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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): April 30, 1997
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
(AS DEPOSITOR UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT,
DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 1997, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-HUD1)
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 333-22559 13-3439681
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification Number)
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
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(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 783-5659
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Item 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
Description of the Certificates and the Mortgage Pools
On April 30, 1997, a single series of certificates, entitled
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (the "Certificates"), were issued pursuant to a
pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of April 1, 1997 (the "Agreement"),
attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor"), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer
(in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), LaSalle National Bank as trustee (the
"Trustee") and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as fiscal agent. The Certificates consist of
fifteen classes of certificates (the "Certificates"). The Certificates evidence
in the aggregate the entire beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the
"Trust Fund"), consisting primarily of a segregated pool (the "Mortgage Pool")
of residential fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien seasoned mortgage
loans originated as 30-year, fully amortizing loans under the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 203(b) or 703 mortgage
insurance programs (the "Mortgage Loans"). The Mortgage Pool consists of
Mortgage Loans having an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $272,574,770 as
of April 1, 1997 (the "Cut-off Date"), an aggregate Arrearage of approximately
$53,572,001 and an aggregate Legal Balance of approximately $326,146,771. The
Mortgage Loans were purchased pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
(the "Purchase Agreement"), dated April 29, 1997, between the Depositor and
Salomon Brothers Realty Corp. The Certificates were sold by the Depositor to
Salomon Brothers Inc, an affiliate of the Depositor, pursuant to an underwriting
agreement, dated April 29, 1997, between the Depositor and Salomon.
The Certificates (except for the Class B-4, Class B-5, Class
B-6 and Residual Certificates) and the Mortgage Loans are more particularly
described in the Prospectus, dated March 6, 1997, and the Prospectus Supplement,
dated April 29, 1997, as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). The Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 and
Residual Certificates have not been and will not be publicly offered by the
Depositor. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus Supplement.
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Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
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4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April
1, 1997, by and among Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. as Depositor, Ocwen Federal
Bank FSB as Master Servicer, LaSalle National
Bank as Trustee and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as
Fiscal Agent, relating to the Series 1997-HUD1
Certificates.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 30, 1997
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By: /s/ Susan Mills
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Name: Susan Mills
Title: Assistant Vice President
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Index To Exhibits
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Sequentially
Exhibit No. Description Numbered Page
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4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of 6
April 1, 1997, by and among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as
Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as
Master Servicer, LaSalle National Bank as
Trustee and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as Fiscal
Agent as Trustee, relating to the Series 1997-
HUD1 Certificates.
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SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.,
Depositor,
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB,
Master Servicer,
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
Trustee,
and
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
Fiscal Agent
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1, 1997
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Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1997-HUD1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01 Defined Terms ................................................... 5
401(c) Regulations .............................................. 5
Accrued Certificate Interest .................................... 5
Additional Class A-WAC Distribution Amount ...................... 6
Adjustment Date ................................................. 6
Affiliate ....................................................... 6
Agreement ....................................................... 6
Arrearage ....................................................... 6
Assignment ...................................................... 7
Available Distribution Amount ................................... 7
Bankruptcy Code ................................................. 7
Basic Class A-WAC Distribution Amount ........................... 7
Book-Entry Certificate .......................................... 8
Book-Entry Custodian ............................................ 8
BPO ............................................................. 8
Business Day .................................................... 8
Certificate ..................................................... 8
Certificate Balance ............................................. 8
Certificate Factor .............................................. 8
Certificate Notional Amount ..................................... 9
Certificate Owner ............................................... 9
Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar ................ 9
Certificateholder" or "Holder ................................... 9
Class ........................................................... 9
Class A-1 Certificate ........................................... 9
Class A-2 Certificate ........................................... 9
Class A-3 Certificate ........................................... 10
Class A-4 Certificate ........................................... 10
Class A-WAC Certificate ......................................... 10
Class B Certificate ............................................. 10
Class B Percentage .............................................. 10
Class B-1 Certificate ........................................... 10
Class B-2 Certificate ........................................... 10
Class B-3 Certificate ........................................... 10
Class B-4 Certificate ........................................... 11
Class B-5 Certificate ........................................... 11
Class B-6 Certificate ........................................... 11
Class Certificate Balance ....................................... 11
Class IO Certificate ............................................ 11
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Class Notional Amount ........................................... 11
Class R-I Certificate ........................................... 11
Class R-II Certificate .......................................... 12
Class R-III Certificate ......................................... 12
Closing Date .................................................... 12
Code ............................................................ 12
Collection Account .............................................. 12
Component ....................................................... 12
Component Notional Amount ....................................... 12
Corporate Trust Office .......................................... 13
Custodian ....................................................... 13
Cut-off Date .................................................... 13
Cut-off Date Pool Arrearage ..................................... 13
Cut-off Date Pool Legal Balance ................................. 13
Cut-off Date Pool Unpaid Principal Balance ...................... 13
DCR ............................................................. 13
Debt Service Reduction .......................................... 13
Deficient Valuation ............................................. 13
Definitive Certificates ......................................... 13
Deleted Mortgage Loan ........................................... 13
Depositor ....................................................... 13
Depository ...................................................... 13
Depository Institution .......................................... 14
Depository Participant .......................................... 14
Determination Date .............................................. 14
Directly Operate ................................................ 14
Disqualified Organization ....................................... 14
Distribution Account ............................................ 15
Distribution Date ............................................... 15
Due Date ........................................................ 15
Due Period ...................................................... 15
Eligible Account ................................................ 15
ERISA ........................................................... 15
Estate in Real Property ......................................... 15
Expense Account ................................................. 16
Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses ............................... 16
FDIC ............................................................ 16
FHA ............................................................. 16
FHLMC ........................................................... 16
Final Recovery Determination .................................... 16
Fiscal Agent .................................................... 16
FNMA ............................................................ 16
Gross Margin .................................................... 16
HUD ............................................................. 16
Independent ..................................................... 16
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Independent Contractor .......................................... 17
Index ........................................................... 17
Initial Class Certificate Balance ............................... 17
Insurance Proceeds .............................................. 17
Interest Accrual Period ......................................... 17
Interest Distribution Amount .................................... 17
Late Collections ................................................ 18
Legal Balance ................................................... 18
Liquidation Event ............................................... 18
Liquidation Proceeds ............................................ 18
Loan-to-Value Ratio ............................................. 18
Master Servicer ................................................. 18
Master Servicer Event of Default ................................ 18
Master Servicer Remittance Date ................................. 18
Maximum Mortgage Rate ........................................... 19
Minimum Mortgage Rate ........................................... 19
Modified Scheduled Payment ...................................... 19
Moody's ......................................................... 19
Mortgage ........................................................ 19
Mortgage File ................................................... 19
Mortgage Loan ................................................... 19
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement ................................ 19
Mortgage Loan Schedule .......................................... 19
Mortgage Loan Seller ............................................ 20
Mortgage Note ................................................... 21
Mortgage Pool ................................................... 21
Mortgage Rate ................................................... 21
Mortgaged Property .............................................. 21
Mortgagor ....................................................... 21
Net Mortgage Rate ............................................... 21
New Lease ....................................................... 21
Nonrecoverable Payment Advance .................................. 21
Non-United States Person ........................................ 22
Officers' Certificate ........................................... 22
Opinion of Counsel .............................................. 22
Original Monthly Payment ........................................ 22
Overcollateralized Amount ....................................... 22
Ownership Interest .............................................. 22
P&I Certificates ................................................ 22
Pass-Through Rate ............................................... 22
Payment Advance ................................................. 24
Percentage Interest ............................................. 24
Periodic Rate Cap ............................................... 25
Permitted Investments ........................................... 25
Permitted Transferee ............................................ 26
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Person .......................................................... 26
Plan ............................................................ 26
Plurality Residual Certificateholder ............................ 26
Prepayment Assumption ........................................... 26
Prepayment Interest Shortfall ................................... 26
Prepayment Period ............................................... 26
Principal Prepayment ............................................ 26
Purchase Price .................................................. 27
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan .............................. 27
Rating Agency or Rating Agencies ................................ 28
Realized Loss ................................................... 28
Record Date ..................................................... 29
Regular Interest ................................................ 29
Relief Act ...................................................... 29
Relief Act Interest Shortfall ................................... 29
REMIC ........................................................... 29
REMIC I ......................................................... 29
REMIC I Regular Interest ........................................ 30
REMIC I Remittance Rate ......................................... 30
REMIC II ........................................................ 30
REMIC II Regular Interest ....................................... 30
REMIC II Remittance Rate ........................................ 30
REMIC III ....................................................... 30
REMIC III Certificate ........................................... 31
REMIC III Regular Certificate ................................... 31
REMIC Provisions ................................................ 31
Remittance Report ............................................... 31
Rents from Real Property ........................................ 31
REO Account ..................................................... 31
REO Disposition ................................................. 31
REO Imputed Interest ............................................ 31
REO Principal Amortization ...................................... 31
REO Property .................................................... 32
Request for Release ............................................. 32
Reserve Fund .................................................... 32
Residential Dwelling ............................................ 32
Residual Certificate ............................................ 32
Residual Interest ............................................... 32
Responsible Officer ............................................. 32
Scheduled Principal Balance ..................................... 32
Senior P&I Certificates ......................................... 33
Senior Percentage ............................................... 33
Senior Prepayment Percentage .................................... 33
Senior Principal Distribution Amount ............................ 34
Servicing Account ............................................... 34
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Servicing Advances .............................................. 34
Servicing Fee ................................................... 35
Servicing Fee Rate .............................................. 35
Servicing Officer ............................................... 35
Single Certificate .............................................. 35
Startup Day ..................................................... 35
Stated Principal Balance ........................................ 35
Stayed Funds .................................................... 36
Subordinate Percentage .......................................... 36
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage ............................... 36
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount ....................... 36
Sub-Servicer .................................................... 37
Sub-Servicing Account ........................................... 37
Sub-Servicing Agreement ......................................... 37
Tax Returns ..................................................... 37
Termination Price ............................................... 37
Transfer ........................................................ 37
Transferee ...................................................... 37
Transferor ...................................................... 37
Trust Fund ...................................................... 37
Trustee ......................................................... 37
Trustee's Fee ................................................... 38
Trustee's Fee Rate .............................................. 38
Uncertificated Accrued Interest ................................. 38
Uncertificated Balance .......................................... 38
Uninsured Cause ................................................. 39
United States Person ............................................ 39
Value ........................................................... 39
Voting Rights ................................................... 39
Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate .............................. 39
1.02 Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls ....................... 40
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans .................................... 41
2.02 Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee ................................ 43
2.03 Cure of Breaches; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans .. 44
2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor ................. 46
2.05 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Class R-I
Certificates; Creation of REMIC I Regular Interests ............. 48
2.06 Conveyance of REMIC I Regular Interests; Acceptance of REMIC II
by Trustee ...................................................... 48
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2.07 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Class R-II
Certificates .................................................... 49
2.08 Conveyance of REMIC II Regular Interests; Acceptance of REMIC III
by Trustee ...................................................... 49
2.09 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of REMIC III
Certificates .................................................... 49
2.10 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
Servicer ........................................................ 49
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE TRUST FUND
3.01 Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer ....................... 52
3.02 Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers;
Enforcement of Sub-Servicing Agreements and the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement .............................................. 54
3.03 Successor Sub-Servicers ......................................... 55
3.04 Liability of the Master Servicer ................................ 55
3.05 No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicers and Trustee or
Certificateholders .............................................. 56
3.06 Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by Trustee 56
3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments .................... 56
3.08 Sub-Servicing Accounts .......................................... 57
3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing
Accounts ........................................................ 57
3.10 Collection Account and Distribution Account ..................... 58
3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution
Account ......................................................... 60
3.12 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution
Account ......................................................... 62
3.13 [intentionally omitted] ......................................... 63
3.14 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions and
Fidelity Coverage ............................................... 63
3.15 Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements ....... 65
3.16 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans ....................... 66
3.17 Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files ................. 68
3.18 Servicing Compensation .......................................... 69
3.19 Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account Statements ........... 69
3.20 Statement as to Compliance ...................................... 70
3.21 Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report ................ 70
3.22 Access to Certain Documentation ................................. 71
3.23 Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property ............... 71
3.24 Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls ............................................. 74
3.25 Expense Account ................................................. 74
3.26 Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Mortgage Rates
and Monthly Payments ............................................ 75
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ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
4.01 Distributions ................................................... 76
4.02 Statements to Certificateholders ................................ 83
4.03 Remittance Reports; Payment Advances ............................ 86
4.04 Allocation of Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses and Realized
Losses .......................................................... 88
4.05 Compliance with Withholding Requirements ........................ 90
4.06 Reserve Fund .................................................... 90
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
5.01 The Certificates ................................................ 91
5.02 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates ........... 93
5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates ............... 99
5.04 Persons Deemed Owners ........................................... 100
5.05 Certain Available Information ................................... 100
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
6.01 Liability of the Depositor and the Master Servicer .............. 101
6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer . 101
6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
Others.......................................................... 101
6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer ................ 102
6.05 Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer ....... 103
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
7.01 Master Servicer Events of Default ............................... 104
7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor ........................ 106
7.03 Notification to Certificateholders .............................. 107
7.04 Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default ..................... 108
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE FISCAL AGENT
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8.01 Duties of Trustee ............................................... 109
8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee ........................... 110
8.03 Trustee and Fiscal Agent Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans ........................................................... 111
8.04 Trustee and Fiscal Agent May Own Certificates ................... 111
8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses ..................................... 112
8.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee ............................ 112
8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee .......................... 113
8.08 Successor Trustee ............................................... 113
8.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee .............................. 114
8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee ................... 114
8.11 Appointment of Custodians ....................................... 115
8.12 Appointment of Office or Agency ................................. 116
8.13 Representations and Warranties of the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent ........................................................... 116
8.14 The Fiscal Agent ................................................ 118
ARTICLE IX
SPECIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURES
AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER OF THE MAJORITY
IN PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE CLASS B-5 OR CLASS B-6 CERTIFICATES
9.01 General ......................................................... 119
9.02 Reports and Notices ............................................. 120
9.03 Election to Delay Foreclosure Proceedings ....................... 121
9.04 Election to Commence Foreclosure Proceedings .................... 123
9.05 Termination ..................................................... 125
9.06 Collateral Account .............................................. 125
9.07 Collateral Account Permitted Investments ........................ 126
9.08 Grant of Security Interest ...................................... 126
9.09 Collateral Shortfalls ........................................... 127
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
10.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage
Loans ........................................................... 128
10.02 Additional Termination Requirements ............................. 130
ARTICLE XI
REMIC PROVISIONS
11.01 REMIC Administration ............................................ 131
11.02 Prohibited Transactions and Activities .......................... 134
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11.03 Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification ..................... 134
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
12.01 Amendment ....................................................... 136
12.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts .......................... 137
12.03 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders ...................... 137
12.04 Governing Law ................................................... 138
12.05 Notices ......................................................... 138
12.06 Severability of Provisions ...................................... 139
12.07 Notice to Rating Agencies ....................................... 139
12.08 Article and Section References .................................. 140
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class A-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class A-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class A-WAC Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class B Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class IO Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class R-I Certificate
Exhibit A-9 Form of Class R-II Certificate
Exhibit A-10 Form of Class R-III Certificate
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C-1 Form of Trustee's Initial Certification
Exhibit C-2 Form of Trustee's Final Certification
Exhibit D Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit E-1 Request for Release
Exhibit E-2 Request for Release Mortgage Loans paid in full
Exhibit F-1 Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit F-2A Form I of Transferee Certificate
Exhibit F-2B Form II of Transferee Certificate
Exhibit F-3 Form of Transfer Certificate in Connection with ERISA
Exhibit G-1 File Layout for Master Servicer Remittance Report to
Trustee
Exhibit G-2 File Layout for Trustee Distribution Date Report to
Master Servicer
Exhibit H-1 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement for Transfer
of Residual Certificates
Exhibit H-2 Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfers of
Residual Certificates
Schedule 1 Mortgage Loan Schedule
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is dated and effective
as of April 1, 1997, among SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC. as
Depositor, OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB as Master Servicer, LASALLE NATIONAL BANK as
Trustee and ABN AMRO BANK N.V. as Fiscal Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell the Certificates, to be issued
hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created hereunder.
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other
related assets subject to this Agreement as a REMIC for federal income tax
purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC I".
The Class R-I Certificates will represent the sole class of "residual interests"
in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under federal income tax law.
REMIC I Regular Interest A will have an initial Uncertificated Balance equal to
approximately 98.36% of the Cut-off Date Pool Arrearage and will not bear
interest. REMIC I Regular Interest B will have an initial Uncertificated Balance
equal to the Cut-off Date Pool Unpaid Principal Balance less $125,000 and will
have a REMIC I Remittance Rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage
Loans. Solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" of the REMIC I Regular
Interests is set to April 25, 2037. Neither of the REMIC I Regular Interests
will be certificated.
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC II". The Class R-II Certificates will represent the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the REMIC II Remittance Rate, the initial Uncertificated Balance
and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the latest possible maturity date for each of the REMIC II
Regular Interests. None of the REMIC II Regular Interests will be certificated.
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REMIC II Initial Uncertificated Latest Possible
Designation Remittance Rate Balance Maturity Date (3)
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A-1 Variable(1) $ 101,348,000.00 April 25, 2037
A-2 Variable(1) $ 18,363,000.00 April 25, 2037
A-3 Variable(1) $ 26,662,000.00 April 25, 2037
A-4 Variable(1) $ 51,188,000.00 April 25, 2037
WAC N/A(2) $ 52,694,064.00 April 25, 2037
B-1 Variable(1) $ 12,230,000.00 April 25, 2037
B-2 Variable(1) $ 8,969,000.00 April 25, 2037
B-3 Variable(1) $ 15,492,000.00 April 25, 2037
B-4 Variable(1) $ 11,415,000.00 April 25, 2037
B-5 Variable(1) $ 9,785,000.00 April 25, 2037
B-6 Variable(1) $ 16,997,770.12 April 25, 2037
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(1) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC II Remittance
Rate".
(2) REMIC II Regular Interest WAC does not accrue interest.
(3) Set to ten years following the first Distribution Date that follows the
stated maturity date for the Mortgage Loan with the longest remaining term
to scheduled maturity.
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC II Regular Interests as a
REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will
be designated as "REMIC III". The Class R-III Certificates will evidence the
sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets
forth the designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the Initial Class Certificate
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the latest possible maturity date for each of the Classes
of Certificates or Components thereof representing "regular interests" in REMIC
III.
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Class Pass-Through Initial Class Latest Possible
Designation Rate Certificate Balance Maturity Date(4)
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Component A1-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component A2-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component A3-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component A4-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component B1-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component B2-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component B3-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component B4-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component B5-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component B6-WAC(1) Variable(2) N/A(3) April 25, 2037
Component Arrearage(1) N/A $52,694,064.00 April 25, 2037
Class A-1 6.97% per annum $101,348,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class A-2 7.37% per annum $18,363,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class A-3 7.51% per annum $26,662,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class A-4 7.70% per annum(5) $51,188,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class IO 0.6809% per annum $272,449,770.12(6) April 25, 2037
Class B-1 7.75% per annum(5) $12,230,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class B-2 7.75% per annum(5) $8,969,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class B-3 7.75% per annum(5) $15,492,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class B-4 7.75% per annum(5) $11,415,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class B-5 7.75% per annum(5) $9,785,000.00 April 25, 2037
Class B-6 7.75% per annum(5) $16,997,770.12 April 25, 2037
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(1) Constitutes a separate "regular interest" in REMIC III represented by the
Class A-WAC Certificates.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate".
(3) Component A1-WAC, Component A2-WAC, Component A3-WAC, Component A4-WAC,
Component B1-WAC, Component B2- WAC, Component B3-WAC, Component B4-WAC,
Component B5-WAC and Component B6-WAC will not have stated amounts. Rather
each will accrue interest as provided herein on a Component Notional Amount
equal to: (i) in the case of Component A1- WAC, the Uncertificated Balance
of REMIC II Regular Interest A-1 outstanding from time to time; (ii) in the
case of Component A2-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular
Interest A-2 outstanding from time to time; (iii) in the case of Component
A3-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest A-3
outstanding from time to time; (iv) in the case of Component A4-WAC, the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest A-4 outstanding from
time to time; (v) in the case of Component B1-WAC, the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest B-1 outstanding from time to time;
(vi) in the case of Component B2-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC
II Regular Interest B-2 outstanding from time to time; (vii) in the case of
Component B3-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest
B-3 outstanding from time to time; (viii) in the case of Component B4-WAC,
the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest B-4 outstanding
from time to time; (ix) in the case of Component B5-WAC, the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest B-5 outstanding from time to time; and
(x) in the case of Component B6-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II
Regular Interest B-6 outstanding from time to time.
(4) Set to ten years following the first Distribution Date that follows the
stated maturity date for the Mortgage Loan with the longest remaining term
to scheduled maturity.
(5) Subject to the limitation set forth herein in the definition of
"Pass-Through Rate".
(6) Initial Class Notional Amount.
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The aggregate Cut-off Date Pool Legal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans (less the sum of $125,000 and the portion of Arrearage payable as fees and
expenses), the aggregate initial Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests, the aggregate initial Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC II Regular
Interests, and the aggregate Initial Class Certificate Balance of the respective
Classes of REMIC III Regular Certificates in each case will be $325,143,834.12.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this
Preliminary Statement, have the meanings assigned thereto in Article I.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal Agent agree as
follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, in the Preliminary Statement hereto, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article. Unless otherwise specified, all calculations
described herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
"401(c) Regulations": The regulations to be issued by the
United States Department of Labor pursuant to Section 401(c) of ERISA by no
later than December 31, 1997 relating to which assets of an insurance company
general account constitute "plan assets" of a Plan.
"Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to any Class of
P&I Certificates for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the
Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Class of Certificates for such Distribution
Date, accrued on the related Class Certificate Balance outstanding immediately
prior to such Distribution Date. With respect to the Class IO Certificates for
any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable
to such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, accrued on the Class
Notional Amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
With respect to the Class AWAC Certificates for any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of: (i) one month's interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to
Component A1-WAC for such Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional
Amount of Component A1-WAC outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution
Date; (ii) one month's interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to Component
A2-WAC for such Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of
Component A2-WAC outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date; (iii)
one month's interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to Component A3-WAC for
such Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of Component
A3-WAC outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date; (iv) one month's
interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to Component A4-WAC for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of Component A4-WAC
outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date; (v) one month's
interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to Component B1-WAC for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of Component B1-WAC
outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date; (vi) one month's
interest at the PassThrough Rate applicable to Component B2-WAC for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of Component B2-WAC
outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date; (vii) one month's
interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to Component B3-WAC for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of Component B3-WAC
outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date; (viii) one month's
interest at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to Component B4-WAC for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of Component B4-WAC
outstanding immediately prior to
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such Distribution Date; (ix) one month's interest at the Pass-Through Rate
applicable to Component B5-WAC for such Distribution Date, accrued on the
Component Notional Amount of Component B5-WAC outstanding immediately prior to
such Distribution Date; and (x) one month's interest at the Pass-Through Rate
applicable to Component B6-WAC for such Distribution Date, accrued on the
Component Notional Amount of Component B6-WAC outstanding immediately prior to
such Distribution Date. Accrued Certificate Interest for each Class of REMIC III
Regular Certificates shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Accrued Certificate Interest with respect to
each Distribution Date, as to any Class of REMIC III Regular Certificates, shall
be reduced by an amount equal to the portion allocable to such Certificate
pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof of the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment
Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date to the extent not covered
by payments pursuant to Section 3.24 and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief
Act Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date.
"Additional Class A-WAC Distribution Amount": With respect to
each Distribution Date, the lesser of (1) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class A-WAC Certificates outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date
(net of the Basic Class AWAC Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date),
and (2) with respect to the final liquidation of a Mortgage Loan during the
related Prepayment Period, the amount of any Arrearage remaining unpaid with
respect to such Mortgage Loan following the receipt of all related Liquidation
Proceeds plus any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous
Distribution Dates (other than an amount equal to (A) 0.40% per annum times the
aggregate outstanding Arrearage divided by (B) 12, to the extent not paid
pursuant to the definition of "Basic Class A-WAC Distribution Amount").
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loan, each Adjustment Date, which is the first day of the month in
which the Mortgage Rate of adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan changes pursuant to the
related Mortgage Note. The first Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date as
to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan is set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
"Affiliate": With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
"Arrearage": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount,
if any, of accrued but unpaid interest thereon as set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
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"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of
the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of
record the sale of the Mortgage.
"Available Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (1) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and Distribution Account as of the
close of business on the related Determination Date, (b) the aggregate of any
amounts received in respect of an REO Property withdrawn from any REO Account
and deposited in the Distribution Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 3.23, (c) the aggregate of any amounts deposited in the Distribution
Account by the Master Servicer in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for
such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.24, (d) the aggregate of any
Payment Advances made by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date pursuant
to Section 4.03, (e) the aggregate of any advances made by the Trustee or the
Fiscal Agent for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.02 and (f) the
aggregate of any amounts withdrawn from the Reserve Fund and deposited in the
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.04, reduced (to not less than zero)
by (2) the sum of (x) the portion of the amount described in clause (1)(a)
hereof that represents (i) Modified Scheduled Payments on the related Mortgage
Loans received from a Mortgagor on or prior to the Determination Date but due
during any Due Period subsequent to the related Due Period, (ii) Principal
Prepayments on the related Mortgage Loans received after the related Prepayment
Period (together with any interest payments received with such Principal
Prepayments to the extent they represent the payment of interest accrued on the
related Mortgage Loans during a period subsequent to the related Prepayment
Period), (iii) Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received in respect
of the Mortgage Loans after the related Prepayment Period, (iv) amounts
reimbursable or payable to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Fiscal Agent, the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section
3.11 or Section 3.12 or otherwise payable in respect of Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses, (v) Stayed Funds and/or (vi) amounts deposited in the Collection
Account or the Distribution Account, as the case may be, in error, and (y)
amounts reimbursable to the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent for an advance made
pursuant to Section 7.02(b) which advance the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent has
determined to be nonrecoverable from the Stayed Funds in respect of which it was
made.
"Bankruptcy Code": The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11
of the United States Code), as amended.
"Basic Class A-WAC Distribution Amount": With respect to each
Distribution Date, the lesser of (1) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class
A-WAC Certificates outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date, and
(2) the aggregate portion of (a) all Modified Scheduled Payments due on the
Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period, to the extent received and to the
extent allocable to Arrearage (other than an amount equal to (A) 0.40% per annum
times the aggregate outstanding Arrearage divided by (B) 12) and (b) any
unscheduled net collections received on the Mortgage Loans during the related
Prepayment Period allocable to Arrearage, including voluntary prepayments,
proceeds from repurchases of Mortgage Loans, Insurance Proceeds, condemnation
proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (other than an amount
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equal to (A) 0.40% per annum times the aggregate outstanding Arrearage divided
by (B) 12, to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (a) above).
"Book-Entry Certificate": The Senior P&I Certificates for so
long as the Certificates of such Classes shall be registered in the name of the
Depository or its nominee.
"Book-Entry Custodian": The custodian appointed pursuant to
Section 5.01.
"BPO": With respect to each Mortgaged Property relating to a
Mortgage Loan, the drive-by valuation (I.E. the interior of the property is
generally not inspected) prepared by a real estate broker in the community in
which such Mortgaged Property is located who is independent of the Seller,
Master Servicer and their Affiliates, which valuation indicates the expected
proceeds of a sale of such Mortgaged Property on an "as is" basis based upon a
normal marketing time for similar types of Mortgaged Properties in similar
areas, and includes certain assumptions, including those as to the condition of
the interior of the applicable Mortgaged Property.
"Business Day": Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday,
(ii) a day on which the Depository is authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to remain closed, (iii) a day on which the offices of the
federal government located in the District of Columbia generally are closed for
business or (iv) a day on which the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar is authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
remain closed.
"Certificate": Any one of the Depositor's Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3,
Class A-4, Class IO, Class A-WAC, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4,
Class B-5, Class B-6, Class R-I, Class R-II or Class R-III, issued under this
Agreement.
"Certificate Balance": With respect to each P&I Certificate
and Class A-WAC Certificate as of any date of determination, the Certificate
Balance of such Certificate on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such
date of determination, minus all distributions allocable to principal or
Arrearage as applicable, made thereon and Realized Losses and Extraordinary
Trust Fund Expenses allocated thereto on such immediately preceding Distribution
Date (or, in the case of any date of determination up to and including the first
Distribution Date, the initial Certificate Balance of such Certificate, as
stated on the face thereof).
"Certificate Factor": With respect to any Class of REMIC III
Regular Certificates as of any Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a
decimal carried to seven places, the numerator of which is the Class Certificate
Balance or Class Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class of Certificates
on such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any distributions of
principal, and allocations of Realized Losses and Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses, in reduction of the Class Principal Balance or Class Notional Amount,
as applicable, of such Class of Certificates, to be made on such Distribution
Date), and the denominator of which is the Initial Class Certificate Balance or
Class Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class of Certificates as of the
Closing Date. The Class A-WAC Certificates will have the above-defined
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Certificate Factor with respect to its Class Certificate Balance and, in
addition, with respect to its Class Notional Amount, will have a separate
Certificate Factor which will equal, as of any Distribution Date, a fraction,
expressed as a decimal carried to seven places, the numerator of which is the
Class Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date
(after giving effect to any distributions of principal, and allocations of
Realized Losses and Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses, having the effect of
reducing the Class Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates, to be made on
such Distribution Date), and the denominator of which is the initial Class
Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date.
"Certificate Notional Amount": The hypothetical or notional
principal amount on which a Class IO Certificate or Class A-WAC Certificate
accrues interest equal to the product of (a) the Percentage Interest evidenced
by such Certificate, multiplied by (b) the Class Notional Amount of the Class IO
Certificates or the Class A-WAC Certificates, as applicable, outstanding from
time to time.
"Certificate Owner": With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the
books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the
books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository
Participant acts as agent.
"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar": The
register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a
"disqualified organization" (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code) or a
Non-United States Person shall not be a Holder of a Residual Certificate for any
purposes hereof and, solely for the purposes of giving any consent pursuant to
this Agreement. The Trustee may conclusively rely upon a certificate of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer in determining whether a Certificate is held by
an Affiliate thereof. All references herein to "Holders" or "Certificateholders"
shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise
such rights through the Depository and participating members thereof, except as
otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be
required to recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder" only the Person in
whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
"Class": Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the
same class designation.
"Class A-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-1 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class A-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-2 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form
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annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class A-3 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-3 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class A-4 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-4 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class A-WAC Certificate": Any one of the Class A-WAC
Certificates executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the
Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5
and evidencing eleven separate Regular Interests in REMIC III for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
"Class B Certificate": Any one of the Class B-1, Class B-2,
Class B-3, Class B- 4, Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates.
"Class B Percentage": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (a) 100% and (b) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class B-5 Certificates or Class B-6 Certificates, as applicable,
and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate of the Scheduled
Principal Balance of each of the Mortgage Loans, plus (ii) the aggregate of the
Scheduled Principal Balance of each of the REO Properties, in each case before
reduction for any Realized Losses on such Distribution Date.
"Class B-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class B-1 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class B-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class B-2 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class B-3 Certificate": Any one of the Class B-3 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
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"Class B-4 Certificate": Any one of the Class B-4 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class B-5 Certificate": Any one of the Class B-5 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class B-6 Certificate": Any one of the Class B-6 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class Certificate Balance": The aggregate Certificate Balance
of any Class of REMIC III Regular Certificates outstanding as of any date of
determination. As of the Closing Date, the Class Certificate Balance of each
such Class of Certificates shall equal the Initial Class Certificate Balance
thereof. On each Distribution Date, the Class Certificate Balance of each such
Class of Certificates shall be reduced by the amount of any distributions of
principal made thereon on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or
10.01, as applicable, and if and to the extent necessary and appropriate, shall
be further reduced on such Distribution Date as provided in Section 4.04(a).
"Class IO Certificate": Any one of the Class IO Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7 and
evidencing ten separate Regular Interests in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions.
"Class Notional Amount": With respect to the Class IO
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the aggregate Certificate Notional
Amount on which the Class IO Certificates accrue interest from time to time,
which, as of any date of determination is equal to the aggregate Certificate
Balance of the P&I Certificates. With respect to the Class A-WAC Certificates,
the aggregate Certificate Notional Amount on which the Class A-WAC Certificates
accrue interest from time to time, which, as of any date of determination is
equal to the aggregate of the Component Notional Amounts for Component A1-WAC,
Component A2-WAC, Component A3-WAC, Component A4-WAC, Component B1-WAC,
Component B2-WAC, Component B3-WAC, Component B4-WAC, Component B5-WAC and
Component B6-WAC then outstanding (such interest accruing at different
Pass-Through Rates on such Component Notional Amounts) as of such date of
determination.
"Class R-I Certificate": Any one of the Certificates with a
"Class R-I" designation on the face thereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-8 attached hereto, and evidencing the sole class of "residual
interests" in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
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"Class R-II Certificate": Any one of the Certificates with a
"Class R-II" designation on the face thereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-9 attached hereto, and evidencing the sole class of "residual
interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class R-III Certificate": Any one of the Certificates with a
"Class R-III" designation on the face thereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-10 attached hereto, and evidencing the sole class of "residual
interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Closing Date": April 30, 1997.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10(a), which shall be
entitled "Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as Master Servicer for LaSalle National Bank,
as Trustee, in trust for registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1" and
which must be an Eligible Account.
"Component": Any of the ten components of the partial
beneficial ownership interest evidenced by the Class A-WAC Certificates in the
Trust Fund, designated as "Component A1-WAC", "Component A2-WAC", "Component
A3-WAC", "Component A4- WAC", "Component B1-WAC", "Component B2-WAC", "Component
B3-WAC", "Component B4-WAC", "Component B5-WAC", "Component B6-WAC" and
"Component Arrearage", respectively, each such component constituting a separate
"regular interest" in REMIC III.
"Component Notional Amount": The hypothetical or notional
principal amount on which any of the Components of the Class A-WAC Certificates
(other than Component Arrearage) accrues interest equal to: (1) in the case of
Component A1-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest A-1
outstanding from time to time; (2) in the case of Component A2-WAC, the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest A-2 outstanding from time to
time; (3) in the case of Component A3-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC
II Regular Interest A-3 outstanding from time to time; (4) in the case of
Component A4- WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest A-4
outstanding from time to time; (5) in the case of Component B1-WAC, the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest B-1 outstanding from time to
time; (6) in the case of Component B2-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC
II Regular Interest B-2 outstanding from time to time; (7) in the case of
Component B3-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest B-3
outstanding from time to time; (8) in the case of Component B4-WAC, the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest B-4 outstanding from time to
time; (9) in the case of Component B5-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC
II Regular Interest B-5 outstanding from time to time; and (10) in the case of
Component B6-WAC, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest B-6
outstanding from time to time.
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"Corporate Trust Office": The principal corporate trust office
of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in
connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date
of the execution of this instrument is located at 135 South LaSalle Street,
Suite 1740, Chicago, Illinois 60674-4107, Attention: Asset-Backed Securities
Trust Services Group, Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1, or at such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Fiscal Agent.
"Custodian": A Person who is at any time appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.11 as a document custodian for the Mortgage Files,
which Person shall not be the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Cut-off Date": April 1, 1997.
"Cut-off Date Pool Arrearage": $53,572,000.62.
"Cut-off Date Pool Legal Balance": $326,146,770.74.
"Cut-off Date Pool Unpaid Principal Balance": $272,574,770.12.
"DCR": Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. or its successor in
interest.
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding Legal Balance of the Mortgage Loan,
which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.
"Definitive Certificates": As defined in Section 5.01(b).
"Deleted Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be
replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
"Depositor": Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.
"Depository": The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is
CEDE & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial
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Code of the State of New York and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Depository Institution": Any depository institution or trust
company, including the Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (or,
in the case of a depository institution that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, such holding company has unsecured commercial paper or other
short-term unsecured debt obligations) that are rated P-1 by Moody's and D-1+ by
DCR (if rated by DCR) or comparable ratings if Moody's and DCR are not the
Rating Agencies).
"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 each Distribution Date,
the 13th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if
such 13th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such
13th day.
"Directly Operate": With respect to any REO Property, the
furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the management or
operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for
sale to customers, the performance of any construction work thereon or any use
of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust Fund other
than through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that the Trustee (or
the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) shall not be considered to
Directly Operate an REO Property solely because the Trustee (or the Master
Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants,
enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions
as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property.
"Disqualified Organization": Any of the following: (i) the
United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the
United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other
than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are
subject to tax and, except for the FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors
is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign government, any
international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers' cooperatives
described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and (v) any other
Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the
holding of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person may
cause the Trust Fund or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of
Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax
imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the
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Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person. The
terms "United States", "State" and "international organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
"Distribution Account": The trust account or accounts created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.10(b) which shall be
entitled "LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee, in trust for registered holders of
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1" and which must be an Eligible Account.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any month, or if such
25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th
day, commencing in May 1997.
