however, that
such prior written notice shall not be required for the Subsequent Transfer
Date occurring on August 31, 2000. After the execution and delivery of such
Subsequent Transfer Agreement, on the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Trustee
shall set aside in the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to the related
Subsequent Transfer Date Purchase Amount.
(e) The transfer of Subsequent Mortgage Loans on the Subsequent
Transfer Date is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions:
(i) the Trustee will be provided Opinions of Counsel
addressed to the Rating Agencies with respect to the sale of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Subsequent Transfer Date
(such opinions being substantially similar to the opinions delivered
on the Closing Date to the Rating Agencies with respect to the sale
of the Initial Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date), to be delivered
as provided in Section 2.01(f);
(ii) the execution and delivery of such Subsequent Transfer
Agreement or conveyance of the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans does
not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the any ratings assigned
to the Certificates by the Ratings Agencies;
(iii) the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each of the
conditions set forth in this Section 2.01(e) required to be satisfied
by such Subsequent Transfer Date;
(iv) each Subsequent Mortgage Loan conveyed on such
Subsequent Transfer Date satisfies the representations and warranties
applicable to it under this Agreement, provided, however, that with
respect to a breach of a representation and warranty with respect to
a Subsequent Mortgage Loan set forth in this clause (iv), the
obligation under Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement of the Seller to
cure, repurchase or replace such Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall
constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting such breach
available to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee.
(v) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on such
Subsequent Transfer Date were selected in a manner reasonably
believed not to be adverse to the interests of the
Certificateholders;
(vi) no Subsequent Mortgage Loan conveyed on such Subsequent
Transfer Date was 60 or more days delinquent;
(vii) following the conveyance of all the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans on such Subsequent Transfer Date, the Mortgage Pool
will have characteristics that fall within the Pool Characteristics;
provided that for the purpose of making such calculations, the
characteristics for any Initial Mortgage Loan will be taken as of the
Initial Cut-off Date and for any Subsequent Mortgage Loan will be
taken as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date;
(viii) neither the Seller nor the Depositor is insolvent and
neither the Seller nor the Depositor will be rendered insolvent by
the conveyance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans on such Subsequent
Transfer Date; and
(ix) the Trustee will be provided with an Opinion of
Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of
either the Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to
the effect that such purchase of Subsequent Mortgage Loans will not
(i) result in the imposition of the tax on "prohibited transactions"
on the Trust Fund or contributions after the Startup Date, as defined
in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively or (ii)
cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC, such opinion to
be delivered as provided in Section 2.01(f).
The Trustee shall not be required to investigate or otherwise verify
compliance with these conditions, except for its own receipt of documents
specified above, and shall be entitled to rely on the required Officer's
Certificate.
(f) Within five Business Days after each Subsequent Transfer Date,
upon (1) delivery to the Trustee by the Depositor of the Opinions of Counsel
referred to in Section 2.01(e)(i) and (e)(x), (2) delivery to the Trustee by
the Seller of a Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule
reflecting the Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Subsequent Transfer
Date and (3) delivery to the Trustee by the Depositor of an Officer's
Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent
set forth in this Section 2.01(f), the Trustee shall pay the Seller the
Subsequent Transfer Date Transfer Amount from such funds that were set aside
in the Pre-Funding Account pursuant to Section 2.01(d). The positive
difference, if any, between the Subsequent Transfer Date Transfer Amount and
the Subsequent Transfer Date Aggregate Purchase Amount shall be re-invested by
the Trustee in the Pre-Funding Account.
The Trustee shall not be required to investigate or otherwise verify
compliance with the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph, except
for its own receipt of documents specified above, and shall be entitled to
rely on the required Officer's Certificate.
Within thirty days after each Subsequent Transfer Date, the Depositor
shall deliver to the Trustee a letter of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants stating whether or not the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans conveyed on such Subsequent Transfer Date conform to the Pool
Characteristics.
(g) In connection with the transfer and assignment of each Mortgage
Loan, the Depositor has delivered to, and deposited with, the Trustee (or, in
the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, will deliver to, and deposit
with, the Trustee within the time periods specified in the definition of Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans) (except as provided in clause (vi) below) for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, the following documents or instruments with
respect to each such Mortgage Loan so assigned (with respect to each Mortgage
Loan, clause (i) through (vi) below, together, the "Mortgage File" for each
such Mortgage Loan):
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or
the originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse, in the
following form: "Pay to the order of ________________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a complete
chain of endorsement from the originator to the Seller, or, if the
original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced,
an original lost note affidavit from the Seller, stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of
the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, and in the case of
each MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting the presence
of the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, 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) in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to "The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000,
CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3, without
recourse" (each such assignment, when duly and validly completed, to
be in recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of and
transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which such
assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of such
Mortgage (noting the presence of a MIN in the case of each MERS
Mortgage Loan);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title
policy and all riders thereto or, in the event such original title
policy has not been received from the insurer, such original or
duplicate original lender's title policy and all riders thereto shall
be delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Mortgage
Loan, the Seller agrees that it will cause, at the Seller's own expense, the
MERS(R) System to indicate (and provide evidence to the Trustee that it has
done so) that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Seller to the
Trustee in accordance with this Agreement (and any Subsequent Transfer
Agreement, as applicable) for the benefit of the Certificateholders by
including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in
accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files (a) the code "[IDENTIFY
TRUSTEE SPECIFIC CODE]" in the field "[IDENTIFY THE FIELD NAME FOR TRUSTEE]"
which identifies the Trustee and (b) the code "[IDENTIFY SERIES SPECIFIC CODE
NUMBER]" in the field "Pool Field" which identifies the series of the
Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Seller further
agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master Servicer to, and the
Master Servicer agrees that it will not, alter the codes referenced in this
paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement
unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan and the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded
Mortgage or all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the
requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee a true copy of such Mortgage and of each such undelivered interim
assignment of the Mortgage each certified by the Seller, the applicable title
company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of such Mortgage, as the
case may be, to be a true and complete copy of the original Mortgage or
assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording. For any such Mortgage Loan
that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller shall promptly deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Trustee such original Mortgage and such assignment or
assignments with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof
from the public recording official, or a copy thereof, certified, if
appropriate, by the relevant recording office, but in no event shall any such
delivery be made later than 270 days following the Closing Date; provided that
in the event that by such date the Seller is unable to deliver or cause to be
delivered each such Mortgage and each interim assignment by reason of the fact
that any such documents have not been returned by the appropriate recording
office, or, in the case of each interim assignment, because the related
Mortgage has not been returned by the appropriate recording office, the Seller
shall deliver or cause to be delivered such documents to the Trustee as
promptly as possible upon receipt thereof. If the public recording office in
which a Mortgage or interim assignment thereof is recorded retains the
original of such Mortgage or assignment, a copy of the original Mortgage or
assignment so retained, with evidence of recording thereon, certified to be
true and complete by such recording office, shall satisfy the Seller's
obligations in Section 2.01. If any document submitted for recording pursuant
to this Agreement is (x) lost prior to recording or rejected by the applicable
recording office, the Seller shall immediately prepare or cause to be prepared
a substitute and submit it for recording, and shall deliver copies and
originals thereof in accordance with the foregoing or (y) lost after
recording, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of such document
certified by the applicable public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded document. The Seller shall promptly forward or
cause to be forwarded to the Trustee (x) from time to time additional original
documents evidencing an assumption or modification of a Mortgage Loan and (y)
any other documents required to be delivered by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer to the Trustee within the time periods specified in this Section
2.01.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan other than a MERS Mortgage Loan as
to which the related Mortgaged Property and Mortgage File are located in (a)
the State of California or (b) any other jurisdiction under the laws of which
the recordation of the assignment specified in clause (iii) above is not
necessary to protect the Trustee's and the Certificateholders, interest in the
related Mortgage Loan, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, delivered by the
Seller to the Trustee and a copy to the Rating Agencies, in lieu of recording
the assignment specified in clause (iii) above, the Seller may deliver an
unrecorded assignment in blank, in form otherwise suitable for recording to
the Trustee; provided that if the related Mortgage has not been returned from
the applicable public recording office, such assignment, or any copy thereof,
of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be provided by the recording
office. As to any Mortgage Loan other than a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
procedures of the preceding sentence shall be applicable only so long as the
related Mortgage File is maintained in the possession of the Trustee in the
State or jurisdiction described in such sentence. In the event that with
respect to Mortgage Loans other than MERS Mortgage Loans (i) the Seller, the
Depositor or the Master Servicer gives written notice to the Trustee that
recording is required to protect the right, title and interest of the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders in and to any Mortgage Loan, (ii) a court
recharacterizes the sale of the Mortgage Loans as a financing, or (iii) as a
result of any change in or amendment to the laws of the State or jurisdiction
described in the first sentence of this paragraph or any applicable political
subdivision thereof, or any change in official position regarding application
or interpretation of such laws, including a holding by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such recording is so required, the Trustee shall complete the
assignment in the manner specified in clause (iii) of the second paragraph of
this Section 2.01 and the Seller shall submit or cause to be submitted for
recording as specified above or, should the Seller fail to perform such
obligations, the Trustee shall cause the Master Servicer, at the Master
Servicer's expense, to cause each such previously unrecorded assignment to be
submitted for recording as specified above. In the event a Mortgage File is
released to the Master Servicer as a result of the Master Servicer's having
completed a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M, the Trustee shall
complete the assignment of the related Mortgage in the manner specified in
clause (iii) of the second paragraph of this Section 2.01.
So long as the Trustee maintains an office in the State of
California, the Trustee shall maintain possession of and not remove or attempt
to remove from the State of California any of the Mortgage Files as to which
the related Mortgaged Property is located in such State. In the event that the
Seller fails to record an assignment of a Mortgage Loan as herein provided
within 90 days of notice of an event set forth in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of
the above paragraph, the Master Servicer shall prepare and, if required
hereunder, file such assignments for recordation in the appropriate real
property or other records office. The Seller hereby appoints the Master
Servicer (and any successor servicer hereunder) as its attorney-in-fact with
full power and authority acting in its stead for the purpose of such
preparation, execution and filing.
In the case of Mortgage Loans that become the subject of a Principal
Prepayment between the Closing Date (in the case of Initial Mortgage Loans) or
Subsequent Transfer Date (in the case of Subsequent Mortgage Loans) and the
Cut-off Date, the Seller shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Certificate Account the amount required to be deposited therein with respect
to such payment pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within
thirty days after the Closing Date (in the case of Initial Mortgage Loans) or
Subsequent Transfer Date (in the case of Subsequent Mortgage Loans), the
Seller shall either (i) deliver to the Trustee the Mortgage File as required
pursuant to this Section 2.01 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii)
(A) repurchase the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) substitute the Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loan for a Replacement Mortgage Loan, which repurchase or
substitution shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 2.03, provided that if the Seller fails to deliver a
Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within the period provided
in the prior sentence, the cure period provided for in Section 2.02 or in
Section 2.03 shall not apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for
such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather the Seller shall have five (5)
Business Days to cure such failure to deliver. The Seller shall promptly
provide each Rating Agency with written notice of any cure, repurchase or
substitution made pursuant to the proviso of the preceding sentence. On or
before the thirtieth (30th) day (or if such thirtieth day is not a Business
Day, the succeeding Business Day) after the Closing Date (in the case of
Initial Mortgage Loans) or Subsequent Transfer Date (in the case of Subsequent
Mortgage Loans), the Trustee shall, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.02, send a Delay Delivery Certification substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit G-3 (with any applicable exceptions noted thereon)
for all Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan delivered within thirty (30) days after
such date. The Trustee will promptly send a copy of such Delay Delivery
Certification to each Rating Agency.
Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Trustee acknowledges receipt, subject to the limitations
contained in and any exceptions noted in the Initial Certification in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit G-1 and in the list of exceptions attached thereto,
of the documents referred to in clauses (i) and (iii) of Section 2.01(g) above
with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans and all other assets included in
the Trust Fund and declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the
other documents delivered to it constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it
holds or will hold such other assets included in the Trust Fund, in trust for
the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing Date to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller an Initial Certification
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G-1 to the effect that, as
to each Initial Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than
any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Initial Mortgage Loan
specifically identified in such certification as not covered by such
certification), the documents described in Section 2.01(g)(i) and, in the case
of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the documents
described in Section 2.01(g)(iii), with respect to such Initial Mortgage Loan
are in its possession, and based on its review and examination and only as to
the foregoing documents, such documents appear regular on their face and
relate to such Initial Mortgage Loan. The Trustee agrees to execute and
deliver within 30 days after the Closing Date to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Seller an Interim Certification substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit G-2 to the effect that, as to each Initial Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Initial Mortgage
Loan paid in full or any Initial Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such
certification as not covered by such certification), all documents required to
be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Initial
Mortgage Loan are in its possession (except those described in Section
2.01(g)(vi)) and based on its review and examination and only as to the
foregoing documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and
relate to such Initial Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in
items (i), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiii) of the definition of the
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects information set forth in the
Mortgage File. On or before the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date
(or if such thirtieth day is not a Business Day, the succeeding Business Day),
the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller
a Delay Delivery Certification with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G-3, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to
inspect, review or examine such documents, instruments, certificates or other
papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or appropriate for
the represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded in the real
estate records or that they are other than what they purport to be on their
face.
Not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller (and to any
Certificateholder that so requests) a Final Certification with respect to the
Initial Mortgage Loans substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
H-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
In connection with the Trustee's completion and delivery of such
Final Certification, the Trustee shall review each Mortgage File with respect
to the Initial Mortgage Loans to determine that it contains the following
documents:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or
the originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse, in the
following form: "Pay to the order of ________________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a complete
chain of endorsement from the originator to the Seller, or, if the
original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced,
an original lost note affidavit from the Seller, stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of
the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, and in the case
of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the Initial
Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the Initial Mortgage Loan
is a MOM Loan if the Initial Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, with
evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage
certified by the public recording office in which Mortgage has been
recorded;
(iii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not
a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in
the form permitted by Section 2.01;
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of such
Mortgage (noting the presence of a MIN in the case of each MERS
Mortgage Loan);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title
policy and all riders thereto if delivered pursuant to Section
2.02(d)(vi) (otherwise such original or duplicate original lender's
title policy and all riders thereto shall be held in the Mortgage
File upon delivery as provided in such Section).
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds any document or
documents constituting a part of such Mortgage File that do not meet the
requirements of clauses (i)-(iv) and (vi) above, the Trustee shall include
such exceptions in such Final Certification (and Trustee shall state in such
Final Certification whether any Mortgage File does not then include the
original or duplicate original lender's title policy and all riders thereto).
If the public recording office in which a Mortgage or assignment thereof is
recorded retains the original of such Mortgage or assignment, a copy of the
original Mortgage or assignment so retained, with evidence of recording
thereon, certified to be true and complete by such recording office, shall be
deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, as
applicable. The Seller shall promptly correct or cure such defect referred to
above within 90 days from the date it was so notified of such defect and, if
the Seller does not correct or cure such defect within such period, the Seller
shall either (A) if the time to cure such defect expires prior to the end of
the second anniversary of the Closing Date, substitute for the related Initial
Mortgage Loan a Replacement Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be
accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section
2.03, or (B) purchase such Initial Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90
days from the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing at the
Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided that any such substitution
pursuant to (A) above or repurchase pursuant to (B) above shall not be
effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel
required by Section 2.05 hereof and any substitution pursuant to (A) above
shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a
Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution
will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such
month. The Purchase Price for any such Initial Mortgage Loan shall be
deposited by the Seller in the Certificate Account and, upon receipt of such
deposit and certification with respect thereto in the form of Exhibit N
hereto, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File to the Seller and
shall execute and deliver at the Seller's request such instruments of transfer
or assignment as the Seller has prepared, in each case without recourse, as
shall be necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's
interest in any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the
foregoing provisions the Seller repurchases an Initial Mortgage Loan that is a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cause MERS to execute and
deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the
Mortgage from MERS to the Seller and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed
from registration on the MERS(R) System in accordance with MERS' rules and
regulations.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Mortgage File
in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
The Seller shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon the execution or
receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments
constituting the Mortgage File that come into the possession of the Seller
from time to time.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to
substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan that does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.02(a)(A) or (B) above shall constitute the sole
remedy respecting such defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor and any
Certificateholder against the Seller.
