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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): December 28, 1999
CWMBS, INC. (as depositor under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1999, providing for the
issuance of the CWMBS, INC., Residential Asset Securitization
Trust 1999-A9 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1999-A9).
CWMBS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 333-72655 95-4449516
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
4500 Park Granada
Calabasas, California 91302
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(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 304-5591
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Item 5. Other Events.
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On December 28, 1999, CWMBS, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 1999 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), by and among the Company, as depositor, IndyMac, Inc.
("IndyMac"), as seller and as master servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), providing for the issuance of the Company's Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1999-A9 (the "Certificates"). The Pooling
and Servicing Agreement is annexed hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Exhibits:
99.1. Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1999,
by and among the Company, IndyMac and the Trustee.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CWMBS, INC.
By: /s/ Celia Coulter
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Celia Coulter
Vice President
Dated: February 3, 2000
Exhibit Index
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Exhibit Page
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99.1. Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of December 1, 1999, by
and among, the Company, IndyMac
and the Trustee 5
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EXHIBIT 99.1
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EXECUTION COPY
CWMBS, INC.,
Depositor
INDYMAC, INC.,
Seller and Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 1, 1999
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RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST 1999-A9
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1999-I
Table of Contents
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Article I
DEFINITIONS
Article II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans......................II-1
Section 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans...II-4
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Seller and the Master Servicer....................II-6
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
as to the Mortgage Loans..........................II-8
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection
with Substitutions and Repurchases................II-8
Section 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates............II-9
Section 2.07. REMIC Matters.....................................II-9
Article III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans........III-1
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations
of Subservicers..................................III-2
Section 3.03. [Reserved].......................................III-2
Section 3.04. [Reserved].......................................III-2
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicers
and the Trustee..................................III-2
Section 3.06. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in
Respect of the Master Servicer...................III-2
Section 3.07. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer................III-3
Section 3.08. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Servicing
Accounts; Collection Account; Certificate Account;
Distribution Account.............................III-3
Section 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Escrow Accounts...........................III-6
Section 3.10. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.....................III-7
Section 3.11. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate
Account and the Distribution Account.............III-8
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance
of Primary Insurance Policies....................III-9
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements......................................III-11
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans............III-12
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.III-15
Section 3.16. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of
the Master Servicer to be Held for the Trustee..III-16
Section 3.17. Servicing Compensation..........................III-17
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance...............III-17
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants'
Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.......III-17
Section 3.20. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds..III-18
Article IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 4.01. Advances..........................................IV-1
Section 4.02. Priorities of Distribution........................IV-1
Section 4.03. [Reserved]........................................IV-5
Section 4.04. [Reserved]........................................IV-5
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses.....................IV-5
Section 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders..........IV-7
Section 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI
Certificates......................................IV-8
Section 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.....................................IV-10
Article V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates...................................V-1
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer
and Exchange of Certificates.......................V-1
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..V-6
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners..............................V-6
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses..........................................V-6
Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency....................V-6
Article VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer...................................VI-1
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer...................................VI-1
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and Others............VI-1
Section 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer..VI-2
Article VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.................................VII-1
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..........VII-2
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders................VII-3
Article VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of the Trustee............................VIII-1
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee............VIII-2
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans............................................VIII-3
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.....................VIII-3
Section 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses......................VIII-3
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee.........VIII-4
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee...........VIII-4
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee................................VIII-5
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee...........VIII-5
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee....VIII-5
Section 8.11. Tax Matters......................................VIII-7
Section 8.12. Periodic Filings.................................VIII-9
Article IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all
Mortgage Loans.................................. VIII-1
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates...........VIII-1
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements..............VIII-2
Article X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Amendment........................................X-1
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts...........X-2
Section 10.03. Governing Law....................................X-2
Section 10.04. Intention of Parties.............................X-3
Section 10.05. Notices..........................................X-3
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions.......................X-4
Section 10.07. Assignment.......................................X-4
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.......X-4
Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights......................X-5
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid........X-5
SCHEDULES
Schedule I: Mortgage Loan Schedule...........................S-I-1
Schedule II: Representations and Warranties of the
Seller/Master Servicer..........................S-II-1
Schedule III: Representations and Warranties as to the
Mortgage Loans.................................S-III-1
Schedule IV: [Reserved]......................................S-IV-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A: Form of Senior Certificate............................A-1
Exhibit B: Form of Subordinated Certificate......................B-1
Exhibit C: Form of Residual Certificate..........................C-1
Exhibit D: Form of Notional Amount Certificate...................D-1
Exhibit E: Form of Reverse of Certificates.......................E-1
Exhibit F: [Reserved]............................................F-1
Exhibit G: Form of Initial Certification of Trustee..............G-1
Exhibit H: Form of Final Certification of Trustee................H-1
Exhibit I: Form of Transfer Affidavit............................I-1
Exhibit J: Form of Transferor Certificate........................J-1
Exhibit K: Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A).............K-1
Exhibit L Form of Rule 144A Letter..............................L-1
Exhibit M: Form of Request for Release (for Trustee).............M-1
Exhibit N: Form of Request for Release (Mortgage Loan Paid in
Full, Repurchased and Released).......................N-1
Exhibit O: Form of Rule 144A Letter..............................O-1
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of December
1, 1999, among CWMBS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), INDYMAC, INC. ("IndyMac"), a Delaware corporation, as seller (in
such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such capacity, the
"Master Servicer"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking corporation organized
under the laws of the State of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH THAT
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby
conveyed to the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for
federal income tax purposes will consist of a single REMIC. The Certificates
will represent the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund. The
Regular Certificates will represent the "regular interests" in the Trust Fund
and the Residual Certificates will represent the single "residual interest" in
the Trust Fund. The "latest possible maturity date" for federal income tax
purposes of all interests created hereby will be the Latest Possible Maturity
Date.
The following table sets forth characteristics of the
Certificates, together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples
in excess thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one
Certificate of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount
and, in addition, one Residual Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person
Certificate may be issued in a different amount):
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Integral
Class Multiples
Certificate Pass-Through Minimum in Excess
Balance Rate Denomination of Minimum
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Class CB-1 $159,561,000.00 8.00000% $25,000 $1,000
Class NB-1 $90,448,000.00 8.00000% $25,000 $1,000
Class PO $840,435.00 N/A $25,000 $1,000
Class X (2) (3) $25,000(4) $1,000(4)
Class A-R $100.00 8.00000% $100 N/A
Class B-1 $8,838,000.00 8.00000% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-2 $5,031,000.00 8.00000% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-3 $2,583,000.00 8.00000% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-4 $1,904,000.00 8.00000% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-5 $816,000.00 8.00000% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-6 $1,903,532.55 8.00000% $100,000 $1,000
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(1) The Class PO Certificates will be Principal Only Certificates and
will not bear interest. The Class PO Certificates will be comprised
of two Components.
(2) The Class X Certificates will be Notional Amount Certificates
comprised of two Components. Each Component will have no principal
balance and will bear interest on its Component Notional Amount. The
Notional Amount of the Class X Certificates on any Distribution Date
will equal the sum of the Component Notional Amounts of the Class X-1
and Class X-2 Components, and will initially be $244,535,502.
(3) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X Certificates for any
Distribution Date will be equal to the weighted average of the
Pass-Through Rates of the Class X-1 and Class X-2 Components. The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-1 Component for any Distribution
Date will be equal to the excess of (a) the weighted average of the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Non-Discount Mortgage Loans in
Loan Group 1 over (b) 8.00% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate for the
Class X-2 Component for any Distribution Date will be equal to the
excess of (a) the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates
of the Non-Discount Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 over (b) 8.00% per
annum. The Pass-Through Rates for the Class X-1 and Class X-2
Components for the first Distribution Date are approximately 0.004%
per annum and approximately 0.002% per annum, respectively, and the
Pass-Through Rate for the Class X Certificates for the first
Distribution Date is approximately 0.003% per annum.
(4) The minimum denomination is based on the Notional Amount.
Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the
categories used herein:
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Accretion Directed
Certificates ................................... None.
Accrual Certificates................................. None.
Book-Entry Certificates.............................. All Classes of Certificates other than the Physical
Certificates.
COFI Certificates.................................... None.
Component Certificates............................... Class PO and Class X Certificates.
Components........................................... For purposes of calculating distributions of
principal and/or interest, the Component
Certificates, if any, will be comprised of multiple
payment components having the designations, Initial
Component Balances or Notional Amounts and
Pass-Through Rates set forth below:
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Initial
Component
Designation Principal Balance Pass-Through Rate
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Class PO-1 Component $436,141 (1)
Class PO-2 Component $404,294 (1)
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(1) The component does not bear interest.
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Initial
Component
Designation Notional Amount Pass-Through Rate
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Class X-1 Component $161,713,813 (1)
Class X-2 Component $82,821,689 (1)
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(1) As specified in footnote (3) above.
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Delay Certificates................................... All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other
than the Non-Delay Certificates, if any.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates.................................... Class X Certificates, Residual Certificates and
Subordinated Certificates.
Floating Rate Certificates........................... None.
Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates.................................... None.
LIBOR Certificates................................... None.
Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates..................... Class CB-1 Certificates and Class PO-1 and Class
X-1 Components.
Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates..................... Class NB-1 and Class A-R Certificates and Class
PO-2 and Class X-2 Components.
Non-Delay Certificates............................... None.
Notional Amount Certificates......................... Class X Certificates.
Offered Certificates................................. All Classes of Certificates other than the Private
Certificates.
Physical Certificates................................ Class X and Class A-R Certificates and the Private
Certificates.
Planned Principal Classes............................ None.
Primary Planned Principal
Classes......................................... None.
Principal Only Certificates.......................... Class PO Certificates.
Private Certificates................................. Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
Rating Agencies...................................... S&P and Duff & Phelps.
Regular Certificates................................. All Classes of Certificates other than the Class
A-R Certificates.
Residual Certificates................................ Class A-R Certificates.
Scheduled Principal Classes.......................... None.
Secondary Planned
Principal Classes............................... None.
Senior Certificate Group............................. The Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates or the Loan
Group 2 Senior Certificates, as applicable.
Senior Certificates.................................. Class CB-1, Class NB-1, Class PO, Class X and Class
A-R Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates............................ Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class
B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.
Targeted Principal Classes........................... None.
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With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to
which the corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions
herein relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect,
and any calculations herein incorporating references to such designations
shall be interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts.
Defined terms and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies
not designated above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect.
Article I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
Accretion Directed Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Accrual Amount: Not applicable.
Accrual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accrual Termination Date: Not applicable.
Additional Collateral: With respect to any Mortgage 100(SM)
Loan, the marketable securities held from time to time as security for the
repayment of such Mortgage 100(SM) Loan and any related collateral. With
respect to any Parent Power(SM) Loan, the third-party guarantee for such
Parent Power(SM) Loan, together with (i) any marketable securities held from
time to time as security for the performance of such guarantee and any related
collateral or (ii) any mortgaged property securing the performance of such
guarantee, the related home equity line of credit loan and any related
collateral. In each case, Additional Collateral includes any limited purpose
surety bond guaranteeing payment of shortfalls in the net proceeds realized
from the liquidation of such marketable securities ("Surety Bonds").
Additional Collateral Loan: Each Mortgage Loan that is a
Mortgage 100(SM) Loan or a Parent Power (SM) Loan.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at any
time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of the Master
Servicing Fee Rate and the related Servicing Fee Rate.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at
any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the related
Expense Rate. For purposes of determining whether any Substitute Mortgage Loan
is a Discount Mortgage Loan or a Non-Discount Mortgage Loan and for purposes
of calculating the applicable PO Percentage and applicable Non-PO Percentage,
each Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have an Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate equal to the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan for
which it is substituted.
Advance: As to a Loan Group, the payment required to be made
by the Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01, the amount of any such payment being equal to the aggregate of
payments of principal and interest (net of the Master Servicing Fee and the
applicable Servicing Fee and net of any net income in the case of any REO
Property) on the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group that were due on the
related Due Date and not received as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any such delinquent payments
that the Master Servicer has determined would constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance if advanced.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments or supplements hereto.
Allocable Share: As to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan (i) with respect to the Class X-1 and Class X-2 Components, (a)
the ratio that the excess, if any, of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with
respect to such Mortgage Loan over the Required Coupon bears to such Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate or (b) if the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with respect to
such Mortgage Loan does not exceed the Required Coupon, zero, (ii) with
respect to the Class PO-1 and Class PO-2 Components, zero and (iii) with
respect to each other Class of Certificates the product of (b) the lesser of
(I) the ratio that the Required Coupon bears to such Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate and (II) one, multiplied by (b) the ratio that the amount calculated with
respect to such Distribution Date (A) with respect to the Senior Certificates
of the related Senior Certificate Group, pursuant to clause (i) of the
definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount (without giving
effect to any reduction of such amount pursuant to Section 4.02(c)) and (B)
with respect to the Subordinated Certificates, pursuant to the definition of
Assumed Interest Amount or after a Senior Termination Date, pursuant to clause
(i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount (without
giving effect to any reduction of such amount pursuant to Section 4.02(d))
bears to the aggregate amount calculated with respect to such Distribution
Date for each such Class of Certificates pursuant to clause (i) of the
definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount (without giving
effect to any reduction of such amounts pursuant to Section 4.02(c)) or the
definition of Assumed Interest Amount, as applicable.
Amount Available for Senior Principal: As to any
Distribution Date and (a) Loan Group 1, the sum of (i) Available Funds for
such Distribution Date and Loan Group and (ii) Remaining Available Funds for
Loan Group 2 for such Distribution Date, reduced by the aggregate amount
distributable (or allocable to the Accrual Amount, if applicable) on such
Distribution Date in respect of interest on the related Senior Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(1)(i) or (b) Loan Group 2, the sum of (i)
Available Funds for such Distribution Date and Loan Group and (ii) Remaining
Available Funds for Loan Group 1 for such Distribution Date, reduced by the
aggregate amount distributable on such Distribution Date in respect of
interest on the related Senior Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(2)(i).
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution
Date and Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group, the aggregate amount held in the
Certificate Account at the close of business on the related Determination Date
on account of (i) Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds received in
the month of such Distribution Date relating to such Loan Group and (ii) all
Scheduled Payments due after the related Due Date relating to such Loan Group.
Applicable Credit Support Percentage: As defined in Section
4.02(e).
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect
to a Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a)
the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time
of the origination of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the
Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii)
with respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of such
Refinancing Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Additional Collateral Loan,
the Appraised Value of such Mortgage Loan does not include the value of the
Additional Collateral related to such Mortgage Loan.
Assumed Balance: With respect to any Distribution Date,
Class of Subordinated Certificates and Loan Group, each such Class' pro rata
interest (based on their respective Class Certificate Balances) in such Loan
Group equal to the product of the Subordinated Percentage for such Loan Group
as of such Distribution Date and the aggregate of the applicable Non-PO
Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Loan
Group as of the Due Date occurring in the month of such Distribution Date.
Assumed Interest Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date and Class of Subordinated Certificates, one month's interest accrued
during the related Interest Accrual Period at the Pass-Through Rate for such
Class on the applicable Assumed Balance.
Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date and the
Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount held in
the Certificate Account at the close of business on the related Determination
Date in respect of such Mortgage Loans net of the related Amount Held for
Future Distribution and net of amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the
Certificate Account pursuant to clauses (i) - (viii), inclusive, of Section
3.11(a) and amounts relating to such Loan Group in respect of such Mortgage
Loans and amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Distribution Account
pursuant to clauses (i) - (iii), inclusive, of Section 3.11(b) in respect of
such Mortgage Loans, (b) the amount of the related Advance, (c) in connection
with Defective Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group, as applicable, the aggregate
of the Purchase Prices and Substitution Adjustment Amounts deposited on the
related Distribution Account Deposit Date in respect of Mortgage Loans in such
Loan Group and (d) any amount deposited on the related Distribution Account
Deposit Date pursuant to Section 3.12 in respect of Mortgage Loans in such
Loan Group; provided, however, that on a Senior Termination Date, Available
Funds with respect to the Loan Group relating to the remaining Senior
Certificate Group shall include the Available Funds from the other Loan Group
after all distributions are made on the Senior Certificates of the other
Senior Certificate Group and on any Distribution Date thereafter, Available
Funds shall be calculated based on all the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage
Pool, as opposed to the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group. With respect
to each Additional Collateral Loan, Available Funds with respect to such
Mortgage Loans shall include any amounts received in respect of the Additional
Collateral related to such Additional Collateral Loan during the calendar
month preceding the related Distribution Date.
Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978, as amended.
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date: The point in time at
which the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Bankruptcy Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a
Bankruptcy Loss shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long as the
Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing that the Master Servicer
is diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with the
related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in
default with regard to payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of
principal and interest under the related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow
payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current
basis by the Master Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any Debt
Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation.
