Charge Schedule or any Distribution Date thereafter until $100 has been distributed pursuant to this clause; then
(D) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class R-II Interest, in respect of the Class R-II Interest;
provided, however, that 98.00% and 2.00% of any principal payments that are attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be allocated to Holders of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, respectively.
(i) to the Holders of REMIC II Regular Interests, in an amount equal to the remainder of the REMIC II Sub WAC Allocation Percentage of available funds for such Distribution Date after the distributions made pursuant to clause (ii) above, and such that distributions of principal shall be deemed to be made to the REMIC II Regular Interests first, so as to keep the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC II Regular Interest ending with the designation “GRP” equal to 0.01% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group; second, to each REMIC II Regular Interest ending with the designation “SUB,” so that the Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC II Regular Interest is equal to 0.01% of the excess of (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y) the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificate in the related Loan Group (except that if any such excess is a larger number than in the preceding distribution period, the least amount of principal shall be distributed to such REMIC II Regular Interests such that the REMIC II Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained); and third, any remaining principal to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTXX.
(ii) Notwithstanding the distributions described in Section 5.01(a)(1), distributions of funds shall be made to Certificateholders only in accordance with Section 5.01(2) through (7) and Section 5.01(c).
(2) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Distribution Account to the extent on deposit therein an amount equal to the Group I Interest Remittance Amount and make the following disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described below, in each case to the extent of the Group I Interest Remittance Amount remaining for such Distribution Date:
Class, to the extent remaining unpaid after the distribution of the Group II Interest Remittance Amount as set forth in Section 5.01(a)(3) below on a pro rata basis, based on the entitlement of each such Class.
(3) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Distribution Account to the extent on deposit therein an amount equal to the
Group II Interest Remittance Amount and make the following disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described below, in each case to the extent of the Group II Interest Remittance Amount remaining for such Distribution Date:
first, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, the Senior Interest Distribution Amount allocable to each such Class, on a pro rata basis, based on the entitlement of each such Class; and
second, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates, the Senior Interest Distribution Amount allocable to each such Class, to the extent remaining unpaid after the distribution of the Group I Interest Remittance Amount as set forth in Section 5.01(a)(2) above, on a pro rata basis, based on the entitlement of each such Class.
(4) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Distribution Account to the extent on deposit therein an amount equal to the Group I Interest Remittance Amount, and the Group II Interest Remittance Amount remaining after the distributions required by clauses (2) and (3) above and make the following disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described below, in each case to the extent of the Group I Interest Remittance Amount and Group II Interest Remittance Amount remaining for such Distribution Date:
sequentially, to the Holders of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to each such Class.
(5) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Distribution Account to the extent on deposit therein an amount equal to the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount and distribute to the Certificateholders the following amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) The Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
first, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates as follows:
(1) for each Distribution Date on which a Sequential Trigger Event is not in effect for such Distribution Date, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and Class A-1B Certificates, on a pro rata basis, based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; and
(2) for each Distribution Date on which a Sequential Trigger Event is in effect for such Distribution Date, sequentially, to the Holders of the
Class A-1A Certificates and Class A-1B Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
second, sequentially, to the Holders of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, in that order, after taking into account the distribution of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount as described in Section 5.01(a)(5)(ii) below, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
(ii) The Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
first, sequentially, to the Holders of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; and
second, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates, after taking into account the distribution of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount as described in Section 5.01(a)(5)(i) above as follows:
(1) for each Distribution Date on which a Sequential Trigger Event is not in effect for such Distribution Date, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and Class A-1B Certificates, on a pro rata basis, based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; and
(2) for each Distribution Date on which a Sequential Trigger Event is in effect for such Distribution Date, sequentially, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and Class A-1B Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
(iii) The Group I Principal Distribution Amount and Group II Principal Distribution Amount remaining after distributions pursuant to Sections 5.01(a)(5)(i) and (ii) above shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
sequentially, to the Holders of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
(6) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Distribution Account to the extent on deposit therein an amount equal to the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount and distribute to the Certificateholders the following amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) The Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
first, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates, on a pro rata basis, based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero;
second, sequentially, to the Holders of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, in that order, after taking into account the distribution of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(6)(ii) below, up to an amount equal to the amount, if any, of the Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount remaining unpaid on such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; and
third, if a Class A-2A Accelerated Amortization Event is in effect for such Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of principal with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans remaining after payments pursuant to clause first and clause second above and (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class A-2A Certificates as an additional payment of principal until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates has been reduced to zero.
(ii) The Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
first, sequentially, to the Holders of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, in that order, the Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero;
second, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates, on a pro rata basis, after taking into account the distribution of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(6)(i) above, up to an amount equal to the amount, if any, of the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount remaining unpaid on such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; and
third, if a Class A-2A Accelerated Amortization Event is in effect for such Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of principal with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans remaining after payments pursuant to clause first and clause second above and (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class A-2A Certificates as an additional payment of principal until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates has been reduced to zero.
(iii) The Principal Distribution Amount remaining after distributions pursuant to Sections 5.01(a)(6)(i) and (ii) above shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
first, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
second, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, and (y) the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
third, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above and to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, and (y) the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
fourth, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above and to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, and (y) the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
fifth, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above and to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above, and (y) the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
sixth, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above and to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates under clause fifth above, and (y) the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
seventh, to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates under clause fifth above and to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates under clause sixth above, and (y) the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
eighth, to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates under clause fifth above, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates under clause sixth above and to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates under clause seventh above, and (y) the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
ninth, to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates under clause fifth above, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates under clause sixth above, to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates under clause seventh above and to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates under clause eighth above, and (y) the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
tenth, to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates under clause fifth above, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates under clause sixth above, to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates under clause seventh above, to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates under clause eighth above, and to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates under clause ninth above, and (y) the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and
eleventh, to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates under clause fifth above, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates under clause sixth above, to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates under clause seventh above, to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates under clause eighth above, to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates under clause ninth above and to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates under clause tenth above, and (y) the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero.
twelfth, to the Holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates under clause first above, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates under clause second above, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates under clause third above, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates under clause fourth above, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates under clause fifth above, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates under clause sixth above, to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates under clause seventh above, to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates under clause eighth above, to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates under clause ninth above, to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates under clause tenth above and to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates under clause eleventh above, and (y) the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero.
(7) On each Distribution Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow (or, in the case of clause (i) below, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow exclusive of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount) shall be distributed as follows:
(i) to the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates then entitled to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an amount equal to any Extra Principal Distribution Amount, payable to such Holders in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 5.01(c) below;
(ii) sequentially, to the Holders of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, in an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable to each such Class;
(iii) sequentially, to the Holders of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class B-1, Class
B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, in an amount equal to the Allocated Realized Loss Amount allocable to each such Class;
(iv) concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, in an amount equal to such Certificates’ allocated share of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the related Mortgage Loans to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.22 or 4.18 of this Agreement and any shortfalls resulting from the application of the Relief Act or similar state or local law or the bankruptcy code with respect to the related Mortgage Loans to the extent not previously reimbursed pursuant to Section 1.02;
(v) sequentially, to the Holders of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, in an amount equal to such certificates’ share of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Sections 3.22 or Section 4.18 of this Agreement and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, in each case that were allocated to such Class for such Distribution Date and for any prior Distribution Date, to the extent not previously reimbursed pursuant to Section 1.02;
(vi) to the Reserve Fund from amounts otherwise payable to the Class CE Certificates, and then from the Reserve Fund to the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates in that order, in an amount equal to the unpaid amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for each such Class for such Distribution Date;
(vii) in the event that a Class A-2A Accelerated Amortization Event is in effect for such Distribution ate, to the Class A-2A Certificates as an additional payment of principal, any remaining amounts until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates has been reduced to zero;
(viii) to the Reserve Fund, the amount required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.24(b), after taking into account amounts received under the Cap Contracts;
(ix) to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates the Interest Distribution Amount and any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date; and
(x) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in respect of the Class R-II Interest, any remaining amounts; provided that if such Distribution Date is the Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the latest Prepayment Charge term as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or any Distribution Date thereafter, then any such remaining amounts will be distributed first, to the Holders of the Class P Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and second, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.
The Class CE Certificates are intended to receive all principal and interest received by the Trust on the Mortgage Loans that is not otherwise distributable to any other Class of Regular Certificates or REMIC Regular Interests. If the Securities Administrator determines that the Residual Certificates are entitled to any distributions on any Distribution Date other than the final Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator, prior to any such distribution to any Residual Certificate, shall notify the Depositor of such impending distribution. Upon such notification, the Depositor will prepare and request that the other parties hereto enter into an amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 12.01, to revise such mistake in the distribution provisions.
On each Distribution Date, after making the distributions of the Available Distribution Amount as set forth above, the Securities Administrator will first, withdraw from the Reserve Fund all income from the investment of funds in the Reserve Fund and distribute such amount to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates, and second, withdraw from the Reserve Fund, to the extent of amounts remaining on deposit therein, the amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for such Distribution Date and distribute such amount first, concurrently, to the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis; second, to the Class M-1 Certificates, third, to the Class M-2 Certificates, fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, fifth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, sixth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, seventh, to the Class M-6 Certificates, eighth, to the Class M-7 Certificates, ninth, to the Class M-8 Certificates, tenth, to the Class M-9 Certificates, eleventh, to the Class B-1 Certificates, twelfth, to the Class B-2 Certificates and thirteenth, to the Class B-3 Certificates, in each case to the extent to the extent any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount is allocable to each such Class.
(c) (i) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Extra Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority;
first, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A Certificates as follows:
(A) for each Distribution Date on which a Sequential Trigger Event is not in effect for such Distribution Date, concurrently to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis, based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; provided, however that the pro rata allocation to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates pursuant to this clause shall be based on the total Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, but shall be distributed to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates on a sequential basis, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; and
(B) for each Distribution Date on which a Sequential Trigger Event is in effect for such Distribution Date, concurrently to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis, based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; provided, however that the pro rata allocation to the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates pursuant to this clause shall be based on the total Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B
Certificates, but shall be distributed to the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates on a sequential basis, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero; provided, further that the pro rata allocation to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates pursuant to this clause shall be based on the total Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, but shall be distributed to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates on a sequential basis, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
second, sequentially, to the Holders of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M 3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
(ii) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, distributions of principal to the extent of the Extra Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
first, (a) the lesser of (x) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed concurrently to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates and the Class A-1B Certificates, on a pro rata basis, based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero and (b) the lesser of (x) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed sequentially to the Holders of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero;
second, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
third, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
fourth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section
5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
fifth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
sixth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
seventh, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to clause sixth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
eighth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to clause sixth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to clause seventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class
M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
ninth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to clause sixth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to clause seventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates pursuant to clause eighth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
tenth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to clause sixth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to clause seventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates pursuant to clause eighth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates pursuant to clause ninth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
eleventh, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to clause sixth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to clause seventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates pursuant to clause eighth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates pursuant to clause ninth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates pursuant to clause
tenth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and (y) the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
twelfth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to clause sixth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to clause seventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates pursuant to clause eighth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates pursuant to clause ninth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates pursuant to clause tenth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates pursuant to clause eleventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), and (y) the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero; and
thirteenth, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates pursuant to clause first of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to clause second of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to clause fourth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to clause fifth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to clause sixth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to clause seventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates pursuant to clause eighth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates pursuant to clause ninth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates pursuant to clause tenth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates pursuant to clause eleventh of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates pursuant to clause twelfth of this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and (y) the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw any amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account that represent Prepayment Charges and shall distribute such amounts to the Class P Certificateholders as described above.