(b) The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver within 30 days after
the Subsequent Transfer Date to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Seller an Interim Certification substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit G-2 to the effect that, as to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan listed in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Subsequent Mortgage Loan paid in
full or any Subsequent Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such
certification as not covered by such certification), all documents required to
be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Subsequent
Mortgage Loan are in its possession (except those described in Section
2.01(g)(vi)) and based on its review and examination and only as to the
foregoing documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and
relate to such Subsequent Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in
items (i), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii) and (xiii) of the definition of the
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects information set forth in the
Mortgage File. On or before the thirtieth (30th) day after the Subsequent
Transfer Date (or if such thirtieth day is not a Business Day, the succeeding
Business Day), the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and the Seller a Delay Delivery Certification with respect to the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G-3, with
any applicable exceptions noted thereon. The Trustee shall be under no duty or
obligation to inspect, review or examine such documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine,
enforceable or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have
actually been recorded in the real estate records or that they are other than
what they purport to be on their face.
Not later than 180 days after the Subsequent Transfer Date, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and to
any Certificateholder that so requests a Final Certification with respect to
the Subsequent Mortgage Loans substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit H-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
In connection with the Trustee's completion and delivery of such
Final Certification, the Trustee shall review each Mortgage File with respect
to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to determine that it contains the following
documents:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or
the originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse, in the
following form: "Pay to the order of ________________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a complete
chain of endorsement from the originator to the Seller, or, if the
original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced,
an original lost note affidavit from the Seller, stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of
the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Subsequent Mortgage Loan that is
not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, and in the
case of each Subsequent Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan,
the original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Subsequent Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the
Mortgage certified by the public recording office in which Mortgage
has been recorded;
(iii) in the case of each Subsequent Mortgage Loan that is
not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage
in the form permitted by Section 2.01;
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of such
Mortgage (noting the presence of a MIN in the case of each MERS
Mortgage Loan);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title
policy and all riders thereto if delivered pursuant to Section
2.02(d)(vi) (otherwise such original or duplicate original lender's
title policy and all riders thereto shall be held in the Mortgage
File upon delivery as provided in such Section).
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds any document or
documents constituting a part of such Mortgage File that do not meet the
requirements of clauses (i)-(iv) and (vi) above, the Trustee shall include
such exceptions in such Final Certification (and Trustee shall state in such
Final Certification whether any Mortgage File does not then include the
original or duplicate original lender's title policy and all riders thereto).
If the public recording office in which a Mortgage or assignment thereof is
recorded retains the original of such Mortgage or assignment, a copy of the
original Mortgage or assignment so retained, with evidence of recording
thereon, certified to be true and complete by such recording office, shall be
deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, as
applicable. The Seller shall promptly correct or cure such defect referred to
above within 90 days from the date it was so notified of such defect and, if
the Seller does not correct or cure such defect within such period, the Seller
shall either (A) if the time to cure such defect expires prior to the end of
the second anniversary of the Closing Date, substitute for the related
Subsequent Mortgage Loan a Replacement Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall
be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 2.03, or (B) purchase such Subsequent Mortgage Loan from the Trustee
within 90 days from the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing
at the Purchase Price of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan; provided that any such
substitution pursuant to (A) above or repurchase pursuant to (B) above shall
not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel
required by Section 2.05 hereof and any substitution pursuant to (A) above
shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a
Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution
will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such
month. The Purchase Price for any such Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall be
deposited by the Seller in the Certificate Account and, upon receipt of such
deposit and certification with respect thereto in the form of Exhibit N
hereto, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File to the Seller and
shall execute and deliver at the Seller's request such instruments of transfer
or assignment as the Seller has prepared, in each case without recourse, as
shall be necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's
interest in any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the
foregoing provisions the Seller repurchases a Subsequent Mortgage Loan that is
a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cause MERS to execute and
deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the
Mortgage from MERS to the Seller and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed
from registration on the MERS(R) System in accordance with MERS' rules and
regulations.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Mortgage File
in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
The Seller shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon the execution or
receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments
constituting the Mortgage File that come into the possession of the Seller
from time to time.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to
substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan that does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.02(b)(A) or (B) above shall constitute the sole
remedy respecting such defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor and any
Certificateholder against the Seller.
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Master Servicer and the Seller.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor and the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof with respect to
the Initial Mortgage Loans, and the related Subsequent Transfer Date with
respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans:
(i) The Master Servicer is duly organized as a New York
corporation and is validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of New York and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be
conducted by the Master Servicer in any state in which a Mortgaged
Property is located or is otherwise not required under applicable law
to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with
the doing business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to
ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan, to service the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to
perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(ii) The Master Servicer has the full corporate power and
authority to sell and service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Master Servicer
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this
Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the
Master Servicer in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the
enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to
creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Master Servicer, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Master
Servicer under this Agreement, the consummation of any other of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of
or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of
business of the Master Servicer and will not (A) result in a material
breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the
Master Servicer or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material
breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default
under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to
which the Master Servicer is a party or by which it may be bound, or
(C) constitute a material violation of any statute, order or
regulation applicable to the Master Servicer of any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Master Servicer; and the Master Servicer is not in breach or
violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or
instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may
materially impair the Master Servicer's ability to perform or meet
any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(iv) The Master Servicer is an approved servicer of
conventional mortgage loans for FNMA or FHLMC and is a mortgagee
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant
to sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.
(v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master
Servicer's knowledge, threatened, against the Master Servicer that
would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of the Master
Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other
obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of, or compliance by
the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval,
authorization or order is required, the Master Servicer has obtained
the same.
(vii) The Master Servicer is a member of MERS in good
standing, and will comply in all material respects with the rules and
procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.
(b) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and
the Trustee as follows, as of the Cut-off Date in the case of the Initial
Mortgage Loans and as of the related Cut-off Date in the case of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans (unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise
requires, percentages with respect to the Mortgage Loans are measured by the
Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans):
(i) The Seller is duly organized as a New York corporation
and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of New York and is duly authorized and qualified to transact
any and all business contemplated by this Agreement and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement to be conducted by the Seller in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not
required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in
any event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such
state, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each
Mortgage Loan, to sell the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement and to
perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(ii) The Seller has the full corporate power and authority
to sell each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and
to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Seller the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
each Subsequent Transfer Agreement; and this Agreement and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except
that (a) the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement by the Seller, the sale of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller under this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer
Agreement, the consummation of any other of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer
Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof
and thereof are in the ordinary course of business of the Seller and
will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or provision of
the charter or by-laws of the Seller or (B) materially conflict with,
result in a material breach, violation or acceleration of, or result
in a material default under, the terms of any other material
agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it
may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute,
order or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Seller; and the Seller is not in breach or violation of any
material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in
violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair
the Seller's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under
this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
(iv) The Seller is an approved seller of conventional
mortgage loans for FNMA or FHLMC and is a mortgagee approved by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to sections 203
and 211 of the National Housing Act.
(v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, threatened, against the Seller that would materially and
adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement or the ability of
the Seller to sell the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other
obligations under this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Seller of, or compliance by the
Seller with, this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any
such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the
Seller has obtained the same.
(vii) The information set forth on Exhibit F-1 hereto with
respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan is true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date.
(viii) The Seller will treat the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans to the Depositor as a sale of the Mortgage Loans for all tax,
accounting and regulatory purposes.
(ix) After the final Subsequent Transfer Date, (A) no less
than approximately 14.0% of the Mortgage Loans in the final Mortgage
Pool are Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans, (B) no more than approximately
3.50% of the Mortgage Loans in the final Mortgage Pool are secured by
second liens on the related Mortgaged Properties, (C) no more than
approximately 43.0% of the Mortgage Loans included in the final
Mortgage Pool are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the
State of California, (D) no more than approximately 35.0% of the
Mortgage Loans included in the final Mortgage Pool have Loan-to Value
Ratios or Combined Loan-to-Value Ratios, as applicable, in excess of
80.0%; provided that for the purpose of making such calculations, the
"final Mortgage Pool" shall include each Initial Mortgage Loan, as of
the Initial Cut-off Date, and each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, as of
the Subsequent Cut-off Date.
(x) Approximately 0.21% of the Initial Mortgage Loans are
more than 30 days but less than 60 days delinquent in payment of
principal and interest.
(xi) No Initial Mortgage Loan that was secured by a first
lien on the related Mortgaged Property had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination in excess of 95.08%; no Initial Mortgage Loan that was
secured by a second lien on the related Mortgaged Property had a
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 90.64%.
(xii) Each Mortgage Loan is secured by a valid and
enforceable first or second lien on the related Mortgaged Property,
subject only to (1) the lien of non-delinquent current real property
taxes and assessments, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the
date of recording of such Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of
record being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally or
specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection with the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, (3) other matters to which
like properties are commonly subject that do not materially interfere
with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such
Mortgage and (4) only in the case of each such Mortgage Loan which is
secured by a valid and enforceable second lien on the Mortgaged
Property, any senior mortgage loan secured by such Mortgaged Property
and identified in the Mortgage File related to such Mortgage Loan.
Approximately 96.18% of the Initial Mortgage Loans were secured by
first liens on the related Mortgaged Properties. Approximately 3.82%
of the Initial Mortgage Loans were secured by second liens on the
related Mortgaged Properties.
(xiii) Immediately prior to the assignment of the Mortgage
Loans to the Depositor, the Seller had good title to, and was the
sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or security interest and had full right and authority,
subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any
other party, to sell and assign the same pursuant to this Agreement
and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
(xiv) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien against
any Mortgaged Property.
(xv) There is no valid offset, claim, defense or
counterclaim to any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the
obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or
interest on such Mortgage Note.
(xvi) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for work,
labor or material affecting any Mortgaged Property that are or may be
a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage, except
those that are insured against by the title insurance policy referred
to in item (xix) below.
(xvii) As of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial
Mortgage Loans and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date in the
case of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, each Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and is
in good repair.
(xviii) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in all
material respects with applicable state and federal laws, including,
without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, real estate
settlement procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws, and
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve
the violation of any such laws.
(xix) As of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial
Mortgage Loans and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date in the
case of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, neither the Seller nor any
prior holder of any Mortgage has modified the Mortgage in any
material respect (except that a Mortgage Loan may have been modified
by a written instrument that has been recorded or submitted for
recordation, if necessary, to protect the interests of the
Certificateholders and the original or a copy of which has been
delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, cancelled or subordinated such
Mortgage in whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged Property
in whole or in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any
instrument of release, cancellation, modification (except as
expressly permitted above) or satisfaction with respect thereto.
(xx) A lender's policy of title insurance together with a
condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if
applicable, in an amount at least equal to the Cut-off Date Stated
Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment (binder)
to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of
each Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full
force and effect, and each such policy was issued by a title insurer
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
Property is located and acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC and is in a form
acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, which policy insures the Seller and
successor owners of indebtedness secured by the insured Mortgage, as
to the first priority lien, of the Mortgage subject to the exceptions
set forth in paragraph (iv) above; to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, no claims have been made under such mortgage title
insurance policy and no prior holder of the related Mortgage,
including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that
would impair the coverage of such mortgage title insurance policy.
(xxi) No Initial Mortgage Loan was the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full between the Closing Date and the Cut-off
Date. No Subsequent Mortgage Loan was the subject of a Principal
Prepayment in full between the Subsequent Transfer Date and the
Cut-off Date.
(xxii) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all of the
improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of such property, and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property.
(xxiii) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no
improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in
violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation. To the best of
the Seller's knowledge, all inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions
of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy
of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy
and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from
the appropriate authorities, unless the lack thereof would not have a
material adverse effect on the value of such Mortgaged Property, and
the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law.
(xxiv) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms and under
applicable law, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the
remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all parties to the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage Note and Mortgage
have been duly and properly executed by such parties.
(xxv) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully
disbursed, there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and
any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site
improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor
have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in
making, or closing or recording the Mortgage Loans were paid.
(xxvi) The related Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions that render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case
of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and
(ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
(xxvii) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of
trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as
such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is
named in such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become
payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee under the deed of
trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after default by
the Mortgagor.
(xxviii) Each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage is in
substantially one of the forms attached hereto as Exhibit P
acceptable in form to FNMA or FHLMC.
(xxix) There exist no deficiencies with respect to escrow
deposits and payments, if such are required, for which customary
arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made, and no escrow
deposits or payments of other charges or payments due the Seller have
been capitalized under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note.
(xxx) The origination, underwriting and collection practices
used by the Seller with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been in
all respects legal, prudent and customary in the mortgage lending and
servicing business.
(xxxi) There is no pledged account or other security other
than real estate securing the Mortgagor's obligations.
(xxxii) No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature,
or other contingent interest feature.
(xxxiii) Each Mortgage Loan contains a customary "due on
sale" clause.
(xxxiv) Approximately 1.91% of the Initial .Mortgage Loans
are secured by two- to four-family dwellings. Approximately 3.92% of
the Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by condominium units.
Approximately 81.54% of the Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by
detached one-family dwellings. Approximately 0.68% of the Initial
Mortgage Loans are secured by manufactured housing. Approximately
11.95% of the Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by PUDs.
(xxxv) No Initial Mortgage Loan had a principal balance in
excess of $800,000.00 at origination.
(xxxvi) [Reserved].
(xxxvii) Each Initial Mortgage Loan was originated in or
after November 29, 1995.
(xxxviii) Each Adjustable Rate Initial Mortgage Loan other
than a 2/28 or 3/27 Mortgage Loan had an initial Adjustment Date no
later than May 1, 2005; each Initial Mortgage Loan had an initial
Adjustment Date no later than May 1, 2005; each 2/28 Initial Mortgage
Loan had an initial Adjustment Date no later than September 1, 2002;
each 3/27 Initial Mortgage Loan had an initial Adjustment Date no
later than September 1, 2003.
(xxxix) Approximately 75.66% of the Initial Mortgage Loans
provide for a prepayment penalty.
(xl) No Initial Mortgage Loan provides for primary mortgage
insurance.
(xli) On the basis of representations made by the Mortgagors
in their loan applications, no more than approximately 1.69% of the
Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by investor properties, and at
least approximately 97.36% of Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by
owner-occupied Mortgaged Properties that are primary residences (in
each case measured by the Cut-off Date Principal Balance).
(xlii) At the Cut-off Date, the improvements upon each
Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard
insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides
for fire and extended coverage and coverage for such other hazards as
are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located in
an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum
insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or
(ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such policy
shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the mortgagee
from becoming a co-insurer. If the Mortgaged Property is a
condominium unit, it is included under the coverage afforded by a
blanket policy for the condominium unit. All such individual
insurance policies and all flood policies referred to in item (xl)
above contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller or the
original mortgagee, and its successors in interest, as mortgagee, and
the Seller has received no notice that any premiums due and payable
thereon have not been paid; the Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain all such insurance, including flood insurance,
at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and upon the Mortgagor's failure
to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and
maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to
seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor.
(xliii) If the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified
in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form
meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Flood
Insurance Administration is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged
Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount
representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the original
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum
amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement
cost basis, or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available
under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.
(xliv) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no
proceeding occurring, pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of the Mortgaged Property.