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: As of any Determination
Date, the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the Initial Bankruptcy
Coverage Amount as reduced by (i) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses
allocated to the Certificates since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any permissible
reductions in the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as evidenced by a letter of
each Rating Agency to the Trustee to the effect that any such reduction will
not result in a downgrading of the then current ratings assigned to the
Classes of Certificates rated by it.
Blanket Mortgage: The mortgage or mortgages encumbering the
Cooperative Property.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday,
or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York,
or the State of California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to be closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the
Trustee in substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or
Accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.08(e) with a depository institution in the name of the Master Servicer for
the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and designated
"IndyMac, Inc. in trust for the registered holders of CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates Series 1999-I".
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Certificate at any
date, the maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is
then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the Denomination thereof
(A) minus the sum of (i) all distributions of principal previously made with
respect thereto and (ii) all Realized Losses allocated thereto and, in the
case of any Subordinated Certificates, all other reductions in Certificate
Balance previously allocated thereto pursuant to Section 4.05 and (B) in the
case of any Class of Accrual Certificates, increased by the Accrual Amount
added to the Class Certificate Balance of such Class prior to such date.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for
the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate
registered in the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor
shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
amount of Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been
obtained; provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor)
owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates,
such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any
provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a
particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The
Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor
or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are
registered in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as
to any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date and
Class, the amount by which the amount described in clause (i) of the
definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class
exceeds the amount of interest actually distributed on such Class on such
Distribution Date pursuant to such clause (i).
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date and interest-bearing Class or, with respect to any
interest-bearing Component, any Component thereof, the sum of (i) one month's
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the
Pass-Through Rate for such Class, on the related Class Certificate Balance or
Notional Amount, as applicable, subject to reduction pursuant to Section
4.02(d), and (ii) any Class Unpaid Interest Amounts for such Class.
Class PO Component: The Class PO-1 Component or the Class
PO-2 Component, as applicable.
Class PO Deferred Amount: As to any Distribution Date and
Loan Group, the aggregate of the applicable PO Percentage of each Realized
Loss, other than any Excess Loss, on a Discount Mortgage Loan in that Loan
Group to be allocated to the related Class PO Component on such Distribution
Date on or prior to the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date or previously
allocated to that Class PO Component and not yet paid to the Holders of the
Class PO Certificates.
Class Subordination Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Class of Subordinated Certificates, the fraction
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Class Certificate
Balance of such Class of Subordinated Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Class
Certificate Balances of all Classes of Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts: As to any Distribution Date
and Class of interest-bearing Certificates, the amount by which the aggregate
Class Interest Shortfalls for such Class on prior Distribution Dates exceeds
the amount distributed on such Class on prior Distribution Dates pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount.
Closing Date: December 28, 1999.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any
successor or amendatory provisions.
COFI: The Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for
the Eleventh District Savings Institutions published by the Federal Home Loan
Bank of San Francisco.
COFI Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Collection Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts
established and maintained by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section
3.08(c).
Component: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Compensating Interest: As to either Loan Group and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to 0.125% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the preceding
calendar month.
Component Balance: With respect to any Class PO Component
and any Distribution Date, the Initial Component Balance thereof on the
Closing Date, less all amounts applied in reduction of the principal balance
of such Component and Realized Losses allocated thereto on previous
Distribution Dates.
Component Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or
an acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative
Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing
Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
Component Notional Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date and the Class X-1 and Class X-2 Components, the aggregate Stated
Principal Balances of the Non-Discount Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group as of the Due Date in the month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Cooperative
Shares and a Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements
owned by the Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual
dwelling units to the holders of the Cooperative Shares of the Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative
Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A single family dwelling located in a
Cooperative Property.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee
in the State of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at
the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 101 Barclay Street,
12E, New York, New York 10286 (Attn: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group, CWMBS,
Inc. Series 1999-I), facsimile no. (212) 815-4135 and which is the address to
which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Cut-off Date: December 1, 1999.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: $271,925,067.81.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the
Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off
Date.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which became
final and non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient
Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Debt Service Reduction Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that
became the subject of a Debt Service Reduction.
Defective Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which is required
to be repurchased pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an
amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or
any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any
Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which
valuation or reduction results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a
Physical Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry
Certificate pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which
all or a portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered to the Trustee on
the Closing Date. The number of Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans shall not exceed
30% of the aggregate number of Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(c).
Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "Delinquent" if any regularly
scheduled monthly payment due thereon is not made by the close of business on
the day such monthly payment is due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days Delinquent"
if such monthly payment has not been received by the close of business on the
corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which such
monthly payment was due. The determination of whether a Mortgage Loan is "60
days Delinquent", "90 days Delinquent", etc. shall be made in like manner.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount
set forth on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate" or the "Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if
neither of the foregoing, the Percentage Interest appearing on the face
thereof.
Depositor: CWMBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successor in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository
Trust Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of
the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State of New York.
Depository 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: As to any Distribution Date, the 18th
day of each month or if such 18th day is not a Business Day the next
succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if such next succeeding
Business Day is less than two Business Days prior to the related Distribution
Date, then the Determination Date shall be the next Business Day preceding the
18th day of such month.
Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate that is less than the Required Coupon.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08(f) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of
New York in trust for registered holders of CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1999-I". Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in
this Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution
Date, 12:30 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after
the initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in January 2000.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first
day of the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
Duff & Phelps: Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., or any
successor thereto. If Duff & Phelps is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for
notices to Duff & Phelps shall be Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., 17 State
Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10004 Attention: MBS Monitoring, or
such other address as Duff & Phelps may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and
the Master Servicer.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of
a depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of
a holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company, but only if
Moody's is not a Rating Agency) have the highest short-term ratings of each
Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii) an
account or accounts in a depository institution or trust company in which such
accounts are insured by the FDIC or the SAIF (to the limits established by the
FDIC or the SAIF) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise
secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with
respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first priority security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution or trust company in
which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or accounts
maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company, acting in its fiduciary capacity or
(iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may
bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition,
accounts maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established
and maintained pursuant to Section 3.09(a) hereof.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.
Excess Loss: The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss realized after
the Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss realized
after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or (iii) Bankruptcy Loss
realized after the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan, the amount, if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds of such
Mortgage Loan received in the calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, net of any amounts previously reimbursed to
the Master Servicer as Nonrecoverable Advance(s) with respect to such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the unpaid principal
balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month in
which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii) accrued
interest at the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last
paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the Due Date
applicable to the Distribution Date immediately following the calendar month
during which such liquidation occurred.
Expense Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the
related Servicing Fee, Master Servicing Fee and Trustee Fee.
Expense Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the
related Servicing Fee Rate, Master Servicing Fee Rate and Trustee Fee Rate.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a
corporate instrumentality of the United States created and existing under
Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any
successor thereto.
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and
Enforcement Act of 1989.
Fitch: Fitch IBCA, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch
is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch IBCA, Inc.,
One State Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Residential
Mortgage Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally
chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
Fraud Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a Fraud
Loss has occurred.
Fraud Losses: Realized Losses on Mortgage Loans as to which
a loss is sustained by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or
misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, including a
loss by reason of the denial of coverage under any related Primary Insurance
Policy because of such fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount: As of the Closing Date,
$5,438,501, subject to reduction from time to time, by the amount of Fraud
Losses allocated to the Certificates. In addition, on each anniversary of the
Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will be reduced as follows: (a)
on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Cut-off Date, to
an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the then current Pool Stated
Principal Balance and (ii) the excess of the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount as of
the preceding anniversary of the Cut-off Date over the cumulative amount of
Fraud Losses allocated to the Certificates since such preceding anniversary;
and (b) on the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, to zero.
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date: The point in time at
which the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Index: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the
COFI Certificates, the then applicable index used by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.07 to determine the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Interest
Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates.
Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person that clears through or maintains a
custodial relationship with a Depository Participant.
Initial Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: $100,000.
Initial Component Balance: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Initial LIBOR Rate: Not applicable.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included
in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any
Insurance Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to
any Insurance Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such
Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or
any other insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month
of such Distribution Date. With respect to each Class of Non-Delay
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the one-month period commencing on the
25th day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs and ending on the 24th day of the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to (a) any
Interest Accrual Period for any LIBOR Certificates and (b) any Interest
Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates for which the applicable Index is
LIBOR, the second Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual
Period.
Last Scheduled Distribution Date: The Distribution Date in
the month immediately following the month of the latest scheduled maturity
date for any of the Mortgage Loans.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date
following the third anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage
Loan having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan as to which the
lender (rather than the borrower) acquires the Primary Insurance Policy and
charges the related borrower an interest premium.
LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one-month
United States dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section
4.08.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution
Date, a defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was
liquidated in the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
and as to which the Master Servicer has certified (in accordance with this
Agreement) that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in
connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan including the final
disposition of an REO Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds,
received in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted
Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise
or amounts received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of
a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO
Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees,
Servicing Advances and Advances.
Loan Group: Either Loan Group 1 or Loan Group 2, as
applicable.
Loan Group 1: All Mortgage Loans identified as Loan Group 1
Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Loan Group 2: All Mortgage Loans identified as Loan Group 2
Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and
as to any date of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at
such date of determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property.
Lost Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the original of which
was permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Maintenance: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent
paid by the Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the
Proprietary Lease.
Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Regular
Certificates, the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the
aggregate, at least 51% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by all
Certificates of such Class.
Master Servicer: IndyMac, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
its successors and assigns, in its capacity as master servicer hereunder.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date,
12:30 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at the related
Master Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan or, in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in Full, interest at the Master Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such payment
of interest, subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.17.
Master Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, 0.041% per annum.
Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which the Master
Servicer has modified pursuant to Section 3.14(c).
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.06.
Moody's: Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or any successor
thereto. If Moody's is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's
shall be Moody's Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York
10007, Attention: Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address
as Moody's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real
property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage 100(SM) Loan: A Mortgage Loan that has a
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 95.00% and that is secured by
Additional Collateral, and is designated a "Mortgage 100(SM) Loan".
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents
delivered to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time
are held as a part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the
mortgage loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the related
Mortgaged Property.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from
time to time amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the addition of
Substitute Mortgage Loans and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the
Trust Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Schedule I, setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan by Loan Group:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name and the street address of
the Mortgaged Property, including the zip code;
(iii) the maturity date;
(iv) the original principal balance;
(v) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(vi) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(vii) the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off
Date;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) a code indicating whether the residential
dwelling at the time of origination was represented to be
owner-occupied;
(x) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling
is either (a) a detached single family dwelling, (b) a dwelling in a
PUD, (c) a condominium unit, (d) a two- to four-unit residential
property, or (e) a Cooperative Unit;
(xi) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan, and in the case of any Lender PMI Mortgage
Loan, a percentage representing the amount of the related interest
premium charged to the borrower;
(xii) the Mortgage Rate;
(xiii) the Servicing Fee Rate and the Master Servicing Fee
Rate;
(xiv) the purpose for the Mortgage Loan; and
(xv) the type of documentation program pursuant to which
the Mortgage Loan was originated.
Such schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described under
(v) above for all of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence
of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a
Mortgage Note from time to time, net of any interest premium charged by the
mortgagee to obtain or maintain any Primary Insurance Policy.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a
Mortgage Loan, which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related
Cooperative Shares and Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution
Date and Loan Group, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls experienced by the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group during the
related Prepayment Period exceeds an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group
for such Distribution Date and (b) the excess of the Compensating Interest
with respect to the Mortgage Loans of the other Loan Group for such
Distribution Date over Prepayment Interest Shortfalls experienced by the
Mortgage Loans in such other Loan Group during such Prepayment Period.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate that is greater than or equal to the Required
Coupon.
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date
and Loan Group, the sum of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of (a) all monthly
payments of principal due on each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group on the
related Distribution Date, (b) the principal portion of the purchase price of
each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group that was repurchased by the Seller
pursuant to this Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution
Adjustment Amount in connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan in such Loan
Group received with respect to such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds allocable to recoveries of principal of
Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group that are not yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans
received during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date, (e) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group that became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the amount of Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal
received with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and (f) all partial and full
Principal Prepayments received with respect to the Mortgage Loan in such Loan
Group during the related Prepayment Period. With respect to each Additional
Collateral Loan, the Non-PO Formula Principal Amount with respect to each such
Mortgage Loan shall include the applicable Non-PO Percentage of amounts
received in respect of principal of the Additional Collateral related to such
Additional Collateral Loan during the related Prepayment Period.
Non-PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, a
fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate of such Discount Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which
is the Required Coupon. As to any Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 100%.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously
made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer, that, in the good faith
judgment of the Master Servicer, will not be ultimately recoverable by the
Master Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided
pursuant to Section 9.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the
Certificates shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.
Notional Amount: With respect to the Class X Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the sum of the Component Notional Amounts of the
Class X-1 and Class X-2 Components.
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the
Preliminary Statement.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (i) signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a
Managing Director, a Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice
President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or
Assistant Secretaries of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or (ii) if
provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may
be, and delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee, as the case may be, as
required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, including in-house counsel,
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to
the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must
(i) in fact be independent of the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii) not
have any direct financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or
in any affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected with the Depositor or
the Master Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar functions.
Optional Termination: The termination of the trust created
hereunder in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 9.01(a).
Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage: With respect
to each of the following Classes of Subordinated Certificates, the
corresponding percentage described below, as of the Closing Date:
Class B-1 7.75%
Class B-2 4.50%
Class B-3 2.65%
Class B-4 1.70%
Class B-5 1.00%
Class B-6 0.70%
Original Mortgage Loan: The Mortgage Loan refinanced in
connection with the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Original Subordinated Principal Balance: On or prior to a
Senior Termination Date, the Subordinated Percentage for a Loan Group of the
aggregate of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balances
of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group, in each case as of the Cut-off Date;
or if such date is after a Senior Termination Date, the aggregate of the
principal balances of the Subordinated Certificates as of the Cut-off Date.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outside Reference Date: As to any Interest Accrual Period
for the COFI Certificates, the close of business on the tenth day thereof.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date
of determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated
under this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage
Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero which was not the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did
not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any
ownership interest in such Certificate including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether
direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.
Parent Power(SM) Loan: A Mortgage Loan that has a
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 95.00% and that is supported
by Additional Collateral, and is designated a "Parent Power(SM) Loan".
Pass-Through Rate: For any interest-bearing Class of
Certificates or Component, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the
manner described in the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage
interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related
Class, such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal
to the percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by
the aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the
following obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof, provided that such obligations are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower
rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of
each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any
state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper
and/or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company (or in the case of the principal
depository institution in a holding company system, the commercial
paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding
company, but only if Moody's is not a Rating Agency) are then rated
one of the two highest long-term and the highest short-term ratings
of each Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as
will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by
a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(v) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit
issued by any bank or trust company or savings institution to the
extent that such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank,
insurance company or other corporation acceptable to the Rating
Agencies at the time of the issuance of such agreements, as evidenced
by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into
with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (iv) above;
(viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped
coupons or instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of
the face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount
issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof which, at the time of such investment,
have one of the two highest ratings of each Rating Agency (except if
the Rating Agency is Moody's such rating shall be the highest
commercial paper rating of Moody's for any such securities), or such
lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies,
as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(ix) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the
highest rating assigned by each Rating Agency (except (i) if Fitch or
Duff & Phelps is a Rating Agency and has not rated the portfolio, the
highest rating assigned by Moody's and (ii) if S&P is a Rating
Agency, "AAAm-G" by S&P) and restricted to obligations issued or
guaranteed by the United States of America or entities whose
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America and repurchase agreements collateralized by such
obligations; and
(x) such other investments bearing interest or sold at a
discount acceptable to each Rating Agency as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency;
provided that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United
States, any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government,
International Organization or any agency or instrumentality of either of the
foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives
described in section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in
section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv)
rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C)
of the Code, (v) a Person that is not 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 federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States
unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form 4224, and (vi) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause
the REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and
"International Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701
of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision
thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and,
with the exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority
of its board of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date and
Class PO Component, the sum of the applicable PO Percentage of (a) the
principal portion of each Scheduled Payment (without giving effect, prior to
the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, to any reductions thereof caused by
any Debt Service Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each Mortgage Loan
in the related Loan Group on the related Due Date, (b) the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was repurchased
by the Seller or the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement as of such
Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution Adjustment Amount in connection with
any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group received with respect to
such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group that are not yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan
during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the
amount of Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to
such Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (f) all partial and
full Principal Prepayments on Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group
received during the related Prepayment Period; provided, however, that if a
Bankruptcy Loss that is an Excess Loss is sustained with respect to a Discount
Mortgage Loan that is not a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the PO Formula Principal
Amount will be reduced on the related Distribution Date by the applicable PO
Percentage of the principal portion of such Bankruptcy Loss. With respect to
each Additional Collateral Loan, the PO Formula Principal Amount with respect
to each such Mortgage Loan shall include the applicable PO Percentage of
amounts received in respect of principal of the Additional Collateral related
to such Additional Collateral Loan during the related Prepayment Period.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date,
the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans which
were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date.
PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the excess of the
Required Coupon over the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of such Discount Mortgage
Loan and the denominator of which is the Required Coupon. As to any
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 0%.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date,
Mortgage Loan and Principal Prepayment, the amount, if any, by which one
month's interest at the related Mortgage Rate (net of the related Master
Servicing Fee) on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount of interest
paid in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any
Mortgage Loan.
Principal Only Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal on a Mortgage
Loan (including the Purchase Price of any Modified Mortgage Loan purchased
pursuant to Section 3.14(c)) that is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and is not accompanied by an amount representing scheduled interest due
on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment. Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Master
Servicer in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made
by a Mortgagor or made pursuant to Section 3.14(c) of the entire principal
balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Pro Rata Share: As to any Distribution Date, the
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount and any Class of Subordinated
Certificates, the portion of the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount
allocable to such Class, equal to the product of the Subordinated Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and a fraction, the numerator of
which is the related Class Certificate Balance thereof and the denominator of
which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated
Certificates.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a
lease or occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of
related Cooperative Shares.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated
December 27, 1999 relating to the Offered Certificates.
PUD: Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Modified Mortgage Loan
or any Mortgage Loan required to be purchased by the Seller pursuant to
Section 2.02 or 2.03 or purchased at the option of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.14(b), an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase,
and (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (or at the
applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate if (x) the purchaser is the Master Servicer
or (y) if the purchaser is the Seller and the Seller is the Master Servicer)
from the date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the Due
Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to
Certificateholders; provided, however, that if such Mortgage Loan is a
Modified Mortgage Loan, the interest component of the Purchase Price shall be
computed (i) on the basis of the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate before
giving effect to the related modification and (ii) from the date to which
interest was last paid to the date on which such Modified Mortgage Loan is
assigned to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.14(c).
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company
duly qualified as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of
business and each state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection
with the insurance policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed
in such states to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such
states and to write the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by
it, approved as a FNMA- or FHLMC-approved mortgage insurer or having a claims
paying ability rating of at least "AA" or equivalent rating by a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization. Any replacement insurer with
respect to a Mortgage Loan must have at least as high a claims paying ability
rating as the insurer it replaces had on the Closing Date.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If either such organization or a successor is no longer
in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee.
References herein to a given rating or rating category of a Rating Agency
shall mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage
Loan, an amount (not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the
Stated Principal Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of
such liquidation, plus (ii) interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate from
the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced (and not
reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the Due Date in the month in which
Liquidation Proceeds are required to be distributed on the Stated Principal
Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus (iii) the
Liquidation Proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such
liquidation occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient
Valuation, if the principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has
been reduced, the difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Debt
Service Reduction and any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the
principal portion of the related Scheduled Payment has been reduced.
Recognition Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan,
an agreement between the Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan which establishes the rights of such originator in the
Cooperative Property.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in
which such applicable Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.08 hereof.
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in
connection with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Relief Act: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
Relief Act Reductions: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of
interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended calendar month as a
result of the application of the Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which (i)
interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended
calendar month is less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month
pursuant to the Mortgage Note.
Remaining Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date and
Loan Group, Available Funds for such Loan Group remaining after making the
distributions pursuant to, with respect to Loan Group 1, Section 4.02(a)(1)
and, with respect to Loan Group 2, Section 4.02(a)(2).
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within
the meaning of section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final
regulation, revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement
or interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the
Closing Date.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections
860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related
provisions, and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust
Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by
the Master Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits M
and N, as appropriate.
Required Coupon: 8.00% per annum.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, any insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time
under this Agreement.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee,
any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, any Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Restricted Classes: As defined in Section 4.02(e).
SAIF: The Savings Association Insurance Fund, or any
successor thereto.
S&P: Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for
notices to S&P shall be Standard & Poor's, 55 Water Street, New York, New York
10041, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address as
S&P may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Scheduled Balances: Not applicable.
Scheduled Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a
Mortgage Loan due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on
such Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise specified herein, shall give effect
to any related Debt Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects
the amount of the monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan,
the agreement between the owner of the related Cooperative Shares and the
originator of the related Mortgage Note, which defines the terms of the
security interest in such Cooperative Shares and the related Proprietary
Lease.
Seller: IndyMac, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor.
Senior Certificate Group: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date: The date on which the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinated Certificates has been
reduced to zero.
Senior Percentage: As to any Senior Certificate Group and
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of
which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of each Class of
Senior Certificates of such Senior Certificate Group (other than the
applicable Class PO Component) immediately prior to such date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of
the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
as of the Due Date in the month of such Distribution Date; provided, however,
that on any Distribution Date after a Senior Termination Date, the Senior
Percentage for the Senior Certificates of the remaining Senior Certificate
Group is the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of each such Class of Senior
Certificates (other than the applicable Class PO Component) immediately prior
to such date and the denominator is the aggregate of the Class Certificate
Balances of all Classes of Certificates (other than the applicable Class PO
Component), immediately prior to such date.
Senior Prepayment Percentage: As to a Senior Certificate
Group and any Distribution Date during the five years beginning on the first
Distribution Date, 100%. The Senior Prepayment Percentage for any Distribution
Date occurring on or after the fifth anniversary of the first Distribution
Date will, except as provided herein, be as follows: for any Distribution Date
in the first year thereafter, the related Senior Percentage plus 70% of the
related Subordinated Percentage for such Distribution Date; for any
Distribution Date in the second year thereafter, the related Senior Percentage
plus 60% of the related Subordinated Percentage for such Distribution Date;
for any Distribution Date in the third year thereafter, the related Senior
Percentage plus 40% of the related Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; for any Distribution Date in the fourth year thereafter,
the related Senior Percentage plus 20% of the related Subordinated Percentage
for such Distribution Date; and for any Distribution Date thereafter, the
related Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date (unless on any
Distribution Date the Senior Percentage exceeds the initial Senior Percentage
of such Senior Certificate Group, in which case the Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will once again equal 100%).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no decrease in the Senior Prepayment Percentage
will occur unless both of the Senior Step Down Conditions are satisfied.
Senior Principal Distribution Amount: As to any Distribution
Date and Senior Certificate Group, the sum of (i) the related Senior
Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in
clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount"
with respect to the related Loan Group for such Distribution Date, (ii) with
respect to any Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the related Senior Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan and (y) either (A) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage or (B), if an
Excess Loss was sustained with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan during
such preceding calendar month, the related Senior Percentage, of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage, of the amount of the Liquidation Proceeds
allocable to principal received with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (iii)
the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage
of amounts described in clause (f) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula
Principal Amount", with respect to such Loan Group for such Distribution Date;
provided, however that if a Bankruptcy Loss that is an Excess Loss is
sustained with respect to a Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that is
not a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount will
be reduced on the related Distribution Date by the related Senior Percentage
of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the principal portion of such
Bankruptcy Loss; provided further, however, on any Distribution Date after a
Senior Termination Date, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for the
remaining Senior Certificate Group will be calculated pursuant to the above
formula based on all the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool, as opposed to
the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group and, if such Distribution Date is
a Senior Termination Date, shall be reduced by the amount of the principal
distribution made pursuant to (a) if the Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates are
reduced to zero on such date, Section 4.02(a)(1)(iii)(y) or (b) if the Loan
Group 2 Senior Certificates are reduced to zero on such date, Section
4.02(a)(2)(ii)(y).
Senior Step Down Conditions: With respect to each Loan Group: (i) the
outstanding principal balance of all mortgage loans in a Loan Group delinquent
60 days or more (averaged over the preceding six month period), as a
percentage of (a) if such date is on or prior to a Senior Termination Date,
the Subordinated Percentage for such loan group of the aggregate of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the
mortgage loans in that loan group, or (b) if such date is after a Senior
Termination Date, the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the subordinated
certificates, does not equal or exceed 50%, and (ii) cumulative Realized
Losses on the mortgage loans in each loan group do not exceed: (a) for the
Distribution Date on the fifth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 30%
of (i) if such date is on or prior to a Senior Termination Date, the
Subordinated Percentage for that loan group of the aggregate of the applicable
Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balances of the mortgage loans in
that loan group, in each case as of the Cut-off Date or (ii) if such date is
after a Senior Termination Date, the aggregate of the principal balances of
the subordinated certificates as of the Cut-off Date (in either case the
"original subordinate principal balance"), (b) for the Distribution Date on
the sixth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 35% of the original
subordinate principal balance, (c) for the Distribution Date on the seventh
anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 40% of the aggregate of the
original subordinate principal balance, (d) for the Distribution Date on the
eighth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 45% of the aggregate of the
original subordinate principal balance, and (e) for the Distribution Date on
the ninth anniversary of the first Distribution Date, 50% of the aggregate of
the original subordinate principal balance.
Senior Termination Date: For Senior Certificate Group 1, the
Distribution Date on which the Class Certificate Balance of the Loan Group 1
Senior Certificates (other than the Class PO-1 Component) has been reduced to
zero. For Senior Certificate Group 2, the Distribution Date on which the Class
Certificate Balances of the Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates (other than the
Class PO-2 Component) have been reduced to zero.
Servicing Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts
created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.08(b) hereof.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary
"out of pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master
Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost
of (i) (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (b) expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.14 and any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (c)
the management and liquidation of any REO Property and (d) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.12; and (ii) reasonable compensation to the Master
Servicer or its affiliates for acting as broker in connection with the sale of
foreclosed Mortgaged Properties and for performing certain default management
and other similar services (including, but not limited to, appraisal services)
in connection with the servicing of defaulted Mortgage Loans; provided,
however, that for purposes of this clause (ii), only costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of activities generally considered
to be outside the scope of customary servicing or master servicing duties
shall be treated as Servicing Advances.
Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at the applicable Servicing Fee
Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
per annum rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the
Mortgage Loans whose name and facsimile signature appear on a list of
servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the
Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as such list may from time to time be
amended.
Servicing Standard: That degree of skill and care exercised
by the Master Servicer with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the
Mortgage Loans serviced by the Master Servicer for itself or others.
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date: The point in time
at which the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Special Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss suffered by a
Mortgaged Property on account of direct physical loss, but not including (i)
any loss of a type covered by a hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance
policy required to be maintained with respect to such Mortgaged Property
pursuant to Section 3.10 to the extent of the amount of such loss covered
thereby, or (ii) any loss caused by or resulting from:
(a) normal wear and tear;
(b) fraud, conversion or other dishonest act on the part of
the Trustee, the Master Servicer or any of their agents or employees
(without regard to any portion of the loss not covered by any errors
and omissions policy);
(c) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty
materials, unless the collapse of the property or a part thereof
ensues and then only for the ensuing loss;
(d) nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or
radioactive or chemical contamination, all whether controlled or
uncontrolled, and whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate
or remote or be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or
aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of the term "Special
Hazard Loss";
(e) hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war,
including action in hindering, combating or defending against an
actual, impending or expected attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power, de jure or
de facto, or by any authority maintaining or using military,
naval or air forces; or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power,
authority or forces;
(f) any weapon of war employing nuclear fission,
fusion or other radioactive force, whether in time of peace or
war; or
(g) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped
power or action taken by governmental authority in hindering,
combating or defending against such an occurrence, seizure or
destruction under quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by
order of any government or public authority, or risks of contraband
or illegal transportation or trade.
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount: With respect to the
first Distribution Date, $5,972,353. With respect to any Distribution Date
after the first Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the greatest of (i) 1% of
the aggregate of the principal balances of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) twice the
principal balance of the largest Mortgage Loan and (iii) the aggregate of the
principal balances of all Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties
located in the single California postal zip code area having the highest
aggregate principal balance of any such zip code area and (b) the Special
Hazard Loss Coverage Amount as of the Closing Date less the amount, if any, of
Special Hazard Losses allocated to the Certificates since the Closing Date.
All principal balances for the purpose of this definition will be calculated
as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date after giving effect to Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage
Loans then due, whether or not paid.
Special Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as
to which a Special Hazard Loss has occurred.
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due
Date, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date
as specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before
any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or
similar waiver or grace period) after giving effect to any previous partial
Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other
than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of
principal due on such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency in payment
by the related Mortgagor.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subordinated Percentage: As to any Distribution Date on or
prior to a Senior Termination Date and Loan Group, 100% minus the Senior
Percentage for the Senior Certificate Group relating to such Loan Group for
such Distribution Date. As to any Distribution Date after a Senior Termination
Date, 100% minus the Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date.
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage: As to any Distribution
Date and Loan Group, 100% minus the related Senior Prepayment Percentage for
such Distribution Date.
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date, an amount calculated for each Loan Group as follows:
(A) the sum of (i) the Subordinated Percentage of the applicable Non-PO
Percentage for such Loan Group of all amounts described in clauses (a) through
(d) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for such
Distribution Date, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group
that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the
amount of the Liquidation Proceeds allocated to principal received with
respect thereto remaining after application thereof pursuant to clause (ii) of
the definition of Senior Principal Distribution Amount, up to the Subordinated
Percentage for such Loan Group of the applicable Non-PO Percentage for such
Loan Group of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and (iii) the
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of all
amounts described in clause (f) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal
Amount" for such Distribution Date reduced by (B) the amount of any payments
in respect of Class PO Deferred Amounts on the related Distribution Date;
provided, however, that on any Distribution Date after a Senior Termination
Date, the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount will not be calculated by
Loan Group but will equal the amount calculated pursuant to the formula set
forth above based on the applicable Subordinated Percentage for the
Subordinated Certificates for such Distribution Date with respect to all of
the Mortgage Loans as opposed to the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group.
Subservicer: Any Person to which the Master Servicer has
contracted for the servicing of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 3.02.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the
Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such
substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form
of Exhibit M, (i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the
principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution,
not in excess of, and not more than 10% less than, the Stated Principal
Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) be accruing interest (net of the
related Servicing Fee) at a rate no lower than and not more than 1% per annum
higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value
Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan or be supported by
Additional Collateral if such Substitute Mortgage Loan has a Loan-to-Value
Ratio in excess of 95%; (iv) have a remaining term to maturity no greater than
(and not more than one year less than that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v)
not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative
Loan and (vi) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in
Section 2.03 hereof.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such
term pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.
Targeted Balance: Not applicable.
Targeted Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Tax Matters Person: The person designated as "tax matters
person" in the manner provided under Treasury regulation ss. 1.860F-4(d) and
temporary Treasury regulation ss. 301.6231(a)(7)-1T. Initially, the Tax Matters
Person shall be the Trustee.
Tax Matters Person Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate
with a Denomination of $0.05.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder
consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received
on or with respect thereto after the Cut-off Date, other than such amounts
which were due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date; (ii) the
Certificate Account and the Distribution Account and all amounts deposited
therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii)
property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure,
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; and (iv) all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing.
Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a
successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the Pool Stated Principal
Balance with respect to such Distribution Date.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
per annum rate agreed upon in writing on or prior to the Closing Date by the
Trustee and the Depositor.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of
the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to each Class of
Notional Amount Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among
the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests), and (b) the remaining Voting Rights (or 100%
of the Voting Rights if there is no Class of Notional Amount Certificates)
shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in
proportion to the Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on
such date.
Withdrawal Date: The 18th day of each month, or if such day
is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the
Depositor, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Seller
in and to (i) 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 and all interest and principal payments on the Mortgage
Loans received prior to the Cut-off Date in respect of installments of
interest and principal due thereafter, but not including payments of principal
and interest due and payable on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date and (ii) with respect to the Additional Collateral Loans, all Additional
Collateral related thereto and all proceeds thereof. On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Depositor or, at the Depositor's
direction, to the Trustee or other designee of the Depositor, the Mortgage
File for each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (except that,
in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, such delivery may take place
within five Business Days following the Closing Date). Such delivery of the
Mortgage Files shall be made against payment by the Depositor of the purchase
price, previously agreed to by the Seller and Depositor, for the Mortgage
Loans. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that does not have a first payment
date on or before the Due Date in the month of the first Distribution Date,
the Seller shall deposit into the Distribution Account on the first
Distribution Account Deposit Date an amount equal to one month's interest at
the related Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Cut-off Date Principal Balance
of such Mortgage Loan. If the Seller shall fail to deposit such amount by the
first Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Trustee shall deposit such
amount.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all
the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund,
together with the Depositor's right to require the Seller to cure any breach
of a representation or warranty made herein by the Seller or to repurchase or
substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance herewith.