(e) All distributions made with respect to each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests. Payments in respect of each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date will be made to the Holders of the respective Class of record on the related Record Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.01(g) or Section 10.01 respecting the final distribution on such Class), based on the aggregate Percentage Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of any such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder shall have so notified the Securities Administrator in writing at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Certificates having an initial aggregate Certificate Principal Balance that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or applicable law.
(f) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions in respect of the Certificates, and all interests of the Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth in this Agreement. None of the Holders of any Class of Certificates, the Trustee, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer shall in any way be responsible or liable to the Holders of any other Class of Certificates in respect of amounts properly previously distributed on the Certificates.
(g) Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.01, whenever the Securities Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall, no later than three (3) days before the related Distribution Date, mail to each Holder on such date of such Class of Certificates a notice to the effect that:
(i) the Securities Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office of the Securities Administrator therein specified, and
(ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after the end of the related Interest Accrual Period.
Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust by the Securities Administrator and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 5.01(g) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Securities Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Securities Administrator shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates but shall continue to hold any remaining funds for the benefit of non-tendering Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets remaining in such trust fund. If within one year after the final notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Securities Administrator shall pay to the Depositor all such amounts, and all rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to such amounts shall thereupon cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust by the Securities Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) on the final Distribution Date for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 5.01(g). Any such amounts held in trust by the Securities Administrator shall be held uninvested in an Eligible Account.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in no event shall the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A Certificate, a Mezzanine Certificate or a Class B Certificate be reduced more than once in respect of any particular amount both (a) allocated to such Certificate in respect of Realized Losses pursuant to Section 5.04 and (b) distributed to the Holder of such Certificate in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to this Section 5.01 from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and (ii) in no event shall the Uncertificated Balance of a REMIC Regular Interest be reduced more than once in respect of any particular amount both (a) allocated to such REMIC Regular Interest in respect of Realized Losses pursuant to Section 5.04 and (b) distributed on such REMIC Regular Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated Balance thereof pursuant to this Section 5.01.
SECTION 5.02. | Statements to Certificateholders. |
On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator (based on the information set forth in the Servicer Reports for such Distribution Date and information provided by the Trustee or the counterparty to the Cap Contracts with respect to payments made pursuant to the Cap Contracts) shall make available to each Holder of the Certificates, a statement as to the distributions made on such Distribution Date setting forth:
(i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable to principal, and the amount of the
distribution made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of the Class P Certificates allocable to Prepayment Charges;
(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable to interest;
(iii) the aggregate Servicing Fee received by the Servicer, and the Master Servicing Fee received by the Master Servicer during the related Due Period;
(iv) | the aggregate amount of P&I Advances for such Distribution Date; |
(v) | Reserved; | |
(vi) the number, aggregate principal balance, weighted average remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date;
(vii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent thirty (30) to fifty-nine (59) days, (b) delinquent sixty (60) to eighty-nine (89) days, (c) delinquent ninety (90) or more days, in each case, as of the last day of the preceding calendar month, (d) as to which foreclosure proceedings have been commenced and (e) with respect to which the related Mortgagor has filed for protection under applicable bankruptcy laws, with respect to whom bankruptcy proceedings are pending or with respect to whom bankruptcy protection is in force;
(viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number of such Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance and the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan;
(ix) if available, the book value of any REO Property as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the Distribution Date;
(x) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the related Prepayment Period and the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Charges received in respect thereof;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period and the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Closing Date;
(xii) the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses withdrawn from the Distribution Account for such Distribution Date;
(xiii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Certificates, after giving effect to the distributions, and allocations of Realized Losses, made on such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction thereof due to allocations of Realized Losses;
(xiv) the Certificate Factor for each such Class of Certificates applicable to such Distribution Date;
(xv) the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class B Certificates, and the Class CE Certificates for such Distribution Date and the Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates on such Distribution Date, and in the case of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates separately identifying any reduction thereof due to allocations of Realized Losses, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts;
(xvi) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date, to the extent not covered by payments by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22 of this Agreement or the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.18 of this Agreement;
(xvii) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date;
(xviii) the Required Overcollateralization Amount and the Credit Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date;
(xix) the Overcollateralization Increase Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date;
(xx) the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date;
(xxi) the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date;
(xxii) the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount, if any, outstanding after reimbursements therefor on such Distribution Date and any amounts received under the Cap Contracts;
(xxiii) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable to the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class B Certificates, and the Class CE Certificates for such Distribution Date;
(xxiv) the amount of any deposit to the Reserve Fund contemplated by Section 3.24(b);
(xxv) the balance of the Reserve Fund prior to the deposit or withdrawal of any amounts on such Distribution Date;
(xxvi) the amount of any deposit to the Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(7)(vi);
(xxvii) the balance of the Reserve Fund after all deposits and withdrawals on such Distribution Date;
(xxviii) the Loss Severity Percentage with respect to each Mortgage Loan;
(xxix) | the Aggregate Loss Severity Percentage; |
(xxx) the amount withdrawn from the Pre-Funding Account pursuant to Section 3.27(c) on that Distribution Date, the amount remaining on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account following such Distribution Date, and the amount withdrawn from the Pre-Funding Account and used to buy Subsequent Mortgage Loans prior to such Distribution Date; and
(xxxi) for the distribution occurring on the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, the balance on deposit in the Group I Pre-Funding Sub-Account and/or the Group II Pre-Funding Sub-Account that has not been used to purchase Subsequent Group I Mortgage Loans and/or Subsequent Group II Mortgage Loans, as applicable, and that is being distributed to the related Class A Certificates as a mandatory distribution of principal, if any, on such Distribution Date.
The Securities Administrator will make such statement (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format) available each month to the Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies via the Securities Administrator’s internet website. The Securities Administrator’s internet website shall initially be located at http:\\www.ctslink.com and assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator’s customer service desk at 1-301-815-6600. Parties that are unable to use the above distribution options are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such. The Securities Administrator shall have the right to change the way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Securities Administrator shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such changes.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i) and (ii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per Single Certificate of the relevant Class.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Securities Administrator shall furnish upon request to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Holder of a Regular Certificate a statement containing the information set forth in subclauses (i) through (iii) above, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Securities Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Securities Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Securities Administrator shall furnish upon request to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Holder of a Residual Certificate a statement setting forth the amount, if any, actually distributed with respect to the Residual Certificates, as appropriate, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder.
The Securities Administrator shall, upon request, furnish to each Certificateholder during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special, or other reports or information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be reasonable with respect to the Certificateholder, as applicable, or otherwise with respect to the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information to be provided at the expense of the Certificateholder, in accordance with such reasonable and explicit instructions and directions as the Certificateholder may provide.
On each Distribution Date the Securities Administrator shall provide Bloomberg Financial Markets, L.P. (“Bloomberg”) CUSIP level factors for each Class of Certificates as of such Distribution Date, using a format and media mutually acceptable to the Securities Administrator and Bloomberg.
SECTION 5.03. | Servicer Reports; P&I Advances. |
(a) On or before 12:00 noon New York time on the 18th calendar day of the month, and if the 18th calendar day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day, the Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator by telecopy or electronic mail (or by such other means as the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator may agree from time to time) a remittance report containing such information with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the related Distribution Date as is reasonably available to the Servicer as the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator may reasonably require so as to enable the Master Servicer to master service the related Mortgage Loans and oversee the servicing by the Servicer and the Securities Administrator to fulfill its obligations hereunder with respect to securities and tax reporting.
(b) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Servicer on any Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 5.03(d), (i) the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (net of the related Servicing Fees), due during the related Due Period in respect of the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer, which Monthly Payments were delinquent as of the close of business on the related Determination Date and (ii) with respect to each REO Property, which was acquired during or prior to the related Prepayment Period and as to which an REO Disposition did not occur during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the REO Imputed Interest on such REO Property for the most recently ended calendar month, over the net income from such REO Property deposited in the Collection Account or Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.21 of this Agreement for distribution on such Distribution Date; provided, however, the Servicer shall not be required to make P&I Advances with respect to Relief Act Interest Shortfalls, or with respect to Prepayment Interest Shortfalls in excess of its obligations under Section 3.22. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Monthly Payment on each Balloon Mortgage Loan with a delinquent Balloon Payment is equal to the assumed monthly payment that would have been due on the related Due Date based on the original principal amortization schedule for such Balloon Mortgage Loan.
By 12:00 noon New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the
Distribution Account an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the related Mortgage Loans for the related Distribution Date either (i) from its own funds or (ii) from the Collection Account, to the extent of any Amounts Held For Future Distribution on deposit therein (in which case it will cause to be made an appropriate entry in the records of the Collection Account that Amounts Held For Future Distribution have been, as permitted by this Section 5.03, used by the Servicer in discharge of any such P&I Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Servicer with respect to the related Mortgage Loans. In addition, the Servicer shall have the right to reimburse itself for any outstanding P&I Advance made from its own funds from Amounts Held for Future Distribution. Any Amounts Held For Future Distribution used by the Servicer to make P&I Advances or to reimburse itself for outstanding P&I Advances shall be appropriately reflected in the Servicer’s records and replaced by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on the Servicer Remittance Date immediately following the Due Period or Prepayment Period for which such amounts relate. The Securities Administrator will notify the Servicer and the Master Servicer by the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date in the event that the amount remitted by the Servicer to the Securities Administrator on such date is less than the P&I Advances required to be made by the Servicer for the related Distribution Date.
(c) The obligation of the Servicer to make such P&I Advances is mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to (d) below, and, with respect to any related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, shall continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or the removal thereof from the Trust Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section 5.03(c), the Servicer shall have no obligation to make any P&I Advances with respect the Fremont Mortgage Loans before the Servicing Transfer Date.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively. The determination by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by a certification of a Servicing Officer delivered to the Master Servicer.
(e) Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, in the event the Servicer fails to make any required P&I Advance, then the Master Servicer (in its capacity as successor servicer) or any other successor Servicer shall be required to make such P&I Advance on the Distribution Date on which the Servicer was required to make such Advance, subject to its determination of recoverability.
SECTION 5.04. | Allocation of Realized Losses. |
(a) Prior to the Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine as to each Mortgage Loan serviced by the Servicer and any related REO Property and include in the monthly remittance report provided to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator
(substantially in the form of Schedule 4 hereto) such information as is reasonably available to the Servicer as the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator may reasonably require so as to enable the Master Servicer to master service the Mortgage Loans and oversee the servicing by the Servicer and the Securities Administrator to fulfill its obligations hereunder with respect to securities and tax reporting, which shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the total amount of Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Final Recovery Determinations made during the related Prepayment Period; and (ii) the respective portions of such Realized Losses allocable to interest and allocable to principal. Prior to each Determination Date, the Servicer shall also determine as to each Mortgage Loan: (i) the total amount of Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Deficient Valuations made during the related Prepayment Period; and (ii) the total amount of Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with Debt Service Reductions in respect of Monthly Payments due during the related Due Period.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any REMIC II Regular Interest pursuant to Section 5.04(d) on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the Securities Administrator on each Distribution Date as follows: first, to Net Monthly Excess Cashflow; second, to the Class CE Certificates; third, to the Class B-3 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class B-2 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Class B-1 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the Class M-9 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates has been reduced to zero; seventh, to the Class M-8 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates has been reduced to zero; eighth, to the Class M-7 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero; ninth, to the Class M-6 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero; tenth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; eleventh, to the Class M-4 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero; twelfth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; thirteenth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and fourteenth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero. All Realized Losses to be allocated to the Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes on any Distribution Date shall be so allocated after the actual distributions to be made on such date as provided above. All references above to the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to the relevant Distribution Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in each case to be allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution Date.
Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Mezzanine Certificate or Class B Certificate on any Distribution Date shall be made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so allocated; any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class CE Certificates shall be made by reducing the amount otherwise payable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(7)(viii). No allocations of any Realized Losses shall be made to the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates or Class P Certificates.
As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a “pro rata basis” among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an allocation on a pro rata basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each such Class of Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date. All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class of Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the, Certificates of such Class in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.