"Due Date": With respect to each Distribution Date, the first
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, which is the
day of the month on which the Modified Scheduled Payment is due on a Mortgage
Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
"Due Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar
month in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the related Due Date.
"Eligible Account": An account maintained with a federal or
state chartered depository institution (i) either the long term unsecured debt
obligations or short term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated "Aaa" or
"P-1", as applicable, by Moody's and "AAA" or "D-1+", as applicable by DCR (if
rated by DCR) at the time of any deposit therein, or (ii) if such account is
insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by such corporation), the
uninsured deposits in which account are otherwise secured such that, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee prior to the
establishment of such account, the Certificateholders will 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
Instruments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or general creditors of the depository institution with which such
account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company in its
corporate trust department; or (iv) such other account as may be approved in
writing by each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest. In the event
an account ceases to be an Eligible Account, all funds contained therein shall
be withdrawn by the Person charged with maintenance of such account and
redeposited into an Eligible Account within five Business Days of such cessation
of eligibility.
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate in a parcel of
land.
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"Expense Account": The account established and maintained
pursuant to Section 3.25.
"Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses": Any amounts reimbursable
to the Master Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to Section 6.03, any amounts
payable from the Distribution Account in respect of taxes pursuant to Section
11.01(h)(iii), any amounts reimbursable to the Trustee by the Trust Fund
pursuant to the indemnification from the Trust Fund set forth in the second
sentence of Section 8.05, and any other costs, expenses, liabilities and losses
borne by the Trust Fund (exclusive of any cost, expense, liability or loss that
is specific to a particular Mortgage Loan or REO Property and is taken into
account in calculating a Realized Loss in respect thereof) for which the Trust
Fund has not and, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Trustee shall
not, obtain reimbursement or indemnification from any other Person.
"FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
"FHA": The Federal Housing Administration of the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development and any successor thereto.
"FHLMC": Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any
successor thereto.
"Final Recovery Determination": With respect to any defaulted
Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property
purchased by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, 3.16(c) or 10.01), a
determination made by the Master Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Master Servicer,
in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in
respect thereof have been so recovered. The Master Servicer shall maintain
records, prepared by a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination
made thereby.
"Fiscal Agent": ABN AMRO BANK N.V., its successor in interest,
or any successor fiscal agent appointed as herein provided.
"FNMA": Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added
to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
"HUD": The United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development and any successor thereto.
"Independent": When used with respect to any specified Person,
any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial
interest in or any material indirect financial
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interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, and
(c) is not connected with the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a
Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer
or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of
1% or less of any class of securities issued by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
"Independent Contractor": Either (i) any Person (other than
the Master Servicer) that would be an "independent contractor" with respect to
the Trust Fund within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if the Trust
Fund were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set
forth in that section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns,
directly or indirectly, 35 percent or more of any Class of Certificates), so
long as the Trust Fund does not receive or derive any income from such Person
and provided that the relationship between such Person and the Trust Fund is at
arm's length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any other Person (including the Master Servicer) if the
Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the taking of any
action in respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions
therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an
Independent Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code
(determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section
860D(a) of the Code), or cause any income realized in respect of such REO
Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property.
"Index": With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan
and each related Adjustment Date the weekly average yield on U.S. Treasury
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year as published by the
Federal Reserve Board in Statistical Release H.15(519) as of a date specified in
the related Mortgage Note.
"Initial Class Certificate Balance": With respect to any Class
of REMIC III Regular Certificates, the initial Class Certificate Balance thereof
as of the Closing Date, in each case as specified in the Preliminary Statement.
"Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds of any title policy, hazard
policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such
proceeds are not to be 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, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage.
"Interest Accrual Period": With respect to any Distribution
Date and any Certificate, the one-month period ending on the last day of the
calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
"Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of REMIC III Regular Certificates, the aggregate
Accrued Certificate Interest on the
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Certificates of such Class for such Distribution Date, plus the excess, if any,
of the Interest Distribution Amount for the immediately preceding Distribution
Date, if any, over the aggregate distributions of interest made with respect to
such Class on such immediately preceding Distribution Date.
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all
amounts received subsequent to the Determination Date immediately following any
Due Period, whether as late payments of Modified Scheduled Payments or as
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late
payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without regard to any
acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) but
delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
"Legal Balance": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and each
REO Property, the Stated Principal Balance thereof plus any related Arrearage.
"Liquidation Event": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of
the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage
Loan is removed from the Trust Fund by reason of its being purchased, sold or
replaced pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or
Section 10.01. With respect to any REO Property, either of the following events:
(i) a Final Recovery Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such
REO Property is removed from the Trust Fund by reason of its being purchased
pursuant to Section 10.01.
"Liquidation Proceeds": The amount (other than Insurance
Proceeds or amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO Property prior
to REO Disposition) received by the Master Servicer in connection with (i) the
taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of
eminent domain or condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage
Loan through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or (iii) the
repurchase, substitution or sale of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property pursuant
to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c), Section 3.23 or Section
10.01.
"Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date of determination, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Legal Balance
of the related Mortgage Loan at such date and the denominator of which is the
Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
"Master Servicer": Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, a federal savings
bank, or any successor master servicer appointed as herein provided, in its
capacity as Master Servicer hereunder.
"Master Servicer Event of Default": One or more of the events
described in Section 7.01.
"Master Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 3:00 p.m. New York Time on the 18th day of the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date
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occurs, or, if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
preceding such 18th day.
"Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Minimum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Modified Scheduled Payment": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal, interest and Arrearage on such
Mortgage Loan which is payable by the related Mortgagor from time to time under
the related Mortgage Note as modified by any payment plan agreement, determined:
(a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient Valuation and/or Debt Service
Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction in the
amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief
Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension granted or agreed to by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07; and (c) on the assumption that all
other amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid when due.
"Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in
interest.
"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on, or first priority security interest in, a Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Note.
"Mortgage File": The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
"Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred and assigned
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03(d) as from time to time
held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement between the
Mortgage Loan Seller and the Depositor, regarding the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to or at the direction of the Depositor,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D annexed hereto.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": The list of Mortgage Loans included
in REMIC I on such date attached hereto as Schedule 1. The Mortgage Loan
Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage
Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
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(iii) the original months to maturity;
(iv) the stated remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date;
(v) the Loan-to-Value Ratio;
(vi) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the Cut-off
Date;
(vii) the Mortgaged Property type;
(viii) the stated maturity date;
(ix) the amount of the principal and interest payment at
origination;
(x) the amount of the Modified Scheduled Payment due on the first
Due Date after the Cut-off Date;
(xi) [intentionally omitted];
(xii) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (if
available);
(xiii) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
close of business on the Cut-off Date;
(xiv) the Arrearage with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the
close of business on the Cut-off Date;
(xv) [intentionally omitted];
(xvi) in the case of each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the Gross
Margin;
(xvii) in the case of each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the Maximum
Mortgage Rate;
(xviii) in the case of each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the Minimum
Mortgage Rate;
(xix) in the case of each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the
Periodic Rate Cap;
(xx) in the case of each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan, the first
Adjustment Date immediately following the Cut-off Date; and
(xxi) the Value of the Mortgaged Property.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information, as of the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans: (1) the
number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the
aggregate Arrearage on the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be
amended from time to time by the Depositor in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement. With respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, Cut-off
Date shall refer to the related Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined
in accordance with the definition of Cut-off Date herein.
"Mortgage Loan Seller": Salomon Brothers Realty Corp., or its
successor in interest, in its capacity as seller under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
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"Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other evidence
of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
"Mortgage Pool": Collectively, all of the Mortgage Loans
identified on Schedule 1 from time to time, and any REO Properties acquired in
respect thereof.
"Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, which rate (i) in
the case of each Mortgage Loan other than an adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan shall
remain constant at the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the
Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the Cut-off Date and (ii) in the
case of each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan (A) as of any date of determination
until the first Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date shall be the rate set
forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately
following the Cut-off Date and (B) as of any date of determination thereafter
shall be the rate as adjusted on the most recent Adjustment Date, to equal the
sum, rounded to the nearest 0.125% if so provided in the Mortgage Note, of the
Index, as most recently available as of a date prior to the Adjustment Date as
set forth in the related Mortgage Note, plus the related Gross Margin; provided
that the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan on any Adjustment Date shall never
be more than the lesser of (i) the sum of the Mortgage Rate in effect
immediately prior to the Adjustment Date plus the related Periodic Rate Cap, if
any, and (ii) the related Maximum Mortgage Rate, and shall never be less than
the greater of (i) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Adjustment Date less the Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the related Minimum
Mortgage Rate. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property,
as of any date of determination, the annual rate determined in accordance with
the immediately preceding sentence as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an
REO Property.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property securing a
Mortgage Loan, including any REO Property, consisting of an Estate in Real
Property improved by a Residential Dwelling.
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
"Net Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or the
related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of
interest equal to (i) the then applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan
(or the related REO Property) minus (ii) the sum of (x) the Servicing Fee Rate
applicable to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or the related
REO Property) and (y) the Trustee's Fee Rate.
"New Lease": Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf
of the Trust Fund, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of the
Trust Fund if the Trust Fund has the right to renegotiate the terms of such
lease.
"Nonrecoverable Payment Advance": Any Payment Advance
previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith
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business judgment of the Master Servicer (or the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent if
either such party is required to make a Payment Advance pursuant to the terms
hereof), as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, will not or, in the case of a
proposed Payment Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related late
payments, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or
REO Property as provided herein.
"Non-United States Person": Any Person other than a United
States Person.
"Officers' Certificate": A certificate signed by Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a vice president
(however denominated) of the Master Servicer or the Mortgage Loan Seller, as
applicable.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be salaried or in-house counsel for the Depositor or the
Master Servicer, in such form as is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, except
that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of the Trust Fund
as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions must be an opinion of
Independent counsel.
"Original Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
the scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan
which was payable by the related Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Note as
originally executed, without modification thereto during any forbearance period
or subsequent to any forbearance period.
"Overcollateralized Amount": The excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over the aggregate
Certificate Balance of the P&I Certificates.
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership or
security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct
or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
"P&I Certificates": Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class
A-4 or Class B Certificates.
"Pass-Through Rate": With respect to:
(i) Component A1-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest A-1 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xi) below;
(ii) Component A2-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest A-2 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xii) below;
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(iii) Component A3-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest A-3 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xiii) below;
(iv) Component A4-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest A-4 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xiv) below;
(v) Component B1-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest B-1 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xvi) below;
(vi) Component B2-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest B-2 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xvii) below;
(vii) Component B3-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest B-3 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xviii) below;
(viii) Component B4-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest B-4 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xix) below;
(ix) Component B5-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest B-5 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xx) below;
(x) Component B6-WAC, for any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest B-6 for such Distribution Date minus the fixed rate
per annum specified in clause (xv) below, over (B) the fixed
rate per annum specified in clause (xxi) below;
(xi) the Class A-1 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, a fixed
rate equal to 6.97% per annum;
(xii) the Class A-2 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, a fixed
rate equal to 7.37% per annum;
(xiii) the Class A-3 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, a fixed
rate equal to 7.51% per annum;
(xiv) the Class A-4 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (A) a fixed rate equal to 7.70% per annum and (B)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date
payable in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-4;
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(xv) the Class IO Certificates, for any Distribution Date, a fixed
rate equal to 0.6809% per annum;
(xvi) the Class B-1 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (A) a fixed rate equal to 7.75% per annum and (B)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date
payable in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-1;
(xvii) the Class B-2 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (A) a fixed rate equal to 7.75% per annum and (B)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date
payable in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-2;
(xviii) the Class B-3 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (A) a fixed rate equal to 7.75% per annum and (B)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date
payable in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-3;
(xix) the Class B-4 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (A) a fixed rate equal to 7.75% per annum and (B)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date
payable in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-4;
(xx) the Class B-5 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (A) a fixed rate equal to 7.75% per annum and (B)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date
payable in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-5;
(xxi) the Class B-6 Certificates, for any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (A) a fixed rate equal to 7.75% per annum and (B)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date
payable in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-6.
"Payment Advance": As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
any advance made by the Master Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.03 or by the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent pursuant to
Section 7.02.
"Percentage Interest": With respect to a REMIC III Regular
Certificate, the undivided percentage ownership in the Class evidenced by such
Certificate, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the initial
Certificate Balance or Certificate Notional Amount, as applicable, represented
by such Certificate and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial
Certificate Balance or Certificate Notional Amount, as applicable, of all of the
Certificates of such Class. The Book-Entry Certificates are issuable only in
minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to minimum initial Certificate
Balances or Class Notional Amounts, as applicable, of $10,000 and increments of
$1.00 in excess thereof. The Class IO Certificates, the Class A-WAC Certificates
and the Class B Certificates will be issuable only in minimum Percentage
Interests corresponding to minimum initial Certificate Notional Amounts (in the
case of the Class IO Certificates) or initial Certificate Balances (in the case
of the Class A-WAC Certificates and the Class B Certificates) of $10,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except that one Certificate of
each such Class may be issued evidencing a Percentage Interest corresponding to
either (i) the sum of an otherwise authorized denomination thereof plus the
remainder of the aggregate initial Certificate Notional Amount or Certificate
Balance, as applicable, for such class or (ii) such remainder. With respect to
any Residual Certificate, the undivided percentage ownership in such Class
evidenced by such Certificate, as
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set forth on the face of such Residual Certificate. The Residual Certificates
are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests of 25%.
"Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth
in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage
Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to the
Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate) on such Adjustment Date from
the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
"Permitted Investments": Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par,
regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee
or any of their respective Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the
United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States.
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of
deposit of, or bankers' acceptances issued by, any Depository
Institution;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any
security described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository
Institution (acting as principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a
discount that are issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws
of the United States of America or any State thereof and that are rated
by each Rating Agency in its highest long-term unsecured rating
categories at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both
non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing
obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than 30
days after the date of acquisition thereof) that is rated by each
Rating Agency in its highest short-term unsecured debt rating available
at the time of such investment;
(vi) units of money market funds that have been rated
"Aaa" by Moody's and "AAA" by DCR (if rated by DCR); and
(viii) if previously confirmed in writing to the
Trustee, any other demand, money market or time deposit, or any other
obligation, security or investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating
Agencies as a permitted investment of funds backing securities having
ratings equivalent to its highest initial rating of any Class of Senior
P&I Certificates;
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provided that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right
to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such
instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from obligations
underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect
to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the
yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Transferee of a Residual
Certificate other than a Disqualified Organization or Non-United States Person.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan": Any employee benefit plan and certain other retirement
plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities,
and Keogh plans, and bank collective investment funds and insurance company
general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are
invested, that are subject to the prohibited transaction and fiduciary
responsibility provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.
"Plurality Residual Certificateholder": As to any taxable year
of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III, the Holder of Certificates evidencing the
largest Percentage Interest in the Class of Residual Certificates constituting
the sole class of "residual interests" in such REMIC.
"Prepayment Assumption": For purposes of determining the
accrual of original issue discount, market discount and premium, if any, on the
Certificates for federal income tax purposes, 8% CPR (Constant Prepayment Rate).
The Constant Prepayment Rate model assumes that the outstanding principal
balance of a pool of mortgage loans prepays at a specified constant annual rate
or CPR. In generating monthly cash flows, this rate is converted to an
equivalent constant monthly rate.
"Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the related Prepayment
Period the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part that was applied
by the Master Servicer to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such loan
on a date preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period, an amount
equal to interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such
Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the date on which the
prepayment is applied and ending on the last day of the related Prepayment
Period. The obligations of the Master Servicer in respect of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfall are set forth in Section 3.24.
"Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the immediately preceding calendar month.
"Principal Prepayment": Any payment of principal and/or
Arrearage made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance
of its scheduled Due Date and
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which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full amount
of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months subsequent to
the month of prepayment.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, 3.16(c)
or 10.01, and as confirmed by an Officers' Certificate from the Master Servicer
to the Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Legal Balance
thereof as of the date of purchase (or such other price as provided in Section
10.01), (ii) in the case of (x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued interest on the Stated
Principal Balance thereof at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from
time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a
payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer, which payment or
advance had as of the date of purchase been distributed pursuant to Section
4.01, through the end of the calendar month in which the purchase is to be
effected, and (y) an REO Property, the sum of (1) accrued interest on the Stated
Principal Balance thereof at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from
time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a
payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer through the end of
the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO
Property was acquired, plus (2) REO Imputed Interest for such REO Property for
each calendar month commencing with the calendar month in which such REO
Property was acquired and ending with the calendar month in which such purchase
is to be effected, net of the total of all net rental income, Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Payment Advances that had as of the date of
purchase been distributed as or to cover REO Imputed Interest pursuant to
Section 4.01, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Payment Advances and
any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to Sections 3.11(ix) and 3.16(b), (v) in
the case of a Mortgage Loan required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.03,
expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer or the
Trustee in respect of the breach or defect giving rise to the purchase
obligation and (vi) any Arrearage in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
"Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan": A mortgage loan
substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
which must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal
balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest
due in the month of substitution, not in excess of (and not more than $10,000
less than) the outstanding principal balance, after deduction of all scheduled
payments due as of the date of substitution, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (ii)
have a Mortgage Rate not less than (and not more than one percentage point in
excess of) the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) have a Net
Mortgage Rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv)
have a remaining term to maturity not greater than (and not more than one year
less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) have the same Due Date as the
Due Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the
date of substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date, (vii) pay the same or a greater
percentage of its Original Monthly Payment, (viii) have an Arrearage, if any,
not greater than the Arrearage of the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (ix) conform to
each representation and warranty set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement
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applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event that one or more mortgage
loans are substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the amounts
described in clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the basis of aggregate
principal balances, the Mortgage Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of weighted average Mortgage Rates, the terms described
in clause (iv) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted average
remaining term to maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (vi)
hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan and, except to the
extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the representations and warranties
described in clause (viii) hereof must be satisfied as to each Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
"Rating Agency or Rating Agencies": Moody's and DCR or their
successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in existence,
"Rating Agencies" shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating
agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the Depositor, notice of
which designation shall be given to the Trustee and Master Servicer.
"Realized Loss": With respect to each Mortgage Loan as to
which a Final Recovery Determination has been made an amount (not less than
zero) equal to (i) the unpaid Legal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
commencement of the calendar month in which the Final Recovery Determination was
made, plus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest from the Due Date as to which
interest was last paid by the Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month in
which such Final Recovery Determination was made, calculated in the case of each
calendar month during such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual rate
at which interest was then accruing on such Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal
amount equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
close of business on the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus
(iii) any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of
such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Sections 3.11(ix) and 3.16(b), minus (iv) the
proceeds, if any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the calendar
month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, net of amounts that
are payable therefrom to the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan
pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3.11.
With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the
unpaid Legal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition
of such REO Property on behalf of the Trust Fund, plus (ii) accrued and unpaid
interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor
in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A)
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing
on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) REO Imputed
Interest for such REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the
calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, plus (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of the
related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Sections 3.11(ix) and
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3.16(b), minus (v) the aggregate of all Payment Advances made by the Master
Servicer in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan for which
the Master Servicer has been or, in connection with such Final Recovery
Determination, will be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.23 out of rental income,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such REO
Property, minus (vi) the total of all net rental income, Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such REO Property that has been, or
in connection with such Final Recovery Determination, will be transferred to the
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation
and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient
Valuation.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the portion, if any, of the reduction in
each affected scheduled payment attributable to a reduction in the Mortgage Rate
imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each such Realized Loss shall be
deemed to have been incurred on the Due Date for each affected Modified
Scheduled Payment.
"Record Date": With respect to each Distribution Date other
than the first Distribution Date, the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. With respect to the
first Distribution Date, the Closing Date.
"Regular Interest": A "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
"Relief Act Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as
a result of the application of the Relief Act.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within
the meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto,
constituting the primary trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder,
with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made, consisting of: (i) such
Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to this Agreement, together with
the Mortgage Files relating thereto, and together with all collections thereon
and proceeds thereof, (ii) any REO Property, together with all collections
thereon and proceeds thereof, (iii) the Trustee's rights with respect to the
Mortgage Loans under all insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant
to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof, (iv) the Depositor's rights under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any security interests created
thereby), (v) the Reserve Fund and all amounts deposited therein and
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(vi) the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, any REO Account and the
Expense Account and such assets that are deposited therein from time to time and
any investments thereof, together with any and all income, proceeds and payments
with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, REMIC I
specifically excludes all payments and other collections of principal and
interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date.
"REMIC I Regular Interest": Either of the two separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest A shall
have an initial Uncertificated Balance equal to the Cut-off Date Pool Arrearage
and shall not accrue interest. REMIC I Regular Interest B shall have an initial
Uncertificated Balance equal to the Cut-off Date Pool Unpaid Principal Balance
and shall accrue interest at the REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time to
time. Each REMIC I Regular Interest shall be entitled to distributions of
principal or Arrearage, as applicable, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Balance.
"REMIC I Remittance Rate": With respect to REMIC I Regular
Interest B for any Distribution Date, the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate in
effect for the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date rounded to four decimal
places.
"REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of both
REMIC I Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee for the benefit of
REMIC III, as holder of the REMIC II Regular Interests, and the Holders of the
Class R-II Certificates pursuant to Section 2.06, with respect to which a
separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC II Regular Interest": Any of the eleven separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC II. Each REMIC II Regular Interest,
other than REMIC II Regular Interest WAC, shall accrue interest at the related
REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to
distributions of principal or Arrearage, as applicable, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated
Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The designations for
the respective REMIC II Regular Interests are set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Remittance Rate": With respect to any REMIC II
Regular Interest for any Distribution Date, other than REMIC II Regular Interest
WAC, the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest B for such
Distribution Date. REMIC II Regular Interest WAC shall not be entitled to any
amounts in respect of interest.
"REMIC III": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all
of the REMIC II Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of the REMIC III Certificates pursuant to Section 2.08,
with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be made.
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"REMIC III Certificate": Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3,
Class A-4, Class IO, Class A-WAC, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4,
Class B-5, Class B-6 or Class R-III Certificate.
"REMIC III Regular Certificate": Any REMIC III Certificate
other than a Class R-III Certificate.
"REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section
860A through 860G 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.
"Remittance Report": A report in electronic format
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 prepared by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03 with such additions, deletions and
modifications as agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer.
"Rents from Real Property": With respect to any REO Property,
gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code as being
included in the term "rents from real property".
"REO Account": The account or accounts maintained by the
Master Servicer in respect of an REO Property pursuant to Section 3.23.
"REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO
Property on behalf of the Trust Fund.
"REO Imputed Interest": As to any REO Property, for any
calendar month during which such REO Property was at any time part of the Trust
Fund, one month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such REO Property (or, in the case of the first such
calendar month, of the related Mortgage Loan if appropriate) as of the close of
business on the Distribution Date in such calendar month.
"REO Principal Amortization": With respect to any REO
Property, for any calendar month, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of
all amounts received in respect of such REO Property during such calendar month,
whether in the form of rental income, sale proceeds (including, without
limitation, that portion of the Termination Price paid in connection with a
purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section
10.01 that is allocable to such REO Property) or otherwise, net of any portion
of such amounts (i) payable pursuant to Section 3.23(c) in respect of the proper
operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property or (ii) payable or
reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23(d) for unpaid
Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and Payment Advances in respect of such REO Property or the
related Mortgage Loan, over (b) the REO Imputed Interest in respect of such REO
Property for such calendar month.
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"REO Property": A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master
Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, as described in Section 3.23.
"Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing
Officer, in the form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2 attached hereto.
"Reserve Fund": The account established and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.06.
"Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) a
detached one-family dwelling, (ii) a detached two- to four-family dwelling,
(iii) a one-family dwelling unit in a FNMA eligible condominium project, or (iv)
a detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development, none of which is a
co-operative, mobile or manufactured home (as defined in 42 United States Code,
Section 5402(6)).
"Residual Certificate": A Class R-I, Class R-II or Class R-III
Certificate.
"Residual Interest": The sole class of "residual interests" in
a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
"Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee,
any officer assigned to the Asset-Backed Securities Trust Services Group (or any
successor thereto), including the President, any vice president, any assistant
vice president, the Secretary, any assistant secretary, the Treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and, with respect to a
particular matter, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. When used with respect
to the Fiscal Agent, any officer or assistant officer thereof.
"Scheduled Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan: (a) as of the Cut-off Date, the outstanding principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of such date (excluding any Arrearage), net of the principal
portion of all unpaid Modified Scheduled Payments, if any, due on or before such
date; (b) as of any Due Date subsequent to the Cut-off Date up to and including
the Due Date in the calendar month in which a Liquidation Event occurs with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the Cut-off Date, minus the sum (excluding any amounts allocable to
Arrearage) of (i) the principal portion of each Modified Scheduled Payment due
on or before such Due Date but subsequent to the Cut-off Date, whether or not
received, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received before such Due Date but after
the Cut-off Date, (iii) the principal portion of all Liquidation Proceeds and
Insurance Proceeds received before such Due Date but after the Cutoff Date, net
of any portion thereof that represents principal due (without regard to any
acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) on a Due
Date occurring on or before the date on which such proceeds were received and
(iv) any Realized
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Loss incurred with respect thereto as a result of a Deficient Valuation
occurring before such Due Date, but only to the extent such Realized Loss
represents a reduction in the portion of principal of such Mortgage Loan not yet
due (without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage
and Mortgage Note) as of the date of such Deficient Valuation; and (c) as of any
Due Date subsequent to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with respect to
such Mortgage Loan, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of any Due
Date subsequent to the date of its acquisition on behalf of the Trust Fund up to
and including the Due Date in the calendar month in which a Liquidation Event
occurs with respect to such REO Property, an amount (not less than zero) equal
to the Scheduled Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the Due
Date in the calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired, minus the
aggregate amount of REO Principal Amortization, if any, in respect of such REO
Property for all previously ended calendar months; and (b) as of any Due Date
subsequent to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO
Property, zero.
"Senior P&I Certificates": The P&I Certificates, other than
the Class B Certificates.
"Senior Percentage": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (a) 100% and (b) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Senior P&I
Certificates and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate of the
Scheduled Principal Balance of each of the Mortgage Loans, plus (ii) the
aggregate of the Scheduled Principal Balance of each of the REO Properties, in
each case before reduction for any Realized Losses on such Distribution Date.
"Senior Prepayment Percentage": With respect to any
Distribution Date within the range indicated below, the percentage as indicated
below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Distribution Date Senior Prepayment Percentage
----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
May 1997 through April 2002 100%
May 2002 through April 2003 Senior Percentage, plus 70% of the Subordinate
Percentage
May 2003 through April 2004 Senior Percentage, plus 60% of the Subordinate
Percentage
May 2004 through April 2005 Senior Percentage, plus 40% of the Subordinate
Percentage
May 2005 through April 2006 Senior Percentage, plus 20% of the Subordinate
Percentage
May 2006 and thereafter Senior Percentage;
</TABLE>
provided, however, no reduction to the Senior Prepayment Percentage described
above shall be made as of any Distribution Date unless (i) the outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
real estate owned and Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) averaged over the last six
months does not exceed 50% of the then current
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Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates and (ii) Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans to date are less than the then applicable Trigger Amount. The
"Trigger Amount" for any Distribution Date occurring after the first five years
will be as follows: for any Distribution Date during the sixth year after the
Closing Date, 30% of the initial Certificate Balance of the Class B
Certificates; for any Distribution Date during the seventh year after the
Closing Date, 40% of the initial Certificate Balance of the Class B
Certificates; for any Distribution Date during the eighth year after the Closing
Date, 45% of the initial Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates; and
for any Distribution Date during the ninth year after the Closing Date, 50% of
the initial Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon a reduction of the Certificate Balances of the Senior P&I
Certificates to zero, the Senior Prepayment Percentage will equal 0%. In
addition, on any Distribution Date, on which the Senior Percentage exceeds the
initial Senior Percentage, the Senior Prepayment Percentage shall be 100%.
"Senior Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to each
Distribution Date, the lesser of (1) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Senior P&I Certificates outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date
and (2) the sum of (x) the Senior Percentage of all scheduled payments of
principal due on the Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period, whether or
not received, and of the aggregate principal portion of any unscheduled net
collections (other than amounts described in clauses (y) or (z) hereof and other
than payments allocable to the related Arrearage) received on or in respect of
the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period, including proceeds from
repurchases of Mortgage Loans, insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds, (y) the Senior Prepayment Percentage of all voluntary
prepayments of principal received on the Mortgage Loans during the related
Prepayment Period (other than the amount thereof of allocable to Arrearage) and
(z) with respect to the principal portion of any net Liquidation Proceeds
received during the related Prepayment Period in connection with the final
liquidation of a Mortgage Loan during such Prepayment Period, the lesser of the
Senior Percentage of the then Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
and the Senior Prepayment Percentage of the principal portion of such net
Liquidation Proceeds (other than the amount thereof allocable to Arrearage).
"Servicing Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09.
"Servicing Advances": The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with a default,
delinquency or other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer in the
performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the
cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures,
in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management (including
reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property,
and (iv) the performance of its obligations under Sections 3.01, 3.09, 3.14,
3.16 and 3.23 (in the case of Section 3.23, including but not limited to the
cost of obtaining any Opinion of Counsel of the kind described in Section
3.23(a)). The Master Servicer shall not be required to make any Servicing
Advance in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the good faith
business judgment of the Master Servicer, would not
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be ultimately recoverable from related Insurance Proceeds, Late Collections or
Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Servicing Fee": For any calendar month, the sum of (i) with
respect to each Mortgage Loan and any REO Properties and for such calendar
month, an amount equal to one month's interest (or in the event of any payment
of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment in full made by the
Mortgagor during such calendar month, interest for the number of days covered by
such payment of interest) on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
(and any REO Properties) at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate and (ii) with
respect to the Arrearage, if any, relating to each Mortgage Loan and any REO
Properties, an amount equal to 1/12 times the applicable Servicing Fee Rate
times the amount of such Arrearage.
"Servicing Fee Rate": 0.50% per annum with respect to the
Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (or related REO Property) and
0.40% per annum with respect to the Arrearage of each Mortgage Loan.
"Servicing Officer": Any officer of the Master Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of Mortgage
Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers
furnished by the Master Servicer to the Trustee and the Depositor on the Closing
Date, as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Single Certificate": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), a hypothetical Certificate
of such Class evidencing a Percentage Interest for such Class corresponding to
an initial Certificate Balance of $1,000. With respect to the Residual
Certificates, a hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a 100%
Percentage Interest in such Class.
"Startup Day": The day designated as such pursuant to Section
11.01(c) hereof.
"Stated Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan:
(a) as of any date of determination up to but not including the Distribution
Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such
Mortgage Loan would be distributed, the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date, as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
minus the sum (excluding any amounts allocable to Arrearage) of (i) the
principal portion of each Modified Scheduled Payment due on a Due Date
subsequent to the Cut-off Date, to the extent received from the Mortgagor or
advanced by the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent pursuant to
Section 4.03 or Section 7.02 and distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or
before such date of determination, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received after
the Cut-off Date, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or
before such date of determination, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance
Proceeds applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.16, to the extent distributed pursuant to
Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, and (iv) any Realized Loss
incurred with respect thereto as a result of a Deficient Valuation made during
or prior to the Prepayment Period for the most recent Distribution Date
coinciding with or preceding such date of determination; and (b) as of any date
of determination coinciding with
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or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a
Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan would be distributed, zero.
With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of any date of determination up to but
not including the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a
Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property would be distributed, an
amount (not less than zero) equal to the Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loan as of the date on which such REO Property was acquired on behalf
of the Trust Fund, minus the sum (i) if such REO Property was acquired before
the Distribution Date in any calendar month, the principal portion of the
Modified Scheduled Payment due on the Due Date in the calendar month of
acquisition, to the extent advanced by the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the
Fiscal Agent pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 7.02 and distributed pursuant
to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, and (ii) the aggregate
amount of REO Principal Amortization in respect of such REO Property for all
previously ended calendar months, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section
4.01 on or before such date of determination; and (b) as of any date of
determination coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which
the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property
would be distributed, zero.
"Stayed Funds": As defined in Section 7.02(b).
"Subordinate Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (a) 100% and (b) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class B
Certificates and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate of the
Scheduled Principal Balance of each of the Mortgage Loans, plus (ii) the
aggregate of the Scheduled Principal Balance of each of the REO Properties, in
each case before reduction for any Realized Losses on such Distribution Date.
"Subordinate Prepayment Percentage": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 100% minus the Senior Prepayment Percentage.
"Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount": For any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the aggregate
Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates outstanding immediately prior to
such Distribution Date and (2) the sum of (w) the Subordinate Percentage of all
scheduled payments of principal due on the Mortgage Loans during the related Due
Period, whether or not received, and of the aggregate principal portion of any
unscheduled net collections (other than amounts described in clauses (x) or (y)
hereof and other than payments allocable to the related Arrearage) received on
or in respect of the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period,
including proceeds from repurchases of Mortgage Loans, Insurance Proceeds,
condemnation proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, (x) the Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage of all voluntary prepayments of principal received on the Mortgage
Loans during the related Prepayment Period (other than the amount thereof
allocable to Arrearage), (y) with respect to the principal portion of any net
Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Prepayment Period in connection
with the final liquidation of a Mortgage Loan during such Prepayment Period, the
lesser of the Subordinate Percentage of the then scheduled principal balance of
such Mortgage Loan and the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the principal
portion of such net Liquidation Proceeds (other than the amount thereof
allocable to
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Arrearage), and (z) in the case of any Distribution Date subsequent to the
initial Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date, over the aggregate distributions of principal made in respect
of the Class B Certificates on such immediately preceding Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.01 to the extent that any such amounts are not
attributable to Realized Losses which were allocated to the Class B Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04.
"Sub-Servicer": Any Person with which the Master Servicer has
entered into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02.
"Sub-Servicing Account": An account established by a
Sub-Servicer which meets the requirements set forth in Section 3.08 and is
otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the
Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of
certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.
"Tax Returns": The federal income tax return on Internal
Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income
Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest
Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms,
to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund due to its classification as a REMIC
under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other information reports
or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or
filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing
authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws.
"Termination Price": As defined in Section 10.01.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge,
hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Trust Fund": Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I,
REMIC II and REMIC III.
"Trustee": LaSalle National Bank, its successor in interest,
or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
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"Trustee's Fee": The amount payable to the Trustee on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 8.05 as compensation for all services
rendered by it in the execution of the trust hereby created and in the exercise
and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder, which
amount shall equal one twelfth of the product of (i) the Trustee's Fee Rate,
multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Legal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO
Properties as of the second preceding Due Date (or, in the case of the initial
Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date).
"Trustee's Fee Rate": 0.00375% per annum.
"Uncertificated Accrued Interest": With respect to REMIC I
Regular Interest B, for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the REMIC
I Remittance Rate for such Distribution Date, accrued on the Uncertificated
Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest outstanding immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, also on any
Uncertificated Accrued Interest in respect of such REMIC I Regular Interest from
prior Distribution Dates that was not previously deemed paid. With respect to
any REMIC II Regular Interest, other than REMIC II Regular Interest WAC, for any
Distribution Date, one month's interest at the REMIC II Remittance Rate
applicable to such REMIC II Regular Interest for such Distribution Date, accrued
on the Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC II Regular Interest outstanding
immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Uncertificated Accrued Interest in
respect of REMIC I Regular Interest B or any REMIC II Regular Interest, other
than REMIC II Regular Interest WAC, shall accrue on the basis of a 360- day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Uncertificated Accrued Interest with respect
to each Distribution Date, as to REMIC I Regular Interest B and any REMIC II
Regular Interest, other than REMIC II Regular Interest WAC, shall be reduced by
an amount equal to the portion allocable to such Regular Interest pursuant to
Section 1.02 hereof of the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest
Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24 and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date.
"Uncertificated Balance": The amount of any REMIC I Regular
Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of
determination. As of the Closing Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest A shall equal the Cut-off Date Pool Arrearage, the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest B shall equal the Cut-off
Date Pool Unpaid Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, and the Uncertificated
Balance of each REMIC II Regular Interest shall equal the amount set forth in
the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial uncertificated amount. On each
Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC II Regular Interest
shall be reduced by all distributions of principal or Arrearage, as applicable,
deemed to have been made on such REMIC II Regular Interest on such Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 4.01(h) and, if and to the extent necessary and
appropriate, shall be further reduced on such Distribution Date as provided in
Section 4.04(b). On each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of each
REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by all distributions of principal or
Arrearage, as applicable, deemed to have been made in respect of such REMIC I
Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(i),
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and, if and to the extent necessary and appropriate, shall be further reduced on
such Distribution Date as provided in Section 4.04(c).