(xlv) There is no material monetary default existing under
any Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note and, to the best of the
Seller's knowledge, there is no material event that, with the passage
of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure
period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note; and the
Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration.
(xlvi) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a one- to
four-family residential dwelling, including condominium units and
dwelling units in PUDs, that, to the best of the Seller's knowledge,
does not include cooperatives or mobile homes and does not constitute
other than real property under state law.
(xlvii) Each Mortgage Loan is being serviced by the Master
Servicer.
(xlviii) Any future advances made prior to the Cut-off Date
have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured
by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated,
bears a single interest rate and single repayment term reflected on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The consolidated principal amount does
not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. The
Mortgage Note does not permit or obligate the Master Servicer to make
future advances to the Mortgagor at the option of the Mortgagor.
(xlix) All taxes, governmental assessments, insurance
premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or
ground rents that previously became due and owing have been paid, or
an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to
pay for every such item that remains unpaid and that has been
assessed, but is not yet due and payable. Except for (A) payments in
the nature of escrow payments, and (B) interest accruing from the
date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage
proceeds, whichever is later, to the day that precedes by one month
the Due Date of the first installment of principal and interest,
including without limitation, taxes and insurance payments, the
Master Servicer has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or
knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the
Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount
required by the Mortgage.
(l) Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in all material
respects in accordance with the Seller's underwriting guidelines for
B and C quality mortgage loans or, with respect to Mortgage Loans
originated in accordance with other underwriting guidelines, in
substantial compliance of the Seller's guidelines.
(li) Prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan application,
an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property was obtained from a
qualified appraiser, duly appointed by the originator, who had no
interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or in any
loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not
affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan; such
appraisal is in a form acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC.
(lii) None of the Mortgage Loans is a graduated payment
mortgage loan or a growing equity mortgage loan, and no Mortgage Loan
is subject to a buydown or similar arrangement.
(liii) The Mortgage Rates borne by the Fixed Rate Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date ranged from 8.00% per annum to
20.50% per annum and the weighted average Mortgage Rate as of the
Cut-off Date was approximately 12.39% per annum. The Mortgage Rates
borne by the Adjustable Rate Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date ranged from 5.875% per annum to 18.625% per annum and the
weighted average Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date was
approximately 10.36% per annum.
(liv) The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the
outstanding one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Master
Servicer's portfolio at the Closing Date as to which the
representations and warranties made as to the Mortgage Loans set
forth in this Section 2.03(b) can be made. Such selection was not
made in a manner that would adversely affect the interests of
Certificateholders.
(lv) The Gross Margins on the Adjustable Rate Initial
Mortgage Loans range from approximately 0.125% to 12.00% and the
weighted average Gross Margin was approximately 6.49%.
(lvi) Except for 305 Initial Mortgage Loans, representing
approximately 13.90% of the Initial Mortgage Loan Balance, each
Initial Mortgage Loan has a payment date on or before the Due Date in
the month of the first Distribution Date.
(lvii) The Mortgage Loans, individually and in the
aggregate, conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof in the Prospectus Supplement.
(lviii) [Reserved].
(lix) There is no obligation on the part of the Seller under
the terms of the Mortgage or related Mortgage Note to make payments
in addition to those made by the Mortgagor.
(lx) Any leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan has a
term of not less than five years in excess of the term of the related
Mortgage Loan.
(lxi) [Reserved].
(lxii) Each Mortgage Loan represents a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860(a)(3) of the Code (but without
regard to the rule in Treasury Regulation ss. 1.860G-2(f)(2) that
treats a defective obligation as a qualified mortgage, or any
substantially similar successor provision) and applicable Treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(lxiii) No Mortgage Loan was either a "consumer credit
contract" or a "purchase money loan" as such terms are defined in 16
C.F.R. Section 433 nor is any Mortgage Loan a "mortgage" as defined
in 15 U.S.C. ss. 1602(aa).
(c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty set forth in Section 2.03(a) or (b) or a breach of
representation and warranty with respect to Subsequent Mortgage Loan under
Section 2.01(d)(iv), that materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties. Each of the Master
Servicer and the Seller (each, a "Representing Party") hereby covenants with
respect to the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.03(a)
and (b) and with respect to a breach of representations and warranties with
respect to Subsequent Mortgage Loan under Section 2.01(d)(iv), respectively,
that within 90 days of the earlier of the discovery by such Representing Party
or receipt of written notice by such Representing Party from any party of a
breach of any representation or warranty set forth herein made that materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage
Loan, it shall cure such breach in all material respects and, if such breach
is not so cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted
Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a Replacement
Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from
the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided that
any such substitution pursuant to (i) above or repurchase pursuant to (ii)
above shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the
Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 hereof and any such substitution
pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery
to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit
M. Any Representing Party liable for a breach under this Section 2.03 shall
promptly reimburse the Master Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses
reasonably incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of
enforcing the remedies for such breach. To enable the Master Servicer to amend
the Mortgage Loan Schedule, any Representing Party liable for a breach under
this Section 2.03 shall, unless it cures such breach in a timely fashion
pursuant to this Section 2.03, promptly notify the Master Servicer whether
such Representing Party intends either to repurchase, or to substitute for,
the Mortgage Loan affected by such breach. With respect to the representations
and warranties described in this Section that are made to the best of the
Representing Party's knowledge, if it is discovered by any of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Seller or the Trustee that the substance of such
representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and
adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding the
Representing Party's lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such
representation or warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the
applicable representation or warranty.
With respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller
delivering such Replacement Mortgage Loan shall deliver to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and
assignment of the Mortgage, and such other documents and agreements as are
required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage
assigned as required by Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any
calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments
due with respect to Replacement Mortgage Loans in the Due Period related to
the Distribution Date on which such proceeds are to be distributed shall not
be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller delivering such
Replacement Loan on such Distribution Date. For the month of substitution,
distributions to Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on
any Deleted Mortgage Loan for the related Due Period and thereafter the Seller
shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted
Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for
the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted
Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans
and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to
the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans
shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the
Seller delivering such Replacement Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have made
with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of
substitution, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03(b)
with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit
to the Certificate Account of the amount required to be deposited therein in
connection with such substitution as described in the following paragraph, the
Trustee shall release to the Representing Party the Mortgage File relating to
such Deleted Mortgage Loan and held for the benefit of the Certificateholders
and shall execute and deliver at the Master Servicer's direction such
instruments of transfer or assignment as have been prepared by the Master
Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the
Seller, or its respective designee, title to the Trustee's interest in any
Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Replacement
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 Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less
than the Stated Principal Balance (after application of the principal portion
of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution) of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans. An amount equal to the aggregate of the deficiencies described
in the preceding sentence (such amount, the "Substitution Adjustment Amount")
shall be deposited into the Certificate Account by the Seller delivering such
Replacement Mortgage Loan on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date
relating to the Prepayment Period during which the related Mortgage Loan
became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.
In the event that a Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan,
the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.08 on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date
in the month following the month during which such Seller became obligated to
repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase
Price, the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05, if
any, and the receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit N hereto,
the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of
the Certificateholders to such Seller, and the Trustee shall execute and
deliver at such Person's direction the related instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by such Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to transfer title from the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and transfer the Trustee's interest to such Seller to any
Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Section 2.03. It is understood and
agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of the Seller to cure,
repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and
is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting
such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee.
(d) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03
hereof shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer
and the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof and as of each Subsequent
Transfer Date:
(i) The Depositor is duly organized and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has full power and authority (corporate and other)
necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct its business
as now conducted by it and to enter into and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
(ii) The Depositor has the full corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement and has duly authorized, by all
necessary corporate action on its part, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement;
and this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other
parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with
its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to (i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of
equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each
Subsequent Transfer Agreement by the Depositor, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Subsequent
Transfer Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the
terms hereof and thereof are in the ordinary course of business of
the Depositor and will not (A) result in a material breach of any
term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Depositor or (B)
materially conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or
acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms of
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is
a party or by which it may be bound or (C) constitute a material
violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Depositor of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Depositor; and the
Depositor is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or
other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any
statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over
it which breach or violation may materially impair the Depositor's
ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under this
Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
(iv) No litigation is pending, or, to the best of the
Depositor's knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or any Subsequent Transfer Agreement
or the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any Subsequent Transfer Agreement in accordance with the
terms hereof.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the
Depositor with, this Agreement or any Subsequent Transfer Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if
any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the
Depositor has obtained the same.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with
respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date or the related Subsequent
Transfer Date, as applicable, and following the transfer of the Mortgage Loans
to it by the Seller, the Depositor had good title to the Initial Mortgage
Loans or related Subsequent Mortgage Loans, as applicable, and the related
Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, claims, defenses or counterclaims.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in the two immediately preceding paragraphs shall survive delivery
of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the
Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties set
forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (referred to herein as a
"breach"), which breach materially and adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the others and to each Rating Agency. The Depositor hereby
covenants with respect to the representations and warranties made by it in
this Section 2.04 that within 90 days of the earlier of the discovery it or
receipt of written notice by it from any party of a breach of any
representation or warranty set forth herein made that materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, it shall
cure such breach in all material respects and, if such breach is not so cured,
shall repurchase or replace the affected Mortgage Loan or Loans in accordance
with the procedure set forth in Section 2.03(c).
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions and Repurchases.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, with
respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not in default or as to which default is
not imminent, no repurchase or substitution pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03 or
2.04 shall be made unless the Representing Party making such repurchase or
substitution delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the
Trustee, to the effect that such repurchase or substitution would not (i)
result in the imposition of the tax on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust
Fund or contributions after the Closing Date, as defined in sections
860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively or (ii) cause the Trust Fund
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding. Any Mortgage Loan as to which repurchase or substitution was
delayed pursuant to this paragraph shall be repurchased or the substitution
therefor shall occur (subject to compliance with Sections 2.02, 2.03 or 2.04)
upon the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a default or imminent default with
respect to such loan and (b) receipt by the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such repurchase or substitution, as applicable, will not
result in the events described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of the preceding
sentence.
(b) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer
or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified
mortgage" within the meaning of section 86OG(a)(3) of the Code, the party
discovering such fact shall promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days
of discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Trustee shall require the Seller, at the Seller's option, to
either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(b) with respect to
substitutions are satisfied, a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the affected
Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of
such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a breach of
representation or warranty contained in Section 2.03. The Trustee shall
reconvey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the
same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03.
Section 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the
Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed,
authenticated and delivered, to or upon the order of the Depositor, the
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the entire ownership of
the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the
rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of
the Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this Agreement to the
best of its ability, to the end that the interests of the Holders of the
Certificates may be adequately and effectively protected.
Section 2.07. Covenants of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the Depositor, the Trustee as
follows:
(a) the Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy; and
(b) no written information, certificate of an officer,
statement furnished in writing or written report delivered to the
Depositor, any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared
by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the information, certificate, statement or report
not misleading.
ARTICLE III.
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer
shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with customary
and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage loan lenders in the
respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. In connection
with such servicing and administration, the Master Servicer shall have full
power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in
Section 3.02 hereof, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may
deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and
administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject
to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only
in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance
Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.12(a),
to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the
Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master
Servicer shall take no action that is inconsistent with or prejudices the
interests of the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or
the rights and interests of the Depositor and the Trustee under this
Agreement. The Master Servicer shall represent and protect the interest of the
Trust Fund in the same manner as it currently protects its own interest in
mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation
regarding a Mortgage Loan and shall not make or permit any modification,
waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan which would cause the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any
tax under Section 860(a) or 860(d) of the Code, but in any case not in any
manner that is a lesser standard than that provided in the first sentence of
this Section 3.01. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Master Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Depositor and the
Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee,
when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment,
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other
comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect
to the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
The Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the
Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them
as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to service and
administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor
and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the
Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name
or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or the
Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment
to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from
the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them,
any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with
respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS,
solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns.
In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the
Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for
the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from
related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.06, and further
as provided in Section 3.08. All costs incurred by the Master Servicer, if
any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on the
Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose
of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to
the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding
that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
The Master Servicer shall deliver a list of Servicing Officers to the
Trustee by the Closing Date.
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Master
Servicer.
(a) The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any
Mortgage Loan by a subservicer (each, a "Subservicer") pursuant to a
subservicing agreement (each, a "Subservicing Agreement"); provided that such
subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related subservicing agreement
must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent
with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of this
Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer
or a subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Master Servicer or
otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from
the subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions
as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans. Every subservicing agreement entered into by the Master Servicer shall
contain a provision giving the successor Master Servicer the option to
terminate such agreement in the event a successor Master Servicer is
appointed. All actions of each subservicer performed pursuant to the related
subservicing agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Master Servicer
with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Master
Servicer.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be
deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect
to the Mortgage Loans that are received by a subservicer regardless of whether
such payments are remitted by the subservicer to the Master Servicer.
Section 3.03. Rights of the Depositor, the Trustee in Respect of the
Master Servicer.
Neither the Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility
or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer, and none
of them is obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer
hereunder or otherwise.
Section 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer
be the Master Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event of Default),
the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon assume all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that
the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.10 hereof or any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master
Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from
doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or
substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.02
or 2.03 hereof, (iv) responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties
hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.03 or the first paragraph of
Section 6.02 hereof). If the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be
the Master Servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee
(or any other successor servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights
and obligations of the Master Servicer under any subservicing agreement in
accordance with the terms thereof; provided that the Trustee (or any other
successor servicer) shall not incur any liability or have any obligations in
its capacity as servicer under a subservicing agreement arising prior to the
date of such succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights
and obligations of the Master Servicer thereunder; and the Master Servicer
shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the
subservicing agreement arising prior to the date of such succession.
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 thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected held by
it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of the subservicing agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate
Account; Distribution Account; Pre-Funding Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance
with customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders in
the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located to collect
all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans
to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the
terms and provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with
the foregoing, the 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 dates for payments
due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 270 days. In the event of
any such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make 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. The Master Servicer shall not be required to institute or join
in litigation with respect to collection of any payment (whether under a
Mortgage, Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or governmental
authority with respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes
that enforcing the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to
which such payment is required is prohibited by applicable law.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Certificate
Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited
on a daily basis within two Business Days of receipt, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections remitted
by Subservicers or received by it in respect of Mortgage Loans subsequent to
the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on the
Mortgage Loans before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required to
be deposited hereunder:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including
Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage
Loans net of the related Servicing Fee permitted under Section 3.15,
other than interest accrued on the Mortgage Loans prior to the
Cut-off Date, and the Initial Certificate Account Deposit;
(iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's
normal servicing procedures;
(iv) all Compensating Interest;
(v) any amount required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in connection with any losses on
Permitted Investments;
(vi) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof;
(vii) the Purchase Price and any Substitution Adjustment
Amount;
(viii) all Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.01; and
(ix) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer into
the Certificate Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed
that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature
of prepayment penalties, late payment charges or assumption fees, if
collected, need not be remitted by the Master Servicer. In the event that the
Master Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be remitted and not
otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any
time withdraw or direct the institution maintaining the Certificate Account,
to withdraw such amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to
the contrary notwithstanding. Such withdrawal or direction may be accomplished
by delivering written notice thereof to the institution maintaining the
Certificate Account, that describes the amounts deposited in error in the
Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall maintain adequate records with
respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section. All funds deposited
in the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders
until withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08.
(c) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer
pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.08(a);
(ii) any amount required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in connection with any losses on
Permitted Investments; and
(iii) the amount, if any, remaining in the Pre-Funding
Account at the end of the Funding Period.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer and
deposit by the Trustee into the Distribution Account shall be exclusive. In
the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be
remitted and not otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08
hereof, it may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw such amount from the
Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Such direction may be accomplished by delivering a written notice to the
Trustee that describes the amounts deposited in error in the Distribution
Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the
Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with
this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event shall
the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Distribution Account at
the direction of the Master Servicer.