In addition, in the event that the Servicer receives any Subsequent Recoveries with respect to a Mortgage Loan serviced by it, the Servicer shall deposit such funds into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08. If, after taking into account such Subsequent Recoveries, the amount of a Realized Loss is reduced, the amount of such Subsequent Recoveries will be applied to increase the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Subordinate Certificates with the highest payment priority to which Realized Losses have been allocated, but not by more than the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to that Class of Subordinate Certificates pursuant to this Section 5.04 and not previously reimbursed to such Class of Subordinate Certificates with Net Monthly Excess Cashflow pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(7). The amount of any remaining Subsequent Recoveries will be applied to sequentially increase the Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate Certificates, beginning with the Class of Subordinate Certificates with the next highest payment priority, up to the amount of such Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class of Subordinate Certificates pursuant to this Section 5.04 and not previously reimbursed to such Class of Subordinate Certificates with Net Monthly Excess Cashflow pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(7)(iii). Holders of such Certificates will not be entitled to any payment in respect of current interest on the amount of such increases for any Interest Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such increase occurs. Any such increases shall be applied to the Certificate Principal Balance of each Subordinate Certificate of such Class in accordance with its respective Percentage Interest.
(c) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the Trustee, based solely on the instructions of the Securities Administrator, on each Distribution Date to the following REMIC I Regular Interests, as follows: to REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 and REMIC I Regular Interest LT1PF until the Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest has been reduced to zero; provided however, with respect to the first three Distribution Dates, all Realized Losses on the Initial Group I Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest LT1 until the Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest has been reduced to zero, and all Realized Losses on the Subsequent Group I Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest LT1PF until the Uncertificated Balance thereof has been reduced to zero. All Realized Losses on the Group II Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date to REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 and REMIC I Regular Interest LT2PF until the Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest has been reduced to zero; provided however, with respect to the first three Distribution Dates, all Realized Losses on the Initial Group II Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest LT2 until the Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest has been reduced to zero, and all Realized Losses on the Subsequent Group II Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest LT2PF until the Uncertificated Balance thereof has been reduced to zero.
(d) (i) The REMIC II Marker Percentage of all Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the Trustee, based solely on the instructions of the Securities Administrator, on each Distribution Date to the following REMIC II Regular Interests in the specified percentages, as follows: first, to Uncertificated Interest payable to the REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC II Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98.00% and 2.00%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC II Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98.00% and 2.00%, respectively; third, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTB3 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTB3 has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTB2 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTB2 has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTB1 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTB1 has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM9 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM9 has been reduced to zero; seventh, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM8 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM8 has been reduced to zero; eighth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM7 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM7 has been reduced to zero; ninth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM6 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM6 has been reduced to zero; tenth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM5 has been reduced to zero; eleventh, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4 has been reduced to zero; twelfth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3 has been reduced to zero; thirteenth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2 has been reduced to zero; and fourteenth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1 has been reduced to zero.
(ii) The REMIC II Sub WAC Allocation Percentage of all Realized Losses shall be applied after all distributions have been made on each Distribution Date first, so as to keep the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC II Regular Interest ending with the designation “GRP” equal to 0.01% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group; second, to each REMIC II Regular Interest ending with the designation “SUB,” so that the Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC II Regular Interest is equal to 0.01% of the excess of (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y) the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificate in the related Loan Group (except that if any such excess is a larger number than in the preceding distribution period, the least amount of Realized Losses shall be applied to such REMIC II Regular Interests such that the REMIC II Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained); and third, any remaining Realized Losses shall be allocated to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTXX.
SECTION 5.05. | Compliance with Withholding Requirements. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount that the Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the Securities Administrator does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Securities Administrator shall indicate the amount withheld to such Certificateholders.
SECTION 5.06. | Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission. |
The Depositor shall prepare or cause to be prepared the initial current report on Form 8-K. Within fifteen (15) days after each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall, in accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”), a Form 8-K (or other comparable Form containing the same or comparable information or other information mutually agreed upon) with a copy of the statement to be furnished to the Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to January 30, 2006, the Securities Administrator shall, in accordance with industry standards, file a Form 15 Suspension Notice with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to (i) March 20, 2006 and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, prior to March 20th of each year thereafter, the Master Servicer shall provide the Securities Administrator with a Master Servicer Certification, together with a copy of the annual independent accountant’s servicing report and annual statement of compliance of the Servicer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and, if applicable, the annual independent accountant’s servicing report and annual statement of compliance to be delivered by the Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 4.15 and 4.16. Prior to (i) March 31, 2006 and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, March 31 of each year thereafter, the Securities Administrator shall file a Form 10-K, in substance conforming to industry standards, with respect to the Trust. Such Form 10-K shall include the Master Servicer Certification and other documentation provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to the second preceding sentence. The Depositor hereby grants to the Securities Administrator a limited power of attorney to execute and file each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall continue
until either the earlier of (i) receipt by the Securities Administrator from the Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund. The Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the Securities Administrator, from time to time upon request, such further information, reports and financial statements within its control related to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans as the Securities Administrator reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the Commission. The Securities Administrator shall have no responsibility to file any items other than those specified in this Section 5.06; provided, however, the Securities Administrator will cooperate with the Depositor in connection with any additional filings with respect to the Trust Fund as the Depositor deems necessary under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Fees and expenses incurred by the Securities Administrator in connection with this Section 5.06 shall not be reimbursable from the Trust Fund.
ARTICLE VI
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 6.01. | The Certificates. |
(a) The Certificates in the aggregate will represent the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other assets included in REMIC I and REMIC II.
The Certificates will be substantially in the forms annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-6. The Certificates of each Class will be issuable in registered form only, in denominations of authorized Percentage Interests as described in the definition thereof. Each Certificate will share ratably in all rights of the related Class.
Upon original issue, the Certificates shall be executed and authenticated by the Securities Administrator and delivered by the Trustee to and upon the written order of the Depositor. The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the Trust by the Securities Administrator by an authorized signatory. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Securities Administrator shall bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided herein executed by the Securities Administrator by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates shall initially be issued as one or more Certificates held by the Book-Entry Custodian or, if appointed to hold such Certificates as provided below, the Depository and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and, except as provided below, registration of such Certificates may not be transferred by the Securities Administrator except to another Depository that agrees to hold such Certificates for the respective Certificate Owners with Ownership Interests therein. The Certificate Owners shall hold their respective Ownership Interests in and to such Certificates through the book-entry facilities of the Depository and, except as provided below, shall not be entitled to definitive, fully registered Certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) in respect of such Ownership Interests. All transfers by Certificate Owners of their respective Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer the Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The Securities Administrator is hereby initially appointed as the Book-Entry Custodian and hereby agrees to act as such in accordance herewith and in accordance with the agreement that it has with the Depository authorizing it to act as such. The Book-Entry Custodian may, and, if it is no longer qualified to act as such, the Book-Entry Custodian shall, appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer and, if
the Trustee is not the Book-Entry Custodian, the Trustee, any other transfer agent (including the Depository or any successor Depository) to act as Book-Entry Custodian under such conditions as the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian and the Depository or any successor Depository may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities by reason of any such appointment of other than the Depository. If the Securities Administrator resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor Securities Administrator or, if it so elects, the Depository shall immediately succeed to its predecessor’s duties as Book-Entry Custodian. The Depositor shall have the right to inspect, and to obtain copies of, any Certificates held as Book-Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian.
(c) The Class B Certificates initially offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued in the form of a temporary global certificate in definitive, fully registered form (each, a “Regulation S Temporary Global Certificate”), which shall be deposited with the Securities Administrator or an agent of the Securities Administrator as custodian for the Depository and registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of the Depository for the account of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream. Beneficial interests in each Regulation S Temporary Global Certificate may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream; provided, however, that such interests may be exchanged for interests in a Definitive Certificate in accordance with the requirements described in Section 6.02. After the expiration of the Release Date, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Certificate may be exchanged for a beneficial interest in the related permanent global certificate of the same Class (each, a “Regulation S Permanent Global Certificate”), in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.02. Each Regulation S Permanent Global Certificate shall be deposited with the Securities Administrator or an agent of the Securities Administrator as custodian for the Depository and registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of the Depository.
The Class B Certificates offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers (“QIBs”) in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) or institutional investors that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Institutional Accredited Investors”) will be issued in the form of Book-Entry Certificates.
(d) The Class CE Certificates and Class P Certificates offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) will be issued in the form of Definitive Certificates.
(e) The Trustee, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor may for all purposes (including the making of payments due on the Book-Entry Certificates and Global Certificates) deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the Certificate Owners with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates and Global Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders hereunder. The rights of Certificate Owners with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates and Global Certificates shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the Depository Participants and brokerage firms representing such Certificate Owners. Multiple requests and directions from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates and Global Certificates with respect to any particular matter shall not be deemed
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners. The Securities Administrator may establish a reasonable record date in connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders and shall give notice to the Depository of such record date.
If (i)(A) the Depositor advises the Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Securities Administrator in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (iii) after the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Ownership Interests of the Book-Entry Certificates advise the Securities Administrator through the Depository, in writing, that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. With respect to a Global Certificate, the related Certificate Owner (other than a Holder of a Regulation S Temporary Global Certificate) may request that its interest in a Global Certificate be exchanged for a Definitive Certificate. Upon surrender to the Securities Administrator of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian or the Depository, as applicable, or the Global Certificates by the Depository accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration of transfer, the Securities Administrator shall cause the Definitive Certificates to be issued. Such Definitive Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of $10,000 except that any beneficial ownership that was represented by a Book-Entry Certificate, or a Global Certificate, as applicable in an amount less than $10,000 immediately prior to the issuance of a Definitive Certificate shall be issued in a minimum denomination equal to the amount represented by such Book-Entry Certificate or a Global Certificate, as applicable. None of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in the delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Securities Administrator, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates, and the Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 6.02. | Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. |
(a) The Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at one of the offices or agencies to be appointed by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.11, a Certificate Register for the Certificates in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided.
(b) No transfer of any Class B Certificate, Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that such a transfer of a Class B Certificate, Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification (other than in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor), the Securities Administrator shall require receipt of: (i) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act, written certifications from the Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and from such Certificateholder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1; (ii) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, written certifications from the Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and from such Certificateholder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2; (iii) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance on Regulation S, a written certification from the prospective transferee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 and (iv) in all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Securities Administrator that such transfer may be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer), together with copies of the written certification(s) of the Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Certificateholder’s prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based, if any. Neither of the Depositor nor the Securities Administrator is obligated to register or qualify any such Certificates under the Securities Act or any other securities laws or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer of any such Certificate shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the 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.
A holder of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Certificate must provide Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, with a certificate in the form of Annex A to Exhibit B-1 hereto certifying that the beneficial owner of the interest in such Global Certificate is not a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S), and Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, must provide to the Trustee and Securities Administrator a certificate in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto prior to (i) the payment of interest or principal with respect to such holder’s beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Certificate and (ii) any exchange of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Permanent Global Certificate.
(c) No transfer of a Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or a Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with “Plan Assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 (“Plan Assets”) unless the Securities Administrator is provided with an Opinion of Counsel on which the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Servicer may rely, which establishes to the satisfaction of the Securities Administrator that the purchase of such Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trust
Fund. An Opinion of Counsel will not be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Securities Administrator, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Each Transferee of a Mezzanine Certificate or Class B Certificate will be deemed to have represented by virtue of its purchase or holding of such Certificate (or interest therein) that either (a) such Transferee is not a Plan or purchasing such Certificate with Plan Assets, (b) in the case of a Mezzanine Certificate, it has acquired and is holding such Certificate in reliance on Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 94-84 or FAN 97-03E, as amended by PTE 97-34, 62 Fed. Reg. 39021 (July 21, 1997), PTE 2000-58, 65 Fed. Reg. 67765 (November 13, 2000) and PTE 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (August 22, 2002) (the “Exemption”), and that it understands that there are certain conditions to the availability of the Exemption including that such Certificate must be rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than “BBB-” (or its equivalent) by a Rating Agency or (c) the following conditions are satisfied: (i) such Transferee is an insurance company, (ii) the source of funds used to purchase or hold such Certificate (or interest therein) is an “insurance company general account” (as defined in PTCE 95-60, and (iii) the conditions set forth in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.