"Uninsured Cause": Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section
3.14.
"United States Person": A citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an
estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of
its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United
States fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial decisions of
the trust. The term "United States" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7701 of the Code.
"Value": With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the value
thereof as determined by a BPO obtained by the Mortgage Loan Seller or HUD.
"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of
the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. With respect to any date
of determination, (i) 98% of all the Voting Rights shall be allocated among the
holders of the P&I Certificates and the Class A-WAC Certificates on a PRO RATA
basis based on the then current Certificate Balances of their respective
Certificates (provided, however, that if the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class A-WAC Certificates is reduced to zero before the Class Notional Amount of
such class is reduced to zero, then 97% of all the Voting Rights shall be
allocated among holders of the P&I Certificates on a PRO RATA basis based on the
then current Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates and 1% of all
the Voting Rights shall be allocated to the holders of the Class A-WAC
Certificates), (ii) 1% of all the Voting Rights shall be allocated to the
holders of the Class IO Certificates and (iii) 1% of all the Voting Rights shall
be allocated among the holders of the Residual Certificates. The Voting Rights
allocated to each class of REMIC III Regular Certificates shall be allocated
among all holders of each such class in proportion to the outstanding
Certificate Balance (or, in the case of the Class IO Certificates and, if the
Certificate Balance of the Class A-WAC Certificates has been reduced to zero,
the Class A-WAC Certificates, the outstanding Notional Amount) of such
Certificates.
"Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average, expressed
as a percentage and rounded to four decimal places, of the respective Net
Mortgage Rates in respect of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties
constituting the Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis
of the respective Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
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SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Accrued Certificate
Interest and the amount of the Interest Distribution Amount for each Class of
REMIC III Regular Certificates (and the amount of Uncertificated Accrued
Interest with respect to REMIC I Regular Interest B or any REMIC II Regular
Interest, other than REMIC II Regular Interest WAC) for any Distribution Date,
the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not
covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24) and Relief
Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated among the REMIC III Regular Certificates on
a PRO RATA basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the
then applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective Class Certificate
Balance or Class Notional Amount, as the case may be, of each such Certificate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date, the amount of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Relief Act Interest Shortfalls so allocated to
any of the REMIC III Regular Certificates shall be paid to the holders of such
REMIC III Regular Certificates prior to any distributions on such Distribution
Date to the holders of the Residual Certificates.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest
therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of the Depositor under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and all other assets included or to be
included in REMIC I. Such assignment includes all interest, principal and
Arrearage received by the Depositor or the Master Servicer on or with respect to
the Mortgage Loans (other than payments of principal and interest due on such
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date).
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee or a Custodian on its
behalf the following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan
(a "Mortgage File") so transferred and assigned:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the
following form: "Pay to the order of LaSalle National Bank, as
Trustee for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Series 1997-HUD1, without
recourse", with all prior and intervening endorsements showing
a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Person so endorsing to the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, and the original recorded power of attorney, if the
Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with
evidence of recording thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage executed in
the following form: "LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee for the
registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc., Series 1997-HUD1";
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments of
the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee
as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
any; and
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(vi) the original or copies of each lender's title
insurance policy, together with all endorsements or riders
which were issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such
policy, insuring the priority of the Mortgage as a first lien
on the Mortgaged Property represented therein as a fee
interest vested in the Mortgagor.
The Master Servicer shall promptly submit or cause to be
submitted for recording, at the Depositor's expense but at no expense to the
Trust Fund, the Custodian, the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent, in the appropriate
public office for real property records, each Assignment referred to in Sections
2.01(iii) and (iv) above. In the event that any such Assignment is lost or
returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Master Servicer shall
promptly prepare or cause to be prepared a substitute Assignment or cure or
cause to be cured such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter cause each
such Assignment to be duly recorded.
If any original Mortgage Note referred to in Section 2.01(i)
cannot be located, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents
shall be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Trustee or a Custodian on
its behalf of a photocopy of the original of such Mortgage Note, if available,
with a lost note affidavit to follow within five Business Days. If any of the
documents referred to in Sections 2.01(ii), (iii) or (iv) above has as of the
Closing Date been submitted for recording but either (x) has not been returned
from the applicable public recording office or (y) has been lost or such public
recording office has retained the original of such document, the obligations of
the Depositor to deliver such documents shall be deemed to be satisfied upon (1)
delivery to the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf of a copy of each such
document certified by the Mortgage Loan Seller in the case of (x) above or the
applicable public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and
complete copy of the original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such
copy is certified by the Mortgage Loan Seller, delivery to the Trustee or a
Custodian on its behalf promptly upon receipt thereof of either the original or
a copy of such document certified by the applicable public recording office to
be a true and complete copy of the original. Notice shall be provided to the
Trustee, any Custodian and the Rating Agencies by the Mortgage Loan Seller if
delivery pursuant to clause (2) above will be made more than 180 days after the
Closing Date. The Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf promptly upon receipt thereof any other
original documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File received with respect
to any Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, any original documents
evidencing an assumption or modification of any Mortgage Loan.
All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that are
not delivered to the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf are and shall be held
by or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf
of the Certificateholders. In the event that any such original document is
required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File,
such document shall be delivered promptly to the Trustee or a Custodian on its
behalf. Any such original document delivered to or held by the Depositor that is
not required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage
File, shall be delivered promptly to the Master Servicer.
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The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee and the initial
Custodian an executed copy of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.01 and subject to any
exceptions noted on the exception report described in the next paragraph below,
the Trustee acknowledges receipt by it or a Custodian on its behalf the Mortgage
Files (other than such documents described in Section 2.01(vi)) above and all
other assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" under clauses (i), (iii),
(iv) and (v) (to the extent of amounts deposited into the Distribution Account)
and declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents
delivered to it constituting a Mortgage File, and that it holds or will hold all
such assets and such other assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" in
trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders.
The Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf agrees, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File on or before the
Closing Date and to certify in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C-1 that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other
than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified
in the exception report annexed thereto as not being covered by such
certification), (i) the Mortgage Note included in each Mortgage File required to
be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement is in its possession and (ii) such
Mortgage Note has been reviewed by it and appears regular on its face and
relates to such Mortgage Loan. It is herein acknowledged that, in conducting
such review, the Trustee or any Custodian is under no duty or obligation (i) to
inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or
other papers to determine that they are valid, legal, genuine, enforceable, in
recordable form or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have
actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on
their face, or (ii) to determine whether any Mortgage File should include any of
the documents specified in clauses (ii) through (vii) of Section 2.01.
Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a final
certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-2 evidencing the
completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and making
or preparing, as the case may be, the certifications referred to above, the
Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf finds any document or documents
constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in any
material respect, at the conclusion of its review the Trustee shall so notify
(or cause a Custodian on its behalf to so notify) the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
The Trustee shall, at the written request and expense of any
Certificateholder, provide a written report to such Certificateholder of all
Mortgage Files released by the Trustee or the Custodian to the Master Servicer
for servicing purposes.
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SECTION 2.03. Cure of Breaches; Repurchase or Substitution
of Mortgage Loans.
(a) Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially
defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File, the
lack of which materially and adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan,
or of the breach by the Mortgage Loan Seller of any representation, warranty or
covenant under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage
Loan which materially and adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or
the interest therein of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such fact
shall promptly give written notice thereof to the other parties hereto. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Mortgage Loan Seller of such defect, missing
document or breach and request that the Mortgage Loan Seller deliver such
missing document or cure such defect or breach within 60 days from the date the
Mortgage Loan Seller was notified of such missing document, defect or breach,
and if the Mortgage Loan Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure
such defect or breach in all material respects during such period, the Master
Servicer (or, in accordance with Section 3.02(b), the Trustee) shall enforce the
Mortgage Loan Seller's obligation under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (i)
in connection with any such breach that could not reasonably have been cured
within such 60 day period, if the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have commenced to
cure such breach within such 60 day period, to proceed thereafter diligently and
expeditiously to cure the same within the additional period provided under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and (ii) in connection with any such breach
(subject to clause (i) above) or in connection with any missing document or
defect, to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase
Price within 120 days after the date on which the Mortgage Loan Seller was
notified (subject to Section 2.03(e)) of such missing document, defect or
breach, if and to the extent that the Mortgage Loan Seller is obligated to do so
under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Price for the
repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account and the
Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf, upon receipt of written certification from
the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the Mortgage Loan Seller
the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Mortgage Loan
Seller shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Mortgage
Loan Seller any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the Trustee shall
have no further responsibility with regard to the related Mortgage File. In lieu
of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as set forth above, as provided in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller may cause such
Mortgage Loan to be removed from the Trust Fund (in which case it shall become a
Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d).
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to
cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a
document is missing, a material defect in a constituent document exists or as to
which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole
remedy respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders.
(b) Within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the
Depositor or receipt of notice by the Depositor of the breach of any
representation or warranty of the Depositor set forth
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in Section 2.04 which materially adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall cure such breach in
all material respects.
(c) Within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Master
Servicer or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of the breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Master Servicer set forth in Section
2.10 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cure such
breach in all material respects.
(d) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) by the Mortgage Loan
Seller must be effected prior to the date which is two years after the Startup
Day for the Trust Fund.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgage Loan
Seller substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such
substitution shall be effected by the Mortgage Loan Seller delivering to the
Trustee, for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and
agreements, with all necessary prior and other endorsements thereon, as are
required by Section 2.01, together with an Officers' Certificate providing that
each such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof
and specifying the Substitution Shortfall Amount (as described below), if any,
in connection with such substitution. The Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf
shall acknowledge receipt for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans
and, within ten Business Days thereafter, review such documents as specified in
Section 2.02 and deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, with respect
to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of substitution, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a certification
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto with respect to such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
Modified Scheduled Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans in the month of substitution are not part of the Trust Fund and will be
retained by the Mortgage Loan Seller. For the month of substitution,
distributions to Certificateholders will reflect the Modified Scheduled Payment
due on such Deleted Mortgage Loan on or before the Due Date in the month of
substitution, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall thereafter be entitled to
retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan. The Depositor shall give or cause to be given written notice to the
Certificateholders that such substitution has taken place, shall amend the
Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from
the terms of this Agreement and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall deliver a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan
Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be
subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, including as of the date of substitution all applicable
representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller under the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement.
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For any month in which the Mortgage Loan Seller substitutes
one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (the "Substitution
Shortfall Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such
Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as to each such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Legal Balance thereof as of the date of
substitution, together with one month's interest on the related Scheduled
Principal Balance at the applicable Mortgage Rate. On the date of such
substitution, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the
Mortgage Loan Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the
Substitution Shortfall Amount, if any, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the
related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and certification by the
Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release, or cause any Custodian to
release on its behalf, to the Mortgage Loan Seller the related Mortgage File or
Files and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment,
in each case without recourse, as the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver to it
and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto.
In addition, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
the Mortgage Loan Seller shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not
cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without
limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section
860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after the startup date" under
Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or (b) any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.
(e) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller,
the Master Servicer, any Custodian or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does
not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)
of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two Business Days give
written notice thereof to the other parties hereto and the Mortgage Loan Seller.
In connection therewith, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the
Mortgage Loan Seller shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 2.03(d), substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or
receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. Any such
repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in
Section 2.03(a). The Trustee shall reconvey to the Mortgage Loan 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.
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the
Depositor.
(a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the
Trustee for the benefit of each of the Certificateholders, the Fiscal Agent and
the Master Servicer that as of the Closing Date or as of such other date
specifically provided herein:
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(i) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware.
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Depositor, and the performance and compliance with the terms
of this Agreement by the Depositor, will not violate the
Depositor's certificate of incorporation or by-laws or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result
in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument
to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of
its assets.
(iii) The Depositor has the full power and authority to
enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and
delivered this Agreement.
(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto,
constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the
Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance
with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and
(B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) The Depositor is not in violation of, and its
execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance
and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not
constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any
court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any
federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority,
which violation, in the Depositor's good faith and reasonable
judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either
the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or the financial condition of the Depositor.
(vi) The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust
Fund as contemplated herein requires no regulatory approval,
other than any such approvals as have been obtained, and is
not subject to any bulk transfer or similar law in effect in
any applicable jurisdiction.
(vii) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the
Depositor's knowledge, threatened against the Depositor that,
if determined adversely to the Depositor, would prohibit the
Depositor from entering into this Agreement or, in the
Depositor's good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to
materially and adversely affect either the ability of the
Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the financial condition of the Depositor.
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(viii) Immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans to the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement, (A) the
Depositor has marketable title to, and is the sole owner and
holder of, each Mortgage Loan; and (B) the Depositor has full
right and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage
Loans.
(ix) The Depositor is transferring the Mortgage Loans to
the Trust Fund free and clear of any liens, pledges, charges
and security interests.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage
Files to the Trustee or any Custodian on its behalf and shall inure to the
benefit of the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Fiscal Agent. Upon
discovery by any Person of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and
warranties which materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan
or the interests therein of the Certificateholders, the Person discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties, and in no event
later than two Business Days from the date of such discovery. The obligation of
the Depositor set forth in Section 2.03(b) to cure breaches shall constitute the
sole remedy available to the Certificateholders or to the Trustee on their
behalf respecting a breach of the representations and warranties contained in
this Section 2.04.
SECTION 2.05. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of
Class R-I Certificates; Creation of REMIC I
Regular Interests.
The Trustee hereby acknowledges the assignment to it of the
assets included in REMIC I. Concurrently with such assignment and in exchange
therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed
by an officer of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R-I Certificates in authorized
denominations. The interests evidenced by the Class R-I Certificates, together
with the REMIC I Regular Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership
of REMIC I. The rights of the Class R-I Certificateholders and REMIC II (as
holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests) to receive distributions from the
proceeds of REMIC I in respect of the Class R-I Certificates and the REMIC I
Regular Interests, respectively, and all ownership interests evidenced or
constituted by the Class R-I Certificates and the REMIC I Regular Interests,
shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.06. Conveyance of REMIC I Regular Interests;
Acceptance of REMIC II by Trustee.
The Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and concurrently with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, does hereby assign without
recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the REMIC
I Regular Interests to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Class
R-II Certificates and the REMIC III Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges the
assignment to it of the REMIC I Regular Interests and declares that it holds and
will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and
future Holders of the Class R-II Certificates and the REMIC III Certificates.
The rights of the Class R-II Certificateholders and REMIC III (as holder of the
REMIC II Regular Interests) to receive
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distributions from the proceeds of REMIC II in respect of the Class R-II
Certificates and the REMIC II Regular Interests, respectively, and all ownership
interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R-II Certificates and the REMIC
II Regular Interests, shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of
Class R-II Certificates.
Concurrently with the assignment to it of the REMIC I Regular
Interests and in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request
of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, has executed,
authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Class
R-II Certificates in authorized denominations. The interests evidenced by the
Class R-II Certificates, together with the REMIC II Regular Interests,
constitute the entire beneficial ownership of REMIC II.
SECTION 2.08. Conveyance of REMIC II Regular Interests;
Acceptance of REMIC III by Trustee.
The Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and concurrently with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, does hereby assign without
recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the REMIC
II Regular Interests to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of REMIC III
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the REMIC II
Regular Interests and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for
the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the REMIC III
Certificates.
SECTION 2.09. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of
REMIC III Certificates.
Concurrently with the assignment to it of the REMIC II Regular
Interests and in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request
of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, has executed,
authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the REMIC III
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the entire beneficial
ownership of REMIC III. The rights of the Holders of the respective Classes of
REMIC III Certificates to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC III
in respect of their REMIC III Certificates, and all ownership interests
evidenced or constituted by the respective Classes of REMIC III Certificates in
such distributions, shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.10. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
the Master Servicer.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents, warrants and
covenants to the Trustee, for the benefit of each of the Certificateholders, the
Fiscal Agent and the Depositor that as of the Closing Date or as of such date
specifically provided herein:
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(i) The Master Servicer is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing as a federal savings bank under
the laws of the United States and is and will remain in
compliance with the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged
Property is located to the extent necessary to ensure the
enforceability of each Mortgage Loan and the servicing of the
Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) The Master Servicer has the full power and
authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it
and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate, all transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Master Servicer has duly authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed
and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other
parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by general principles of equity;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Master Servicer and the performance of and compliance with the
terms of this Agreement will not (a) violate the Master
Servicer's charter or by-laws or any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, award, administrative interpretation,
injunction, writ, decree or the like affecting the Master
Servicer or by which the Master Servicer is bound or (b)
result in a breach of or constitute a default under any
indenture or other material agreement to which the Master
Servicer is a party or by which the Master Servicer is bound,
which in the case of either clause (a) or (b) will have a
material adverse effect on the Master Servicer's ability to
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) The Master Servicer is an approved servicer for
FHLMC or FNMA in good standing and is a HUD approved mortgagee
pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act; no event
has occurred, including but not limited to a change in
insurance coverage, which would make the Master Servicer
unable to comply with FHLMC or FNMA (as applicable) or HUD
eligibility requirements or which would require notification
to FHLMC or FNMA (as applicable) or HUD;
(v) The Master Servicer does not believe, nor does it
have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform
each and every covenant contained in this Agreement;
(vi) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer is in possession of a complete Mortgage File, except
for such documents as have been delivered to the Trustee or
the Custodian;
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(vii) There are no actions or proceedings against or
investigations known to the Master Servicer before any court,
administrative or other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its
entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (C) that might prohibit or materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Master Servicer of its
obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement;
(viii) 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 by this
Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations
or orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to the
Closing Date;
(ix) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the
Master Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Master
Servicer which would prohibit the Master Servicer from
entering into this Agreement or, in the Master Servicer's good
faith reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and
adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial
condition of the Master Servicer; and
(x) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer will comply in the performance of this Agreement with
all applicable rules and regulations of each insurer under
each insurance policy required under this Agreement necessary
to keep such policy in full force and effect.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 2.10 shall survive delivery
of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee or any Custodian on its behalf and shall
inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Depositor and the
Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any Person of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations, warranties and covenants which materially and
adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interests therein of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice (but in no event later than two Business Days following such discovery)
to the Trustee and the Fiscal Agent. The obligation of the Master Servicer set
forth in Section 2.03(c) to cure breaches shall constitute the sole remedy
available to the Certificateholders or to the Trustee on their behalf respecting
a breach of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Section 2.10.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE TRUST FUND
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage
Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit
of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its
reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the
same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its
own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of
practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar
mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any
Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master
Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer;
(iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Payment
Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right
to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with
respect to any particular transaction.
The Master Servicer shall follow any applicable HUD or FHA requirements and/or
regulations regarding the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, including but not
limited to any limitations on the ability to institute foreclosure proceedings
upon the occurrence of a default in the payment of the Modified Scheduled
Payments (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be construed to
require the Master Servicer to follow HUD or FHA procedures designed to maintain
HUD or FHA insurance). The Master Servicer will not foreclose on any Mortgage
Loan based on the delinquency circumstances in existence on the Closing Date. To
the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to
maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal, interest and Arrearage
on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards
and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through
Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem
necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby
authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it
appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
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Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to
the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of
partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute
foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert
the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such
properties, on behalf of the Trustee. The Master Servicer shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal
law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to
them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this
Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any
standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.17, the Trustee shall
execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the
Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney
and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or
any Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties
hereunder and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Master
Servicer or any Sub-Servicers under such powers of attorney.
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 timely 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 3.09, and
further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or
by Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a
Mortgaged Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to
Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage
Loan and the Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with
respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master
Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) permit (i) any modification with respect to
any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the
principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of
principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (other than
as required pursuant to HUD regulations regarding an "Additional Extension
Period") or (ii) any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any
Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such
Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed
Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause the Trust Fund to
fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on
"prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the startup date" under the
REMIC Provisions.
The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under
this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the
Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this
Agreement.
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SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master
Servicer and Sub-Servicers; Enforcement of
Sub-Servicing Agreements and the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
(a) The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing
Agreements for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans.
Each Sub-Servicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business
in the state or states where the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service
are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the
Sub-Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Sub-Servicing
Agreement, (ii) an institution approved as a mortgage loan originator by the
Federal Housing Administration or an institution the deposit accounts in which
are insured by the FDIC and (iii) at all times, a FHLMC or FNMA approved
mortgage servicer and a HUD approved mortgagee. Each Sub-Servicing Agreement
must impose on the Sub-Servicer requirements conforming to the provisions set
forth in Section 3.08 and provide for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent
with the terms of this Agreement. The Master Servicer will examine each
Sub-Servicing Agreement and will be familiar with the terms thereof. The terms
of any Sub-Servicing Agreement will not be inconsistent with any of the
provisions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicers may
enter into and make amendments to the Sub-Servicing Agreements or enter into
different forms of Sub-Servicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such
amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or different form shall
be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected to be materially
adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders, without the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any
variation without the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at
least 66% of the Voting Rights from the provisions set forth in Section 3.08
relating to insurance or priority requirements of Sub-Servicing Accounts, or
credits and charges to the Sub-Servicing Accounts or the timing and amount of
remittances by the SubServicers to the Master Servicer, are conclusively deemed
to be inconsistent with this Agreement and therefore prohibited. The Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all SubServicing Agreements, and
any amendments or modifications thereof, promptly upon the Master Servicer's
execution and delivery of such instruments.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall
enforce the obligations of each SubServicer under the related Sub-Servicing
Agreement and of the Mortgage Loan Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, including, without limitation, any obligation to make advances in
respect of delinquent payments as required by a Sub-Servicing Agreement, or to
purchase a Mortgage Loan on account of missing or defective documentation or on
account of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant, as described in
Section 2.03. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal
prosecution of claims, termination of SubServicing Agreements, and the pursuit
of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an
extent and at such time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The
Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, and
shall be reimbursed therefor only
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(i) from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement, to the extent, if
any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related
Mortgage Loans, or (ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or
attorneys' fees against the party against whom such enforcement is directed.
Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 3.02(b), enforcement of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement against the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be
effected by the Master Servicer to the extent it is not the Mortgage Loan Seller
or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and otherwise by the Trustee, in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph; provided, however,
that if such enforcement is by the Trustee, the Trustee shall be reimbursed for
the costs of such enforcement (A) first (i) from a general recovery resulting
from such enforcement, to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all
amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, or (ii) from a specific
recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party against whom
such enforcement is directed and (B) second, to the extent amounts described in
clause (A) above are insufficient for such reimbursement and to the extent such
costs of enforcement are reasonable, from the Trust Fund.
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any
Sub-Servicing Agreement and the rights and obligations of any Sub-Servicer
pursuant to any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement. In the event of termination of any
Sub-Servicer, all servicing obligations of such Sub-Servicer shall be assumed
simultaneously by the Master Servicer without any act or deed on the part of
such Sub-Servicer or the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer either shall
service directly the related Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a Sub-Servicing
Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies under Section 3.02.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall include the provision that
such agreement may be immediately terminated by the Trustee without fee, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the Master
Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the Master Servicer (including
termination due to a Master Servicer Event of Default).
SECTION 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Master Servicer and a SubServicer or reference to actions taken through a
Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and
primarily liable to the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the servicing and
administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section
3.01 without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
Sub-Servicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from
the Sub-Servicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions
as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a
Sub-Servicer for indemnification of the Master Servicer by such SubServicer and
nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
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SECTION 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between
Sub-Servicers and Trustee or
Certificateholders.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and the
Master Servicer alone, and the Trustee and Certificateholders shall not be
deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or
liabilities with respect to the Sub-Servicer except as set forth in Section
3.06. The Master Servicer shall be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any
Sub-Servicer, irrespective of whether the Master Servicer's compensation
pursuant to this Agreement is sufficient to pay such fees.
SECTION 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing
Agreements by Trustee.
In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no
longer be the master servicer (including by reason of the occurrence of a Master
Servicer Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon assume
all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each
Sub-Servicing Agreement that the Master Servicer may have entered into, unless
the Trustee elects to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with
its terms as provided in Section 3.03. Upon such assumption, the Trustee, its
designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee appointed pursuant to Section
7.02 shall be deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have assumed all of the Master
Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Master Servicer as a party
to each Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as if each SubServicing
Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Master
Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under any
Sub-Servicing Agreement.
The Master Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the
Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to
each Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by or on behalf of it, and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
Sub-Servicing Agreements to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.
The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect
all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans,
and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and any related insurance policy, follow such collection procedures as it would
follow with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held
for its own account. Consistent with the foregoing and subject to Section 3.01,
the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or,
if applicable, penalty interest, (ii) extend the due dates for the Modified
Scheduled Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than 90
days or (iii) extend the due dates for Modified Scheduled Payments due on a
Mortgage Loan for a period of greater than 90 days but not greater than 180
days; provided that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) or clause (iii)
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above shall not affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for
purposes of any computation hereunder.
SECTION 3.08. Sub-Servicing Accounts.
In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer will be required to
establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the "Sub-Servicing
Account"). The Sub-Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall
comply with all requirements of this Agreement relating to the Collection
Account. The Sub-Servicer will be required to deposit into the Sub-Servicing
Account no later than the first Business Day after receipt all proceeds of
Mortgage Loans received by the Sub-Servicer, less its servicing compensation to
the extent permitted by the SubServicing Agreement, and to remit such proceeds
to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account not later than the
first Business Day thereafter. For purposes of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on the Mortgage Loans when
the Sub-Servicer receives such payments.
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Servicing Accounts.
The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more
accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all collections from the
Mortgagors (or related advances from Sub-Servicers) for the payment of taxes,
assessments and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors ("Escrow
Payments") shall be deposited and retained. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible
Accounts. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the Servicing Accounts on a daily
basis, and retain therein, all Escrow Payments collected on account of the
Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of any such
items as required under the terms of this Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from
a Servicing Account may be made only to (i) effect timely payment of taxes,
assessments, hazard insurance premiums and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the
Master Servicer (or a Sub-Servicer to the extent provided in the related
SubServicing Agreement) out of related collections for any advances made
pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments) and Section
3.14 (with respect to hazard insurance); (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as
may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest, if required and as
described below, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account; or (v)
clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of the Master
Servicer's obligations and responsibilities in respect of the Mortgage Loans
under this Agreement in accordance with Article X. As part of its servicing
duties, the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicers shall pay to the Mortgagors
interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the
related Mortgage Loan Documents and, to the extent that interest earned on funds
in the Servicing Accounts is insufficient, to pay such interest from its or
their own funds, without any reimbursement therefor. To the extent such interest
is not required by law or the related Mortgage Loan Documents to be paid to the
related Mortgagors, the Master Servicer may retain such interest as additional
servicing compensation.
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SECTION 3.10. Collection Account and Distribution Account.
(a) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall
establish and maintain one or more trust accounts (such account or accounts, the
"Collection Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account on a daily basis, as
and when received or as otherwise required hereunder, the following payments and
collections received or made by it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in
respect of principal or interest on the related Mortgage Loans due on or before
the Cut-off Date), or payments (other than Principal Prepayments) received by it
on or prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a Due Period subsequent
thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including
Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the
related Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all payments on account of Arrearage on the
Mortgage Loans;
(iv) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
(other than proceeds collected in respect of any particular
REO Property and amounts paid by the Master Servicer in
connection with a purchase of Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties pursuant to Section 10.01);
(v) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.12 in connection with any losses realized on
Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the
Collection Account;
(vi) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.14(a)
in respect of any blanket policy deductibles;
(vii) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or
purchased in accordance with Section 2.02, Section 2.03 or
Section 10.01; and
(viii) all amounts required to be deposited in connection
with shortfalls in principal amount of Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.02 or Section 2.03.
For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the Cut-off Date with
respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be the date
of substitution.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection
Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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payments in the nature of prepayment or late payment charges or assumption fees
need not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account. In the
event the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account any amount not
required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from
the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Trustee shall establish
and maintain one or more trust accounts (such account or accounts, the
"Distribution Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee in immediately available funds for deposit in the
Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time (i) on the Master
Servicer Remittance Date, that portion of the Available Distribution Amount
(calculated without regard to the references in clause (2) of the definition
thereof to amounts that may be withdrawn from the Distribution Account) for the
related Distribution Date then on deposit in the Collection Account, and (ii) on
each Business Day as of the commencement of which the balance on deposit in the
Collection Account exceeds $75,000 following any withdrawals pursuant to the
next succeeding sentence, the amount of such excess, but only if the Collection
Account constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the
definition of "Eligible Account". If the balance on deposit in the Collection
Account exceeds $75,000 as of the commencement of business on any Business Day
and the Collection Account constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of "Eligible Account", the Master Servicer shall,
on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on such Business Day, withdraw from the
Collection Account any and all amounts payable or reimbursable to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Sub-Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.11 and shall pay such amounts to the Persons entitled
thereto.
(c) Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution
Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the
provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The Master Servicer shall give notice to
the Trustee of the location of the Collection Account maintained by it when
established and prior to any change thereof. The Trustee shall give notice to
the Master Servicer and the Depositor of the location of the Distribution
Account when established and prior to any change thereof.
(d) Funds held in the Collection Account at any time may be
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee for deposit in an account (which
may be the Distribution Account and must satisfy the standards for the
Distribution Account as set forth in the definition thereof) and for all
purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part of the Collection
Account; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have the sole authority to
withdraw any funds held pursuant to this subsection (d). In the event the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account
any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time request that
the Trustee withdraw such amount from the Distribution Account and remit to it
any such amount, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In
addition, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee from time to time for
deposit, and the Trustee shall so deposit, in the Distribution Account:
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(i) any Payment Advances, as required pursuant to
Section 4.03;
(ii) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.23(d) or (f) in connection with any REO Property;
(iii) any amounts to be paid by the Master Servicer in
connection with a purchase of Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties pursuant to Section 10.01;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.24 in connection with any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls; and
(v) any Stayed Funds, as soon as permitted by the
federal bankruptcy court having jurisdiction in such matters.
(e) Promptly upon receipt of any Stayed Funds, whether from
the Master Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy, or federal bankruptcy court or
other source, the Trustee shall deposit such funds in the Distribution Account,
subject to withdrawal thereof pursuant to Section 7.02(b) or as otherwise
permitted hereunder.
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Distribution Account.
The Master Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals
from the Collection Account for any of the following purposes, without priority,
or as described in Section 4.03:
(i) to remit to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account the amounts required to be so remitted
pursuant to Section 3.10(b) or permitted to be so remitted
pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3.10(d);
(ii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to reimburse the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent for Payment
Advances, but only to the extent of amounts received which
represent Late Collections (net of the related Servicing Fees)
of Modified Scheduled Payments on Mortgage Loans with respect
to which such Payment Advances were made in accordance with
the provisions of Section 4.03 or Section 7.02; provided that
(A) no such Payment Advances shall be reimbursed to the
Trustee until all Payment Advances, if any, made by the Fiscal
Agent have been reimbursed to the Fiscal Agent and (B) no such
Payment Advances shall be reimbursed to the Master Servicer
until all Payment Advances, if any, made by the Trustee have
been reimbursed to the Trustee;
(iii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to pay the Master
Servicer or any SubServicer any unpaid Servicing Fees and
reimburse any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of any Liquidation
Proceeds, Late Collections and Insurance Proceeds received
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respect to such Mortgage Loan (provided, however, that if in
the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, any
unreimbursed Servicing Advance will not be ultimately
recoverable from related Late Collections, Liquidation
Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan, then
withdrawal from the general funds in the Collection Account,
without regard to the limitation set forth above, will be
permitted);
(iv) subject to Section 3.12(b), to pay to the Master
Servicer as servicing compensation (in addition to the
Servicing Fee) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date any
interest income earned on funds deposited in the Collection
Account;
(v) to pay to the Master Servicer or the Mortgage Loan
Seller, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan
that has previously been purchased or replaced pursuant to
Section 2.03 or Section 3.16(c) all amounts received thereon
subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, as the
case may be;
(vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Fiscal Agent for any Payment Advance previously made which
the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent has
determined to be a Nonrecoverable Payment Advance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Depositor
for expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Master
Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be, pursuant to
Section 6.03;
(viii) to reimburse the Trustee for expenses reasonably
incurred in respect of the breach or defect giving rise to the
purchase obligation under Section 2.03 of this Agreement that
were included in the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan,
including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the
purchase obligation;
(ix) to pay, or to reimburse the Master Servicer for
advances in respect of, expenses incurred in connection with
any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.16(b); and
(x) to clear and terminate the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 10.01.
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 Collection Account, to the extent held by or
on behalf of it, pursuant to subclauses (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (viii) and (ix)
above. The Master Servicer shall provide written notification to the Trustee, on
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prior to the next succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date, upon making any
withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (vi) and (vii)
above.
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the Collection Account
and the Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may direct any depository institution
maintaining the Collection Account (for purposes of this Section 3.12, an
"Investment Account"), and the Trustee, in its individual capacity, may direct
any depository institution maintaining the Distribution Account (for purposes of
this Section 3.12, also an "Investment Account"), to hold such funds uninvested
or to invest the funds in such Investment Account in one or more Permitted
Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable
on demand, (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on
which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this
Agreement, if a Person other than the Trustee is the obligor thereon, and (ii)
no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from
such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee is the obligor thereon.
All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on
demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the
name of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) or in the name of a nominee of the
Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to sole possession (except with respect
to investment direction of funds held in the Collection Account) over each such
investment and the income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument
evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its
agent, together with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to
such investment to the Trustee or its nominee. In the event amounts on deposit
in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment
payable on demand, the Trustee shall:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given
thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on
the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise
mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of
(1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the
amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly
upon determination by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee that such Permitted Investment would not
constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds
thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Master Servicer,
shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer and shall be subject to its
withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.11. The Master Servicer shall deposit in
the Collection Account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect
of any such Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately
upon realization of such loss.
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(c) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Distribution Account held by or on behalf of the Trustee, shall
be for the benefit of the Trustee and shall be subject to its withdrawal at any
time. The Trustee shall deposit in the Distribution Account, the amount of any
loss of principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment made with
funds in such accounts immediately upon realization of such loss.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted
Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any
Permitted Investment, the Trustee may and, subject to Section 8.01 and Section
8.02(a)(v), upon the request of the Holders of Certificates representing more
than 50% of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class of Certificates, shall take
such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance,
including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 3.13. [intentionally omitted]
SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and
Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
Mortgage Loan fire insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of the current
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and the amount necessary to fully
compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements which are a part of such
property on a replacement cost basis, in each case in an amount not less than
such amount as is necessary to avoid the application of any coinsurance clause
contained in the related hazard insurance policy. The Master Servicer shall also
cause to be maintained fire insurance with extended coverage on each REO
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum
insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property and (ii)
the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the time it
became an REO Property, plus accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate and related
Servicing Advances. The Master Servicer will comply in the performance of this
Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any
such hazard policies. Any amounts to be collected by the Master Servicer under
any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair
of the property subject to the related Mortgage or amounts to be released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master Servicer would
follow in servicing loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and
conditions of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the
Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11, if received
in respect of a Mortgage Loan, or in the REO Account, subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 3.23, if received in respect of an REO Property. Any cost
incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for
the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the
terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no
earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor
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 or REO
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Property is at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the Master
Servicer will cause to be maintained a flood insurance policy in respect
thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the maximum
amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged
Property is located is participating in such program).
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of A:X
or better in Best's Key Rating Guide or four crowns or better under Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services' syndicate stability rankings 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 two sentences of this
Section 3.14, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer shall, in the event that
there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO
Property a policy complying with the first two sentences of this Section 3.14,
and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by
such policy, deposit to the Collection Account from its own funds 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 prepare and present, on behalf of itself,
the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy in a
timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall keep in force during the term of
this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions
for failure in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations under this
Agreement, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would
meet the requirements of FHLMC or FNMA if it were the purchaser of the Mortgage
Loans, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from FHLMC or FNMA (as applicable). The Master Servicer shall also maintain a
fidelity bond in the form and amount that would meet the requirements of FHLMC
or FNMA, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from FHLMC or FNMA (as applicable). The Master Servicer shall be deemed to have
complied with this provision if an Affiliate of the Master Servicer has such
errors and omissions and fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such
insurance policy or fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to
the Master Servicer. Any such errors and omissions policy and fidelity bond
shall by its terms not be cancelable without thirty days' prior written notice
to the Trustee. The Master Servicer shall also cause each Sub-Servicer to
maintain a policy of insurance covering errors and omissions and a fidelity bond
which would meet such requirements.