(d) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Pre-Funding Account. On the Closing Date the Seller
shall remit the Pre-Funded Amount to the Trustee for deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account. The Trustee shall allocate (i) approximately 84.0% of the
Pre-Funded Amount for the purchase of Adjustable Rate Subsequent Mortgage
Loans and (ii) approximately 16.0% of the Pre-Funded Amount for the purchase
of Fixed Rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
If any funds remain in the Pre-Funding Account on September 29, 2000,
to the extent that they represent earnings on the amounts originally deposited
into the Pre-Funding Account, the Trustee shall distribute them to the order
of the Depositor. The remaining funds shall be transferred to the Distribution
Account to be included as part of the Principal Distribution Amount for the
October 2000 Distribution Date.
(e) Each institution that maintains the Certificate Account, the
Distribution Account or the Carryover Reserve Fund shall invest the funds in
each such account, as directed by the Master Servicer, in Permitted
Investments, which shall mature not later than (i) in the case of the
Certificate Account, the second Business Day next preceding the related
Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is
an obligation of the institution that maintains such Certificate Account, then
such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the Business Day next
preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date) and (ii) in the case of the
Distribution Account and the Carryover Reserve Fund, the Business Day
immediately preceding the first Distribution Date that follows the date of
such investment (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of
the institution that maintains such Distribution Account and the Carryover
Reserve Fund, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such
Distribution Date) and, in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior
to its maturity. . Each institution that maintains the Pre-Funding Account
shall invest the funds in such account in Permitted Investments identified in
clause (vi) of the definition thereof. All such Permitted Investments shall be
made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
except in connection with Permitted Investments made with respect to funds in
the Carryover Reserve Fund which shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for
the benefit of the Class B-IO Certificateholders. In the case of (i) the
Certificate Account and the Distribution Account, all income and gain net of
any losses realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the
Master Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly
as provided herein, (ii) the Pre-Funding Account, all income and gain net of
any losses realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the
Depositor, and (iii) the Carryover Reserve Fund, all income and gain net of
any losses realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the
Class B-IO Certificateholders and shall be remitted to the Class B-IO
Certificateholders monthly as provided herein. The amount of any losses
incurred in the Certificate Account or the Distribution Account in respect of
any such investments shall be deposited by the Master Servicer in the
Certificate Account or paid to the Trustee for deposit into the Distribution
Account, as applicable, out of the Master Servicer's own funds immediately as
realized. The amount of any losses incurred in the Pre-Funding Account in
respect of any such investments shall be paid by the Depositor to the Trustee
for deposit into the Pre-Funding Account out of the Depositor's own funds
immediately as realized. Any losses incurred in the Carryover Reserve Fund in
respect of any such investments shall be charged against amounts on deposit in
the Carryover Reserve Fund (or such investments) immediately as realized. The
Trustee shall not be liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of
any investment or lack of investment of funds held in the Certificate Account,
the Distribution Account, the Pre-Funding Account or the Carryover Reserve
Fund and made in accordance with this Section 3.05.
(f) The Master Servicer shall give at least 30 days advance notice to
the Trustee, the Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed
change of location of the Certificate Account prior to any change thereof. The
Trustee shall give at least 30 days advance notice to the Master Servicer, the
Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the
location of the Distribution Account or the Carryover Reserve Fund prior to
any change thereof.
Section 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.
To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note, the Master
Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow
Account") and deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors
(or advances by the Master Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments,
hazard insurance premiums or comparable items for the account of the
Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall require the Master Servicer to compel a
Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.
Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be
made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to
reimburse the Master Servicer out of related collections for any payments made
pursuant to Sections 3.01 hereof (with respect to taxes and assessments and
insurance premiums) and 3.10 hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to
refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay
interest, if required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage
Note, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and
terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9.01 hereof. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part
of the Trust Fund.
Section 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the Trustee
reasonable access to all records and documentation regarding the Mortgage
Loans and all accounts, insurance policies and other matters relating to this
Agreement, such access being afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer
designated by it.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing if required by federal
regulation, the Master Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder that is
a savings and loan association, bank or insurance company certain reports and
reasonable access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage
Loans sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable
regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with respect to
investment in the Certificates; provided that the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses
incurred by the Master Servicer in providing such reports and access.
Section 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account,
Distribution Account and the Carryover Reserve Fund.
(a) The Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from
the Certificate Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer (to the extent not
previously paid to or withheld by the Master Servicer), as servicing
compensation in accordance with Section 3.15, that portion of any
payment of interest that equals the Servicing Fee for the period with
respect to which such interest payment was made, and, as additional
servicing compensation, those other amounts set forth in Section
3.15;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for Advances made by
it with respect to the Mortgage Loans, such right of reimbursement
pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on
particular Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for this purpose, Liquidation
Proceeds) that represent late recoveries of payments of principal
and/or interest on such particular Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of
which any such Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any
Nonrecoverable Advance previously made;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer from Insurance
Proceeds for Insured Expenses covered by the related Insurance
Policy;
(v) to pay the Master Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees and
to reimburse it for any unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Master
Servicer's right to reimbursement of Servicing Advances pursuant to
this subclause (v) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to
amounts received on particular Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for this
purpose, Liquidation Proceeds and purchase and repurchase proceeds)
that represent late recoveries of the payments for which such
advances were made pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.06;
(vi) to pay to the Seller, the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, as applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or
property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant
to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.12, all amounts received thereon and not
taken into account in determining the related Stated Principal
Balance of such repurchased Mortgage Loan;
(vii) to reimburse the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them in connection with the
Mortgage Loans or Certificates and reimbursable pursuant to Section
6.03 hereof provided that such amount shall only be withdrawn
following the withdrawal from the Certificate Account for deposit
into the Distribution Account pursuant to the following paragraph;
(viii) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount
deposited in the Certificate Account and not required to be deposited
therein; and
(ix) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
In addition, no later than 1:00 p.m. Pacific time on the Distribution
Account Deposit Date, (1) the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the
Certificate Account and remit to the Trustee the amount of Interest Funds and
Principal Funds, to the extent on deposit, and the Trustee shall deposit such
amount in the Distribution Account and (2) the Master Servicer shall withdraw
from the Certificate Account and remit to the Trustee the amount of the Credit
Comeback Excess Amount, to the extent on deposit, and the Trustee shall
deposit such amount in the Distribution Account.
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 Certificate Account pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii),
(iv), (v) and (vi) above and the Credit Comeback Excess Amount. Prior to
making any withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to subclause
(iii), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount of any previous
Advance determined by the Master Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance and
identifying the related Mortgage Loan(s), and their respective portions of
such Nonrecoverable Advance.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution Account
for distribution to the Certificateholders in the manner specified in this
Agreement (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of any
taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals
from the Distribution Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing
compensation, earnings on or investment income with respect to funds
in or credited to the Distribution Account;
(ii) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount
deposited in the Distribution Account and not required to be
deposited therein; and
(iii) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw the
Credit Comeback Excess Amount (to the extent paid by the Master Servicer to
the Trustee pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3.08(a)) from the
Distribution Account and distribute such amount to the Class R Certificates as
provided in this Agreement.
(c) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Carryover Reserve Fund
for distribution to the Regular Certificateholders in the manner specified in
this Agreement (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of
any taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals
from the Carryover Reserve Fund for the following purposes:
(i) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount
deposited in the Carryover Reserve Fund and not required to be
deposited therein; and
(ii) to clear and terminate the Carryover Reserve Fund upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
Section 3.09. [Reserved.]
Section 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage
Loan, hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that is at least
equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements
securing such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the
proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to prevent the related Mortgagor
and/or mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of standard
hazard insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that
contains, a standard mortgagee clause. The Master Servicer shall also cause
flood insurance to be maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure or deed
in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, to the extent described below.
Pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer
under any such policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or property thus
acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Certificate
Account. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to
the Certificateholders or remittances to the Trustee for their benefit, be
added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the
terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the
Master Servicer out of late payments by the related Mortgagor or out of
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.08 hereof. It is
understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to
be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of
a Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as
shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance.
If the Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the
Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard area and such
area is participating in the national flood insurance program, the Master
Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be maintained with respect to such
Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser
of (i) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the
replacement value of the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged
Property, or (iii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the
related Mortgaged Property under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a
blanket policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it
shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in
the first sentence of this Section 3.10, it being understood and agreed that
such policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent
to those commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers. If
such policy contains a deductible clause, the 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 3.10, and
there shall have been a loss that 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. In connection with its
activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Depositor and the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket
policy.
Section 3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.11(a), when any
property subject to a Mortgage has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall to the extent that it has knowledge of
such conveyance, 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, the Master Servicer is not required to exercise
such rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies
the terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related
thereto and the consent of the mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage
is not otherwise so required under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a
condition to such transfer. In the event that the Master Servicer is
prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if coverage
under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, or if
nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master Servicer is
authorized, subject to Section 3.11(b), to take or enter into an assumption
and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such property has
been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable
under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan shall
continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master Servicer enters such
agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The Master Servicer,
subject to Section 3.11(b), is also authorized with the prior approval of the
insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a substitution of
liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
is released from liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section
3.11(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption that the Master Servicer
reasonably believes it is restricted by law from preventing.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.11(a) hereof, in any case in which
a Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such
Person is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or
supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that 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 shall prepare and deliver or cause to be prepared and delivered to
the Trustee for signature and shall direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute
the assumption agreement 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. In connection with any such assumption, no material
term of the Mortgage Note (including, but not limited to, the Mortgage Rate,
the amount of the Scheduled Payment, the Maximum Rate, the Minimum Rate, the
Gross Margin, the Periodic Rate Cap, the Adjustment Date and any other term
affecting the amount or timing of payment on the Mortgage Loan) may be
changed. In addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must
be acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with its underwriting
standards as then in effect. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that
any such substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding
to the Trustee the original of such substitution or assumption agreement,
which in the case of the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File
and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the
same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part
thereof. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for entering into an
assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the
Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Section 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Determination of Excess Proceeds and Realized Losses;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to foreclose
upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such
of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments.
In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master Servicer
shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or
advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance
Policy; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its
own funds in connection with any foreclosure 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
after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses
will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it
shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Master Servicer shall be responsible for
all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided
that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of
liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08
hereof. If the Master Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that
the Master Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site
with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Master Servicer, the
Master Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such
risks and only take action in accordance with its established environmental
review procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders (or the Trustee's nominee on behalf of the
Certificateholders). The Trustee's name shall be placed on the title to such
REO Property solely as the Trustee hereunder and not in its individual
capacity. The Master Servicer shall ensure that the title to such REO Property
references this Agreement and the Trustee's capacity thereunder. Pursuant to
its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself
or through an agent selected by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such
REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the
locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent
the same, or any part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best
interest of the Master Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period
prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Master Servicer shall prepare for
and deliver to the Trustee a statement with respect to each REO Property that
has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses
incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO
Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Trustee to comply with
the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental
income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Certificate
Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The
Master Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to
foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as
specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and
filing such tax and information returns, as may be required.
In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property
prior to three years after its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the
expense of the Trust Fund, request more than 60 days prior to the day on which
such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year
grace period unless the Trustee shall have been supplied with an Opinion of
Counsel (such opinion not to be an expense of the Trustee) to the effect that
the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such
three-year period will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of the Trust Fund as defined in section 860F of the Code or
cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to
hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such
Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to
continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on
behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would
(i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property"
within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust
Fund to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the
income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code
or otherwise, unless the Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
The decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted
Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Master Servicer that
the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of
bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any
Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial
proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for expenses incurred
(including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and
net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any
management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such
Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and
interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as
though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be
deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of
principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited
into the Certificate Account. To the extent the income received during a
Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing
principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related
Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal
Prepayment for all purposes hereof.
The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net
of any payment to the Master Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following
receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date, except that
any Excess Proceeds shall be retained by the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation.
The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery
resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from
an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Master Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances
and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(v) or this Section 3.12;
second, to reimburse the Master Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances,
pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and
unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on
the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due
Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be
distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.
(b) On each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall determine
the respective aggregate amounts of Excess Proceeds and Realized Losses, if
any, for the related Prepayment Period.
(c) The Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have the right
to elect (by written notice sent to the Trustee) to purchase for its own
account from the Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan that is 91 days or more
delinquent at a price equal to the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for any
Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the Trustee for
deposit in the Certificate Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of such
deposit and a Request for Release from the Master Servicer in the form of
Exhibit N hereto, shall release or cause to be released to the purchaser of
such Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the purchaser of such
Mortgage Loan, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in
the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto
and the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall succeed to all the Trustee's
right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan and all security and
documents related thereto. Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and
not for security. The purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall thereupon own such
Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents, free of any further obligation
to the Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect thereto.
Section 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or 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 promptly notify
the Trustee by delivering a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit N. Upon receipt of such request, the Trustee shall promptly release
the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall at the
Master Servicer's direction execute and deliver to the Master Servicer the
request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of
mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage in each case
provided by the Master Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note with written
evidence of cancellation thereon. The Master Servicer is authorized to cause
the removal from the registration on the MERS(R) System of such Mortgage and
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or
any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of
partial or full release. No expenses incurred in connection with any
instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the
Certificate Account, the Distribution Account, the Carryover Reserve Fund or
the related subservicing account. From time to time and as shall be
appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including
for such purpose, collection under any policy of flood insurance any fidelity
bond or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial
release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making
of any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other
documents included in the Mortgage File, the Trustee shall, upon delivery to
the Trustee of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M signed by a
Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. Subject
to the further limitations set forth below, the Master Servicer shall cause
the Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee when
the need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage
Loan is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the Certificate
Account, in which case the Trustee shall deliver the Request for Release to
the Master Servicer.
If the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure
proceeding in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee, for signature, as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or
any legal action brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce
any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or
otherwise available at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Master Servicer shall cause possession of any Mortgage File or of the
documents therein that shall have been released by the Trustee to be returned
to the Trustee within 21 calendar days after possession thereof shall have
been released by the Trustee unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated
and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited
in the Certificate Account, and the Master Servicer shall have delivered to
the Trustee a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit N or (ii) the
Mortgage File or document shall have been delivered to an attorney or to a
public trustee or other public official as required by law for purposes of
initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure
of the Mortgaged Property and the Master Servicer shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the
name and address of the Person to which the Mortgage File or the documents
therein were delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery.
Section 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master
Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee as required by this Agreement all
documents and instruments in respect of a Mortgage Loan coming into the
possession of the Master Servicer from time to time and shall account fully to
the Trustee for any funds received by the Master Servicer or that otherwise
are collected by the Master Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds
collected or held by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer in respect
of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest
payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but not limited to, any funds
on deposit in the Certificate Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer
for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and
exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of
this Agreement. The Master Servicer also agrees that it shall not create,
incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the
Certificate Account, Distribution Account or Carryover Reserve Fund or in any
Escrow Account (as defined in Section 3.06), or any funds that otherwise are
or may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy,
writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or
otherwise any claim or right of set off against any Mortgage File or any funds
collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from any
such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master
Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 3.15. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer
shall be entitled to retain or withdraw from the Certificate Account out of
each payment of interest on a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund an
amount equal to interest at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such
interest payment.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Proceeds,
prepayment penalties, assumption fees, late payment charges, Prepayment
Interest Excess, and all income and gain net of any losses realized from
Permitted Investments shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the extent
not required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
3.05 or 3.12(a) hereof. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder
(including payment of any premiums for hazard insurance, as required by
Section 3.10 hereof and maintenance of the other forms of insurance coverage
required by Section 3.10 hereof) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided in Sections 3.08 and 3.12 hereof.