If any Certificate or any interest therein is acquired or held in violation of the conditions described in this Section 6.02(c), the next preceding permitted beneficial owner will be treated as the beneficial owner of that Certificate, retroactive to the date of transfer to the purported beneficial owner. Any purported beneficial owner whose acquisition or holding of any certificate or interest therein was effected in violation of the conditions described in this Section 6.02(c) shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trust Fund from and against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by those parties as a result of that acquisition or holding.
(d) (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Securities Administrator or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, and shall
not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement (a “Transfer Affidavit and Agreement,” in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-3) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, representing and warranting, among other things, that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 6.02(d) and agrees to be bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if an authorized officer of the Securities Administrator who is assigned to this transaction has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate and (Y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a Transferor Affidavit (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2) to the Securities Administrator stating that, among other things, it has no actual knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Securities Administrator written notice that it is a “pass-through interest holder” within the meaning of temporary Treasury regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on behalf of, a “pass-through interest holder.”
(ii) The Securities Administrator will register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Securities Administrator as a condition to such registration. In addition, no Transfer of a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the Securities Administrator shall have received a representation letter from the Transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee.
(iii) (A) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any
Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02(d) and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the rights of the holder of such Residual Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A) above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the Securities Administrator shall have the right, without notice to the holder or any prior holder of such Residual Certificate, to sell such Residual Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Securities Administrator on such terms as the Securities Administrator may choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each Residual Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the Securities Administrator. Such purchaser may be the Securities Administrator itself or any Affiliate of the Securities Administrator. The proceeds of such sale, net of the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Securities Administrator or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Securities Administrator to such purported Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Securities Administrator, and the Securities Administrator shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion.
(iv) The Securities Administrator shall make available to the Internal Revenue Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC Provisions all information necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, including the information described in Treasury regulations sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5) with respect to the “excess inclusions” of such Residual Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code that holds an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate having as among its record holders at any time any Person which is a Disqualified Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be charged or collected by the Securities Administrator.
(v) The provisions of this Section 6.02(d) set forth prior to this subsection (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered to the Securities Administrator at the expense of the party seeking to modify, add to or eliminate any such provision the following:
(A) written notification from each Rating Agency to the effect that the modification, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates; and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, to the effect that such modification of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause any Trust REMIC to cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause any Trust REMIC, as the case may be, to be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee or a Person other than the prospective transferee to be subject to a REMIC-tax caused by the Transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee.
(e) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Securities Administrator maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 9.11, the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated Transferee or Transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class of a like aggregate Percentage Interest.
(f) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized denominations and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such Certificate to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Securities Administrator maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 9.11. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Securities Administrator) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, the holder thereof may exchange, in the manner described above, such Class R Certificate for three separate certificates, each representing such holder’s respective Percentage Interest in the Class R-I Interest, the Class R-II Interest and the Class R-III Interest, respectively, in each case that was evidenced by the Class R Certificate being exchanged.
(g) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be canceled and destroyed by the Securities Administrator in accordance with its customary procedures.
SECTION 6.03. | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. |
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Securities Administrator, or the Securities Administrator receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and of the ownership thereof, and (ii) there is delivered to Securities Administrator such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it harmless, then, in the absence of actual knowledge by the Securities Administrator that such Certificate has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Securities Administrator, shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same Class and of like denomination and Percentage Interest. Upon the
issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the applicable REMIC created hereunder, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 6.04. | Persons Deemed Owners. |
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 6.05. | Certain Available Information. |
On or prior to the date of the first sale of any Class B Certificate, Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate to an Independent third party, the Depositor shall provide to the Securities Administrator ten copies of any private placement memorandum or other disclosure document used by the Depositor in connection with the offer and sale of such Certificate. In addition, if any such private placement memorandum or disclosure document is revised, amended or supplemented at any time following the delivery thereof to the Securities Administrator, the Depositor promptly shall inform the Securities Administrator of such event and shall deliver to the Securities Administrator ten copies of the private placement memorandum or disclosure document, as revised, amended or supplemented. The Securities Administrator shall maintain at its office as set forth in Section 12.05 hereof and shall make available free of charge during normal business hours for review by any Holder of a Certificate or any Person identified to the Securities Administrator as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, originals or copies of the following items: (i) in the case of a Holder or prospective transferee of a Class B Certificate, Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate, the related private placement memorandum or other disclosure document relating to such Class of Certificates, in the form most recently provided to the Securities Administrator; and (ii) in all cases, (A) this Agreement and any amendments hereof entered into pursuant to Section 11.01, (B) all monthly statements required to be delivered to Certificateholders of the relevant Class pursuant to Section 4.02 since the Closing Date, and all other notices, reports, statements and written communications delivered to the Certificateholders of the relevant Class pursuant to this Agreement since the Closing Date and (C) any copies of all Officers’ Certificates of the Servicer since the Closing Date delivered to the Master Servicer to evidence such Person’s determination that any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance was, or if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Copies and mailing of any and all of the foregoing items will be available from the Securities Administrator upon request at the expense of the Person requesting the same.
ARTICLE VII
THE DEPOSITOR, THE SERVICER AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 7.01. Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Master Servicer.
The Depositor, the Servicer and the Master Servicer each shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement upon them in their respective capacities as Depositor, Servicer and Master Servicer and undertaken hereunder by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Master Servicer herein.
SECTION 7.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer.
Subject to the following paragraph, the Depositor will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Subject to the following paragraph, the Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a federally chartered savings bank. Subject to the following paragraph, the Master Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a national banking association. The Depositor, the Servicer and the Master Servicer each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
The Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor, the Servicer 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 any successor to the Servicer or the Master Servicer shall meet the eligibility requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (iii) of the last paragraph of Section 8.02(a) or Section 7.06, as applicable. In addition to the foregoing, in the event the Servicer transfers all of its servicing functions to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (“OLS”), OLS shall assume the Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement so long as OLS satisfies the requirements for a successor servicer set forth in Section 7.04 hereof at the time of such transfer.
SECTION 7.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or any such person against any breach of warranties, representations or covenants made herein or against any specific liability imposed on any such Person pursuant hereto or against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement, the Certificates or any Credit Risk Management Agreement or any loss, liability or expense incurred (including, without limitation, the acts or omissions of the Interim Subservicers or the failure of an Interim Subservicer to perform in accordance with this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trust Fund shall have no obligation to indemnify the Servicer for any such acts or omissions of the Interim Subservicers unless and until the Servicer has first sought (employing commercially reasonable efforts) indemnification from the applicable Interim Subservicer) other than 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 Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action unless such action is related to its respective duties under this Agreement and, in its opinion, does not involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that each of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom (except any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder) shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account or the Distribution Account as and to the extent provided in Article III and Article IV, any such right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of the Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer shall not be liable for any actions or inactions prior to the Cut-off Date of any prior servicer of the related Mortgage Loans and the Master Servicer shall not be liable for any action or inaction of the Servicer, except to the extent expressly provided herein, or the Credit Risk Management Agreement.
SECTION 7.04. | Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer. |
(a) Except as expressly provided herein, the Servicer shall neither assign all or substantially all of its rights under this Agreement or the servicing hereunder nor delegate all or substantially all of its duties hereunder nor sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets without, in each case, the prior written consent of the Master Servicer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, that in each case, there must be delivered to the Trustee and the Master Servicer a letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such transfer of servicing or sale or disposition of assets will not result in a qualification, withdrawal or downgrade of the then-current rating of any of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer, without the consent of the Trustee or the Master Servicer, may retain third-party contractors to perform certain servicing and loan administration functions, including without limitation hazard insurance administration, tax payment and administration, flood certification and administration, collection services and similar functions, provided, however, that the retention of such contractors by the Servicer shall not limit the obligation of the Servicer to service the related Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law, (ii) upon the written proposal by the Servicer of a successor servicer reasonably acceptable to each of the Seller, the Depositor and the Master Servicer or (iii) as provided in Section 7.04(c). No such resignation under clause (i) above shall become effective unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect obtained at the expense of the Servicer and delivered to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies. No such resignation of the Servicer under clause (ii) shall be effective unless:
(i) the proposed successor Servicer is (1) an affiliate of the Master Servicer that services mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related Mortgaged Properties are located or (2) the proposed successor Servicer has a rating of at least “Above Average” by S&P and either a rating of at least “RPS2” by Fitch or a rating of at least “SQ2” by Moody’s;
(ii) the Rating Agencies have confirmed to the Trustee that the appointment of the proposed successor servicer as the servicer under this Agreement will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the then current ratings of any of the Certificates; and
(iii) the proposed successor Servicer has a net worth of at least $25,000,000.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no resignation of the Servicer shall become effective until the Master Servicer or a successor Servicer shall have assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities (other than those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of such successor) and obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Except as expressly provided herein, the Servicer shall not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to any other Person, or delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint any other Person to perform any of the duties, covenants or obligations to be performed by the Servicer hereunder. The foregoing prohibition
on assignment shall not prohibit the Servicer from designating a Sub-Servicer as payee of any indemnification amount payable to the Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that as provided in Section 3.02, no Sub-Servicer shall be a third-party beneficiary hereunder and the parties hereto shall not be required to recognize any Sub-Servicer as an indemnitee under this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Servicer may pledge or assign as collateral all its rights, title and interest under this Agreement to a lender (the “Servicing Rights Lender”), provided, that:
(i) upon a Servicer Event of Default and receipt of a notice of termination by the Servicer, the Servicing Rights Lender may direct the Servicer or its designee to appoint a successor Servicer pursuant to the provisions, and subject to the conditions, set forth in Section 8.02 regarding such appointment of a successor Servicer;
(ii) the Servicing Rights Lender’s rights are subject to this Agreement; and
(iii) the Servicer shall remain subject to termination as servicer under this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof.
SECTION 7.05. | Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer. |
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination pursuant to the preceding sentence permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect obtained at the expense of the Master Servicer and delivered to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies. No resignation of the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor Master Servicer meeting the criteria specified in Section 7.06 shall have assumed the Master Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities (other than those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of such successor) and obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.06. | Assignment of Master Servicing. |
The Master Servicer may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations in its entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided, however, that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accept in writing such assignment and delegation and assume the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder (a) shall have a net worth of not less than $15,000,000 (unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause (ii) below); (b) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (as evidenced in a writing signed by the Trustee); and (c) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by it as master servicer under this Agreement, any custodial agreement from and after the effective date of such agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency shall be given prior written notice of the identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency’s rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment, sale and delegation will not be
downgraded, qualified or withdrawn as a result of such assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a letter to such effect delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee; and (iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing shall deliver to the Trustee an officer’s certificate and an Opinion of Independent counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Agreement have been completed and such action is permitted by and complies with the terms of this Agreement. No such assignment or delegation shall affect any liability of the Master Servicer arising out of acts or omissions prior to the effective date thereof.
SECTION 7.07. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Servicer and the Master Servicer.
