timing and frequency of such requests are satisfied, including the condition that no request may be made before the anniversary of the execution and delivery of the Management Agreement. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on the terms of a fee amendment within thirty (30) days of the delivery of the relevant fee negotiation request, the terms of such fee amendment will be determined by final and binding arbitration procedures set forth in the Management Agreement.
Under the Management Agreement, PCM may be entitled to a termination fee under certain circumstances. Specifically, the termination fee is payable for (1) PMT’s termination of the Management Agreement without cause, (2) PCM’s termination of the Management Agreement upon a default by PMT in the performance of any material term of the agreement that has continued uncured for a period of 30 days after receipt of written notice thereof or (3) PCM’s termination of the agreement after the termination by PMT without cause (excluding a non-renewal) of the MBS Agreement, the MSR Recapture Agreement, or the 5th A&R Servicing Agreement. The termination fee is equal to three times the sum of (a) the average annual base management fee, and (b) the average annual (or, if the period is less than 24 months, annualized) performance incentive fee earned by PCM during the 24-month period immediately preceding the date of termination.
PMT may terminate the Management Agreement without the payment of any termination fee under certain circumstances, including, among other circumstances, uncured material breaches by PCM of the Management Agreement, upon a change in control of PCM (defined to include a 50% change in the shareholding of PCM in a single transaction or related series of transactions) or upon the termination of the MBS Agreement, the MSR Recapture Agreement or the 5th A&R Servicing Agreement by PLS without cause.
The Management Agreement also provides that, prior to the undertaking by PCM or its affiliates of any new investment opportunity or any other business opportunity requiring a source of capital with respect to which PCM or its affiliates will earn a management, advisory, consulting or similar fee, PCM shall present to PMT such new opportunity and the material terms on which PCM proposes to provide services to PMT before pursuing such opportunity with third parties.
Servicing Agreement. Pursuant to the 5th A&R Servicing Agreement, PLS provides servicing for PMT’s portfolio of residential mortgage loans and subservicing for its portfolio of mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”). Such servicing and subservicing provided by PLS includes collecting principal, interest and escrow account payments, if any, with respect to mortgage loans, as well as managing loss mitigation, which may include, among other things, collection activities, loan workouts, modifications, foreclosures and short sales. The 5th A&R Servicing Agreement expires, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the 5th A&R Servicing Agreement, on December 31, 2029, subject to automatic renewal for additional 18-month periods, unless terminated in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
The base servicing fee rates for mortgage loans subserviced by PLS on behalf of PMT are also calculated through a monthly per-loan dollar amount, with the actual dollar amount for each mortgage loan based on whether the mortgage loan is a fixed-rate or adjustable-rate loan. The base servicing fee rates for mortgage loans subserviced on behalf of PMT are $7.50 per month for fixed-rate mortgage loans and $8.50 per month for adjustable-rate mortgage loans. To the extent that these mortgage loans become delinquent, PLS is entitled to an additional servicing fee per mortgage loan falling within a range of $18 to $80 per month and based on the delinquency, bankruptcy and foreclosure status of the mortgage loan or $75 per month if the underlying mortgaged property becomes REO. PLS is also entitled to customary ancillary income and certain market-based fees and charges, including boarding and deboarding fees, liquidation and disposition fees, and assumption, modification and origination fees, as well as certain fees relating to additional forbearance, claim filing and loss mitigation activities.
PLS continues to be entitled to reimbursement for all customary, bona fide reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by PLS in connection with the performance of its servicing obligations.
In general, the parties to the 5th A&R Servicing Agreement have agreed to negotiate in good faith to amend the provisions thereof relating to the compensation of PLS in order to cause such compensation to be materially consistent with market rates of compensation for services comparable to those provided under the 5th A&R Servicing Agreement if (a) either party requests such negotiation after a determination by either party that the rates of compensation payable to PLS differ materially from such market rates of compensation and (b) various