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SECTION 3.15. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
The Master Servicer will, to the extent it has actual
knowledge of any conveyance or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property
by any Mortgagor (whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and
whether or not the Mortgagor remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage
Note and/or the Mortgage), exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of
such Mortgage Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not exercise any such rights
if prohibited by law from doing so. If the Master Servicer reasonably believes
it is unable under applicable law to enforce such "due-on-sale" clause, or if
any of the other conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence
apply, the Master Servicer will enter into an assumption and modification
agreement from or with the person to whom such property has been conveyed or is
proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note and, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon. The Master Servicer is also authorized to
enter into a substitution of liability agreement with such person, pursuant to
which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and such person is
substituted as the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note,
provided that no such substitution shall be effective unless such person
satisfies the underwriting criteria of the Master Servicer and has a credit risk
rating at least equal to that of the original Mortgagor. In connection with any
assumption or substitution, the Master Servicer shall apply such underwriting
standards and follow such practices and procedures as shall be normal and usual
in its general mortgage servicing activities and as it applies to other mortgage
loans owned solely by it. The Master Servicer shall not take or enter into any
assumption and modification agreement, however, unless (to the extent
practicable in the circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in
writing, of the continued effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance
policy. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer in respect of an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer as
additional servicing compensation. In connection with any such assumption, no
material term of the Mortgage Note (including but not limited to the related
Mortgage Rate and the amount of the Modified Scheduled Payment) may be amended
or modified, except as otherwise required pursuant to the terms thereof. The
Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such substitution or
assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee or any
Custodian on its behalf the executed original of such substitution or assumption
agreement, which document 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision
of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default,
breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any
assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the
Mortgage Note or any assumption which the Master Servicer may be restricted by
law from preventing, for any reason whatever. For purposes of this Section 3.15,
the term "assumption" is deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged
Property) subject to the Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement.
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SECTION 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent
with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01, to foreclose upon or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the
Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments
pursuant to Section 3.07. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for all costs
and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that
such costs and expenses will be recoverable as Servicing Advances by the Master
Servicer as contemplated in Section 3.11 and 3.23. The foregoing is subject to
the provision that, in any case in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered
damage from an Uninsured Cause, the Master Servicer shall not be required to
expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property unless it shall
determine in its discretion that such restoration will increase the proceeds of
liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself for such
expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.16 or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
as to which the Master Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual
knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the related
Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trustee,
either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any
other action, with respect to, such Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any
such action, the Trustee or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold
title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or
"operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from
time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Master Servicer determines,
based on its reasonable judgment and a prudent report prepared by a Person who
regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards,
that:
(1) such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with
applicable environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in
the best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such
actions as are necessary to bring the Mortgaged Property into
compliance therewith; and
(2) there are no circumstances present at such
Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal
of any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes, or petroleum-based materials for which investigation,
testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation
could be required under any federal, state or local law or
regulation, or that if any such materials are present for
which such action could be required, that it would be in the
best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions
with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by
this Section 3.23 shall be advanced by the Master Servicer, subject to the
Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed
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therefor from the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.11(ix), such right
of reimbursement being prior to the rights of Certificateholders to receive any
amount in the Collection Account received in respect of the affected Mortgage
Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
If the Master Servicer determines, as described above, that it
is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions as are
necessary to bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable
environmental laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment,
clean-up or remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes, or petroleum-based materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then
the Master Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best
economic interest of such Trust Fund. The cost of any such compliance,
containment, cleanup or remediation shall be advanced by the Master Servicer,
subject to the Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the
Collection Account as provided in Section 3.11(ix), such right of reimbursement
being prior to the rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the
Collection Account received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other
Mortgage Loans.
(c) The Master Servicer may at its option purchase from the
Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan which is 90 days or more delinquent and which the
Master Servicer determines in good faith will otherwise become subject to
foreclosure proceedings (evidence of such determination to be delivered in
writing to the Trustee prior to purchase), at a price equal to the Purchase
Price. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be
deposited in the Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written
certification from the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release. or cause
to be released by the Custodian, to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage
File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment,
in each case without recourse, as the Master Servicer shall furnish and as shall
be necessary to vest in the Master Servicer title to any Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto.
(d) Proceeds received in connection with any Final Recovery
Determination, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, in respect of any Mortgage Loan,
will be applied in the following order of priority: FIRST, to reimburse the
Master Servicer (or any Sub-Servicer), the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent for any
related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Payment Advances, pursuant to
Section 3.11(ii) or (iii); SECOND, to accrued and unpaid interest on the
Mortgage Loan, to the date of the Final Recovery Determination, or to the Due
Date prior to the Distribution Date on which such amounts are to be distributed
if not in connection with a Final Recovery Determination; THIRD, as a recovery
of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and FOURTH, as a recovery of Arrearage with
respect to the Mortgage Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated to
interest is less than the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest due on such
Mortgage Loan, the amount of such recovery will be allocated by the Master
Servicer as follows: FIRST, to unpaid Servicing Fees and Trustee's Fees; and
SECOND, to the balance of the interest then due and owing. The portion of the
recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall be reimbursed to the Master
Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(iii). The portion of the
recovery allocated to interest (net of unpaid Servicing Fees and Trustee's Fees)
and the portion of the recovery allocated to principal of the Mortgage Loan
shall be applied as follows: FIRST, to reimburse the
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Master Servicer, the Trustee or Fiscal Agent, as applicable, for any related
unreimbursed Payment Advances in accordance with Section 3.11(ii), and SECOND,
as part of the amounts to be transferred to the Distribution Account in
accordance with Section 3.10(b). Nothing in this Section 3.16(d) shall affect
the right or priorities of the Holders of the Class A-WAC Certificates to the
Basic Class A-WAC Distribution Amount and Additional Class A-WAC Distribution
Amount prior to distributions of principal to the Holders of the Class B
Certificates.
SECTION 3.17. 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 shall be escrowed
in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately
notify the Trustee by a certification in the form of Exhibit E-2 (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received
or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be
deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10 have been or will
be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the
Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Trustee shall
promptly release or cause the related Custodian to release the related Mortgage
File to the Master Servicer. No expenses incurred in connection with any
instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the
Collection Account or the Distribution Account.
From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any insurance policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Trustee or the
Custodian, upon request of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Trustee of a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit E-1, shall release the related
Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall, at the direction of
the Master Servicer, execute such documents as shall be necessary to the
prosecution of any such proceedings. Such Request for Release shall obligate the
Master Servicer to return each and every document previously requested from the
Mortgage File to the Trustee or any related Custodian on its behalf when the
need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan
has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan
have been deposited in the Collection Account or the Mortgage File or such
document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other
public official as required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal
action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either
judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered to the
Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and
address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered
and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all
amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation which are
required to be deposited into the Collection Account have been so deposited, or
that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for
Release shall be released by the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf to the
Master Servicer.
Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee
shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests
for trustee's sale or other documents
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necessary to the foreclosure or trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged
Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor
on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to
enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage
or otherwise available at law or in equity. Each such certification shall
include a request that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee
and a statement as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and
that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or
otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a
lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee's sale.
SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for the activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with
respect to each Mortgage Loan payable solely from payments of interest and
Arrearage in respect of such Mortgage Loan subject to Section 3.24. In addition,
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of
Insurance Proceeds, Late Collections or Liquidation Proceeds to the extent
permitted by Section 3.11(iii) and out of amounts derived from the operation and
sale of an REO Property to the extent permitted by Section 3.23. The right to
receive the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in
connection with the transfer of all of the Master Servicer's responsibilities
and obligations under this Agreement.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment
charges, assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise shall be retained by
the Master Servicer (subject to Section 3.24) only to the extent such fees or
charges are received by the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall also be
entitled pursuant to Section 3.11(iv) to withdraw from the Collection Account
and pursuant to Section 3.23(b) to withdraw from any REO Account, as additional
servicing compensation, interest or other income earned on deposits therein,
subject to Section 3.12 and Section 3.24. The Master Servicer shall be required
to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities
hereunder (including premiums for the insurance required by Section 3.14, to the
extent such premiums are not paid by the related Mortgagors or by a Sub-Servicer
and servicing compensation of each Sub-Servicer) and shall not be entitled to
reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided herein.
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account
Statements.
Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date, the
Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee and the Depositor a statement
prepared by the Master Servicer setting forth the status of the Collection
Account as of the close of business on such Distribution Date and showing, for
the period covered by such statement, the aggregate amount of deposits into and
withdrawals from the Collection Account of each category of deposit specified in
Section 3.10(a) and each category of withdrawal specified in Section 3.11. Such
statement shall also include information as to the aggregate of the outstanding
principal balances of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
calendar month immediately preceding such Distribution Date. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any
Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a
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Certificate, upon request at the expense of the requesting party, provided such
statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer will deliver to the Trustee and the
Depositor not later than April 30 of each year an Officers' Certificate stating,
as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master
Servicer during the preceding year and of performance under this Agreement has
been made under such officers' supervision and (ii) to the best of such
officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all
of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has
been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such
default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Copies of any
such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to
any Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a
Certificate, upon request at the expense of the requesting party, provided such
statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report.
Not later than 120 days following the end of each fiscal year
of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish to the Master Servicer a report to the effect that, on the basis of an
examination by such firm conducted substantially in compliance with either the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the
Mortgage Bankers Association of America or the Audit Program for Mortgages
serviced for FHLMC, the servicing by or on behalf of the Master Servicer of
mortgage loans under agreements substantially similar to each other (including
this Agreement) was conducted in compliance with the terms of such agreements
except for any significant exceptions or errors in records that, in the opinion
of the firm, the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FHLMC or Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, requires it to report, with
respect to the servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently
completed fiscal year and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such
firm in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all
material respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that may
be appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may rely, as to matters
relating to the direct servicing of residential mortgage loans by Sub-Servicers,
upon comparable reports of firms of independent certified public accountants
rendered on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with the same
standards (rendered within one year of such report) with respect to those
Sub-Servicers. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Master Servicer
shall furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee and 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 that
such statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
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SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC, and any other federal or state banking or insurance
regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Certificateholder,
access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
laws and regulations. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the
Master Servicer designated by it. In addition, access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans will be provided to any Certificateholder, the
Trustee and to any Person identified to the Master Servicer as a prospective
transferee of a Certificate, upon reasonable request during normal business
hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it at the expense of
the Person requesting such access.
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO
Property.
(a) The deed or certificate of sale of any REO Property shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders. The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall
either sell any REO Property within two years after the Trust Fund acquires
ownership of such REO Property for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or
request from the Internal Revenue Service, more than 60 days before the day on
which the two-year grace period would otherwise expire, an extension of the
two-year grace period, unless the Master Servicer shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Master Servicer,
to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such REO Property subsequent
to two years after its acquisition will not result in the imposition on the
Trust Fund of taxes on "prohibited transactions" thereof, as defined in Section
860F of the Code, or cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
Federal law at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. The Master
Servicer shall manage, acquire, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property
for the Certificateholders solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and
sale in a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or
result in the receipt by the Trust Fund of any "income from non-permitted
assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code, or any "net
income from foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under the REMIC
Provisions.
(b) The Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds
collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property
separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and
maintain with respect to REO Properties an account held in trust for the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders (the "REO Account"), which shall be an
Eligible Account. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to allow the Collection
Account to serve as the REO Account, subject to separate ledgers for each REO
Property. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain or withdraw any
interest income paid on funds deposited in the REO Account.
(c) The Master Servicer shall have full power and authority,
subject only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to
do any and all things in
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connection with any REO Property as are consistent with the manner in which the
Master Servicer manages and operates similar property owned by the Master
Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for such period as the
Master Servicer deems to be in the best interests of Certificateholders. In
connection therewith, the Master Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be
deposited, on a daily basis in the REO Account all revenues received by it with
respect to an REO Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the
proper operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property including,
without limitation:
(i) all insurance premiums due and payable in respect
of such REO Property;
(ii) all real estate taxes and assessments in respect
of such REO Property that may result in the imposition of a
lien thereon; and
(iii) all costs and expenses necessary to maintain such
REO Property.
To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account with respect to an REO
Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i)-(iii) above
with respect to such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall advance from its
own funds as a Servicing Advance such amount as is necessary for such purposes
if, but only if, the Master Servicer would make such advances if the Master
Servicer owned the REO Property and if in the Master Servicer's judgment, the
payment of such amounts will be recoverable from the rental or sale of the REO
Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not:
(i) permit the Trust Fund to enter into, renew or
extend any New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the
New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does
not constitute Rents from Real Property;
(ii) permit any amount to be received or accrued under
any New Lease other than amounts that will constitute Rents
from Real Property;
(iii) authorize or permit any construction on any REO
Property, other than the completion of a building or other
improvement thereon, and then only if more than ten percent of
the construction of such building or other improvement was
completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan became
imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of
the Code; or
(iv) allow any Person to Directly Operate any REO
Property on any date more than 90 days after its date of
acquisition by the Trust Fund;
unless, in any such case, the Master Servicer has obtained an Opinion of
Counsel, provided to the Trustee, to the effect that such action will not cause
such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code at any time that
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it is held by the Trust Fund, in which case the Master Servicer may take such
actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.
The Master Servicer may contract with any Independent
Contractor for the operation and management of any REO Property, provided that:
(i) the terms and conditions of any such contract shall
not be inconsistent herewith;
(ii) any such contract shall require, or shall be
administered to require, that the Independent Contractor pay
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
operation and management of such REO Property, including those
listed above and remit all related revenues (net of such costs
and expenses) to the Master Servicer as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than thirty days following the receipt
thereof by such Independent Contractor;
(iii) none of the provisions of this Section 3.23(c)
relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any
such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the
Master Servicer of any of its duties and obligations to the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders with respect to
the operation and management of any such REO Property; and
(iv) the Master Servicer shall be obligated with respect
thereto to the same extent as if it alone were performing all
duties and obligations in connection with the operation and
management of such REO Property.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any
Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and
obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Master Servicer by such
Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit
or modify such indemnification. The Master Servicer shall be solely liable for
all fees owed by it to any such Independent Contractor, irrespective of whether
the Master Servicer's compensation pursuant to Section 3.18 is sufficient to pay
such fees.
(d) In addition to the withdrawals permitted under Section
3.23(c), the Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the REO
Account for any REO Property: (i) to pay itself or any Sub-Servicer unpaid
Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan; and (ii) to reimburse
itself or any Sub-Servicer for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Payment
Advances made in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan. On
the Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from
each REO Account maintained by it and deposit into the Distribution Account in
accordance with Section 3.10(d)(ii), for distribution on the related
Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.01, the income from the related
REO Property received during the prior calendar month, net of any withdrawals
made pursuant to Section 3.23(c) or this Section 3.23(d).
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(e) Subject to the time constraints set forth in Section
3.23(a), each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Master Servicer at
such price and upon such terms and conditions as the Master Servicer shall deem
necessary or advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its general servicing
activities.
(f) The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of (i) any
amount required by law to be remitted to the Mortgagor under the related
Mortgage Loan, (ii) any payment or reimbursement to the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer as provided above and (iii) brokers' commissions and closing costs
customary for the locale of the related REO Property, shall be deposited in the
Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.10(d)(ii) on the Master
Servicer Remittance Date in the month following the receipt thereof for
distribution on the related Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.01.
Any REO Disposition shall be for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC
Provisions made subsequent to the Startup Day allow a sale for other
consideration).
(g) The Master Servicer shall file information returns with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business,
reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property and
cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged Property as
required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code, respectively. Such
reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by such Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect
of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit
into the Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Master
Servicer Remittance Date from its own funds an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for the related Distribution
Date resulting solely from Principal Prepayments during the related Prepayment
Period and (ii) the total amount of its servicing compensation for the most
recently ended calendar month.
SECTION 3.25. Expense Account.
(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain in its name, for
the benefit of the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders, the Expense
Account. The Expense Account 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 of the Trustee
held pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) On the Business Day immediately preceding each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Distribution Account and
deposit into the Expense Account an amount equal to the Trustee's Fee for such
Distribution Date.
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(c) The Trustee shall make withdrawals from the Expense
Account to pay the Trustee's Fee on each Distribution Date by 10:00 a.m. New
York City time.
(d) Funds in the Expense Account may not be invested.
(e) Upon termination of the Trust Fund in accordance with
Section 10.01, any amounts, if any, remaining in the Expense Account following
the payment of all unpaid Trustee's Fees shall be released to the Master
Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
SECTION 3.26. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect
of Mortgage Rates and Monthly Payments.
In the event that a shortfall in any collection on or
liability with respect to any Mortgage Loan results from or is attributable to
adjustments to Mortgage Rates, Modified Scheduled Payments or Stated Principal
Balances that were made by the Master Servicer in a manner not consistent with
the terms of the related Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Master Servicer,
upon discovery or receipt of notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the
Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account from its own funds the amount of
any such shortfall and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Depositor and any successor master servicer in
respect of any such liability. Such indemnities shall survive the termination or
discharge of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Distribution Account and pay to itself any interest earned on funds in such
account from the Business Day prior to such Distribution Date to such
Distribution Date. In addition, on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
withdraw from the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Available
Distribution Amount and distribute to the Certificateholders the following
amounts by 10:00 a.m. New York City time, in the following order of priority:
(i) to pay interest to the holders of the Senior P&I
Certificates, the Class IO Certificates and the Class A-WAC
Certificates, PRO RATA based on entitlement, up to an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of each
such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(ii) to pay interest to the holders of the Class B-1
Certificates up to an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount in respect of each such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(iii) to pay interest to the holders of the Class B-2
Certificates up to an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount in respect of each such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(iv) to pay interest to the holders of the Class B-3
Certificates up to an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount in respect of each such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(v) to pay interest to the holders of the Class B-4
Certificates up to an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount in respect of each such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(vi) to pay interest to the holders of the Class B-5
Certificates up to an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount in respect of each such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(vii) to pay interest to the holders of the Class B-6
Certificates up to an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount in respect of each such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(viii) to pay principal to the holders of the Senior P&I
Certificates as provided below in Section 4.01(b)(i), up to an
amount equal to the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, and
to pay Arrearage to the holders of the Class
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A-WAC Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Basic Class
A-WAC Distribution Amount, provided that if the then remaining
Available Distribution Amount is less than the aggregate of
the Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the Basic Class
A-WAC Distribution Amount, then distributions pursuant to this
clause (2) will be allocated between the holders of the Senior
P&I Certificates and the holders of the Class A-WAC
Certificates on a PRO RATA basis in accordance with their
respective entitlements;
(ix) to pay to the holders of the Class A-WAC
Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Additional Class
A-WAC Distribution Amount;
(x) to the Holders of the Class B Certificates, an
aggregate amount equal to the Subordinate Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date (applied to
reduce the Class Certificate Balances of such Certificates),
allocable among the Classes of Class B Certificates PRO RATA
in accordance with the respective amounts payable as to each
such Class pursuant to the priorities and amounts set forth in
Section 4.01(b)(ii);
(xi) to reimburse the holders of the REMIC III Regular
Certificates for any amount previously allocated thereto
pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof, in the following order:
first, to the Senior P&I Certificates and Class A-WAC
Certificates on a PRO RATA basis based on the amounts so
previously allocated thereto; second, to the Class B-1
Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates,
Class B-4 Certificates, Class B-5 Certificates and Class B-6
Certificates in that order; and
(xii) to pay into the Reserve Fund, the balance, if any,
of the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date.
On the final Distribution Date, any funds on deposit in the Reserve Fund, after
the distributions required under clauses (i) through (xi) above have been made,
will be paid to the Holders of the Class R-I Certificates.
All references above to the Class Certificate Balance of any
Class of Certificates shall be to the Class Certificate Balance of such Class
immediately prior to the relevant Distribution Date, before reduction thereof by
any Realized Losses and Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses, in each case to be
allocated to such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.04.
(b)(i) On each Distribution Date, the aggregate distributions
of principal made on such date in respect of the Senior P&I Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(viii) above shall be applied among the various
Classes thereof in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the Class A-1 Certificates until
the Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
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SECOND, to the Class A-2 Certificates until
the Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
THIRD, to the Class A-3 Certificates until
the Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
and
FOURTH, to the Class A-4 Certificates until
the Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero.
(ii) On each Distribution Date, the aggregate distributions of
principal made on such date in respect of the Class B Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.01(a)(x) above shall be applied among the various Classes thereof, in
an order of priority from the Class of Class B Certificates with the lowest
numerical designation to the Class of Class B Certificates with the highest
numerical designation, in each case to the extent of remaining available funds
up to the amount allocable to such Class for such Distribution Date and in each
case until the Class Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero,
in an amount with respect to each such Class equal to the sum of (A) the related
Class B Percentage of the amounts described in clause (w) of the definition of
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount, (B) the portion of the amounts
described in clauses (x) and (y) of the definition of Subordinate Principal
Distribution Amount allocable to the such Class pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(iii)
below and (C) the excess, if any, of the amount required to be distributed to
such Class pursuant to this Section 4.01(b)(ii) for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date, over the aggregate distributions of principal made in respect
of such Class of Certificates on such immediately preceding Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.01 to the extent that any such excess is not attributable
to Realized Losses which were allocated to Class B Certificates with a lower
priority pursuant to Section 4.04.
(iii) On any Distribution Date, the portion of (a) all net
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds with respect to any Mortgage Loans
the subject of a Final Recovery Determination in the related Prepayment Period
and (b) all Principal Prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans in
the related Prepayment Period, allocable to principal and not included in the
Senior Principal Distribution Amount, will be allocated on a PRO RATA basis
among the following Classes of Class B Certificates (each, an "Eligible Class")
in proportion to the respective outstanding Class Certificate Balances thereof:
(i) the Class B-1 Certificates, (ii) the Class B-2 Certificates, if on such
Distribution Date the aggregate percentage interest in the Trust Fund evidenced
by the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-4
Certificates, the Class B-5 Certificates and the Class B-6 Certificates equals
or exceeds 19.25% before giving effect to distributions on such Distribution
Date, (iii) the Class B-3 Certificates, if on such Distribution Date the
aggregate percentage interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the Class B-3
Certificates, the Class B-4 Certificates, the Class B-5 Certificates and the
Class B-6 Certificates equals or exceeds 16.50% before giving effect to
distributions on such Distribution Date, (iv) the Class B-4 Certificates, if on
such Distribution Date the aggregate percentage interest in the Trust Fund
evidenced by the Class B-4 Certificates, the Class B-5 Certificates and the
Class B-6 Certificates equals or exceeds 11.75% before giving effect to
distributions on such Distribution Date, (v) the Class B-5 Certificates, if on
such Distribution Date the aggregate percentage interest in the Trust Fund
evidenced by the Class B-5 Certificates
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and the Class B-6 Certificates equals or exceeds 8.25% before giving effect to
distributions on such Distribution Date and (vi) the Class B-6 Certificates, if
on such Distribution Date the aggregate percentage interest in the Trust Fund
evidenced by the Class B-6 Certificates equals or exceeds 5.25% before giving
effect to distributions on such Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the application of the foregoing on any Distribution Date as
provided in Section 4.01 would result in a distribution in respect of principal
to any Class or Classes of Class B Certificates in an amount greater than the
remaining Class Certificate Balance thereof (any such Class, a "Maturing Class")
then: (a) the amount to be allocated to each Maturing Class shall be reduced to
a level that, when applied as described above, would exactly reduce the Class
Certificate Balance of such Class to zero and (b) the total amount of the
reductions pursuant to clause (a) above in the amount to be allocated to the
Maturing Class or Classes shall be allocated among the remaining Eligible
Classes on a PRO RATA basis in proportion to the respective outstanding Class
Certificate Balances thereof prior to the allocation thereto of any of the
amounts described in the preceding sentence.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) All distributions made with respect to each Class of
Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated PRO RATA among the
outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage
Interests. Payments in respect of each Class of Certificates on each
Distribution Date will be made to the Holders of the respective Class of record
on the related Record Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(f) or
Section 10.01 respecting the final distribution on such Class), based on the
aggregate Percentage Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of
any such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, if such Holder shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least
five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Certificates having an initial
aggregate Certificate Balance that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000
or (ii) two-thirds of the initial Certificate Balance (or, in the case of the
Class R Certificates, a 66% Percentage Interest) of such Class of Certificates,
or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such Holder
appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each
Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender
of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or such other location
specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate
shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its
Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each
Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to
the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating
brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating firm") for which
it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds
to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall have any
responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or
applicable law.
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(e) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive
distributions in respect of the Certificates, and all interests of the
Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement. Neither the Holders of any Class of Certificates nor the Trustee nor
the Master Servicer shall in any way be responsible or liable to the Holders of
any other Class of Certificates in respect of amounts properly previously
distributed on the Certificates.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.01, whenever
the Trustee expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of
Certificates will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, no
later than five (5) days after the related Determination Date, mail to each
Holder on such date of such Class of Certificates a notice to the effect that:
(i) the Trustee expects that the final distribution with respect
to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date
but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the
office of the Trustee therein specified, and
(ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after
the end of the related Interest Accrual Period.
Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class
on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to
tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust
and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders.
If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section
4.01(f) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after
the time specified in such notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the
remaining nontendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or through an
agent, contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning
surrender of their Certificates in the manner reasonably specified to the
Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing. The costs and expenses of maintaining
the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out
of the assets remaining in the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second
notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation,
the Master Servicer shall continue to hold any remaining funds for the benefit
of the nontendering Certificateholders, and such Certificateholders shall
thereafter look solely to the Master Servicer for payment thereof. No interest
shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust
by the Master Servicer as a result of such Certificateholder's failure to
surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this
Section 4.01(f).
(g) All distributions made in respect of the Class A-1
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01
shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in
respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-1; all distributions made in respect of
the Class A-2 Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)
or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC
III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-2; all distributions made in
respect of the
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Class A-3 Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or
10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III
in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-3; all distributions made in respect
of the Class A-4 Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to
REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-4; all distributions made in
respect of the Class B-1 Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from
REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-1; all
distributions made in respect of the Class B-2 Certificates on each Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been
distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest
B-2; all distributions made in respect of the Class B-3 Certificates on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have
first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular
Interest B-3; all distributions made in respect of the Class B-4 Certificates on
each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to
have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II
Regular Interest B-4; all distributions made in respect of the Class B-5
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01
shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in
respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-5; all distributions made in respect of
the Class B-6 Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)
or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC
III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-6; all distributions made in
respect of the Class A-WAC Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to Component A1-WAC, shall be deemed to
have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II
Regular Interest A-1; all distributions made in respect of the Class A-WAC
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and
allocable to Component A2-WAC, shall be deemed to have first been distributed
from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-2; all
distributions made in respect of the Class A-WAC Certificates on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to
Component A3-WAC, shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II
to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-3; all distributions made
in respect of the Class A-WAC Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to Component A4-WAC, shall be deemed to
have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II
Regular Interest A-4; all distributions made in respect of the Class A-WAC
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and
allocable to Component Arrearage, shall be deemed to have first been distributed
from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest WAC; all
distributions made in respect of the Class A-WAC Certificates on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to
Component B1-WAC, shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II
to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-1; all distributions made
in respect of the Class A-WAC Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to Component B2-WAC, shall be deemed to
have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II
Regular Interest B-2; all distributions made in respect of the Class A-WAC
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and
allocable to Component B3-WAC,
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shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in
respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-3; all distributions made in respect of
the Class A-WAC Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to Component B4-WAC, shall be deemed to have
first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular
Interest B-4; all distributions made in respect of the Class A-WAC Certificates
on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to
Component B5-WAC, shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II
to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-5; all distributions made
in respect of the Class A-WAC Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, and allocable to Component B6-WAC, shall be deemed to
have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II
Regular Interest B-6; a portion of the distributions made in respect of the
Class IO Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or
10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III
in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-1; a portion of the distributions made
in respect of the Class IO Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from
REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-2; a portion of
the distributions made in respect of the Class IO Certificates on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have
first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular
Interest A-3; a portion of the distributions made in respect of the Class IO
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01
shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in
respect of REMIC II Regular Interest A-4; a portion of the distributions made in
respect of the Class IO Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from
REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-1; a portion of
the distributions made in respect of the Class IO Certificates on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have
first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular
Interest B-2; a portion of the distributions made in respect of the Class IO
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01
shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in
respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-3; a portion of the distributions made in
respect of the Class IO Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from
REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-4; a portion of
the distributions made in respect of the Class IO Certificates on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01 shall be deemed to have
first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of REMIC II Regular
Interest B-5; and a portion of the distributions made in respect of the Class IO
Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01
shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in
respect of REMIC II Regular Interest B-6. In each such case, if such
distribution on any such Class of REMIC III Certificates was a distribution of
interest, of principal and/or of Arrearage, then the corresponding distribution
deemed to be made on a REMIC II Regular Interest pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be deemed also to be a distribution of interest, of principal
and/or of Arrearage. The actual distributions made by the Trustee on each
Distribution Date in respect of the REMIC III Certificates pursuant to Sections
4.01(a) and/or 10.01 shall be deemed to have been so made from the amounts
deemed distributed in respect of the REMIC II Regular Interests
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on such Distribution Date pursuant to this Section 4.01(h). Notwithstanding the
deemed distributions on the REMIC II Regular Interests described in this Section
4.01(h), actual distributions of funds from the Distribution Account shall be
made only in accordance with Section 4.01(a) or 10.01, as applicable.
(h) On each Distribution Date, the portion of the Available
Distribution Amount for such date distributed in respect of the Class R-II
Certificates and the REMIC III Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 10.01
shall be deemed to have first been distributed from REMIC I to REMIC II in
respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, for the following purposes and in the
following order of priority, in each case to the extent of the remaining portion
of such funds:
(i) to pay interest in respect of the REMIC I Regular
Interest B, in an amount equal to all Uncertificated Accrued
Interest in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest B for such
Distribution Date and, to the extent not previously deemed
distributed, for all prior Distribution Dates; and
(ii) to pay principal and Arrearage in respect of the
REMIC I Regular Interests, in an amount equal to, and PRO RATA
in accordance with, as to each REMIC I Regular Interest, the
entitlements of the Class A-WAC Certificates and of the P&I
Certificates for such Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare and
forward by mail to each Holder of the Regular Certificates a statement as to the
distributions made on such Distribution Date setting forth:
(i) the amount of the distribution made on such
Distribution Date to the Holders of Certificates of each such
Class allocable to principal and Arrearage;
(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such
Distribution Date to the Holders of Certificates of each such
Class allocable to interest;
(iii) the aggregate amount of compensation received by
the Master Servicer and the Trustee during the related Due
Period and such other customary information as the Trustee
deems necessary or desirable, or which a Certificateholder
reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to prepare
their tax returns;
(iv) the aggregate amount of Payment Advances for such
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of Payment Advances
reimbursed during the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of
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unreimbursed Payment Advances at the close of business on such
Distribution Date;
(v) (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties and (b) the aggregate
amount of Arrearage, in each case, at the close of business on
such Distribution Date and the end of the immediately
preceding calendar month;
(vi) the number, aggregate Legal Balance, weighted
average remaining term to original maturity and weighted
average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans as of the related
Due Date;
(vii) the number, aggregate Stated Principal Balance, and
aggregate amount of Arrearage of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent
one payment, (b) delinquent two payments, (c) delinquent 3 or
more payments, (d) as to which foreclosure proceedings have
been commenced and (e) with respect to which related Mortgagor
has filed for protection under applicable bankruptcy laws,
with respect to whom bankruptcy proceedings are pending or
with respect to whom bankruptcy protection is in force (it
being understood that for purposes of calculating the
information described in clauses (a), (b), and (c) above, a
Mortgage Loan is delinquent one payment if payment on such
Mortgage Loan is one calendar month past due on a contractual
basis, a Mortgage Loan is delinquent 2 payments if payment on
such Mortgage Loan is two calendar months past due on a
contractual basis and a Mortgage Loan is delinquent 3 payments
if payment on such Mortgage Loan is three calendar months past
due on a contractual basis);
(viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an
REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan
number of such Mortgage Loan, the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan and the amount of Arrearage of such
Mortgage Loan as of the date it became an REO Property;
(ix) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that was an REO
Property as of the last day of the preceding calendar month,
the loan number of such Mortgage Loan, the Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan and the amount of Arrearage of
such Mortgage Loan as of the last day of such calendar month;
(x) with respect to any REO Property liquidated during
the preceding calendar month, the loan number of such Mortgage
Loan, the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, the
amount of Arrearage of such Mortgage Loan and the amount of
Realized Losses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan as
of the date it became a liquidated REO Property;
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(xi) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments and
actual collections of Arrearage made during the related
Prepayment Period;
(xii) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred
during the related Prepayment Period and since the Closing
Date;
(xiii) the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses withdrawn from the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account for such Distribution Date and since the
Closing Date;
(xiv) the aggregate Certificate Balance of each such
Class of Certificates and the aggregate Certificate Notional
Amount of the Class IO Certificates and the Class A-WAC
Certificates, after giving effect to the distributions, and
allocations of Realized Losses and Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses, made on such Distribution Date, separately
identifying any reduction thereof due to allocations of
Realized Losses and Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses;
(xv) the Certificate Factor for each such Class of
Certificates applicable to such Distribution Date;
(xvi) the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of each
such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date and the
respective portions thereof, if any, remaining unpaid
following the distributions made in respect of such
Certificates on such Distribution Date;
(xvii) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date, to the extent not
covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.24;
(xviii) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date;
(xix) the Pass-Through Rates applicable to the Class
A-WAC Certificates for such Distribution Date and the
immediately succeeding Distribution Date;
(xx) to the extent the Trustee using reasonable efforts
can determine and provide, CPR (A) for the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date and (B) from the Cut-off Date
through the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date;
(xxi) to the extent the Trustee using reasonable efforts
can determine and provide, Arrearage Repayment Percentage (A)
for the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and
(B) from the Cut-off Date through the calendar month preceding
such Distribution Date;
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(xxii) the aggregate of any deposits to and withdrawals
from the Reserve Fund for such Distribution Date and the
remaining amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund after such
deposits and withdrawals; and
(xxiii) any information required to be provided by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 9.02(c).
In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses
(i) through (iii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per
Single Certificate of the relevant Class.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during
the calendar year was a Holder of a Regular Certificate a statement containing
the information set forth in subclauses (i) through (iii) above, 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 are in force.
On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall forward to the
Depositor, to each Holder of a Residual Certificate and to the Master Servicer,
a copy of the reports forwarded to the Regular Certificateholders on such
Distribution Date and a statement setting forth the amounts, if any, actually
distributed with respect to the Residual Certificates, respectively, on such
Distribution Date.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during
the calendar year was a Holder of a Residual Certificate a statement setting
forth the amount, if any, actually distributed with respect to the Residual
Certificates, as appropriate, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable
portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder.
The Trustee shall, upon request, furnish to each
Certificateholder, during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special, or
other reports or information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be
reasonable with respect to the Certificateholder, or otherwise with respect to
the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information to be provided
at the expense of the Certificateholder in accordance with such reasonable and
explicit instructions and directions as the Certificateholder may provide. For
purposes of this Section 4.02, the Trustee's duties are limited to the extent
that the Trustee receives timely reports as required from the Master Servicer.
SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports; Payment Advances.
(a) On the first Business Day following each Determination
Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee by electronic format (or
by such other means as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may agree from time
to time) a Remittance Report with respect to the related Distribution Date in
the file layout attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 with such changes as
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shall be agreed to between the Master Servicer and the Trustee. On the same
date, the Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee by overnight mail or
modem a computer readable magnetic tape or electronic file containing the
information set forth in such Remittance Report with respect to the related
Distribution Date. Not later than the close of business California time on the
third Business Day after the Determination Date, the Trustee shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer the Distribution Date report, in
the file layout attached hereto as Exhibit G-2 in an electronic format
reasonably specified by the Master Servicer, with such changes as shall be
agreed to between the Master Servicer and the Trustee, which for purposes of
this Section 4.03 shall also contain the following information: (i) the amount
of Payment Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in respect of the related
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of Payment Advances outstanding after
giving effect to such Payment Advances, and the aggregate amount of
Nonrecoverable Payment Advances in respect of such Distribution Date and (ii)
such other information with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee may
reasonably require to perform the calculations necessary to make the
distributions contemplated by Section 4.01 and to prepare the statements to
Certificateholders contemplated by Section 4.02 (including any information
required to be provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 9.02(c)). The
Trustee shall not be responsible to recompute, recalculate or verify any
information provided to it by the Master Servicer and shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on any such information provided by the Master Servicer reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the Master
Servicer.
(b) The amount of Payment Advances to be made by the Master
Servicer for any Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.03(d), the
sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Modified Scheduled Payments, other than any
portion thereof representing Arrearage (with each interest portion thereof net
of the related Servicing Fee), due on the related Due Date in respect of the
Mortgage Loans, which Modified Scheduled Payments were delinquent as of the
close of business on the related Determination Date and (ii) with respect to
each REO Property, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Modified
Scheduled Payment in effect immediately prior to foreclosure, other than any
portion thereof representing Arrearage, over the net income from such REO
Property transferred to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23 for
distribution on such Distribution Date; provided, however, the Master Servicer
shall make a Payment Advance in respect of Arrearage in an amount equal to the
Modified Scheduled Payment to be applied to the Certificate Balance of the Class
A-WAC Certificates after the Stated Principal Balances of a Mortgage Loan equals
zero.