Each of the Master Servicer and the Servicer shall afford (and any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that each Sub-Servicer shall afford) the Depositor and the Trustee, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours, access to all records maintained by the Master Servicer or the Servicer (and any such Sub-Servicer) in respect of the Servicer’s rights and obligations hereunder and access to officers of the Master Servicer or the Servicer (and those of any such Sub-Servicer) responsible for such obligations, and the Master Servicer shall have access to all such records maintained by the Servicer and any Sub-Servicers. Upon request, each of the Master Servicer and the Servicer shall furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee its (and any such Sub-Servicer’s) most recent financial statements and such other information relating to the Master Servicer’s or the Servicer’s capacity to perform its obligations under this Agreement as it possesses (and that any such Sub-Servicer possesses). To the extent such information is not otherwise available to the public, the Depositor and the Trustee shall not disseminate any information obtained pursuant to the preceding two sentences without the Master Servicer’s or the Servicer’s written consent, except as required pursuant to this Agreement or to the extent that it is appropriate to do so (i) to its legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies and the Certificateholders, (ii) pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor and the Trustee or the Trust Fund, and in any case, the Depositor or the Trustee, (iii) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the Trustee from sources other than the Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer, (iv) disclosure as required pursuant to this Agreement or (v) disclosure of any and all information (A) in any preliminary or final offering circular, registration statement or contract or other document pertaining to the transactions contemplated by the Agreement approved in advance by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Master Servicer or (B) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the Trustee having a need to know the same, provided that the Trustee advises such recipient of the confidential nature of the information being disclosed, shall use its best efforts to assure the confidentiality of any such disseminated non-public information. Nothing in this Section 7.07 shall limit the obligation of the Servicer to comply with any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 7.07 as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section. Nothing in this Section 7.07 shall require the Servicer to collect, create, collate or otherwise generate any information that it does not generate in its usual course of business. The Servicer shall not be required to make copies of or ship documents to any party unless provisions have been made for the reimbursement of the costs thereof. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master
Servicer and the Servicer under this Agreement and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer or the Servicer under this Agreement or exercise the rights of the Master Servicer or the Servicer under this Agreement; provided that neither the Master Servicer nor the Servicer shall be relieved of any of its obligations under this Agreement by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. The Depositor shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer or the Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer or the Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 7.08. | Duties of the Credit Risk Manager. |
For and on behalf of the Depositor, the Credit Risk Manager will provide reports and recommendations concerning certain delinquent and defaulted Mortgage Loans, and as to the collection of any Prepayment Charges with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Such reports and recommendations will be based upon information provided to the Credit Risk Manager pursuant to the Credit Risk Management Agreements, and the Credit Risk Manager shall look solely to the Servicer and/or Master Servicer for all information and data (including loss and delinquency information and data) relating to the servicing of the related Mortgage Loans. Upon any termination of the Credit Risk Manager or the appointment of a successor Credit Risk Manager, the Depositor shall give written notice thereof to the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, and each Rating Agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of the Credit Risk Manager pursuant to this Section shall not become effective until the appointment of a successor Credit Risk Manager.
SECTION 7.09. | Limitation Upon Liability of the Credit Risk Manager. |
Neither the Credit Risk Manager, nor any of its directors, officers, employees, or agents shall be under any liability to the Trustee, the Certificateholders, or the Depositor for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action made in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, in reliance upon information provided by the Servicer under the related Credit Risk Management Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Credit Risk Manager or any such person against liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful malfeasance or bad faith in its performance of its duties. The Credit Risk Manager and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Credit Risk Manager 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, and may rely in good faith upon the accuracy of information furnished by the Servicer pursuant to the related Credit Risk Management Agreement in the performance of its duties thereunder and hereunder.
SECTION 7.10. | Removal of the Credit Risk Manager. |
The Credit Risk Manager may be removed as Credit Risk Manager by Certificateholders holding not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights in the Trust Fund, in the exercise of its or their sole discretion. The Certificateholders shall provide written notice of the Credit Risk Manager’s removal to the Trustee. Upon receipt of such notice, the Trustee shall provide written notice to the Credit Risk Manager of its removal, which shall be effective upon receipt of such notice by the Credit Risk Manager, with a copy to the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer.
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT
SECTION 8.01. | Servicer Events of Default. |
(a) “Servicer Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
(i) any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Securities Administrator for distribution to the Certificateholders any payment (other than a P&I Advance required to be made from its own funds on any Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to Section 5.03) required to be made by the Servicer under the terms of the Certificates and this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Depositor or the Trustee (in which case notice shall be provided by telecopy), or to the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee and by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) any failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Servicer contained in this Agreement, or the material breach by the Servicer of any representation and warranty contained in Section 2.05, which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Depositor or the Trustee or to the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights; provided, however, that in the case of a failure that cannot be cured within thirty (30) days, the cure period may be extended for an additional thirty (30) days if the Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee that the Servicer is diligently pursuing remedial action; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceeding, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of ninety (90) days; or
(iv) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to it or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(v) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations;
(vi) failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the required time period, its obligations under Section 3.17, 3.18 or 3.19 which failure continues unremedied for a period of ten (10) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by any party to this Agreement; or
(vii) any failure of the Servicer to make any P&I Advance on any Servicer Remittance Date required to be made from its own funds pursuant to Section 5.03 which continues unremedied until 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day immediately following the Servicer Remittance Date; or
(viii) failure of the Servicer to maintain at least an “average” rating from the Rating Agencies.
If a Servicer Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (vi) or (viii) of this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Depositor or the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the defaulting Servicer (and to the Depositor if given by the Trustee or to the Trustee if given by the Depositor) with a copy to the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the defaulting Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement, to the extent permitted by law, and in and to the related Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. If a Servicer Event of Default described in clause (vii) hereof shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the defaulting Servicer, the Depositor and the Master Servicer, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the defaulting Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the related Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. Subject to Section 8.02, on or after the receipt by the defaulting Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the defaulting Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the related Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Master Servicer pursuant to and under this Section, and, without limitation, the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the defaulting Servicer, any and all documents and other instruments and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the related Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The defaulting Servicer agrees promptly (and in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days subsequent to such notice) to provide the Master Servicer with all documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume the defaulting Servicer’s functions under this Agreement, and to cooperate with the Master Servicer in effecting the termination of the defaulting Servicer’s responsibilities and rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the transfer within one (1) Business Day to the Master Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts which at the time shall be or should have been credited by the defaulting Servicer to the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the defaulting Servicer or thereafter be received with respect to the related Mortgage Loans or any related REO Property (provided, however, that the defaulting Servicer shall continue to be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination, whether in respect of P&I Advances, Servicing Advances, accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees or otherwise, and shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Section 7.03, notwithstanding any such termination, with respect to events occurring prior to such termination). Reimbursement of unreimbursed P&I Advances, Servicing Advances and accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees shall be made on a first in, first out (“FIFO”) basis no later than the Servicer Remittance Date. For purposes of this Section 8.01(a), the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Servicer Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to and working in the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Servicer Event of Default is received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the Certificates, the Trust or this Agreement. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Master Servicer and the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default of which it has knowledge as provided above.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the defaulting Servicer (or from amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account if the defaulting Servicer is unable to fulfill its obligations hereunder) for all reasonable out-of-pocket or third party costs associated with the transfer of servicing from the defaulting Servicer, including without limitation, any reasonable out-of-pocket or third party costs or expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the Master Servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Master Servicer to service the related Mortgage Loans properly and effectively, upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
(b) “Master Servicer Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
(i) any failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in this Agreement, or the breach by the Master Servicer of any representation and warranty contained in Section 2.04, which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Depositor or the Trustee or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceeding, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 days; or
(iii) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to it or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
If a Master Servicer Event of Default shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Master Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Depositor or the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer (and to the Depositor if given by the Trustee or to the Trustee if given by the Depositor) with a copy to each Rating Agency, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement, to the extent permitted by law, and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise including, without limitation, the compensation payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee pursuant to and under this Section, and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the Master Servicer, any and all documents and other instruments and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer agrees promptly (and in any event no later than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) to provide the Trustee with all documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume the Master Servicer’s functions under this Agreement, and to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and rights under this Agreement (provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall continue to be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination and shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 7.03, notwithstanding any such termination, with respect to events occurring prior to such termination). For purposes of this Section 8.01(b), the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Master Servicer Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to and working in the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Master Servicer Event of Default is received by the Trustee and such notice references the Certificates, the Trust or this Agreement. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default of which it has knowledge as provided above.
To the extent that the costs and expenses of the Trustee related to the termination of the Master Servicer, appointment of a successor Master Servicer or the transfer and assumption of the master servicing by the Trustee (including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs and expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation of the potential termination of the Master Servicer as a result of a Master Servicer Event of Default and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with the complete transfer of the master servicing, including all servicing files and all servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the successor Master Servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor Master Servicer to
master service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement) are not fully and timely reimbursed by the terminated Master Servicer, the Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement of such costs and expenses from the Distribution Account.
SECTION 8.02. | Master Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor. |
(a) On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination, the Master Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as the Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein, and all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter shall be assumed by the Master Servicer (except for any representations or warranties of the Servicer under this Agreement, the responsibilities, duties and liabilities contained in Section 2.03 and the obligation to deposit amounts in respect of losses pursuant to Section 3.10(b)) by the terms and provisions hereof including, without limitation, the Servicer’s obligations to make P&I Advances pursuant to Section 5.03 of this Agreement; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer is prohibited by law or regulation from obligating itself to make advances regarding delinquent mortgage loans, then the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make P&I Advances pursuant to Section 5.03 of this Agreement; and provided further, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Servicer’s failure to provide information required by Section 8.01 shall not be considered a default by the Master Servicer as successor to the Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that (1) it is understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto that there will be a period of transition (not to exceed 120 days) before the actual servicing functions can be fully transferred to the Master Servicer or any successor Servicer appointed in accordance with the following provisions and (2) any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Servicer’s failure to provide information required by Section 8.01 of this Agreement shall not be considered a default by the Master Servicer as successor to the Servicer. As compensation therefor, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all funds relating to the related Mortgage Loans to which the terminated Servicer would have been entitled if it had continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the above and subject to the immediately following paragraph, the Master Servicer may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is unable to so act promptly appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Person that satisfies the eligibility criteria set forth below as the successor to the terminated Servicer under this Agreement in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the terminated Servicer under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, for a period of thirty (30) days following the date on which Ocwen shall have received a notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.01 of this Agreement, Ocwen or its designee may appoint a successor Servicer that satisfies the eligibility criteria of a successor Servicer set forth below, which appointment shall be subject to the consent of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, and the Trustee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that such successor Servicer agrees to fully effect the servicing transfer within 120 days following the termination of Ocwen and to make all P&I Advances that would otherwise be made by the Master Servicer under Section 8.01 as of the date of such appointment, and to reimburse the Master Servicer for any unreimbursed P&I Advances it has made and any reimbursable expenses that it may have incurred in connection with this Section 8.02. Any proceeds received in connection with the appointment of such successor Servicer shall be the property of Ocwen or its designee. This 30-day period shall terminate immediately (i) at the close of business on the
second Business Day of such 30-day period if (A) Ocwen was terminated because of an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(a)(vii) for failing to make a required P&I Advance, and (B) Ocwen shall have failed to make (or cause to be made) such P&I Advance, or shall fail to reimburse (or cause to be reimbursed) the Master Servicer for a P&I Advance made by the Master Servicer, by the close of business on such second Business Day, or (ii) at the close of business on the second Business Day following the date (if any) during such 30-day period on which a P&I Advance is due to be made, if Ocwen shall have failed to make (or caused to be made) such P&I Advance, or Ocwen shall have failed to reimburse (or cause to be reimbursed) the Master Servicer for such P&I Advance, by the close of business on such second Business Day; provided, that such 30-day period shall only be terminated to the extent that the Lender has received notice of such failure from the Master Servicer and the Lender has not cured or caused the cure of such failure within two (2) Business Days following receipt of notice, provided, however, that such notice requirement shall only be applicable to the extent that the Master Servicer has been provided with the written address and contact information for the lender.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Trustee or the Master Servicer be liable for any Servicing Fee or for any differential in the amount of the Servicing Fee paid hereunder and the amount necessary to induce any successor Servicer to act as successor Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein.