(c) In connection with the transfer and assignment set forth in
clause (b) above, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the
Trustee (or, in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, will deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee within five Business Days following the
Closing Date) for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following
documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) (A) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by manual or facsimile
signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to the order of _______
______ without recourse", with all intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person
endorsing the Mortgage Note (each such endorsement being sufficient
to transfer all right, title and interest of the party so endorsing,
as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note); or
(B) with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note
affidavit from the Seller stating that the original Mortgage Note
was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of such Mortgage Note;
(ii) except as provided below, the original recorded Mortgage or a
copy of such Mortgage certified by the Seller (or, in the case of a
Mortgage for which the related Mortgaged Property is located in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a copy of such Mortgage certified by the
applicable notary) as being a true and complete copy of the Mortgage;
(iii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which
may be included in a blanket assignment or assignments), together
with, except as provided below, all interim recorded assignments of
such mortgage (each such assignment, when duly and validly completed,
to be in recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of
and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the
assignment relates); provided, that if the related Mortgage has not
been returned from the applicable public recording office, such
assignment of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be provided
by the recording office; provided, further that such assignment of
Mortgage need not be delivered in the case of a Mortgage for which
the related Mortgage Property is located in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
(iv) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any;
(v) except as provided below, the original or duplicate original
lender's title policy and all riders thereto; and
(vi) in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of the
following documents or instruments:
(A) The Cooperative Shares, together with a stock
power in blank;
(B) The executed Security Agreement;
(C) The executed Proprietary Lease;
(D) The executed Recognition Agreement;
(E) The executed UCC-1 financing statement with
evidence of recording thereon which have been filed in all
places required to perfect the Seller's interest in the
Cooperative Shares and the Proprietary Lease; and
(F) Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other
appropriate UCC financing statements required by state law,
evidencing a complete and unbroken line from the mortgagee
to the Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or in a
form suitable for recordation).
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the
Depositor cannot deliver (a) the original recorded Mortgage, (b) all interim
recorded assignments or (c) the lender's title policy (together with all
riders thereto) satisfying the requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (v)
above, respectively, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof
because such document or documents have not been returned from the applicable
public recording office in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, or because
the title policy has not been delivered to either the Master Servicer or the
Depositor by the applicable title insurer in the case of clause (v) above, the
Depositor shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, in the case of clause (ii) or
(iii) above, such original Mortgage or such interim assignment, as the case
may be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from
the public recording office, or a copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by
the relevant recording office, but in no event shall any such delivery of the
original Mortgage Loan and each such interim assignment or a copy thereof,
certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording office, be made later
than one year following the Closing Date, or, in the case of clause (v) above,
later than 120 days following the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the
event the Depositor is unable to deliver by such date each Mortgage and each
such interim assignment by reason of the fact that any such documents have not
been returned by the appropriate recording office, or, in the case of each
such interim assignment, because the related Mortgage has not been returned by
the appropriate recording office, the Depositor shall deliver such documents
to the Trustee as promptly as possible upon receipt thereof and, in any event,
within 720 days following the Closing Date. The Depositor shall forward or
cause to be forwarded to the Trustee (a) from time to time additional original
documents evidencing an assumption or modification of a Mortgage Loan and (b)
any other documents required to be delivered by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer to the Trustee. In the event that the original Mortgage is not
delivered and in connection with the payment in full of the related Mortgage
Loan the public recording office requires the presentation of a "lost
instruments affidavit and indemnity" or any equivalent document, because only
a copy of the Mortgage can be delivered with the instrument of satisfaction or
reconveyance, the Master Servicer shall execute and deliver or cause to be
executed and delivered such a document to the public recording office. In the
case where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage or
in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of
the original recorded Mortgage.
As promptly as practicable subsequent to such transfer and
assignment, and in any event, within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Trustee
shall (i) affix the Trustee's name to each assignment of Mortgage, as the
assignee thereof, (ii) cause such assignment to be in proper form for
recording in the appropriate public office for real property records within
thirty (30) days after receipt thereof and (iii) cause to be delivered for
recording in the appropriate public office for real property records the
assignments of the Mortgages to the Trustee, except that, with respect to any
assignment of a Mortgage as to which the Trustee has not received the
information required to prepare such assignment in recordable form, the
Trustee's obligation to do so and to deliver the same for such recording shall
be as soon as practicable after receipt of such information and in any event
within thirty (30) days after the receipt thereof, and the Trustee need not
cause to be recorded any assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan (a) the
Mortgaged Property and Mortgage File relating to which are located in
California or (b) in any other jurisdiction (including Puerto Rico) under the
laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Seller
(at the Seller's expense) to the Trustee, the recordation of such assignment
is not necessary to protect the Trustee's and the Certificateholders' interest
in the related Mortgage Loan.
In the case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full
as of the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above
documents to the Trustee, will deposit in the Certificate Account the portion
of such payment that is required to be deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.08.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
within five Business Days after the Closing Date, the Seller shall either (i)
deliver to the Depositor, or at the Depositor's direction, to the Trustee or
other designee of the Depositor the Mortgage File as required pursuant to this
Section 2.01 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii) (A) substitute a
Substitute Mortgage Loan for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B)
repurchase the Delayed Delivery Mortgage Loan, which substitution or
repurchase shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 2.03 (treating each such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as
a Deleted Mortgage Loan for purposes of such Section 2.03), provided, however,
that if the Seller fails to deliver a Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loan within the period provided in the prior sentence, the Seller
shall use its best reasonable efforts to effect a substitution, rather than a
repurchase of, such Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure
period provided for in Section 2.02 or in Section 2.03 shall not apply to the
initial delivery of the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan,
but rather the Seller shall have five (5) Business Days to cure such failure
to deliver. At the end of such period, the Trustee shall send a Delay Delivery
Certification for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered during such
period in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(d) The Seller intends to treat the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to
the Depositor as a sale for all tax, accounting and regulatory purposes.
Section 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents identified
in the Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G and
declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents
delivered to it constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it holds or will
hold such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the
exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The
Trustee acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the Mortgage Notes in
the State of California, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing
Date to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller an Initial
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G. Based on its review and
examination, and only as to the documents identified in such Initial
Certification, the Trustee acknowledges that such documents appear regular on
their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall be under no
duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine,
enforceable or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have
actually been recorded in the real estate records or that they are other than
what they purport to be on their face.
On or about the sixth (6th) business day after the Closing
Date, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Seller a Delay Delivery Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G,
with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Thereafter, not later than 90
days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Seller a Final Certification in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit H, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds any
document constituting a part of a Mortgage File which does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in
the Final Certification; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not make
any determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer
all right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or
assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in
recordable form or is sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to
the assignee thereof under the mortgage to which the assignment relates. The
Seller shall promptly correct or cure such defect within 90 days from the date
it was so notified of such defect and, if the Seller does not correct or cure
such defect within such period, the Seller shall either (a) substitute for the
related Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be
accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section
2.03, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days from
the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing at the Purchase
Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall such
substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date,
except that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents
by the appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between either the
Master Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location or status of
the recorded document, then such substitution or purchase shall occur within
720 days from the Closing Date. The Trustee shall deliver written notice to
each Rating Agency within 270 days from the Closing Date indicating each
Mortgage Loan (a) which has not been returned by the appropriate recording
office or (b) as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of such
Mortgage Loan. Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until
the related Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any such substitution
pursuant to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected
prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by
Section 2.05, if any, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be
effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for
Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution is permitted
to be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month.
The Purchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by the Seller
in the Certificate Account on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit
Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the month of repurchase
and, upon receipt of such deposit and certification with respect thereto in
the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage
File to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller's request such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee,
the Trustee's interest in any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each
Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon
the execution or receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or
instruments constituting the Mortgage File as come into the possession of the
Master Servicer from time to time.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the
Seller to substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan which does not meet
the requirements of Section 2.01 shall constitute the sole remedy respecting
such defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor and any Certificateholder
against the Seller.
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
the Seller and the Master Servicer.
(a) IndyMac, in its capacities as Seller and Master Servicer, hereby
makes the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule II hereto, and
by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of
the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(b) The Seller, in its capacity as Seller, hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Schedule III hereto, and by this
reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the
Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) that materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage
Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt notice thereof to
the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the
earlier of its discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a
breach of any representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b)
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders
in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such breach in all material respects, and
if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such 90 day period expires prior
to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a
"Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a
Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Section 2.03; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or
Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the manner set forth
below; provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above
shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of
Counsel required by Section 2.05, if any, and a Request for Release
substantially in the form of Exhibit N, and the Mortgage File for any such
Substitute Mortgage Loan; and provided, further, that, anything to the
contrary herein notwithstanding, Seller shall have no obligation to cure any
such breach or to repurchase or substitute for such affected Mortgage Loan if
the substance of such breach constitutes fraud in the origination of such
affected Mortgage Loan and the Seller, at the time of such origination and on
the Closing Date, did not have actual knowledge of such fraud. The Seller
shall promptly reimburse the Master Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses
reasonably incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of
enforcing the remedies for such breach.
With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
Seller shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and
such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with the
Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01.
No substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be part of
the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the monthly payment due on any Deleted
Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to
retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule
for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule
to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans
shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the
Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the representations and
warranties made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage
Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit to the Certificate Account of
the amount required to be deposited therein in connection with such
substitution as described in the following paragraph, the Trustee shall
release the Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders
relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and shall execute and
deliver at the Seller's direction such instruments of transfer or assignment
prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary
to vest title in the Seller, or its designee, the Trustee's interest in any
Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more
Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal
balance of all such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution
is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted
Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the
monthly payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such
shortage (the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to the
aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances with respect to such Deleted Mortgage
Loans shall be deposited into the Certificate Account by the Seller on or
before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the
month succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage Loan
became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.
In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a
Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.08 on or before the Distribution
Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the
month during which the Seller became obligated hereunder to repurchase or
replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the
delivery of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 and receipt of a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release
the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to
such Person, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person's
direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person,
in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from
the Trustee. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this
Agreement of any Person to cure, repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to
which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy
against such Persons respecting such breach available to Certificateholders,
the Depositor or the Trustee on their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this
Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
as to the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee
with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof or such other date
set forth herein that as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans to it by the Seller, the Depositor had good title to the
Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, defenses or
counterclaims.
The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the
Trustee all of its rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans including,
without limitation, the representations and warranties of the Seller made
pursuant to Section 2.03(b), together with all rights of the Depositor to
require the Seller to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or substitute
for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement.
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.
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions and Repurchases.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no
substitution pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 shall be made more than 90 days
after the Closing Date unless the Seller delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that such
substitution will not (i) result in the imposition of the tax on "prohibited
transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after the Startup Date, as
defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively or (ii)
cause the REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
(b) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer,
or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified
mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party
discovering such fact shall promptly (and in any event within five (5)
Business Days of discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties.
In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require the Seller, at the Seller's
option, to either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c) with
respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the
affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within
90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a
breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03. The
Trustee shall reconvey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant
hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a
Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained
in Section 2.03.
Section 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it
of the Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has
executed and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates
in authorized denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and
exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and
future Holders of the Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this
Agreement to the best of its ability, to the end that the interests of the
Holders of the Certificates may be adequately and effectively protected.
Section 2.07. REMIC Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and
"latest possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all
interests created hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with respect to
the REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax
Matters Person Certificate. The REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar
year.
Article III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master
Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Standard. In connection with
such servicing and administration, the Master Servicer shall have full power
and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers as provided in Section
3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary
or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including
but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof, (i)
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee,
customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to
consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage
Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this
Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation
Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the
ownership of the Mortgaged Property or Additional Collateral securing any
Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall not make or permit any modification,
waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan which would cause the
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax
under Section 860F(a) or Section 860G(d) of the Code. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer, in its own name or in the
name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by
the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Master Servicer believes it
appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of
the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the
Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery
by either or both of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master
Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent that the
Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such documents
pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of such documents, the
Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to
the Master Servicer.
In accordance with and to the extent of the Servicing
Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as
necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on
the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first
instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section
3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. The costs incurred by the
Master Servicer, if any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes and
assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall
not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the
Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balances of the related
Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so
permit.
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Subservicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any
Mortgage Loan by a Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement; provided,
however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related
subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans
in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to actions
taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans
include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the Master
Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any subservicing agreement, any of
the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements
between the Master Servicer and a Subservicer or references to actions taken
through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated
and liable to the Trustee and Certificateholders for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from
the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions
as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related
subservicing agreement shall be performed as agent of the Master Servicer with
the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Master Servicer.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be
deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect
to the Mortgage Loans that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether
such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Master Servicer.
Section 3.03. [Reserved]
Section 3.04. [Reserved]
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicers
and the Trustee.
Any subservicing agreement that may be entered into and any
other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a
Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed
to be between the Subservicer 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
Subservicer in its capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.07.
Section 3.06. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect
of the Master Servicer.
The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to,
perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the
Master Servicer hereunder and in connection with any such defaulted obligation
to exercise the related rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder
by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. Neither the
Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any
action or failure to act by the Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the
Depositor be obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer
hereunder or otherwise.
Section 3.07. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall for any reason
no longer be the Master Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event of
Default), the Trustee or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder arising thereafter
(except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12 or any acts or omissions of the predecessor
Master Servicer hereunder), (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is
prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate
repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including but not
limited to repurchases or substitutions pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03, (iv)
responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or
(v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties of the Master
Servicer hereunder. Any such assumption shall be subject to Section 7.02. If
the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Master Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor
shall succeed to any rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each
subservicing agreement.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but
at the expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all
documents and records relating to each subservicing agreement or substitute
subservicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder
and an accounting of amounts collected or held by it and otherwise use its
best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the substitute
subservicing agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.08. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments;
Servicing Accounts; Collection Account;
Certificate Account; Distribution Account.
(a) In accordance with and to the extent of the Servicing Standard,
the Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with the
customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers to
collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage
Loans to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and the terms and provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy.
Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i)
waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in
connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend the due
dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 125
days; provided, however, that the Master Servicer cannot extend the maturity
of any such Mortgage Loan past the date on which the final payment is due on
the latest maturing Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date. In the event of any
such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make Advances on the related
Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01 during the
scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage
Loan without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements. The Master
Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in litigation with respect
to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or
otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with respect to a
taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision
of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required
is prohibited by applicable law.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain (or, if a
Mortgage Loan is subserviced by another Person, cause the related Subservicer
to establish and maintain) one or more Servicing Accounts into which the
Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis within
one Business Day of receipt, the following payments and collections received
by it or remitted by any Subservicer in respect of Mortgage Loans subsequent
to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on
the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date):
(i) all payments on account on principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans,
net of the related Servicing Fee and, in cases where the Master
Servicer maintains the Servicing Account, the related Master Servicer
Fee; and
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other than
proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer's normal servicing procedures.
On or before the Withdrawal Date in each calendar month, the
Master Servicer shall (a) withdraw (or cause to be withdrawn and remitted to
the Master Servicer) from the Servicing Account all amounts on deposit therein
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above (other than amounts attributable to a
Principal Prepayment in Full) and (b) deposit such amounts in the Collection
Account. On or before the Business Day in each calendar month following the
deposit in the Servicing Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to
clause (iii) above or pursuant to any Principal Prepayment in Full, the Master
Servicer shall (a) withdraw (or cause to be withdrawn and remitted to the
Master Servicer) such amounts from the Servicing Account and (b) deposit such
amounts in the Collection Account.
(c) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Collection
Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit, as and when required by
paragraph (b) of this Section 3.08, all amounts required to be deposited in
the Collection Account pursuant to that paragraph.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Certificate
Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited
on a daily basis (1) within one Business Day of deposit in the Collection
Account (in the case of items (i) through (iii) below) and (2) within one
Business Day of receipt (in the case of all other items), except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections received
by it or remitted by any Subservicer in respect of Mortgage Loans subsequent
to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on
the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts
required to be deposited hereunder:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans,
net of the Servicing Fee and Master Servicing Fee;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other than
proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer's normal servicing procedures;
(iv) any amount required to be deposited by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.08(g) in connection with any losses on
Permitted Investments;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Sections 3.12 and 3.14;
(vi) all Purchase Prices from the Master Servicer or Seller and
all Substitution Adjustment Amounts;
(vii) all Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.01; and
(viii) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.
In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is
subject to a buydown agreement, on each Due Date for such Mortgage Loan, in
addition to the monthly payment remitted by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer
shall cause funds to be deposited into the Certificate Account in an amount
required to cause an amount of interest to be paid with respect to such
Mortgage Loan equal to the amount of interest that has accrued on such
Mortgage Loan from the preceding Due Date at the Mortgage Rate net of the
Master Servicing Fee on such date.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master
Servicer shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of prepayment
penalties, late payment charges or assumption fees, if collected, need not be
remitted by the Master Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall
remit any amount not required to be remitted, it may at any time withdraw or
direct the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to withdraw such
amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by
delivering written notice thereof to the Trustee or such other institution
maintaining the Certificate Account which describes the amounts deposited in
error in the Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall maintain adequate
records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section 3.08.
All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.11.
(f) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11(a);
(ii) any amount deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.08(g) in connection with any losses on Permitted
Investments; and
(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to
be deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount
not required to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw
such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering an
Officer's Certificate to the Trustee which describes the amounts deposited in
error in the Distribution Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution
Account shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until
disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with
Section 3.11. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals
from the Distribution Account at the direction of the Master Servicer.