On or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Master Servicer
Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds
to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of Payment Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the related Distribution Date either (i)
from its own funds or (ii) from the Collection Account, to the extent of funds
held therein for future distribution (in which case it will cause to be made an
appropriate entry in the records of Collection Account that amounts held for
future distribution have been, as permitted by this Section 4.03, used by the
Master Servicer in discharge of any such Payment Advance) or (iii) in the form
of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of Payment
Advances to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and
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REO Properties. Any amounts held for future distribution and so used shall be
appropriately reflected in the Master Servicer's records and replaced by the
Master Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account on or before any future
Master Servicer Remittance Date to the extent that the Available Distribution
Amount for the related Distribution Date (determined without regard to Payment
Advances to be made on the Master Servicer Remittance Date) shall be less than
the total amount that would be distributed to the Classes of Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.01 on such Distribution Date if such amounts held for
future distributions had not been so used to make Payment Advances. The Trustee
will provide, pursuant to Section 7.02, notice to the Master Servicer by
telecopy by the close of business on any Master Servicer Remittance Date in the
event that the amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the Trustee on such
date is less than the Payment Advances required to be made by the Master
Servicer for the related Distribution Date.
(c) The obligation of the Master Servicer to make such Payment
Advances is mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but
subject to (d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
shall continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or
the removal thereof from the Trust Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of
this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no
Payment Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Master Servicer if
such Payment Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Payment
Advance. The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Payment Advance or that any proposed Payment Advance, if made,
would constitute a Nonrecoverable Payment Advance, shall be evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate of the Master Servicer delivered to the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Fiscal Agent.
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses and Realized Losses.
(a) Prior to each Determination Date, the Master Servicer
shall determine as to each Mortgage Loan and REO Property: (i) the total amount
of Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Final Recovery
Determinations made during the related Prepayment Period; and (ii) the
respective portions of such Realized Losses allocable to interest and allocable
to principal. Prior to each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall also
determine as to each Mortgage Loan: (i) the total amount of Realized Losses, if
any, incurred in connection with any Deficient Valuations made during the
related Prepayment Period; and (ii) the total amount of Realized Losses, if any,
incurred in connection with Debt Service Reductions in respect of scheduled
payments due during the related Due Period. The information described in the two
preceding sentences that is to be supplied by the Master Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer prior to the Determination Date immediately following the end of (i) in
the case of Bankruptcy Losses allocable to interest, the Due Period during which
any such Realized Loss was incurred, and (ii) in the case of all other Realized
Losses, the Prepayment Period during which any such Realized Loss was incurred.
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(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans and all
Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses shall be allocated on each Distribution Date
as follows: first, to the Reserve Fund until the amount in such fund has been
reduced to zero; second, to the Overcollateralized Amount until the
Overcollateralized Amount has been reduced to zero; third, to the Class B-6
Certificates; fourth, to the Class B-5 Certificates; fifth, to the Class B-4
Certificates; sixth, to the Class B-3 Certificates; seventh, to the Class B-2
Certificates; eighth, to the Class B-1 Certificates; and ninth, to the Senior
P&I Certificates and Class A-WAC Certificates on a PRO RATA basis.
Any such allocation of Realized Losses or Extraordinary Trust
Fund Expenses to the Reserve Fund shall be effected as follows: upon such
allocation, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Reserve Fund the amount so
allocated and deposit such amount in the Distribution Account. Any such
allocation of Realized Losses to a Class of Certificates on any Distribution
Date shall be made by reducing the Class Certificate Balance thereof by the
amount so allocated. As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a "PRO
RATA basis" among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an
allocation on a PRO RATA basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each
such Class of Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Class
Certificate Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date. All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class
of Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class
in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.
(c) On each Distribution Date, prior to the distributions
deemed to be made in respect of the REMIC II Regular Interests on such date
pursuant to Section 4.01(g), the Trustee shall, with respect to any Realized
Losses or Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses allocated to any Class of
Certificates, allocate such Realized Losses or Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses
to the REMIC II Regular Interest bearing the same alphanumeric designation as
such Class by reducing the Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC II Regular
Interest. All such reductions shall be deemed to be an allocation of Realized
Losses and Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses.
(d) On each Distribution Date, prior to the distributions
deemed to be made in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests on such date
pursuant to Section 4.01(i), the Trustee shall (i) with respect to any Realized
Losses or Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses allocated to REMIC II Regular
Interest WAC, allocate such Realized Losses or Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses
to REMIC I Regular Interest A by reducing the Uncertificated Balance of such
REMIC I Regular Interest and (ii) with respect to any Realized Losses or
Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses allocated to any REMIC II Regular Interest
other than REMIC II Regular Interest WAC, allocate such Realized Losses or
Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses to REMIC I Regular Interest B by reducing the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest. All such reductions
shall be deemed to be an allocation of Realized Losses and Extraordinary Trust
Fund Expenses.
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SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting
payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount that the
Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount
payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal
withholding requirements, the Trustee shall indicate the amount withheld to such
Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.06. Reserve Fund.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall deposit into the
Reserve Fund any amounts required to be paid into the Reserve Fund pursuant to
Section 4.01. The Trustee shall withdraw from the Reserve Fund (to the extent of
funds available on deposit therein) and deposit into the Distribution Account
such funds at such times and in such amounts as set forth in Section 4.04. The
Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account. Amounts held in the Reserve Fund from
time to time shall continue to constitute assets of REMIC I until released from
the Reserve Fund pursuant to this Section 4.06. The Trustee shall keep records
that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in the Reserve Fund. The Trustee
shall not invest the funds in the Reserve Fund.
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
(a) The Certificates in the aggregate will represent the
entire beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other assets
included in the Trust Fund. At the Closing Date, the aggregate Certificate
Balance of the P&I Certificates will equal the Cut-off Date Pool Unpaid
Principal Balance less $125,000, and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Class A-WAC Certificates will equal $52,694,064 of the Cut-off Date Pool
Arrearage.
The Certificates will be substantially in the forms annexed
hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-10. The Certificates of each Class will be
issuable in registered form only, in denominations of authorized Percentage
Interests as described in the definition thereof. Each Certificate will share
ratably in all rights of the related Class.
Upon original issue, the Certificates shall be executed and
delivered by the Trustee and the Trustee shall cause the Certificates to be
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar to or upon the order of the
Depositor. The Certificates shall be executed and attested by manual or
facsimile signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized signatory.
Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were
at any time the proper officers of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless
there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided herein executed by the Certificate Registrar by manual
signature, and such certificate of authentication shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
(b) The Senior P&I Certificates shall initially be issued as
Certificates held by the Book-Entry Custodian or, if appointed to hold such
Certificates as provided below, the Depository and registered in the name of the
Depository or its nominee and, except as provided below, registration of such
Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository
that agrees to hold such Certificates for the respective Certificate Owners with
Ownership Interests therein. Certificate Owners shall hold their respective
Ownership Interests in and to such Certificates through the book-entry
facilities of the Depository and, except as provided below, shall not be
entitled to definitive, fully registered Certificates ("Definitive
Certificates") in respect of such Ownership Interests. All transfers by
Certificate Owners of their respective Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the
Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner.
Each Depository Participant shall only transfer the Ownership Interests in the
Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage
firms for
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which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as the Book-Entry Custodian and hereby
agrees to act as such in accordance herewith and in accordance with the
agreement that it has with the Depository authorizing it to act as such. The
Book-Entry Custodian may, and, if it is no longer qualified to act as such, the
Book-Entry Custodian shall, appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and, if the Trustee is not the Book-Entry
Custodian, the Trustee, any other transfer agent (including the Depository or
any successor Depository) to act as BookEntry Custodian under such conditions as
the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian and the Depository or any successor
Depository may prescribe, provided that the predecessor BookEntry Custodian
shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities by reason of any
such appointment of other than the Depository. If the Trustee resigns or is
removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor trustee or, if it so
elects, the Depository shall immediately succeed to its predecessor's duties as
Book-Entry Custodian. The Depositor shall have the right to inspect, and to
obtain copies of, any Certificates held as Book-Entry Certificates by the
Book-Entry Custodian.
The Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer and the
Depositor may for all purposes (including the making of payments due on the
respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates) deal with the Depository as the
authorized representative of the Certificate Owners with respect to the
respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates for the purposes of exercising the
rights of Certificateholders hereunder. The rights of Certificate Owners with
respect to the respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates shall be limited to
those established by law and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the
Depository Participants and brokerage firms representing such Certificate
Owners. Multiple requests and directions from, and votes of, the Depository as
Holder of any Class of Book-Entry Certificates with respect to any particular
matter shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners. The Trustee may establish a reasonable record date
in connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by
Certificateholders and shall give notice to the Depository of such record date.
If (i)(A) the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that
the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository
or (iii) after the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default, Certificate
Owners representing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Ownership
Interests of each of the Classes of the BookEntry Certificates advise the
Trustee through the Depository, in writing, that the continuation of a
book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of
the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through
the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry
Custodian or the Depository, as applicable, and the delivery of registration
instructions from the Depository for registration of transfer (which surrender
and delivery the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts to cause to occur), the
Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Such Definitive Certificates
will be issued in minimum denominations of $10,000,
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except that any beneficial ownership that was represented by a Book-Entry
Certificate in an amount less than $10,000 immediately prior to the issuance of
a Definitive Certificate shall be issued in a minimum denomination equal to the
amount represented by such Book-Entry Certificate. None of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in the delivery of
such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in
relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all
references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the
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 the Definitive Certificates as
Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices
or agencies to be appointed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.12 a Certificate Register for the Certificates in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided. The Trustee will initially serve as Certificate Registrar
for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a
written instrument delivered to the Master Servicer and the Depositor, any other
bank or trust company to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as
the predecessor Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that the
predecessor Certificate Registrar shall not be relieved of any of its duties or
responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Trustee shall
at any time not be the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee shall have and
maintain the right to inspect the Certificate Register or to obtain a copy
thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of
the Certificate Registrar as to the information set forth in the Certificate
Register. In order to facilitate compliance with the provisions of Article IX
hereof, if the provisions of Article IX become operative, the Trustee (i) shall,
at the written request of the Master Servicer, deliver to the Master Servicer a
list of all Holders of the Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates and (ii) for so
long as the provisions of Article IX remain operative shall deliver to the
Master Servicer a notification of each transfer of any Class B-5 or Class B-6
Certificate.
(b) No transfer of any Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 or
Residual Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities
laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. If a transfer of any Definitive Certificate is to be made without
registration under the Securities Act (other than in connection with the initial
issuance thereof or a transfer thereof by the Depositor or one of its
Affiliates), then the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register such
transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon)
either: (i) a certificate from such Certificateholder substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit F-1 hereto or such other certification reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective
transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F-2A or Exhibit F-2B
hereto or such other certification reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; or (ii)
an Opinion of Counsel
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satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that such transfer may be made without
registration under the Securities Act (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such), together
with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such transfer from
the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is
based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar is
obligated to register or qualify any Class of Certificates under the Securities
Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required
under this Agreement to permit the transfer of any Certificate or interest
therein without registration or qualification. Any Certificateholder or
Certificate Owner desiring to effect such a transfer shall, and does hereby
agree to, indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
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.
(c) In the case of any Senior Certificate (other than any
Class IO Certificate) or any Class B-1, Class B-2 or Class B-3 Certificate, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments)
or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within
the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.
2510.3-101 shall be deemed to have represented one of the following: (i) the
purchase of such Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not
constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent or the Trust Fund to any obligation in
addition to those undertaken in the Agreement; (ii) the purchase of such
Certificates by or on behalf of such Plan is permissible under applicable law,
will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code, will not subject the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund to any obligation in
addition to those undertaken in the Agreement and the following conditions are
met: (a) the source of funds used to purchase such Certificates is an "insurance
company general account" (as such term is defined in Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60), (b) the conditions set forth in Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied and will continue to be satisfied and (c)
there is no Plan with respect to which the amount of such general account's
reserves and liabilities for contracts held by or on behalf of such Plan and all
other Plans maintained by the same employer (or any "affiliate" thereof, as
defined in PTCE 95-60) or by the same employee organization exceed 10% of the
total of all reserves and liabilities of such general account (as determined
under PTCE 95-60) as of the date of the acquisition of such Certificates; (iii)
the purchase of such Certificates by or on behalf of such Plan is permissible
under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will not subject the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund
to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement and the
following conditions are met: (a) the purchaser is an "investment fund"
described in PTCE 84-14 (b) the conditions set forth in PTCE 84-14 have been
satisfied and will continue to be satisfied and (c) the purchase and holding of
Certificates by or on behalf of the purchaser are exempt under PTCE 84-14; or
(iv) the purchase of such Certificates by or on behalf of such Plan is
permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-
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exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will not
subject the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer or the
Trust Fund to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement
and the following conditions are met: (a) the investment is being made by an
insurance company, insurance service or insurance organization (an "Insurer")
qualified to do business in the applicable state; and (b) the Insurer has issued
to the Plan a "guaranteed benefit policy" within the meaning of Section
401(b)(2) of ERISA such that the assets of the Plan are deemed to include such
policy but are not deemed to include any assets of such Insurer pursuant to
Section 401(b)(2) of ERISA.
In the case of any Class IO, Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 or
Residual Certificate presented for registration in the name of any Plan subject
to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such
Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan, the
prospective transferee shall provide the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal
Agent, the Master Servicer and the Trust Fund with either: (i) an Opinion of
Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor,
the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer and the Trust Fund to the
effect that the purchase of such Certificates is permissible under applicable
law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund to any obligation or
liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent,
the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund or (ii) in lieu of such Opinion of
Counsel, a certification in the form of Exhibit F-3 to this Agreement, which
provides that the purchase of such Certificates by or on behalf of such Plan is
permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will not subject
the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer or the Trust
Fund to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this
Agreement and one of the following is met: (a) the source of funds used to
purchase such Certificates is an "insurance company general account" (as such
term is defined in Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60), the
conditions set forth in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied and
will continue to be satisfied and there is no Plan with respect to which the
amount of such general account's reserves and liabilities for contracts held by
or on behalf of such Plan and all other Plans maintained by the same employer
(or any "affiliate" thereof, as defined in PTCE 95-60) or by the same employee
organization exceed 10% of the total of all reserves and liabilities of such
general account (as determined under PTCE 95-60) as of the date of the
acquisition of such Certificates; (b) the purchaser is an "investment fund"
described in PTCE 84-14, the conditions set forth in PTCE 84-14 have been
satisfied and will continue to be satisfied and the purchase and holding of such
Certificates by or on behalf of the purchaser are exempt under PTCE 84-14; or
(c) the investment is being made by an insurance company, insurance service or
insurance organization (an "Insurer") qualified to do business in the applicable
state and the Insurer has issued to the Plan a "guaranteed benefit policy"
within the meaning of Section 401(b)(2) of ERISA such that the assets of the
Plan are deemed to include such policy but are not deemed to include any assets
of such Insurer pursuant to Section
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401(b)(2) of ERISA. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master
Servicer and the Trust Fund may rely upon such certification without further
inquiry or investigation.
(d) (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its
designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than
such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause
(iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other
things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person
acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject
to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be
a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the
Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer
of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate,
the Trustee shall require delivery to it, and shall
not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement (a
"Transfer Affidavit and Agreement" attached hereto as
Exhibit H-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee,
representing and warranting, among other things, that
such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is
not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual
Certificate that is the subject of the proposed
Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for
so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a
Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the
provisions of this Section 5.02(d) and agrees to be
bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed
Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this
transaction has actual knowledge that the proposed
Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall
agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
H-1) from any other Person to whom such Person
attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate and (y) not to transfer its
Ownership Interest unless it provides a Transferor
Affidavit (in the form attached hereto as
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Exhibit H-2) to the Trustee stating that, among other
things, it has no actual knowledge that such other
Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, by
purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate,
agrees to give the Trustee written notice that it is
a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning
of temporary Treasury regulation Section
1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it
is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest
holder".
(ii) The Trustee will register the Transfer of any
Residual Certificate only if it shall have received the
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and all of such other
documents as shall have been reasonably required by the
Trustee as a condition to such registration. In addition, no
Transfer of a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the
Transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such
Transferee is a Permitted Transferee.
(iii) (A) If any purported Transferee shall become a
Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(d), then the last preceding
Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent
permitted by law, to all rights as holder thereof retroactive
to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any
Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section
5.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to
the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect
to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become
a holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
restrictions in this Section 5.02(d) and to the extent that
the retroactive restoration of the rights of the holder of
such Residual Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A)
above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the
Trustee shall have the right (but not the obligation), without
notice to the holder or any prior holder of such Residual
Certificate, to sell such Residual Certificate to a purchaser
selected by the Trustee on such terms as the Trustee may
choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and
deliver each Residual Certificate in accordance with the
instructions of the Trustee. The proceeds of such sale, net of
the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the
Trustee or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any,
will be remitted by the Trustee to such purported Transferee.
The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause
(iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable to any Person
having
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an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of
its exercise of such discretion.
(iv) The Trustee shall make available to the Internal
Revenue Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC
Provisions all information necessary to compute any tax
imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Person who is a
Disqualified Organization, including the information described
in Treasury regulations sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and
1.860E-2(a)(5)with respect to the "excess inclusions" of such
Residual Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated
investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust
fund, partnership, trust, estate or organization described in
Section 1381 of the Code that holds an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate having as among its record holders at any
time any Person which is a Disqualified Organization.
Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be
accepted by the Trustee.
(v) The provisions of this Section 5.02(d) set forth
prior to this subsection (v) may be modified, added to or
eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered to
the Trustee at the expense of the party seeking to modify, add
to or eliminate any such provision the following:
(A) written notification from each Rating
Agency to the effect that the modification, addition
to or elimination of such provisions will not cause
such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current
ratings of any Class of Certificates; and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect
that such modification of, addition to or elimination
of such provisions will not cause the Trust Fund to
cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause the
Trust Fund to be subject to an entity-level tax
caused by the Transfer of any Residual Certificate to
a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee or (y) a
Person other than the prospective transferee to be
subject to a REMIC-tax caused by the Transfer of a
Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee.
(e) The Class IO, the Class A-WAC, the Class B and the
Residual Certificates shall initially be issued in, and shall remain in,
physical, definitive form.
(f) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the
Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12, the Trustee shall
execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated Transferee or Transferees, one or more new Certificates
of the same Class of a like aggregate Percentage Interest.
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(g) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may
be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized
denominations and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such
Certificate to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange the Trustee shall execute and cause the Certificate
Registrar to authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the
Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate
presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the
Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(h) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made
for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(i) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with
its customary procedures.
(j) The Trustee will cause the Certificate Registrar (unless
the Trustee is acting as Certificate Registrar) to provide notice to the Trustee
of each transfer of a Certificate and to provide the Trustee with an updated
copy of the Certificate Register on the first Business Day in January and June
of each year, commencing June 1997.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar, or the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of actual knowledge by the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of
the same Class and of like denomination and Percentage Interest. Upon the
issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Trustee may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership in the applicable REMIC created hereunder, as
if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time.
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SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Fiscal
Agent, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any of them may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.01
and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any agent
of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Certain Available Information.
On or prior to the date of the first sale of any Certificate
to an Independent third party, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee 10
copies of any private placement memorandum or other disclosure document used by
the Depositor in connection with the offer and sale of the Certificates. In
addition, if any such private placement memorandum or disclosure document is
revised, amended or supplemented at any time following the delivery thereof to
the Trustee, the Depositor promptly shall inform the Trustee of such event and
shall deliver to the Trustee 10 copies of the private placement memorandum or
disclosure document, as revised, amended or supplemented. The Trustee shall
maintain at its Corporate Trust Office and shall make available free of charge
during normal business hours for review by any Holder of a Certificate or any
Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate,
originals or copies of the following items: (i) in the case of a Holder or
prospective transferee of a Certificate, the private placement memorandum or
other disclosure document relating to the Certificates, in the form most
recently provided to the Trustee; and (ii) in all cases, (A) this Agreement and
any amendments hereof entered into pursuant to Section 12.01, (B) all monthly
statements required to be delivered to Certificateholders pursuant to Section
4.02 since the Closing Date, and all other notices, reports, statements and
written communications delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to this
Agreement since the Closing Date, (C) all certifications delivered by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee since the Closing Date pursuant to Section
11.01(i), (D) any and all Officers' Certificates delivered to the Trustee by the
Master Servicer since the Closing Date to evidence the Master Servicer's
determination that any Payment Advance was, or if made, would be a
Nonrecoverable Payment Advance and (E) any and all Officers' Certificates
delivered to the Trustee by the Master Servicer since the Closing Date pursuant
to Section 4.04(a). Copies and mailing of any and all of the foregoing items
will be available from the Trustee upon request at the expense of the person
requesting the same.
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer each shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
by this Agreement and undertaken hereunder by the Depositor and the Master
Servicer herein.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer.
Subject to the following paragraph, the Depositor will keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Subject to the following paragraph,
the Master Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and its qualification as an approved conventional servicer for
FHLMC or FNMA, and its qualifications as a HUD approved mortgagee, in good
standing. The Depositor and the Master Servicer each will obtain and preserve
its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans
and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
The Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of
its assets to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or
any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master Servicer,
shall be the successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may
be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
the Master Servicer shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of
FHLMC or FNMA and shall be qualified as a HUD approved mortgagee; and provided
further that the Rating Agencies' ratings of the Certificates of any Class in
effect immediately prior to such merger or consolidation will not be qualified,
reduced or withdrawn as a result thereof (as evidenced by a letter to such
effect from the Rating Agencies).
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of the
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor or the Master Servicer
shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any such
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any breach of warranties, representations or covenants made herein, or against
any specific liability imposed on the Master Servicer pursuant hereto, or
against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason
of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the
Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which,
PRIMA FACIE, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any
matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any loss, liability or
expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement
or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense related to any
specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or
expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) or related
to the Depositor's or Master Servicer's obligations under this Agreement or any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the
Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action unless such action is incidental to its respective duties under
this Agreement and, in its opinion, does not involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that each of the Depositor and the Master Servicer
may in its discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or
desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such
event, unless the Depositor or the Master Servicer acts without the consent of
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights, the
reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom (except any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or
by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder) shall be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection
Account as and to the extent provided in Section 3.11, any such right of
reimbursement being prior to the rights of the Certificateholders to receive any
amount in the Collection Account.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the 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 pursuant
to the preceding sentence permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer
shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect obtained at the
expense of the Master Servicer and delivered to the Trustee. No resignation of
the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor
servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties,
liabilities (other than those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of
such successor) and obligations under this Agreement.
Except as expressly provided herein, the Master Servicer shall
not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to
any other Person, or delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint
any other Person to perform any of the duties,
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covenants or obligations to be performed by the Master Servicer hereunder. If,
pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the Master Servicer are
transferred to a successor master servicer, the entire amount of the Servicing
Fee and other compensation payable to the Master Servicer pursuant hereto shall
thereafter be payable to such successor master servicer.
SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the
Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the
Trustee, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours, access to all
records maintained by the Master Servicer in respect of its rights and
obligations hereunder and access to officers of the Master Servicer responsible
for such obligations. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall furnish to the
Depositor and the Trustee its most recent financial statements and such other
information relating to its capacity to perform its obligations under this
Agreement it possesses. To the extent such information is not otherwise
available to the public, the Depositor and the Trustee shall not disseminate any
information obtained pursuant to the preceding two sentences without the Master
Servicer's written consent, except as required pursuant to this Agreement or to
the extent that it is appropriate to do so (i) in working with legal counsel,
auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies or (ii) pursuant to
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor, the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, and in either case, the Depositor or the Trustee, as
the case may be, shall use its best efforts to assure the confidentiality of any
such disseminated non-public information. The Depositor may, but is not
obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to
perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or
exercise the rights of the Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under this
Agreement by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. The
Depositor shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or
failure to act by the Master Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the
performance of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Master Servicer Events of Default.
"Master Servicer Event of Default", wherever used herein,
means any one of the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to remit to the
Trustee for distribution to the Certificateholders any payment
(other than a Payment Advance required to be made from its own
funds on any Master Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to
Section 4.03) required to be made under the terms of the
Certificates and this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Depositor
or the Trustee (in which case notice shall be provided by
telecopy), or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the
Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) any failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly
to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the
covenants or agreements on the part of the Master Servicer
contained in the Certificates or in this Agreement which
continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier
of (i) the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Master Servicer by the Depositor or the Trustee, or to the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders
of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights
and (ii) actual knowledge of such failure by a Servicing
Officer of the Master Servicer; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in
an involuntary case under any present or future federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment
of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceeding, 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 90 days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the
appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to it or of
or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
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(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 any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations; or
(vi) any failure of the Master Servicer to make any
Payment Advance on any Master Servicer Remittance Date
required to be made from its own funds pursuant to Section
4.03 which continues unremedied until 12:00 noon New York time
on the Business Day immediately following the Master Servicer
Remittance Date.
If a Master Servicer Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (v) of
this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such
Master Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Depositor or
the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 51% of Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice in
writing to the Master Servicer (and to the Depositor if given by the Trustee and
to the Trustee if given by the Depositor), terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this
Agreement, to the extent permitted by law, and in and to the Mortgage Loans and
the proceeds thereof. If a Master Servicer Event of Default described in clause
(vi) hereof shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement and in
and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. On or after the receipt by
the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates
(other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise,
shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee pursuant to and under this Section,
and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the
expense of the Master Servicer, 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. The Master Servicer agrees promptly (and in any event no later than
ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) to provide the Trustee with all
documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume the Master
Servicer's functions under this Agreement, and to cooperate with the Trustee in
effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights
under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the transfer within one
Business Day to the Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts which
at the time shall be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer to the
Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Distribution
Account or any REO Account or Servicing Account held by or on behalf of the
Master Servicer or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
any REO Property serviced by the Master Servicer (provided, however, that the
Master Servicer shall continue to be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or
owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination,
whether in respect of Payment Advances or otherwise, and shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Section 6.03 notwithstanding any such termination).
For purposes of this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
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knowledge of a Master Servicer Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee assigned to and working in the Trustee's Asset-Backed Securities
Trust Services Group has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of
any event which is in fact such a Master Servicer Event of Default is received
by the Trustee and such notice references the Certificates, the Trust Fund or
this Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a
notice of termination or the Master Servicer's term is not extended pursuant to
Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the Master
Servicer in its capacity as Master 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 and arising thereafter
placed on the Master Servicer (except for any representations or warranties of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement, the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities contained in Section 2.03(c) and its obligation to deposit amounts
in respect of losses pursuant to Section 3.12) by the terms and provisions
hereof including, without limitation, the Master Servicer's obligations to make
Payment Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; provided, however, that if the
Trustee is prohibited by law or regulation from obligating itself to make
advances regarding delinquent mortgage loans, then the Trustee shall not be
obligated to make Payment Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; and provided
further, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by
the Master Servicer's failure to provide information required by Section 7.01
shall not be considered a default by the Trustee as successor to the Master
Servicer hereunder. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to
the Servicing Fees and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the
Master Servicer would have been entitled if it had continued to act hereunder.
If the Trustee fails to make any Payment Advance required to be made on any
Distribution Date, the Fiscal Agent shall make such Payment Advance not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Distribution Date and, thereby, the
Trustee shall not be in default under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above,
the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is unable
to so act or if it is prohibited by law from making advances regarding
delinquent mortgage loans or if the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
51% of the Voting Rights so request in writing to the Trustee, promptly appoint,
or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, an established
mortgage loan servicing institution having a net worth of not less than
$15,000,000 and whose appointment, as confirmed in writing by each Rating
Agency, will not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the
ratings of such Rating Agency on any Class of Certificates, as the successor to
the Master Servicer under this Agreement in the assumption of all or any part of
the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement. No appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer under this
Agreement shall be effective until the assumption by the successor of all of the
Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder. In
connection with such appointment and assumption described herein, the Trustee
may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of
payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided,
however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the
Master Servicer as such hereunder. The Depositor, the Trustee and such successor
shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession.
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Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement,
the Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided.
(b) If the Master Servicer fails to remit to the Trustee for
distribution to the Certificateholders any payment required to be made under the
terms of the Certificates and this Agreement (for purposes of this Section
7.02(b), a "Remittance") because the Master Servicer is the subject of a
proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the making of such Remittance
is prohibited by Section 362 of the federal Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee shall
upon notice of such prohibition, regardless of whether it has received a notice
of termination under Section 7.01, advance the amount of such Remittance by
depositing such amount in the Distribution Account on the related Distribution
Date. The Trustee shall be obligated to make such advance only if (i) such
advance, in the good faith judgment of the Trustee, can reasonably be expected
to be ultimately recoverable from funds which are in the custody of the Master
Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court and should have
been the subject of such Remittance absent such prohibition (the "Stayed Funds")
and (ii) the Trustee is not prohibited by law from making such advance or
obligating itself to do so. Upon remittance of the Stayed Funds to the Trustee
or the deposit thereof in the Distribution Account by the Master Servicer, a
trustee in bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court, the Trustee may recover the
amount so advanced, without interest, by withdrawing such amount from the
Distribution Account; however, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
affect the Trustee's rights to recover from the Master Servicer's own funds
interest on the amount of any such advance. If the Trustee at any time makes an
advance under this Subsection which it later determines in its good faith
judgment will not be ultimately recoverable from the Stayed Funds with respect
to which such advance was made, the Trustee shall be entitled to reimburse
itself for such advance, without interest, by withdrawing from the Distribution
Account or the Collection Account, out of amounts on deposit therein, an amount
equal to the portion of such advance attributable to the Stayed Funds.
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.01 above or any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02 above, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
(b) Not later than the later of 60 days after the occurrence
of any event, which constitutes or which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a Master Servicer Event of Default or five days after a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an
event, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Certificates notice
of each such occurrence, unless such default or Master Servicer Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
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SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default.
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by all Classes of Certificates affected by any default or Master
Servicer Event of Default hereunder may waive such default or Master Servicer
Event of Default; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a default or Master Servicer Event of
Default under clause (i) or (vi) of Section 7.01 may be waived only by all of
the Holders of the Regular Certificates; provided, further, that a Master
Servicer Event of Default may be waived only during the ten (10) Business Days
following the receipt by the Trustee of written notice of an Event of Default.
Upon any such waiver of a default or Master Servicer Event of Default, such
default or Master Servicer Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be
deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. No such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Master Servicer Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE FISCAL AGENT
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer
Event of Default and after the curing of all Master Servicer Events of Default
which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. During a Master Servicer Event
of Default, 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 man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of such person's own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee
enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found
not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the
Trustee shall take such action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument
corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's satisfaction,
the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event
of Default, and after the curing of all such Master Servicer
Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement,
no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee that conform to the requirements of
this Agreement;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer
or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
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(iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with
respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting
Rights 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, Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other
paper or document reasonably 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 and the Fiscal Agent shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in
it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend 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 and the
Fiscal Agent reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein
or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve
the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default (which has
not been cured or waived), to exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of such person's own affairs;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event
of Default hereunder and after the curing of all Master
Servicer Events of Default which may have occurred, the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument,
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opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing
to do so by Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25%
of the Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment
within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses
or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by such Certificateholders,
the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such
expense, or liability from such Certificateholders as a
condition to taking any such action;
(vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or
by or through agents or attorneys; and
(vii) Neither the Trustee nor the Fiscal Agent shall be
personally liable for any loss resulting from the investment
of funds held in the Collection Account at the direction of
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of
the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it 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 such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.03. Trustee and Fiscal Agent Not Liable for
Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other
than the signature of the Trustee, the authentication of the Certificate
Registrar on the Certificates, the acknowledgments of the Trustee contained in
Article II and the representations and warranties of the Trustee in Section 8.13
and the Fiscal Agent in Section 8.14) shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee and the Fiscal Agent assume no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee and the Fiscal Agent make no representations or
warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as
specifically set forth in Section 8.13 or 8.14) or of the Certificates (other
than the signature of the Trustee and authentication of the Certificate
Registrar on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document.
Neither the Trustee nor the Fiscal Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of
such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the
Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited
in or withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Master Servicer, other than
any funds held by or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.10.
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SECTION 8.04. Trustee and Fiscal Agent May Own Certificates.
The Trustee or the Fiscal Agent in its individual capacity or
any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee or Fiscal Agent.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Trustee shall withdraw the Trustee's Fees on each
Distribution Date from the Expense Account. The Trustee and the Fiscal Agent and
any director, officer, employee, attorney or agent of the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense (not including expenses and disbursements incurred or made
by the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent, including the compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel, in the ordinary course of the
Trustee's and Fiscal Agent's performance in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement) incurred by the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of its obligations and duties
under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the performance of its
duties under Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof), other than any loss, liability or
expense (i) resulting from the Master Servicer's actions or omissions in
connection with this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans, (ii) that constitutes a
specific liability of the Trustee or the Fiscal Agent pursuant to Section
11.01(d) or (iii) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or
by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or as a
result of a breach of the Trustee's or the Fiscal Agent's obligations under
Article XI hereof. The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee and the
Fiscal Agent and any director, officer, employee, attorney or agent of the
Trustee and the Fiscal Agent from, and hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense arising in respect of such Master Servicer's acts or
omissions in connection with this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans serviced by
such Master Servicer. Such indemnity shall survive the termination or discharge
of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Fiscal
Agent. Any payment hereunder made by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or the
Fiscal Agent shall be from the Master Servicer's own funds, without
reimbursement from the Trust Fund therefor.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
an association (other than the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master
Servicer or any Affiliate of the foregoing) organized and doing business under
the laws of any 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 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state authority. If such corporation or association publishes reports of
conditions at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 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 conditions so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall
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be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07.
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trust hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Certificateholders. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trustee and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be
delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the Depositor. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be
delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments
shall be delivered to the Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee so removed
and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such instrument
shall be delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the
Depositor.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.08.
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee
herein. The predecessor trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all
Mortgage Files and related documents and statements,
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as well as all moneys, held by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the
predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and
confirming in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of
such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Certificates at their addresses as
shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice
within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Depositor.
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to the
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation or association shall be eligible under the provisions
of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located,
the 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, such title
to the Trust Fund, or any part thereof, 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 so to do, or in case a Master Servicer 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 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the
appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under
Section 8.08 hereof.
In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate
trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10 all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee
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shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and
such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
by the Trustee (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to a defaulting
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 by such
separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trust 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.
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. Appointment of Custodians.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Custodians to hold all or
a portion of the Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee. The Master Servicer
shall be responsible for the expense thereof if and for as long as the Custodian
is The Bank of New York; otherwise, the expense of any such Custodian shall be
paid by the Trustee. Each Custodian shall be a depository institution supervised
and regulated by a federal or state banking authority, shall have combined
capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000, shall be qualified to do business
in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File and shall not be the
Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor. Neither the Master Servicer nor the
Special Servicer shall have any duty to verify that any such Custodian is
qualified to act as such in accordance with the preceding sentence. Each
Custodian shall be subject to the same obligations, standard of care, protection
and indemnities as would be imposed on, or would protect, the Trustee hereunder
in connection with the retention of Mortgage Files directly by the Trustee. The
appointment of one or more Custodians shall not relieve the Trustee from any of
its obligations hereunder, and the Trustee shall remain responsible for all acts
and omissions of any Custodian.
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SECTION 8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will appoint an office or agency in the City of
New York where the Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, and presented for final distribution, and where notices and demands
to or upon the Trustee in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be
served.
SECTION 8.13. Representations and Warranties of the Trustee
and the Fiscal Agent.
(a) The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer
and the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) The Trustee is a banking corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of governing its
creation and existence;
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Trustee, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement by the Trustee, will not violate the Trustee's charter or
bylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the
breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a
party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets;
(iii) The Trustee has the full power and authority to enter
into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;
(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Master Servicer and the Depositor, constitutes a valid,
legal and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the
Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally,
and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(v) The Trustee is not in violation of, and its execution and
delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the
terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law,
any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation
or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory
authority, which violation, in the Trustee's good faith and reasonable
judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either the
ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or the financial condition of the Trustee;
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(vi) No litigation is pending or, to the actual knowledge of
the Trustee's AssetBacked Securities Trust Services Group, threatened
against the Trustee which would prohibit the Trustee from entering into
this Agreement or, in the Trustee's good faith reasonable judgment, is
likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the
Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
financial condition of the Trustee.