Any successor Servicer appointed under this Agreement must (i) be an established mortgage loan servicing institution that is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer, (ii) be approved by each Rating Agency by a written confirmation from each Rating Agency that the appointment of such successor Servicer would not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the then current ratings of any outstanding Class of Certificates, (iii) have a net worth of not less than $15,000,000 and (iv) assume all the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer (other than liabilities of the Servicer hereunder incurred prior to termination of the Servicer under Section 8.01 herein) under this Agreement as if originally named as a party to this Agreement.
(b) (1) All servicing transfer costs (including, without limitation, servicing transfer costs of the type described in Section 8.02(a) and incurred by the Trustee, the Master Servicer and any successor Servicer under paragraph (b)(2) below) shall be paid by the terminated Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs, and if such predecessor or initial Servicer, as applicable, defaults in its obligation to pay such costs, the successor Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the assets of the Trust Fund.
(2) No appointment of a successor to the Servicer under this Agreement shall be effective until the assumption by the successor of all of the Servicer’s responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder. In connection with such appointment and assumption described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Servicer as such hereunder. The Depositor, the Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer under this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided.
SECTION 8.03. | Notification to Certificateholders. |
(a) Upon any termination of the Servicer or the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b) or any appointment of a successor to the Servicer or the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
(b) Not later than the later of sixty (60) days after the occurrence of any event, which constitutes or which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a Servicer Event of Default or a Master Servicer Event of Default or five (5) days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an event, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Certificates notice of each such occurrence, unless such default or Servicer Event of Default or Master Servicer Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
SECTION 8.04. | Waiver of Servicer Events of Default. |
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights evidenced by all Classes of Certificates affected by any default, Servicer Event of Default or Master Servicer Event of Default hereunder may waive such default, Servicer Event of Default or Master Servicer Event of Default; provided, however, that a Servicer Event of Default under clause (i) or (vii) of Section 8.01(a) may be waived only by all of the Holders of the Regular Certificates. Upon any such waiver of a default, Servicer Event of Default or Master Servicer Event of Default, such default, Servicer Event of Default or Master Servicer Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default, Servicer Event of Default or Master Servicer Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
SECTION 9.01. | Duties of Trustee and Securities Administrator. |
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Master Servicer Events of Default which may have occurred, and the Securities Administrator each undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement as duties of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, respectively. During the continuance of a Master Servicer Event of Default, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.
Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to it, which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as the case may be, shall take such action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to its satisfaction, the Securities Administrator will provide notice to the Trustee thereof and the Trustee will provide notice to the Certificateholders.
The Trustee shall promptly remit to the Servicer any complaint, claim, demand, notice or other document (collectively, the “Notices”) delivered to the Trustee as a consequence of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan hereunder and relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans; provided than any such notice (i) is delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, (ii) contains information sufficient to permit the Trustee to make a determination that the real property to which such document relates is a Mortgaged Property. The Trustee shall have no duty hereunder with respect to any Notice it may receive or which may be alleged to have been delivered to or served upon it unless such Notice is delivered to it or served upon it at its Corporate Trust Office and such Notice contains the information required pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or the Securities Administrator from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default, and after the curing or waiver of all such Master Servicer Events of Default which may have occurred with respect to the Trustee and at all times with respect to the Securities Administrator, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall 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 or the Securities Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, 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 or the Securities Administrator, respectively, that conform to the requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee or an officer or officers of the Securities Administrator, respectively, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall 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 the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee or the Securities Administrator under this Agreement.
SECTION 9.02. Certain Matters Affecting Trustee and Securities Administrator.
(a) | Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01: |
(i) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may request and rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers’ Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice of such counsel or 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 advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as the case may be, reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default (which has not been cured or
waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs;
(iv) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall 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;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or waiver of all Master Servicer Events of Default which may have occurred with respect to the Trustee and at all times with respect to the Securities Administrator, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall 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 to do so by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator by such Certificateholders, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, may require reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against such expense, or liability from such Certificateholders as a condition to taking any such action;
(vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(vii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss resulting from the investment of funds held in the Collection Account, for any loss resulting from the investment of funds held in the Reserve Fund or for any loss resulting from the redemption or sale of any such investment as therein authorized;
(viii) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default, Master Servicer Event of Default or Servicer Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Certificates and this Agreement; and
(ix) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
(c) The Trustee is hereby directed by the Depositor to execute the Cap Contracts on behalf of the Trust Fund in the form presented to it by the Depositor and shall have no responsibility for the contents of the Cap Contracts, including, without limitation, the representations and warranties contained therein. Any funds payable by the Trustee under the Cap Contracts at closing shall be paid by the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Cap Contracts, the Trustee shall not be required to make any payments to the counterparty under the Cap Contracts.
(d) None of the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the Custodians or the Trustee shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of the others, it being understood that this Agreement shall not be construed to render those partners joint venturers or agents of one another.
SECTION 9.03. Trustee and Securities Administrator not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature of the Securities Administrator, the authentication of the Securities Administrator on the Certificates, the acknowledgments of the Trustee contained in Article II and the representations and warranties of the Trustee in Section 9.12) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator assumes any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator makes any representations or warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as specifically set forth in Section 9.12) or of the Certificates (other than the signature of the Securities Administrator and authentication of the Securities Administrator on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Servicer, other than with respect to the Securities Administrator any funds held by it or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.23 and 3.24.
SECTION 9.04. Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own Certificates.
Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator in its individual capacity or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates and may transact business with other interested parties and their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or the Securities Administrator.
SECTION 9.05. | Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Securities Administrator. |
The fees of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator hereunder, of Wells Fargo as the Custodian under the Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement or of DBNT as the Custodian under the DBNT Custodial Agreement shall be paid in accordance with a side letter agreement with the Master Servicer and at the sole expense of the Master Servicer. In addition, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Custodians and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Custodians shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee, the Custodians or the Securities Administrator in connection with any claim or legal action or any pending or threatened claim or legal action arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its respective obligations and duties under this Agreement, including the Cap Contracts and any and all other agreements related hereto, other than any loss, liability or expense (i) for which the Trustee is indemnified by the Master Servicer or any Servicer, (ii) that constitutes a specific liability of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 11.01(g) or (iii) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder by the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. In no event shall the Trustee or the Securities Administrator be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if it has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee, from, and hold the Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee by reason of the Master Servicer’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of the Master Servicer’s reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement. In addition, the Seller agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold the Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense arising out of, or in connection with, the provisions set forth in the last paragraph of Section 2.01, including, without limitation, all costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of investigating and defending itself against any claim, action or proceeding, pending or threatened, relating to the provisions of such paragraph. The indemnities in this Section 9.05 shall survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Custodians. Any payment hereunder made by the Master Servicer to the Trustee shall be from the Master Servicer’s own funds, without reimbursement from REMIC I therefor.
SECTION 9.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Securities Administrator.
The Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall at all times be a corporation or an association (other than the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the foregoing) organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or a member of a bank holding company whose capital and surplus is at least $50,000,000) and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation or association publishes reports of conditions at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of conditions so published. In case at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.07.
SECTION 9.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Securities Administrator.
The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may at any time resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, to the Master Servicer, to the Securities Administrator (or the Trustee, if the Securities Administrator resigns) and to the Certificateholders. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or successor securities administrator by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, and to the successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as applicable. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer by the Depositor. If no successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Securities Administrator, as the case may be, may, at the expense of the Trust Fund, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, successor securities administrator, Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable.
If at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.06 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable and appoint a successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator so removed and to the successor trustee or successor securities administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights may at any time remove the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and appoint a successor trustee or successor securities administrator by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders, the Trustee (in the case of the removal of
the Securities Administrator), the Securities Administrator (in the case of the removal of the Trustee) and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and appointment of a successor trustee or successor securities administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as applicable, as provided in Section 9.08.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator shall at all times be the same Person.
SECTION 9.08. | Successor Trustee or Securities Administrator. |
Any successor trustee or successor securities administrator appointed as provided in Section 9.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and its predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator shall become effective and such successor trustee or successor securities administrator 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 or securities administrator herein. The predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator shall deliver to the successor trustee or successor securities administrator all Mortgage Loan Documents and related documents and statements to the extent held by it hereunder, as well as all monies, held by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator 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 or successor securities administrator all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06 and the appointment of such successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall not result in a downgrading of any Class of Certificates by any Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or successor securities administrator as provided in this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or successor securities administrator, the successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
SECTION 9.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities Administrator.
Any corporation or association into which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to the business of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator hereunder, provided such corporation or association shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 9.10. | Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. |
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the REMIC I or property securing the same may at the time be located, the Trustee 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 REMIC I, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, and for the benefit of the Holders of the Certificates, such title to REMIC I, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 9.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 9.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 9.08 hereof.
In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant to this Section 9.10 all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed by the Trustee (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to a defaulting Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to REMIC I or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article IX. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trust conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee, or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee or co-trustee.
SECTION 9.11. | Appointment of Office or Agency. |
The Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange at the Securities Administrator’s office located at Sixth and Marquette, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, and presented for final distribution at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator where notices and demands to or upon the Securities Administrator in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served.
SECTION 9.12. | Representations and Warranties. |
The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor as applicable, as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) It is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America.
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by it, will not violate its articles of association or bylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets.
(iii) It has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.
(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) It is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect
materially and adversely either the ability of it to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition.
(vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened against it, which would prohibit it from entering into this Agreement or, in its good faith reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of it to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition.
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
SECTION 10.01. Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 10.02, the respective obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Trustee (other than the obligations of the Master Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.05 and of the Servicer to make remittances to the Securities Administrator and the Securities Administrator to make payments in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, REMIC II Regular Interests or the Classes of Certificates as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders and the deposit of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required hereunder to be so paid or deposited on the Distribution Date coinciding with or following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by the Terminator (as defined below) of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Last Scheduled Distribution Date. The purchase by the Terminator of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I shall be at a price (the “Termination Price”) equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (A) the aggregate Purchase Price of all the Mortgage Loans included in REMIC I, plus the appraised value of each REO Property, if any, included in REMIC I, such appraisal to be conducted by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Master Servicer and the Trustee in their reasonable discretion and (B) the aggregate fair market value of all of the assets of REMIC I (as determined by the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the close of business on the third Business Day next preceding the date upon which notice of any such termination is furnished to Certificateholders pursuant to the third paragraph of this Section 10.01) plus (ii) any amounts due the Servicer and the Master Servicer in respect of unpaid Servicing Fees and outstanding P&I Advances and Servicing Advances.
(b) The Master Servicer or, if the Master Servicer fails to exercise such optional termination right, Ocwen (either the Master Servicer or Ocwen, the “Terminator”) shall have the right to purchase on a servicing retained basis all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding paragraph no later than the Determination Date in the month immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which the Certificates will be retired; provided, however, that the Terminator may elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i) above only if the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at the time of such election is reduced to less than or equal to 10% of the sum of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date plus the Original Pre-Funded Amount. By acceptance of the Residual Certificates, the Holder of the Residual Certificates agrees, in connection with any termination hereunder, to assign and transfer any portion of the Termination Price in excess of par, and to the extent received in respect of such termination, to pay any such amounts to the Holders of the Class CE
Certificates. In the event the optional termination right is exercised by the Master Servicer, Ocwen shall remain the servicer of record of the Mortgage Loans unless Ocwen was terminated as Servicer prior to the exercise of such optional termination right. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the optional termination right may only be exercised by Ocwen if (1) Ocwen receives written notification from the Master Servicer that the Master Servicer will not exercise such optional termination right or (2) Ocwen does not receive such written notification from the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer fails to exercise its optional termination right by the third Distribution Date following the date such right became exercisable; provided, however, in no event shall Ocwen exercise its optional termination right under (1) or (2) above unless it first provides written notice to the Authorized Officers of the Seller that it intends to exercise such optional termination right.