(g) Each institution at which the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account is maintained shall invest the funds therein as directed
in writing by the Master Servicer in Permitted Investments, which shall mature
not later than (i) in the case of the Certificate Account, the second Business
Day next preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that
if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains such account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later
than the Business Day next preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date)
and (ii) in the case of the Distribution Account, the Business Day next
preceding the Distribution Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is
an obligation of the institution that maintains such account, then such
Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and,
in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such
Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. All income and gain (net of any losses)
realized from any such investment of funds on deposit in the Certificate
Account or the Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as
provided herein. The amount of any realized losses in the Certificate Account
or the Distribution Account incurred in any such account in respect of any
such investments shall promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the
Certificate Account or paid to the Trustee for deposit into the Distribution
Account, as applicable. The Trustee in its fiduciary capacity shall not be
liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any investment or
lack of investment of funds held in the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account and made in accordance with this Section 3.08.
(h) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Seller,
each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of
the Certificate Account not later than 30 days and not more than 45 days prior
to any change thereof. The Trustee shall give notice to the Master Servicer,
the Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the
location of the Distribution Account not later than 30 days and not more than
45 days prior to any change thereof.
Section 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.
(a) To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not
violative of current law, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one
or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and deposit and retain therein
all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes, assessments,
hazard insurance premiums or comparable items for the account of the
Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall require the Master Servicer to compel a
Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.
(b) Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may
be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to
reimburse the Master Servicer out of related collections for any payments made
pursuant to Sections 3.12 (with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance
premiums) and 3.13 (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any
Mortgagors any sums determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required by
law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to Mortgagors on
balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account at
the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. The Escrow
Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
(c) The Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred to in
Section 3.09(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the date when
the tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is intended is due, but
the Master Servicer shall be required so to advance only to the extent that
such advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will be
recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise.
Section 3.10. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the
Trustee reasonable access to all records and documentation regarding the
Mortgage Loans and all accounts, insurance information and other matters
relating to this Agreement, such access being afforded without charge, but
only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the office
designated by the Master Servicer.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Master
Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder which is a savings and loan
association, bank or insurance company certain reports and reasonable access
to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans sufficient to
permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable regulations of the OTS
or other regulatory authorities with respect to investment in the
Certificates; provided that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the
Master Servicer in providing such reports and access.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC
and to comparable regulatory authorities supervising Holders of Subordinated
Certificates and the examiners and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and
such other authorities, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage
Loans required by applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access
shall be afforded only upon reasonable and prior written request and during
normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master Servicer. Unless
prohibited by applicable laws or regulations, the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by the related Certificateholders for actual
expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in providing such access. Nothing in
this Section 3.10 shall limit the obligation of the Master Servicer to observe
any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer to provide access as
provided in this Section 3.10 as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section 3.10.
Section 3.11. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and
the Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may (and in the case of clause (ix) below,
shall) from time to time make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the
following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer or the related Subservicer (to
the extent not previously retained), the servicing compensation to
which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.17, and to pay to the
Master Servicer, as additional servicing compensation, earnings on or
investment income with respect to funds in or credited to the
Certificate Account;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for unreimbursed Advances
made by it, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause
(ii) being limited to amounts received on the Mortgage Loan(s) in
respect of which any such Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Nonrecoverable
Advance previously made;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured Expenses from
the related Insurance Proceeds;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer's right to reimbursement
pursuant to this clause (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being
limited to amounts received on such Mortgage Loan(s) which represent
late recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made
pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.09 and (b) for unpaid Master
Servicing Fees as provided in Section 3.14;
(vi) to pay to the purchaser, with respect to each Mortgage Loan
or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased
pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 3.14(a), 3.14(b) or 3.14(c), all
amounts received thereon after the date of such purchase;
(vii) to reimburse the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them and reimbursable
pursuant to Section 6.03;
(viii) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate
Account and not required to be deposited therein;
(ix) on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date, to
withdraw an amount equal to the related Available Funds and the
Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date, to the extent on deposit, and
remit such amount to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
Account; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
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 Certificate Account pursuant to such
subclauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi). Prior to making any withdrawal from
the Certificate Account pursuant to subclause (iii), the Master Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer
indicating the amount of any previous Advance determined by the Master
Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related Mortgage
Loan(s) and their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution Account
for distributions to Certificateholders, in the manner specified in this
Agreement (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any
taxes that it is authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals
from the Distribution Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to itself the Trustee Fee for the related Distribution
Date;
(ii) to pay to the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation earnings on or investment income with respect to funds
in the Distribution Account;
(iii) to withdraw and return to the Master Servicer any amount
deposited in the Distribution Account and not required to be
deposited therein; and
(iv) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance
of Primary Insurance Policies.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each
Mortgage Loan, hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that is at
least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (y) the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (z) an amount such that
the proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor
and/or the mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of standard
hazard insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that
contains, a standard mortgagee clause. Any amounts collected by the Master
Servicer under any such policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or amounts released to
the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing
procedures) shall be deposited in the Certificate Account. Any cost incurred
by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the
purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or
remittances to the Trustee for their benefit, be added to the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage
Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of
late payments by the related Mortgagor or out of Liquidation Proceeds to the
extent permitted by Section 3.11. It is understood and agreed that no
earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or
maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant
to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and
as shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property is
located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally
designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating in the
national flood insurance program, the Master Servicer shall cause flood
insurance to be maintained with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood
insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the original
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the replacement value of
the improvements which are part of such Mortgaged Property, and (iii) the
maximum amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property
under the national flood insurance program.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the
Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its
obligations as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.12, it being
understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause on
terms substantially equivalent to those commercially available and maintained
by comparable servicers. If such policy contains a deductible clause, the
Master Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained
on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence
of this Section 3.12, and there shall have been a loss that would have been
covered by such policy, deposit in the Certificate Account the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause.
In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans,
the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Depositor, and
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, claims under any such
blanket policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall not take any action which would result
in non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss
which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer would have been covered
thereunder. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such
Primary Insurance Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance
of the Certificates and is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the
replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy
is maintained with a Qualified Insurer. The Master Servicer shall not be
required to maintain any Primary Insurance Policy (i) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio less than or equal to 80% as of any
date of determination or, based on a new appraisal, the principal balance of
such Mortgage Loan represents 80% or less of the new Appraised Value or (ii)
if maintaining such Primary Insurance Policy is prohibited by applicable law.
The Master Servicer agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to
effect the timely payment of the premiums on each Primary Insurance Policy,
and such costs not otherwise recoverable shall be recoverable by the Master
Servicer from the related liquidation proceeds.
In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of itself, the
Trustee and the Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary
Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action in
accordance with the Servicing Standard as shall be necessary to permit
recovery under any Primary Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage
Loans. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any Primary
Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Servicing Account, the Collection
Account or the Certificate Account, as applicable.
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.13, when any
property subject to a Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master
Servicer shall, to the extent that it has knowledge of such conveyance and in
accordance with the Servicing Standard, enforce any due-on-sale clause
contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under
applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the extent that such
enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under any
Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer
is not required to exercise such rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the
Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed
to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage
Note and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee under such
Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under such Mortgage
Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In the event that (i) the
Master Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale
clause, (ii) coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely
affected, (iii) the Mortgage Note does not include a due-on-sale clause or
(iv) nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master Servicer is
authorized, subject to Section 3.13(b), to take or enter into an assumption
and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such property has
been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable
under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan shall
continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master Servicer enters such
agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The Master Servicer,
subject to Section 3.13(b), is also authorized with the prior approval of the
insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a substitution of
liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
is released from liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section 3.13
by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Master Servicer reasonably
believes it is restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.13(a), in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such
Person is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or
supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the
Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required
releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be prepared and delivered to
the Trustee for signature and shall direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute
the assumption agreement with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to
be conveyed and such modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note
or Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to carry out
the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any
applicable laws regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged
Property to such Person. In connection with any such assumption, no material
term of the Mortgage Note may be changed. In addition, the substitute
Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must be acceptable to the Master Servicer
in accordance with its underwriting standards as then in effect. Together with
each such substitution, assumption or other agreement or instrument delivered
to the Trustee for execution by it, the Master Servicer shall deliver an
Officer's Certificate signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the
requirements of this subsection have been met in connection therewith. The
Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such substitution or
assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the
original of such substitution or assumption agreement, which in the case of
the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all
other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. Any fee collected
by the Master Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation.
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to foreclose
upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of assets (including any
Surety Bonds) 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 provided that (i) the Master Servicer shall
not proceed with respect to such Additional Collateral in any manner that
would impair the ability to recover against the related Mortgaged Property,
and (ii) the Master Servicer shall proceed with respect to any REO Property in
a manner that preserves the ability to realize upon and apply the proceeds of
such Additional Collateral against amounts owed under the defaulted Mortgage
Loan. Any proceeds realized from such Additional Collateral (other than
amounts to be released to the Mortgagor or the related guarantor in accordance
with procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing loans held
for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note and to the terms and conditions of any security
agreement, guarantee agreement, mortgage or other agreement governing the
disposition of the proceeds of such Additional Collateral) including the
proceeds of any Surety Bonds shall be deposited in the Collection Account,
subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08. Any other payment received by
the Master Servicer in respect of such Additional Collateral shall be
deposited in the Collection Account subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.08. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master
Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary
or advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities and as shall meet the requirements of the insurer under any
Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Master Servicer may
enter into, and shall give the Rating Agencies notice of, a special servicing
agreement with an unaffiliated holder of 100% Percentage Interest of one or
more Classes of Subordinated Certificates or a holder of a class of securities
representing interests in one or more Classes of Subordinated Certificates and
provided, further, that entering into such special servicing agreement shall
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings when
assigned to the Certificates. Any such agreement may contain provisions
whereby such holder may instruct the Master Servicer to commence or delay
foreclosure proceedings with respect to delinquent Mortgage Loans and will
contain provisions for the deposit of cash by the holder that would be
available for distribution to Certificateholders if Liquidation Proceeds are
less than they otherwise may have been had the Master Servicer acted in
accordance with its normal procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection
with any foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property unless it
shall determine (i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the
proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of
such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through
Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of
withdrawals from the Certificate Account). The Master Servicer shall be
responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement
thereof from the liquidation proceeds with respect to the related Mortgaged
Property, as provided in the definition of Liquidation Proceeds. If the Master
Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property which the Master Servicer is
contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is
located within a 1 mile radius of any site listed in the Expenditure Plan for
the Hazardous Substance Clean Up Bond Act of 1984 or other site with
environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Master Servicer, the
Master Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such
risks and only take action in accordance with its established environmental
review procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of
sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The
Trustee's name shall be placed on the title to such REO Property solely as the
Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity. The Master Servicer
shall ensure that the title to such REO Property references the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and the Trustee's capacity hereunder. Pursuant to its
efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or
through an agent selected by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such REO
Property in accordance with the Servicing Standard and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent
the same, or any part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best
interest of the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such
REO Property. The Master Servicer shall prepare for and deliver to the Trustee
a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the
aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with
the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is
necessary to enable the Trustee to comply with the reporting requirements of
the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO
Property shall be deposited in the Certificate Account no later than the close
of business on each Determination Date. The Master Servicer shall perform the
tax reporting and withholding required by Sections 1445 and 6050J of the Code
with respect to foreclosures and abandonments, the tax reporting required by
Section 6050H of the Code with respect to the receipt of mortgage interest
from individuals and, any tax reporting required by Section 6050P of the Code
with respect to the cancellation of indebtedness by certain financial
entities, by preparing such tax and information returns as may be required, in
the form required, and delivering the same to the Trustee for filing.
In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged
Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent
default on a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of such
Mortgaged Property prior to three years after its acquisition by the Trust
Fund unless the Trustee shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property
subsequent to such three-year period will not result in the imposition of
taxes on "prohibited transactions" on the REMIC as defined in section 860F of
the Code or cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to
hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such
Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to
continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on
behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would
(i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the REMIC
to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income
earned from such Mortgaged Property under Section 860G(c) of the Code or
otherwise, unless the Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
The decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a
defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Master
Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and
expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management
of any REO Properties, net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for
expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with
such management and net of unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Advances and
Servicing Advances, shall be applied to the payment of principal of and
interest on the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as
though such Mortgage Loans were still current and adjustments, if applicable,
to the Mortgage Rate were being made in accordance with the terms of the
Mortgage Note) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this
Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related
Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Certificate Account. To the
extent the net income received during any calendar month is in excess of the
amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the
related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan for such calendar month,
such excess shall be considered to be a partial prepayment of principal of the
related Mortgage Loan.
The proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, as
well as any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following
order of priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer for any related
unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Master Servicing Fees and Servicing Fees, as
applicable; second, to reimburse the Master Servicer for any unreimbursed
Advances and to reimburse the Certificate Account for any Nonrecoverable
Advances (or portions thereof) that were previously withdrawn by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii) that related to such Mortgage Loan;
third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made
for such amount or any such Advance has been reimbursed) on the Mortgage Loan
or related REO Property, at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date
occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed;
and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. Excess Proceeds,
if any, from the liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan will be retained by
the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation pursuant to Section
3.17.
(b) The Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have the right
to purchase for its own account from the Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan which is
91 days or more delinquent at a price equal to the Purchase Price. The
Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of a certificate from
the Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit N hereto, shall release or cause to
be released to the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File
and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment
prepared by the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan, in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan
any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the purchaser of such Mortgage
Loan shall succeed to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in and to
such Mortgage Loan and all security and documents related thereto. Such
assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. The purchaser
of such Mortgage Loan shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and all security
and documents, free of any further obligation to the Trustee or the
Certificateholders with respect thereto.
(c) The Master Servicer may agree to a modification of any Mortgage
Loan (the "Relevant Mortgage Loan") upon the request of the related Mortgagor,
provided that the modification is in lieu of a refinancing and the Mortgage
Rate on the Relevant Mortgage Loan, as modified, is approximately a prevailing
market rate for newly-originated mortgage loans having similar terms and (ii)
the Master Servicer purchases the Relevant Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund
as described below. Effective immediately after such modification, and, in any
event, on the same Business Day on which the modification occurs, all right,
title and interest of the Trustee in and to the Modified Mortgage Loan shall
automatically be deemed transferred and assigned to the Master Servicer and
all benefits and burdens of ownership thereof, including without limitation
the right to accrued interest thereon from and including the date of
modification and the risk of default thereon, shall pass to the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee a
certification of a Servicing Officer to the effect that all requirements of
the first paragraph of this subsection (c) have been satisfied with respect to
such Modified Mortgage Loan.
The Master Servicer shall deposit the Purchase Price for any
Modified Mortgage Loan in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.08(e)
within one Business Day after the purchase of such Modified Mortgage Loan.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of any such deposit signed
by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall release 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 shall be necessary
to vest in the Master Servicer any Modified Mortgage Loan previously
transferred and assigned pursuant hereto.
The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to indemnify the
REMIC against any and all liability for any "prohibited transaction" taxes and
any related interest, additions and penalties imposed on the REMIC established
hereunder as a result of any modification of a Mortgage Loan effected pursuant
to this subsection (c), any holding of a Modified Mortgage Loan by the REMIC
or any purchase of a Modified Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer (but such
obligation shall not prevent the Master Servicer or any other appropriate
Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not
prevent the Master Servicer from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted
by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Master Servicer shall
have no right of reimbursement for any amount paid pursuant to the foregoing
indemnification, except to the extent that the amount of any tax, interest and
penalties, together with interest thereon, is refunded to the REMIC or the
Master Servicer.
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will
immediately notify the Trustee by delivering, or causing to be delivered, a
"Request for Release" substantially in the form of Exhibit N. Upon receipt of
such request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to
the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall at the Master Servicer's direction
execute and deliver to the Master Servicer the request for reconveyance, deed
of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument
releasing the lien of the Mortgage in each case provided by the Master
Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of
cancellation thereon. Expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of
satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the related
Mortgagor. From time to time and as shall be appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose collection under
any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions
policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged
Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other documents included in the
Mortgage File, the Trustee shall, upon delivery to the Trustee of a Request
for Release in the form of Exhibit M signed by a Servicing Officer, release
the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. Subject to the further limitations
set forth below, the Master Servicer shall cause the Mortgage File or
documents so released to be returned to the Trustee when the need therefor by
the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan is liquidated
and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the Certificate Account, in which
case the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a Request for Release in
the form of Exhibit N, signed by a Servicing Officer.
If the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a
foreclosure proceeding in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee, for signature, as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or
any legal action brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce
any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or
otherwise available at law or in equity.
Section 3.16. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of
the Master Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
The Master Servicer shall account fully to the Trustee for
any funds received by the Master Servicer or which otherwise are collected by
the Master Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect
of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or
under the control of, the Master Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans,
whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from
Liquidation Proceeds, including but not limited to, any funds on deposit in
the Certificate Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on
behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property
of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement. The
Master Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or subject any
Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Certificate Account,
Distribution Account or any Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are or
may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy,
writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or
otherwise any claim or right of setoff against any Mortgage File or any funds
collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from any
such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master
Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 3.17. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to retain or withdraw from the Servicing Account,
the Collection Account or the Certificate Account an amount equal to the
Master Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan for the related Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate Master Servicing Fee and
Servicing Fee payable to the Master Servicer shall be reduced by an amount
equal to the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, if any, with
respect to such Distribution Date; provided, however, that the reduction for
any Distribution Date shall not exceed the Compensating Interest for such
Distribution Date.
The Master Servicer shall also be entitled to retain or
withdraw from the Servicing Account, the Collection Account or the Certificate
Account an amount equal to the Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan for the
related Distribution Date. In cases where a Mortgage Loan is being directly
serviced by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to
retain such amount for its own account as compensation for performing such
services. In cases where a Mortgage Loan is being directly serviced by a
Subservicer, the Master Servicer shall (unless the Servicing Fee has been
retained by the Subservicer) remit such amount to the related Subservicer as
compensation for performing such services.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of Excess
Proceeds, prepayment penalties, assumption fees, late payment charges and all
income and gain net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments shall be
retained by the Master Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in
the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.08. The Master Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing
activities hereunder (including payment of any premiums for hazard insurance
and any Primary Insurance Policy and maintenance of the other forms of
insurance coverage required by this Agreement) and shall not be entitled to
reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in this Agreement.
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the
Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal
year, commencing with its 1999 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating,
as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of the performance of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such
review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this
Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officer and the nature and status thereof. The Trustee shall forward a copy of
each such statement to each Rating Agency.
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants'
Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.
On or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's
fiscal year, commencing with its 2000 fiscal year, the Master Servicer at its
expense shall cause a nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent
public accountants (who may also render other services to the Master Servicer,
the Seller or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the
Trustee and the Depositor to the effect that such firm has examined certain
documents and records relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under
this Agreement or of mortgage loans under pooling and servicing agreements
substantially similar to this Agreement (such statement to have attached
thereto a schedule setting forth the pooling and servicing agreements covered
thereby) and that, on the basis of such examination, conducted substantially
in compliance with the Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Approved Nonsupervised
Mortgagees, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the
Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC, such servicing has
been conducted in compliance with such pooling and servicing agreements except
for such significant exceptions or errors in records that, in the opinion of
such firm, the Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Approved Nonsupervised
Mortgagees, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the
Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC requires it to report.
In rendering such statement, such firm may rely, as to matters relating to
direct servicing of mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon comparable statements
for examinations conducted substantially in compliance with the Audit Guide
for Audits of HUD Approved Nonsupervised Mortgagees, the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages
serviced for FNMA and FHLMC (rendered within one year of such statement) of
independent public accountants with respect to the related Subservicer. 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.
Section 3.20. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
The Master Servicer shall for so long as it acts as master
servicer under this Agreement obtain and maintain in force, (a) a policy or
policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its
obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of
its officers, employees and agents. Each such policy or policies and bond
shall, together, comply with the requirements from time to time of FNMA or
FHLMC for persons performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by FNMA or
FHLMC. In the event that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the
Master Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an
insurer or issuer meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of
such replacement.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 4.01. Advances.
The Master Servicer shall determine on or before each Master
Servicer Advance Date whether it is required to make an Advance pursuant to
the definition thereof. If the Master Servicer determines it is required to
make an Advance, it shall, on or before the Master Servicer Advance Date,
either (i) deposit into the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance
or (ii) make an appropriate entry in its records relating to the Certificate
Account that any Amount Held for Future Distribution has been used by the
Master Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance. Any
funds so applied shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the
Certificate Account no later than the close of business on the next Master
Servicer Advance Date. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
from the Certificate Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant
to this Section 4.01 as provided in Section 3.11. The obligation to make
Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue if such Mortgage
Loan has been foreclosed or otherwise terminated and the related Mortgaged
Property has not been liquidated. The Master Servicer shall inform the Trustee
of the amount of the Advance to be made on each Master Servicer Advance Date
no later than the second Business Day before the related Distribution Date.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee on the
related Master Servicer Advance Date an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing
Officer indicating the amount of any proposed Advance determined by the Master
Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance.
Section 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.
(a) (1) With respect to the Available Funds for Loan Group 1 and
Remaining Available Funds for Loan Group 2, on each Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall withdraw such Available Funds from the Distribution Account and
apply such funds to distributions on the specified Classes of Loan Group 1
Senior Certificates in the following order and priority and, in each case, to
the extent of such funds remaining:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) to each interest-bearing Class of Loan Group 1 Senior
Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the related
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount, any shortfall being
allocated among such Classes in proportion to the amount of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount that would have been distributed
in the absence of such shortfall;
(iii) [Reserved]
(iv) to each Class of Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates,
concurrently as follows:
(x) to the Class PO-1 Component, an
amount allocable to principal equal to the
related PO Formula Principal Amount, up to the
outstanding Component Balance thereof; and
(y) on each Distribution Date prior to
the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, the
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount, up to the
amount of the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount for Loan Group 1 for such Distribution
Date, will be distributed: to the Class CB-1
Certificates, until the Class Certificate
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class PO Certificates, any related Class PO Deferred
Amount, up to an amount not to exceed the amount calculated pursuant
to clause (A) of the definition of the Subordinated Principal
Distribution Amount actually received or advanced for such
Distribution Date (with such amount to be allocated first from
amounts calculated pursuant to (A)(i) and (ii) then (iii) of the
definition of Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount);
(2) With respect to the Available Funds for Loan Group 2 and Remaining
Available Funds for Loan Group 1, on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
withdraw such Available Funds from the Distribution Account and apply such
funds to distributions on the specified Classes of Loan Group 2 Senior
Certificates in the following order and priority and, in each case, to the
extent of such funds remaining:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) to each interest-bearing Class of Loan Group 2 Senior
Certificates, an amount allocable to interest equal to the related
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount, any shortfall being
allocated among such Classes in proportion to the amount of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount that would have been distributed
in the absence of such shortfall;
(iii) [Reserved]
(iv) to each Class of Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates,
concurrently as follows:
(x) to the Class PO-2 Component, an
amount allocable to principal equal to the
related PO Formula Principal Amount, up to the
outstanding Component Balance thereof; and
(y) on each Distribution Date prior to
the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, the
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount, up to the
amount of the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount for Loan Group 2 for such Distribution
Date, will be distributed sequentially to the
Class A-R and Class NB-1 Certificates, in that
order, until their respective Class Certificate
Balances are reduced to zero.
(v) to the Class PO Certificates, any related Class PO Deferred
Amount, up to an amount not to exceed the amount calculated pursuant
to clause (A) of the definition of the Subordinated Principal
Distribution Amount actually received or advanced for such
Distribution Date (with such amount to be allocated first from
amounts calculated pursuant to (A)(i) and (ii) then (iii) of the
definition of Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount);
(3) On each Distribution Date, Available Funds from both
Loan Groups remaining after making the distributions described in 4.02(a)(1)
and 4.02(a)(2) above, will be distributed in the following order and priority
and, in each case, to the extent of such funds remaining:
(i) to the Class PO Certificates an amount allocable to principal
equal to the PO Formula Principal Amount, up to the outstanding Class
Certificate Balance of the Class PO Certificates; and
(ii) to the Class PO Certificates, any related Class PO Deferred
Amount, up to an amount not to exceed the amount calculated pursuant
to clause (A) of the definition of the Subordinated Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
(4) On each Distribution Date, Available Funds from both
Loan Groups remaining after making the distributions described in 4.02(a)(1),
4.02(a)(2) and 4.02(a)(3) above, will be distributed to the Subordinated
Certificates and the Class A-R Certificates in the following order and
priority and, in each case, to the extent of such funds remaining:
(i) to the Class B-1 Certificates, an amount allocable to
interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Class for such Distribution Date;
(ii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, an amount allocable to
principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution Date
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
(iii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, an amount allocable to
interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Class for such Distribution Date;
(iv) to the Class B-2 Certificates, an amount allocable to
principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution Date
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class B-3 Certificates, an amount allocable to
interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Class for such Distribution Date;
(vi) to the Class B-3 Certificates, an amount allocable to
principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution Date
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
(vii) to the Class B-4 Certificates, an amount allocable to
interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Class for such Distribution Date;
(viii) to the Class B-4 Certificates, an amount allocable to
principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution Date
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
(ix) to the Class B-5 Certificates, an amount allocable to
interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Class for such Distribution Date;
(x) to the Class B-5 Certificates, an amount allocable to
principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution Date
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
(xi) to the Class B-6 Certificates, an amount allocable to
interest equal to the Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
such Class for such Distribution Date; and
(xii) to the Class B-6 Certificates, an amount allocable to
principal equal to its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution Date
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero; and
(xiii) to the Class A-R Certificates, any remaining Available
Funds.
On any Distribution Date, amounts distributed in respect of
Class PO Deferred Amounts will not reduce the Class Certificate Balance of the
related Class PO Component.
On any Distribution Date, to the extent the Amount Available
for Senior Principal for Loan Group 1 or the Amount Available for Senior
Principal for Loan Group 2, as the case may be, is insufficient to make the
full distribution required to be made pursuant to clause (a)(1)(iv)(x) and
(a)(2)(iv)(x), respectively, and clause (a)(3)(i) above, (A) the amount
distributable on the related Class PO Component in respect of principal shall
be equal to the product of (1) the sum of each Amount Available for Senior
Principal and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the PO Formula
Principal Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the PO Formula
Principal Amount and the sum of each Senior Principal Distribution Amount and
(B) the amount distributable on the related Senior Certificates of the related
Senior Certificate Group, other than the related Class PO Component, in
respect of principal shall be equal to the product of (1) the Amount Available
for Senior Principal for such Loan Group and (2) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the related Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the denominator
of which is such Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the related PO
Formula Principal Amount.
(b) [Reserved];
(c) [Reserved];
(d) On each Distribution Date, the amount referred to in
clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for
each Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced for
each Class of Senior Certificates of a Senior Certificate Group and each Class
of Subordinated Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced with
respect to each Loan Group by (i) the related Class' pro rata share of Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Loan Group based (x) with respect to a
Class of Senior Certificates, the related Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
and (y) with respect to a Class of Subordinated Certificates on and prior to
the Senior Termination Date for the related Senior Certificate Group, the
Assumed Interest Amount or after such Senior Termination Date, the related
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount and (ii) the related Class' Allocable
Share of (A) after the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date, with respect
to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group (or after the Senior Credit
Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan) that became a Special Hazard
Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the excess of one month's interest at the related Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the Due Date in such month over the amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied as
interest on such Mortgage Loan with respect to such month, (B) after the
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in
the related Loan Group (or after the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, any
Mortgage Loan) that became subject to a Bankruptcy Loss during the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the interest portion of
the related Debt Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation, (C) each Relief Act
Reduction for the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group (or after the
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan) incurred during the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and (D) after the
Fraud Coverage Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the
related Loan Group (or after the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, any
Mortgage Loan) that became a Fraud Loan during the calendar month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date, the excess of one month's interest at the
related Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over the amount of Liquidation
Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan with respect to such month.
(e) Notwithstanding the priority and allocation contained in
Section 4.02(a), if, with respect to any Class of Subordinated Certificates,
on any Distribution Date the sum of the related Class Subordination
Percentages of such Class and of all Classes of Subordinated Certificates
which have a higher numerical Class designation than such Class (the
"Applicable Credit Support Percentage") is less than the Original Applicable
Credit Support Percentage for such Class, no distribution of Principal
Prepayments will be made to any such Classes (the "Restricted Classes") and
the amount of such Principal Prepayments otherwise distributable to the
Restricted Classes shall be distributed to the Classes of Subordinated
Certificates having lower numerical Class designations than such Class, pro
rata, based on their respective Class Certificate Balances immediately prior
to such Distribution Date and shall be distributed in the sequential order set
forth in Section 4.02(a)(vi).
Section 4.03. [Reserved]
Section 4.04. [Reserved]
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) On or prior to each Determination Date, the Trustee shall
determine the total amount of Realized Losses, including Excess Losses, with
respect to the related Distribution Date.
Realized Losses with respect to any Distribution Date shall
be allocated as follows:
(i) the applicable PO Percentage of any Realized Loss, including
any Excess Loss, shall be allocated to the Class PO-1 Component, if
such Realized Loss relates to a Loan Group 1 Mortgage Loan until the
Component Balance thereof is reduced to zero or the Class PO-2
Component, if such Realized Loss relates to a Loan Group 2 Mortgage
Loan until the Component Balance thereof is reduced to zero; and
(ii) (A) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Realized Loss
(other than an Excess Loss) shall be allocated first to the
Subordinated Certificates in reverse order of their respective
numerical Class designations (beginning with the Class of
Subordinated Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical
Class designation) until the respective Class Certificate Balance of
each such Class is reduced to zero, and second to the Senior
Certificates (other than the Notional Amount Certificates and the
Class PO Certificates), pro rata on the basis of their respective
Class Certificate Balances or, in the case of each Class of Accrual
Certificates, on the basis of the lesser of their Class Certificate
Balance and their initial Class Certificate Balance, in each case
immediately prior to the related Distribution Date until the
respective Class Certificate Balance of each such Class is been
reduced to zero; and
(iii) (B) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Excess Losses
on the Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group shall be allocated to the
Classes of Certificates of the related Senior Certificate Group
(other than the Notional Amount Certificates and the Class PO
Certificates) and the Subordinated Certificates then outstanding, pro
rata, on the basis of, with respect to such Senior Certificates,
their respective Class Certificate Balances and, with respect to each
Class of Subordinated Certificates, the applicable Assumed Balance
for each such Class relating to the Loan Group in which such Realized
Loss occurs; provided, however, on any Distribution Date after a
Senior Termination Date for a Senior Certificate Group, such Excess
Losses on the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group will be
allocated to the Subordinated Certificates on the basis of their
respective Class Certificate Balances; and provided further that
after the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, such Excess Losses
shall be allocated to all Senior Certificates (other than the Class
of Certificates regardless of Senior Certificate Group.
(b) The Class Certificate Balance of the Class of Subordinated
Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical Class designation
shall be reduced on each Distribution Date by the sum of (i) the amount of any
payments on the Class PO Certificates in respect of Class PO Deferred Amounts
and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the Class Certificate
Balances of all outstanding Classes of Certificates (after giving effect to
the distribution of principal and the allocation of Realized Losses and Class
PO Deferred Amounts on such Distribution Date) exceeds the Pool Stated
Principal Balance for the following Distribution Date.
(c) Any Realized Loss allocated to a Class of Certificates or any
reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of Certificates pursuant
to Section 4.05(b) shall be allocated among the Certificates of such Class in
proportion to their respective Certificate Balances.
(d) Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Certificate or to any
Component or any reduction in the Certificate Balance of a Certificate
pursuant to Section 4.05(b) shall be accomplished by reducing the Certificate
Balance or Component Balance thereof, as applicable, immediately following the
distributions made on the related Distribution Date in accordance with the
definition of "Certificate Balance" or "Component Balance," as the case may
be.
Section 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare
and cause to be forwarded by first class mail to each Certificateholder, the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and each Rating Agency a statement setting
forth with respect to the related distribution, Loan Group and Certificate
Group:
(i) the amount thereof allocable to principal, separately
identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments and
Liquidation Proceeds included therein;
(ii) the amount thereof allocable to interest, any Class Unpaid
Interest Shortfall included in such distribution and any remaining
Class Unpaid Interest Shortfall after giving effect to such
distribution;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of
Certificates is less than the full amount that would be distributable
to such Holders if there were sufficient funds available therefor,
the amount of the shortfall and the allocation thereof as between
principal and interest;
(iv) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates
after giving effect to the distribution of principal on such
Distribution Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the following
Distribution Date;
(vi) the Senior Percentage and Subordinated Percentage for the
following Distribution Date;
(vii) the amount of the Master Servicing Fees and Servicing Fees
paid to or retained by the Master Servicer and the Subservicers (with
respect to the Subservicers, in the aggregate) with respect to such
Distribution Date;
(viii) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of Certificates
with respect to such Distribution Date;
(ix) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on such
Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of Advances outstanding as
of the close of business on such Distribution Date;
(x) the number and aggregate principal amounts of Mortgage Loans
(A) delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 1 to
30 days (2) 31 to 60 days (3) 61 to 90 days and (4) 91 or more days
and (B) in foreclosure and delinquent (1) 1 to 30 days (2) 31 to 60
days (3) 61 to 90 days and (4) 91 or more days, as of the close of
business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date;
(xi) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all
calendar months since the Cut-off Date, whichever is less, the
aggregate dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due on all
Outstanding Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in each such
month and (B) delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in
each such month;
(xii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date
and the date of acquisition thereof;
(xiii) the total number and principal balance of any REO
Properties (and market value, if available) as of the close of
business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;
(xiv) the Senior Prepayment Percentage for the following
Distribution Date;
(xv) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the
preceding calendar month and aggregate Realized Losses through such
Distribution Date; and
(xvi) the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount, the Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount and the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount, in each case
as of the related Determination Date; and
(xvii) with respect to the second Distribution Date, the number
and aggregate balance of any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans not
delivered within five Business Days after the Closing Date.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for disbursing the above information
to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and
accuracy of the information derived from the Master Servicer
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time
during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing the
information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vii) of this Section
4.06 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
Section 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI
Certificates.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of COFI Certificates
for each Interest Accrual Period after the initial Interest Accrual Period
shall be determined by the Trustee as provided below on the basis of the Index
and the applicable formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding to the COFI
Certificates in (1) to the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement.
Except as provided below, with respect to each Interest
Accrual Period following the initial Interest Accrual Period, the Trustee
shall not later than two Business Days following the publication of the
applicable Index determine the Pass-Through Rate at which interest shall
accrue in respect of the COFI Certificates during the related Interest Accrual
Period.
Except as provided below, the Index to be used in
determining the respective Pass-Through Rates for the COFI Certificates for a
particular Interest Accrual Period shall be COFI for the second calendar month
preceding such Interest Accrual Period. If at the Outside Reference Date for
any Interest Accrual Period, COFI for the second calendar month preceding such
Interest Accrual Period has not been published, the Trustee shall use COFI for
the third calendar month preceding such Interest Accrual Period. If COFI for
neither the second nor third calendar months preceding any Interest Accrual
Period has been published on or before the related Outside Reference Date, the
Index for such Interest Accrual Period and for all subsequent Interest Accrual
Periods shall be the National Cost of Funds Index for the third calendar month
preceding such Interest Accrual Period (or the fourth preceding calendar month
if such National Cost of Funds Index for the third preceding calendar month
has not been published by such Outside Reference Date). In the event that the
National Cost of Funds Index for neither the third nor fourth calendar months
preceding an Interest Accrual Period has been published on or before the
related Outside Reference Date, then for such Interest Accrual Period and for
each succeeding Interest Accrual Period, the Index shall be LIBOR, determined
in the manner set forth below.
On each Interest Determination Date so long as the COFI
Certificates are outstanding and the applicable Index therefor is LIBOR, the
Trustee shall either (i) request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of
the quotation offered by its principal London office for making one-month
United States dollar deposits in leading banks in the London interbank market,
as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in
lieu of making any such request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that
appear at such time on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the
International Swap Dealers Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording,
Assumptions and Provisions for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available.
With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for which the
applicable Index is LIBOR, LIBOR for such Interest Accrual Period will be
established by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date as
follows:
(a) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more Reference Banks
provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period
shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounding such
arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of the
Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next Interest
Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on
the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.
The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the rate per annum which the Trustee
determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary
to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United States dollar
lending rates that New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting, on
the relevant Interest Determination Date, to the principal London offices of
at least two of the Reference Banks to which such quotations are, in the
opinion of the Trustee, being so made, or (ii) in the event that the Trustee
can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States
dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are
quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.
From such time as the applicable Index becomes LIBOR until
all of the COFI Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will at all times
retain at least four Reference Banks for the purposes of determining LIBOR
with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The Master Servicer
initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank" shall be
a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the
international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or be
under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place of
business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable
to act as such or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as
Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed
another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility
to any Person for (i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of
determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference
Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
In determining LIBOR and any Pass-Through Rate for the COFI
Certificates or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely
and shall be protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether
written, oral or on the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New
York City banks as to LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in
effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City
banks for purposes of determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its
inability, following a good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations
from the Reference Banks or the New York City banks or to determine such
arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this Section 4.07.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for
the COFI Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error)
be final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the
Trustee.
Section 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for
LIBOR Certificates.
On each Interest Determination Date so long as the LIBOR
Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee shall either (i) request each
Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of the quotation offered by its principal
London office for making one-month United States dollar deposits to leading
banks in the London interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest Determination Date or (ii) in lieu of making any such request, rely
on such Reference Bank quotations that appear at such time on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the International Swap Dealers Association
Inc. Code of Standard Wording, Assumptions and provisions for Swaps, 1986
Edition), to the extent available.
LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period will be
established by the Trustee on each Interest Determination Date as follows:
(a) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more Reference Banks
provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period
shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounding such
arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of the
Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next Interest
Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on
the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.
The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the rate per annum which the Trustee
determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary
to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United States dollar
lending rates that New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting, on
the relevant Interest Determination Date, to the principal London offices of
at least two of the Reference Banks to which such quotations are, in the
opinion of the Trustee, being so made, or (ii) in the event that the Trustee
can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States
dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are
quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.
(c) If on any Interest Determination Date the trustee is required but
is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in the manner provided in
paragraph (b) above, LIBOR shall be LIBOR as determined on the preceding
Interest Determination Date, or, in the case of the first Interest
Determination Date, the Initial LIBOR Rate.
Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the
Trustee will at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose
of determining LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The
Master Servicer initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference
Bank" shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits
in the international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by,
or be under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an established
place of business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or
unable to act as such or if the Master Servicer should terminate its
appointment as Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to
be appointed another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or
responsibility to any Person for (i) the selection of any Reference Bank for
purposes of determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to retain at least four
Reference Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable
control.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates
for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each
Interest Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding
on the basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes
corresponding to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the
Certificates in the Preliminary Statement.
In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely
and shall be protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether
written, oral or on the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New
York City banks as to LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in
effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City
banks for purposes of determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its
inability, following a good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations
from the Reference Banks or the New York City banks or to determine such
arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this Section 4.08.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for
the LIBOR Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error)
be final, conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the
Trustee.
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms
attached hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered
form, in the minimum denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof
(except that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount
which must be in excess of the applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate
denominations per Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on
the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make
distributions to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date
either (x) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
such holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor,
if (i) such Holder has so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) a
Notional Amount Certificate, (B) 100% of the Class Certificate Balance of any
Class of Certificates or (C) Certificates of any Class with aggregate
principal Denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed by
first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder
appearing in the Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile
signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the
time such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee
shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to be so authorized prior to the countersignature and delivery of
any such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless countersigned by the Trustee by
manual signature, and such countersignature upon any Certificate shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been
duly executed and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the
date of their countersignature. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
countersign the Certificates to be issued at the direction of the Depositor,
or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Trustee on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to
facilitate transfers.
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06, a Certificate Register for the
Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c)
below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates
of the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be
exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made
for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such state securities laws. In
the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the
Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such
transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each
certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit J (the "Transferor Certificate")
and (i) deliver a letter in substantially the form of either Exhibit K (the
"Investment Letter") or Exhibit L (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) there shall
be delivered to the Trustee at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of
Counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the
Securities Act. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private
Certificate and any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder,
information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such
other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to
eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate
without registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the
registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee and the Master
Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A
information referenced in the preceding sentence, including providing to the
Depositor such information regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and
other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably
request to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a
Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby
agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Depositor, the Seller and the Master
Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so
exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made
unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private
Certificate or a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by
the Trustee's receipt of a representation letter from the transferee
substantially in the form of Exhibit K or Exhibit L), to the effect that such
transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section
406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person
acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any
such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer, or (ii) if the purchaser is
an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance
company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an
"insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e)
of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the
purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III
of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate
presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA, or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such
plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or
using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory
to the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the
purchase or holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in
the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to
the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not
subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those expressly
undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is
not a Private Certificate or a Residual Certificate, in the event the
representation letter referred to in the preceding sentence is not furnished,
such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the
transferee's (including an initial acquiror's) acceptance of the
ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on
behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the
delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
as described above shall be void and of no effect.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but
not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is
in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due
on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with
respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the
transfer was registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing
requirements.
(c) 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
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) 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.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a
Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if it has
actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such 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 Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on
such Residual Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available,
upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information
necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the
Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set
forth in this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable
portions of the legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect
to Transfers occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Seller or the Master Servicer, to the effect that the elimination
of such restrictions will not cause the REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as
a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the
imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another
Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on
an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to
ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is
not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the
Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at
the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at
all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and
at all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by
the Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the
Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating
firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this
Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representatives
shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect
to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants
with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of
such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of 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 Book-Entry Certificates
of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the
Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to
properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or
the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (y) the Depositor at
its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Depository or (z) after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the
Certificate Balance of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee
and the Depository through the Depository Participants 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, fully-registered Certificates
(the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same.
Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the
Depository, accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for
registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the
Master Servicer, the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay
in delivery of such instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Master Servicer shall
provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate
the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. 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; provided that the
Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations become
liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the Depository.
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the
Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to
the Master Servicer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to hold each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to the Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Trustee shall execute, countersign and deliver, in exchange for
or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new
Certificate of like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with
the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Any
replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute
complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the Master
Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is
registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such
information in writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such
Certificateholders desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with
respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates, and
(c) provide a copy of the communication which such Certificateholders propose
to transmit, or if the Depositor or Master Servicer shall request such
information in writing from the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten
Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or such Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the
most recent list of the Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the
Trustee, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and
holding a Certificate, agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the
Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its
expense an office or offices or agency or agencies in New York City where
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The
Trustee will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any
change in such location of any such office or agency.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor
and the Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable
in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and
respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor
or the Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer will each keep in full
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of
the United States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will each
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation
in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the
Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer
may be merged or consolidated, or 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 sell mortgage
loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, FNMA or FHLMC.
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller,
the Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or
any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the
Seller or the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the
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 Seller, the Master Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any such Person from any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor,
the Seller or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and
held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection
with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental
taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense related to any
specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability
or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason
of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. None of the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to
appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its
respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability; provided, however, that any of the Depositor, the Seller
or the Master Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action that it
may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights
and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the Seller and the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Certificate
Account.
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 (a) upon appointment of a successor
servicer and receipt by the Trustee of a letter from each Rating Agency that
such a resignation and appointment will not result in a downgrading of the
rating of any of the Certificates, or (b) upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such
determination under clause (b) permitting the resignation of the Master
Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered
to the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective until the Trustee
or a successor master servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's
responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder.
Article VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of
the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the
Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee any payment required to
be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall
continue unremedied for five days after the date upon which written
notice of such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer
by the Trustee or the Depositor or to the Master Servicer and the
Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having not less than 25% of
the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or
(ii) any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or
agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in this
Agreement, which failure materially affects the rights of
Certificateholders and continues unremedied for a period of 60 days
after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have
been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or
to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the
Certificates; provided, however, that the sixty-day cure period shall
not apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans nor the failure to substitute or repurchase
in lieu thereof; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of
a receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for
the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered
against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of
a receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Master Servicer or all or substantially all of the
property of the Master Servicer; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to
take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i) to (v) of
this Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long
as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, or at
the direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of
the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates, the Trustee shall by notice
in writing to the Master Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency),
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other
than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On and after the receipt by
the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the
Master Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. The Trustee shall make
any Advance which the Master Servicer failed to make subject to Section 3.04,
whether or not the obligations of the Master Servicer have been terminated
pursuant to this Section. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or
accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the
purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such
termination shall affect any obligation of the Master Servicer to pay amounts
owed pursuant to Article VIII. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's
responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the
transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall at the time be
credited to the Certificate Account, or thereafter be received with respect to
the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the
Master Servicer hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive,
out of any late collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was
due prior to the notice terminating such Master Servicer's rights and
obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that
portion thereof to which such Master Servicer would have been entitled
pursuant to Sections 3.11(a)(i) through (viii), and any other amounts payable
to such Master Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice
of termination pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, subject to and to
the extent provided in Section 3.07, be the successor 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 placed on the Master
Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law including the
obligation to make Advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As compensation
therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage
Loans that the Master Servicer would have been entitled to charge to the
Certificate Account or Distribution Account if the Master Servicer had
continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has
become the successor to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01,
the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is
prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 or
if it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution
the appointment of which does not adversely affect the then current rating of
the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as the successor to the Master
Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the
responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder. Any
successor to the Master Servicer shall be an institution which is a FNMA and
FHLMC approved seller/servicer in good standing, which has a net worth of at
least $15,000,000, which is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and which
executes and delivers to the Depositor and the Trustee an agreement accepting
such delegation and assignment, containing an assumption by such Person of the
rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the
Master Servicer (other than liabilities of the Master Servicer under Section
6.03 incurred prior to termination of the Master Servicer under Section 7.01),
with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement; provided
that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in
effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be
qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment and delegation. Pending
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee,
unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to
Section 3.07, act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with
such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for
the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and
such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall
be in excess of the Master Servicing Fee permitted the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent
with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
Neither the Trustee nor any other successor master servicer shall be deemed to
be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in
making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to
perform, or any delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder,
in either case caused by the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver or
provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any cash, information,
documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer
shall give notice to the Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall,
during the term of its service as master servicer, maintain in force the
policy or policies that the Master Servicer is required to maintain pursuant
to Section 6.05.
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such
Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of the Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall
undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains
uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments
furnished to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine
whether they are in the form required by this Agreement; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any
such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or
other instrument.
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 willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee shall
have occurred and be continuing, the duties and obligations of the
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance
of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement against the Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Agreement which it believed in good faith to be genuine and to have
been duly executed by the proper authorities respecting any matters
arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be finally proven that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be 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 evidencing
not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of Certificates 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.
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 believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties and the Trustee shall have no responsibility
to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any signature of any such
party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial
advisers or accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial
advisers or accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken
or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing so to do by Holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of
Certificates;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, accountants or attorneys;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its
own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any
investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer
of the investment security);
(viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
an Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof; and
(ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the trusts, rights 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
reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or
thereby.
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall
be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement
or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document other than
with respect to the Trustee's execution and countersignature of the
Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Depositor or the Master Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or
the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or
withdrawn from the Certificate Account by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would
have if it were not the Trustee.
Section 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Trustee, as compensation for its activities hereunder,
shall be entitled to withdraw from the Distribution Account on each
Distribution Date an amount equal to the Trustee Fee for such Distribution
Date. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee
shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer and held harmless against any
loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney's fees) (i) incurred
in connection with any claim or legal action relating to (a) this Agreement,
(b) the Certificates, or (c) the performance of any of the Trustee's duties
hereunder, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the
Trustee's duties hereunder or incurred by reason of any action of the Trustee
taken at the direction of the Certificateholders and (ii) resulting from any
error in any tax or information return prepared by the Master Servicer. Such
indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation
or removal of the Trustee hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Master Servicer covenants and agrees, except as otherwise agreed upon in
writing by the Depositor and the Trustee, and except for any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from the Trustee's negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct, to pay or reimburse the Trustee, for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement with respect to (A)
the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel
not associated with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates, (B) the
reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of any accountant,
engineer or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the Trustee, to the
extent that the Trustee must engage such persons to perform acts or services
hereunder and (C) printing and engraving expenses in connection with preparing
any Definitive Certificates. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee
shall not be entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine ongoing
expenses incurred by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as
Trustee, Registrar, Tax Matters Person or Paying Agent hereunder or for any
other expenses.
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the
United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a
credit rating which would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce
their respective then current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided
such security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as
evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07. The entity serving as
Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and
its affiliates or the Master Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however,
that such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Seller, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Master
Servicer.
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from
the trusts hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days
before the date specified in such notice, when, subject to Section 8.08, such
resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in
accordance with Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
8.06. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or
a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a
tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the
Trustee or the Trust Fund is located and the imposition of such tax would be
avoided by the appointment of a different trustee, then the Depositor or the
Master Servicer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which shall be delivered to the
Trustee, one copy to the Master Servicer and one copy to the successor
trustee.
The 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
shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the Master Servicer, one
complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor
so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to each
Rating Agency by the successor trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 8.08.
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 and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as
if originally named as trustee herein. The Depositor, the Master Servicer 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 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 and its appointment
shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the
Depositor fails to mail such notice within 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 the Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 without the execution or
filing of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at
any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any
Mortgage Note may at the time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee
acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as
co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof,
whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master
Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master
Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to
make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section
8.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee
or separate trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of
this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of
the Trustee under this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the
Master Servicer, shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee
is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
(whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties
and obligations (including the holding of title to the applicable
Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be
exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or
co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such
appointment shall not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any
such separate trustee or co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of
or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(iv) The Master Servicer, and not the Trustee, shall be
liable for the payment of reasonable compensation, reimbursement and
indemnification to any such separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and
co-trustees, when and as effectively as if given to each of them. Every
instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this
Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with
the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either
jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to
all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision
of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed
with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the
Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time,
constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or
in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate
trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be
removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall
vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law,
without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 8.11. Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which the
REMIC election pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made, as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement, shall constitute, and that the conduct of matters
relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such assets as, a "real
estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined in and in accordance with the
REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants and
agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act
as agent) on behalf of the REMIC and that in such capacity it shall: (a)
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a
U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or
any successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and
file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service and
applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or information returns
for each taxable year with respect to the REMIC, containing such information
and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or
local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the
Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make
or cause to be made an election that such assets be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and,
if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as
and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, the calculation of any original
issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information
necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent
(including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted
Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is
the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and
furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax);
(f) to the extent that they are under its control, conduct matters relating to
such assets at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to
maintain the status as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly
or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause
the termination of the REMIC status; (h) pay, from the sources specified in
the last paragraph of this Section 8.11, the amount of any federal or state
tax, including prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on the
REMIC prior to its termination when and as the same shall be due and payable
(but such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate
Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not
prevent the Trustee from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law,
pending the outcome of such proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or
local income tax or information returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such
other person as may be required to sign such returns by the Code or state or
local laws, regulations or rules; (j) maintain records relating to the REMIC,
including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities
thereof and the fair market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined
at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to
prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; and (k)
as and when necessary and appropriate, represent the REMIC in any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by
any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to
any taxable year of the REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of the REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of the REMIC in relation to
any tax matter or controversy involving it.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set
forth herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Trustee within ten (10) days after the Closing Date all information or data
that the Trustee requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax
purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including,
without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash
flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor
shall provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor any such
additional information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time,
reasonably request in order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set
forth herein. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for any losses,
liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any
errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that result from any failure of the
Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information or data
to the Trustee on a timely basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of the REMIC as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on
the "net income from foreclosure property" of the REMIC as defined in Section
860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the REMIC after the Startup Day
pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed,
including, without limitation, any minimum tax imposed upon the REMIC pursuant
to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if
not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the
Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by the
Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Master
Servicer or the Seller, in the case of any such minimum tax, if such tax
arises out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer or Seller of any
of their obligations under this Agreement or (iii) the Seller, if any such tax
arises out of or results from the Seller's obligation to repurchase a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 or (iv) in all other cases, or in the
event that the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Seller fails to honor its
obligations under the preceding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), any such tax will
be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Certificateholders, as
provided in Section 3.11(b).
Section 8.12. Periodic Filings.
Pursuant to written instructions from the Depositor, the
Trustee shall prepare, execute and file all periodic reports required under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in conformity with the terms of the relief
granted to the Depositor in CWMBS, Inc. (February 3, 1994), a copy of which
has been supplied to the Trustee by the Issuer. In connection with the
preparation and filing of such periodic reports, the Depositor and the Master
Servicer shall timely provide to the Trustee all material information
available to them which is required to be included in such reports and not
known to them to be in the possession of the Trustee and such other
information as the Trustee reasonably may request from either of them and
otherwise reasonably shall cooperate with the Trustee. The Trustee shall have
no liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such
periodic reports resulting from or relating to the Trustee's inability or
failure to obtain any information not resulting from its own negligence or
willful misconduct.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all
Mortgage Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee created
hereby with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a)
the purchase by the Master Servicer of all Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties)
remaining in the Trust Fund at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of REO
Property) plus one month's accrued interest thereon at the applicable Adjusted
Mortgage Rate and (ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised value of any REO
Property as determined by the higher of two appraisals completed by two
independent appraisers selected by the Master Servicer at the expense of the
Master Servicer and (y) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan
related to any REO Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate and (b) the later of (i) the
maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the
last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO
Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts
required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement. In no event
shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of
Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity
Date. The right to purchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to
clause (a) above shall be conditioned upon the Pool Stated Principal Balance,
at the time of any such repurchase, aggregating less than ten percent of the
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance.
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, the Master Servicer determines
that there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in
the Trust Fund other than the funds in the Certificate Account, the Master
Servicer shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a final distribution notice
to each Certificateholder. If the Master Servicer elects to terminate the
Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 20 days prior to
the date notice is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders the Master
Servicer shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date the Master
Servicer intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase
price of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
promptly by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier
than the 15th day and not later than the 10th day of the month next preceding
the month of such final distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the
Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be
made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein
designated, (b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the
office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and
(d) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of
the Certificates at the office therein specified. The Master Servicer will
give such notice to each Rating Agency at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders.
In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall
cause all funds in the Certificate Account to be remitted to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the
applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in
respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust
Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the
Trustee shall promptly release to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for
the Mortgage Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the
Trustee shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class,
in each case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in
Section 4.02, in the case of the Certificateholders, in proportion to their
respective Percentage Interests, with respect to Certificateholders of the
same Class, an amount equal to (i) as to each Class of Regular Certificates,
the Certificate Balance thereof plus (a) accrued interest thereon (or on their
Notional Amount, if applicable) in the case of an interest-bearing certificate
and (b) any Class PO Deferred Amounts, in the case of the Class PO
Certificates, and (ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any,
which remains on deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the amounts
retained to meet claims) after application pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not
surrender Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within six months after the second notice all the applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Class A-R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject
hereto.
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer exercises its purchase option as
provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance
with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been
supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Master Servicer, to
the effect that the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section
9.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" on the REMIC as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii)
cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding:
(1) Within 90 days prior to the final Distribution Date
set forth in the notice given by the Master Servicer under Section
9.02, the Master Servicer shall prepare and the Trustee, at the
expense of the "tax matters person", shall adopt a plan of
complete liquidation within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(4) of
the Code which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which
opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Tax Matters
Person or the Trust Fund), meets the requirements of a qualified
liquidation; and
(2) Within 90 days after the time of adoption of such a
plan of complete liquidation, the Trustee shall sell all of the
assets of the Trust Fund to the Master Servicer for cash in
accordance with Section 9.01.
(b) The Trustee as agent for the REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and
sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request of the
Master Servicer, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in
Section 9.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as
may be reasonably requested by the Master Servicer.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Master Servicer to prepare and the Trustee to adopt and
sign a plan of complete liquidation.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of
the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct
any defective provision herein or to supplement any provision herein which may
be inconsistent with any other provision herein, (iii) to add to the duties of
the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer, (iv) to add any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or (v) to
modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions
contained in this Agreement; provided that any action pursuant to clauses (iv)
or (v) above shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund),
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such Opinion of Counsel shall be
required if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter from each
Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the downgrading
or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates; it
being understood and agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not
represent a determination as to the materiality of any such amendment and will
represent a determination only as to the credit issues affecting any such
rating.
The Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer also may
at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement without the consent of
the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to
such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the qualification
of the REMIC as a REMIC under the Code, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the
imposition of any tax on the REMIC pursuant to the Code that would be a claim
at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply
with any other requirements of the Code, provided that the Trustee has been
provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party
requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee
or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or helpful to,
as applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the
risk of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such
requirements of the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of a Majority in Interest of each Class of Certificates affected thereby 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 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, as to such Class, Percentage Interests
aggregating 66%, or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the
Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the
consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement,
the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it
shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment
will not cause the imposition of any tax on the REMIC or the
Certificateholders or cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any
time that any Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this
Agreement requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall
furnish written notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to
each Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 10.01 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 of
evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders
shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter
into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall
not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the
Trustee that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this
Agreement and that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been
complied with; and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the
conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required
to be reached pursuant to this Section 10.01.
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other
comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the
Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office
or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at its
expense, but only upon direction by the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel 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 10.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.04. Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor and (ii)
of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed
as, an absolute sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the parties
that such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Seller or Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other
reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in
either such assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security
agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of
New York and (ii) the conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be an assignment and a grant (i) by the Seller to the Depositor or
(ii) by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets transferred,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Seller and the Depositor for the benefit of the
Certificateholders shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed
to create a security interest in the Trust Fund, such security interest would
be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under
applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code
continuation statements in connection with any security interest granted or
assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or the
Trustee and the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 2.03; and
5. The final payment to Certificateholders.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each
Rating Agency copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.06;
2. Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section
3.16;
3. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing report
described in Section 3.17; and
4. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.11.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case
of the Depositor, CWMBS, Inc., 155 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, California
91101, Attention: David A. Spector, (b) in the case of the Master Servicer,
IndyMac, Inc., 155 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, California 91101, Attention:
Michael W. Perry or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the
Depositor and the Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing, (c) in the case
of the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, 12E, New York, New
York 10286, Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 1999-I, or such
other address as the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or Master
Servicer, and (d) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies, the address
specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating
Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first
class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid,
then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable
from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this
Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the
other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the
Holders thereof.
Section 10.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
except as provided in Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Master Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and
Depositor.
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
operate to terminate this Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle
such Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting
or to take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition
or winding up of the trust created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and
management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor
shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates
be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be
under any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the
parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by
availing itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit,
action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as
herein provided, and unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have
made written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs,
expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee,
for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted
by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee,
that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of
this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of
any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of
all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall
be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice,
it will permit and will cause each Subservicer to permit any representative of
the Depositor or the Trustee during the Master Servicer's normal business
hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers
of the Master Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified
public accountants selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its
officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision
the Master Servicer hereby authorizes said accountants to discuss with such
representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense
incident to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under
this Section 10.09 shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection; all
other such expenses shall be borne by the Master Servicer or the related
Subservicer.
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that
Certificate-holders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the
Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund represented by the
Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason whatsoever, and that the
Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
* * * * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Seller
and the Master Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first
above written.
CWMBS, INC.
as Depositor
By: /s/ Celia Coulter
_______________________
Name: Celia Coulter
Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
By: /s/ Courtney A. Bartholomew
_______________________
Name: Courtney A. Bartholomew
Title: Assistant Vice President
INDYMAC, INC.
as Seller and Master Servicer
By: /s/ John Kim
______________________
Name: John Kim
Title: Vice President
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
[Delivered at Closing to Trustee]
SCHEDULE II
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1999-I
Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer
IndyMac, Inc. ("IndyMac") hereby makes the representations
and warranties set forth in this Schedule II to the Depositor and the Trustee,
as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule II shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series,
among IndyMac, as seller and master servicer, CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and
The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) IndyMac is duly organized as a Delaware
corporation and is validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to be conducted by IndyMac in any state in which
a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under
applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in
compliance with the doing business laws of any such state, to the
extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan,
to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to perform any of its other
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof.
(2) IndyMac has the full corporate power and
authority to sell and service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
IndyMac the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of IndyMac, enforceable against IndyMac in accordance with
its terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar
laws relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of
the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by IndyMac, the sale and servicing of the
Mortgage Loans by IndyMac under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance
with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course of business of
IndyMac and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or
provision of the charter or by-laws of IndyMac or (B) materially
conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration
of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which IndyMac is a party or by
which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any
statute, order or regulation applicable to IndyMac of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over IndyMac; and IndyMac is not in breach or violation
of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument,
or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair
IndyMac's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) No litigation is pending or, to the best of
IndyMac's knowledge, threatened against IndyMac that would prohibit
the execution or delivery of, or performance under, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by IndyMac.
SCHEDULE III
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1999-I
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans
IndyMac, Inc. ("IndyMac") hereby makes the representations
and warranties set forth in this Schedule III to the Depositor and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off
Date or date of origination of the Mortgage Loan. Capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined in this Schedule III shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series, among IndyMac, as seller
and master servicer, CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee.
(1) The information set forth on Schedule I to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan is
true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.
(2) As of the Closing Date, all regularly scheduled
monthly payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan up to and
including the Due Date immediately prior to the Cut-off Date have
been made; and as of the Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan had a
regularly scheduled monthly payment that was 60 or more days
Delinquent during the twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date.
(3) With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a
Cooperative Loan, each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien
on the Mortgaged Property subject only to (a) the lien of
nondelinquent current real property taxes and assessments and liens
or interests arising under or as a result of any federal, state or
local law, regulation or ordinance relating to hazardous wastes or
hazardous substances and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a unit
in a condominium project or planned unit development, any lien for
common charges permitted by statute or homeowner association fees,
(b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements
and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of
such Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of record being generally
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area wherein the
related Mortgaged Property is located 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.
(4) Immediately prior to the assignment of the
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller had good title to, and
was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any
pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest and had full right and
authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
with, any other party, to sell and assign the same pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(5) As of the date of origination of each Mortgage
Loan, there was no delinquent tax or assessment lien against the
related Mortgaged Property.
(6) There is no valid offset, defense or
counterclaim to any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the
obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or
interest on such Mortgage Note.
(7) 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 such Mortgage,
except those which are insured against by the title insurance policy
referred to in item (11) below.
(8) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no
Mortgaged Property has been materially damaged by water, fire,
earthquake, windstorm, flood, tornado or similar casualty (excluding
casualty from the presence of hazardous wastes or hazardous
substances, as to which the Seller makes no representation) so as to
affect adversely the value of the related Mortgaged Property as
security for such Mortgage Loan.
(9) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in
all material respects with applicable state and federal laws,
including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, real
estate settlement procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws or
any noncompliance does not have a material adverse effect on the
value of the related Mortgage Loan.
(10) As of the Closing Date, the Seller has not
modified the Mortgage in any material respect (except that a Mortgage
Loan may have been modified by a written instrument which has been
recorded or submitted for recordation, if necessary, to protect the
interests of the Certificateholders and which has been delivered to
the Trustee); satisfied, cancelled or subordinated such Mortgage in
whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged Property in whole or
in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any instrument of
release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction with respect
thereto.
(11) A lender's policy of title insurance together
with a condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if
applicable, in an amount at least equal to the Cut-off Date Stated
Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment (binder)
to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of
each Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full
force and effect.
(12) Each Mortgage Loan was originated (within the
meaning of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended) by an entity that satisfied at the time of origination
the requirements of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
(13) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all of
the improvements which were included for the purpose of determining
the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of such property, and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property, unless such failure to be wholly within such boundaries and
restriction lines or such encroachment, as the case may be, does not
have a material effect on the value of such Mortgaged Property.
(14) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, as of
the date of origination of each Mortgage Loan, no improvement located
on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any
applicable zoning law or regulation unless such violation would not
have a material adverse effect on the value of the related Mortgaged
Property. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all inspections,
licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect
to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect
to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to
certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have
been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities, unless the
lack thereof would not have a material adverse effect on the value of
such Mortgaged Property.
(15) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms and under
applicable law.
(16) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances
thereunder.
(17) The related Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case
of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and
(ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
(18) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to
serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves
and is named in such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will
become payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee under the
deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the Mortgagor.
(19) At the Cut-off Date, the improvements upon
each Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard
insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides
for fire and extended coverage and coverage for such other hazards as
are customarily required by institutional single family mortgage
lenders in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, and the
Seller has received no notice that any premiums due and payable
thereon have not been paid; the Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain all such insurance including flood insurance
at the Mortgagor's cost and expense. Anything to the contrary in this
item (19) notwithstanding, no breach of this item (19) shall be
deemed to give rise to any obligation of the Seller to repurchase or
substitute for such affected Mortgage Loan or Loans so long as the
Master Servicer maintains a blanket policy pursuant to the second
paragraph of Section 3.12(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(20) If at the time of origination of each Mortgage
Loan, related the Mortgaged Property was in an area then identified
in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form
meeting the then-current requirements of the Flood Insurance
Administration is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged Property
with a generally acceptable carrier.
(21) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there
is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of any Mortgaged Property, nor is such a proceeding
currently occurring.
(22) To best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no
material event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the
expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material
non-monetary default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note; and the Seller has
not waived any material non-monetary default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration.
(23) Each Mortgage File contains an appraisal of
the related Mortgaged Property in a form acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC.
(24) Any leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan
has a stated term at least as long as the term of the related
Mortgage Loan.
(25) Each Mortgage Loan was selected from among the
outstanding fixed-rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in the
Seller's portfolio at the Closing Date as to which the
representations and warranties made with respect to the Mortgage
Loans set forth in this Schedule III can be made. No such selection
was made in a manner intended to adversely affect the interests of
the Certificateholders.
(26) No more than 1.62% of the Mortgage Loans in
Loan Group 1 (by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans in Loan Group 1) and 0.30% of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group
2 (by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in
Loan Group 2) are Cooperative Loans.
(27) Each Cooperative Loan is secured by a valid,
subsisting and enforceable perfected first lien and security interest
in the related Mortgaged Property, subject only to (i) the rights of
the Cooperative Corporation to collect Maintenance and assessments
from the Mortgagor, (ii) the lien of the Blanket Mortgage, if any, on
the Cooperative Property and of real property taxes, water and sewer
charges, rents and assessments on the Cooperative Property not yet
due and payable, and (iii) other matters to which like Cooperative
Units are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Security
Agreement or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the
Cooperative Unit. Each original UCC financing statement, continuation
statement or other governmental filing or recordation necessary to
create or preserve the perfection and priority of the first priority
lien and security interest in the Cooperative Shares and Proprietary
Lease has been timely and properly made. Any security agreement,
chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to the Cooperative
Loan and delivered to the Sponsor or its designee establishes in the
Seller a valid and subsisting perfected first lien on and security
interest in the property described therein, and the Seller has full
right to sell and assign the same.
(28) Each Cooperative Corporation qualifies as a
"cooperative housing corporation" as defined in Section 216 of the
Code.
(29) 0.626% of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1
and none of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 are Additional
Collateral Loans as described in the Prospectus Supplement and each
Additional Collateral Loan complies with the description thereof in
the Prospectus Supplement.