(b) The Fiscal Agent hereby represents and warrants to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) The Fiscal Agent is a foreign banking corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its
creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to
own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Fiscal Agent of this Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of the Fiscal Agent; neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated in
this Agreement, nor compliance with the provisions of this Agreement,
will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, (i) any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule,
regulation, judgement, decrees or order binding on the Fiscal Agent or
its properties that would materially and adversely affect the Fiscal
Agent's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, (ii)
the organizational documents of the Fiscal Agent, or (iii) the terms of
any material agreement or instrument to which the Fiscal Agent is a
party or by which it is bound; the Fiscal Agent is not in default with
respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or
demand of any Federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency,
which default would materially and adversely affects its performance
under this Agreement;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Fiscal Agent of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement do not require the consent, approval, authorization or
order of, the giving notice to, or the registration with, any state,
federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such as has
been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Fiscal
Agent and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Fiscal Agent, enforceable against the Fiscal Agent in accordance with
its terms, subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally as from time to time in
effect, and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
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(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the
actual knowledge of the Trustee's Asset-Backed Securities Trust
Services Group, threatened, against the Fiscal Agent that, either in
any one instance or in the aggregate, would draw into question the
validity of this Agreement, or which would be likely to impair
materially the ability of the Fiscal Agent to perform under the terms
of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.14. The Fiscal Agent.
(a) To the extent that the Trustee is required, pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, to make any Payment Advance, whether as successor
Master Servicer or otherwise, and has failed to do so in accordance with the
terms hereof, the Fiscal Agent shall make such Payment Advance when and as
required by the terms of this Agreement on behalf the Trustee as if the Fiscal
Agent were the Trustee hereunder. To the extent that the Fiscal Agent makes a
Payment Advance pursuant to this Section 8.14, the obligations of the Trustee
under this Agreement in respect of such Payment Advance shall be satisfied.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Fiscal
Agent shall be entitled to all limitations on liability, rights of reimbursement
and indemnities that the Trustee is entitled to hereunder as if it were the
Trustee.
(b) All fees and expenses of the Fiscal Agent incurred by the
Fiscal Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall be borne by the Trustee, and the neither the Trustee nor the Fiscal Agent
shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor from any of the Trust Fund, the
Depositor or the Master Servicer.
(c) The obligations of the initial Fiscal Agent set forth in
this Section 8.14 shall exist for so long as the initial Trustee shall act as
Trustee hereunder. The obligations of the initial Fiscal Agent set forth in this
Section 8.14 shall cease to exist to the extent that the initial Trustee is no
longer acting as Trustee hereunder. The responsibility for appointing a
successor Fiscal Agent shall belong to the successor Trustee insofar as such
appointment is necessary for such successor Trustee to satisfy the eligibility
requirements of Section 8.06.
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ARTICLE IX
SPECIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURES
AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER OF THE MAJORITY
IN PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE CLASS B-5 OR CLASS B-6 CERTIFICATES
SECTION 9.01. General.
(a) The terms and provisions of this Article IX shall become
operative only upon the express written consent of the Master Servicer, with
written notice of such consent delivered to the Trustee, and then only for so
long as the specific Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificateholder to whom consent
was granted remains the Holder of a majority in Percentage Interest in the Class
B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates. In the event of any conflict between the terms
and conditions of this Article IX and the first paragraph of Section 3.16(a),
this Article IX shall control.
(b) Whenever used in this Article IX, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
AFFIRMATION: A written statement signed by the Holder of a
majority in Percentage Interest in the Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates, as
applicable, and sent to the Master Servicer certifying such Holder's Percentage
Interest in the Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates, and affirming the terms of
Section 9.08.
COLLATERAL ACCOUNT: The fund established and maintained
pursuant to Section 9.06 hereof.
COMMENCEMENT OF FORECLOSURE: The first official action
required under local law in order to commence foreclosure proceedings or to
schedule a trustee's sale under a deed of trust, including (i) in the case of a
mortgage or deed to secure debt, any filing or service of process necessary to
commence an action to foreclose or (ii) in the case of a deed of trust, the
posting, publishing, filing or delivery of a notice of sale, but not including
in either case any notice of default, notice of intent to foreclose or sell or
any other action prerequisite to the actions specified in (i) or (ii) above.
CURRENT APPRAISAL: With respect to any Subject Mortgage Loan
as to which the Directing Holder has made an Election to Delay Foreclosure or an
Election to Foreclose, an appraisal of such Mortgage Loan, based on an appraisal
of the related Mortgaged Property obtained by the Directing Holder at its
expense from an appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as nearly
contemporaneously as practicable to the time of the Directing Holder's election,
prepared based on the Master Servicer's customary requirements for such
appraisals, and which appraisal shall take into account estimated liquidation
expenses and carrying costs.
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DIRECTING HOLDER: The Holder of a majority in Percentage
Interest of the most subordinate outstanding Class of the Class B-5 or Class B-6
Certificates from the time that such Holder provides the Affirmation to the
Master Servicer and until such time as such Holder is no longer a Holder of a
majority in Percentage Interest in the Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates.
ELECTION TO DELAY FORECLOSURE: Any election by the Directing
Holder to delay the Commencement of Foreclosure, made in accordance with Section
9.03(b).
ELECTION TO FORECLOSE: Any election by the Directing Holder to
proceed with the Commencement of Foreclosure, made in accordance with Section
9.04(a).
FAIR MARKET VALUE: With respect to a Subject Mortgage Loan,
the fair market value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined pursuant
to the Current Appraisal.
REQUIRED COLLATERAL ACCOUNT BALANCE: As of any date of
determination, an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts previously
required to be deposited in the Collateral Account pursuant to Section 9.03(d)
(after adjustment for all withdrawals and deposits pursuant to Section 9.03(e))
and Section 9.04(b) (after adjustment for all withdrawals and deposits pursuant
to Section 9.04(c)), reduced by all withdrawals therefrom pursuant to Section
9.03(g) and Section 9.04(d).
SUBJECT MORTGAGE LOAN: Any Mortgage Loan that comes into and
continues in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made
for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.07.
UPDATED CURRENT APPRAISAL: With respect to any Subject
Mortgage Loan as to which the Directing Holder has made an Election to Delay
Foreclosure and as to which no amount has been realized on such Subject Mortgage
Loan within six months from the time the Subject Mortgage Loan becomes
delinquent, an appraisal of such Mortgage Loan, based on an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property obtained by the Directing Holder at its expense from
an appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as nearly contemporaneously as
practicable to the time which the Directing Holder is obligated to purchase such
Subject Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 9.03(g), prepared based on the Master
Servicer's customary requirements for such appraisals, and which appraisal shall
take into account estimated liquidation expenses and carrying costs.
(c) All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Article IX shall have the meanings assigned elsewhere in this Agreement.
SECTION 9.02. Reports and Notices.
(a) In connection with the performance of its duties under
this Agreement relating to the realization upon defaulted Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer shall provide to the Directing Holder the following notices and
reports:
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(i) Upon reasonable request of the Directing Holder, with
respect to any Mortgage Loan listed as at least 30 days delinquent in
the statement provided to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.02
of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall provide such information
as it may have in its possession or may reasonably obtain, the
reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Master Servicer in providing
such information to be paid promptly by the Directing Holder, upon
receipt of an invoice from the Master Servicer.
(ii) Prior to the Commencement of Foreclosure in connection
with any Subject Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall provide the
Directing Holder with a notice of such proposed and imminent
foreclosure, stating the loan number and the aggregate amount owing
under such Mortgage Loan.
(b) If requested by the Directing Holder, the Master Servicer
shall make its servicing personnel available (during its normal business hours)
to respond to reasonable inquiries by the Directing Holder in connection with
any Subject Mortgage Loan identified in a report or notice under subsection
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) above which has been given to the Directing Holder; provided,
that (1) the Master Servicer shall only be required to provide information that
is readily accessible to its servicing personnel and is non-confidential and (2)
the Master Servicer shall not be required to provide any written information
under this subsection.
(c) The Remittance Reports prepared by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.03, and the statements to Certificateholders prepared by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02, shall each include the following
additional information: (i) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of
Mortgage Loans as to which an Election to Delay Foreclosure has been made and
(ii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of Mortgage Loans as to
which an Election to Foreclose has been made.
SECTION 9.03. Election to Delay Foreclosure Proceedings.
(a) In the event that the Master Servicer does not receive
written notice of the Directing Holder's election pursuant to subsection (b)
below within 24 hours of transmission of the notice provided by the Master
Servicer under Section 9.02(a)(ii), the Master Servicer shall proceed with the
Commencement of Foreclosure in respect of such Subject Mortgage Loan in
accordance with its normal foreclosure policies without additional notice to the
Directing Holder. Any foreclosure that has been initiated may be discontinued if
the Subject Mortgage Loan has been brought current (including the payment to the
Collateral Account of all related Payment Advances and Servicing Advances) or if
a refinancing or prepayment occurs pursuant to which the Subject Mortgage Loan
is brought current (including the payment of all related Payment Advances and
Servicing Advances), without notice to the Directing Holder.
(b) In connection with any Subject Mortgage Loan with respect
to which a notice under Section 9.02(a)(ii) has been given to the Directing
Holder, the Directing Holder may elect, for reasonable cause as determined by
the Directing Holder, to instruct the Master Servicer to delay Commencement of
Foreclosure until such time as the Directing Holder
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determines that the Master Servicer may proceed with Commencement of
Foreclosure. Such election must be evidenced by written notice received by the
Master Servicer within 24 hours of transmission of the notice provided by the
Master Servicer under Section 9.02(a)(ii), except that such 24 hour period shall
be extended for a reasonable period, not to exceed four Business Days if the
Directing Holder requests additional information related to such foreclosure or
such Subject Mortgage Loan, to permit the review of such additional information.
(c) With respect to any Subject Mortgage Loan as to which the
Directing Holder has made an Election to Delay Foreclosure, the Directing Holder
shall obtain a Current Appraisal as soon as practicable, and shall provide the
Master Servicer with a copy of such Current Appraisal. With respect to any
Subject Mortgage Loan as to which the Directing Holder has made an Election to
Delay Foreclosure and as to which no amount has been realized on such Subject
Mortgage Loan within six months from the time the Subject Mortgage Loan becomes
delinquent, the Directing Holder shall obtain an Updated Current Appraisal and
shall provide the Master Servicer with a copy of such Updated Current Appraisal.
(d) Within two Business Days of making any Election to Delay
Foreclosure, the Directing Holder shall remit to the Master Servicer, for
deposit in the Collateral Account, an amount, as calculated by the Master
Servicer, equal to the sum of (1) 125% of the Fair Market Value determined
pursuant to the Current Appraisal referred to in subsection (c) above (or, if
such Current Appraisal has not yet been obtained, the Master Servicer's estimate
thereof, in which case the required deposit under this subsection shall be
adjusted upon obtaining such Current Appraisal) and (2) three months' interest
on the Subject Mortgage Loan at the applicable Mortgage Rate. If any Election to
Delay Foreclosure extends for a period in excess of three months (such excess
period being referred to herein as the "Excess Period"), the Directing Holder
shall remit by wire transfer in advance to the Master Servicer for deposit in
the Collateral Account the amount of each additional month's interest, as
calculated by the Master Servicer, equal to interest on the Mortgage Loan at the
applicable Mortgage Rate for the Excess Period. Nothing contained in this
Article IX shall alter the Master Servicer's obligation to make Payment Advances
pursuant to Section 4.03.
(e) With respect to any Subject Mortgage Loan as to which the
Directing Holder has made an Election to Delay Foreclosure, the Master Servicer
may withdraw from the Collateral Account from time to time amounts necessary to
reimburse the Master Servicer for all Payment Advances and Servicing Advances
thereafter made by the Master Servicer in accordance with this Agreement. To the
extent that the amount of any Servicing Advance is determined by the Master
Servicer based on estimated costs, and the actual costs are subsequently
determined to be higher than the estimate, the Master Servicer may withdraw the
additional amount from the Collateral Account and if the actual costs are
determined to be lower than such estimate, the Master Servicer shall deposit the
amount of such difference into the Collateral Account. In the event that the
Subject Mortgage Loan is brought current by the Mortgagor and the foreclosure
action is discontinued, the amounts so withdrawn from the Collateral Account by
the Master Servicer as reimbursement for Payment Advances and Servicing Advances
shall be redeposited therein by the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer
shall be reimbursed as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Except as provided
in the two
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preceding sentences, amounts withdrawn from the Collateral Account to cover
Payment Advances and Servicing Advances shall not be redeposited therein or
otherwise reimbursed to the Directing Holder; however, the Master Servicer
waives any right to reimbursement for such amounts under any other provision of
this Agreement. If and when any such Subject Mortgage Loan is brought current by
the Mortgagor (including the payment to the Collateral Account of all related
Payment Advances and Servicing Advances), all amounts remaining in the
Collateral Account in respect of such Subject Mortgage Loan (after adjustment
for all withdrawals and deposits pursuant to this subsection) shall be released
to the Directing Holder.
(f) With respect to any Subject Mortgage Loan as to which the
Directing Holder has made an Election to Delay Foreclosure, the Master Servicer
shall continue to service the Subject Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement (other than the delay in Commencement of Foreclosure as
provided herein). If and when the Directing Holder shall notify the Master
Servicer that it believes that it is appropriate to do so, the Master Servicer
shall proceed with the Commencement of Foreclosure.
(g) Upon the occurrence of a liquidation of a defaulted
Mortgage Loan or the disposition of a REO Property with respect to any Subject
Mortgage Loan, in either case as to which the Directing Holder made an Election
to Delay Foreclosure, the Master Servicer shall calculate the amount, if any, by
which the Fair Market Value determined pursuant to the Current Appraisal
obtained under subsection (c) above exceeds the Liquidation Proceeds for the
related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and the Master Servicer shall withdraw
the amount of such excess from the Collateral Account, shall remit the same to
the Collection Account and in its capacity as Master Servicer shall apply such
amount as additional Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to this Agreement. If the
Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan or REO Property exceeds the Fair
Market Value determined pursuant to the Current Appraisal obtained under
subsection (c) above, the Master Servicer shall deposit immediately such excess
into the Collection Account as additional Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to this
Agreement. After making any such withdrawal as provided in this subsection (g),
all amounts remaining in the Collateral Account in respect of such Subject
Mortgage Loan (after adjustment for all withdrawals and deposits pursuant to
subsection (e)) shall be released to the Directing Holder. If within six months
of the time the Subject Mortgage Loan becomes delinquent, no amount has been
realized on the Subject Mortgage Loan, the Directing Holder shall purchase the
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at a purchase price equal to the greater of
(i) the Fair Market Value shown on the Current Appraisal determined pursuant to
subsection (c) above or (ii) the Fair Market Value shown on the Updated Current
Appraisal determined pursuant to subsection (c) above. The Master Servicer shall
first apply amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account towards such purchase
price. Any shortfall shall be paid by the Directing Holder and any excess will
be returned to it. The Master Servicer shall remit the amount of such purchase
price to the Collection Account.
SECTION 9.04. Election to Commence Foreclosure Proceedings.
(a) In connection with any Subject Mortgage Loan identified
under Section 9.02(a)(i), the Directing Holder may elect, for reasonable cause
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Holder, to instruct the Master Servicer to proceed with Commencement of
Foreclosure as soon as practicable.
(b) Within two Business Days of making any Election to
Foreclose, the Directing Holder shall remit to the Master Servicer, for deposit
in the Collateral Account, an amount, as calculated by the Master Servicer,
equal to the sum of (1) 125% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Subject
Mortgage Loan and (2) three months' interest on the Subject Mortgage Loan at the
applicable Mortgage Rate. If and when any such Subject Mortgage Loan is brought
current (including the payment to the Collateral Account of all related Payment
Advances and Servicing Advances) by the Mortgagor, all amounts in the Collateral
Account in respect of such Subject Mortgage Loan shall be released to the
Directing Holder.
(c) With respect to any Subject Mortgage Loan as to which the
Directing Holder has made an Election to Foreclose, the Master Servicer shall
continue to service such Subject Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement (other than to proceed with the Commencement of Foreclosure as
provided herein). In connection therewith, the Master Servicer shall have the
same rights to make withdrawals for related Payment Advances and Servicing
Advances from the Collateral Account as are provided under Section 9.03(e), and
the Master Servicer shall make reimbursements thereto to the limited extent
provided under such subsection. The Master Servicer shall not be required to
proceed with the Commencement of Foreclosure if (i) the same is stayed as a
result of the Mortgagor's bankruptcy or is otherwise barred by applicable law,
or to the extent that all legal conditions precedent thereto have not yet been
complied with or (ii) the Master Servicer reasonably determines that such
foreclosure might result in liability to the Master Servicer, unless the
Directing Holder provides, at such time, a general indemnity to the Master
Servicer with respect to any such liability or (iii) the Master Servicer
believes there is a breach of representations or warranties which may result in
a repurchase or substitution of such Mortgage Loan or (iv) the Master Servicer
reasonably believes the Mortgaged Property may be contaminated with or affected
by hazardous wastes or hazardous substances. Any foreclosure that has been
initiated may be discontinued if the Subject Mortgage Loan has been brought
current (including the payment to the Collateral Account of all related Payment
Advances and Servicing Advances) or if a refinancing or prepayment occurs
pursuant to which the Subject Mortgage Loan is brought current (including the
payment to the Collateral Account of all related Payment Advances and Servicing
Advances), without notice to the Directing Holder. If and when any such Subject
Mortgage Loan is brought current by the Mortgagor (including the payment to the
Collateral Account of all related Payment Advances and Servicing Advances), all
amounts remaining in the Collateral Account in respect of such Subject Mortgage
Loan (after adjustment for all withdrawals and deposits pursuant to this
subsection) shall be released to the Directing Holder.
(d) Upon the occurrence of a liquidation of a defaulted
Mortgage Loan or the disposition of a REO Property, in either case with respect
to any Subject Mortgage Loan as to which the Directing Holder made an Election
to Foreclose and as to which the Master Servicer proceeded with the Commencement
of Foreclosure in accordance with subsection (c) above, the Master Servicer
shall calculate the amount, if any, by which the Stated Principal Balance of
such Subject Mortgage Loan exceeds the Liquidation Proceeds for the related
Mortgage Loan or REO
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Property, and the Master Servicer shall withdraw the amount of such excess from
the Collateral Account, shall remit the same to the Collection Account and in
its capacity as Master Servicer shall apply such amount as additional
Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to this Agreement. After making any such
withdrawal or deposit as provided in this subsection (d), all amounts remaining
in the Collateral Account in respect of such Subject Mortgage Loan shall be
released to the Directing Holder.
SECTION 9.05. Termination.
With respect to all Subject Mortgage Loans included in the
Trust Fund, the Directing Holder's rights to make any Election to Delay
Foreclosure or any Election to Foreclose and the Master Servicer's obligations
under Section 9.02 shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) such time as the
Certificate Balance of the Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates, as applicable,
have been reduced to zero, (ii) the termination of this Agreement or (iii) such
time as the Directing Holder ceases to be a Holder of a majority in Percentage
Interest of the most subordinate outstanding Class of the Class B-5 or Class B-6
Certificates. Except as set forth above, this Article IX of this Agreement and
the respective rights, obligations and responsibilities of the Directing Holder
and the Master Servicer hereunder shall terminate and be of no further force and
effect upon the final liquidation of the last Subject Mortgage Loan as to which
the Directing Holder made any Election to Delay Foreclosure or any Election to
Foreclose and the withdrawal of all remaining amounts in the Collateral Account
as provided herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Certificate Balance of
the Class B-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero and the Class B-6
Certificateholder who was the Directing Holder is also the Holder of a majority
in Percentage Interest of the Class B-5 Certificates, then the Master's
Servicer's obligations under Section 9.02 shall not terminate and such Holder
will continue as Directing Holder until the earliest to occur, with respect to
such Holder of Class B-5 Certificates, of the events described in clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) above.
SECTION 9.06. Collateral Account.
Upon receipt from the Directing Holder of the initial amount
required to be deposited in the Collateral Account pursuant to Section 9.03(d)
or Section 9.04(b), the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain as a
separate Eligible Account (the "Collateral Account"), entitled "Ocwen Federal
Bank FSB, as Master Servicer, for LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee, in trust
for registered Holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1". Amounts in the Collateral
Account shall continue to be the property of the Directing Holder, subject to
the first priority security interest granted hereunder for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, until withdrawn from the Collateral Account pursuant to
Section 9.03 or Section 9.04 hereof.
Upon the termination of this Article IX of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.05 hereof, the Master Servicer shall distribute to the
Directing Holder all amounts remaining in the Collateral Account together with
any investment earnings thereon.
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The Collateral Account shall not be an asset of the Trust Fund
and, for federal income tax purposes, shall be owned by the Directing Holder.
For purposes of determining whether a Payment Advance
constitutes a Nonrecoverable Payment Advance, Liquidation Proceeds shall be
deemed to include any amounts ultimately recoverable from the Collateral Account
or, to the extent of any shortfall described in Section 9.09, from the Directing
Holder.
SECTION 9.07. Collateral Account Permitted Investments.
The Master Servicer shall, at the written direction of the
Directing Holder, invest the funds in the Collateral Account in Permitted
Investments. Such direction shall not be changed more frequently than quarterly.
In the absence of any direction, the Master Servicer shall invest funds in the
Collateral Account in accordance with the definition of Permitted Investments
herein in its discretion.
All income and gain realized from any investment as well as
any interest earned on deposits in the Collateral Account (net of any losses on
such investments) and any payments of principal made in respect of any Permitted
Investment shall be deposited in the Collateral Account upon receipt. All costs
associated with the purchase and sale of Collateral Account Permitted
Investments shall be borne by the Directing Holder. The Directing Holder shall
deposit in the Collateral Account the amount of any loss incurred in respect of
any such Permitted Investments made with funds in such Collateral Account
immediately upon realization of such loss. The Master Servicer shall
periodically (but not more frequently than monthly) distribute to the Directing
Holder upon request an amount of cash, to the extent cash is available therefor
in the Collateral Account, equal to the amount by which the balance of the
Collateral Account, after giving effect to all other distributions to be made
from the Collateral Account on such date, exceeds the Required Collateral
Account Balance. Any amounts so distributed shall be released from the lien and
security interest created pursuant of Section 9.08 of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.08. Grant of Security Interest.
The Directing Holder hereby grants to the Master Servicer for
the benefit of the Certificateholders a security interest in and lien on all of
the Directing Holder's right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in and to: (1) the Collateral Account, (2) all amounts deposited in
the Collateral Account and Permitted Investments in which such amounts are
invested (and the distributions and proceeds of such investments) and (3) all
cash and non-cash proceeds of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of the
voluntary or involuntary conversion thereof (all of the foregoing collectively,
the "Collateral").
The Directing Holder hereby acknowledges the lien on and
security interest in the Collateral for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
The Directing Holder shall take all actions requested by the Master Servicer as
may be reasonably necessary to perfect the security interest created under this
Section 9.08 of this Agreement in the Collateral and cause it to be prior to
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all other security interests and liens, including the execution and delivery to
the Master Servicer for filing of appropriate financing statements in accordance
with applicable law. Upon receipt of duly filed financing statements, the Master
Servicer shall file appropriate continuation statements, or appoint an agent on
its behalf to file such statements, in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 9.09. Collateral Shortfalls.
In the event that amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account
at any time are insufficient to cover any withdrawals therefrom that the Master
Servicer is then entitled to make hereunder, the Directing Holder shall be
obligated to pay such amounts to the Master Servicer immediately upon demand.
Such obligation shall constitute a general obligation of the Directing Holder.
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
SECTION 10.01. Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of
All Mortgage Loans.
Subject to Section 10.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Fiscal Agent and the Trustee (other than the obligations of the Master Servicer
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.05 and of the Master Servicer to provide
for and the Trustee to make payments to Certificateholders as hereafter set
forth) shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders and the deposit of
all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required hereunder to be so
paid or deposited on the Distribution Date coinciding with or following the
earlier to occur (i) the purchase by the Master Servicer or the Depositor of all
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at a price
equal to the greater of (A) the aggregate Purchase Price of all the Mortgage
Loans included in the Trust Fund, plus the appraised value of each REO Property,
if any, included in the Trust Fund, such appraisal to be conducted by an
appraiser mutually agreed upon by such Holder and the Trustee in their
reasonable discretion and (B) the aggregate fair market value of all of the
assets of the Trust Fund (as determined by the Master Servicer or the Depositor
and the Trustee, as of the close of business on the third Business Day next
preceding the date upon which notice of any such termination is furnished to
Certificateholders pursuant to the third paragraph of this Section 10.01) and
(ii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund;
provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue
beyond 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.
The Master Servicer shall have the right to purchase all of
the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to
clause (i) of the preceding paragraph no later than the Determination Date in
the month immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which the Certificates
will be retired; provided, however, that the Master Servicer may elect to
purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust
Fund pursuant to clause (i) above only if the aggregate Legal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund after taking
into account all payments made in respect thereof through the last day of the
month preceding such date is less than 5% of the aggregate Legal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date.
Notice of any termination shall be given promptly by the
Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed (a) in the event such notice is
given in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and each REO
Property by the Master Servicer not earlier than the 15th day and not later than
the 25th day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on
the Certificates or (b) otherwise during the month of such final distribution on
or before the Determination Date in such month, in each case specifying (i) the
Distribution Date
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upon which the Trust Fund will terminate and final payment of the Certificates
will be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office of
the Trustee therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment, (iii)
that no interest shall accrue in respect of the Certificates from and after the
Interest Accrual Period relating to the final Distribution Date therefor and
(iv) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office of the Trustee. The Trustee shall give such notice to
the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. In the event such notice is given in connection with the
purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the
Trust Fund by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account not later than the last Business
Day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the
Certificates an amount in immediately available funds equal to the
above-described purchase price. Upon certification to the Trustee by a Servicing
Officer of the making of such final deposit the Trustee shall promptly release
to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans, and
the Trustee shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments
necessary to effectuate such transfer.
Upon presentation of the Certificates by the
Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute
to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates the
amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date in accordance with
Section 4.01 in respect of the Certificates so presented and surrendered. Any
funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates being retired on
such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to
tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust
and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders.
If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section
10.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after
the time specified in such notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the
remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or through an
agent, contact the remaining related non-tendering Certificateholders concerning
surrender of their Certificates in the manner reasonably specified to the
Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing. The costs and expenses of maintaining
the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out
of the assets remaining in the trust funds. If within two years after the second
notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation,
the Trustee shall pay to the Master Servicer all amounts distributable to the
Holders thereof and the Master Servicer shall thereafter hold such amounts for
the benefit of such Holders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any
Certificateholder on any amount held in trust or by the Master Servicer as a
result of such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for
final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 10.01.
Immediately following the deposit of funds in trust hereunder
in respect of the Certificates, the Trust Fund shall terminate.
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SECTION 10.02. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event that the Master Servicer or the Depositor, as
applicable, purchases all the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property or the final
payment on or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property
remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 10.01, the Trust Fund shall be
terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements:
(i) The Trustee shall specify the first day in the
90-day liquidation period in a statement attached to the Trust
Fund's final Tax Return pursuant to Treasury regulation
Section 1.860F-1 and shall satisfy all 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 or the
Depositor, as applicable;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or
prior to the time of making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the
Trust Fund to the Master Servicer or the Depositor, as
applicable, for cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on
the Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or
cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the
applicable Residual Certificates all cash on hand in the Trust
Fund (other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust
Fund shall terminate at that time.
(b) At the requesting parties expense, the Master Servicer or
the Depositor, as applicable, shall prepare the documentation required in
connection with the adoption of a plan of liquidation of a Trust Fund pursuant
to this Section 10.02.
(c) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the 90-day liquidation period
for the Trust Fund, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE XI
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. REMIC Administration.
(a) The Trustee shall elect each of REMIC I, REMIC II and
REMIC III as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under applicable state
law. Such election will be made on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or
information return or any appropriate state return for the taxable year ending
on the last day of the calendar year in which the Certificates are issued.
(b) The REMIC I Regular Interests are hereby designated as
"regular interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code), and
the Class R-I Certificates are hereby designated as the single class of
"residual interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code), in
REMIC I. The REMIC II Regular Interests are hereby designated as "regular
interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code), and the Class
R-II Certificates are hereby designated as the single class of "residual
interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code), in REMIC II.
The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class IO, Class B-1, Class B-2,
Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates, together with
Component A1-WAC, Component A2-WAC, Component A3-WAC, Component A4-WAC,
Component Arrearage, Component B1-WAC, Component B2-WAC, Component B3-WAC,
Component B4-WAC, Component B5-WAC and Component B6-WAC are hereby designated as
"regular interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code), and
the Class R-III Certificates are hereby designated as the single class of
"residual interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code), in
REMIC III. Neither the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall, to the extent
within the control of such Person, create or permit the creation of any other
"interests" in REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III (within the meaning of Treasury
regulation Section 1.860D-1(b)(1)).
(c) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day"
of each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(d) The Depositor shall pay out of its own funds, without any
right of reimbursement, any and all expenses relating to any tax audit of the
Trust Fund (including, but not limited to, any professional fees or any
administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to the Trust Fund that
involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities), other than the
expense of obtaining any tax related Opinion of Counsel except as specified
herein. The Trustee, as agent for REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III's tax matters
person, shall (i) act on behalf of each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III in
relation to any tax matter or controversy involving any of REMIC I, REMIC II or
REMIC III and (ii) represent each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III in any
administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any
governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The Plurality Residual
Certificateholders as to the applicable tax year shall be designated, in the
manner provided under Treasury regulations section 1.860F-4(d) and temporary
Treasury regulations
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section 301.6231(a)(7)-IT, as the tax matters person of each of REMIC I, REMIC
II and REMIC III. By their acceptance thereof, the holder of the Plurality
Residual Certificateholders as to the applicable tax year hereby agrees to
irrevocably appoint the Trustee or an Affiliate as its agent to perform all of
the duties of the tax matters person for each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC
III.
(e) The Trustee shall prepare, sign and file all of the Tax
Returns in respect of the REMICs created hereunder. The expenses of preparing
and filing such returns shall be borne by the Trustee without any right of
reimbursement therefor. The Master Servicer shall provide on a timely basis to
the Trustee or its designee such information with respect to the assets of the
Trust Fund as is in its possession and reasonably required by the Trustee to
enable it to perform its obligations under this Article.
(f) The Trustee shall perform on behalf of REMIC I, REMIC II
and REMIC III all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the
responsibility of the REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other
compliance guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local
taxing authority. Among its other duties, as required by the Code, the REMIC
Provisions or other such compliance guidance, the Trustee shall provide (i) to
any Transferor of a Residual Certificate such information as is necessary for
the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a Residual Certificate to
any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, (ii) to the Certificateholders
such information or reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions
including reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market
discount or premium (using the Prepayment Assumption as required) and (iii) to
the Internal Revenue Service the name, title, address and telephone number of
the person who will serve as the representative of each of REMIC I, REMIC II and
REMIC III. The Master Servicer shall provide on a timely basis to the Trustee
such information with respect to the assets of each of REMIC I, REMIC II and
REMIC III, including, without limitation, the Mortgage Loans, as is in its
possession and reasonably required by the Trustee to enable it to perform its
obligations under this subsection. In addition, the Depositor shall provide or
cause to be provided to the Trustee, within ten (10) days after the Closing
Date, all information or data that the Trustee reasonably determines to be
relevant for tax purposes as to the valuations and issue prices of the
Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment
assumption and projected cash flow of the Certificates.
(g) The Trustee shall take such action as are reasonably
within the Trustee's control and the scope of its duties more specifically set
forth herein as shall be necessary to create or maintain the status of the
REMICs created hereunder as REMICs under the REMIC Provisions (and the Master
Servicer shall assist it, to the extent reasonably requested by it). The Trustee
shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action, cause any of REMIC I,
REMIC II or REMIC III to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be
taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as
the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of any of REMIC I, REMIC II or
REMIC III as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon any of REMIC
I, REMIC II or REMIC III (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited
transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on
contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) (either such
event, an
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"Adverse REMIC Event") unless the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel,
addressed to the Trustee (at the expense of the party seeking to take such
action but in no event at the expense of the Trustee) to the effect that the
contemplated action will not, with respect to the REMICs created hereunder,
endanger such status or result in the imposition of such a tax, nor shall the
Master Servicer take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized
hereunder) as to which the Trustee has advised it in writing that it has
received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an Adverse REMIC Event could
occur with respect to such action. In addition, prior to taking any action with
respect to any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III or the assets of any of REMIC
I, REMIC II or REMIC III, or causing any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to
take any action, which is not expressly permitted under the terms of this
Agreement, the Master Servicer will consult with the Trustee or its designee, in
writing, with respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event
to occur with respect to any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III, and the Master
Servicer shall not take any such action or cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or
REMIC III to take any such action as to which the Trustee has advised it in
writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Trustee may consult with
counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the
party seeking to take the action not permitted by this Agreement, but in no
event shall such cost be an expense of the Trustee. At all times as may be
required by the Code, the Trustee will ensure that substantially all of the
assets of the REMIC created hereunder will consist of "qualified mortgages" as
defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code and "permitted investments" as defined
in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
(h) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of the REMICs created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2)
of the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of the REMICs as
defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to the REMICs after
the Startup Day therefor pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other
tax is imposed by the Code or any applicable provisions of state or local tax
laws, such tax shall be charged (i) to the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.03
hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any
of its obligations under this Article XI, (ii) to the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 11.03 hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by
the Master Servicer of any of its obligations under Article III or this Article
XI, or otherwise (iii) against amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account
and shall be paid by withdrawal therefrom.
(i) On or before April 15 of each calendar year, commencing
April 15, 1998, the Trustee shall deliver to the Master Servicer and each Rating
Agency a Certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Trustee stating the
Trustee's compliance with this Article XI.
(j) The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall, for federal
income tax purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each of REMIC I,
REMIC II and REMIC III on a calendar year and on an accrual basis.
(k) Following the Startup Day, the Trustee shall not accept
any contributions of assets to any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III other than
in connection with any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in
accordance with Section 2.03 unless it shall
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have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the inclusion of such
assets in the REMICs will not cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding or
subject any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to any tax under the REMIC
Provisions or other applicable provisions of federal, state and local law or
ordinances.
(l) Neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall enter
into any arrangement by which any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III will receive
a fee or other compensation for services nor permit any of REMIC I, REMIC II or
REMIC III to receive any income from assets other than "qualified mortgages" as
defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or "permitted investments" as defined
in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
SECTION 11.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee
shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in
connection with (i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not
limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by deed in
lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of the any of REMIC I, REMIC II or
REMIC III (iii) the termination of any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III
pursuant to Article X of this Agreement, (iv) a substitution pursuant to Article
II of this Agreement or (v) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II
or III of this Agreement), nor acquire any assets for any of REMIC I, REMIC II
or REMIC III (other than REO Property acquired in respect of a defaulted
Mortgage Loan), nor sell or dispose of any investments in the Collection Account
or the Distribution Account for gain, nor accept any contributions to any of
REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III after the Closing Date (other than a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in accordance with Section 2.03), unless it
has received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee (at the expense of
the party seeking to cause such sale, disposition, substitution, acquisition or
contribution but in no event an expense of the Trustee) that such sale,
disposition, substitution, acquisition or contribution will not (a) affect
adversely the status of any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC or (b)
cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to be subject to a tax on
"prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
SECTION 11.03. Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification.
(a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the
Depositor and the Master Servicer for any taxes and costs including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust
Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the
Trustee's covenants set forth in this Article XI.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund,
the Depositor, the Fiscal Agent and the Trustee for any taxes and costs
including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees imposed on or
incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Fiscal Agent or the Trustee, as a
result of a breach of the Master Servicer's covenants set forth in Article III
or this Article XI. In addition, the Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the
Trust
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Fund for any income, franchise or REMIC tax imposed on the Trust Fund by the
State of Florida.
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ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 12.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
parties hereto without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, (i) to cure
any ambiguity, (ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provisions herein, or
(iii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement, provided that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on
Mortgage Loans which are 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 at least 66% of the Voting Rights
allocated to such Class, or (iii) modify the consents required by the
immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) without the consent of the Holders of
all Certificates then outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to
this Section 12.01, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to Voting Rights with
respect to matters affecting such Certificates.