(c) Notice of the liquidation of the Certificates shall be given promptly by the Securities Administrator by letter to the Certificateholders mailed (a) in the event such notice is given in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property by the Master Servicer, not earlier than the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the Certificates or (b) otherwise during the month of such final distribution on or before the Determination Date in such month, in each case specifying (i) the Distribution Date upon which the Trust Fund will terminate and the final payment in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, REMIC II Regular Interests or the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of the related Certificates at the office of the Securities Administrator therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment, (iii) that no interest shall accrue in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, REMIC II Regular Interests or Certificates from and after the Interest Accrual Period relating to the final Distribution Date therefor and (iv) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Securities Administrator. In the event such notice is given in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account not later than the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates an amount in immediately available funds equal to the above-described Termination Price. The Securities Administrator shall remit to the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the applicable Custodian from such funds deposited in the Distribution Account (i) any amounts which the Servicer would be permitted to withdraw and retain from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.09 as if such funds had been deposited therein (including all unpaid Servicing Fees, Master Servicing Fees and all outstanding P&I Advances and Servicing Advances) and (ii) any other amounts otherwise payable by the Securities Administrator to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the applicable Custodian and the Servicer from amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account pursuant to the terms of this Agreement prior to making any final distributions pursuant to Section 10.01(d) below. Upon certification to the Trustee by the Securities Administrator of the making of such final deposit, the Trustee shall promptly release or cause to be released to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans, and Trustee shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments delivered to it and necessary to effectuate such transfer.
(d) Upon presentation of the Certificates by the Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall distribute to each Certificateholder so
presenting and surrendering its Certificates the amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date in accordance with Section 5.01 in respect of the Certificates so presented and surrendered. Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates being retired on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 10.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Securities Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Securities Administrator shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets remaining in the trust funds. If within one (1) year after the final notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Securities Administrator shall pay to the Depositor all such amounts, and all rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to such amounts shall thereupon cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust by the Securities Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) on the final Distribution Date for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 10.01. Any such amounts held in trust by the Securities Administrator shall be held uninvested in an Eligible Account.
SECTION 10.02. | Additional Termination Requirements. |
(a) In the event that the Terminator purchases all the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property or the final payment on or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to Section 10.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements:
(i) The Trustee shall specify the first day in the 90-day liquidation period in a statement attached to each Trust REMIC’s final Tax Return pursuant to Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-1 and shall satisfy all requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel obtained by and at the expense of the Terminator;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period and, at or prior to the time of making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of REMIC I to the Terminator for cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall distribute or credit, or cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Residual Certificates all cash on hand in the Trust Fund (other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust Fund shall terminate at that time.
(b) At the expense of the Terminator (or, if the Trust Fund is being terminated as a result of the occurrence of the event described in clause (ii) of the first paragraph of
Section 10.01, at the expense of the Trust Fund), the Terminator shall prepare or cause to be prepared the documentation required in connection with the adoption of a plan of liquidation of each Trust REMIC pursuant to this Section 10.02.
(c) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the 90-day liquidation period for each Trust REMIC, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor Certificateholders.
ARTICLE XI
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. | REMIC Administration. |
(a) The Trustee shall elect to treat each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under applicable state law. Each such election will be made by the Securities Administrator on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or information return or any appropriate state return for the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the Certificates are issued. For the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of REMIC I, the REMIC I Regular Interests shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC I and the Class R-I Interest shall be designated as the Residual Interests in REMIC I. For the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of REMIC II, the REMIC II Regular Interests shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC II and the Class R-II Interest shall be designated as the Residual Interests in REMIC II. The Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class B Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the Class CE Certificates (exclusive of any right to receive payments from the Reserve Fund) shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC III and the Class R-III Interest shall be designated as the Residual Interests in REMIC III. The Trustee shall not permit the creation of any “interests” in each Trust REMIC (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) other than the REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interests and the interests represented by the Certificates.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the “Startup Day” of each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(c) The Securities Administrator shall be reimbursed for any and all expenses relating to any tax audit of the Trust Fund (including, but not limited to, any professional fees or any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to each Trust REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities), including the expense of obtaining any tax related Opinion of Counsel except as specified herein. The Securities Administrator, as agent for each Trust REMIC’s tax matters person shall (i) act on behalf of the Trust Fund in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving any Trust REMIC and (ii) represent the Trust Fund in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The holder of the largest Percentage Interest of each Class of Residual Certificates shall be designated, in the manner provided under Treasury regulations section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulations section 301.6231(a)(7)-1, as the tax matters person of the related REMIC created hereunder. By their acceptance thereof, the holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Residual Certificates hereby agrees to irrevocably appoint the Securities Administrator or an Affiliate as its agent to perform all of the duties of the tax matters person for the Trust Fund.
(d) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file and the Trustee shall sign all of the Tax Returns in respect of each REMIC created hereunder. The expenses of preparing and filing such returns shall be borne by the Securities Administrator without any right of reimbursement therefor.
(e) The Securities Administrator shall perform on behalf of each Trust REMIC all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility of such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other compliance guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority. Among its other duties, as required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other such compliance guidance, the Securities Administrator shall provide (i) to any Transferor of a Residual Certificate such information as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a Residual Certificate to any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee upon receipt of additional reasonable compensation, (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions including reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium (using the Prepayment Assumption as required) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service the name, title, address and telephone number of the person who will serve as the representative of each Trust REMIC. The Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Securities Administrator, within ten (10) days after the Closing Date, all information or data that the Securities Administrator reasonably determines to be relevant for tax purposes as to the valuations and issue prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flow of the Certificates.
(f) To the extent in the control of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, each such Person (i) shall take such action and shall cause each REMIC created hereunder to take such action as shall be necessary to create or maintain the status thereof as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, (ii) shall not take any action, cause the Trust Fund to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (A) endanger the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (B) result in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) (either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”) unless such action or inaction is permitted under this Agreement or the Trustee and the Securities Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the them (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action but in no event at the expense of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator) to the effect that the contemplated action will not, with respect to any Trust REMIC, endanger such status or result in the imposition of such a tax, nor (iii) shall the Securities Administrator take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to which the Trustee has advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action; provided that the Securities Administrator may conclusively rely on such Opinion of Counsel and shall incur no liability for its action or failure to act in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel. In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to any Trust REMIC or the respective assets of each, or causing any Trust REMIC to take any action, which is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Securities Administrator will consult with the Trustee or its designee, in writing, with respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to any Trust REMIC, and the Securities Administrator shall not take any such action or cause any Trust REMIC to take any such action as to which the Trustee has advised it in writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Trustee may consult with counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be home by the party seeking to take the action not permitted by this Agreement, but in no event shall such cost be an expense of the Trustee.
(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on “prohibited transactions” of any REMIC created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the “net income from foreclosure property” of such REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to any such REMIC after the Startup Day therefor pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed by the Code or any applicable provisions of state or local tax laws, such tax shall be charged (i) to the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.03, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Article XI, (ii) to the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 11.03, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Securities Administrator of any of its obligations under this Article XI, (iii) to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 11.03, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer of any of its obligations under Article IV or under this Article XI, (iv) to the Servicer pursuant to Section 11.03, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under Article III or under this Article XI, or (v) in all other cases, against amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account and shall be paid by withdrawal therefrom.
(h) The Securities Administrator shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each Trust REMIC on a calendar year and on an accrual basis.
(i) Following the Startup Day, neither the Securities Administrator nor the Trustee shall accept any contributions of assets to any Trust REMIC other than in connection with any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in accordance with Section 2.03 unless it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in the Trust Fund will not cause the related REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding or subject such REMIC to any tax under the REMIC Provisions or other applicable provisions of federal, state and local law or ordinances.
(j) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall knowingly enter into any arrangement by which any Trust REMIC will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit either REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
(k) The Securities Administrator shall apply for an employer identification number with the Internal Revenue Service via a Form SS-4 or other comparable method for each REMIC. In connection with the foregoing, the Securities Administrator shall provide the name and address of the person who can be contacted to obtain information required to be reported to the holders of Regular Interests in each REMIC as required by IRS Form 8811.
SECTION 11.02. | Prohibited Transactions and Activities. |
None of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in connection with (i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by deed in lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of REMIC I, (iii) the termination of REMIC I pursuant to Article X of this Agreement, (iv) a substitution pursuant to Article II of this Agreement or (v) a purchase of
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II of this Agreement), nor acquire any assets for any Trust REMIC (other than REO Property acquired in respect of a defaulted Mortgage Loan), nor sell or dispose of any investments in the Collection Account or the Distribution Account for gain, nor accept any contributions to any Trust REMIC after the Closing Date (other than a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in accordance with Section 2.03), unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator (at the expense of the party seeking to cause such sale, disposition, substitution, acquisition or contribution but in no event at the expense of the Trustee) that such sale, disposition, substitution, acquisition or contribution will not (a) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions” pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
SECTION 11.03. | Indemnification. |
(a) The Trustee agrees to be liable for any taxes and costs incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer as a result of the Trustee’s failure to perform its covenants set forth in this Article XI in accordance with the standard of care of the Trustee set forth in this Agreement.
(b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee for any taxes and costs including any reasonable attorneys’ fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee, as a result of the Servicer’s failure to perform its covenants set forth in Article III in accordance with the standard of care of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement.
(c) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee for any taxes and costs including any reasonable attorneys’ fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee, as a result of the Master Servicer’s failure to perform its covenants set forth in Article IV in accordance with the standard of care of the Master Servicer set forth in this Agreement.
(d) The Securities Administrator agrees to be liable for any taxes and costs incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee including any reasonable attorneys’ fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee as a result of the Securities Administrator’s failure to perform its covenants set forth in this Article XI in accordance with the standard of care of the Securities Administrator set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or defect, (ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provisions herein (including to give effect to the expectations of Certificateholders), or (iii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement and that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided that any such amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders and no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required if the Person requesting such amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that such amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates. No amendment shall be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder who shall have consented thereto, and no Opinion of Counsel shall be required to address the effect of any such amendment on any such consenting Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner, other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing at least 66% of the Voting Rights allocated to such Class, or (iii) modify the consents required by the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates then outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to this Section 12.01, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to Voting Rights with respect to matters affecting such Certificates. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any amendment to this Agreement required in connection with the compliance with or the clarification of any reporting obligations described in Section 5.06 hereof shall not require the consent of any Certificateholder and without the need for any Opinion of Counsel or Rating Agency confirmation.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment is permitted hereunder and will not result in the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding and that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 12.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to this Section 12.01 shall be borne by the Person seeking the related amendment, but in no event shall such Opinion of Counsel be an expense of the Trustee.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section that affects its rights, duties and immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 12.02. | Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. |
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Depositor at the expense of the Certificateholders, but only upon direction of 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 12.03. | Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. |
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust Fund, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of any of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any
liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 15 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder. and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 12.04. | Governing Law. |
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received if sent by facsimile, receipt confirmed, if personally delivered at or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service or delivered in any other manner specified herein, to (a) in the case of the Depositor, ACE Securities Corp., AMACAR GROUP, 6525 Morrison Boulevard, Suite 318, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211, Attention: Juliana Johnson (telecopy number: (704) 365-1362), or such other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee in writing by the Depositor, (b) in the case of the Servicer, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, 1661 Worthington Road, Centrepark West, Suite 100, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409, Attention: Secretary (telecopy number: (561) 682-8177), or such other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor in writing by the Servicer, (c) in the case of the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, P.O. Box 98, Columbia, Maryland 21046 and for overnight delivery to 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Ace Securities Corp., 2005-HE3 (telecopy number: (410) 715-2380), or such other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer in writing by the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator and (d) in the case of
the Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office or such other address or telecopy number as the Trustee may hereafter be furnish to the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor in writing by the Trustee. Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given when mailed, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice. A copy of any notice required to be telecopied hereunder also shall be mailed to the appropriate party in the manner set forth above.