Section 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to
comparable regulatory authorities supervising Holders of the Certificates and
the examiners and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and such other
authorities, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required
by applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall be
afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request
and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer
designated by it. Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the
Master Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of
information regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer to
provide access as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation
shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
Section 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee on
or before May 31 of each year commencing May 31, 2001, an Officer's
Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the
activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of
the performance of the Master Servicer under this Agreement has been made
under such officer's supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's
knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such
default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof and (iii) to
the best of such officer's knowledge, each Subservicer has fulfilled all its
obligations under its Subservicing Agreement throughout such year, or, if
there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation specifying
each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. The
Trustee shall forward a copy of each such statement to each Rating Agency.
Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder upon request at the Master Servicer's expense, provided such
statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
Section 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements.
On or before the later of (i) May 31 of each year, beginning with May
31, 2001 or (ii) within 30 days of the issuance of the annual audited
financial statements beginning with the audit for the period ending in 2001,
the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants (who may also render other services to the
Master Servicer, the Seller or any affiliate thereof) that is a member of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report to the
Trustee, Depositor and the Seller in compliance with the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers. Copies of such report shall be
provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon request at the Master
Servicer's expense, provided such report is delivered by the Master Servicer
to the Trustee. Upon written request, the Master Servicer shall provide to the
Certificateholders its publicly available annual financial statements (or, for
so long as Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. is the Master Servicer hereunder, the
Master Servicer's parent company's publicly available annual financial
statements), if any, promptly after they become available.
ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 4.01. Advances.
Subject to the conditions of this Article IV, the Master Servicer, as
required below, shall make an Advance and deposit such Advance in the
Certificate Account. Each such Advance shall be remitted to the Certificate
Account no later than 1:00 p.m. Pacific time on the Master Servicer Advance
Date in immediately available funds. The Master Servicer shall be obligated to
make any such Advance only to the extent that such advance would not be a
Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Master Servicer shall have determined that it
has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that a proposed Advance or a lesser
portion of such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master
Servicer shall deliver (i) to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders funds constituting the remaining portion of such Advance,
if applicable, and (ii) to the Depositor, each Rating Agency and the Trustee
an Officer's Certificate setting forth the basis for such determination.
In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own
funds, the Master Servicer may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in
its records relating to the Certificate Account that any Amount Held for
Future Distributions has been used by the Master Servicer in discharge of its
obligation to make any such Advance and (ii) transfer such funds from the
Certificate Account to the Distribution Account. Any funds so applied and
transferred shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the
Certificate Account no later than the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which such funds are required
to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed from the Certificate Account for all Advances of its
own funds made pursuant to this Section as provided in Section 3.08. The
obligation to make Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue
until such Mortgage Loan is paid in full or the related Mortgaged Property or
related REO Property has been liquidated or until the purchase or repurchase
thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Trust Fund pursuant to any
applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this
Section 4.01.
Section 4.02. Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.
In the event that any Mortgage Loan is the subject of a Prepayment
Interest Shortfall, the Master Servicer shall, to the extent of one-half of
the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, deposit into the Certificate
Account, as a reduction of the Servicing Fee (but not in excess of one-half
thereof) for such Distribution Date, no later than the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date, an amount equal
to the Prepayment Interest Shortfall; and in case of such deposit, the Master
Servicer shall not be entitled to any recovery or reimbursement from the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders.
Section 4.03. [Reserved].
Section 4.04. Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
allocations from the Distribution Account of an amount equal to the Interest
Funds in the following order of priority (unless otherwise specified):
(i) to the Class A Certificates, the Class A Current
Interest and any Class A Interest Carryforward Amount;
(ii) with respect to any remaining Interest Funds, to the
Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Current Interest;
(iii) with respect to any remaining Interest Funds, to the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Current Interest;
(iv) with respect to any remaining Interest Funds, to the
Class B Certificates, the Class B Current Interest; and
(v) with respect to any remaining Interest Funds, any
remainder shall constitute part of the Excess Cashflow for such
Distribution Date.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
allocation from the Distribution Account of an amount equal to the Principal
Distribution Amount in the following order of priority:
(i) with respect to any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date or as to which a Trigger Event exists:
(1) to the Class A Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(2) to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(3) to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(4) to the Class B Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
and
(5) any remainder shall constitute part of the
Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date.
(ii) with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the
Stepdown Date and so long as a Trigger Event does not exist:
(1) to the Class A Certificates, the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(2) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(3) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;
(4) to the Class B Certificates, the Class B
Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero; and
(5) any remainder shall constitute part of the
Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the following
allocations from the Distribution Account of, the Excess Cashflow:
(i) for distribution as part of the Principal Distribution
Amount, the Extra Principal Distribution Amount, to the extent not
already distributed above;
(ii) if a Class B Cumulative Loss Trigger Event is in
effect, to the Class B Certificates, any Class B Unpaid Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;
(iii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Interest
Carryforward Amount;
(iv) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(v) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Interest
Carryforward Amount;
(vi) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount;
(vii) to the Class B Certificates, the Class B Interest
Carryforward Amount;
(viii) to the Class B Certificates, the Class B Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount; and
(ix) the remainder shall constitute Remainder Excess
Cashflow and shall be allocated as provided in Section 4.04(d).
(d) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make the following
allocations from the Distribution Account of the Remainder Excess Cashflow in
the following order of priority:
(i) reserved;
(ii) to the Carryover Reserve Fund and then pro rata to the
holders of the Certificates (other than the Class B-IO and Class R
Certificates) in an amount equal to any Net Rate Cap Carryover for
each Class thereof;
(iii) to the Carryover Reserve Fund, an amount equal to the
Required Carryover Reserve Fund Deposit;
(iv) to the Class B-IO Certificates, the Class B-IO
Distributable Amount; together with any amounts withdrawn from the
Carryover Reserve Fund for distribution to the Class B-IO
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08(c) on such date;
(v) [Reserved]
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) any remainder to the Class R Certificates.
(e) To the extent that a Class of Offered Certificates receives
interest in excess of the Net Rate Cap, such interest shall be treated as
having been paid to the Carryover Reserve Fund and then paid by the Carryover
Reserve Fund to such Certificateholders. Amounts deposited to the Carryover
Reserve Fund pursuant to this clause and the preceding clauses (d)(ii) and
(iii) shall be deemed to have been distributed first to the Class B-IO
Certificateholders for applicable tax purposes.
(f) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the Applied
Realized Loss Amount for the Certificates to reduce the Certificate Principal
Balances of the Subordinated Certificates in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Class B Certificates until the Class B
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
(ii) to the Class M-2 Certificates until the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero; and
(iii) to the Class M-1 Certificates until the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
(g) Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final distribution,
on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to each
Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a
bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such
Holder has so notified the Trustee at least 5 Business Days prior to the
related Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold Regular Certificates with
aggregate principal denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or evidencing a
Percentage Interest aggregating 10% or more with respect to such Class or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the
address of such holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, but subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final
distribution, distributions with respect to Certificates registered in the
name of a Depository shall be made to such Depository in immediately available
funds.
On or before 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on the fifth Business Day
following each Determination Date (but in no event later than 5:00 p.m.
Pacific time on the third Business Day before the related Distribution Date),
the Master Servicer shall deliver a report to the Trustee in the form of a
computer readable magnetic tape (or by such other means as the Master Servicer
and the Trustee may agree from time to time) containing such data and
information as agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Trustee (including,
without limitation, the actual mortgage rate for each Fixed Rate Credit
Comeback Loan) such as to permit the Trustee to prepare the Monthly Statement
to Certificateholders and make the required distributions for the related
Distribution Date (the "Remittance Report"). The Trustee shall, not later than
9:00 a.m. Pacific time on the Master Servicer Advance Date, other than any
Master Servicer Advance Date relating to any Distribution Date on which the
proceeds of any Optional Termination are being distributed, (i) furnish by
telecopy a statement to the Master Servicer (the information in such statement
to be made available to Certificateholders by the Trustee on request) setting
forth the Interest Funds and Principal Funds for such Distribution Date and
the amount to be withdrawn from the Certificate Account and (ii) determine
(and notify the Master Servicer by telecopy of the results of such
determination) the amount of Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in
respect of the related Distribution Date; provided that no Advance shall be
made if it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided further that any
failure by the Trustee to notify the Master Servicer will not relieve the
Master Servicer from any obligation to make any such Advances. The Trustee
shall not be responsible to recompute, recalculate or verify information
provided to it by the Master Servicer and shall be permitted to conclusively
rely on any information provided to it by the Master Servicer.
Section 4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare
and cause to be forwarded by first class mail to each Holder of a Class of
Certificates of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer and the Depositor a
statement setting forth for the Certificates:
(i) the amount of the related distribution to Holders of
each Class allocable to principal, separately identifying (A) the
aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments included therein, (B)
the aggregate of all scheduled payments of principal included therein
and (C) the Extra Principal Distribution Amount (if any);
(ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of each
Class allocable to interest;
(iii) any Interest Carryforward Amount for each Class;
(iv) the Class Certificate Principal Balance of each Class
after giving effect (i) to all distributions allocable to principal
on such Distribution Date and (ii) the allocation of any Applied
Realized Loss Amounts for such Distribution Date;
(v) the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for the Mortgage Pool;
(vi) the related amount of the Servicing Fees paid to or
retained by the Master Servicer for the related Due Period;
(vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates
with respect to the current Accrual Period;
(viii) the Net Rate Cap;
(ix) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on
such Distribution Date;
(x) the cumulative amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts
to date;
(xi) the number and aggregate principal amounts of Mortgage
Loans: (A) Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure)
(1) 30 days, (2) 31 to 60 days, (3) 61 to 90 days and (4) 91 or more
days, and (B) in foreclosure and Delinquent (1) 30 days, (2) 31 to 60
days, (3) 61 to 90 days and (4) 91 or more days, in each case as of
the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding
such Distribution Date;
(xii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and the date of
acquisition thereof;
(xiii) and the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of any
Mortgage Loans converted to REO Properties, as of the close of
business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;
(xiv) the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of all
Liquidated Loans;
(xv) with respect to any Liquidated Loan, the loan number
and Stated Principal Balance relating thereto;
(xvi) whether a Trigger Event has occurred;
(xvii) any Net Rate Cap Carryover paid and any remaining Net
Rate Cap Carryover remaining on the Certificates on such Distribution
Date;
(xviii) with respect to the second Distribution Date, the
number and aggregate balance of any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans not
delivered within the time periods specified in the definition of
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans;
(xix) any amount remaining in the Pre-Funding Account.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for disbursing the above information
to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and
accuracy of the information derived from the Master Servicer. The Trustee will
send a copy of each statement provided pursuant to this Section 4.05 to each
Rating Agency.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time
during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing the
information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vi) of this Section
4.05 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
(d) Upon filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Trustee shall
furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificates the Form 1066 and each Form
1066Q and shall respond promptly to written requests made not more frequently
than quarterly by any Holder of Class R Certificates with respect to the
following matters:
(i) The original projected principal and interest cash flows
on the Closing Date on each Class of regular and residual interests
created hereunder and on the Mortgage Loans, based on the Prepayment
Assumption;
(ii) The projected remaining principal and interest cash
flows as of the end of any calendar quarter with respect to each
Class of regular and residual interests created hereunder and the
Mortgage Loans, based on the Prepayment Assumption;
(iii) The applicable Prepayment Assumption and any interest
rate assumptions used in determining the projected principal and
interest cash flows described above;
(iv) The original issue discount (or, in the case of the
Mortgage Loans, market discount) or premium accrued or amortized
through the end of such calendar quarter with respect to each Class
of regular or residual interests created hereunder and to the
Mortgage Loans, together with each constant yield to maturity used in
computing the same;
(v) The treatment of losses realized with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or the regular interests created hereunder, including
the timing and amount of any cancellation of indebtedness income of
the REMIC with respect to such regular interests or bad debt
deductions claimed with respect to the Mortgage Loans;
(vi) The amount and timing of any non-interest expenses of
the REMIC; and
(vii) Any taxes (including penalties and interest) imposed
on the REMIC, including, without limitation, taxes on "prohibited
transactions," "contributions" or "net income from foreclosure
property" or state or local income or franchise taxes.
The information pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above
shall be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 8.11.
Section 4.06. [Reserved]
Section 4.07. [Reserved]
Section 4.08. Carryover Reserve Fund.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish and maintain in
its name, in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Certificates, the
Carryover Reserve Fund. The Carryover Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible
Account, and funds on deposit therein shall be held separate and apart from,
and shall not be commingled with, any other moneys, including without
limitation, other moneys held by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) On each Distribution Date on which the Net Excess Spread is less
than 0.25%, the Trustee shall transfer from the Distribution Account to the
Carryover Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 4.04(d)(ii) the Required Carryover
Reserve Fund Deposit.
(c) The Trustee shall make withdrawals from the Carryover Reserve
Fund to make distributions pursuant to Section 4.04(d) hereof, and shall
withdraw from the Carryover Reserve Fund on any Distribution Date on which the
Net Excess Spread is equal to or greater than 0.25% an amount equal to the
amount of funds on deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund in excess of $5,000
and distribute such excess to the Class B-IO Certificateholders pro rata in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. Funds withdrawn from
the Carryover Reserve Fund may not be applied pursuant to any other subsection
of Section 4.04 other than as expressly provided for in this Section 4.08(c).
(d) Funds in the Carryover Reserve Fund may be invested in Permitted
Investments. Any earnings on such amounts shall be payable to the Class B-IO
Certificates. The Class B-IO Certificates shall evidence ownership of the
Carryover Reserve Fund for federal tax purposes and shall direct the Trustee
in writing as to the investment of amounts therein.
(e) Upon termination of the Trust Fund, any amounts remaining in the
Carryover Reserve Fund shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class B-IO
Certificates in the same manner as if distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(d)
hereof.
ARTICLE V.
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto
as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the
minimum dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof
(except that one Certificate in of each Class may be issued in a different
amount which must be in excess of the applicable minimum dollar denomination)
and aggregate dollar denominations as set forth in the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Integral Original
Multiples Certificate
Minimum in Excess of Principal
Class Denomination Minimum Balance
------------------ ---------------------- -------------------------------- --------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
A $25,000 $1,000 $279,500,000
M-1 $25,000 $1,000 $21,125,000
M-2 $25,000 $1,000 $ 13,000,000
B $25,000 $1,000 $ 11,375,000
B-IO N/A N/A N/A
R-1 0.001% N/A N/A
R-2 99.999% N/A N/A
</TABLE>
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall
bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such authentication
and delivery. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such
Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set
forth as attached hereto executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the
date of their authentication. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
authenticate the Certificates to be issued at the written direction of the
Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and
(c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of Transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration
of Transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Certificates of the same Class and of like aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates that the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of Transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange
shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with
the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No Transfer of a Class B-IO or Class R Certificate shall be made
unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt
from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon
an exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure
compliance with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such Transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective
transferee shall each certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding
the Transfer in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit J (the
"Transferor Certificate") and (x) deliver a letter in substantially the form
of either Exhibit K (the "Investment Letter") or Exhibit L (the "Rule 144A
Letter") or (y) there shall be delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel
that such Transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities
Act, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee. The Depositor shall provide to any
Holder of a Class B-IO or Class R Certificate and any prospective transferee
designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates
and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to
satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for Transfer
of any such Certificate without registration thereof under the Securities Act
pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee and
the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule
144A information referenced in the preceding sentence, including providing to
the Depositor such information regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans
and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably
request to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a
Class B-IO or Class R Certificate desiring to effect such Transfer shall, and
does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller and the
Master Servicer against any liability that may result if the Transfer is not
so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No Transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or
using the assets of any such plan, (ii) except in the case of the Class B-IO
Certificates and Class R Certificates, if such purchaser is an insurance
company, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company that is
purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and
holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA Restricted Certificate presented
for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or
a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any
subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person
acting on behalf of any such plan, an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of
such ERISA Restricted Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust
Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited
transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not subject the Trustee
or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those expressly
undertaken in this Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trustee or the Master Servicer. For purposes of clause (i) of the
preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to
the Trustee by the transferee's acceptance of an ERISA Restricted Certificate
(or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in any
such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates) unless the Trustee shall have
received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form
and substance to the Master Servicer and the Depositor. Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA
Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to
Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code without the
delivery to the Trustee and the Master Servicer of an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer as described above shall
be void and of no effect; provided that the restriction set forth in this
sentence shall not be applicable if there has been delivered to the Trustee
and the Master Servicer an opinion of counsel meeting the requirements of
clause (iii) of the first sentence of this paragraph. The Trustee shall be
under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA
Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(b)
or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of
this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the Trustee in
accordance with the foregoing requirements. The Trustee shall be entitled, but
not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA Restricted Certificate
that was in fact an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a
plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a Person acting on behalf of any
such plan at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it
became such a plan or Person acting on behalf of such a plan, all payments
made on such ERISA Restricted Certificate at and after either such time. Any
such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the
Trustee to the last preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not such a
plan or Person acting on behalf of a plan.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts
to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of a Class R Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to any other Person if it
has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Class R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class R
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Class R Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on
such Class R Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate to any Holder who is not a
Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in
this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Class R Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Seller or the
Master Servicer to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will
not cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the
Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or
acquiring any ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate hereby consents to
any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished
to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record
ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Class R Certificate is not
transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Class R
Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 shall not be an expense of the Trust
Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer.
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Certificate and of the ownership thereof and (b) there is
delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange
for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a
new Certificate of like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection
with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall
constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund,
as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time. All Certificates surrendered to the
Trustee under the terms of this Section 5.03 shall be canceled and destroyed
by the Trustee in accordance with its standard procedures without liability on
its part.
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the Master Servicer
or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name any Certificate is
registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to
communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication that such Certificateholders propose to transmit or if the
Depositor or Master Servicer shall request such information in writing from
the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the
receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such
Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of the Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate,
agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders
hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.06. Book-Entry Certificates.
The Offered Certificates, upon original issuance, shall be issued in
the form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by or on behalf of the
Depositor. Such Certificates shall initially be registered on the Certificate
Register in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no Certificate
Owner of such Certificates will receive a definitive certificate representing
such Certificate Owner's interest in such Certificates, except as provided in
Section 5.08. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Certificates
("Definitive Certificates") have been issued to the Certificate Owners of such
Certificates pursuant to Section 5.08:
(a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee may deal with
the Depository and the Depository Participants for all purposes (including the
making of distributions) as the authorized representative of the respective
Certificate Owners of such Certificates;
(c) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be
transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository;
(d) the rights of the respective Certificate Owners of such
Certificates shall be exercised only through the Depository and the Depository
Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between the Owners of such Certificates and the Depository and/or the
Depository Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and
until Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.08, the
Depository will make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants
and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the
related Certificates to such Depository Participants;
(e) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges
and expenses from its Depository Participants;
(f) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants; and
(g) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with
any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall
control.
For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or
permitting actions with the consent of, or at the direction of,
Certificateholders evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of any Class of Certificates, such direction or consent may
be given by Certificate Owners (acting through the Depository and the
Depository Participants) owning Book-Entry Certificates evidencing the
requisite percentage of principal amount of such Class of Certificates.
Section 5.07. Notices to Depository.
Whenever any notice or other communication is required to be given to
Certificateholders of the Class with respect to which Book-Entry Certificates
have been issued, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been
issued to the related Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications to the Depository.
Section 5.08. Definitive Certificates.
If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to
any Certificates, (a) the Depositor advises the Trustee that the Depository is
no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities under the
Depository Agreement with respect to such Certificates and the Trustee or the
Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Depositor, at its
sole option, advises the Trustee that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system with respect to such Certificates through the Depository or (c) after
the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners of
such Book-Entry Certificates having not less than 51% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by any Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trustee and the
Depository in writing through the Depository Participants that the
continuation of a book-entry system with respect to Certificates of such Class
through the Depository (or its successor) is no longer in the best interests
of the Certificate Owners of such Class, then the Trustee shall notify all
Certificate Owners of such Certificates, through the Depository, of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive
Certificates to Certificate Owners of such Class requesting the same. The
Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates
to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of any such Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration,
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive Certificates.
Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of such
Definitive Certificates, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or
to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and
performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such
Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
Section 5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies in New York City where Certificates
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee
initially designates its offices at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 12E, New York,
New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust MBS Administration, as offices for
such purposes. The Trustee will give prompt written notice to the
Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such office or
agency.
ARTICLE VI.
THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SELLER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Seller.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller shall each be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically and respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer or the Seller.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller will each keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the
laws of the United States or under the laws of one of the States thereof and
will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any
of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this
Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the
Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger
or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Seller
shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or the Seller, shall be the successor of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or the Seller, 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 that
the successor or surviving Person to the Master Servicer shall be qualified to
sell mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, FNMA or
FHLMC.
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller,
the Master Servicer and others.
None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of the
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Seller 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 that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or any such Person against any breach of
representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or any such Person from any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reasons 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 Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the
Seller 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 Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and
any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Seller 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 audit,
controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing authority
or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than
any loss, liability or expense 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. None of the Depositor, the
Seller or the Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective
duties hereunder and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided that any of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master
Servicer may, in its discretion undertake any such action that it may deem
necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties
of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and the Certificateholders
hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any
liability resulting therefrom shall be, expenses, costs and liabilities of the
Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Certificate Account as provided
by Section 3.08 hereof.
Section 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the 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 Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation shall
become effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer to such appointment
shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities
and obligations hereunder.
Section 6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
The Master Servicer shall, for so long as it acts as servicer under
this Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of
insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations
as servicer hereunder, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers,
employees and agents. Each such policy or policies and bond shall, together,
comply with the requirements from time to time of FNMA or FHLMC for persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by FNMA or FHLMC. In the
event that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the Master Servicer
shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a comparable replacement
policy or bond from an insurer or issuer, meeting the requirements set forth
above as of the date of such replacement.
ARTICLE VII.
DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF MASTER SERVICER
Section 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the
Certificate Account or the Distribution Account or remit to the
Trustee any payment (excluding a payment required to be made under
Section 4.01 hereof) required to be made under the terms of this
Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for five calendar
days and, with respect to a payment required to be made under Section
4.01 hereof, for one calendar day, after the date on which written
notice of such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer
by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee and the Master
Servicer by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25%
of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or
(ii) any failure by the Master Servicer or, so long as the
Master Servicer is also the Seller, the Seller to observe or perform
in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on
the part of the Master Servicer contained in this Agreement or any
representation or warranty shall prove to be untrue, which failure or
breach shall continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after the
date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to
the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the
Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25%
of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; provided that the
sixty-day cure period shall not apply to the initial delivery of the
Mortgage File for Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans nor the failure to
repurchase or substitute in lieu thereof; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of
a 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
consecutive days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of
a 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 all or substantially all of the
property of the 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.
If an Event of Default shall occur, then, and in each and every such
case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the
Trustee shall, but only at the direction of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the
Certificates, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer (with a copy to each
Rating Agency), 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. On
or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Master Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to
the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee.
The Trustee shall thereupon make any Advance described in Section 4.01 hereof
subject to Section 3.04 hereof. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact
or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or
accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the
purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such
termination shall affect any obligation of the Master Servicer to pay amounts
owed pursuant to Article VIII. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's
responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the
transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall at the time be
credited to the Certificate Account, or thereafter be received with respect to
the Mortgage Loans. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies of
the occurrence of an Event of Default.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of a Master
Servicer hereunder, such Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of
any late collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan that was due
prior to the notice terminating such Master Servicer's rights and obligations
as Master Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that portion
thereof to which such Master Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to
Sections 3.08(a)(i) through (viii), and any other amounts payable to such
Master Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, to the extent
provided in Section 3.04, be the successor to the Master Servicer in its
capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or
provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties
and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the terms
and provisions hereof and applicable law including the obligation to make
advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall
be entitled to all fees, costs and expenses relating to the Mortgage Loans
that the Master Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer
had continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee
has become the successor to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section
7.01 hereof, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if
it is prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Section
4.01 hereof or if it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint, or petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan
servicing institution the appointment of which does not adversely affect the
then current rating of the Certificates by each Rating Agency as the successor
to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the
responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder. Any
successor Master Servicer shall be an institution that is a FNMA and FHLMC
approved seller/servicer in good standing, that has a net worth of at least
$15,000,000, and that is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and executes
and delivers to the Depositor and the Trustee an agreement accepting such
delegation and assignment, that contains an assumption by such Person of the
rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the
Master Servicer (other than liabilities of the Master Servicer under Section
6.03 hereof incurred prior to termination of the Master Servicer under Section
7.01), with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement;
and provided further that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of
the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation
will not be qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment and
delegation. No appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder
shall be effective until the Trustee shall have consented thereto, and written
notice of such proposed appointment shall have been provided by the Trustee to
each Certificateholder. The Trustee shall not resign as servicer until a
successor servicer has been appointed and has accepted such appointment.
Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the
Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall,
subject to Section 3.04 hereof, act in such capacity as hereinabove provided.
In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on
Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided that no such
compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent
with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
Neither the Trustee nor any other successor servicer shall be deemed to be in
default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making,
any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to perform,
or any delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in
either case caused by the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver or
provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any cash, information,
documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Master Servicer as servicer shall give notice to
the Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its
service as servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that the Master
Servicer is required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.
In connection with the termination or resignation of the Master
Servicer hereunder, either (i) the successor Master Servicer, including the
Trustee if the Trustee is acting as successor Master Servicer, shall represent
and warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to
comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in
connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with
MERS, or (ii) the predecessor Master Servicer shall cooperate with the
successor Master Servicer in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment
of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the
Trustee and to execute and deliver such other notices, documents and other
instruments as may be necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of such
Mortgage Loan or servicing of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System to the
successor Master Servicer. The predecessor Master Servicer shall file or cause
to be filed any such assignment in the appropriate recording office. The
successor Master Servicer shall cause such assignment to be delivered to the
Trustee or the Custodian promptly upon receipt of the original with evidence
of recording thereon or a copy certified by the public recording office in
which such assignment was recorded.
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such
Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments
furnished to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine
whether they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such
instrument is found not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a
material manner, the Trustee shall take action as it deems appropriate to have
the instrument corrected.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own gross
negligent failure to act or its own misconduct, its grossly negligent failure
to perform its obligations in compliance with this Agreement, or any liability
that would be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance or bad faith;
provided that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and
after the curing of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee, except for
the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and the Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates
or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Agreement that it reasonably believed in good
faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper
authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Trustee, for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless the Trustee
was grossly negligent or acted in bad faith or with willful
misfeasance; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Trustee, with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders
of each Class of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights of such Class relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this
Agreement.
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officer's Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Trustee, for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good
faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
hereunder and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in
writing so to do by Holders of each Class of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of such Class;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, accountants or attorneys;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds
for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Trustee, for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this
Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment security);
(viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
an Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof; and
(ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make
any investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at
the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders,
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
that may be incurred therein or thereby.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof
at the trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action
or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the
benefit of all the Holders of the Certificates, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement.
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes
no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations
as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of any Mortgage Loan or
related document or of MERS or the MERS(R) System other than with respect to
the Trustee's execution and authentication of the Certificates. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the
Master Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in
respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the
Certificate Account by the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it
were not the Trustee.
Section 8.05. Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Master Servicer covenants and agrees (i) to pay to the Trustee
from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as
shall be agreed in writing by the Master Servicer and the Trustee (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution
of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the
powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee and (ii) to pay or reimburse the
Trustee, upon its request, for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation: (A) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its counsel, but only for representation of the Trustee acting in its
capacity as Trustee hereunder and (B) to the extent that the Trustee must
engage persons not regularly in its employ to perform acts or services on
behalf of the Trust Fund, which acts or services are not in the ordinary
course of the duties of a trustee, paying agent or certificate registrar, in
the absence of a breach or default by any party hereto, the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such persons, except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct). The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer and held
harmless against any loss, liability or expense (i) incurred in connection
with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, or in
connection with the performance of any of the Trustee's duties hereunder,
other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the
Trustee's duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of the Trustee's
obligations and duties hereunder and (ii) resulting from any error in any tax
or information return prepared by the Master Servicer. Such indemnity shall
survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the
Trustee hereunder.
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall, at all times, be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the
United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a
credit rating that would not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their
respective ratings of any Class of Certificates below the ratings issued on
the Closing Date (or having provided such security from time to time as is
sufficient to avoid such reduction). If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07 hereof. The corporation
or national banking association serving as Trustee may have normal banking and
trust relationships with the Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer and
their respective affiliates; provided that such corporation cannot be an
affiliate of the Master Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as
successor to the Master Servicer.
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by (1) giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor
and the Master Servicer and by mailing notice of resignation by first class
mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificateholders at their addresses appearing
on the Certificate Register and each Rating Agency, not less than 60 days
before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 8.08, such
resignation is to take effect, and (2) acceptance of appointment by a
successor trustee in accordance with Section 8.08 and meeting the
qualifications set forth in Section 8.06. If no successor trustee shall have
been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and shall fail to resign
after written request thereto by the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or
(iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which
the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located, (B) the imposition of such tax would
be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee and (C) the Trustee fails
to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax, then the Depositor or the Master
Servicer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Master Servicer and
one copy of which shall be delivered to the successor trustee.
The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of each
Class of Certificates may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed
by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set
of which instruments shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the Master
Servicer one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to
the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be
given to each Rating Agency by the Successor Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.08 hereof.
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 hereof
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as
if originally named as trustee herein.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and its
appointment shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the
Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to
mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed
at the expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of
Section 8.06 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the
time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have
the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly
with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part
of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any
part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of
this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the
Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after
the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power
to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section
8.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee
or separate trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee
under this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Master
Servicer, shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee
is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
(whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties
and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or
any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely
at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of
or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement
and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee,
upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates
or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with
the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 8.11. Tax Matters.
It is intended that the Trust Fund shall constitute, and that the
affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so that each REMIC created
hereunder qualifies as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined
in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such
intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and
the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of the Trust Fund
and that in such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be
prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment
Conduit Income Tax Returns (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax
authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with
respect to each REMIC created hereunder, containing such information and at
the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local
tax laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the
Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code for the
Trust Fund; (c) make or cause to be made elections, on behalf of each REMIC
created hereunder to be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return of each
REMIC created hereunder for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and,
if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as
and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, the calculation of any original
issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information
necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Class R
Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent
(including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted
Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is
the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and
furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax);
(f) to the extent that they are under its control conduct the affairs of the
Trust Fund at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to
maintain the status of each REMIC created hereunder under the REMIC
Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of each REMIC
created hereunder; (h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph
of this Section 8.11, the amount of any federal, state and local taxes,
including prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on each
REMIC created hereunder prior to the termination of the Trust Fund when and as
the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the
Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in
appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding
payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings); (i) sign or cause to be signed federal, state or local income
tax or information returns; (j) maintain records relating to each REMIC
created hereunder, including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets
and liabilities of each REMIC created hereunder, and the fair market value and
adjusted basis of the Trust Fund property determined at such intervals as may
be required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns,
schedules, statements or information; and (k) as and when necessary and
appropriate, represent the Trust Fund in any administrative or judicial
proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing
authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of each
REMIC created hereunder, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of the Trust Fund, and otherwise act on behalf of the each REMIC
created hereunder in relation to any tax matter involving each REMIC created
hereunder
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth
herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
within 10 days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee
requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the
valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including, without
limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows
of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall
provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor, any such
additional information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time,
request in order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth
herein. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for any losses,
liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any
errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that result from any failure of the
Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information or data
to the Trustee on a timely basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of
the Trust Fund as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net
income from foreclosure property" of the Trust Fund as defined in Section
860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the Trust Fund after the startup
day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed,
including, without limitation, any federal, state or local tax or minimum tax
imposed upon the Trust Fund pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24872 of the
California Revenue and Taxation Code if not paid as otherwise provided for
herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax
arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its
obligations under this Agreement, (ii) (x) the Master Servicer, in the case of
any such minimum tax, and (y) any party hereto (other than the Trustee) to the
extent any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by such other
party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or (iii) in all other
cases, or in the event that any liable party here fails to honor its
obligations under the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), any such tax will be paid
first with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Class R
Certificateholders and the Class B-IO Certificateholders, and second with
amounts otherwise to be distributed to all other Certificateholders in the
following order of priority: first, to the Class B Certificates, second, to
the Class M-2 Certificates, third, to the Class M-1 Certificates, and fourth,
to the Class A Certificates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, to the extent that such tax is payable by the Class R
Certificates, the Trustee is hereby authorized to retain on any Distribution
Date, from the Holders of the Class R Certificates (and, if necessary, second,
from the Holders of the all other Certificates in the priority specified in
the preceding sentence), funds otherwise distributable to such Holders in an
amount sufficient to pay such tax. The Trustee agrees to promptly notify in
writing the party liable for any such tax of the amount thereof and the due
date for the payment thereof.
The Trustee shall treat the Carryover Reserve Fund as an outside
reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.860G-2(h) that is
owned by the Class B-IO Certificateholders and that is not an asset of the
REMIC. The Trustee shall treat the rights of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2
and Class B Certificateholders to receive payments from the Carryover Reserve
Fund as rights in an interest rate cap contract written by the Class B-IO
Certificateholder in favor of the Holders of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2
and Class B Certificates. Thus, each Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class B
Certificate shall be treated as representing ownership of not only Master
REMIC Regular Interests, but also ownership of an interest in an interest rate
cap contract. For purposes of determining the issue price of the Master REMIC
Regular interests, the Trustee shall assume that each interest rate cap
contract with respect to each of the Class A, Class M-1 and Class M-2
Certificates has a value of $2,500.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all
Mortgage Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee created hereby with
respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the
repurchase by the Master Servicer of all of the Mortgage Loans (and REO
Properties) remaining at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of REO
Property), (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (or,
if such repurchase is effected by the Master Servicer, at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate), (iii) the appraised value of any REO Property (up to the
Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan), such appraisal to be
conducted by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Master Servicer and the
Trustee and (iv) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and the principal
portion of any unreimbursed Advances, made on the Mortgage Loans prior to the
exercise of such repurchase and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other
liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii)
the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement, as applicable. In no event
shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants
of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St. James, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity
Date.
The right to repurchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
pursuant to clause (a) above shall be conditioned upon the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans, at the time of any such repurchase, aggregating
ten percent or less of the sum of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance
of the Initial Mortgage Loans plus the amount deposited in the Pre-Funding
Account on the Closing Date.
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, (i) the Master Servicer determines that
there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the
Trust Fund other than the funds in the Certificate Account, the Master
Servicer shall direct the Trustee to send a final distribution notice promptly
to each Certificateholder or (ii) the Trustee determines that a Class of
Certificates shall be retired after a final distribution on such Class, the
Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders within five (5) Business Days
after such Determination Date that the final distribution in retirement of
such Class of Certificates is scheduled to be made on the immediately
following Distribution Date. Any final distribution made pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence will be made only upon presentation and
surrender of the related Certificates at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee. If the Master Servicer elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to
clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 20 days prior to the date notice is to be
mailed to the affected Certificateholders, such electing party shall notify
the Depositor and the Trustee of the date such electing party intends to
terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase price of the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
promptly by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier
than the 10th day and no later than the 15th day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such final distribution. Any such notice shall specify
(a) the Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates
will be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office
therein designated, (b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the
location of the office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must
be made, and (d) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such
Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office therein
specified. The Master Servicer will give such notice to each Rating Agency at
the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.
In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall cause
all funds in the Certificate Account to be remitted to the Trustee for deposit
in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the applicable
Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect of
the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and
the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the Trustee
shall promptly release to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for the
Mortgage Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class the amounts
allocable to such Certificates held in the Distribution Account (and, if
applicable and the Carryover Reserve Fund) in the order and priority set forth
in Section 4.04 hereof on the final Distribution Date and in proportion to
their respective Percentage Interests.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in
the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets that remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that remain subject hereto.
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer exercises its purchase option on
the Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be
terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, unless
the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of
the Master Servicer, to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to
comply with the requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the
imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of a REMIC, or (ii) cause a
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding:
(1) The Master Servicer shall establish a 90-day liquidation
period and notify the Trustee thereof, which shall in turn specify
the first day of such period in a statement attached to the Trust
Fund's final Tax Return pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.860F-1. The Master Servicer shall satisfy all the requirements of a
qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and any
regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
obtained at the expense of the Master Servicer;
(2) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior
to the time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the
Master Servicer as agent of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets
of the Trust Fund for cash; and
(3) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
distributed or credited, to the Class R Certificateholders all cash
on hand (other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust Fund
shall terminate at that time.
(b) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Master Servicer to specify the 90-day liquidation period
for the Trust Fund, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.
(c) The Trustee as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and
sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request of the
Master Servicer, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in
Section 9.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as
may be reasonably requested by the Master Servicer.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions herein, or to make such other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement, as shall not be inconsistent with any
other provisions herein if such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder; provided that any such amendment shall be deemed not to
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Certificateholders and no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required if the
Person requesting such amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency
stating that such amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates, it being
understood and agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not represent
a determination as to the materiality of any such amendment and will represent
a determination only as to the credit issues affecting any such rating.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the
Certificateholders, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Seller may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement to modify,
eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary
or appropriate to maintain the qualification of the Trust Fund as a REMIC
under the Code or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax
on the Trust Fund pursuant to the Code that would be a claim against the Trust
Fund at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates, provided
that the Trustee have been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall
be an expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not
be an expense of the Trustee, to the effect that such action is necessary or
appropriate to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of
the imposition of such a tax.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee and the Holders of
each Class of Certificates affected thereby evidencing not less than 51% of
the Voting Rights of such Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates;
provided that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of,
or delay the timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate
without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect
in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of
Certificates in a manner other than as described in (i), without the consent
of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing 66% or more of the
Voting Rights of such Class or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of
Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any such
amendment without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have
first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the
party requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, to the effect that such amendment will not cause the imposition of
any tax on the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders or cause the Trust Fund to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder and
each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to the Trustee
that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement
and that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with;
and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth
in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant
to this Section 10.01.
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public
offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages
are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or
elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at its
expense.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 10.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE
AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Section 10.04. Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance
(i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor and (ii) of the Trust
Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed as, an absolute
sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such
conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Seller or Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other
reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in
either such assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security
agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of
New York and (ii) the conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be an assignment and a grant (i) by the Seller to the Depositor or
(ii) by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets transferred,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Seller and the Depositor for the benefit of the
Certificateholders shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed
to create a security interest in the Trust Fund, such security interest would
be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under
applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code
continuation statements in connection with any security interest granted or
assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:
(i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
(ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not
been cured;
(iii) The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer
or the Trustee and the appointment of any successor;
(iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 and 3.12; and
(v) The final payment to Certificateholders.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency
copies of the following:
(i) Each report to Certificateholders described in Section
4.04;
(ii) Each annual statement as to compliance described in
Section 3.17; and
(iii) Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.18.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case
of the Depositor, CWABS, Inc., 4500 Park Granada, Calabasas, California 91302,
Attention: Dave Walker, with a copy to the same address, Attention: Legal
Department; (b) in the case of the Seller or the Master Servicer, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., 4500 Park Granada, Calabasas, California 91302, Attention:
Dave Walker, with a copy to the same address, Attention: Legal Department, or
such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the
Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing; (c) in the case of the Trustee, The
Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, 12E, New York, New York Attention:
Corporate Trust MBS Administration or such other address as the Trustee may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Master Servicer; and (d) in the case
of the Rating Agencies, (i) Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Attention: ABS
Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, Sixth Floor, New York, New York 10017
and (ii) Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, Attention: Structured Finance, 55
Water Street, New York, New York 10041. Notices to Certificateholders shall be
deemed given when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their respective
addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions
of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 10.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided pursuant to Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Master Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and
Depositor.
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or
winding up of the Trust Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or
members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any
liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to
this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than
25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made
written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in
its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses, and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it
being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each
Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no
one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of
this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of
any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of
all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall
be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will
permit any representative of the Depositor or the Trustee during the Master
Servicer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of account,
records, reports and other papers of the Master Servicer relating to the
Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to
be audited by independent certified public accountants selected by the
Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts
relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent
public accountants (and by this provision the Master Servicer hereby
authorizes such accountants to discuss with such representative such affairs,
finances and accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by
the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09 shall be
borne by the party requesting such inspection; all other such expenses shall
be borne by the Master Servicer.
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall
not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests
in the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for
any reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication
thereof by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed
fully paid.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller
and the Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first
above written.
CWABS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Michael Muir
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Name: Michael Muir
Title: Vice President
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
as Master Servicer and Seller
By: /s/ Michael Muir
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Name: Michael Muir
Title: Senior Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Courtney Bartholomew
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Name: Courtney Bartholomew
Title: Assistant Vice President
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
On this 31st day of August, 2000, before me, a notary public in and
for said State, appeared Michael Muir, personally known to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the Executive Vice President of Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and
also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such
corporation and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Glenda J. Daniel
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
On this 31st day of August, 2000, before me, a notary public in and
for said State, appeared Michael Muir, personally known to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the Vice President of CWABS, Inc., one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be
the person who executed it on behalf of such corporation and acknowledged to
me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Glenda J. Daniel
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this 31st day of August, 2000, before me, a notary public in and
for said State, appeared Courtney Bartholomew, personally known to me on
the basis of satisfactory evidence to be an Assistant Treasurer, of The Bank
of New York, a New York banking corporation that executed the within
instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of
such corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the
within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Rachel Schlenker
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
Exhibit A
[Photocopies of such Certificates as delivered.]
[see appropriate documents delivered at closing]
Exhibit B
[Reserved]
Exhibit C
[Reserved]
Exhibit D
[Exhibit D is a photocopy
of the Class R Certificate
as delivered.]
[see appropriate documents delivered at closing]
Exhibit E
[Exhibit E is a photocopy
of the Tax Matters Person Class R Certificate
as delivered.]
[see appropriate documents delivered at closing]
Exhibit F-1 and F-2
[Exhibit F-1 and F-2 are schedules of Mortgage Loans]
[delivered to Trustee at closing and on file with the Trustee]
EXHIBIT G-1
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000
among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that, as to
each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any
Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed in the attached list of exceptions) it
has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following form: "Pay
to the order of ___________________ , without recourse", or, if the original
Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced, an original lost
note affidavit from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in the form permitted
by Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to above.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any
of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT G-2
FORM OF INTERIM CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000
among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3
[and the Subsequent Transfer Agreement dated as of ___, 2000
among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as Seller, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee]
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that,
except as listed in the following paragraph, as to each [Initial Mortgage
Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] listed in the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan
Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] (other than any
[Mortgage Loan][Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan
Schedule] paid in full or listed on the attached list of exceptions) it has
received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the
following form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit
from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related
Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent
Mortgage Loan] that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
original recorded Mortgage, [and in the case of each
[Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] that is a
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon
the presence of the MIN of the [Initial Mortgage
Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] and language indicating that
the [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] is a
MOM Loan if the [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage
Loan] is a MOM Loan, 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) in the case of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent
Mortgage Loan] that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly
executed assignment of the Mortgage to "The Bank of New
York, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of May 1, 2000, without recourse", or, in the case
of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan]
with respect to property located in the State of California
that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment
of the Mortgage in blank (each such assignment, when duly
and validly completed, to be in recordable form and
sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the
assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which such
assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage together with all interim recorded assignments of
such Mortgage [(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of
each MERS Mortgage Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with
evidence of recording thereon if recordation thereof is
permissible under applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy and
all riders thereto or, in the event such original title
policy has not been received from the insurer, any one of an
original title binder, an original preliminary title report
or an original title commitment, or a copy thereof certified
by the title company, with the original policy of title
insurance to be delivered within one year of the Closing
Date.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or
all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements
of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in
lieu thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment
or assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by the Seller,
the applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of
such [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan], as the case may be, to
be a true and complete copy of the original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage
submitted for recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
[Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan], and (ii) the information
set forth in items (i), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiii) of the
definition of the "Mortgage Loan Schedule" in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage
File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any
of the [Initial Mortgage Loans][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] identified on the
[Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan
Schedule] or (ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT G-3
FORM OF DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among CWABS, Inc.,
as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and
Master Servicer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3 [and the Subsequent
Transfer Agreement dated as of ____, 2000 (the "Subsequent
Transfer Agreement") among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor,
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller, and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee] -
Gentlemen:
[Reference is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating
to the above-referenced series, with the schedule of exceptions attached
thereto, delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on the Closing Date in
accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.] The undersigned hereby certifies that [, with respect to the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans delivered in connection with the Subsequent Transfer
Agreement,] as to each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan listed on the Schedule A
attached hereto (other than any [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage
Loan] paid in full or listed on Schedule B attached hereto) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or
the originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the
following form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a complete
chain of endorsement from the originator to the Seller, or, if the
original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced,
an original lost note affidavit from the Seller, stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of
the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent
Mortgage Loan] that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed
assignment of the Mortgage to "The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2000, without
recourse", or, in the case of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent
Mortgage Loan] with respect to property located in the State of
California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed
assignment of the Mortgage in blank (each such assignment, when duly
and validly completed, to be in recordable form and sufficient to
effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under
the Mortgage to which such assignment relates).
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any
of the [Initial Mortgage Loans][Subsequent Mortgage Loans] identified on the
[Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan
Schedule] or (ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan].
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT H-1
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000
among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3
[and the Subsequent Transfer Agreement dated as of ___, 2000
among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as Seller, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee]
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that as to
each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] listed in the [Mortgage
Loan Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule]
(other than any [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] paid in full
or listed on the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following form: "Pay
to the order of _________________ without recourse", with all intervening
endorsements that show a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to
the Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and
not replaced, an original lost note affidavit from the Seller, stating that
the original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage
Loan] that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and
in the case of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] that is
a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon the presence of
the MIN of the [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] and language
indicating that the [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] is a MOM
Loan if the [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] is a MOM Loan,
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) in the case of each [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage
Loan] that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the
Mortgage to "The Bank of New York, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2000, without recourse", or, in the case of each
[Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] with respect to property
located in the State of California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly
executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank (each such assignment, when duly
and validly completed, to be in recordable form and sufficient to effect the
assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to
which such assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage
together with all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage [(noting the
presence of a MIN in the case of each MERS Mortgage Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with evidence of recording
thereon if recordation thereof is permissible under applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy and all
riders thereto or any one of an original title binder, an original preliminary
title report or an original title commitment, or a copy thereof certified by
the title company.
If the public recording office in which a Mortgage or assignment
thereof is recorded has retained the original of such Mortgage or assignment,
the Trustee has received, in lieu thereof, a copy of the original Mortgage or
assignment so retained, with evidence of recording thereon, certified to be
true and complete by such recording office.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv), (v),
(vi), (viii), (xiii) and (xiii) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately
reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any
of the [Initial Mortgage Loans][Subsequent Mortgage Loan] identified on the
[Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan
Schedule] or (ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such [Initial Mortgage Loan][Subsequent Mortgage Loan].
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT I
TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of _______________, the proposed
Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of August 1, 2000 (the "Agreement"), by and among CWABS, Inc., as depositor
(the "Depositor"), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used, but not defined
herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make this
affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account. The Transferee has
no knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax
will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability
for the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit
that such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax
will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the
pass-through entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is
false. (For this purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a regulated
investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust fund, a
partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives and, except as may be
provided in Treasury Regulations, persons holding interests in pass-through
entities as a nominee for another Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of
the Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by
reference) and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by
and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in
the Certificate, and the Transferee will not Transfer its Ownership Interest
or cause any Ownership Interest to be Transferred to any Person that the
Transferee knows is not a Permitted Transferee. In connection with any such
Transfer by the Transferee, the Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a
certificate substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit J to the Agreement
(a "Transferor Certificate") to the effect that such Transferee has no actual
knowledge that the Person to which the Transfer is to be made is not a
Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect
to the Class R Certificates.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is _____.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(3O).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Class R Certificates may be
"noneconomic residual interests" within the meaning of proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a
noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with
respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose
of the transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax. In
addition, as the holder of a noneconomic residual interest, the Transferee may
incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the interest
and the Transferee hereby represents that it intends to pay taxes associated
with holding the residual interest as they become due.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed,
duly attested, this ____ day of _____________, 20__.
[NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
By:
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Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
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[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named _____________, known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and
to be the ____________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed
the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of _______, 20__.
___________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the ___ day of
_______________, 20__.
EXHIBIT 1
Certain Definitions
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership interest
in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
"Permitted Transferee": Any person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization
or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in section 521 of
the Code) that is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including
the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable
income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(1) of the
Code) with respect to any Class R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an
"electing large partnership" as defined in Section 775 of the Code, (vi) a
Person that is not a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
partnership, or other entity (treated as a corporation or a partnership for
federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate
whose income from sources without the United States is includible in gross
income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States,
or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States
persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trustor
unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person may cause the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that certain Certificates
are Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and "International
Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or
successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality
of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for
these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the
exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such government unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
bank, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
EXHIBIT 2
Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts
to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of a Class R Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to any other Person if it
has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Class R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class R
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Class R Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on
such Class R Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate to any Holder who is not a
Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in
this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Class R Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Seller or the
Master Servicer to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will
not cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the
Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate hereby consents to
any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished
to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record
ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Class R Certificate is not
transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Class R
Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE FOR
CLASS B-IO AND CLASS R CERTIFICATES
Date:
CWABS, Inc.,
as Depositor
4500 Park Granada
Calabasas, California 91302
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
101 Barclay Street, 12E
New York, New York 10286
Re: CWABS, Inc. Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the Class __ Certificates, we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being
disposed by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to,
or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, in a manner
that would be deemed, or taken any other action that would result in, a
violation of Section 5 of the Act and (c) if we are disposing of a Class R
Certificate, we have no knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted
Transferee. All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of August 1, 2000, among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee.
Very truly yours,
___________________________________
Name of Transferor
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER [NON-RULE 144A] FOR
CLASS B-IO AND CLASS R CERTIFICATES
Date:
CWABS, Inc.,
as Depositor
4500 Park Granada
Calabasas, California 91302
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
101 Barclay Street, 12E
New York, New York 10286
Re: CWABS, Inc. Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the Class __ Certificates in
the Denomination of (the "Certificates"), we certify that (a) we understand
that the Certificates are not being registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and are being
transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an "accredited
investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and have such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we
have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) we are not an employee benefit plan that is
subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
nor a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (each
of the foregoing, a "Plan"), nor are we acting on behalf of any Plan or (e) we
are acquiring the Certificates for investment for our own account and not with
a view to any distribution of the Certificates (but without prejudice to our
right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in
accordance with clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any
Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person,
or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or
taken any other action that would result in a violation of Section 5 of the
Act, and (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
Certificates unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or is exempt
from such registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense
provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this
certificate that such sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant
to an exemption from the Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of the
Certificate has executed and delivered to you a certificate to substantially
the same effect as this certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has
otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000 (the "Agreement"), among
CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. All capitalized terms used
herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement.
Very truly yours,
____________________________________
Name of Transferee
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT L
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER FOR
CLASS B-IO AND CLASS R CERTIFICATES
Date:
CWABS, Inc.,
as Depositor
4500 Park Granada
Calabasas, California 91101
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
101 Barclay Street, 12E
New York, New York 10286
Re: CWABS, Inc. Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of the Class R Certificates
(the "Certificates") we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates
are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), or any state securities laws and are being transferred to us in a
transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and
any such laws, (b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of
the Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional
information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Certificates, (d)
we are not an employee benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, nor a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (each of the foregoing, a "Plan"), nor are
we acting on behalf of any Plan or (e) we have not, nor has anyone acting on
our behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other
similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to
the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar
security with, any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by
means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other
action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the
Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates a
violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration pursuant
thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will authorize any person to act,
in such manner with respect to the Certificates, and (f) we are a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act and have completed either of the forms of certification to that effect
attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We are aware that the sale to us is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the Certificates for our
own account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further, understand that
the Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person
reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for
its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom
notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance
on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration under
the Securities Act. All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000, among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor,
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of
New York, as Trustee.
______________________________________
Name of Buyer
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $__________1 in securities (except
for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's
most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
144A and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a
bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or
charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State, territory
or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the
State or territorial banking commission or similar official
or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has
an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated
in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which
is attached hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative
bank, homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority
having supervision over any such institutions or is a
foreign savings and loan association or equivalent
institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
___ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by
insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency
of a State, territory or the District of Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.
___ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
___ Small Business Investment Company. The Buyer is a small
business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small
Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
___ Business Development Company. The Buyer is a business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
___ Trust Fund. The Buyer is a trust fund whose trustee is a
bank or trust company and whose participants are exclusively
State or Local Plans or ERISA Plans as defined above, and no
participant of the Buyer is an individual retirement account
or an H.R. 10 (Keogh) plan.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is a dealer, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan
participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject
to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity
swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used
the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the
securities referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer
reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of
their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost
of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market. Further, in
determining such aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities
owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are
consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities
were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of
another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a reporting company under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made
herein because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of
this certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer
is a bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after
they become available.
__________________________________
Name of Buyer
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _____________________________
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned
by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such
securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial
statements on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information
with respect to the cost of those securities has been published. If clause
(ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued at
market.
___ The Buyer owned $____________ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
___ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which
owned in the aggregate $__________ in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of
the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means two
or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iii) loan participations, (iv) repurchase
agreements, (v) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and
(vi) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned
will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to
which this certification relates of any changes in the information and
conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the
undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
_______________________________________
Name of Buyer or Adviser
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
_______________________________________
Name of Buyer
Date: _________________________________
EXHIBIT M
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
Loan Information
Name of Mortgagor: ________________________________________
Master Servicer
Loan No.: ________________________________________
Trustee
Name: ________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________
Trustee
Mortgage File No.: ________________________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it has
received from _______________________________________, as Trustee for the
Holders of Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3, the documents referred to
below (the "Documents"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2000 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") among CWABS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as
Seller and Master Servicer, and the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage Note dated ___________, ____, in the original
principal sum of $________, made by __________________,
payable to, or endorsed to the order of, the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage recorded on _________________ as instrument no.
________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the
County of ________________, State of _______________ in
book/reel/docket _______________ of official records at
page/image _____________.
( ) Deed of Trust recorded on _________________ as instrument
no. ________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the
County of ________________, State of _______________ in
book/reel/docket _______________ of official records at
page/image _____________.
( ) Assignment of Mortgage or Deed of Trust to the Trustee,
recorded on _________________ as instrument no. __________
in the County Recorder's Office of the County of __________,
State of _______________ in book/reel/docket _______________
of official records at page/image _____________.
( ) Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or
other assumptions of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
( ) __________________________________________________________
( ) __________________________________________________________
( ) __________________________________________________________
( ) __________________________________________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees as
follows:
(1) The Master Servicer shall hold and retain possession of the
Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the purposes
provided in the Agreement.
(2) The Master Servicer shall not cause or knowingly permit the
Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claim, liens, security
interest, charges, writs of attachment or other impositions nor shall the
Master Servicer assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of setoff to or
against the Documents or any proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every Document
previously requested from the Mortgage File to the Trustee when the need
therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan relating to the Documents
has been liquidated and the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the
Certificate Account and except as expressly provided in the Agreement.
(4) The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including any proceeds of
proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the Master Servicer shall
at all times be earmarked for the account of the Trustee, and the Master
Servicer shall keep the Documents and any proceeds separate and distinct from
all other property in the Master Servicer's possession, custody or control.
[Master Servicer]
By _______________________________
Its ________________________________
Date: _________________, 20__
EXHIBIT N
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
[Mortgage Loans Paid in Full, Repurchased or Replaced]
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AND TRUST RECEIPT
ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,
Series 2000-3
__________________________________________ HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT HE/SHE IS AN
OFFICER OF THE Master Servicer, HOLDING THE OFFICE SET FORTH BENEATH HIS/HER
SIGNATURE, AND HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIES AS FOLLOWS:
WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS, AS THE TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE:
[ALL PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST HAVE BEEN MADE.] [THE [PURCHASE PRICE]
[MORTGAGE LOAN REPURCHASE PRICE] FOR SUCH MORTGAGE LOANS HAS BEEN PAID.] [THE
MORTGAGE LOANS HAVE BEEN LIQUIDATED AND THE RELATED [INSURANCE PROCEEDS]
[LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS] HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.13 OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.] [A REPLACEMENT MORTGAGE LOAN HAS BEEN
DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE IN THE MANNER AND OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 2.02 AND 2.03 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT.]
LOAN NUMBER:_______________ BORROWER'S NAME:_____________
COUNTY:____________________
[For Substitution or Repurchase Only: The Master Servicer certifies that [an]
[no] opinion is required by Section 2.05 [and is attached hereto].]
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PAYMENTS,
THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 3.05 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE
CREDITED.
____________ _____________________ DATED:____________
/ / VICE PRESIDENT
/ / ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
Exhibit O
[Exhibit O is a photocopy
of the Depository Agreement
as delivered.]
[see appropriate documents delivered at closing]
EXHIBIT P
FORM OF MORTGAGE NOTE AND MORTGAGE
EXHIBIT Q
[FORM OF SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT]
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________, 2000 (this
"Subsequent Transfer Agreement"), among CWABS, INC., a Delaware corporation,
as depositor (the "Depositor"), COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., a New York
corporation, in its capacity as seller under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement referred to below ( the "Seller") and The Bank of New York, a New
York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee");
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Seller, the Trustee and CHL, as Master
Servicer, have entered in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
August 1, 2000 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), relation to the CWABS,
Inc. Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-3 (capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein are used as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);
WHEREAS, Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
provides for the parties hereto to enter into this Subsequent Transfer
Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good
and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged the parties hereto agree as follows:
(b) The "Subsequent Transfer Date" with respect to this Subsequent
Transfer Agreement shall be ________ __, 2000.
(c) The "Subsequent Transfer Date Adjustable Rate Transfer Amount"
with respect to this Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall be $_______________;
provided, however, that such amount shall not exceed the amount on deposit in
the Pre-Funding Account allocated to purchase Adjustable Rate Subsequent
Mortgage Loans.
(d) The "Subsequent Transfer Date Fixed Rate Transfer Amount" with
respect to this Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall be $_______________;
provided, however, that such amount shall not exceed the amount on deposit in
the Pre-Funding Account allocated to purchase Fixed Rate Subsequent Mortgage
Loans.
(e) The Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on the Subsequent Transfer
Date shall be determined by the Seller as follows.
(i) With respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans that are
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans: The Seller shall list all funded fixed
rate mortgage loans then owned by it satisfying the applicable
representations and warranties in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and eligible for inclusion in the Trust Fund that qualify for
inclusion in the Mortgage Pool by the date on which they were funded,
and for each date, the Mortgagors shall be listed alphabetically.
Beginning with the earliest date, sequentially by date and within a
date alphabetically, the listed loans shall be included in the
Mortgage Pool until either their aggregate Stated Principal Balance
is as close as possible or to equal to the Subsequent Transfer Date
Fixed Rate Transfer Amount without exceeding it or all of the listed
loans have been transferred.
Once the potential fixed rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans are
identified in this manner, the total potential Mortgage Pool shall be
tested for compliance with the applicable representations and
warranties in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and with the Pool
Characteristics as provided in Section 2.01(e)(vii) of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement after taking into account the addition of
such potential fixed rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be included in
the Mortgage Pool. If any Pool Characteristic is outside any
permitted parameter, then beginning with the last fixed rate mortgage
loan initially added as a potential Subsequent Mortgage Loan and
progressing in reverse order, any potential fixed rate Subsequent
Mortgage Loan having a characteristic that is outside of the
permitted parameters of a Pool Characteristic violated by the total
potential Mortgage Pool shall be removed. Then additional fixed rate
mortgage loans applicable to all Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans to be
included in the Mortgage Pool shall be added as provided in the
preceding paragraph except that no fixed rate mortgage loan shall be
added if it has a characteristic that is outside of the permitted
parameters of a Pool Characteristic violated by the total potential
Mortgage Pool. This procedure shall be repeated until the Pool
Characteristics for the Mortgage Pool as provided in Section
2.01(e)(vii) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are satisfied
after taking into account the addition of the potential fixed rate
Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be included in the Mortgage Pool.
(ii) With respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans that are
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans: The Seller shall list all funded
adjustable rate mortgage loans then owned by it satisfying the
applicable representations and warranties in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and eligible for inclusion in the Trust Fund by
the date on which they were funded, and for each date, the Mortgagors
shall be listed alphabetically. Beginning with the earliest date,
sequentially by date and within a date alphabetically, the listed
loans shall be included in the Mortgage Pool until either their
aggregate Stated Principal Balance is as close as possible or to
equal to the Subsequent Transfer Date Adjustable Rate Transfer Amount
without exceeding it or all of the listed loans have been
transferred.
Once the potential Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be included
in the Mortgage Pool are identified in this manner, the total
potential Mortgage Pool shall be tested for compliance with the
applicable representations and warranties in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and with the Pool Characteristics as provided in
Section 2.01(e)(vii) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after
taking into account the addition of such potential adjustable rate
Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be included in the Mortgage Pool. If any
Pool Characteristic is outside any permitted parameter, then
beginning with the last adjustable rate mortgage loan initially added
as a potential Subsequent Mortgage Loan for inclusion in the Mortgage
Pool and progressing in reverse order, any potential adjustable rate
Subsequent Mortgage Loan to be included in the Mortgage Pool having a
characteristic that is outside of the permitted parameter of a Pool
Characteristic violated by the total potential Mortgage Pool shall be
removed. Then additional adjustable rate mortgage loans satisfying
the representations any warranties in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement applicable to all Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans included
in the Mortgage Pool shall be added as provided in the preceding
paragraph except that no such mortgage loan shall be added if it has
a characteristic that is outside of the permitted parameters of a
Pool Characteristic violated by the total potential Mortgage Pool.
This procedure shall be repeated until the Pool Characteristics for
the Mortgage Pool identified in Section 2.01(e)(vii) of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement are satisfied after taking into account the
addition of the potential adjustable rate Subsequent Mortgage Loans
to be included in the Mortgage Pool.
(f) In case any provision of this Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
(g) In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this
Subsequent Transfer Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall prevail.
(h) This Subsequent Transfer Agreement shall be governed by, and
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
(i) The Subsequent Transfer Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Subsequent Transfer Agreement
have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
CWABS, INC.,
as Depositor
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
as Seller
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
1 Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that
case, Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$10,000,000 in securities.