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 to the effect that such amendment will
not result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions 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 such amendment the Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 12.01 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
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of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders
shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to
this Section 12.01 shall be borne by the Person seeking the related amendment,
but in no event shall such Opinion of Counsel be an expense of the Trustee.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any
amendment pursuant to this Section that affects its rights, duties and
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 12.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, 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 servicing the larger aggregate principal amount
of Mortgage Loans and at the expense of the Certificateholders, but only upon
direction of the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the Trust Fund) to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially
affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
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 12.03. 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 representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the
Trust Fund, nor 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
expressly provided for 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 any 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 person 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 of any
provision 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
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written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25%
of the Voting Rights shall have made written request upon 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 15 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 is understood and intended, and 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 whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such
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 equal, ratable and common benefit of all
Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to
such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 12.04. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
SECTION 12.05. Notices.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received if personally
delivered at or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express
delivery service or delivered in any other manner specified herein, to (a) in
the case of the Depositor, Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048,
Attention: Mortgage Finance Group (telecopy number (212) 783-3895), or such
other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the other
parties hereto in writing by the Depositor, (b) in the case of the Master
Servicer, 1675 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 1002, West Palm Beach, Florida
33401, Attention: Secretary with a copy to the Servicing Department (telecopy
number: (561) 681-8177, or such other address or telecopy number as may
hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing by the Master
Servicer and (c) in the case of the Trustee, 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite
1740, Chicago, Illinois 60674-4107, Attention: Asset-Backed Securities Trust
Services Group, Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (telecopy number (312) 443- 2236),
or such other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the
other parties hereto in writing by the Trustee. Any notice required or permitted
to be given to a Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage
prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any
notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given when mailed, whether or not the
Certificateholder receives such notice. A copy of any notice required to be
telecopied hereunder also shall be mailed to the appropriate party in the manner
set forth above.
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SECTION 12.06. 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 12.07. Notice to Rating Agencies.
The Trustee shall use its best efforts promptly to provide
notice to the Rating Agencies with respect to each of the following of which it
has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Master Servicer Event of
Default that has not been cured or waived;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer
or the Trustee;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03;
5. The final payment to the Holders of any Class of
Certificates;
6. Any change in the location of the Collection Account
or the Distribution Account; and
7. Any event that would result in the inability of the
Trustee to make advances regarding delinquent
mortgage loans.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.02 and
the Master Servicer shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency copies of the
following:
1. Each annual statement as to compliance described in
Section 3.20; and
2. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.21.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 12.07 shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at
or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service
to Moody's Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007,
and to Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Company, 17 State Street,
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New York, New York 10004, or such other addresses as the Rating Agencies may
designate in writing to the parties hereto.
SECTION 12.08. Article and Section References.
All article and section references used in this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Fiscal Agent have caused their names to be signed hereto by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, in each case as of the day
and year first above written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Susan Mills
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Name: Susan Mills
Title: Assistant Vice President
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB,
as Master Servicer
By: /s/ David A. Holt
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Name: David A. Holt
Title: Vice President
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Narayanan Kutty
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Name: Narayanan Kutty
Title: Trust Officer
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
as Fiscal Agent
By: /s/ Kenneth M. Gonski
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Name: Kenneth M. Gonski
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Mary C. Casey
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Name: Mary C. Casey
Title: Vice President
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ___ day of April 1997, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Susan Mills, known to me to be an
Assistant Vice President of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., one
of the parties that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be
the person who executed it on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that
such party 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.
______________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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STATE OF FLORIDA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH )
On the ___ day of April 1997, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared S. Christopher Jones, known to me to be
a Sr. Vice President of Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said 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.
______________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF COOK )
On the ___ day of April 1997, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Michael B. Evans, known to me to be a
First Vice President of LaSalle National Bank, one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said 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.
______________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ___ day of April 1997, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared ________________________________, known
to me to be a _________________________ of ABN AMRO BANK N.V., one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said 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.
______________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Pass-Through Class Certificate Balance
Rate: _____% per annum of the Class A-1 Certificates as of the
Closing Date: $________________
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Initial Certificate Balance
of this Class A-1 Certificate
Closing Date: April 30, 1997 as of the Closing Date:
$______________________
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST CORPORATION, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ANY AGENT THEREOF FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN
SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. IN ADDITION, IF
THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES
IS REDUCED TO ZERO, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REDUCED
BY CERTAIN LOSSES AND EXPENSES EXPERIENCED BY THE TRUST FUND AS SET FORTH IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE
HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
This certifies that _____________________________ is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class A-1
Certificate (obtained by dividing the principal amount of this Class A-1
Certificate (its "Certificate Balance") as of the Closing Date by the aggregate
principal amount of all the Class A-1 Certificates (their "Class Certificate
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Balance") as of the Closing Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class A-1 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified
above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
(the "Depositor", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master Servicer", which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the
"Fiscal Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution, or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date (the "Record Date"), in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders of the
Class A-1 Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class A-1
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered owner of Certificates having an initial aggregate Certificate Balance
that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the
initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise by check
mailed by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution on
this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement
of any Realized Loss or Additional Trust Fund Expense previously allocated to
this Certificate) will be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or
such other location specified in the notice to the Holder hereof of such final
distribution. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no distributions
will be made with respect to a Certificate that has previously been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that
should have been surrendered as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain
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cases, prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including
the reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
Any distribution to the Holder of this Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Balance hereof is binding on such Holder and all
future Holders of this Certificate and any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
distribution is made upon this Certificate.
The Class A-1 Certificates are issuable in fully registered
certificated form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the
Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Class A-1 Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-1
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company
general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B)
to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or
interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with
assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in accordance with Section 5.02
of the Agreement.
No service charge will be imposed for any registration or
exchange of Class A-1 Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Class
A-1 Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
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certain limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the
status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-1 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Pass-Through Class Certificate Balance
Rate: _____% per annum of the Class A-2 Certificates as of the
Closing Date: $_____________
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Initial Certificate Balance
of this Class A-2 Certificate
Closing Date: April 30, 1997 as of the Closing Date:
$______________________
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST CORPORATION, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ANY AGENT THEREOF FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN
SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. IN ADDITION, IF
THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES
IS REDUCED TO ZERO, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REDUCED
BY CERTAIN LOSSES AND EXPENSES EXPERIENCED BY THE TRUST FUND AS SET FORTH IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE
HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
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This certifies that _____________________ is the registered
owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class A-2 Certificate
(obtained by dividing the principal amount of this Class A-2 Certificate (its
"Certificate Balance") as of the Closing Date by the aggregate principal amount
of all the Class A-2 Certificates (their "Class Certificate Balance") as of the
Closing Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the
Class A-2 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the
"Depositor", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master Servicer", which terms include any successor
entity under the Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the
"Fiscal Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution, or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date (the "Record Date"), in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders of the
Class A-2 Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class A-2
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered owner of Certificates having an initial aggregate Certificate Balance
that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the
initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise by check
mailed by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution on
this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement
of any Realized Loss or Additional Trust Fund Expense previously allocated to
this Certificate) will be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or
such other location specified in the notice to the Holder hereof of such final
distribution. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no distributions
will be made with respect to a Certificate that has previously been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that
should have been surrendered as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
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The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain cases,
prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including the
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
Any distribution to the Holder of this Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Balance hereof is binding on such Holder and all
future Holders of this Certificate and any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
distribution is made upon this Certificate.
The Class A-2 Certificates are issuable in fully registered
certificated form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the
Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Class A-2 Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-2
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company
general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B)
to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or
interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with
assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in accordance with Section 5.02
of the Agreement.
No service charge will be imposed for any registration or
exchange of Class A-2 Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Class
A-2 Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected
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Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive
and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and
of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this
Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain
limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the status
of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the Holders
of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-2 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-3
FORM OF CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-3 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Pass-Through Class Certificate Balance
Rate: _____% per annum of the Class A-3 Certificates as of the
Closing Date: $_________________
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Initial Certificate Balance
of this Class A-3 Certificate
Closing Date: April 30, 1997 as of the Closing Date:
$______________________
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST CORPORATION, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ANY AGENT THEREOF FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN
SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. IN ADDITION, IF
THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES
IS REDUCED TO ZERO, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REDUCED
BY CERTAIN LOSSES AND EXPENSES EXPERIENCED BY THE TRUST FUND AS SET FORTH IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE
HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
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This certifies that _______________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class A-3 Certificate (obtained by
dividing the principal amount of this Class A-3 Certificate (its "Certificate
Balance") as of the Closing Date by the aggregate principal amount of all the
Class A-3 Certificates (their "Class Certificate Balance") as of the Closing
Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class
A-3 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the "Depositor", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the
"Master Servicer", which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the "Fiscal
Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a summary
of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, capitalized terms have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution, or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date (the "Record Date"), in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders of the
Class A-3 Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class A-3
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered owner of Certificates having an initial aggregate Certificate Balance
that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the
initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise by check
mailed by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution on
this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement
of any Realized Loss or Additional Trust Fund Expense previously allocated to
this Certificate) will be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or
such other location specified in the notice to the Holder hereof of such final
distribution. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no distributions
will be made with respect to a Certificate that has previously been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that
should have been surrendered as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
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The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain cases,
prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including the
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
Any distribution to the Holder of this Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Balance hereof is binding on such Holder and all
future Holders of this Certificate and any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
distribution is made upon this Certificate.
The Class A-3 Certificates are issuable in fully registered
certificated form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the
Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Class A-3 Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-3
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company
general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B)
to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or
interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with
assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in accordance with Section 5.02
of the Agreement.
No service charge will be imposed for any registration or
exchange of Class A-3 Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Class
A-3 Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected
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Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive
and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and
of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this
Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain
limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the status
of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the Holders
of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-3 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-4
FORM OF CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-4 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Initial Pass-Through Class Certificate Balance
Rate: _____% per annum of the Class A-4 Certificates as of the
Closing Date: $___________________
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Initial Certificate Balance
of this Class A-4 Certificate
Closing Date: April 30, 1997 as of the Closing Date:
$______________________
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST CORPORATION, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ANY AGENT THEREOF FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES TO THIS
CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS APRIL 30, 1997. ASSUMING THAT
THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED PREPAYMENT SPEED OF 8% CPR, THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH NO MORE THAN $_____ OF OID PER $1,000 OF
INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS _____% PER ANNUM, AND THE
AMOUNT OF OID ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INITIAL ACCRUAL PERIOD IS NO MORE THAN $_____
PER $1,000 OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE, COMPUTED UNDER THE EXACT METHOD. NO
REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE
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MORTGAGE LOANS WILL NOT PREPAY OR, IF THEY DO, THAT THEY WILL PREPAY AT ANY
PARTICULAR RATE.]
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. IN ADDITION, IF
THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES
IS REDUCED TO ZERO, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REDUCED
BY CERTAIN LOSSES AND EXPENSES EXPERIENCED BY THE TRUST FUND AS SET FORTH IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE
HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
This certifies that ____________________ is the registered
owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class A-4 Certificate
(obtained by dividing the principal amount of this Class A-4 Certificate (its
"Certificate Balance") as of the Closing Date by the aggregate principal amount
of all the Class A-4 Certificates (their "Class Certificate Balance") as of the
Closing Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the
Class A-4 Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the
"Depositor", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master Servicer", which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the
"Fiscal Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution, or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date (the "Record Date"), in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders of the
Class A-4 Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class A-4
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered
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owner of Certificates having an initial aggregate Certificate Balance that is in
excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the initial
Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed
by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution on this
Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of
any Realized Loss or Additional Trust Fund Expense previously allocated to this
Certificate) will be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or
such other location specified in the notice to the Holder hereof of such final
distribution. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no distributions
will be made with respect to a Certificate that has previously been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that
should have been surrendered as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain cases,
prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including the
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
Any distribution to the Holder of this Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Balance hereof is binding on such Holder and all
future Holders of this Certificate and any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
distribution is made upon this Certificate.
The Class A-4 Certificates are issuable in fully registered
certificated form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the
Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Class A-4 Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-4
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company
general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B)
to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or
interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with
assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in accordance with Section 5.02
of the Agreement.
No service charge will be imposed for any registration or
exchange of Class A-4 Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Class
A-4 Certificates.
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The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the
status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-4 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-5
FORM OF CLASS A-WAC CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-WAC MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Pass-Through Class Certificate Balance
Rate: Variable of the Class A-WAC Certificates as of
the Closing Date: $_________________
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Class Notional Amount of
the Class A-WAC Certificates
Closing Date: April 30, 1997 as of the Closing Date:
$_____________________
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Initial Certificate Balance
of this Class A-WAC Certificate
Master Servicer: as of the Closing Date:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB $______________________
Trustee: Certificate Notional Amount
LaSalle National Bank of this Class A-WAC Certificate
as of the Closing Date:
Fiscal Agent $______________________
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Certificate No. ___
CUSIP:___________________
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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST CORPORATION, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ANY AGENT THEREOF FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT
CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN
SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
APPLYING THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID")
RULES TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS
APRIL 30, 1997. ASSUMING THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE NOT SUBJECT
TO ANY VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE HAS
BEEN ISSUED WITH NO MORE THAN $____ OF OID PER $100,000 OF INITIAL
CERTIFICATE NOTIONAL AMOUNT, THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS _____% PER
ANNUM, AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INITIAL ACCRUAL
PERIOD IS NO MORE THAN $_____ PER $100,000 OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE
NOTIONAL AMOUNT, COMPUTED UNDER THE EXACT METHOD. NO
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REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL NOT PREPAY OR, IF THEY DO,
THAT THEY WILL PREPAY AT ANY PARTICULAR RATE.
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. IN ADDITION, IF
THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES
IS REDUCED TO ZERO, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REDUCED
BY CERTAIN LOSSES AND EXPENSES EXPERIENCED BY THE TRUST FUND AS SET FORTH IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE
HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
This certifies that _________________________________ is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class A-WAC
Certificate (obtained by dividing the principal amount of this Class A-WAC
Certificate (its "Certificate Balance") as of the Closing Date by the aggregate
principal amount of all the Class A-WAC Certificates (their "Class Certificate
Balance") as of the Closing Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class A-WAC Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified
above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
(the "Depositor", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master Servicer", which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the
"Fiscal Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution, or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date (the "Record Date"), in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders of the
Class A-WAC Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class A-WAC
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent
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distributions) and is the registered owner of Certificates having an initial
aggregate Certificate Balance that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000
or (ii) two-thirds of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard
to any possible future reimbursement of any Realized Loss or Additional Trust
Fund Expense previously allocated to this Certificate) will be made in like
manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the
notice to the Holder hereof of such final distribution. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, no distributions will be made with respect to a
Certificate that has previously been surrendered as contemplated by the
preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that should have been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain cases,
prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including the
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
Any distribution to the Holder of this Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Balance hereof is binding on such Holder and all
future Holders of this Certificate and any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
distribution is made upon this Certificate.
The Class A-WAC Certificates are issuable in fully registered
certificated form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the
Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Class A-WAC Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-WAC
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices of the Certificate Registrar, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Class A-WAC Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company
general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B)
to any Person
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who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on
behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan,
unless such transfer is made in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Agreement.
No service charge will be imposed for any registration or
exchange of Class AWAC Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of Class A-WAC Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the
status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
<PAGE>
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-WAC Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
<PAGE>
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT A-6
FORM OF CLASS B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] CERTIFICATE
CLASS B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
[Initial] Pass-Through Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-
Rate: [Variable][_____% per annum] [1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates as of
the Closing Date:
$_______________________
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Initial Certificate Balance of the Class B-
[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificate
Closing Date: April 30, 1997 as of the Closing Date:
$______________________
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST CORPORATION, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUSTEE OR
ANY AGENT THEREOF FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
[THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (3) TO A
PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN
SUCH PARAGRAPHS) AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.]
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
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THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE SENIOR CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES TO
THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES TO THIS
CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS APRIL 30, 1997. ASSUMING THAT
THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED PREPAYMENT SPEED OF 8% CPR, THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH NO MORE THAN $_____ OF OID PER $1,000 OF
INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS _____% PER ANNUM, AND THE
AMOUNT OF OID ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INITIAL ACCRUAL PERIOD IS NO MORE THAN $_____
PER $1,000 OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE, COMPUTED UNDER THE EXACT METHOD. NO
REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL NOT PREPAY OR, IF THEY DO,
THAT THEY WILL PREPAY AT ANY PARTICULAR RATE.]
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. IN ADDITION, IF
THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES WITH HIGHER
NUMERICAL DESIGNATIONS OF THE SAME SERIES IS REDUCED TO ZERO, THE CERTIFICATE
BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REDUCED BY CERTAIN LOSSES AND EXPENSES
EXPERIENCED BY THE TRUST FUND AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE.
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This certifies that _______________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificate
(obtained by dividing the principal amount of this Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Certificate (its "Certificate Balance") as of the Closing Date by the aggregate
principal amount of all the Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates (their
"Class Principal Balance") as of the Closing Date) in that certain beneficial
ownership interest evidenced by all the Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates
in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the "Depositor", which term includes any
successor entity under the Agreement), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master
Servicer", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term includes any successor entity
under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the "Fiscal Agent", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined
herein, capitalized terms have the respective meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution (or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date) (the "Record Date"), in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders of the
Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date
pursuant to the Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the
Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled
thereto at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if
such Certificateholder shall have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions
no less than five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring
instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent
distributions) and is the registered owner of Certificates having an initial
aggregate Certificate Balance that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000
or (ii) two-thirds of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard
to any possible future reimbursement of any Realized Loss or Additional Trust
Fund Expense previously allocated to this Certificate) will be made in like
manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the
notice to the Holder hereof of such final distribution. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, no distributions will be made with respect to a
Certificate that has previously been surrendered as contemplated by the
preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that should have been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
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The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain cases,
prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including the
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
Any distribution to the Holder of this Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Balance hereof is binding on such Holder and all
future Holders of this Certificate and any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
distribution is made upon this Certificate.
The Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates are issuable in
fully registered form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in
the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates are exchangeable for
new Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
[No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of this
Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge
or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification
requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or
is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. Furthermore, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of
any interest in this Certificate may be made by a Certificate Owner except in
reliance on (i) Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a Qualified Institutional
Buyer that is a acquiring such interest for its own account or for the account
of another Qualified Institutional Buyer or (ii) Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act to an institutional "accredited investor" (within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and any entity in which
all the equity owners come within such paragraphs). If a transfer of this
Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other
than in connection with the initial issuance thereof or a transfer thereof by
the Depositor or one of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Registrar shall
refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may
conclusively rely upon) either: (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
F-1 to the Agreement and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective
Transferee substantially in the form attached either as Exhibit F-2A or as
Exhibit F-2B to the Agreement; or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under
the Securities Act (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Fiscal
Agent or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such),
together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such
transfer from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such
Certificateholder's prospective Transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is
based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar is
obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof
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under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not
otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificate or interest therein without registration or qualification. Any
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate or interests therein shall, and does hereby agree to indemnify, the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer and the
Certificate Registrar 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 this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company
general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B)
to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or
interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with
assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in accordance with Section 5.02
of the Agreement.
[As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices of the Certificate Registrar, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
No service charge will be imposed for any registration or
exchange of Class B- [1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates, but the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon
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the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, including any
amendment necessary to maintain the status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as
a REMIC, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class B-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-7
FORM OF CLASS IO CERTIFICATE
CLASS IO MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Pass-Through Class Notional Amount of
Rate: ____% per annum the Class IO Certificates
as of the Closing Date:
$_____________________
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997
Certificate Notional Amount
Closing Date: April 30, 1997 of this Class IO Certificate
as of the Closing Date:
First Distribution Date: $______________________
May 27, 1997
Fiscal Agent
Master Servicer: ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
Certificate No. ___
Trustee:
LaSalle National Bank CUSIP:___________________
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THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS SUCH
TRANSFER IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES TO THIS
CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS APRIL 30, 1997. ASSUMING THAT
THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT,
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH NO MORE THAN $____ OF OID PER $100,000 OF
INITIAL CERTIFICATE NOTIONAL AMOUNT, THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS _____% PER ANNUM,
AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INITIAL ACCRUAL PERIOD IS NO MORE THAN
$_____ PER $100,000 OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE NOTIONAL AMOUNT, COMPUTED UNDER THE
EXACT METHOD. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL NOT PREPAY
OR, IF THEY DO, THAT THEY WILL PREPAY AT ANY PARTICULAR RATE.
This certifies that _________________________________ is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class IO
Certificate (obtained by dividing the certificate notional amount of this Class
IO Certificate (its "Certificate Notional Amount") as of the Closing Date by the
certificate notional amount of all the Class IO Certificates (their "Certificate
Notional Amount") as of the Closing Date) in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class IO Certificates in the Trust Fund created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. (the "Depositor", which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master Servicer", which term includes
any successor entity under the Agreement), LaSalle National
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Bank (the "Trustee", which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the "Fiscal Agent", which term includes any
successor entity under the Agreement), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
capitalized terms have the respective meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution, or in the case
of the first Distribution Date, on the Closing Date (the "Record Date"), in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders of the
Class IO Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to the
Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class IO
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered owner of Certificates having an initial aggregate Certificate
Notional Amount that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the initial Certificate Notional Amount of such Class of
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard
to any possible future reimbursement of any Realized Loss or Additional Trust
Fund Expense previously allocated to this Certificate) will be made in like
manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the
notice to the Holder hereof of such final distribution. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, no distributions will be made with respect to a
Certificate that has previously been surrendered as contemplated by the
preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that should have been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain cases,
prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including the
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
Any distribution to the Holder of this Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Notional Amount hereof is binding on such Holder
and all future Holders of this Certificate and
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any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such distribution is made upon this
Certificate.
The Class IO Certificates are issuable in fully registered
certificated form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the
Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Class IO Certificates are exchangeable for new Class IO
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices of the Certificate Registrar, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Class IO Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and
collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts
or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company
general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B)
to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or
interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with
assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in accordance with Section 5.02
of the Agreement.
No service charge will be imposed for any registration or
exchange of Class IO Certificates, but the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Class
IO Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon
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the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, including any
amendment necessary to maintain the status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as
a REMIC, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
<PAGE>
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class IO Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
<PAGE>
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT A-8
FORM OF CLASS R-I CERTIFICATE
CLASS R-I MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Percentage Interest evidenced by
this Class R-I Certificate: 100.00%
Closing Date: April 30, 1997
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (3) TO A
PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN
SUCH PARAGRAPHS) AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED TO
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS
A-4, CLASS A-WAC, CLASS IO, CLASS B-1, CLASS B-2, CLASS B-3, CLASS B-4, CLASS
B-5 AND CLASS B-6 CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
CONSEQUENTLY, TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE ADDITIONAL TAX
RELATED TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF ANY PERSON BECOMES THE
REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN VIOLATION OF SUCH TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR
EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER
FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER
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OR UNDER THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS, IF ANY, ON THIS CERTIFICATE.
This certifies that __________________ is the registered owner
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class R-I Certificate (as specified
above) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class
R-I Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the "Depositor", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the
"Master Servicer", which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the "Fiscal
Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a summary
of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the respective
meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record
Date"), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced
by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders
of the Class R-I Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to
the Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class R-I
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered owner of Certificates having a 66% Percentage Interest of such Class
of Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address
of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made in like
manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the
notice to the Holder hereof of such final distribution. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, no distributions will be made with respect to a
Certificate that has previously been surrendered as contemplated by the
preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that should have been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain
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cases, prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including
the reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
The Class R-I Certificates are issuable in fully registered
form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the Agreement.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Class R-I Certificates are exchangeable for new Class R-I Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of this
Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge
or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification
requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or
is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. Furthermore, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of
any interest in this Certificate may be made by a Certificate Owner except in
reliance on (i) Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a Qualified Institutional
Buyer that is a acquiring such interest for its own account or for the account
of another Qualified Institutional Buyer or (ii) Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act to an institutional "accredited investor" (within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and any entity in which
all the equity owners come within such paragraphs). If a transfer of this
Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other
than in connection with the initial issuance thereof or a transfer thereof by
the Depositor or one of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Registrar shall
refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may
conclusively rely upon) either: (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
F-1 to the Agreement and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective
Transferee substantially in the form attached either as Exhibit F-2A or as
Exhibit F-2B to the Agreement; or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under
the Securities Act (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Fiscal
Agent or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such),
together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such
transfer from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such
Certificateholder's prospective Transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is
based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar is
obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificate or interest therein without registration or qualification. Any
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate or interests therein shall, and does hereby agree to indemnify, the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer and the
Certificate Registrar 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 this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts
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and annuities, Keogh plans and collective investment funds and separate accounts
in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, including, without
limitation, insurance company general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the
Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B) to any Person who is directly or indirectly
purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary
of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in
accordance with Section 5.02 of the Agreement.
Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in
this Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the provisions of Section
5.02(d) of the Agreement and, if any purported Transferee shall become a Holder
of this Certificate in violation of the provisions of such Section 5.02(d), to
have irrevocably authorized the Trustee under clause (iii)(A) of such Section
5.02(d) to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to have
irrevocably authorized the Trustee under clause (iii)(B) of such Section 5.02(d)
to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale and to execute all instruments of
Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale.
Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must
be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. In connection with any
proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate, the Certificate
Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of
this Certificate until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit H-1 to the Agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement") from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Certificate Registrar, representing and warranting, among other things, that
such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its
Ownership Interest in this Certificate as a nominee, trustee or agent for any
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its
Ownership Interest in this Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted
Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the
Agreement and agrees to be bound by them. Notwithstanding the delivery of a
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee, if a Responsible
Officer of the Certificate Registrar or Trustee has actual knowledge that the
proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in this Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
this Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership
Interest herein and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest herein unless it
provides to the Certificate Registrar a certificate substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit H-2 to the Agreement stating that, among other things, it
has no actual knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Certificate, by
purchasing such Ownership Interest herein, agrees to give the Trustee written
notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of
temporary Treasury regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon
acquiring such Ownership Interest, if it is, or is holding such Ownership
Interest on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder".
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The provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the Agreement may be
modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered
to the Trustee the following: (a) written confirmation from each Rating Agency
to the effect that the modification of, addition to or elimination of such
provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to qualify, downgrade or withdraw
its then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates; and (b) an Opinion of
Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that
such modification of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not
cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to (x) cease to qualify as a REMIC
or (y) be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any Class R-I
Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or cause a Person
other than the prospective Transferee to be subject to a REMIC-related tax
caused by the Transfer of a Class R-I Certificate to a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee.
A "Permitted Transferee" is any Transferee other than a
"Disqualified Organization" and a "Non-United States Person". A "Disqualified
Organization" is any of (i) the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is
a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for the
FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental
unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization, or any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than
certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is
exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural
electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381 of the Code and
(v) any other Person so designated by the REMIC Administrator based upon an
Opinion of Counsel provided to it that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate by such Person may cause the Trust Fund or any Person
having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such
Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that
would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms "United States", "State" and
"international organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701
of the Code or successor provisions.
A "Non-United States Person" is any Person other than a United
States Person. A "United States Person" is a citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an
estate or trust 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices of the Certificate Registrar, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Class R-I Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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No service charge will be imposed for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Class R-I Certificates, but the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Class R-I Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Service, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the
status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-I Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-9
FORM OF CLASS R-II CERTIFICATE
CLASS R-II MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Percentage Interest evidenced by
this Class R-II Certificate: 100.00%
Closing Date: April 30, 1997
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (3) TO A
PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN
SUCH PARAGRAPHS) AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED TO
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS
A-4, CLASS A-WAC, CLASS IO, CLASS B-1, CLASS B-2, CLASS B-3, CLASS B-4, CLASS
B-5 AND CLASS B-6 CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
CONSEQUENTLY, TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE ADDITIONAL TAX
RELATED TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF ANY PERSON BECOMES THE
REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN VIOLATION OF SUCH TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR
EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER
FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER
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OR UNDER THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS, IF ANY, ON THIS CERTIFICATE.
This certifies that __________________ is the registered owner
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class R-II Certificate (as
specified above) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class R-II Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the
"Depositor", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master Servicer", which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the
"Fiscal Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the
respective meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to
which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record
Date"), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced
by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders
of the Class R-II Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to
the Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class R-II
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered owner of Certificates having a 66% Percentage Interest of such Class
of Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address
of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made in like
manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the
notice to the Holder hereof of such final distribution. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, no distributions will be made with respect to a
Certificate that has previously been surrendered as contemplated by the
preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that should have been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain
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cases, prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including
the reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
The Class R-II Certificates are issuable in fully registered
form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the Agreement.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Class R-II Certificates are exchangeable for new Class R-II Certificates
in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest,
as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of this
Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge
or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification
requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or
is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. Furthermore, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of
any interest in this Certificate may be made by a Certificate Owner except in
reliance on (i) Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a Qualified Institutional
Buyer that is a acquiring such interest for its own account or for the account
of another Qualified Institutional Buyer or (ii) Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act to an institutional "accredited investor" (within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and any entity in which
all the equity owners come within such paragraphs). If a transfer of this
Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other
than in connection with the initial issuance thereof or a transfer thereof by
the Depositor or one of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Registrar shall
refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may
conclusively rely upon) either: (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
F-1 to the Agreement and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective
Transferee substantially in the form attached either as Exhibit F-2A or as
Exhibit F-2B to the Agreement; or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under
the Securities Act (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Fiscal
Agent or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such),
together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such
transfer from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such
Certificateholder's prospective Transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is
based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar is
obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificate or interest therein without registration or qualification. Any
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate or interests therein shall, and does hereby agree to indemnify, the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer and the
Certificate Registrar 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 this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts
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and annuities, Keogh plans and collective investment funds and separate accounts
in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, including, without
limitation, insurance company general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the
Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B) to any Person who is directly or indirectly
purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary
of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in
accordance with Section 5.02 of the Agreement.
Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in
this Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the provisions of Section
5.02(d) of the Agreement and, if any purported Transferee shall become a Holder
of this Certificate in violation of the provisions of such Section 5.02(d), to
have irrevocably authorized the Trustee under clause (iii)(A) of such Section
5.02(d) to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to have
irrevocably authorized the Trustee under clause (iii)(B) of such Section 5.02(d)
to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale and to execute all instruments of
Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale.
Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must
be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. In connection with any
proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate, the Certificate
Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of
this Certificate until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit H-1 to the Agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement") from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Certificate Registrar, representing and warranting, among other things, that
such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its
Ownership Interest in this Certificate as a nominee, trustee or agent for any
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its
Ownership Interest in this Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted
Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the
Agreement and agrees to be bound by them. Notwithstanding the delivery of a
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee, if a Responsible
Officer of the Certificate Registrar or Trustee has actual knowledge that the
proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in this Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
this Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership
Interest herein and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest herein unless it
provides to the Certificate Registrar a certificate substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit H-2 to the Agreement stating that, among other things, it
has no actual knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Certificate, by
purchasing such Ownership Interest herein, agrees to give the Trustee written
notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of
temporary Treasury regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon
acquiring such Ownership Interest, if it is, or is holding such Ownership
Interest on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder".
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The provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the Agreement may be
modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered
to the Trustee the following: (a) written confirmation from each Rating Agency
to the effect that the modification of, addition to or elimination of such
provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to qualify, downgrade or withdraw
its then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates; and (b) an Opinion of
Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that
such modification of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not
cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to (x) cease to qualify as a REMIC
or (y) be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any Class
R-II Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or cause a
Person other than the prospective Transferee to be subject to a REMIC-related
tax caused by the Transfer of a Class R-II Certificate to a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee.
A "Permitted Transferee" is any Transferee other than a
"Disqualified Organization" and a "Non-United States Person". A "Disqualified
Organization" is any of (i) the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is
a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for the
FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental
unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization, or any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than
certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is
exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural
electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381 of the Code and
(v) any other Person so designated by the REMIC Administrator based upon an
Opinion of Counsel provided to it that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate by such Person may cause the Trust Fund or any Person
having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such
Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that
would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms "United States", "State" and
"international organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701
of the Code or successor provisions.
A "Non-United States Person" is any Person other than a United
States Person. A "United States Person" is a citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an
estate or trust 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices of the Certificate Registrar, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Class R-II Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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No service charge will be imposed for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Class R-II Certificates, but the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Class R-II Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Service, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the
status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-II Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-10
FORM OF CLASS R-III CERTIFICATE
CLASS R-III MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE,
SERIES 1997-HUD1
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans"), such pool being formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Cut-off Date: April 1, 1997 Percentage Interest evidenced by
this Class R-III Certificate: 100.00%
Closing Date: April 30, 1997
First Distribution Date:
May 27, 1997 Fiscal Agent:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Master Servicer:
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB CUSIP: _____________
Trustee: Certificate No. ___
LaSalle National Bank
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THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (3) TO A
PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN
SUCH PARAGRAPHS) AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED TO
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB, LASALLE NATIONAL
BANK, ABN AMRO BANK N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS IS GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS
A-4, CLASS A-WAC, CLASS IO, CLASS B-1, CLASS B-2, CLASS B-3, CLASS B-4, CLASS
B-5 AND CLASS B-6 CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" (A "REMIC") AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE CODE.
CONSEQUENTLY, TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE ADDITIONAL TAX
RELATED TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF ANY PERSON BECOMES THE
REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN VIOLATION OF SUCH TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR
EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER
FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER
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OR UNDER THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS, IF ANY, ON THIS CERTIFICATE.
This certifies that __________________ is the registered owner
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class R-III Certificate (as
specified above) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class R-III Certificates in the Trust Fund created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the
"Depositor", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement),
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB (the "Master Servicer", which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), LaSalle National Bank (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the
"Fiscal Agent", which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the
respective meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to
which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
on the first Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record
Date"), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced
by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to all the Holders
of the Class R-III Certificates on the applicable Distribution Date pursuant to
the Agreement. All distributions made under the Agreement on the Class R-III
Certificates will be made by the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided the Trustee with wiring instructions no less than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the
form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) and is the
registered owner of Certificates having a 66% Percentage Interest of such Class
of Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address
of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made in like
manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the
notice to the Holder hereof of such final distribution. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, no distributions will be made with respect to a
Certificate that has previously been surrendered as contemplated by the
preceding sentence or, with limited exception, that should have been surrendered
as contemplated by the preceding sentence.
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Distribution Account and the Collection Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than, and, in certain
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cases, prior to, distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including
the reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans and the payment of interest on such advances and expenses.
The Class R-III Certificates are issuable in fully registered
form only without coupons in minimum denominations specified in the Agreement.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Class R-III Certificates are exchangeable for new Class R-III
Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of this
Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge
or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification
requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or
is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. Furthermore, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of
any interest in this Certificate may be made by a Certificate Owner except in
reliance on (i) Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a Qualified Institutional
Buyer that is a acquiring such interest for its own account or for the account
of another Qualified Institutional Buyer or (ii) Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act to an institutional "accredited investor" (within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and any entity in which
all the equity owners come within such paragraphs). If a transfer of this
Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other
than in connection with the initial issuance thereof or a transfer thereof by
the Depositor or one of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Registrar shall
refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may
conclusively rely upon) either: (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
F-1 to the Agreement and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective
Transferee substantially in the form attached either as Exhibit F-2A or as
Exhibit F-2B to the Agreement; or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under
the Securities Act (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Fiscal
Agent or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such),
together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such
transfer from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such
Certificateholder's prospective Transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is
based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar is
obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any
action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificate or interest therein without registration or qualification. Any
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate or interests therein shall, and does hereby agree to indemnify, the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer and the
Certificate Registrar 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 this Certificate or any interest therein shall
be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement,
including individual retirement accounts
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and annuities, Keogh plans and collective investment funds and separate accounts
in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, including, without
limitation, insurance company general accounts, that is subject to ERISA or the
Code (each, a "Plan"), or (B) to any Person who is directly or indirectly
purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary
of, as trustee of, or with assets of a Plan, unless such transfer is made in
accordance with Section 5.02 of the Agreement.
Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in
this Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the provisions of Section
5.02(d) of the Agreement and, if any purported Transferee shall become a Holder
of this Certificate in violation of the provisions of such Section 5.02(d), to
have irrevocably authorized the Trustee under clause (iii)(A) of such Section
5.02(d) to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to have
irrevocably authorized the Trustee under clause (iii)(B) of such Section 5.02(d)
to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale and to execute all instruments of
Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale.
Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must
be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. In connection with any
proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate, the Certificate
Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of
this Certificate until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit H-1 to the Agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement") from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Certificate Registrar, representing and warranting, among other things, that
such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its
Ownership Interest in this Certificate as a nominee, trustee or agent for any
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its
Ownership Interest in this Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted
Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the
Agreement and agrees to be bound by them. Notwithstanding the delivery of a
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee, if a Responsible
Officer of the Certificate Registrar or Trustee has actual knowledge that the
proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in this Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
this Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership
Interest herein and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest herein unless it
provides to the Certificate Registrar a certificate substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit H-2 to the Agreement stating that, among other things, it
has no actual knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Certificate, by
purchasing such Ownership Interest herein, agrees to give the Trustee written
notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of
temporary Treasury regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon
acquiring such Ownership Interest, if it is, or is holding such Ownership
Interest on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder".
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The provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the Agreement may be
modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered
to the Trustee the following: (a) written confirmation from each Rating Agency
to the effect that the modification of, addition to or elimination of such
provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to qualify, downgrade or withdraw
its then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates; and (b) an Opinion of
Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that
such modification of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not
cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to (x) cease to qualify as a REMIC
or (y) be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any Class
R-III Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or cause a
Person other than the prospective Transferee to be subject to a REMIC-related
tax caused by the Transfer of a Class R-III Certificate to a Person that is not
a Permitted Transferee.
A "Permitted Transferee" is any Transferee other than a
"Disqualified Organization" and a "Non-United States Person". A "Disqualified
Organization" is any of (i) the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is
a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for the
FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental
unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization, or any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than
certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is
exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural
electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381 of the Code and
(v) any other Person so designated by the REMIC Administrator based upon an
Opinion of Counsel provided to it that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate by such Person may cause the Trust Fund or any Person
having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such
Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that
would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms "United States", "State" and
"international organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701
of the Code or successor provisions.
A "Non-United States Person" is any Person other than a United
States Person. A "United States Person" is a citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an
estate or trust 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices of the Certificate Registrar, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Class R-III Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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No service charge will be imposed for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Class R-III Certificates, but the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Class R-III Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Fiscal Agent may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Service, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Fiscal Agent or any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Fiscal
Agent and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated
to the affected Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, including any amendment necessary to maintain the
status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
The registered Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund (to the extent of its rights therein)
for distributions hereunder.
This Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in said State, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the Holder
hereof shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-III Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: April 30, 1997
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Certificate Registrar
By:___________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund evidenced by the within
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of
transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust
Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Mortgage PassThrough Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the
above named assignee and deliver such Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate to the
following address:
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of Assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The Assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall, if permitted, be made by wire transfer or
otherwise, in immediately available funds, to___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ for the
account of_____________________________________________________________________.
Distributions made by check (such check to be made payable to
____________________) and all applicable statements and notices should be mailed
to ____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ___________________________, the
Assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT B
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION
April 30, 1997
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
1675 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1997
(the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, LaSalle National Bank and ABN AMRO
Bank N.V. (Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Agreement, we certify that, as to each
Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan
paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception
report annexed hereto as not being covered by this certification), (i) the
Mortgage Note included in each Mortgage File required to be delivered to us
pursuant to this Agreement is in our possession and (ii) such Mortgage Note has
been reviewed by us and appears regular on its face and relates to such Mortgage
Loan.
Attached is the Trustee's preliminary exceptions in accordance with
Section 2.02 of the Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity,
legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents
contained in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such Mortgage Loan, or (iii) whether any Mortgage File
included any of the documents specified in clause (v) of Section 2.01 of the
Agreement.
LaSalle National Bank
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
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EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF TRUSTEE FINAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
1675 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1997
(the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, LaSalle National Bank and ABN AMRO
Bank N.V. (Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the 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 on the
attachment hereto), it or a Custodian on its behalf has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the
following form: "Pay to the order of LaSalle National Bank, as
Trustee for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Series 1997-HUD1, without
recourse", with all prior and intervening endorsements showing
a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Person so endorsing to the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, and the original recorded power of attorney, if the
Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with
evidence of recording thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage executed in
the following form: "LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee for the
registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc., Series 1997-HUD1";
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments of
the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee
as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (iii);
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(v) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
any; and
(vi) the original or copies of each lender's title
insurance policy, together with all endorsements or riders
which were issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such
policy, insuring the priority of the Mortgage as a first lien
on the Mortgaged Property represented therein as a fee
interest vested in the Mortgagor.
Attached is the Trustee's exception report in accordance with Section
2.02 of the Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity,
legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents
contained in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness
or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
LaSalle National Bank
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of
April 29, 1997 and is between Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and Salomon Brothers Realty Corp., a New
York corporation (the "Seller"). The Seller sells, and the Purchaser purchases,
the mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") described in, and set forth in, the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 1. Reference is made to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among the Purchaser, as depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank
FSB, as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), LaSalle
National Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as fiscal
agent (the "Fiscal Agent"), relating to the issuance of the Purchaser's Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (the "Certificates"). Capitalized
terms used without definition herein shall have the respective meanings assigned
to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
1. PURCHASE PRICE; PURCHASE AND SALE. The purchase price (the "Purchase
Price") for the Mortgage Loans shall be 100.558% of the unpaid principal balance
thereof payable by the Purchaser to the Seller on April 30, 1997 (the "Closing
Date") in immediately available funds. The closing for the purchase and sale of
the Mortgage Loans shall take place at the offices of Thacher Proffitt & Wood,
New York, New York, at 9:00 a.m. New York time, on the Closing Date.
On the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price to the
Seller. The Seller hereby transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to
the Purchaser all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal received or receivable by
the Seller on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date,
together with all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to any
contractual rights against HUD relating to the Mortgage Loans and in and to the
proceeds of any related title, hazard, primary mortgage or other insurance
policies relating to the Mortgage Loans. In connection with such transfer and
assignment of the Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall promptly deliver to the
Purchaser all cash received by it in respect of the Mortgage Loans after the
Cut-off Date related to the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser hereby directs the
Seller, and the Seller hereby agrees, to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian on
its behalf, all documents, instruments and agreements related to the Mortgage
Loans, including but not limited to those specified in Section 2.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. (a) The Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Purchaser and any assignee or designee of the Purchaser as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that:
(i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York
with full power and authority to own its properties, to carry
on its business as presently conducted by it and to enter and
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
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(ii) The Seller has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it,
and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, but not limited to, the power and authority
to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with this Agreement and the Seller has duly executed and
delivered the Agreement;
(iii) Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Purchaser, this Agreement and all of the
obligations of the Seller hereunder are the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement
may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
liquidation, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating
to or affecting creditors' rights generally, (B) by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) or (C) public policy considerations underlying the
securities laws, to the extent that such public policy
considerations limit the enforceability of the provisions of
this Agreement which purport to provide indemnification from
securities laws liabilities;
(iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
performance of its obligations hereunder by the Seller does
not conflict with any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Seller or any law or
regulation to which the Seller is subject, or conflict with,
result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement or instrument
to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or any
order or decree applicable to the Seller, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Seller's
assets or property, which would materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Seller to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has obtained any
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement;
(v) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending against the
Seller in any court or by or before any other governmental
agency or instrumentality which would materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Seller to carry out its obligations
under this Agreement or have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition of the Seller or the ability of the Seller
to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and
(vi) The Seller is transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser
free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges and
security interests created by or through the Seller.
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(b) The Seller hereby represents, warrants and covenants to
the Purchaser and any assignee or designee of the Purchaser that as of the
Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein:
(i) The information set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule with
respect to each Mortgage Loan is true and correct in all
material respects as of the Cut-off Date, unless another date
is set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(ii) As of the Cut-off Date, except with respect to approximately
6.00% of the Mortgage Loans, by Unpaid Principal Balance as of
the Cut-off Date, each borrower has paid an amount equal to
97.5% of the aggregate amount of Original Scheduled Payments
due for the four calendar months immediately preceding the
Cut-off Date.
(iii) Each Mortgage Loan transferred hereunder is a valid first lien
on the Mortgaged Property subject only to (a) the lien of
current real property taxes and assessments, (b) covenants,
conditions and restriction, 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, and (c) other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do
not materially interfere with the benefits of the security
intended to be provided by such Mortgage;
(iv) Immediately prior to the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to
the Purchaser hereunder for deposit into the Trust Fund, 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 the Seller was the mortgagee of
record with respect to each Mortgage or will become the
mortgagee of record upon filing of the assignments (if any) to
the Seller referred to in Section 2.01(iv) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
(v) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien against any
Mortgaged Property that is superior in lien status to the
related Mortgage Loan;
(vi) There is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage transferred to the Trust Fund;
(vii) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there are no mechanics'
liens or claims for work, labor or material affecting any
Mortgaged Property which are or may be a lien prior to, or
equal with, the lien of the related Mortgage except those
which are insured against by the title insurance policy
referred to in (ix) below;
(viii) The Seller has not, except as the Mortgage File may reflect,
modified the Mortgage in any material respect, satisfied,
cancelled or subordinated such
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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 or satisfaction with respect thereto;
(ix) A lender's policy of title insurance or a commitment (binder)
to issue the same (or, in the case of Mortgaged Properties
located in areas in which such policies are not generally
available, an attorney's certificate or opinion of title) is
valid and remains in full force and effect;
(x) Each Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan
association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union,
insurance company or similar institution which is supervised
and examined by a federal or state authority, or by a
mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development;
(xi) Each Mortgage Loan, as of the Closing Date, is a fixed rate or
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan having an original term to
maturity from the date on which the first monthly payment is
due of generally not more than 30 years. The related Mortgage
Note is payable on the first day of each month in monthly
installments of principal and interest, with interest payable
in arrears;
(xii) Each Mortgage Loan is directly secured by a Mortgage on real
property and either (1) substantially all of the proceeds of
such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire or improve or protect
an interest in real property that, as of the origination date,
was the only security for the Mortgage Loan, provided, that
the Mortgage Loan has not been modified in a manner that
constituted a deemed exchange under Section 1001 of the Code
at a time when the Mortgage Loan was not in default or default
thereto was not reasonably foreseeable or (2) the fair market
value of such real property was at least equal to 80% of the
adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (A) at origination
(or, if the Mortgage Loan has been modified in a manner that
constituted a deemed exchange under Section 1001 of the Code
at a time when the Mortgage Loan was not in default or default
with respect thereto was not reasonably foreseeable, the date
of the last such modification) or (B) at the Startup Day;
(xiii) If the improvements securing a Mortgage Loan are in a
federally designated special flood hazard area, flood
insurance in the amount required under the program covers the
related Mortgaged Property (either by coverage under the
federal flood insurance program or by coverage by private
insurers);
(xiv) Each Mortgage Loan was originated generally in accordance with
the applicable HUD program;
(xv) The Seller has no reason to believe that each BPO that was
used to determine the value of the related Mortgaged Property
does not reflect the fair market value of the related
Mortgaged Property at the time of the BPO;
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(xvi) No misrepresentation of a material fact or fraud in respect of
the origination, modification or amendment of any Mortgage
Loan has taken place on the part of any person, including,
without limitation, the related mortgagor, any appraiser, any
builder or developer or any party involved in the origination
of such Mortgage Loan; and
(xvii) Each Mortgage Loan constitutes a qualified mortgage under
Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury Regulations
Section 1.860G-2(a)(1) and (3).
3. CURE OF BREACHES; REPURCHASE OR SUBSTITUTION OF MORTGAGE LOANS. (a)
Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially defective document in, or
that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File, the lack of which materially
and adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan, or of the breach by the
Seller of any representation, warranty or covenant under this Agreement in
respect of any related Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely affects the
value of such Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Purchaser or any
assignee or designee of the Purchaser, the party discovering such fact shall
promptly give or cause to be given written notice thereof to the other party
hereto. The Purchaser shall cause the Trustee to request that the Seller deliver
such missing document or cure such defect or breach within 60 days from the date
the Seller was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and if the
Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in
all material respects during such period, then (i) in connection with any such
breach that could not reasonably have been cured within such 60 day period, if
the Seller shall have commenced to cure such breach within such 60 day period,
to proceed thereafter diligently and expeditiously to cure the same within an
additional 60 day period and (ii) in connection with any such breach (subject to
clause (i) above) or in connection with any missing document or defect, to
repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price within 120 days after the
date on which the Seller was notified (subject to Section 2.03(e) of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement). In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as set
forth above, the Seller may substitute for such Mortgage Loan (in which case it
shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(b)
hereof. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure or
to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a document is
missing, a material defect in a constituent document exists or as to which such
a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Purchaser or any
assignee or designee of the Purchaser.
(b) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 3(a) by the Seller must be
effected prior to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for the
Trust Fund.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller
substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution
shall be effected by such Seller delivering to the Trustee, for such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and agreements, with all
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necessary prior and other endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2.01
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with an Officers' Certificate
providing that each such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the
definition thereof and specifying the Substitution Shortfall Amount (as
described below), if any, in connection with such substitution. Modified
Scheduled Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in
the month of substitution will be retained by the Seller. For the month of
substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will reflect the Modified
Monthly Payment due on such Deleted Mortgage Loan on or before the Due Date in
the month of substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain
all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. Upon
such substitution, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be
subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement, including as of the date
of substitution all applicable representations and warranties of the Seller in
Section 2(b) hereof.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the
Purchaser will cause to be determined the amount (the "Substitution Shortfall
Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as to each such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan, the Legal Balance thereof as of the date of substitution,
together with one month's interest on the related Scheduled Principal Balance at
the applicable Mortgage Rate. On the date of such substitution, the Seller will
deliver or cause to be delivered an amount equal to the Substitution Shortfall
Amount, if any.
In addition, the Seller shall obtain at its own expense and
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
substitution will not cause (A) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund,
including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited
transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after
the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or (B) any of REMIC I,
REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding.
(c) Upon discovery by the Purchaser or the Seller that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two
Business Days give written notice thereof to the other party hereto. In
connection therewith, the Seller shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 3(b), substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery
or receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. Any such
repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in
Section 3(a).
4. ASSIGNMENT TO TRUSTEE. The Seller consents to the assignment by the
Purchaser to the Trustee, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
for the benefit of the Holders of the Certificates, of all the Purchaser's
rights under this Agreement.
5. OPINIONS OF COUNSEL. The Seller hereby covenants to deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Purchaser, simultaneously with the execution hereof,
opinions of counsel as to various corporate matters in form satisfactory to the
Purchaser.
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6. NOTICES. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and
effective only upon receipt and, if sent to the Purchaser, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048,
Attention: Mortgage Finance Group, telephone: (212) 783-7000, facsimile: (212)
783-3895, or such other address as may be designated by the Purchaser to the
Seller in writing, or, if sent to the Seller, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to it at Salomon Brothers Realty Corp., Seven World
Trade Center, New York, New York 10048, Attention: Mortgage Finance Group,
telephone: (212) 783-7000, facsimile: (212) 783- 3895, or such other address as
may be designated by the Seller to the Purchaser in writing.
7. TRUSTEE BENEFICIARY. The representations, warranties and agreements
made by the Seller in this Agreement are made for the benefit of, and may be
enforced by or on behalf of, the Trustee and the Certificateholders to the same
extent that the Purchaser has rights against the Seller under this Agreement in
respect of representations, warranties and agreements made by the Seller herein
and such representations and warranties shall survive delivery of the respective
Mortgage Files to the Trustee until the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
8. MISCELLANEOUS. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Neither this Agreement nor
any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a
writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. This Agreement may not be changed in any
manner which would have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Certificates
without the prior written consent of the Trustee. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person
will have any right or obligation hereunder, other than as provided herein.
9. CHARACTERIZATION. It is the express intent of the parties hereto
that the conveyance contemplated by this Agreement be, and be treated for all
purposes as, a sale by the Seller of all the Seller's right, title and interest
in and to the Mortgage Loans. It is, further, not the intention of the parties
that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to
secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to
continue to be property of the Seller then (a) this Agreement shall also be
deemed to be a security agreement under applicable law; (b) the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans provided for herein shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller
to the Purchaser of a first priority security interest in all of the Seller's
right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and all amounts payable
to the holder of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into
cash, instruments, securities or other property; (c) the possession by the
Purchaser or any successor thereto of the related Mortgage Notes and such other
items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or
chattel paper shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured party" for
purposes of perfecting the
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security interest pursuant to Section 9-305 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction; and
(d) notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments,
receipts or confirmations from Persons holding such property, shall be deemed
notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial
intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser or any
successor thereto for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under
applicable law. Any assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to any
provision hereof shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security
interest created hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser and the Seller have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and
year first above written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By:
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Name: Susan Mills
Title: Assistant Vice President
SALOMON BROTHERS REALTY CORP.
By:
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Name: Susan Mills
Title: Authorized Agent
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Schedule 1
Mortgage Loan Schedule
(to be provided upon request)
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EXHIBIT E-1
FORM OF SERVICER REQUEST FOR RELEASE
[Date]
LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1740
Chicago, Illinois 60674-4105
Attention: ABS Group - Salomon 1997-HUD1
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1
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In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Files held by or
on behalf of you as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of April 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master
servicer, LaSalle National Bank as trustee (in such capacity, the "Trustee") and
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as fiscal agent, the undersigned hereby requests a release of
the Mortgage File (or the portion thereof specified below) held by or on behalf
of you as Trustee with respect to the following described Mortgage Loan for the
reason indicated below.
Mortgagor's Name:
Address:
Loan No.:
If only particular documents in the Mortgage File are requested, please specify
which:
Reason for requesting file (or portion thereof):
______ 1. Mortgage Loan paid in full.
The undersigned hereby certifies that all amounts
received in connection with the Mortgage Loan that
are required to be credited to the Collection Account
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, have
been or will be so credited.
______ 2. Other. (Describe)
The undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File (or requested
portion thereof) will be held by the undersigned in accordance with the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and will be returned to you or
your designee within ten (10) days of our
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receipt thereof, unless the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, in which case
the Mortgage File (or such portion thereof) will be retained by us permanently.
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB
as Master Servicer
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
[Date]
LaSalle National Bank, as Certificate Registrar
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1740
Chicago, Illinois 60674-4105
Attention: ABS Group - Salomon 1997-HUD1
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (The "Certificates")
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the
transfer by _________________ (the "Transferor") to _________________ (the
"Transferee") of Class ______ Certificates [having an initial [Certificate
Balance] [Certificate Notional Amount] as of April 30, 1997 (the "Closing Date")
of $__________] [evidencing a ____% Percentage Interest in the related Class]
(the "Transferred Certificates"). The Certificates, including the Transferred
Certificates, were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of April 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as
master servicer, LaSalle National Bank as trustee and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as
fiscal agent. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:
1. The Transferor is the lawful owner of the Transferred
Certificates with the full right to transfer such Certificates free
from any and all claims and encumbrances whatsoever.
2. Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has
(a) offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar
security to any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or
accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate, any
interest in any Certificate or any other similar security from any
person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with
respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any
other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) made any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or (e) taken any other action, which (in the case of any of the
acts described in clauses (a) through (e) hereof) would constitute a
distribution of any Certificate under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), or would render the disposition of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state
securities laws, or
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would require registration or qualification of any Certificate pursuant
to the Securities Act or any state securities laws.
Very truly yours,
_____________________________________
(Transferor)
By:__________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title:_______________________________
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EXHIBIT F-2A
FORM I OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
(FOR QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS)
[Date]
LaSalle National Bank, as Certificate Registrar
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1740
Chicago, Illinois 60674-4105
Attention: ABS Group - Salomon 1997-HUD1
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (the "Certificates")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the
transfer by _________________ (the "Transferor") to _________________ (the
"Transferee") of Class ______ Certificates [having an initial [Certificate
Balance] [Certificate Notional Amount] as of April 30, 1997 (the "Closing Date")
of $__________] [evidencing a ____% Percentage Interest in the related Class]
(the "Transferred Certificates"). The Certificates, including the Transferred
Certificates, were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of April 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as
master servicer, LaSalle National Bank as trustee and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as
fiscal agent. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:
1. The Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" (a
"Qualified Institutional Buyer) as that term is defined in Rule 144A
("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") and has completed one of the forms of certification
to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 and Annex 2. The Transferee
is aware that the sale to it of the Transferred Certificates is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Transferee is acquiring the
Transferred Certificates for its own account or for the account of a
Qualified Institutional Buyer, and understands that such Transferred
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.
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2. The Transferee has been furnished with all information
regarding (a) the Transferred Certificates and distributions thereon,
(b) the nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, (c)
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (d) any credit enhancement
mechanism associated with the Transferred Certificates, that it has
requested.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________
(Transferee)
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT F-2A
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[FOR TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and LaSalle National Bank, as Certificate
Registrar, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificates being
transferred (the "Transferred Certificates") as described in the Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates and to which this certification
is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the chief financial
officer, a person fulfilling an equivalent function, or other executive officer
of the entity purchasing the Transferred Certificates (the "Transferee").
2. The Transferee 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 Transferee owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis
$______________________1 in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year
(such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the
Transferee satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
___ CORPORATION, ETC. The Transferee is a corporation (other than
a bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or any
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
___ BANK. The Transferee (a) is a national bank or a banking
institution organized under the laws of any State, U.S.
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 statement, A COPY OF WHICH IS
ATTACHED HERETO, as of a date not more than 16 months
preceding the date of sale of the Certificate in the case of a
U.S. bank, and not more than 18 months preceding such date of
sale for a foreign bank or equivalent institution.
___ SAVINGS AND LOAN. The Transferee (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
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1 Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Transferee is a dealer, and, in that case,
Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000
in securities.
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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 statement, A COPY
OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO, as of a date not more than 16
months preceding the date of sale of the Certificate in the
case of a U.S. savings and loan association, and not more than
18 months preceding such date of sale for a foreign savings
and loan association or equivalent institution.
___ BROKER-DEALER. The Transferee is a dealer registered pursuant
to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
___ INSURANCE COMPANY. The Transferee 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, U.S. territory or the District of Columbia.
___ STATE OR LOCAL PLAN. The Transferee 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 Transferee is an employee benefit plan within
the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.
___ INVESTMENT ADVISOR. The Transferee is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended.
___ OTHER. (Please supply a brief description of the entity and a
cross-reference to the paragraph and subparagraph under
subsection (a)(1) of Rule 144A pursuant to which it qualifies.
Note that registered investment companies should complete
Annex 2 rather than this Annex 1.)____________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
3. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee, (ii) securities
that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Transferee, if
the Transferee 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. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Transferee, the
Transferee did not include any of the securities referred to in this paragraph.
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4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Transferee, the
Transferee used the cost of such securities to the Transferee, unless the
Transferee reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and no current information with respect to the cost
of those securities has been published, in which case the securities were valued
at market. Further, in determining such aggregate amount, the Transferee may
have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the Transferee, but only if
such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Transferee in its financial
statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Transferee's
direction. However, such securities were not included if the Transferee is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Transferee
is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
5. The Transferee acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule
144A and understands that the Transferor and other parties related to the
Transferred Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Transferee may be in reliance on
Rule 144A.
___ ___ Will the Transferee be purchasing the Transferred Certificates
Yes No only for the Transferee's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", then in
each case where the Transferee is purchasing for an account other than its own,
such account belongs to a third party that is itself a "qualified institutional
buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, and the "qualified institutional buyer"
status of such third party has been established by the Transferee through one or
more of the appropriate methods contemplated by Rule 144A.
7. The Transferee 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 Transferee's purchase of the Transferred
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the
date of such purchase. In addition, if the Transferee is a bank or savings and
loan as provided above, the Transferee agrees that it will furnish to such
parties any updated annual financial statements that become available on or
before the date of such purchase, promptly after they become available.
___________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Date:______________________________
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT F-2A
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[FOR TRANSFEREES THAT ARE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and LaSalle National Bank, as Certificate
Registrar, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificate being
transferred (the "Transferred Certificates") as described in the Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates and to which this certification
is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the chief financial
officer, a person fulfilling an equivalent function, or other executive officer
of the entity purchasing the Transferred Certificates (the "Transferee") or, if
the Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because the
Transferee is part of a Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is an
executive officer of the investment adviser (the "Adviser").
2. The Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as
defined in Rule 144A because (i) the Transferee is an investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and (ii) as
marked below, the Transferee alone owned and/or invested on a discretionary
basis, or the Transferee'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 Transferee's most recent fiscal year. For purposes
of determining the amount of securities owned by the Transferee or the
Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was
used, unless the Transferee or any member of the Transferee's Family of
Investment Companies, as the case may be, reports its securities holdings in its
financial statements on the basis of their market value, and no current
information with respect to the cost of those securities has been published, in
which case the securities of such entity were valued at market.
____ The Transferee owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis
$___________________ in securities (other than the excluded
securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Transferee 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 Transferee'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).
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4. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee or are part of the
Transferee'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. For purposes of determining the aggregate
amount of securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the
Transferee, or owned by the Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, the
securities referred to in this paragraph were excluded.
5. The Transferee is familiar with Rule 144A and understands
that the parties to which this certification is being made are relying and will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Transferee will be in reliance on Rule 144A.
____ ____ Will the Transferee be purchasing the Transferred
Yes No Certificates only for the Transferee's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", then in
each case where the Transferee is purchasing for an account other than its own,
such account belongs to a third party that is itself a "qualified institutional
buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, and the "qualified institutional buyer"
status of such third party has been established by the Transferee through one or
more of the appropriate methods contemplated by Rule 144A.
7. The undersigned will notify the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice, the Transferee's purchase of the Transferred Certificates
will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of
the date of such purchase.
_______________________________________
Print Name of Transferee or Adviser
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
_______________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
Date:__________________________________
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EXHIBIT F-2B
FORM II OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
(FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS)
[Date]
LaSalle National Bank, as Certificate Registrar
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1740
Chicago, Illinois 60674-4105
Attention: ABS Group - Salomon 1997-HUD1
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Mortgage Pass-
Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (the "Certificates")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the
transfer by _______________________ (the "Transferor") to
_______________________________ (the "Transferee") of Class ___ Certificates
[having an initial [Certificate Balance] [Certificate Notional Amount] as of
April 30, 1997 (the "Closing Date") of $__________] [evidencing a ___%
Percentage Interest in the related Class] (the "Transferred Certificates"). The
Certificates, including the Transferred Certificates, were issued pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer, LaSalle
National Bank as trustee (in such capacity, the "Trustee") and ABN AMRO Bank
N.V. as fiscal agent. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee
hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar,
that:
1. The Transferee is acquiring the Transferred Certificates
for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale or
transfer in connection with any distribution thereof, in whole or in part, in
any manner which would violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or any applicable state securities laws.
2. The Transferee understands that (a) the Class of
Certificates to which the Transferred Certificates belong has not been and will
not be registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under any
applicable state securities laws, (b) none of the Depositor, the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar is obligated so to register or qualify the Class of
Certificates to which the Transferred Certificates belong, and (c) no
Transferred Certificate may be resold or transferred unless it is (i) registered
pursuant to the Securities Act and registered or qualified pursuant any
applicable state securities laws or (ii) sold or transferred in transactions
which are exempt from such registration and qualification and the Certificate
Registrar has received either: (A) a certificate from the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
F-1 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and a certificate from such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached
either as Exhibit F-2A or as Exhibit F-2B to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; or
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(B) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee with respect to the
availability of such exemption from registration under the Securities Act,
together with copies of the written certification(s) from the transferor and/or
transferee setting forth the facts surrounding the transfer upon which such
opinion is based.
3. The Transferee understands that it may not sell or
otherwise transfer any Transferred Certificate except in compliance with the
provisions of Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which
provisions it has carefully reviewed, and that each Transferred Certificate will
bear the following legends:
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION
OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE
SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE MADE (A)
TO ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT IS
SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE"),
OR (B) TO ANY PERSON WHO IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PURCHASING THIS
CERTIFICATE OR SUCH INTEREST HEREIN ON BEHALF OF, AS NAMED FIDUCIARY
OF, AS TRUSTEE OF, OR WITH ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR
OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
4. Neither the Transferee nor anyone acting on its behalf has
(a) offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to
any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d) made any general solicitation with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar security by means of general advertising
or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action with respect to any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security,
which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e)
above) would constitute a distribution of the Transferred Certificates under the
Securities Act, would render the disposition of the Transferred Certificates
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a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities law or
would require registration or qualification of the Transferred Certificates
pursuant thereto. The Transferee will not act, nor has it authorized or will it
authorize any person to act, in any manner set forth in the foregoing sentence
with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security.
5. The Transferee has been furnished with all information
regarding (a) the Depositor, (b) the Transferred Certificates and distributions
thereon, (c) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Fund created
pursuant thereto, (d) the nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage
Loans, and (e) all related matters, that it has requested. If the Transferee did
not purchase the Transferred Certificates from the Transferor in connection with
the initial issuance of the Transferred Certificates and was provided with a
copy of the Private Placement Memorandum dated April 30, 1997 (the "PPM")
relating to the original sales (the "Original Sales") of the Certificates by the
Depositor, the Transferee acknowledges that the PPM was prepared by the
Depositor solely for use in connection with the Original Sales and the Depositor
did not participate in or facilitate in any way the acquisition of the
Transferred Certificate by the Transferee from the Transferor, and the
Transferee agrees that it will look solely to the Transferor and not to the
Depositor with respect to any damage, liability, claim or expense arising out
of, resulting from or in connection with (x) any error or omission, or alleged
error or omission, contained in the PPM, or (y) any information, development or
event arising after the date of the PPM.
6. The Transferee is an "accredited investor" as defined in
any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (7) of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act
or an entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs. The
Transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
Transferred Certificate; the Transferee has sought such accounting, legal and
tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment
decision; and the Transferee is able to bear the economic risks of such
investment and can afford a complete loss of such investment.
Very truly yours,
___________________________________
(Transferee)
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT F-3
FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
IN CONNECTION WITH ERISA
[Date]
LaSalle National Bank, as Certificate Registrar
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1740
Chicago, Illinois 60674-4105
Attention: ABS Group - Salomon 1997-HUD1
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Mortgage Pass-
Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (the "Certificates")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the
transfer by _________________ (the "Transferor") to _________________ (the
"Transferee") of Class ______ Certificates [having an initial Certificate
Balance as of April 30, 1997 (the "Closing Date") of $__________] [evidencing a
____% Percentage Interest in the related Class] (the "Transferred
Certificates"). The Certificates, including the Transferred Certificates, were
issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1,
1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. as depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer,
LaSalle National Bank as trustee and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as fiscal agent. All
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies, represents
and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, as follows (check the applicable
paragraph):
___ The Transferee is neither (A) an employee benefit plan or other
retirement arrangement, including an individual retirement account or
annuity, a Keogh plan or a collective investment fund or separate
account in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested,
including, without limitation, an insurance company general account,
that is subject to ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), nor (B) a Person
who is directly or indirectly purchasing the Transferred Certificates
on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with assets of a
Plan; or
___ The Transferee is using funds from an insurance company general account
to acquire the Transferred Certificates on back of this page, and the
acquisition and holding of the Transferred Certificates is permissible
under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will
not subject the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master
Servicer or the Trust Fund to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the purchase and
holding of such Certificates by such Person is exempt
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from the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA and
Section 4975 of the Code under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTCE") 95-60; or
___ The Transferee is an "investment fund" described in PTCE 84-14, and the
acquisition and holding of the Transferred Certificates is permissible
under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will
not subject the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master
Servicer or the Trust Fund to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the purchase and
holding of such Certificates by such Person is exempt from the
prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA and Section
4975 of the Code under PTCE 84-14; or
___ The Transferee is an insurance company, insurance service or insurance
organization (an "Insurer") qualified to do business in the applicable
state and the Insurer has issued to the Plan a "guaranteed benefit
policy" within the meaning of Section 401(b)(2) of ERISA such that the
assets of the Plan are deemed to include such policy but are not deemed
to include any assets of such Insurer pursuant to Section 401(b)(2) of
ERISA.
Very truly yours,
__________________________________
(Transferee)
By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
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EXHIBIT G-1
FILE LAYOUT FOR MASTER SERVICER REMITTANCE REPORT TO TRUSTEE
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EXHIBIT G-2
FILE LAYOUT FOR TRUSTEE DISTRIBUTION DATE REPORT TO
MASTER SERVICER
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EXHIBIT H-1
FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT
FOR TRANSFERS OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES
STATE OF )
) ss:
COUNTY OF )
____________________, being first duly sworn, deposes and says
that:
1. He/She is the ____________________ of ___________________,
(the prospective transferee (the "Transferee") of Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1,
Class [R-I] [R-II] [R-III], evidencing a ____% Percentage Interest in such Class
(the "Residual Certificates")), a ________________________ duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of ____________________, on behalf of which
he/she makes this affidavit. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to
which the Residual Certificates were issued (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement").
2. The Transferee (i) is, and as of the date of transfer will
be, a "Permitted Transferee" and will endeavor to remain a "Permitted
Transferee" for so long as it holds the Residual Certificates, and (ii) is
acquiring the Residual Certificates for its own account or for the account of
another prospective transferee from which it has received an affidavit in
substantially the same form as this affidavit. A "Permitted Transferee" is any
Person other than a "disqualified organization" or a possession of the United
States. (For this purpose, a "disqualified organization" means the United
States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality, all of
the activities of which are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of directors is not selected by
any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international
organization or any agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or
organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative, or any organization
(other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business
taxable income.
3. The Transferee is aware (i) of the tax that would be
imposed on transfers of the Residual Certificates to "disqualified
organizations" under the Code that applies to all transfers of the Residual
Certificates; (ii) that such tax would be on the transferor, or, if such
transfer is through an agent (which Person includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a nonPermitted Transferee, on the agent; (iii) that the Person
otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for the tax if the
transferee furnishes to such Person an affidavit that the transferee is a
Permitted Transferee and, at the time of transfer, such Person does not have
actual knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that the Residual
Certificates may be a "noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of
Treasury regulation Section 1.860E-1(c) and that the transferor of a
"noneconomic residual interest" will remain liable for any taxes due
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with respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant
purpose of the transfer is to enable the transferor to impede the assessment or
collection of tax.
4. The Transferee is aware of the tax imposed on a
"pass-through entity" holding the Residual Certificates if at any time during
the taxable year of the pass-through entity a non-Permitted Transferee is the
record holder of an interest in such entity. (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.)
5. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate Registrar will
not register any transfer of the Residual Certificates by the Transferee unless
the Transferee's transferee, or such transferee's agent, delivers to the
Certificate Registrar, among other things, an affidavit and agreement in
substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement. The Transferee
expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or
believes that any representation contained in such affidavit and agreement is
false.
6. The Transferee consents to any additional restrictions or
arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute
a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Residual Certificate will only be
owned, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is
_________________.
8. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section
5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a description of which
provisions is set forth in the Residual Certificates (in particular, clause
(iii)(A) of Section 5.02(d) which authorizes the Trustee to deliver payments on
the Residual Certificate to a Person other than the Transferee and clause
(iii)(B) of Section 5.02(d) which authorizes the Trustee to negotiate a
mandatory sale of the Residual Certificates, in either case, in the event that
the Transferee holds such Residual Certificates in violation of Section
5.02(d)); and the Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to comply with
such provisions.
9. No purpose of the Transferee relating to its purchase or
any sale of the Residual Certificates is or will be to impede the assessment or
collection of any tax.
10. The Transferee hereby represents to and for the benefit of
the transferor that the Transferee intends to pay any taxes associated with
holding the Residual Certificates as they become due, fully understanding that
it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the
Residual Certificates.
11. The Transferee will, in connection with any transfer that
it makes of the Residual Certificates, deliver to the Certificate Registrar a
representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement in which it will represent and warrant, among other
things, that it is not transferring the Residual Certificates to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax and that it has at the time of such transfer
conducted a
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reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the proposed transferee
as contemplated by Treasury regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and has
satisfied the requirements of such provision.
12. The Transferee is a citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, a partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an
estate or trust 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument
to be executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of
Directors, by its ____________________, attested by its ________________, this
___ day of April, 1997.
[TRANSFEREE]
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
ATTEST:
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
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 to me that he/she executed the same as his/her free act and
deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee
Subscribed and sworn before me this day of
_____________________, 199__.
____________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
COUNTY OF
STATE OF
My Commission expires the
_________ day of
___________, 19__.
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EXHIBIT H-2
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFERS OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES
[Date]
LaSalle National Bank, as Certificate Registrar
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1740
Chicago, Illinois 60674-4105
Attention: ABS Group - Salomon 1997-HUD1
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1997-HUD1 (the "Certificates")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the
transfer by _________________ (the "Transferor") to _________________ (the
"Transferee") of [Class R-I] [Class R-II] [Class R-III] Certificates evidencing
a ____% Percentage Interest in the related Class (the "Residual Certificates").
The Certificates, including the Residual Certificates, were issued pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
dated as of April 1, 1997, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
as depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer, LaSalle National Bank
as trustee and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as fiscal agent. All capitalized terms not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to
you, as Certificate Registrar, that:
1. No purpose of the Transferor relating to the transfer of
the Residual Certificates by the Transferor to the Transferee is or will be to
impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
2. The Transferor understands that the Transferee has
delivered to you a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement in the form attached to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit H-1. The Transferor does not know or
believe that any representation contained therein is false.
3. The Transferor has at the time of this transfer conducted a
reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee as
contemplated by Treasury regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result
of that investigation, the Transferor has determined that the Transferee has
historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant
evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not continue to pay its debts as
they become due in the future. The Transferor understands that the transfer of
the Residual Certificates may not be respected for United States income tax
purposes (and the Transferor may continue to be liable for United States income
taxes associated therewith) unless the Transferor has conducted such an
investigation.
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Very truly yours,
___________________________________
(Transferor)
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
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SCHEDULE I
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[TO BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST]