SECTION 12.06. | Severability of Provisions. |
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 12.07. | Notice to Rating Agencies. |
The Trustee shall use its best efforts promptly to provide notice to the Rating Agencies with respect to each of the following of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge:
1. | Any material change or amendment to this Agreement; |
2. The occurrence of any Servicer Event of Default or Master Servicer Event of Default that has not been cured or waived;
3. The resignation or termination of the Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03;
5. | The final payment to the Holders of any Class of Certificates; |
6. | Any change in the location of the Distribution Account; and | |
7. Any event that would result in the inability of the Trustee as successor Servicer to make advances regarding delinquent Mortgage Loans.
In addition, the Securities Administrator shall promptly make available to each Rating Agency copies of each report to Certificateholders described in Section 5.02.
The Servicer shall make available to each Rating Agency copies of the following:
8. | Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section 3.17; and |
9. Each annual independent public accountants’ servicing report described in Section 3.18.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 12.07 shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service to Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041; to Fitch, Fitch Ratings, One State Street Plaza, 50th Floor, New York, New York 10004; and to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007 or such other addresses as the Rating Agencies may designate in writing to the parties hereto.
SECTION 12.08. | Article and Section References. |
All article and section references used in this Agreement, unless otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement.
SECTION 12.09. | Grant of Security Interest. |
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and not a pledge of the Mortgage Loans to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Depositor, then, (a) it is the express intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor and (b)(1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; (2) the conveyance provided for in Section 2.01 shall be deemed to be a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including without limitation all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to time held or invested in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property; (3) the obligations secured by such security agreement shall be deemed to be all of the Depositor’s obligations under this Agreement, including the obligation to provide to the Certificateholders the benefits of this Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Fund; and (4) notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. Accordingly, the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, a security interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other property described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence, for the purpose of securing to the Trustee the performance by the Depositor of the obligations described in clause (3) of the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto intend
the conveyance pursuant to Section 2.01 to be a true, absolute and unconditional sale of the Mortgage Loans and assets constituting the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 12.10. | Survival of Indemnification. |
Any and all indemnities to be provided by any party to this Agreement shall survive the termination and resignation of any party hereto and the termination of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, in each case as of the day and year first above written.
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| | | | | | | HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee |
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| | | | | | Acknowledged and Agreed for purposes of Section 9.05: DB STRUCTURED PRODUCTS, INC |
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| | | | | | Acknowledged and Agreed for purposes of Section 7.08 and 7.09: THE MURRAYHILL COMPANY |
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STATE OF | ) |
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On the ___ day of April 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _____________________ known to me to be a _____________________ of ACE Securities Corp., one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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On the ___ day of April 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _____________________ known to me to be a _____________________ of ACE Securities Corp., one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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On the ___ day of April 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _____________________ known to me to be a _____________________ of Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, one of the federal chartered savings banks that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said federally chartered savings bank, and acknowledged to me that such federally chartered savings bank executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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On the ___ day of April 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _____________________ known to me to be a _____________________ of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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On the ___ day of April 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _____________________ known to me to be a _____________________ of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Series 2005-HE3, Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] | | Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] Certificates as of the Issue Date: $ |
Pass-Through Rate: Variable | | Denomination: $ |
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Cut-off Date: April 1, 2005 | | Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
First Distribution Date: May 25, 2005 | | Trustee: HSBC Bank USA, National Association |
No.__ | | Issue Date: April 28, 2005 |
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-HE3
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund”) consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family, fixed and adjustable-rate first and second lien mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) formed and sold by
ACE SECURITIES CORP.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN ACE SECURITIES CORP., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that ________________ is the registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the “Agreement”), among ACE Securities Corp., as depositor (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as servicer (the “Servicer”) and HSBC
Bank USA, National Association as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day (a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall be a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus [_____]%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans), or One-Month LIBOR plus [_____]%, in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter and (ii) the applicable Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificate of the Series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and payments received pursuant to the Cap Contracts,
all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Servicer with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans).
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator assumes any responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: April__, 2005
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-[1A][1B][2A][2B][2C] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
| | | | | | WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. as Securities Administrator |
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - | as tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - | Custodian (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act |
TEN ENT - | as tenants by the entireties | | ________________ (State) |
JT TEN - | as joint tenants with right if survivorship and not as tenants in common | | |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. |
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ______________________________________________________________________________________
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(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee or the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address: ______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available |
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CLASS M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES [[,/AND] CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES [,/AND] CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES[,/AND] CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATES [,/AND] CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATES [,/AND] CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATES] [,/AND] CLASS M-6 CERTIFICATES] [,/AND] CLASS M-7 CERTIFICATES] [,/AND] CLASS M-8 CERTIFICATES] TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6.02(c) OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR NAMED HEREIN.
Series 2005-HE3, Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | | Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Certificates as of the Issue Date: $______________ |
Pass-Through Rate: Variable | | Denomination: $______________ |
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Cut-off Date: April 1, 2005 | | Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
First Distribution Date: May 25, 2005 | | Trustee: HSBC Bank USA, National Association |
No.___ | | Issue Date: April 28, 2005 |
| | CUSIP:_________________ |
ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-HE3
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund”) consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family, fixed and adjustable-rate first and second lien mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) formed and sold by
ACE SECURITIES CORP.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN ACE SECURITIES CORP., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________________ is the registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the “Agreement”), among ACE Securities Corp., as depositor (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as servicer (the “Servicer”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day (a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus [____]% , in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans), or One-Month LIBOR plus [____]%, in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter and (ii) the applicable Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificate of the Series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and payments received pursuant to the Cap Contracts, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including
reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Servicer with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
Any transferee of this Certificate shall be deemed to make the representations set forth in Section 6.02(c) of the Agreement.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans).
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator assume any responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: April__, 2005
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
| | | | | | WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. as Securities Administrator |
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - | as tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - | Custodian (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act |
TEN ENT - | as tenants by the entireties | | ________________ (State) |
JT TEN - | as joint tenants with right if survivorship and not as tenants in common | | |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. |
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to _____% evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address: _____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available |
funds to | |
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for the account of | |
account number | | or, if mailed by check, to |
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Applicable statements should be mailed to | |
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assignee named above, or | |
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EXHIBIT A-3
FORM OF CLASS B-[1][2][3] CERTIFICATES
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES [,/AND] THE MEZZANINE CERTIFICATES [,/AND THE CLASS B-1 CERTIFICATES] [,/AND THE CLASS B-2 CERTIFICATES], AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR NAMED HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND (1) OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE ACT
(“REGULATION S”), OR (2) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO (A) “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT (“RULE 144A”) OR (B) TO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF “REGULATION D” UNDER THE ACT.
[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF (I) THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OFFERING OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND (II) THE CLOSING DATE, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]
[NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREIN UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).]
[THE HOLDER OF THIS REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS THE LATER OF (I) 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE CLOSING DATE AND (II) THE DATE ON WHICH THE REQUISITE CERTIFICATIONS ARE DUE TO AND PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED BELOW), EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.02(c) OF THE AGREEMENT.
Series ACE 2005-HE3, Class B-[1][2][3] | | Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-[1][2][3] Certificates as of the Issue Date: $ |
Pass-Through Rate: Variable | | Denomination: $ |
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Cut-off Date: April 1, 2005 | | Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
First Distribution Date: May 25, 2005 | | Trustee: HSBC Bank USA, National Association |
No. ______ | | Issue Date: April 28, 2005 |
| | CUSIP: |
ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-HE3
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund”) consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family, fixed and adjustable-rate first and second lien mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) formed and sold by
ACE SECURITIES CORP.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN ACE SECURITIES CORP., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _______________ is the registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-[1][2][3] Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class B Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the “Agreement”), among ACE Securities Corp., as depositor (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as servicer (the “Servicer”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day (a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class B-[1][2][3] Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class B-[1][2][3] Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-[1][2] Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) One Month LIBOR plus _____%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans), or One-Month LIBOR plus _____%, in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter and (ii) the applicable Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and payments received pursuant to the Cap Contracts, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Servicer with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and an effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without registration or qualification, the Securities Administrator shall require receipt of (i) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A or Regulation S under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer, and from such Holder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B-1, (ii) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 501(a) under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and from such Holder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B-2 and (iii) in all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder’s prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made to any person unless the Transferee provides a certification pursuant to Section 6.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans).
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator assume any responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: April__, 2005
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class B-[1][2][3] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address: _____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available |
funds to | |
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for the account of | |
account number | | or, if mailed by check, to |
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Applicable statements should be mailed to | |
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This information is provided by | |
assignee named above, or | |
as its agent. | |
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EXHIBIT A-4
FORM OF CLASS CE CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE MEZZANINE CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND (1) OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE ACT (“REGULATION S”), OR (2) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO (A) “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT (“RULE 144A”) OR (B) TO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF “REGULATION D” UNDER THE ACT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.02(c) OF THE AGREEMENT.
Series 2005-HE3, Class CE | | Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates as of the Issue Date: $_____________ |
Pass-Through Rate: Variable | | Denomination: $_________________ |
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement: April 1, 2005 | | Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
First Distribution Date: May 25, 2005 | | Trustee: HSBC Bank USA, National Association |
No. __ | | Issue Date: April 28, 2005 |
ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-HE3
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund”) consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family, fixed and adjustable-rate, first and second lien mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) formed and sold by
ACE SECURITIES CORP.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN ACE SECURITIES CORP., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that ________________ is the registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class CE Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the “Agreement”), among ACE Securities Corp., as depositor (hereinafter called the “Depositor,” which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as servicer (the “Servicer”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Interest on this Certificate will accrue during the month prior to the month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs on the Notional Balance hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate as set forth in the Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day (a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs (the “Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class CE Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class CE Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificate of the Series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Servicer with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and an effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without registration or qualification, the Securities Administrator shall require receipt of (i) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer, and from such Holder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B-1, (ii) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 501(a) under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and from such Holder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B-2 and (iii) in all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder’s prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person using “Plan Assets” to acquire this Certificate shall be made except in accordance with Section 6.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified in the Agreement. As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans).
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator assume any responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated:
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class CE Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - | as tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - | Custodian (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act |
TEN ENT - | as tenants by the entireties | | ________________ (State) |
JT TEN - | as joint tenants with right if survivorship and not as tenants in common | | |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. |
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ______________________________________________________________________________________
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(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address: _____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available |
funds to | |
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account number | | or, if mailed by check, to |
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EXHIBIT A-5
CLASS P CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND (1) OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE ACT (“REGULATION S”), OR (2) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO (A) “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT (“RULE 144A”) OR (B) TO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF “REGULATION D” UNDER THE ACT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.02(c) OF THE AGREEMENT.
Series 2005-HE3, Class P | | Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates as of the Issue Date: $100.00 |
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement: April 1, 2005 | | Denomination: $100.00 |
First Distribution Date: May 25, 2005 | | Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
No. __ | | Trustee: HSBC Bank USA, National Association |
| | Issue Date: April 28, 2005 |
ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-HE3
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund”) consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family, fixed and adjustable-rate, first and second lien mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) formed and sold by
ACE SECURITIES CORP.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN ACE SECURITIES CORP., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that____________________ is the registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class P Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the “Agreement”), among ACE Securities Corp., as depositor (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as servicer (the “Servicer”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day (a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs (the “Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class P Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Securities Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Securities Administrator in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class P Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificate of the Series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Servicer with the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Securities Administrator as provided in the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and an effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without registration or qualification, the Securities Administrator shall require receipt of (i) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer, and from such Holder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B-1, (ii) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 501(a) under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and from such Holder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit B-2 and (iii) in all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder’s prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person using “Plan Assets” to acquire this Certificate shall be made except in accordance with Section 6.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but
the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Securities Administrator and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (which includes the Identified Subsequent Mortgage Loans).
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator assume any responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: