AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
Depositor
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY
Master Servicer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
and
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
Trust Administrator
-----------------------------------------
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 1, 2001
-----------------------------------------
Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2001-2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
-----------------
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01. Defined Terms..................................................................................3
Accrued Certificate Interest...................................................................3
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan..................................................................3
Adjustment Date................................................................................3
Administration Fee.............................................................................3
Fee Rate......................................................................................4
Affiliate......................................................................................4
Agreement......................................................................................4
Assignment.....................................................................................4
Available Distribution Amount..................................................................4
Bankruptcy Code................................................................................5
Bankruptcy Loss................................................................................5
Book-Entry Certificate.........................................................................5
Book-Entry Custodian...........................................................................5
Business Day...................................................................................5
Certificate....................................................................................5
Certificate Factor.............................................................................5
Certificateholder" or "Holder..................................................................5
Certificate Margin.............................................................................6
Certificate Owner..............................................................................6
Certificate Principal Balance..................................................................6
Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar...............................................7
Class .......................................................................................7
Class A Certificate............................................................................7
Class A-1 Allocation Percentage................................................................7
Class A-1 Certificate..........................................................................7
Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount........................................................7
Class A-2 Allocation Percentage................................................................7
Class A-2 Certificate..........................................................................8
Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount........................................................8
Class CE Certificate...........................................................................8
Class Exemption................................................................................8
Class M-1 Certificate..........................................................................8
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount........................................................8
Class M-2 Certificate..........................................................................8
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount........................................................9
Class M-3 Certificate..........................................................................9
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount........................................................9
Class P Certificate............................................................................9
i
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
Class R-I Interest............................................................................10
Class R-II Interest...........................................................................10
Closing Date..................................................................................10
Code ......................................................................................10
Collection Account............................................................................10
Commission....................................................................................10
Corporate Trust Office........................................................................10
Corresponding Certificate.....................................................................10
Credit Enhancement Percentage.................................................................10
Cumulative Loss Percentage....................................................................11
Custodian.....................................................................................11
Cut-off Date..................................................................................11
Debt Service Reduction........................................................................11
Deficient Valuation...........................................................................11
Definitive Certificates.......................................................................11
Deleted Mortgage Loan.........................................................................11
Delinquency Percentage........................................................................11
Depositor.....................................................................................11
Depository....................................................................................12
Depository Institution........................................................................12
Depository Participant........................................................................12
Determination Date............................................................................12
Directly Operate..............................................................................12
Disqualified Organization.....................................................................12
Distribution Account..........................................................................13
Distribution Date.............................................................................13
Due Date......................................................................................13
Due Period....................................................................................13
Eligible Account..............................................................................13
ERISA ......................................................................................13
Estate in Real Property.......................................................................13
Excess Overcollateralized Amount..............................................................13
Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate................................................................13
Expense Adjusted Maximum Mortgage Rate........................................................13
Extraordinary Trust Fund Expense..............................................................14
Fannie Mae....................................................................................14
FDIC ......................................................................................14
First Payment Default.........................................................................14
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan......................................................................14
Final Recovery Determination..................................................................14
Formula Rate..................................................................................14
Freddie Mac...................................................................................14
Group I Interest Remittance Amount ...........................................................14
Group I Mortgage Loans .......................................................................15
Group I Principal Distribution Amount ........................................................15
ii
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
Group II Interest Remittance Amount ..........................................................15
Group II Mortgage Loans ......................................................................16
Group II Principal Distribution Amount .......................................................16
Gross Margin..................................................................................17
Independent...................................................................................17
Independent Contractor........................................................................17
Indenture.....................................................................................17
Index ......................................................................................17
Insurance Proceeds............................................................................18
Interest Accrual Period.......................................................................18
Interest Carry Forward Amount.................................................................18
Interest Determination Date...................................................................18
Interest Distribution Amount..................................................................18
Late Collections..............................................................................18
Liquidation Event.............................................................................18
Liquidation Proceeds..........................................................................19
Loan Group....................................................................................19
Loan-to-Value Ratio...........................................................................19
London Business Day...........................................................................19
Loss Mitigation Action Plan...................................................................19
Majority Class CE Certificateholder...........................................................19
Master Servicer...............................................................................19
Master Servicer Event of Default..............................................................19
Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount..............................................19
Master Servicer Remittance Date...............................................................19
Master Servicer Termination Test..............................................................19
Maximum Cap Rate..............................................................................20
Maximum Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount...............................................20
Maximum Mortgage Rate.........................................................................20
Mezzanine Certificate.........................................................................20
Minimum Mortgage Rate.........................................................................20
Monthly Payment...............................................................................20
Moody's ......................................................................................20
Mortgage......................................................................................20
Mortgage File.................................................................................21
Mortgage Loan.................................................................................21
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement..............................................................21
Mortgage Loan Schedule........................................................................21
Mortgage Note.................................................................................23
Mortgage Pool.................................................................................23
Mortgage Rate.................................................................................23
Mortgaged Property............................................................................23
Mortgagor.....................................................................................23
Net Monthly Excess Cashflow...................................................................23
Net Mortgage Rate.............................................................................24
iii
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
Net WAC Pass-Through Rate.....................................................................24
Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount.................................................................24
New Lease.....................................................................................24
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance....................................................................25
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance..............................................................25
Non-United States Person......................................................................25
Notional Amount...............................................................................25
Officers' Certificate.........................................................................25
One-Month LIBOR...............................................................................25
Opinion of Counsel............................................................................26
Originator....................................................................................26
Overcollateralized Amount.....................................................................26
Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount.......................................................26
Overcollateralization Increase Amount.........................................................26
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount........................................................26
Ownership Interest............................................................................26
Pass-Through Rate.............................................................................26
Percentage Interest...........................................................................28
Periodic Rate Cap.............................................................................28
Permitted Investments.........................................................................28
Permitted Transferee..........................................................................29
Person ......................................................................................29
P&I Advance...................................................................................29
Plan ......................................................................................30
Prepayment Assumption.........................................................................30
Prepayment Charge.............................................................................30
Prepayment Charge Schedule....................................................................30
Prepayment Interest Excess....................................................................31
Prepayment Interest Shortfall.................................................................31
Prepayment Period.............................................................................31
Principal Distribution Amount.................................................................31
Principal Prepayment..........................................................................31
PTCE ......................................................................................31
Purchase Price................................................................................32
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan............................................................32
Rating Agency or Rating Agencies..............................................................33
Realized Loss.................................................................................33
Record Date...................................................................................34
Reference Banks...............................................................................34
Refinanced Mortgage Loan......................................................................34
Regular Certificate...........................................................................34
Regular Interest..............................................................................34
Relief Act....................................................................................34
Relief Act Interest Shortfall.................................................................35
REMIC ......................................................................................35
iv
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
REMIC I ......................................................................................35
REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount...............................................35
REMIC I Group II Interest Loss Allocation Amount..............................................35
REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount.....................................................35
REMIC I Group I Principal Loss Allocation Amount..............................................36
REMIC I Group II Principal Loss Allocation Amount.............................................36
REMIC I Regular Interest......................................................................36
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA..............................................................36
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP................................................................38
REMIC I Remittance Rate.......................................................................38
REMIC I Required Overcollateralized Amount....................................................38
REMIC II......................................................................................38
REMIC II Certificate..........................................................................38
REMIC II Certificateholder....................................................................38
REMIC Provisions..............................................................................38
Remittance Report.............................................................................39
Rents from Real Property......................................................................39
REO Account...................................................................................39
REO Disposition...............................................................................39
REO Imputed Interest..........................................................................39
REO Principal Amortization....................................................................39
REO Property..................................................................................39
Request for Release...........................................................................39
Required Overcollateralized Amount............................................................39
Reserve Fund..................................................................................40
Reserve Interest Rate.........................................................................40
Residential Dwelling..........................................................................40
Residual Certificate..........................................................................40
Residual Interest.............................................................................40
Responsible Officer...........................................................................40
Scheduled Principal Balance...................................................................40
Senior Interest Distribution Amount...........................................................41
Servicing Account.............................................................................41
Servicing Advances............................................................................41
Servicing Fee.................................................................................41
Servicing Fee Rate............................................................................41
Servicing Officer.............................................................................42
Single Certificate............................................................................42
S&P ......................................................................................42
Startup Day...................................................................................42
Stated Principal Balance......................................................................42
Stayed Funds..................................................................................43
Stepdown Date.................................................................................43
Sub-Servicer..................................................................................43
Sub-Servicing Account.........................................................................43
v
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
Sub-Servicing Agreement.......................................................................43
Substitution Shortfall Amount.................................................................43
Tax Returns...................................................................................43
Telerate Page 3750............................................................................43
Termination Price.............................................................................43
Terminator....................................................................................43
Transfer......................................................................................43
Transferee....................................................................................44
Transferor....................................................................................44
Trigger Event.................................................................................44
Trust Administrator...........................................................................44
Trustee ......................................................................................44
Trust Fund....................................................................................44
Uncertificated Balance........................................................................44
Uncertificated Interest.......................................................................44
REMIC I Remittance Rate.......................................................................44
Underwriters' Exemption.......................................................................45
Uninsured Cause...............................................................................45
United States Person..........................................................................45
Value ......................................................................................45
Voting Rights.................................................................................45
1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.....................................................46
1.03 Rights of the NIMs Insurer....................................................................46
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans..................................................................48
2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by the Trustee..........................................................50
2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Originator or the Depositor;
Payment of Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts..................................51
2.04. [Reserved]....................................................................................55
2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer..............................55
2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I Interest..........................58
2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests; Acceptance of REMIC II by the
Trustee.......................................................................................58
2.08. Issuance of Class R Certificates..............................................................58
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
vi
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.....................................................60
3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between the Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers........................61
3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.......................................................................63
3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer..............................................................63
3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicers and the NIMs Insurer, Trustee,
the Trust Administrator or Certificateholders.................................................63
3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by Trust Administrator
.............................................................................................63
3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments..................................................64
3.08. Sub-Servicing Accounts........................................................................65
3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts........................65
3.10. Collection Account and Distribution Account...................................................66
3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution Account..............................69
3.12. Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account....................71
3.13. [intentionally omitted].......................................................................72
3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage
.............................................................................................72
3.15. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.....................................74
3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.....................................................75
3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files...............................................77
3.18. Servicing Compensation........................................................................78
3.19. Reports to the Trust Administrator and the Trustee; Collection Account Statements
.............................................................................................79
3.20. Statement as to Compliance....................................................................79
3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report..............................................79
3.22. Access to Certain Documentation...............................................................80
3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.............................................80
3.24. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
.............................................................................................84
3.25. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Mortgage Rates and Monthly
Payments......................................................................................84
3.26. Advance Facility..............................................................................84
3.27. PMI Policy; Claims Under the PMI Policy.......................................................85
3.28 Reserve Fund..................................................................................86
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
4.01. Distributions.................................................................................88
4.02. Statements to Certificateholders..............................................................96
4.03. Remittance Reports; P&I Advances.............................................................100
4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses................................................................101
4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements.....................................................103
4.06. Commission Reporting.........................................................................103
vii
SECTION PAGE
------- ----
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
5.01. The Certificates.............................................................................104
5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates........................................106
5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates............................................111
5.04. Persons Deemed Owners........................................................................111
5.05. Certain Available Information................................................................111
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Master Servicer...........................................113
6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer..............................113
6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Others.....................113
6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer.............................................114
6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer....................................115
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
7.01. Master Servicer Events of Default............................................................116
7.02. Trust Administrator or the Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..........................118
7.03. Notification to Certificateholders...........................................................120
7.04. Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default..................................................120
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR
8.01. Duties of Trustee and the Trust Administrator................................................122
8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Trust Administrator............................123
8.03. Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans........................................................................................124
8.04. Trustee and Trust Administrator May Own Certificates.........................................125
8.05. Trustee's and Trust Administrator's Fees and Expenses........................................125
8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and the Trust Administrator.............................126
8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trust Administrator or the Trustee............................126
8.08. Successor Trustee or Trust Administrator.....................................................127
8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or the Trust Administrator................................128
8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee................................................128
viii
8.11. Appointment of Custodians....................................................................129
8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency..............................................................130
8.13. Representations and Warranties of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator....................130
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.............................132
9.02 Additional Termination Requirements..........................................................134
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
10.01. REMIC Administration.........................................................................135
10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.......................................................138
10.03. Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and Trustee Indemnification.........................138
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.01. Amendment....................................................................................139
11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.......................................................140
11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders...................................................140
11.04. Governing Law................................................................................141
11.05. Notices......................................................................................141
11.06. Severability of Provisions...................................................................142
11.07. Notice to Rating Agencies and the NIMs Insurer...............................................142
11.08. Article and Section References...............................................................143
11.09. Grant of Security Interest...................................................................143
11.10 Third Party Rights...........................................................................144
11.11 NIMS Insurer's Rights........................................................................144
Exhibits
--------
Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class M-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class M-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class M-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class CE Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C-1 Form of Trustee's Initial Certification
ix
Exhibit C-2 Form of Trustee's Interim Certification
Exhibit C-2 Form of Trustee's Final Certification
Exhibit D Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit E-1 Request for Release
Exhibit E-2 Request for Release Mortgage Loans paid in full
Exhibit F-1 Form of Transferor Representation Letter and Form of Transferee
Representation Letter in Connection with Transfer of Class CE and Class P
Certificates Pursuant to Rule 144A Under the 1933 Act
Exhibit F-2 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and Form of Transferor Affidavit
in Connection with Transfer of Residual Certificates
Exhibit G Form of Certification with respect to ERISA and the Code
Exhibit H [Reserved]
Exhibit I [Reserved]
Exhibit J [Reserved]
Exhibit O Loss Mitigation Action Plan
Schedule 1 Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule 2 Prepayment Charge Schedule
Schedule 3 PMI Mortgage Loans
x
This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is dated and effective
as of September 1, 2001, among AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., as
Depositor, AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Master Servicer, U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Trust
Administrator.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates
(collectively, the "Certificates"), to be issued hereunder in multiple classes,
which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in
each REMIC (as defined herein) created hereunder. The Trust Fund will consist of
a segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other
related assets subject to this Agreement.
As provided herein, the Trust Administrator will elect to
treat the segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain
other related assets (other than any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment
Amounts and the Reserve Fund) subject to this Agreement as a REMIC for federal
income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as
"REMIC I." The Class R-I Interest will be the sole class of "residual interests"
in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein). The
following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, the REMIC I Remittance
Rate, the initial Uncertificated Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying
Treasury regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity
date" for each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as defined herein). None of the
REMIC I Regular Interests will be certificated.
REMIC I Initial Latest Possible
Designation Remittance Rate Uncertificated Balance Maturity Date(1)
----------- --------------- ---------------------- ----------------
I-LTIAA Variable(2) $ 507,963,877.68 September 25, 2031
I-LTA1 Variable(2) $ 4,716,800.00 September 25, 2031
I-LTIM1 Variable(2) $ 181,417.00 September 25, 2031
I-LTIM2 Variable(2) $ 168,456.22 September 25, 2031
I-LTIM3 Variable(2) $ 77,756.20 September 25, 2031
I-LTIZZ Variable(2) $ 5,222,180.34 September 25, 2031
I-LTIIAA Variable(2) $ 90,894,707.82 September 25, 2031
I-LTA2 Variable(2) $ 844,020.00 September 25, 2031
I-LTIIM1 Variable(2) $ 32,463.00 September 25, 2031
I-LTIIM2 Variable(2) $ 30,143.78 September 25, 2031
I-LTIIM3 Variable(2) $ 13,193.80 September 25, 2031
I-LTIIZZ Variable(2) $ 934,453.45 September 25, 2031
I-LTP Variable(2) $ 100.00 September 25, 2031
-----------------------------
(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC I Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC I Remittance Rate"
herein.
2
As provided herein, the Trust Administrator will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC II." The Class R-II Interest will evidence the sole class
of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under
federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the indicated
Classes of Certificates.
Initial Aggregate Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Certificate Principal Balance Maturity Date(1)
----------- ----------------- ----------------------------- ----------------
Class A-1 Variable(2) $ 471,680,000.00 September 25, 2031
Class A-2 Variable(2) $ 84,402,000.00 September 25, 2031
Class M-1 Variable(2) $ 21,388,000.00 September 25, 2031
Class M-2 Variable(2) $ 19,860,000.00 September 25, 2031
Class M-3 Variable(2) $ 9,167,000.00 September 25, 2031
Class CE Variable(2)(3) $ 4,583,189.29 September 25, 2031
Class P N/A(4) $ 100.00 September 25, 2031
-----------------------------
(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been designated
as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class of Certificates.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate"
herein.
(3) The Class CE Certificates will accrue interest at their variable
Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class CE Certificates
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the Uncertificated Balance
of REMIC I Regular Interests. The Class CE Certificates will not accrue
interest on their Certificate Principal Balance.
(4) The Class P Certificates will not accrue interest.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance equal to $611,080,289.29.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator
agree as follows:
3
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, in the Preliminary Statement hereto, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article. Unless otherwise specified, all calculations
described herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months and all calculations on each Regular Interest shall be made
on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the month.
"Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates and the Residual Certificates)
and each Distribution Date, interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period at the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificate for such Distribution Date
on the Certificate Principal Balance, in the case of the Class A Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates, or on the Notional Amount, in the case of the
Class CE Certificates, of such Certificate immediately prior to such
Distribution Date. The Class P Certificates are not entitled to distributions in
respect of interest and, accordingly, will not accrue interest. All
distributions of interest on the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual
number of days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period. Accrued Certificate
Interest with respect to each Distribution Date, as to any Class A Certificate,
Mezzanine Certificate or Class CE Certificate, shall be reduced by an amount
equal to the portion allocable to such Certificate pursuant to Section 1.02
hereof of the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any,
for such Distribution Date to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to
Section 3.24 and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall,
if any, for such Distribution Date. In addition, Accrued Certificate Interest
with respect to each Distribution Date, as to any Class CE Certificate, shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the portion allocable to such Class CE Certificate
of Realized Losses, if any, pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof.
"Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is
subject to adjustment.
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the first day of the month in which the Mortgage Rate of such
Mortgage Loan changes pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The first
Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date as to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Administration Fee": The amount payable to the Trust
Administrator on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 8.05 as compensation
for all services rendered by it or the Trustee in the execution of the trust
hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and
duties of the Trust Administrator and the Trustee hereunder, which amount shall
equal one twelfth of the product of (i) the Administration Fee Rate, multiplied
by (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any
REO Properties. The fee payable to the Trustee for all services rendered by it
in the execution of the trust hereby created and the exercise
4
and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder will be
paid by the Trust Administrator out of the Trust Administrator's own funds or
out of the Administration Fee received by the Trust Administrator.
"Administration Fee Rate": 0.005% per annum.
"Affiliate": With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form (excepting therefrom if applicable,
the mortgage recordation information which has not been returned by the
applicable recorder's office and/or the assignee's name), which is sufficient
under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is
located to reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage.
"Available Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (1) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and Distribution Account as of the
close of business on the related Determination Date, (b) the aggregate of any
amounts received in respect of an REO Property withdrawn from any REO Account
and deposited in the Distribution Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 3.23, (c) the aggregate of any amounts deposited in the Distribution
Account by the Master Servicer in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for
such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.24, (d) the aggregate of any P&I
Advances made by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.03 and (e) the aggregate of any advances made by the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, in the capacity as Master Servicer,
for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.02(b), reduced (to not less
than zero) by (2) the sum of (x) the portion of the amount described in clause
(1)(a) above that represents (i) Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans received
from a Mortgagor on or prior to the Determination Date but due during any Due
Period subsequent to the related Due Period, (ii) Principal Prepayments on the
Mortgage Loans received after the related Prepayment Period (together with any
interest payments received with such Principal Prepayments to the extent they
represent the payment of interest accrued on the Mortgage Loans during a period
subsequent to the related Prepayment Period), (iii) Liquidation Proceeds and
Insurance Proceeds received in respect of the Mortgage Loans after the related
Prepayment Period, (iv) amounts reimbursable or payable to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Originator or any
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or Section 3.12 or otherwise payable in
respect of Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses, (v) Stayed Funds, (vi) the PMI
Insurer Fee payable from the Distribution Account, (vii) the Administration Fee
payable from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.05, (viii) amounts
deposited in the Collection Account or the Distribution Account in error and
(ix) the amount of any Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer and
the amount of any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts
5
and (y) amounts reimbursable to the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as
applicable, for an advance made pursuant to Section 7.02(b) which advance the
Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, has determined to be
nonrecoverable from the Stayed Funds in respect of which it was made.
"Bankruptcy Code": The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11
of the United States Code), as amended.
"Bankruptcy Loss": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
Realized Loss resulting from a Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction.
"Book-Entry Certificate": Any Certificate registered in the
name of the Depository or its nominee. Initially, the Book-Entry Certificates
will be the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates.
"Book-Entry Custodian": The custodian appointed pursuant to
Section 5.01.
"Business Day": Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking or savings and loan institutions in the State of
California, the State of New York, or in the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee or the Corporate Trust Office of the Trust Administrator
is located, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
"Certificate": Any one of the Depositor's Floating Rate
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class
M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class CE, Class P and Class R, issued under this
Agreement.
"Certificate Factor": With respect to any Class of Regular
Certificates as of any Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a decimal
carried to six places, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance (and in the case of the Class CE Certificates, the Notional
Amount) of such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date (after giving
effect to any distributions of principal and allocations of Realized Losses in
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance (and in the case of the Class CE
Certificates, the Notional Amount) of such Class of Certificates to be made on
such Distribution Date), and the denominator of which is the initial aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance (and in the case of the Class CE Certificates, the
Notional Amount) of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a
Disqualified Organization or a Non-United States Person shall not be a Holder of
a Residual Certificate for any purposes hereof and, solely for the purposes of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the
name of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be
deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall
not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of
Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained, except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee, the Trust Administrator and
the NIMs Insurer may conclusively rely upon a certificate of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer in determining whether a Certificate is held by an Affiliate
thereof. All references herein to "Holders" or "Certificateholders" shall
reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may
6
indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and participating members
thereof, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the
Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer shall be required to
recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder" only the Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
"Certificate Margin": With respect to the Class A-1
Certificates and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA1, 0.280% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
0.560% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTA2, 0.300% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or 0.600% in the case of any Distribution
Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIM1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1, 0.820% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
1.230% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM2, 1.250% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
1.875% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIM3 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3, 1.950% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
2.925% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
"Certificate Owner": With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the
books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the
books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository
Participant acts as agent.
"Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or Class P Certificate as of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate on the
Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, minus
7
all distributions allocable to principal made thereon and in the case of a
Mezzanine Certificate, Realized Losses allocated thereto on such immediately
prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of any date of determination up to and
including the first Distribution Date, the initial Certificate Principal Balance
of such Certificate, as stated on the face thereof). With respect to each Class
CE Certificate as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the
Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate times the excess, if any, of
(A) the then aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Regular Interests
over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class P Certificates then
outstanding.
"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar": The
register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02.
"Class": Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the
same class designation.
"Class A Certificate": Any Class A-1 Certificate or Class A-2
Certificate.
"Class A-1 Allocation Percentage": For any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (x) the
aggregate of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) of the
definition of Group I Principal Distribution Amount, and the denominator of
which is (y) the aggregate of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii)
of the definition of Group I Principal Distribution Amount and in clauses (i)
through (iii) of the definition of Group II Principal Distribution Amount.
"Class A-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A-1 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-1 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the
lesser of (A) the product of (i) 82.000% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) minus $2,591,652.94.
"Class A-2 Allocation Percentage": For any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (x) the
aggregate of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) of the
definition of Group II Principal Distribution Amount, and the denominator of
which is (y) the aggregate of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii)
of the definition of Group I Principal Distribution Amount and in clauses (i)
through (iii) of the definition of Group II Principal Distribution Amount.
8
"Class A-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A-2 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the
lesser of (A) the product of (i) 82.000% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) minus $463,748.51.
"Class CE Certificate": Any one of the Class CE Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A-6 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class Exemption": A class exemption granted by the DOL, which
provides relief from certain of the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA
and the related excise tax provisions of the Code.
"Class M-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A-3 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class A-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 89.000% and (ii)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) minus $3,055,401.45.
"Class M-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar,
9
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4 and evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class A-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iii)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
95.500% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) minus $3,055,401.45.
"Class M-3 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-3 Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A-5 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class A-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking
into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 98.500% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to
the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$3,055,401.45.
"Class P Certificate": Any one of the Class P Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A-7, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and
therein and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions.
10
"Class R Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates
executed by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, and authenticated and
delivered by the Certificate Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit A-8 and evidencing the ownership of the Class R-I Interest and the
Class R-II Interest.
"Class R-I Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC I.
"Class R-II Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC II.
"Closing Date": September 27, 2001.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10(a), which shall be
entitled "Ameriquest Mortgage Company, as Master Servicer for U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Ameriquest
Mortgage Securities Inc., Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2001-2." The Collection Account must be an Eligible Account.
"Commission": The Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Corporate Trust Office": The principal corporate trust office
of the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business in connection with this Agreement
shall be administered, which office, with respect to the Trust Administrator, at
the date of the execution of this instrument is located at 1761 East St. Andrew
Place, Santa Ana, California 92705, Attention: Trust Administrator AQ0102 or at
such other address as the Trust Administrator may designate from time to time by
notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee and which office, with respect to the Trustee, at the date of the
execution of this instrument is located at 180 East Fifth Street, St. Paul,
Minnesota 55101, Attention: Structured Finance, Ameriquest 2001-2 or at such
other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trust
Administrator.
"Corresponding Certificate": With respect to (i) REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIA1, the Class A-1 Certificates; (ii) REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIA2, the Class A-2 Certificates; (iii) REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1, the Class M-1 Certificates; (iv)
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM2, the
Class M-2 Certificates; (v) REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I- LTIIM3, the Class M-3 Certificates; and (vi) REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP, the Class P Certificates;
"Credit Enhancement Percentage": For any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, calculated after taking into account
distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans and distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount to the Certificates then entitled to distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date, the numerator of which is (x) the sum of
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Mezzanine Certificates and
the Class CE Certificates, and the denominator of which is (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the
11
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period).
"Cumulative Loss Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date to the last
day of the preceding calendar month and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
"Custodian": A Custodian, which shall initially be Bankers
Trust Company of California, N.A.
"Cut-off Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, September
1, 2001. With respect to all Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, their
respective dates of substitution. References herein to the "Cut-off Date," when
used with respect to more than one Mortgage Loan, shall be to the respective
Cut-off Dates for such Mortgage Loans.
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy
Code.
"Definitive Certificates": As defined in Section 5.01(b).
"Deleted Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be
replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
"Delinquency Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the previous calendar month that, as of such last day of the previous calendar
month, are 60 or more days delinquent, are in foreclosure, have been converted
to REO Properties or have related borrowers that are the subject of bankruptcy
proceedings, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties as of the last day of the
previous calendar month; provided, however, that any Mortgage Loan purchased by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16(c) shall not be included in either
the numerator or the denominator for purposes of calculating the Delinquency
Percentage.
"Depositor": Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its successor in interest.
"Depository": The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository, for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are
12
to be Book-Entry Certificates, is CEDE & Co. The Depository shall at all times
be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York and a "clearing agency" registered
pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
"Depository Institution": Any depository institution or trust
company, including the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, that (a) is
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State
thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and examination by federal or state
banking authorities and (c) has outstanding unsecured commercial paper or other
short-term unsecured debt obligations that are rated P-1 by Moody's and A-1 by
S&P (or comparable ratings if Moody's and S&P are not the Rating Agencies).
"Depository Participant": A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
"Determination Date": With respect to each Distribution Date,
the 15th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if
such 1st day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such
15th day.
"Directly Operate": With respect to any REO Property, the
furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the management or
operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for
sale to customers, the performance of any construction work thereon or any use
of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by REMIC I other than
through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that the Trustee (or the
Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) shall not be considered to Directly
Operate an REO Property solely because the Trustee (or the Master Servicer on
behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or
renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs
or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property.
"Disqualified Organization": Any of the following: (i) the
United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the
United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other
than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are
subject to tax and, except for Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors
is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign government, any
international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers' cooperatives
described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an "electing
large partnership" and (vi) any other Person so designated by the Trust
Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person may cause any of REMIC I or
REMIC II or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates
(other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under
the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms "United
States," "State" and "international organization" shall have the meanings set
forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
13
"Distribution Account": The trust account or accounts created
and maintained by the Trust Administrator pursuant to Section 3.10(b) which
shall be entitled "Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trust
Administrator for U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the
registered holders of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Floating Rate
Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2001-2." The Distribution Account
must be an Eligible Account.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any month, or if such
25th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in
October 2001.
"Due Date": With respect to each Distribution Date, the first
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, which is the
day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan,
exclusive of any days of grace.
"Due Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the second day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the related Due Date.
"Eligible Account": Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a Depository Institution or trust company the short-term
unsecured debt obligations of which are rated P-1 by Moody's and A-1+ by S&P (or
comparable ratings if Moody's and S&P are not the Rating Agencies) at the time
any amounts are held on deposit therein, (ii) an account or accounts the
deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary
capacity. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate in a parcel of
land.
"Excess Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to the Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date
over (ii) the Required Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date.
"Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan (or the related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a per annum
rate of interest equal to the applicable Mortgage Rate thereon as of the first
day of the month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs minus
the sum of (i) the Administration Fee Rate, (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate and
(iii) the PMI Insurer Fee Rate, if applicable.
"Expense Adjusted Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to any
Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a
per annum rate of interest equal to the applicable Maximum Mortgage Rate (in the
case any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan) or Mortgage Rate (in the case of any
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan) thereon as of the first day of the month preceding the
month in which the Distribution Date occurs minus the sum of (i) the
Administration Fee Rate, (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate and (iii) the PMI Insurer
Fee Rate, if applicable.
14
"Extraordinary Trust Fund Expense": Any amounts reimbursable
to the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the case may be, or any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Trustee or Trust Administrator, as the case
may be, from the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 8.05, any amounts payable from
the Distribution Account in respect of taxes pursuant to Section 10.01(g)(iii)
and any amounts payable by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the case
may be, for the recording of the assignments of mortgage pursuant to Section
2.01.
"Fannie Mae": Fannie Mae, formally known as the Federal
National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
"FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
"First Payment Default" Any Mortgage Loan for which the
Mortgagor fails to make the first scheduled Monthly Payment under the related
Mortgage Note within 61 days after its due date.
"Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan": A first lien Mortgage Loan which
provides for a fixed Mortgage Rate payable with respect thereto. The Fixed Rate
Mortgage Loans are identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Final Recovery Determination": With respect to any defaulted
Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property
purchased by the Originator, the Depositor or the Master Servicer pursuant to or
as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01), a
determination made by the Master Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Master Servicer,
in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in
respect thereof have been so recovered. The Master Servicer shall maintain
records, prepared by a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination
made thereby.
"Formula Rate": For any Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests
and the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests, the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR
plus the related Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate.
"Freddie Mac": Freddie Mac, formally known as the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.
"Group I Interest Remittance Amount ": For any Distribution
Date, that portion of the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date that represents interest received or advanced on the Group I Mortgage
Loans.
"Group I Marker Rate": With respect to the Class CE
Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2) times
the weighted average of the REMIC I Remittance Rate for each of the REMIC I
Group I Regular Interests and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ, with the rate on
each REMIC I Group I Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the related
Formula Rate for the purpose of this calculation for such Distribution Date and
with the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ subject to a cap of zero for
the purpose of this calculation;
15
provided however, each cap and the REMIC I Remittance Rate shall be multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number days in the related
Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.
"Group I Mortgage Loans ": Mortgage Loans having original
principal balances (as such principal balances are shown on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule) that conform to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limits for mortgage loans
eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and that are identified as
Group I Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Group I Principal Distribution Amount ": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of:
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment on
the Group I Mortgage Loans due during the related Due
Period, whether or not received on or prior to the
related Determination Date;
(ii) the Stated Principal Balance of any Group I
Mortgage Loan that was purchased during the related
Prepayment Period pursuant to or as contemplated by
Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01 and the
amount of any shortfall deposited in the Collection
Account in connection with the substitution of a
Deleted Mortgage Loan in Loan Group I pursuant to
Section 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period;
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled
collections (including, without limitation, Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and REO Principal Amortization) received with respect
to the Group I Mortgage Loans during the related
Prepayment Period, net of any portion thereof that
represents a recovery of principal for which an
advance was made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution
Date;
(iv) the Class A-1 Allocation Percentage of the
principal portion of any Realized Losses incurred on
any of the Mortgage Loans in the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date; and
(v) the Class A-1 Allocation Percentage of the amount
of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such
Distribution Date;
minus:
(vi) the Class A-1 Allocation Percentage of the
amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount
for such Distribution Date.
"Group II Interest Remittance Amount ": For any Distribution
Date, that portion of the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date that represents interest received or advanced on the Group II Mortgage
Loans.
16
"Group II Marker Rate": With respect to the Class CE
Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2) times
the weighted average of the REMIC I Remittance Rate for each of the REMIC I
Group II Regular Interests and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ, with the rate
on each REMIC I Group II Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the related
Formula Rate for the purpose of this calculation for such Distribution Date and
with the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest LTIIZZ subject to a cap of zero for
the purpose of this calculation; provided however, each cap and the REMIC I
Remittance Rate shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
actual number days in the related Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of
which is 30.
"Group II Mortgage Loans ": Mortgage Loans predominantly
having original principal balances (as such principal balances are shown on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule) that do not conform to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limits
for mortgage loans eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and that
are identified as Group II Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Group II Principal Distribution Amount ": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of:
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment on
the Group II Mortgage Loans due during the related
Due Period, whether or not received on or prior to
the related Determination Date;
(ii) the Stated Principal Balance of any Group II
Mortgage Loan that was purchased during the related
Prepayment Period pursuant to or as contemplated by
Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01 and the
amount of any shortfall deposited in the Collection
Account in connection with the substitution of a
Deleted Mortgage Loan in Loan Group II pursuant to
Section 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period;
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled
collections (including, without limitation, Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and REO Principal Amortization) received with respect
to the Group II Mortgage Loans during the related
Prepayment Period, net of any portion thereof that
represents a recovery of principal for which an
advance was made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution
Date;
(iv) the Class A-2 Allocation Percentage of the
principal portion of any Realized Losses incurred on
any of the Mortgage Loans in the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date; and
(v) the Class A-2 Allocation Percentage of the amount
of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such
Distribution Date;
minus:
17
(vi) the Class A-2 Allocation Percentage of the
amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount
for such Distribution Date.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added
to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan.
"Independent": When used with respect to any specified Person,
any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Originator and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have any
direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in the
Depositor, the Originator, the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, and (c)
is not connected with the Depositor, the Originator, the Master Servicer or any
Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however,
that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Depositor, the Originator,
the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the
beneficial owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
"Independent Contractor": Either (i) any Person (other than
the Master Servicer) that would be an "independent contractor" with respect to
REMIC I within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if REMIC I were a
real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that
section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or
indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates), so long as REMIC I does
not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the
relationship between such Person and REMIC I is at arm's length, all within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any other Person
(including the Master Servicer) if the Trustee and the Trust Administrator have
received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the taking of any action in
respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein
specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent
Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as "foreclosure
property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined
without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of
the Code), or cause any income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail
to qualify as Rents from Real Property.
"Indenture": An indenture relating to the issuance of notes
which may be guaranteed by the NIMs Insurer.
"Index": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan
and each related Adjustment Date, the average of the interbank offered rates for
six-month United States dollar deposits in the London market as published in THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL and as most recently available as of the first business day
45 days or more prior to such Adjustment Date, as specified in the related
Mortgage Note.
"Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds of any title policy, hazard
policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan (including the PMI
Policy), to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of
the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
18
accordance with the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in
servicing mortgage loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and
conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
"Interest Accrual Period": With respect to any Distribution
Date and the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and each
uncertificated Regular Interest, the period commencing on the Distribution Date
of the month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, commencing on the
Closing Date) and ending on the day preceding such Distribution Date.
"Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Class A Certificates or Mezzanine
Certificates, the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which (a) the Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class of Certificates as of the immediately
preceding Distribution Date exceeded (b) the actual amount distributed on such
Class of Certificates in respect of interest on such immediately preceding
Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Interest Carry Forward Amount for
such Class of Certificates remaining unpaid from the previous Distribution Date,
plus accrued interest on such sum calculated at the related Pass-Through Rate
for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period.
"Interest Determination Date": With respect to the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and any uncertificated Regular
Interest, and any Interest Accrual Period therefor, the second London Business
Day preceding the commencement of such Interest Accrual Period.
"Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, any Class A Certificate, any Mezzanine Certificate and any
Class CE Certificate, the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest on the
Certificates of such Class for such Distribution Date.
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Due Period, all amounts received subsequent to the Determination Date
immediately following such Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly
Payments or as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
"Liquidation Event": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of
the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage
Loan is removed from REMIC I by reason of its being purchased, sold or replaced
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01.
With respect to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO
Property is removed from REMIC I by reason of its being purchased pursuant to
Section 9.01.
"Liquidation Proceeds": The amount (other than Insurance
Proceeds or amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO Property prior
to REO Disposition) received by the Master Servicer in connection with (i) the
taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of
eminent domain or condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage
Loan
19
through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or (iii) the
repurchase, substitution or sale of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property pursuant
to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c), Section 3.23 or Section
9.01.
"Loan Group": The Group I Mortgage Loans or the Group II
Mortgage Loans, as applicable.
"Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date of determination, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date and the denominator of which
is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
"London Business Day": Any day on which banks in the City of
London are open and conducting transactions in United States dollars.
"Loss Mitigation Action Plan": The policies and procedures set
forth in Exhibit O hereto relating to the realization on delinquent Mortgage
Loans, which are incorporated by reference into this Agreement shall be deemed a
part hereof.
"Majority Class CE Certificateholder": Any single Holder or
group of Holders of Class CE Certificates representing a greater than 50%
Percentage Interest in such Class.
"Master Servicer": Ameriquest Mortgage Company ("Ameriquest")
or any successor master servicer appointed as herein provided, in its capacity
as Master Servicer hereunder.
"Master Servicer Event of Default": One or more of the events
described in Section 7.01.
"Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount": The
amounts payable by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment
Charges pursuant to Section 2.03(b).
"Master Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 3:00 p.m. New York time on the last Business Day preceding
the related Distribution Date.
"Master Servicer Reporting Date": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 3:00 p.m. New York time on the 20th day of the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such 20th day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 20th day.
"Master Servicer Termination Test": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Master Servicer Termination Test will be failed if the
Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds 4.000%.
"Maximum Cap Rate": For any Distribution Date a per annum rate
equal to the product of (x) the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Maximum
Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Scheduled
Principal Balances as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month
in which the Distribution Date occurs (after giving effect to unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (y)
a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period.
20
"Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Maximum Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) accrued
interest at the REMIC I Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ for such Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ minus the REMIC I Group I
Overcollateralization Amount, in each case for such Distribution Date and (ii)
accrued interest at the REMIC I Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIIZZ for such Distribution Date on a balance equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTIZZ minus the REMIC I
Group II Overcollateralization Amount, in each case for such Distribution Date,
over (b) Uncertificated Interest on the REMIC I Group I Regular Interest and the
REMIC I Group II Regular Interests, for such Distribution Date, with the rate on
each of the REMIC I Group I Regular Interest and the REMIC I Group II Regular
Interests, subject to a cap equal to the related Formula Rate; provided however,
each cap shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual
number days in the related Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which
is 30.
"Mezzanine Certificate": Any Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates or Class M-3 Certificates.
"Minimum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan which
is payable by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage
Note, determined: (a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient Valuation and/or
Debt Service Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction
in the amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the
Relief Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension granted or agreed to by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07; and (c) on the assumption that all
other amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid when due.
"Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, or its successor in
interest.
"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on, or first priority security interest in, a Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Note.
"Mortgage File": The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
"Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred and assigned
to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee or a Custodian pursuant to Section
2.01 or Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement, as held from time to time held as a
part of REMIC I, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
21
"Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement between the
Originator and the Depositor, regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by
the Originator to or at the direction of the Depositor, substantially in the
form of Exhibit D annexed hereto.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date, the list of Mortgage
Loans included in REMIC I on such date, attached hereto as Schedule 1. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Originator's Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name;
(iii) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the
state and zip code;
(iv) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
(v) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the
Mortgaged Property;
(vi) the original months to maturity;
(vii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(vii) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the
Cut-off Date;
(ix) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the
Mortgage Loan;
(x) the stated maturity date;
(xi) the amount of the Monthly Payment due on the first Due
Date after the Cut-off Date;
(xii) the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually
applied to the unpaid Stated Principal Balance;
(xiii) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xiv) the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of
the close of business on the Cut-off Date;
(xv) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Gross Margin;
(xvi) a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan (I.E.,
purchase financing, rate/term refinancing, cash-out
refinancing);
(xvii) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Maximum Mortgage Rate;
22
(xviii) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Minimum Mortgage Rate;
(xix) the Mortgage Rate at origination;
(xx) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Periodic Rate Cap and the maximum first Adjustment Date
Mortgage Rate adjustment;
(xxi) a code indicating the documentation program (I.E., Full
Documentation, Fast Trac or Stated Income);
(xxii with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
first Adjustment Date immediately following the Cut-off
Date;
(xxiii) the risk grade;
(xxiv) the Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xxv) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if applicable;
(xxvi) whether such Mortgage Loan is covered under the PMI
Policy;
(xxvii) a code indicating the underwriting program (i.e. Standard
or LTV Plus); and
(xxviii) whether such Mortgage Loan is a Group I Mortgage Loan or
a Group II Mortgage Loan.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate, and for each
Loan Group in the aggregate, as of the Cut-off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage
Loans; (2) the current principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted
average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average
maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from
time to time by the Master Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. With respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Cut-off
Date shall refer to the related Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined
in accordance with the definition of Cut-off Date herein.
"Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other evidence
of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgage Pool": The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on
Schedule 1 from time to time, and any REO Properties acquired in respect
thereof.
"Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, which rate with
respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, (A) as of any date of
determination until the first Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date shall
be the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Mortgage Rate in
effect immediately following the
23
Cut-off Date and (B) as of any date of determination thereafter shall be the
rate as adjusted on the most recent Adjustment Date equal to the sum, rounded to
the nearest 0.125% as provided in the Mortgage Note, of the Index, as most
recently available as of a date prior to the Adjustment Date as set forth in the
related Mortgage Note, plus the related Gross Margin; provided that the Mortgage
Rate on such Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan on any Adjustment Date shall never be
more than the lesser of (i) the sum of the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately
prior to the Adjustment Date plus the related Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and
(ii) the related Maximum Mortgage Rate, and shall never be less than the greater
of (i) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to the Adjustment Date less
the Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the related Minimum Mortgage Rate. With
respect to each Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property, as of any date of
determination, the annual rate determined in accordance with the immediately
preceding sentence as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property identified in
the related Mortgage as securing a Mortgage Loan, including any REO Property,
consisting of an Estate in Real Property improved by a Residential Dwelling
(excluding, for purposes of construing the representations or warranties made in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any improvements thereupon not considered
by the appraiser in determining the value of such Mortgaged Property).
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
"Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of (x) the Available Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date over (y) the sum for such Distribution Date of
(A) the Senior Interest Distribution Amounts payable to the holders of the Class
A Certificates and the Interest Distribution Amounts payable to the Mezzanine
Certificates and (B) the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i) through
(iii) of the definition of Group I Principal Distribution Amount and in clauses
(i) through (iii) of the definition of Group II Principal Distribution Amount.
"Net Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or the
related REO Property) as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of
interest equal to the then applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus
the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": With respect to each REMIC I
Group I Regular Interest, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIZZ, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP, and Class A-1 Certificates and
any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the product of (x) the weighted
average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates of the Group I Mortgage Loans,
weighted based on their Scheduled Principal Balances as of the first day of the
calendar month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs (after
giving effect to unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Interest Accrual Period.
With respect to each REMIC I Group II Regular Interest, REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTIIAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ and the Class A-2
Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the product of
(x) the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted
24
Mortgage Rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Scheduled
Principal Balances as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month
in which the Distribution Date occurs (after giving effect to unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (y)
a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period.
With respect to the Mezzanine Certificates and any
Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests and such
Distribution Date and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC I Group
II Regular Interests and such Distribution Date.
"Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount": With respect to the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum
of (A) the positive excess of (i) the amount of interest that would have been
payable to such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date if the
Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date had
been calculated at the related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii)
the amount of interest payable to such Class of Certificates on such
Distribution Date calculated at the related Pass- Through Rate for such
Distribution Date and (B) the related Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the
previous Distribution Date not previously paid, together with interest thereon
at a rate equal to the related Formula Rate for such Class of Certificates for
the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period.
"New Lease": Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf
of REMIC I, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of REMIC I, if
REMIC I has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.
"NIMs Insurer": An insurer, if any, that is guaranteeing
certain payments under notes issued by a trust, the principal assets of which
include all or a portion of the Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates
and/or the Class R Certificates.
"Nonrecoverable P&I Advance": Any P&I Advance previously made
or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in
the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the
case of a proposed P&I Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related
Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance": Any Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will
not or, in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not be ultimately
recoverable from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Non-United States Person": Any Person other than a United
States Person.
"Notional Amount": With respect to the Class CE Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP) for such Distribution
Date.
25
"Officers' Certificate": With respect to the Depositor, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board,
the President or a vice president (however denominated), and by the Treasurer,
the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries. With
respect to the Master Servicer, any officer who is authorized to act for the
Master Servicer in matters relating to this Agreement, and whose action is
binding upon the Master Servicer, initially including those individuals whose
names appear on the list of authorized officers delivered at the closing.
"One-Month LIBOR": With respect to the Class A Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates, and any Interest Accrual Period therefor, the
rate determined by the Trust Administrator on the related Interest Determination
Date on the basis of the offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar deposits, as
such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest Determination Date; provided that if such rate does not appear on
Telerate Page 3750, the rate for such date will be determined on the basis of
the offered rates of the Reference Banks for one-month U.S. dollar deposits, as
of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date. In such event,
the Trust Administrator will request the principal London office of each of the
Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If on such Interest
Determination Date, two or more Reference Banks provide such offered quotations,
One-Month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic
mean of such offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16%). If on such Interest Determination Date, fewer than two
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related
Interest Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on the
previous Interest Determination Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, under the priorities described above, LIBOR
for an Interest Determination Date would be based on LIBOR for the previous
Interest Determination Date for the third consecutive Interest Determination
Date, the Trust Administrator shall select, after consultation with the NIMS
Insurer, an alternative comparable index (over which the Trust Administrator has
no control), used for determining one- month Eurodollar lending rates that is
calculated and published (or otherwise made available) by an independent party.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer
acceptable to the Trustee, if such opinion is delivered to the Trustee, or
acceptable to the Trust Administrator, if such opinion is delivered to the Trust
Administrator, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the
qualification of any of REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC or (b) compliance with
the REMIC Provisions must be an opinion of Independent counsel.
"Originator": Ameriquest Mortgage Company, or its successor in
interest, in its capacity as originator under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
"Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties immediately following such
Distribution Date over (b) the sum of the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balances of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class P
Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment
of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iv) of the definition of Group
I Principal Distribution Amount and
26
the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iv) of the definition of Group II
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date).
"Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Required Overcollateralized
Amount applicable to such Distribution Date over (b) the Overcollateralized
Amount applicable to such Distribution Date prior to taking into account the
payment of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount on such Distribution Date.
"Overcollateralization Increase Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount
as of such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, exclusive of the
payment of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount) and (b) the amount of
Accrued Certificate Interest payable on the Class CE Certificates on such
Distribution Date as reduced by Realized Losses allocated thereto with respect
to such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04.
"Overcollateralization Reduction Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess
Overcollateralized Amount and (b) the sum of the amounts available for
distribution specified in clauses (b)(i) through (iii) of the definition of
Principal Distribution Amount.
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership or
security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct
or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
"Pass-Through Rate": With respect to the Class A Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the
related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC Pass-Through
Rate for such Distribution Date. With respect to the Class CE Certificates and
any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the percentage equivalent of a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the amounts calculated pursuant
to clauses (A) through (M) below, and the denominator of which is the
Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interests other than REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTP. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate for
the Class CE Certificates, the numerator is equal to the sum of the following
components:
(A) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIAA minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA;
(B) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA1 minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA1;
(C) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM1 minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM1;
27
(D) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM2 minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM2;
(E) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM3 minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3;
(F) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ minus the Group I Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ;
(G) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIAA minus the Group II Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIAA;
(H) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA2 minus the Group II Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA2;
(I) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIM1 minus the Group II Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1;
(J) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIM2 minus the Group II Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM2;
(K) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIM3 minus the Group II Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3;
(L) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIZZ minus the Group II Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ; and
"REMIC I Group I Regular Interests": Any of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIA1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM1, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3.
"REMIC I Group II Regular Interests": Any of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIA2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3.
(M) 100% of the interest on REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP
28
"Percentage Interest": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), the undivided percentage
ownership in such Class evidenced by such Certificate, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the initial Certificate Principal Balance
represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which is the aggregate
initial Certificate Principal Balance of all of the Certificates of such Class.
The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates are issuable only in
minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to minimum initial Certificate
Principal Balances of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.
The Class P Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests
corresponding to minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $20 and
integral multiples thereof. The Class CE Certificates are issuable only in
minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to minimum initial Notional Amounts
of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof; provided, however,
that a single Certificate of such Class of Certificates may be issued having a
Percentage Interest corresponding to the remainder of the aggregate initial
Notional Amount of such Class or to an otherwise authorized denomination for
such Class plus such remainder. With respect to any Residual Certificate, the
undivided percentage ownership in such Class evidenced by such Certificate, as
set forth on the face of such Certificate. The Residual Certificates are
issuable in Percentage Interests of 20% and multiples thereof.
"Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth
in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage
Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to the
Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate) on such Adjustment Date from
the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
"Permitted Investments": Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par,
regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMs
Insurer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or any of their respective
Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the
United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of
deposit of, or bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an original
maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of bankers'
acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than
365 days or a remaining maturity of more than 30 days) denominated in
United States dollars and issued by, any Depository Institution;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any
security described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository
Institution (acting as principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a
discount that are issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws
of the United States of America or any state thereof and that are rated
by each Rating Agency that rates such securities in its highest
long-term unsecured rating categories at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such investment;
29
(v) commercial paper (including both
non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing
obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than 30
days after the date of acquisition thereof) that is rated by each
Rating Agency that rates such securities in its highest short-term
unsecured debt rating available at the time of such investment;
(vi) units of money market funds, including money
market funds advised by the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or an
Affiliate thereof, that have been rated "Aaa" by Moody's and "AAA" by
S&P; and
(viii) if previously confirmed in writing to the
Trustee and the Trust Administrator and consented to by the NIMS
Insurer, any other demand, money market or time deposit, or any other
obligation, security or investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating
Agencies as a permitted investment of funds backing securities having
ratings equivalent to its highest initial rating of the Class A
Certificates;
provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either
the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal
payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par
greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Transferee of a Residual
Certificate other than a Disqualified Organization or Non-United States Person.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint- stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"P&I Advance": As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any
advance made by the Master Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date
representing the aggregate of all payments of principal and interest, net of the
Servicing Fee, that were due during the related Due Period on the Mortgage Loans
and that were delinquent on the related Determination Date, plus certain amounts
representing assumed payments not covered by any current net income on the
Mortgaged Properties acquired by foreclosure of deed in lieu of foreclosure as
determined pursuant to Section 4.03.
"Plan": Any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement
plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities,
Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general
or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested,
that are subject to ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.
"PMI Insurer": Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, a
monoline private insurance company organized and created under the laws of the
State of Wisconsin, or its successors in interest.
30
"PMI Insurer Fee": The amount payable to the PMI Insurer on
each Distribution Date, which amount shall equal the product of (i) the PMI
Insurer Fee Rate, multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the PMI Mortgage Loans and any related REO Properties as of the first day of
the related Due Period.
"PMI Insurer Fee Rate": 1.60% per annum.
"PMI Mortgage Loans": The list of Mortgage Loans insured by
the PMI Insurer attached hereto as Schedule 3.
"PMI Policy": The Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy No.
0449044578 with respect to the PMI Mortgage Loans and all endorsements thereto
dated the Closing Date, issued by the PMI Insurer.
"Prepayment Assumption": A prepayment rate for the Mortgage
Loans of 28% CPR. The Prepayment Assumption is used solely for determining the
accrual of original issue discount on the Certificates for federal income tax
purposes. A CPR (or Constant Prepayment Rate) represents an annualized constant
assumed rate of prepayment each month of a pool of mortgage loans relative to
its outstanding principal balance for the life of such pool.
"Prepayment Charge": With respect to any Prepayment Period,
any prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable by a Mortgagor in connection
with any Principal Prepayment pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note
as from time to time held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Prepayment Charges so
held being identified in the Prepayment Charge Schedule (other than any Master
Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount).
"Prepayment Charge Schedule": As of any date, the list of
Prepayment Charges included in the Trust Fund on such date, attached hereto as
Schedule 2 (including the prepayment charge summary attached thereto). The
Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set forth the following information with
respect to each Prepayment Charge:
(i) the Master Servicer's Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) a code indicating the type of Prepayment Charge;
(iii) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the
related Mortgage Loan;
(iv) the term of the Prepayment Charge;
(v) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan;
(vi) the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of
the Cut-off Date;
The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be amended from time to
time by the Master Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
and a copy of such amended Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be furnished by the
Master Servicer to the NIMs Insurer.
31
"Prepayment Interest Excess": With respect to any Distribution
Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in
full during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the
first day and the Determination Date of the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, an amount equal to interest (to the extent received)
at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such Principal Prepayment
for the number of days commencing on the first day of the calendar month in
which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the date on which such
prepayment is so applied.
"Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any Distribution
Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in
full during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the
first day of the related Prepayment Period and the last day of the calendar
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, an amount
equal to interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such
Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the date on which the
prepayment is applied and ending on the last day of the calendar month preceding
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. The obligations of the Master
Servicer in respect of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall are set forth in
Section 3.24.
"Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the day after the Determination Date in the calendar month
preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the
case of the first Distribution Date, commencing on the Cut-Off Date) and ending
on the Determination Date of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II
Principal Distribution Amount.
"Principal Prepayment": Any payment of principal made by the
Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full
amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
"PTCE": A Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section
3.16(c) or Section 9.01, and as confirmed by an Officers' Certificate from the
Master Servicer to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, an amount equal to
the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the date of
purchase (or such other price as provided in Section 9.01), (ii) in the case of
(x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time from the Due Date as to
which interest was last covered by a payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by
the Master Servicer, which payment or advance had as of the date of purchase
been distributed pursuant to Section 4.01, through the end of the calendar month
in which the purchase is to be effected and (y) an REO Property, the sum of (1)
accrued interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage
Rate in effect from time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last
covered by a payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer
through the end of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month
in which
32
such REO Property was acquired, plus (2) REO Imputed Interest for such REO
Property for each calendar month commencing with the calendar month in which
such REO Property was acquired and ending with the calendar month in which such
purchase is to be effected, net of the total of all net rental income, Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and P&I Advances that as of the date of purchase
had been distributed as or to cover REO Imputed Interest pursuant to Section
4.01, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and P&I Advances and any unpaid
Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, (iv) any amounts
previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property pursuant to Sections 3.11(ix) and 3.16(b), and (v) in the
case of a Mortgage Loan required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.03,
expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer, the NIMs
Insurer, the Trustee or the Trust Administrator in respect of the breach or
defect giving rise to the purchase obligation.
"Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan": A mortgage loan substituted
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which must,
on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance,
after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during
or prior to the month of substitution, not in excess of the Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month
during which the substitution occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage Rate not less than
(and not more than one percentage point in excess of) the Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) with respect to any Adjustable- Rate Mortgage Loan,
have a Maximum Mortgage Rate not less than the Maximum Mortgage Rate on the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
have a Minimum Mortgage Rate not less than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
have a Gross Margin equal to the Gross Margin of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi)
with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a next Adjustment Date
not more than two months later than the next Adjustment Date on the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (vii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater than (and not
more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (viii) have the
same Due Date as the Due Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (ix) have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of substitution equal to or lower than the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date, (x) have a
risk grading determined by the Originator at least equal to the risk grading
assigned on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xi) be covered by the PMI Policy if the
Deleted Mortgage Loan was covered by the PMI Policy, (xii) have been
underwritten or reunderwritten by the Originator in accordance with the same
underwriting criteria and guidelines as the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xiii) have a
Prepayment Charge provision at least equal to the Prepayment Charge provision of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (xiv) conform to each representation and warranty
set forth in Section 6 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement applicable to the
Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event that one or more mortgage loans are
substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in
clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the basis of aggregate principal
balances, the Mortgage Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be determined
on the basis of weighted average Mortgage Rates, the risk gradings described in
clause (x) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan, the terms
described in clause (vii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted
average remaining terms to maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios described in
clause (ix) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan and, except
to the extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the representations and
warranties described in clause (xi) hereof must be satisfied as to each
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
33
"Rating Agency or Rating Agencies": Moody's and S&P or their
successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in existence,
"Rating Agencies" shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating
agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the Depositor, notice of
which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the
Master Servicer.
"Realized Loss": With respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which a
Final Recovery Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal
to (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the commencement
of the calendar month in which the Final Recovery Determination was made, plus
(ii) accrued interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by
the Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month in which such Final Recovery
Determination was made, calculated in the case of each calendar month during
such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was
then accruing on such Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) any amounts
previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus (iv) the
proceeds, if any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the calendar
month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, net of amounts that
are payable therefrom to the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii).
With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acquisition of such REO Property on behalf of REMIC I, plus (ii) accrued
interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor
in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A)
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing
on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) REO Imputed
Interest for such REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the
calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, plus (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of the
related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus
(v) the aggregate of all P&I Advances made by the Master Servicer in respect of
such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer has
been or, in connection with such Final Recovery Determination, will be
reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.23 out of rental income, Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such REO Property, minus (vi) the
total of all net rental income, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
received in respect of such REO Property that has been, or in connection with
such Final Recovery Determination, will be transferred to the Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 3.23.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of
a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.
34
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of
a Debt Service Reduction, the portion, if any, of the reduction in each affected
Monthly Payment attributable to a reduction in the Mortgage Rate imposed by a
court of competent jurisdiction. Each such Realized Loss shall be deemed to have
been incurred on the Due Date for each affected Monthly Payment.
"Record Date": With respect to each Distribution Date and any
Book-Entry Certificate, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date. With respect to each Distribution Date and any other Class of
Certificates, including any Definitive Certificates, the last Business Day of
the month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Reference Banks": Deutsche Bank, Barclay's Bank PLC, The Tokyo
Mitsubishi Bank and National Westminster Bank PLC and their successors in
interest; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable
to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Trust
Administrator (after consultation with the NIMS Insurer) which are engaged in
transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i)
with an established place of business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the
control of or under common control with the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof
and (iii) which have been designated as such by the Trust Administrator.
"Refinanced Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which
were not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.
"Regular Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine
Certificate, Class P Certificate or Class CE Certificate.
"Regular Interest": A "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940,
as amended.
"Relief Act Interest Shortfall": With respect to any Distribution
Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest collectible
on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of
the application of the Relief Act.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto,
constituting the primary trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder,
with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made, consisting of: (i) such
Mortgage Loans and Prepayment Charges as from time to time are subject to this
Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto, and together with
all collections thereon and proceeds thereof, (ii) any REO Property, together
with all collections thereon and proceeds thereof, (iii) the Trustee's rights
with respect to the Mortgage Loans under all insurance policies, including the
PMI Policy, required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any
proceeds thereof, (iv) the Depositor's rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement (including any security interest created thereby) to the extent
conveyed pursuant to Section 2.01 and (v) the Collection Account (other than any
amounts representing any Master Servicer Prepayment
35
Charge Payment Amounts), the Distribution Account (other than any amounts
representing any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts) and any REO
Account and such assets that are deposited therein from time to time and any
investments thereof, together with any and all income, proceeds and payments
with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, REMIC I
specifically excludes any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts, the
Reserve Fund, all payments and other collections of principal and interest due
on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date and all Prepayment Charges
payable in connection with Principal Prepayments made before the Cut-off Date.
"REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to
any Distribution Date, an amount (subject to adjustment based on the actual
number of days elapsed in the respective Interest Accrual Periods for the
indicated Regular Interests for such Distribution Date) equal to (a) the product
of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties then outstanding and (ii) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIAA minus the Group I Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.
"REMIC I Group II Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With respect
to any Distribution Date, an amount (subject to adjustment based on the actual
number of days elapsed in the respective Interest Accrual Periods for the
indicated Regular Interests for such Distribution Date) equal to (a) the product
of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties then outstanding and (ii) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIIAA minus the Group II Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.
"REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any
date of determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the
REMIC I Group I Regular Interests REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTIAA and I-LTIZZ
minus (ii) the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTA1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM1, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3, in each case as of such date of
determination.
"REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any
date of determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the
REMIC I Group II Regular Interests REMIC II Regular Interests I-LTIIAA and
I-LTIIZZ minus (ii) the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTA1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3, in each case as of such
date of determination.
"REMIC I Group I Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With respect
to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then
outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the
aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Group I Regular
Interests and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Uncertificated
Balances of the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ.
"REMIC I Group II Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With respect
to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then
outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator
36
of which is two times the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC
I Group II Regular Interests and the denominator of which is the aggregate of
the Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests and REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ.
"REMIC I Regular Interest": Any of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
"regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest shall accrue
interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time to time, and
shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated
Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The designations for
the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
37
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIAA": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIAA
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and
38
conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated
Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time and shall be entitled to any Prepayment Charges collected by the Master
Servicer and to a distribution of principal, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Balance as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Remittance Rate": With respect to each REMIC I Regular
Interest for each Distribution Date a rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted
based on their Scheduled Principal Balances as of the first day of the calendar
month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs (after giving
effect to unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period).
"REMIC I Required Overcollateralized Amount": 1% of the Required
Overcollateralization Amount.
"REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all of the
REMIC I Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee for the benefit of
the REMIC II Certificateholders pursuant to Section 2.08, and all amounts
deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made.
"REMIC II Certificate": Any Regular Certificate or Class R
Certificate.
"REMIC II Certificateholder": The Holder of any REMIC II
Certificate.
"REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section
860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and proposed, temporary
and final regulations and published rulings, notices and announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
"Remittance Report": A report in form and substance that is
acceptable to the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer on a magnetic disk or
tape prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03 with such
additions, deletions and modifications as agreed to by the Trust Administrator
and the Master Servicer.
"Rents from Real Property": With respect to any REO Property,
gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code as being
included in the term "rents from real property."
"REO Account": Each of the accounts maintained by the Master
Servicer in respect of an REO Property pursuant to Section 3.23 which account
may be the Collection Account subject to Section 3.23..
39
"REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO
Property on behalf of REMIC I.
"REO Imputed Interest": As to any REO Property, for any calendar
month during which such REO Property was at any time part of REMIC I, one
month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of such REO Property (or, in the case of the first such calendar month,
of the related Mortgage Loan, if appropriate) as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date in such calendar month.
"REO Principal Amortization": With respect to any REO Property,
for any calendar month, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of all amounts
received in respect of such REO Property during such calendar month, whether in
the form of rental income, sale proceeds (including, without limitation, that
portion of the Termination Price paid in connection with a purchase of all of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01 that is allocable
to such REO Property) or otherwise, net of any portion of such amounts (i)
payable pursuant to Section 3.23(c) in respect of the proper operation,
management and maintenance of such REO Property or (ii) payable or reimbursable
to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23(d) for unpaid Servicing Fees in
respect of the related Mortgage Loan and unreimbursed Servicing Advances and P&I
Advances in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan, over (b)
the REO Imputed Interest in respect of such REO Property for such calendar
month.
"REO Property": A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master
Servicer on behalf of REMIC I through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, as described in Section 3.23.
"Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing Officer, in
the form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2 attached hereto.
"Required Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date (i) prior to the Stepdown Date, $4,583,189.29, (ii) on or
after the Stepdown Date provided a Trigger Event is not in effect, the lesser of
(A) $4,583,189.29 and (B) the greater of (x) 1.500% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (y)
$3,055,401.45, and (iii) on or after the Stepdown Date and a Trigger Event is in
effect, the Required Overcollateralized Amount for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date.
"Reserve Fund": The Reserve Fund established and maintained
pursuant to Section 3.28.
"Reserve Interest Rate": With respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trust Administrator determines
to be either (i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16%) of the one-month U.S. dollar lending rates
which New York City banks selected by the Trust Administrator are quoting on the
relevant Interest Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading
banks in the London interbank market or (ii) in the event that the Trust
Administrator can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest
40
one-month U.S. dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the
Trust Administrator are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.
"Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) an attached
or detached one- family dwelling, (ii) a detached two- to four-family dwelling,
(iii) a one-family dwelling unit in a condominium project or (iv) a detached or
attached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development, none of which is a
co-operative, mobile or manufactured home (unless such mobile or manufactured
home is defined as real property under applicable state law).
"Residual Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates.
"Residual Interest": The sole class of "residual interests" in a
REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
"Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee, any
director, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any associate, any
assistant secretary, any trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and, with respect to a particular matter, to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject. When used with respect to the Trust Administrator, any
director, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any associate, any
assistant secretary, any trust officer or any other officer of the Trust
Administrator customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above designated officers and, with respect to a particular matter, to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Scheduled Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan:
(a) as of the Cut- off Date, the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of such date, net of the principal portion of all unpaid Monthly
Payments, if any, due on or before such date; (b) as of any Due Date subsequent
to the Cut-off Date up to and including the Due Date in the calendar month in
which a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the
Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date, minus
the sum of (i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on or before
such Due Date but subsequent to the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, (ii)
all Principal Prepayments received before such Due Date but after the Cut-off
Date, (iii) the principal portion of all Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance
Proceeds received before such Due Date but after the Cut-off Date, net of any
portion thereof that represents principal due (without regard to any
acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) on a Due
Date occurring on or before the date on which such proceeds were received and
(iv) any Realized Loss incurred with respect thereto as a result of a Deficient
Valuation occurring before such Due Date, but only to the extent such Realized
Loss represents a reduction in the portion of principal of such Mortgage Loan
not yet due (without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note) as of the date of such Deficient Valuation; and (c)
as of any Due Date subsequent to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of
any Due Date subsequent to the date of its acquisition on behalf of the Trust
Fund up to and including the Due Date in the calendar month in which a
Liquidation Event occurs with respect to such REO Property, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to the Scheduled Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan
as of the Due Date in the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, minus the aggregate amount of REO
41
Principal Amortization, if any, in respect of such REO Property for all
previously ended calendar months; and (b) as of any Due Date subsequent to the
occurrence of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property, zero.
"Senior Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and either Class of the Class A Certificates, an amount equal
to the sum of (i) the Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date
for such Class and (ii) the Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, for such
Distribution Date for such Class.
"Servicing Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09.
"Servicing Advances": The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with a default,
delinquency or other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer in the
performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the
cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures,
in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management (including
reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property and
(iv) the performance of its obligations under Section 3.01, Section 3.09,
Section 3.14, Section 3.16 and Section 3.23. The Master Servicer shall not be
required to make any Servicing Advance in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, would
not be ultimately recoverable from related Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any
calendar month, an amount equal to one month's interest (or in the event of any
payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment in full made by the
Mortgagor during such calendar month, interest for the number of days covered by
such payment of interest) at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the same
principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan accrues for such
calendar month. A portion of such Servicing Fee may be retained by any
Sub-Servicer as its servicing compensation.
"Servicing Fee Rate": 0.500% per annum.
"Servicing Officer": Any employee of the Master Servicer involved
in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans,
whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of Servicing Officers
furnished by the Master Servicer to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the
Depositor on the Closing Date, as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Single Certificate": With respect to any Class of Certificates
(other than the Class P Certificates and the Residual Certificates), a
hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a Percentage Interest for such
Class corresponding to an initial Certificate Principal Balance or Notional
Amount of $1,000. With respect to the Class P Certificates and the Residual
Certificates, a hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a 20%
Percentage Interest in such Class.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.
42
"Startup Day": With respect to each of REMIC I or REMIC II, the
day designated as such pursuant to Section 10.01(b) hereof.
"Stated Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan: (a)
as of any date of determination up to but not including the Distribution Date on
which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage
Loan would be distributed, the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the Cut-off Date, as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, minus the sum of
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on a Due Date subsequent
to the Cut-off Date, to the extent received from the Mortgagor or advanced by
the Master Servicer and distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such
date of determination, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received after the Cut-off
Date, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date
of determination, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds applied
by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.16, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01
on or before such date of determination and (iv) any Realized Loss incurred with
respect thereto as a result of a Deficient Valuation made during or prior to the
Prepayment Period for the most recent Distribution Date coinciding with or
preceding such date of determination; and (b) as of any date of determination
coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if
any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan would be
distributed, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of any date of
determination up to but not including the Distribution Date on which the
proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property would
be distributed, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date on which such REO Property
was acquired on behalf of REMIC I, minus the sum of (i) if such REO Property was
acquired before the Distribution Date in any calendar month, the principal
portion of the Monthly Payment due on the Due Date in the calendar month of
acquisition, to the extent advanced by the Master Servicer and distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, and (ii) the
aggregate amount of REO Principal Amortization in respect of such REO Property
for all previously ended calendar months, to the extent distributed pursuant to
Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination; and (b) as of any date of
determination coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which
the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property
would be distributed, zero.
"Stayed Funds": If the Master Servicer is the subject of a
proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the making of a Remittance (as
defined in Section 7.02(b)) is prohibited by Section 362 of the federal
Bankruptcy Code, funds that are in the custody of the Master Servicer, a trustee
in bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court and should have been the subject of
such Remittance absent such prohibition.
"Stepdown Date": The earlier to occur of (A) the first
Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A
Certificates have been reduced to zero and (B) the later to occur of (i) the
Distribution Date occurring in October 2004 and (ii) the first Distribution Date
on which the Credit Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only
after taking into account distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans but
prior to any distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the
Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such Distribution
Date) is equal to or greater than 18.000%.
43
"Sub-Servicer": Any Person with which the Master Servicer has
entered into a Sub- Servicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02.
"Sub-Servicing Account": An account established by a Sub-Servicer
which meets the requirements set forth in Section 3.08 and is otherwise
acceptable to the Master Servicer.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the Master
Servicer and a Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of certain
Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.
"Substitution Shortfall Amount": As defined in Section 2.03(d).
"Tax Returns": The federal income tax return on Internal Revenue
Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax
Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest
Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms,
to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund due to its classification as a REMIC
under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other information reports
or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or
filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing
authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws.
"Telerate Page 3750": The display designated as page "3750" on the
Dow Jones Telerate Capital Markets Report (or such other page as may replace
page 3750 on that report for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks).
"Termination Price": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Terminator": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge,
hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Trigger Event": A Trigger Event has occurred with respect to a
Distribution Date if the Delinquency Percentage exceeds 15.000%.
"Trust Administrator": Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A.,
a national banking association, or its successor in interest, or any successor
trust administrator appointed as herein provided.
"Trustee": U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as
herein provided.
44
"Trust Fund": Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I and REMIC
II and the Reserve Fund and any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment
Amounts.
"Uncertificated Balance": The amount of any REMIC I Regular
Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing Date,
the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall equal the
amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial
uncertificated balance. On each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of
each REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by all distributions of principal
made on such REMIC I Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01 and, if and to the extent necessary and appropriate, shall be
further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized Losses as provided in
Section 4.04. The Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT7 shall
be increased by interest deferrals as provided in Section 4.01(a)(1)(A)(i). The
Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall never be less than
zero.
"Uncertificated Interest": With respect to any REMIC I Regular
Interest for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the REMIC I
Remittance Rate applicable to such REMIC I Regular Interest for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Uncertificated Balance thereof immediately
prior to such Distribution Date. Uncertificated Interest in respect of any REMIC
I Regular Interest shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. Uncertificated Interest with respect to each Distribution
Date, as to any REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such
Distribution Date to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24
and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, if any
allocated, in each case, to such REMIC I Regular Interest pursuant to Section
1.02. In addition, Uncertificated Interest with respect to each Distribution
Date, as to any REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by Realized Losses, if
any, allocated to such REMIC I Regular Interest pursuant to Section 1.02 and
Section 4.04.
"REMIC I Remittance Rate": With to any REMIC I Regular Interest,
the REMIC I Remittance Rate.
"Underwriters' Exemption": An individual exemption issued by the
United States Department of Labor, Prohibited Transaction Exemption 91-23 (56
Fed. Reg. 15936, April 19, 1991), as amended 97-34 at 62.F.R. 39021, and amended
on November 13, 2000 by PTE 2000-58 at 65 F.R. 67765, to Deutsche Banc Alex.
Brown, Inc., for specific offerings in which Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Inc. or
any person directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controlling, controlled by or under common control with Deutsche Banc Alex.
Brown, Inc. is an underwriter, placement agent or a manager or co-manager of the
underwriting syndicate or selling group where the trust and the offered
certificates meet specified conditions. The Underwriters' Exemption, as amended,
provides a partial exemption for transactions involving certificates
representing a beneficial interest in a trust and entitling the holder to
pass-through payments of principal, interest and/or other payments with respect
to the trust's assets.
"Uninsured Cause": Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section
3.14.
45
"United States Person": A citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia (except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in
regulations) or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal
income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust. To the extent prescribed in regulations by
the Secretary of the Treasury, which have not yet been issued, a trust which was
in existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a trust treated as owned by the
grantor under subpart E of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code), and
which was treated as a United States person on August 20, 1996 may elect to
continue to be treated as a United States person notwithstanding the previous
sentence. The term "United States" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7701 of the Code.
"Value": With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the lesser of (i)
the value thereof as determined by an appraisal made for the originator of the
Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan by an appraiser
who met the minimum requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery
and Enforcement Act of 1989, and (ii) the purchase price paid for the related
Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor with the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan,
provided, however, in the case of a Refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value of the
Mortgaged Property is based solely upon the value determined by an appraisal
made for the originator of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan at the time of
origination of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan by an appraiser who met the minimum
requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act
of 1989.
"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. With respect to any date of
determination, 98% of all Voting Rights will be allocated among the holders of
the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
Certificates in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances of their respective Certificates, 1% of all Voting Rights will be
allocated to the holders of the Class P Certificates and 1% of all Voting Rights
will be allocated among the holders of the Residual Certificates (0.500% to the
Class R-I Interest and 0.500% to the Class R-II Interest). The Voting Rights
allocated to each Class of Certificate shall be allocated among Holders of each
such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of the
most recent Record Date.
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Accrued Certificate
Interest and the amount of the Interest Distribution Amount for the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates for any
Distribution Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall incurred in
respect of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated
first, among the Class CE Certificates on a PRO RATA basis based on, and to the
extent of, one month's interest at the then applicable respective Pass-Through
Rate on the respective Notional Amount of each such Certificate and thereafter,
among the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates on a PRO RATA
basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective Certificate Principal
Balance of each such Certificate and (2) the aggregate amount of any Realized
Losses incurred for
46
any Distribution Date and Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts incurred for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated among the Class CE Certificates on a PRO
RATA basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective Notional Amount of
each such Certificate.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Interest
for the REMIC I Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, the aggregate
amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24) and Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated (i) with respect to the Group I Mortgage
Loans first, to Uncertificated Interest payable to REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to
the REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively,
and thereafter among REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM2,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ PRO RATA
based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then applicable
respective REMIC I Remittance Rate on the respective Uncertificated Balance of
each such REMIC I Regular Interest and (ii) with respect to the Group II
Mortgage Loans first, to Uncertificated Interest payable to REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ up to an aggregate amount
equal to the REMIC I Group II Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%,
respectively, and thereafter among REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIAA, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTA2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIIM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIIZZ PRO RATA based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest
at the then applicable respective REMIC I Remittance Rate on the respective
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest.
SECTION 1.03 Rights of the NIMs Insurer.
Each of the rights of the NIMs Insurer set forth in this Agreement
shall exist so long as the notes issued pursuant to the Indenture remain
outstanding or the NIMs Insurer is owed amounts in respect of its guarantee of
payment on such notes. If no such notes are issued or if such notes are issued
but are not insured by a NIMs Insurer, then each of the rights of the NIMs
Insurer set forth in this Agreement shall be of no force or effect.
47
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest
therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of the Depositor under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (except Section 17 thereof), and all other
assets included or to be included in REMIC I. Such assignment includes all
interest and principal received by the Depositor or the Master Servicer on or
with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than payments of principal and
interest due on such Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date). The
Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee an executed copy of the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement and the PMI Policy.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee, or to one or more
Custodians as the agent or agents of the Trustee, the following documents or
instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred and assigned, the
following documents or instruments (a "Mortgage File"):
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement, without
recourse," with all prior and intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so
endorsing to the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
and a copy, certified by the appropriate recording office, of the
recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant
to a power of attorney, with evidence of recording thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage in blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments of the
Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as
contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lenders's title insurance policy or an
attorney's opinion of title or similar guarantee of title
acceptable to mortgage lenders generally in the jurisdiction where
the Mortgaged Property is located, together with all endorsements
or riders which were issued with or subsequent to the issuance of
such policy, insuring the priority of the Mortgage as a first lien
on the Mortgaged Property represented therein as a fee
48
interest vested in the Mortgagor, or in the event such original
title policy is unavailable, a written commitment or uniform
binder or preliminary report of title issued by the title
insurance or escrow company.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver (or cause the Custodian
to execute and deliver) to the Depositor and the NIMs Insurer on or prior to the
Closing Date an acknowledgment of receipt of the Mortgage Note (with any
exceptions noted), substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-1 hereto.
The Master Servicer (in its capacity as Originator) shall promptly
(and in no event later than thirty (30) Business Days, subject to extension upon
a mutual agreement between the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator, following the later of (i) the Closing Date, (ii) the date on
which the Originator receives the Assignment from the Custodian and (iii) the
date of receipt by the Master Servicer of the recording information for a
Mortgage) submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at no expense to the
Trust Fund, the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, in the appropriate public
office for real property records, each Assignment referred to in Sections
2.01(iii) and (iv) above and shall execute each original Assignment referred to
in section 2.01(iii) above in the following form: "U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement". In the event that any
such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the
Master Servicer (in its capacity as Originator) shall promptly prepare or cause
to be prepared a substitute Assignment or cure or cause to be cured such defect,
as the case may be, and thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly
recorded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, for administrative convenience
and facilitation of servicing and to reduce closing costs, the assignments of
Mortgage shall not be required to be completed and submitted for recording with
respect to any Mortgage Loan only if the NIMs Insurer, Trustee, Trust
Administrator and each Rating Agency has received an opinion of counsel,
satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and
each Rating Agency, to the effect that the recordation of such assignments in
any specific jurisdiction is not necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in
the related Mortgage Note; provided further, however, notwithstanding the
delivery of any opinion of counsel, each assignment of Mortgage shall be
submitted for recording by the Originator in the manner described above, at no
expense to the Trust Fund, the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, upon the
earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights, (ii) failure of the Master
Servicer Termination Test, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Originator, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing
transfer as described in Section 7.02 hereof and (v) if the Originator is not
the Master Servicer and with respect to any one assignment of Mortgage, the
occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor
under the related Mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Master
Servicer is unable to pay the cost of recording the Assignments of Mortgage,
such expense will be paid by the Trust Administrator.
If any of the documents referred to in Sections 2.01(ii), (iii) or
(iv) above has as of the Closing Date been submitted for recording but either
(x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office or (y) has
been lost or such public recording office has retained the original of such
document, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents shall be
deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee, or to the appropriate
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, of a copy of each such document certified by
the Originator in the case of (x) above or the applicable public recording
office in the case of (y) above to be a true and complete copy of the original
that
49
was submitted for recording and (2) if such copy is certified by the Originator,
delivery to the Trustee, or to the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee, promptly upon receipt thereof of either the original or a copy of such
document certified by the applicable public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original. If the original lender's title insurance policy
was not delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(vi) above, the Depositor shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, or to the appropriate Custodian
on behalf of the Trustee, promptly after receipt thereof, the original lender's
title insurance policy. The Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee, or to the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, promptly
upon receipt thereof any other original documents constituting a part of a
Mortgage File received with respect to any Mortgage Loan, including, but not
limited to, any original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of
any Mortgage Loan.
All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that are
not delivered to the Trustee, or to the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee, are and shall be held by or on behalf of the Originator, the Depositor
or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. In the event that any such original
document is required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a
Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Trustee, or to
the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the Trustee. Any such original document
delivered to or held by the Depositor that is not required pursuant to the terms
of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File, shall be delivered promptly to
the Master Servicer.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by the Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.01 and subject to any
exceptions noted on the exception report described in the next paragraph below,
the Trustee acknowledges receipt (or receipt by a Custodian as the duly
appointed agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section 2.01
(other than such documents described in Section 2.01(v)) above and all other
assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" under clauses (i), (iii), (iv)
and (v) (to the extent of amounts deposited into the Distribution Account) and
declares that it, or such Custodian as its agent, holds and will hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to it constituting the Mortgage
File, and that it holds or will hold all such assets and such other assets
included in the definition of "REMIC I" in trust for the exclusive use and
benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
to review (or cause a Custodian on its behalf to review) each Mortgage Note on
or before the Closing Date and to certify in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C-1 (or cause a Custodian to so certify) that, as to each
Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan
paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception
report annexed thereto as not being covered by such certification), the Trustee
is in possession of the Mortgage Note. Within 30 days following the Closing
Date, the Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to review
(or cause a Custodian on its behalf to review) each Mortgage File on or before
the Closing Date and to certify in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C-2 (or cause a Custodian to so certify) that, as to each Mortgage Loan
listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full
or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception report annexed
thereto as not being covered by such certification), (i) all documents
constituting part of such Mortgage File (other than such documents described in
Section 2.01(v)) required to be
50
delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession, (ii) such
documents have been reviewed by it or such Custodian and are not mutilated, torn
or defaced unless initialed by the related borrower and relate to such Mortgage
Loan, (iii) based on its or such Custodian's examination and only as to the
foregoing, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that
corresponds to items (i) through (iii), (vi), (ix), (x), (xiii), (xv) and (xvii)
through (xx) of the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage File. It is herein acknowledged that, in
conducting such review, the Trustee or such Custodian was under no duty or
obligation (i) to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine whether they are genuine, enforceable,
or appropriate for the represented purpose or whether they have actually been
recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face or
(ii) to determine whether any Mortgage File should include any of the documents
specified in clause (v) of Section 2.01.
Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement the
Trustee shall deliver (or cause a Custodian to deliver) to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer a final
certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-3 evidencing the
completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon, with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and making
or preparing, as the case may be, the certifications referred to above, the
Trustee or any Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a part of
a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in any material respect, at the
conclusion of its review the Trustee (or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee)
shall so notify the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust Administrator and the
Master Servicer. In addition, upon the discovery by the Depositor, the NIMs
Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Administrator of a breach
of any of the representations and warranties made by the Originator in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which
materially adversely affects such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the
Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
The Trustee (or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall,
at the written request and expense of any Certificateholder, provide a written
report to such Certificateholder, of all Mortgage Files released to the Master
Servicer for servicing purposes.
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans
by the Originator or the Depositor; Payment
of Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment
Amounts.
(a) Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially
defective document in, or that a document is missing from, the Mortgage File or
of the breach by the Originator of any representation, warranty or covenant
under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which
materially adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or the interest
therein of the Certificateholders, the Trust Administrator shall promptly notify
the Originator, the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee and the Master Servicer of such
defect, missing document or breach and request that the Originator deliver such
missing document or cure such defect or breach within 90 days from the date the
Originator was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and if the
Originator does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or
51
breach in all material respects during such period, the Master Servicer (or, in
accordance with Section 3.02(b), the Trust Administrator) shall enforce the
obligations of the Originator under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to
repurchase such Mortgage Loan from REMIC I at the Purchase Price within 90 days
after the date on which the Originator was notified (subject to Section 2.03(d))
of such missing document, defect or breach, if and to the extent that the
Originator is obligated to do so under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The
Purchase Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the
Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification from
the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release or cause a Custodian to
release to the Originator the related Mortgage File and shall execute and
deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, as the Originator shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to
vest in the Originator any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and neither
the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall have any further responsibility
with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage
Loan as provided above, if so provided in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
the Originator may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from REMIC I (in which
case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 2.03(c). It is understood and agreed that the obligation of
the Originator to cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan
as to which a document is missing, a material defect in a constituent document
exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such omission, defect or breach available
to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
(b) (i) Promptly upon the earlier of discovery by the Master
Servicer or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of the breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Master Servicer set forth in Section
2.05 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cure such
breach in all material respects.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
2.03(b)(i) above,
(A) on the later of (x) the Master Servicer Remittance Date
next following the earlier of discovery by the Master Servicer
or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of the breach of
the representation made by the Master Servicer in Section
2.05(vii), which breach materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Holders of the Class P Certificates to any
Prepayment Charge and (y) the Master Servicer Remittance Date
next following the Prepayment Period relating to such a
breach, the Master Servicer shall deposit into the Collection
Account the amount of the scheduled Prepayment Charge, less
any amount collected and deposited by the Master Servicer into
the Collection Account in respect of such Prepayment Charge;
and
(B) on the later of (x) the Master Servicer Remittance Date
next following the earlier of discovery by the Master Servicer
or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of the breach of
the covenant made by the Master Servicer in Section
2.05(viii), which breach materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Holders of the Class P Certificates to any
Prepayment Charge and (y) the Master Servicer Remittance Date
next following the Prepayment Period relating to such a
breach, the
52
Master Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account, as
a Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount, the amount
of the waived Prepayment Charge, but only to the extent
required under Section 2.03(b)(iii) below.
(iii) If with respect to any Prepayment Period
(x) the dollar amount of Prepayment Charges
that are the subject of breaches by the
Master Servicer of the covenant made by the
Master Servicer in Section 2.05(viii), which
breaches materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates to such Prepayment Charges,
exceeds
(y) 5% of the total the dollar amount of
Prepayment Charges (exclusive of (A)
Prepayment Charges not enforced or collected
upon because (i) the enforceability thereof
shall have been limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and
other similar laws relating to creditors'
rights generally or (ii) the collectability
thereof shall have been limited due to
acceleration in connection with a
foreclosure or other involuntary payment and
(B) Prepayment Charges waived by the Master
Servicer where such waiver does not breach
the covenant set forth in Section
2.05(viii)) payable by Mortgagors in
connection with Principal Prepayments on the
related Mortgage Loans that occurred during
such Prepayment Period,
then the amount required to be paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
2.03(b)(ii)(B) above shall be limited to an amount, that when added to the
amount of Prepayment Charges actually collected by the Master Servicer in
respect of Prepayment Charges relating to Principal Prepayments on the related
Mortgage Loans that occurred during such Prepayment Period, will yield a sum
equal to 95% of the total dollar amount of Prepayment Charges (exclusive of (A)
Prepayment Charges not enforced or collected upon because (i) the enforceability
thereof shall have been limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally or
(ii) the collectability thereof shall have been limited due to acceleration in
connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment and (B) Prepayment
Charges waived by the Master Servicer where such waiver does not breach the
covenant set forth in Section 2.05(viii)) payable by Mortgagors in connection
with Principal Prepayments on the related Mortgage Loans that occurred during
such Prepayment Period.
(c) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a), in the case of the
Originator, or Section 2.03(b), in the case of the Depositor, must be effected
prior to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for REMIC I.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Originator or
the Depositor substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such
substitution shall be effected by the Originator or the Depositor, as the case
may be, delivering to the Trustee (or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee), for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and
agreements, with all
53
necessary endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2.01, together with
an Officers' Certificate providing that each such Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the Substitution Shortfall
Amount (as described below), if any, in connection with such substitution. The
Trustee (or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall acknowledge receipt for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten Business Days
thereafter, review such documents as specified in Section 2.02 and deliver to
the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust Administrator and the Master
Servicer, with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a
certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1, with any
applicable exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of
substitution, the Trustee shall deliver or cause a Custodian to deliver to the
Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust Administrator and the Master Servicer a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto with respect to
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions
noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution are not part of REMIC I and will be
retained by the Depositor or the Originator, as the case may be. For the month
of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will reflect the Monthly
Payment due on such Deleted Mortgage Loan on or before the Due Date in the month
of substitution, and the Depositor or the Originator, as the case may be, shall
thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of
such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Depositor shall give or cause to be given
written notice to the Certificateholders and the NIMS Insurer that such
substitution has taken place, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and
the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall
deliver a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and the NIMS Insurer. Upon such substitution, such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and
shall be subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and, in the case
of a substitution effected by the Originator, the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, including all applicable representations and warranties thereof.
For any month in which the Depositor or the Originator
substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more
Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (the
"Substitution Shortfall Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price
of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as to each such
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Scheduled Principal Balance thereof as
of the date of substitution, together with one month's interest on such
Scheduled Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate. On the date of
such substitution, the Depositor or the Originator, as the case may be, will
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the
Collection Account an amount equal to the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if any,
and the Trustee, upon receipt of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans and certification by the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release
to the Depositor or the Originator, as the case may be, the related Mortgage
File or Files and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Depositor or the Originator,
as the case may be, shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest
therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
In addition, the Depositor or the Originator, as the case may
be, shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and the NIMs Insurer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
substitution will not cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on any
54
of REMIC I or REMIC II, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on
"prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or
(b) any of REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that
any Certificate is outstanding.
(d) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the
Originator, the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two
Business Days give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Originator or the Depositor shall repurchase or, subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.03(c), substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the
earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with respect to such affected
Mortgage Loan. Such repurchase or substitution shall be made by the Originator.
Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as set
forth in Section 2.03(a). The Trustee shall reconvey to the Depositor or the
Originator, as the case may be, the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto
in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage
Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty.
SECTION 2.04. [Reserved].
SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants
to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, for the benefit of each of the
Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Certificateholders and to the Depositor
that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein:
(i) The Master Servicer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and is duly authorized and
qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by
this Agreement to be conducted by the Master Servicer in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise
not required under applicable law to effect such qualification
and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business
laws of any such State, to the extent necessary to ensure its
ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to service the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) The Master Servicer has the full corporate power
and authority to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Master Servicer the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Depositor, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (a) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws
relating to
55
creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief
may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion
of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Master Servicer, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the
Master Servicer hereunder, the consummation of any other of
the transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of
or compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course
of business of the Master Servicer and will not (A) result in
a breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of
the Master Servicer or (B) conflict with, result in a breach,
violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under,
the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to
which the Master Servicer is a party or by which it may be
bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Master Servicer of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the
Master Servicer; and the Master Servicer is not a party to,
bound by, or in breach or violation of any indenture or other
agreement or instrument, or subject to or in violation of any
statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to the
Master Servicer's knowledge, would in the future materially
and adversely affect, (x) the ability of the Master Servicer
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or (y) the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or
assets of the Master Servicer taken as a whole;
(iv) The Master Servicer is an approved seller/servicer
for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in good standing and is a HUD
approved mortgagee pursuant to Section 203 and Section 211 of
the National Housing Act;
(v) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement,
no litigation is pending against the Master Servicer that
would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery
or enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of the
Master Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans or to perform
any of its other obligations hereunder in accordance with the
terms hereof;
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of,
or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations
or orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to the
Closing Date;
(vii) The information set forth in the Prepayment Charge
Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 2 (including the
prepayment charge summary attached thereto) is complete, true
and correct in all material respects at the date or dates
respecting which such information is furnished and each
Prepayment Charge is permissible and enforceable in accordance
with its terms (except to the extent that (i) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium,
56
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors'
rights generally and (ii) the collectability thereof may be
limited due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure
or other involuntary payment);
(viii) The Master Servicer will not waive any Prepayment
Charge or part of a Prepayment Charge unless, in the Master
Servicer's reasonable judgment as described in Section 3.01
hereof, (x) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably
foreseeable default, (y) such waiver would maximize recovery
of total proceeds taking into account the value of such
Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and (z) doing so
is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans
(including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection
with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a
default or a reasonably foreseeable default) and in no event
will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a
refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a
default or a reasonably foreseeable default;
(ix) The information set forth in the "monthly tape"
provided to the Trustee or any of its affiliates is true and
correct in all material respects; and
(x) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Assignment
is in recordable form; (except that the name of the assignee
and the recording information with respect to such Mortgage
Loan is blank) and each Mortgage Loan was originated in the
name of the Master Servicer or an affiliate thereof.
It is understood and agreed that the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 2.05 shall survive delivery
of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee or to a Custodian, as the case may be, and
shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Trust
Administrator and the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any of the
Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator or the
Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations, warranties and
covenants which materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan,
Prepayment Charge or the interests therein of the Certificateholders, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice (but in no event later
than two Business Days following such discovery) to the NIMs Insurer, the Trust
Administrator and the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.01, the obligation of the
Master Servicer set forth in Section 2.03(b) to cure breaches (or in the case of
the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Section 2.05(vii) and
Section 2.05(viii) above, to otherwise remedy such breaches pursuant to Section
2.03(b)) shall constitute the sole remedies against the Master Servicer
available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator or
the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders respecting a breach of the
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Section 2.05. The
preceding sentence shall not, however, limit any remedies available to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders (other than in the case of the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in Section 2.05(vii) and Section 2.05(viii)
above) pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement signed by the Master
Servicer in its capacity as Originator, respecting a breach of the
57
representations, warranties and covenants of the Master Servicer in its capacity
as Originator contained in such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests
and the Class R-I Interest.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage
Loans and the delivery to it of the Mortgage Files, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, together with the assignment to it of all other
assets included in REMIC I, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in exchange therefor, the
Trust Administrator, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed
by an officer of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or
upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R-I Interest in authorized
denominations. The interests evidenced by the Class R-I Interest, together with
the REMIC I Regular Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership
interest in REMIC I. The rights of the Class R Certificateholders (as holder of
the REMIC I Regular Interests) and REMIC II to receive distributions from the
proceeds of REMIC I in respect of the Class R-I Interest and the REMIC I Regular
Interests, respectively, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by
the Class R-I Interest and the REMIC I Regular Interests, shall be as set forth
in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests;
Acceptance of REMIC II by the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the REMIC I Regular Interests for the benefit of the Class R
Certificateholders (as holder of the Class R-II Interest) and REMIC II (as
holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests). The Trustee acknowledges receipt of
the REMIC I Regular Interests and declares that it holds and will hold the same
in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Class R
Certificateholders (as holder of the Class R-II Interests) and REMIC II (as
holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests). The rights of the Class R
Certificateholders (as holder of the Class R-II Interest) and REMIC II (as
holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests) to receive distributions from the
proceeds of REMIC II in respect of the Class R-II Interests and REMIC II Regular
Interests, respectively, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by
the Class R-II Interest and the REMIC II Regular Interests, shall be as set
forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.08. Issuance of Class R Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the REMIC I
Regular Interests and, concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor, pursuant
to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor,
the Trust Administrator has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the
order of the Depositor, the Class R Certificates in authorized denominations.
58
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on
behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable
judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective
Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner
in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own
portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice
of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage
loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any
Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master
Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer;
(iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I
Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right
to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with
respect to any particular transaction.
To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall
also seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the
Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above- described servicing standards and the
terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Sub-
Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem
necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby
authorized and empowered by the Trustee, in accordance with the servicing
standards set forth above, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, and upon notice to the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of
partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute
foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure to convert the
ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such
properties, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master
Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports
required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply
in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements
of each insurer under the PMI Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy.
Subject to Section 3.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of
the
59
Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer such
documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder,
and by execution of this Agreement, the Trustee hereby grants to the Master
Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties (including the taking of
and transferring title of REO Properties held in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Trust). The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the
Master Servicer or any Sub- Servicers under such powers of attorney.
Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the
standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause
to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely
payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances
shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related
collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as
provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by
Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a
Mortgaged Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to
Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage
Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (i)
permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the
Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions
resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date
on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in
default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of
the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification,
waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect
an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code
(or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder)
and (B) cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the
Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions
after the startup date" under the REMIC Provisions.
The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under
this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the
Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this
Agreement.
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between the Master
Servicer and Sub-Servicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing
Agreements (provided that such agreements would not result in a withdrawal or a
downgrading by any Rating Agency of the ratings on any Class of Certificates and
the NIMs Insurer shall have consented to such Sub- Servicing Agreement) with
Sub-Servicers, for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans.
Each Sub-Servicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business
in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to
service are situated, if and to the extent required by
60
applicable law to enable the Sub-Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder
and under the Sub- Servicing Agreement, (ii) an institution approved as a
mortgage loan originator by the Federal Housing Administration or an institution
the deposit accounts in which are insured by the FDIC and (iii) a Freddie Mac or
Fannie Mae approved mortgage servicer. Each Sub-Servicing Agreement must impose
on the Sub-Servicer requirements conforming to the provisions set forth in
Section 3.08 and provide for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the
terms of this Agreement. The Master Servicer will examine each Sub-Servicing
Agreement and will be familiar with the terms thereof. The terms of any
Sub-Servicing Agreement will not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of
this Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicers may enter into and
make amendments to the Sub-Servicing Agreements or enter into different forms of
Sub-Servicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such amendments or
different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this
Agreement, and that no such amendment or different form shall be made or entered
into which could be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to the
interests of the Certificateholders, without the consent of the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any variation
without the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of
the Voting Rights from the provisions set forth in Section 3.08 relating to
insurance or priority requirements of Sub-Servicing Accounts, or credits and
charges to the Sub- Servicing Accounts or the timing and amount of remittances
by the Sub-Servicers to the Master Servicer, are conclusively deemed to be
inconsistent with this Agreement and therefore prohibited. The Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer copies of all Sub-
Servicing Agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereof, promptly upon
the Master Servicer's execution and delivery of such instruments.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer (except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this paragraph),
for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall enforce the
obligations of each Sub-Servicer under the related Sub- Servicing Agreement and
of the Originator under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, without
limitation, any obligation to make advances in respect of delinquent payments as
required by a Sub-Servicing Agreement, or to purchase a Mortgage Loan on account
of missing or defective documentation or on account of a breach of a
representation, warranty or covenant, as described in Section 2.03(a). Such
enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims,
termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements, and the pursuit of other appropriate
remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such
time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require
were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay
the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, and shall be reimbursed
therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement, to
the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of the
related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or
attorneys' fees against the party against whom such enforcement is directed.
Enforcement of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement against the Originator shall
be effected by the Master Servicer to the extent it is not the Originator, and
otherwise by the Trust Administrator, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph.
61
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Master Servicer, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer,
shall be entitled to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement and the rights and
obligations of any Sub-Servicer pursuant to any Sub-Servicing Agreement in
accordance with the terms and conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement. In the
event of termination of any Sub-Servicer, all servicing obligations of such Sub-
Servicer shall be assumed simultaneously by the Master Servicer without any act
or deed on the part of such Sub-Servicer or the Master Servicer, and the Master
Servicer either shall service directly the related Mortgage Loans or shall enter
into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor Sub- Servicer which qualifies
under Section 3.02.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall include the provision that
such agreement may be immediately terminated by the Trustee or the Trust
Administrator without fee, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in
the event that the Master Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the
Master Servicer (including termination due to a Master Servicer Event of
Default).
SECTION 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through a
Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and
primarily liable to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 without diminution of such
obligation or liability by virtue of such Sub-Servicing Agreements or
arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Sub-Servicer and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer
alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer
shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for
indemnification of the Master Servicer by such Sub-Servicer and nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
SECTION 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between
Sub-Servicers and the NIMs Insurer, Trustee,
the Trust Administrator or
Certificateholders.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and the
Master Servicer alone, and the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and
shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to
the Sub-Servicer except as set forth in Section 3.06. The Master Servicer shall
be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any Sub-Servicer, irrespective of
whether the Master Servicer's compensation pursuant to this Agreement is
sufficient to pay such fees.
SECTION 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing
Agreements by Trust Administrator.
62
In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no
longer be the master servicer (including termination due to a Master Servicer
Event of Default), the Trust Administrator or its designee shall thereupon
assume (or cause its designee or the successor servicer for the Trust
Administrator appointed pursuant to Section 7.02 to assume) all of the rights
and obligations of the Master Servicer under each Sub-Servicing Agreement that
the Master Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trust Administrator elects
to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms as
provided in Section 3.03. Upon such assumption, the Trust Administrator, its
designee or the successor servicer for the Trust Administrator appointed
pursuant to Section 7.02 shall be deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have
assumed all of the Master Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the
Master Servicer as a party to each Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as
if each Sub-Servicing Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party, except
that (i) the Master Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or
obligations under any Sub-Servicing Agreement and (ii) none of the Trust
Administrator, its designee or any successor Master Servicer shall be deemed to
have assumed any liability or obligation of the Master Servicer that arose
before it ceased to be the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the
Trust Administrator, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records
relating to each Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being
serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by or on behalf of it,
and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer
of the Sub-Servicing Agreements to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan
Payments.
The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect
all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans,
and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and the terms and provisions of any applicable insurance policies, follow such
collection procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage loans
comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Consistent with
the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late
payment charge or, if applicable, penalty interest, or (ii) extend the due dates
for the Monthly Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than
180 days; provided that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not
affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any
computation hereunder, except as provided below; provided further that the NIMs
Insurer's prior written consent shall be required for any modification, waiver
or amendment if the amendment if the aggregate number of outstanding Mortgage
Loans which have been modified, waived or amended exceeds 5% of the number of
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. In the event of any such arrangement
pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Master Servicer shall make timely advances on
such Mortgage Loan during such extension pursuant to Section 4.03 and in
accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof by reason of such arrangements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment
of the Master Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the Master
Servicer, consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also
waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications
that would change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment of principal or
interest or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept
payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal
Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the
postponement of strict compliance with any such term or otherwise grant
63
indulgence to any Mortgagor (any and all such waivers, modifications, variances,
forgiveness of principal or interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively
referred to herein as "forbearance"), PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining
which course of action permitted by this sentence it shall pursue, the Master
Servicer shall adhere to the Loss Mitigation Action Plan. The Master Servicer's
analysis supporting any forbearance and the conclusion that any forbearance
meets the standards of Section 3.01 and the Loss Mitigation Action Plan shall be
reflected in writing in the Mortgage File.
SECTION 3.08. Sub-Servicing Accounts.
In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to a Sub- Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer will be required
to establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the "Sub-Servicing
Account"). The Sub-Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account. The
Sub-Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account must be an
Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections on
mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Sub-Servicer's
receipt thereof, all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Sub-Servicer
less its servicing compensation to the extent permitted by the Sub-Servicing
Agreement, and shall thereafter deposit such amounts in the Sub-Servicing
Account, in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds
into the clearing account. The Sub- Servicer shall thereafter deposit such
proceeds in the Collection Account or remit such proceeds to the Master Servicer
for deposit in the Collection Account not later than two Business Days after the
deposit of such amounts in the Sub-Servicing Account. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on the
Mortgage Loans when the Sub-Servicer receives such payments.
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Servicing Accounts.
The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more
accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible
Accounts. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which
account must be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments
and collections on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing
activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after
the Master Servicer's receipt thereof, all collections from the Mortgagors (or
related advances from Sub-Servicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments,
hazard insurance premiums and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors
("Escrow Payments") collected on account of the Mortgage Loans and shall
thereafter deposit such Escrow Payments in the Servicing Accounts, in no event
more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds in the clearing
account, for the purpose of effecting the payment of any such items as required
under the terms of this Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from a Servicing
Account may be made only to (i) effect payment of taxes, assessments, hazard
insurance premiums, and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Master Servicer (or
a Sub- Servicer to the extent provided in the related Sub-Servicing Agreement)
out of related collections for any advances made pursuant to Section 3.01 (with
respect to taxes and assessments) and Section 3.14 (with respect to hazard
insurance); (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be
overages; (iv) pay interest, if required and as described below, to Mortgagors
on balances in the Servicing Account; (v) clear and terminate the Servicing
Account at the termination of the Master Servicer's obligations and
responsibilities in respect of the Mortgage Loans under this
64
Agreement in accordance with Article IX or (vi) recover amounts deposited in
error. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicers
shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the
extent required by law and, to the extent that interest earned on funds in the
Servicing Accounts is insufficient, to pay such interest from its or their own
funds, without any reimbursement therefor. To the extent that a Mortgage does
not provide for Escrow Payments, the Master Servicer shall determine whether any
such payments are made by the Mortgagor in a manner and at a time that avoids
the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure of a tax
lien and shall advance payments not made by the Mortgagor at that time. The
Master Servicer assumes full responsibility for the payment of all such bills
and shall effect payments of all such bills irrespective of the Mortgagor's
faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow Payments
and shall make advances from its own funds to effect such payments.
SECTION 3.10. Collection Account and Distribution Account.
(a) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall
establish and maintain one or more accounts (such account or accounts, the
"Collection Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the clearing account (which account must be
an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections
on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Master
Servicer's receipt thereof, and shall thereafter deposit in the Collection
Account, in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds
into the clearing account, as and when received or as otherwise required
hereunder, the following payments and collections received or made by it
subsequent to the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or payments
(other than Principal Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the Cut-off
Date but allocable to a Due Period subsequent thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including
Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the
related Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
(other than proceeds collected in respect of any particular
REO Property and amounts paid by the Master Servicer in
connection with a purchase of Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties pursuant to Section 9.01);
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.12 in connection with any losses realized on
Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the
Collection Account;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.14(a)
in respect of any blanket policy deductibles;
65
(vi) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or
purchased in accordance with Section 2.03 or Section 9.01;
(vii) all amounts required to be deposited in connection
with shortfalls in principal amount of Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.03;
(viii) all Prepayment Charges collected by the Master
Servicer, all Prepayment Charges payable by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii)(A) and all Master
Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts payable by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii)(B), subject to
Section 2.03(b)(iii); and
(ix) without duplication, all payments of claims
received by the Master Servicer under the PMI Policy.
For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the Cut-off Date with
respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be the date
of substitution.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection
Accounts shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment
charges, NSF fees, reconveyance fees or assumption fees and other similar fees
and charges need not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection
Account and shall, upon collection, belong to the Master Servicer as additional
compensation for its servicing activities. In the event the Master Servicer
shall deposit in the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited
therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account,
any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Trust Administrator, as
agent for the Trustee, shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (such
account or accounts, the "Distribution Account"), held in trust for the benefit
of the Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trust Administrator in immediately available funds for
deposit in the Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time (i) on
the Master Servicer Remittance Date, (A) that portion of the Available
Distribution Amount (calculated without regard to the references in clause (2)
of the definition thereof to amounts that may be withdrawn from the Distribution
Account) for the related Distribution Date then on deposit in the Collection
Account and (B) the sum of all Prepayment Charges collected by the Master
Servicer, all Prepayment Charges payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.03(b)(ii)(A) and all Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts
payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii)(B), subject to
Section 2.03(b)(iii) (in each case to the extent not related to Principal
Prepayments occurring after the related Prepayment Period) and (ii) on each
Business Day as of the commencement of which the balance on deposit in the
Collection Account exceeds $75,000 following any withdrawals pursuant to the
next succeeding sentence, the amount of such excess, but only if the Collection
Account constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the
definition of "Eligible Account." If the balance on deposit in the Collection
Account exceeds $75,000 as of the commencement of business on any Business Day
and the Collection Account constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of "Eligible Account," the Master Servicer shall,
on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on such Business Day, withdraw
66
from the Collection Account any and all amounts payable or reimbursable to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or any
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 and shall pay such amounts to the Persons
entitled thereto.
(c) Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution
Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the
provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The Master Servicer shall give notice to
the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer and the Depositor of the
location of the Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior
to any change thereof. The Trust Administrator shall give notice to the Master
Servicer, the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee and the Depositor of the location of the
Distribution Account when established and prior to any change thereof.
(d) Funds held in the Collection Account at any time may be
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trust Administrator for deposit in an
account (which may be the Distribution Account and must satisfy the standards
for the Distribution Account as set forth in the definition thereof) and for all
purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part of the Collection
Account; provided, however, that the Trust Administrator shall have the sole
authority to withdraw any funds held pursuant to this subsection (d). In the
event the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trust Administrator for deposit
in the Distribution Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it
may at any time request that the Trust Administrator withdraw such amount from
the Distribution Account and remit to it any such amount, any provision herein
to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition, the Master Servicer shall deliver
to the Trust Administrator from time to time for deposit, and the Trust
Administrator shall so deposit, in the Distribution Account:
(i) any P&I Advances, as required pursuant to Section
4.03;
(ii) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.23(d) or (f) in connection with any REO Property;
(iii) any amounts to be paid by the Master Servicer in
connection with a purchase of Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties pursuant to Section 9.01;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.24 in connection with any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls;
(v) any Stayed Funds, as soon as permitted by the
federal bankruptcy court having jurisdiction in such matters;
and
(vi) any amounts required to be paid by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) in connection with any
losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds
held in the Collection Account.
(e) Promptly upon receipt of any Stayed Funds, whether from
the Master Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy, or federal bankruptcy court or
other source, the Trust Administrator shall deposit such funds in the
Distribution Account, subject to withdrawal thereof pursuant to Section 7.02(b)
or as otherwise permitted hereunder. In addition, the Trust Administrator shall
deposit in the Distribution Account any amounts required to be deposited
67
pursuant to Section 3.12(c) in connection with losses realized on Permitted
Investments with respect to funds held in the Distribution Account.
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall, from time to time, make
withdrawals from the Collection Account for any of the following purposes or as
described in Section 4.03:
(i) to remit to the Trust Administrator for deposit in
the Distribution Account the amounts required to be so
remitted pursuant to Section 3.10(b) or permitted to be so
remitted pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3.10(d);
(ii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to reimburse the Master
Servicer for P&I Advances, but only to the extent of amounts
received which represent Late Collections (net of the related
Servicing Fees) of Monthly Payments on Mortgage Loans with
respect to which such P&I Advances were made in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(iii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to pay the Master
Servicer or any Sub- Servicer (a) any unpaid Servicing Fees,
(b) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of any Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or other amounts as may be
collected by the Master Servicer from a Mortgagor, or
otherwise received with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (c)
any Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances with respect to the
final liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent
that Late Collections, Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance
Proceeds received with respect to such Mortgage Loan are
insufficient to reimburse the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer for Servicing Advances;
(iv) to pay to the Master Servicer as servicing
compensation (in addition to the Servicing Fee) on the Master
Servicer Remittance Date any interest or investment income
earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account;
(v) to pay to the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the
Originator, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has previously been purchased or replaced pursuant
to Section 2.03 or Section 3.16(c) all amounts received
thereon subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, as
the case may be;
(vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any P&I
Advance previously made which the Master Servicer has
determined to be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Depositor
for expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Master
Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be, pursuant to
Section 6.03;
68
(viii) to reimburse the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer,
the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be,
for enforcement expenses reasonably incurred in respect of the
breach or defect giving rise to the purchase obligation under
Section 2.03 of this Agreement that were included in the
Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan, including any expenses
arising out of the enforcement of the purchase obligation;
(ix) to pay, or to reimburse the Master Servicer for
advances in respect of, expenses incurred in connection with
any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.16(b);
(x) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any payment of
the Administration Fee by it to the Trust Administrator
pursuant to Section 8.05(a)
(xi) to pay itself any Prepayment Interest Excess; and
(xii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 9.01.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate
accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of
justifying any withdrawal from the Collection Account, to the extent held by or
on behalf of it, pursuant to subclauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii),
(ix) and (x) above. The Master Servicer shall provide written notification to
the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer on or prior to the next succeeding
Master Servicer Reporting Date, upon making any withdrawals from the Collection
Account pursuant to subclause (vii) above.
(b) The Trust Administrator shall, from time to time, make
withdrawals from the Distribution Account, for any of the following purposes,
without priority:
(i) to make distributions to Certificateholders in
accordance with Section 4.01;
(ii) to pay to itself and the Trustee amounts to which
it is entitled pursuant to Section 8.05;
(iii) to pay itself any interest income earned on funds
deposited in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section
3.12(c);
(iv) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 7.01 and
Section 7.02;
(v) to pay any amounts in respect of taxes pursuant to
Section 10.01(g)(iii);
(vi) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 9.01; and
69
(vii) to pay the PMI Insurer the PMI Insurer Fee based
on information received from the Master Servicer.
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the Collection
Account and the Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may direct any depository institution
maintaining the Collection Account (for purposes of this Section 3.12, an
"Investment Account"), and the Trust Administrator, in its individual capacity,
may direct any depository institution maintaining the Distribution Account (for
purposes of this Section 3.12, also an "Investment Account"), to invest the
funds in such Investment Account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing
interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no
later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds
are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a
Person other than the Trust Administrator is the obligor thereon and (ii) no
later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trust Administrator is the obligor
thereon. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless
payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be
made in the name of the Trust Administrator (in its capacity as such) or in the
name of a nominee of the Trust Administrator. The Trust Administrator shall be
entitled to sole possession (except with respect to investment direction of
funds held in Collection Account and any income and gain realized thereon) over
each such investment, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any
such investment shall be delivered directly to the Trust Administrator or its
agent, together with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to
such investment to the Trust Administrator or its nominee. In the event amounts
on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted
Investment payable on demand, the Trust Administrator shall:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given
thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on
the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise
mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of
(1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the
amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly
upon determination by a Responsible Officer of the
Trust Administrator that such Permitted Investment
would not constitute a Permitted Investment in
respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the
Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Master Servicer,
shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer and shall be subject to its
withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.11. The Master Servicer shall deposit in
the Collection Account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect
of any such Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately
upon realization of such loss.
(c) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Distribution Account held by or on behalf of the Trustee, shall
be for the benefit of the Trust
70
Administrator and shall be subject to its withdrawal at any time. The Trust
Administrator shall deposit in the Distribution Account, the amount of any loss
of principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment made with
funds in such accounts immediately upon realization of such loss.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted
Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any
Permitted Investment, the Trust Administrator may and, subject to Section 8.01
and Section 8.02(v), upon the request of the NIMs Insurer or the Holders of
Certificates representing more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocated to any
Class of Certificates, shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce
such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of
appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 3.13. [intentionally omitted]
SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors
and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
Mortgage Loan fire insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the least of (i) the current
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the amount necessary to fully
compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of such
property on a replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum insurable value of
the improvements which are a part of such Mortgaged Property, in each case in an
amount not less than such amount as is necessary to avoid the application of any
coinsurance clause contained in the related hazard insurance policy. The Master
Servicer shall also cause to be maintained fire insurance with extended coverage
on each REO Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i)
the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such
property and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan, plus accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate and related Servicing Advances
(each measured at the time it became an REO Property). The Master Servicer will
comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of each insurer under any such hazard policies. Any amounts to be
collected by the Master Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to
be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to the related
Mortgage or amounts to be released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing loans held for its
own account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage and
Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11, if received in respect of a Mortgage Loan,
or in the REO Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.23, if
received in respect of an REO Property. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer
in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating
distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of
the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan
so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor other than pursuant to such
applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall
require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property or REO Property is
at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the Master Servicer
will cause to be maintained a flood insurance policy in respect thereof.
71
Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan; (ii) the maximum amount of such
insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the national flood
insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is
located is participating in such program) and (iii) the maximum insurable value
of the improvements which are a part of the related Mortgaged Property.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of A:V
or better in Best's Key Rating Guide (or such other rating that is comparable to
such rating) insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it
shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in
the first two sentences of this Section 3.14, it being understood and agreed
that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master
Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the
related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy complying with the first two
sentences of this Section 3.14, and there shall have been one or more losses
which would have been covered by such policy, deposit to the Collection Account
from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as
administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to
prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator
and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion
in accordance with the terms of such policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall keep in force during the term of
this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions
for failure in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations under this
Agreement, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would
meet the requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac if it were the purchaser of
the Mortgage Loans, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver of such
requirements from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Master Servicer shall also
maintain a fidelity bond in the form and amount that would meet the requirements
of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver
of such requirements from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Master Servicer shall
provide the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer (upon
reasonable request) with copies of any such insurance policies and fidelity
bond. The Master Servicer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision
if an Affiliate of the Master Servicer has such errors and omissions and
fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such insurance policy or fidelity
bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master Servicer. Any such
errors and omissions policy and fidelity bond shall by its terms not be
cancelable without thirty days' prior written notice to the Trustee and the
Trust Administrator. The Master Servicer shall also cause each Sub-Servicer to
maintain a policy of insurance covering errors and omissions and a fidelity bond
which would meet such requirements.
SECTION 3.15. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses;
Assumption Agreements.
The Master Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of
any conveyance or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any
Mortgagor (whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or
not the Mortgagor remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or
the Mortgage), exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage
Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto; provided,
however, that
72
the Master Servicer shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from
doing so. If the Master Servicer reasonably believes it is unable under
applicable law to enforce such "due-on-sale" clause, or if any of the other
conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence apply, the Master
Servicer is authorized to enter into an assumption and modification agreement
from or with the person to whom such property has been conveyed or is proposed
to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note and, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains
liable thereon. The Master Servicer is also authorized to enter into a
substitution of liability agreement with such person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such person is substituted as
the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note, provided that no such
substitution shall be effective unless such person satisfies the underwriting
criteria of the Master Servicer. In connection with any assumption or
substitution, the Master Servicer shall apply such underwriting standards and
follow such practices and procedures as shall be normal and usual in its general
mortgage servicing activities and as it applies to other mortgage loans owned
solely by it. The Master Servicer shall not take or enter into any assumption
and modification agreement, however, unless (to the extent practicable in the
circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in writing, of the continued
effectiveness of the PMI Policy and any applicable hazard insurance policy, or a
new policy meeting the requirements of this Section is obtained. Any fee
collected by the Master Servicer in respect of an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation. In connection with any such assumption, no material term
of the Mortgage Note (including but not limited to the related Mortgage Rate and
the amount of the Monthly Payment) may be amended or modified, except as
otherwise required pursuant to the terms thereof or otherwise permitted under
Section 3.01. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and any respective Custodian that any such substitution or
assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trust Administrator
(with a copy to the Trustee) or to such Custodian, as the case may be, the
executed original of such substitution or assumption agreement, which document
shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be
considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other
documents and instruments constituting a part thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision
of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default,
breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any
assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the
Mortgage Note or any assumption which the Master Servicer may be restricted by
law from preventing, for any reason whatever. For purposes of this Section 3.15,
the term "assumption" is deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged
Property) subject to the Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement.
SECTION 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall, consistent with the servicing
standard set forth in Section 3.01 and the Loss Mitigation Action Plan,
foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties
securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as
to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent
payments pursuant to Section 3.07. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for
all costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided,
however, that such costs and expenses will be recoverable as Servicing Advances
by the Master Servicer as contemplated in Section 3.11
73
and Section 3.23. The foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any case in
which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an Uninsured Cause, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds toward the
restoration of such property unless it shall determine in its discretion that
such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related
Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself for such expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.16 or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
as to which the Master Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual
knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the related
Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trustee,
either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any
other action with respect to, such Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any
such action, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a
"mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such
Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time,
or any comparable law, unless the Master Servicer has also previously
determined, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person
who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards,
that:
(1) such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with
applicable environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in
the best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such
actions as are necessary to bring the Mortgaged Property into
compliance therewith; and
(2) there are no circumstances present at such
Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal
of any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes, or petroleum-based materials for which investigation,
testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation
could be required under any federal, state or local law or
regulation, or that if any such materials are present for
which such action could be required, that it would be in the
best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions
with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such environmental audit
reveals, or if the Master Servicer has actual knowledge or notice, that such
Mortgaged Property contains such toxic or hazardous wastes or substances, the
Master Servicer shall not foreclose or accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure
without the prior written consent of the NIMs Insurer and the Trustee.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by
this Section 3.16 shall be advanced by the Master Servicer, subject to the
Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as
provided in Section 3.11(a)(ix), such right of reimbursement being prior to the
rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account
received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
74
If the Master Servicer determines, as described above, that it
is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions as are
necessary to bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable
environmental laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment,
clean-up or remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes or petroleum-based materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then
the Master Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best
economic interest of the Trust Fund. The cost of any such compliance,
containment, cleanup or remediation shall be advanced by the Master Servicer,
subject to the Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the
Collection Account as provided in Section 3.11(a)(ix), such right of
reimbursement being prior to the rights of Certificateholders to receive any
amount in the Collection Account received in respect of the affected Mortgage
Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
(c) (i) The NIMS Insurer may, at its option, purchase a
Mortgage Loan which has become 90 or more days delinquent or for which the
Master Servicer has accepted a deed in lieu of foreclosure. Prior to purchase
pursuant to this Section 3.16(c)(i), the Master Servicer shall be required to
continue to make Advances pursuant to Section 4.04. The NIMS Insurer shall not
use any procedure in selecting Mortgage Loans to be repurchased which is
materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders. The NIMS Insurer
shall purchase such delinquent Mortgage Loan at a price equal to the Purchase
Price of such Mortgage Loan. Any such purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this Section 3.16(c)(i) shall be accomplished by remittance to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account of the amount of the Purchase
Price. The Trust Administrator shall immediately effectuate the conveyance of
such delinquent Mortgage Loan to the NIMS Insurer to the extent necessary,
including the prompt delivery of all documentation to the NIMS Insurer.
(ii) During the first full calender month (but
excluding the last Business Day thereof) following a Mortgage Loan or related
REO Property becoming 90 days or more delinquent or a Mortgage Loan becoming a
First Payment Default, the Master Servicer shall have the option, but not the
obligation to purchase from the Trust Fund any such Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property that is then still either a First Payment Default or 90 days or more
delinquent, which the Master Servicer determines in good faith will otherwise
become subject to foreclosure proceedings (evidence of such determination to be
delivered in writing to the Trust Administrator and the Trustee prior to
purchase), at a price equal to the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for any
Mortgage Loan or related REO Property purchased hereunder shall be deposited in
the Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon written certification of such
deposit, shall release or cause a Custodian to release to the Master Servicer
the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Master Servicer
shall furnish and as shall be necessary to vest in the Master Servicer title to
any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property released pursuant hereto.
If with respect to any delinquent Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property, the option of the Master Servicer set forth in the preceding paragraph
shall have arisen but the Master Servicer shall have failed to exercise such
option on or before the Business Day preceding the last Business Day of the
calender month following the calender month during which such Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property first became 90 days or more delinquent, then such option
shall automatically expire; provided, however, that if any such Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property shall cease to be 90 days or more delinquent but then
subsequently shall again become 90 days or more delinquent,
75
then the Master Servicer shall be entitled to another repurchase option with
respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided in the preceding
paragraph.
(d) Proceeds received in connection with any Final Recovery
Determination, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, in respect of any Mortgage Loan,
will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the
Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and P&I Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ii) or (a)(iii); second,
to accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan, to the date of the Final
Recovery Determination, or to the Due Date prior to the Distribution Date on
which such amounts are to be distributed if not in connection with a Final
Recovery Determination; and third, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage
Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated to interest is less than the
full amount of accrued and unpaid interest due on such Mortgage Loan, the amount
of such recovery will be allocated by the Master Servicer as follows: first, to
unpaid Servicing Fees; and second, to the balance of the interest then due and
owing. The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall
be reimbursed to the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section
3.11(a)(iii).
SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full shall be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will
promptly notify the Trust Administrator (in its capacity as Custodian) and any
other applicable Custodian by a certification in the form of Exhibit E-2 (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received
or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be
deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10 have been or will
be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the
Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Trust
Administrator (in its capacity as Custodian) or such other Custodian, as the
case may be, shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Master
Servicer. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction
or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any insurance policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Administrator (in
its capacity as Custodian) and any other applicable Custodian shall, upon
request of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Trust Administrator (in its
capacity as Custodian) or such Custodian, as the case may be, of a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit E-l, release the related Mortgage File to the
Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Master Servicer,
execute such documents as shall be necessary to the prosecution of any such
proceedings and the Master Servicer shall retain such Mortgage File in trust for
the benefit of the Certificateholders. Such Request for Release shall obligate
the Master Servicer to return each and every document previously requested from
the Mortgage File to the Trustee or to a Custodian when the need therefor by the
Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated
and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited
in the Collection Account or the Mortgage File or such document has been
delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as
required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other
proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property
76
either judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered to
the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and
address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered
and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all
amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation that are
required to be deposited into the Collection Account have been so deposited, or
that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for
Release shall be released by the Trustee or a Custodian to the Master Servicer.
(c) Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the
Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer any court pleadings,
requests for trustee's sale or other documents reasonably necessary to the
foreclosure or trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal
action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or
rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law
or in equity. Each such certification shall include a request that such
pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the
reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution and
delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien
of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of
the foreclosure or trustee's sale.
SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for the activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with
respect to each Mortgage Loan payable solely from payments of interest in
respect of such Mortgage Loan, subject to Section 3.24. In addition, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.11(a)(iii)
and out of amounts derived from the operation and sale of an REO Property to the
extent permitted by Section 3.23. The right to receive the Servicing Fee may not
be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all
of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption
fees, late payment charges, NSF fees, reconveyance fees and other similar fees
and charges (other than Prepayment Charges) shall be retained by the Master
Servicer (subject to Section 3.24) only to the extent such fees or charges are
received by the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall also be entitled
pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iv) to withdraw from the Collection Account, and
pursuant to Section 3.23(b) to withdraw from any REO Account, as additional
servicing compensation, interest or other income earned on deposits therein,
subject to Section 3.12 and Section 3.24. The Master Servicer shall be required
to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities
hereunder (including premiums for the insurance required by Section 3.14, to the
extent such premiums are not paid by the related Mortgagors or by a
Sub-Servicer, servicing compensation of each Sub-Servicer, and to the extent
provided herein in Section 8.05, the fees and expenses of the Trustee) and shall
not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided
herein.
77
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trust Administrator and the
Trustee; Collection Account Statements.
Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date, the
Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the NIMS
Insurer and the Depositor a statement prepared by the Master Servicer setting
forth the status of the Collection Account as of the close of business on such
Distribution Date and showing, for the period covered by such statement, the
aggregate amount of deposits into and withdrawals from the Collection Account of
each category of deposit specified in Section 3.10(a) and each category of
withdrawal specified in Section 3.11. Such statement may be in the form of the
then current Fannie Mae Monthly Accounting Report for its Guaranteed Mortgage
Pass-Through Program with appropriate additions and changes, and shall also
include information as to the aggregate of the outstanding principal balances of
all of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the calendar month immediately
preceding such Distribution Date. Copies of such statement shall be provided by
the Trust Administrator to any Certificateholder and to any Person identified to
the Trust Administrator as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon
request at the expense of the requesting party, provided such statement is
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trust Administrator.
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer will deliver to the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator, the NIMs Insurer, the Depositor and each Rating Agency on or
before April 30th of each calendar year commencing in 2002, an Officers'
Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the
activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding year and of performance
under this Agreement has been made under such officers' supervision and (ii) to
the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer
has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year,
or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation,
specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof. Copies of any such statement shall be provided by the Trust
Administrator to any Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the Trust
Administrator as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon the request and
at the expense of the requesting party, provided that such statement is
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trust Administrator.
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report.
Not later than April 30th of each calendar year commencing in
2002, the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally recognized
firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Master
Servicer a report stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation
regarding certain matters from the management of the Master Servicer which
includes an assertion that the Master Servicer has complied with certain minimum
residential mortgage loan servicing standards, identified in the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers
Association of America, with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage
loans during the most recently completed fiscal year and (ii) on the basis of an
examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation is
fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other
qualifications that may be appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may
rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of residential mortgage
loans by
78
Sub-Servicers, upon comparable reports of firms of independent certified public
accountants rendered on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with
the same standards (rendered within one year of such report) with respect to
those Sub-Servicers. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Master
Servicer shall furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator, the NIMs Insurer and each Rating Agency. Copies of such statement
shall be provided by the Trust Administrator to any Certificateholder upon
request at the Master Servicer's expense, provided that such statement is
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trust Administrator. In the event such
firm of independent certified public accountants requires the Trust
Administrator to agree to the procedures performed by such firm, the Master
Servicer shall direct the Trust Administrator in writing to so agree; it being
understood and agreed that the Trust Administrator will deliver such letter of
agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Master Servicer, and
the Trust Administrator has not made any independent inquiry or investigation as
to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency,
validity or correctness of such procedures.
SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC, and any other federal or state banking or insurance
regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Certificateholder,
access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
laws and regulations. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the
Master Servicer designated by it. In addition, access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans will be provided to any Certificateholder, the
Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer and to any Person identified
to the Master Servicer as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon
reasonable request during normal business hours at the offices of the Master
Servicer designated by it at the expense of the Person requesting such access.
In each case, access to any documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans may be
conditioned upon the requesting party's acknowledgment in writing of a
confidentiality agreement regarding any information that is required to remain
confidential under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999.
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO
Property.
(a) The deed or certificate of sale of any REO Property shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, in trust for the benefit of
the Certificateholders. Pursuant to the power of attorney granted in Section
3.01, the Master Servicer is hereby authorized to transfer the title of any REO
Property taken in the name of the Trustee to a third party purchaser pursuant to
this Section 3.23 without further documentation of its authority as
attorney-in-fact for the Trustee on behalf of the Trust. The Master Servicer, on
behalf of REMIC I (and on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders), shall either sell any REO Property before the close of the
third taxable year after the year REMIC I acquires ownership of such REO
Property for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or request from the
Internal Revenue Service, no later than 60 days before the day on which the
three-year grace period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year
grace period, unless the Master Servicer shall have delivered to the Trustee,
the Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer and the Depositor an Opinion of
Counsel, addressed to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer and
the Depositor, to the effect that the holding by REMIC I of such REO Property
subsequent to three years after its acquisition will not result in the
79
imposition on REMIC I or REMIC II of taxes on "prohibited transactions" thereof,
as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to
fail to qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding. The Master Servicer shall manage, conserve,
protect and operate each REO Property for the benefit of the Certificateholders
and solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which
does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by
REMIC I or REMIC II of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning
of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code, or any "net income from foreclosure
property" which is subject to taxation under the REMIC Provisions.
(b) The Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds
collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property
separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and
maintain with respect to REO Properties an account held in trust for the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders (the "REO Account"), which shall be an
Eligible Account. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to allow the Collection
Account to serve as the REO Account, subject to separate ledgers for each REO
Property. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain or withdraw any
interest income paid on funds deposited in the REO Account.
(c) The Master Servicer shall have full power and authority,
subject only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement
(including the Loss Mitigation Action Plan), to do any and all things in
connection with any REO Property as are consistent with the manner in which the
Master Servicer manages and operates similar property owned by the Master
Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for such period as the
Master Servicer deems to be in the best interests of Certificateholders and
appropriate to effect the prompt disposition and sale of the REO Property. In
connection therewith, the Master Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be
deposited in the clearing account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in
which it customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in
connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in
no event more than one Business Day after the Master Servicer's receipt thereof,
and shall thereafter deposit in the REO Account, in no event more than two
Business Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account, all
revenues received by it with respect to an REO Property and shall withdraw
therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance
of such REO Property including, without limitation:
(i) all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of
such REO Property;
(ii) all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of
such REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien
thereon; and
(iii) all costs and expenses necessary to maintain such
REO Property.
To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account with respect to an REO
Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through
(iii) above with respect to such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall advance
from its own funds such amount as is necessary for such purposes if, but only
if, the Master Servicer would make such advances if the Master Servicer owned
80
the REO Property and if in the Master Servicer's judgment, the payment of such
amounts will be recoverable from the rental or sale of the REO Property.
Notwithstanding the Master Servicer's obligation to the
Certificateholders to manage and operate (including the collection of rents from
existing tenants and management of any leases acquired with the REO property to
the extent applicable) the REO Property from the date of acquisition until the
date of sale, neither the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator nor the
Trustee shall:
(i) authorize the Trust Fund to enter into, renew or
extend any New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the
New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does
not constitute Rents from Real Property;
(ii) authorize any amount to be received or accrued
under any New Lease other than amounts that will constitute
Rents from Real Property;
(iii) authorize any construction on any REO Property,
other than the completion of a building or other improvement
thereon, and then only if more than ten percent of the
construction of such building or other improvement was
completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan became
imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of
the Code; or
(iv) authorize any Person to Directly Operate any REO
Property on any date more than 90 days after its date of
acquisition by the Trust Fund;
unless, in any such case, (A) the Master Servicer has obtained an Opinion of
Counsel, provided to the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer,
to the effect that such action will not cause such REO Property to fail to
qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of
the Code at any time that it is held by REMIC I, and (B) the Master Servicer has
received written instructions from the Trust Administrator authorizing the
specific action to be taken.
The Master Servicer may contract with any Independent
Contractor for the operation and management of any REO Property, provided that:
(i) the terms and conditions of any such contract shall
not be inconsistent herewith;
(ii) any such contract shall require, or shall be
administered to require, that the Independent Contractor pay
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
operation and management of such REO Property, including those
listed above and remit all related revenues (net of such costs
and expenses) to the Master Servicer as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than thirty days following the receipt
thereof by such Independent Contractor;
(iii) none of the provisions of this Section 3.23(c)
relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any
such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the
Master Servicer of any of its duties and obligations to the
81
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders with respect to
the operation and management of any such REO Property; and
(iv) the Master Servicer shall be obligated with respect
thereto to the same extent as if it alone were performing all
duties and obligations in connection with the operation and
management of such REO Property.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any
Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and
obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Master Servicer by such
Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit
or modify such indemnification. The Master Servicer shall be solely liable for
all fees owed by it to any such Independent Contractor, irrespective of whether
the Master Servicer's compensation pursuant to Section 3.18 is sufficient to pay
such fees. The Master Servicer shall not engage an Independent Contractor to
engage in any activities that the Master Servicer would not be permitted to
engage in itself in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement
(including the Loss Mitigation Action Plan).
(d) In addition to the withdrawals permitted under Section
3.23(c), the Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the REO
Account for any REO Property: (i) to pay itself or any Sub-Servicer unpaid
Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan; and (ii) to reimburse
itself or any Sub-Servicer for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and P&I Advances
made in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan. On the Master
Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from each REO
Account maintained by it and deposit into the Distribution Account in accordance
with Section 3.10(d)(ii), for distribution on the related Distribution Date in
accordance with Section 4.01, the income from the related REO Property received
during the prior calendar month, net of any withdrawals made pursuant to Section
3.23(c) or this Section 3.23(d).
(e) Subject to the time constraints set forth in Section
3.23(a), (including the constraint that the Master Servicer hold and manage each
REO Property "solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition") each REO
disposition shall be carried out by the Master Servicer at such price and upon
such terms and conditions as shall be in conformity with the requirements of the
Loss Mitigation Action Plan and as shall be normal and usual in its general
servicing activities for similar properties.
(f) The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of any amount
required by law to be remitted to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan
and net of any payment or reimbursement to the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Distribution Account
in accordance with Section 3.10(d)(ii) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date in
the month following the receipt thereof for distribution on the related
Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.01. Any REO Disposition shall be
for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC Provisions made subsequent to the
Startup Day allow a sale for other consideration).
(g) The Master Servicer shall file information returns with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business,
reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property and
cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged Property as
required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code, respectively. Such
reports
82
shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements
imposed by such Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Master Servicer in
Respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trust Administrator
for deposit into the Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time
on the Master Servicer Remittance Date from its own funds an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for the
related Distribution Date resulting solely from Principal Prepayments during the
related Prepayment Period and (ii) the amount of its aggregate Servicing Fee for
the most recently ended calendar month. The Master Servicer shall not have the
right to reimbursement for any amounts remitted to the Trust Administrator in
respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls. Such amounts so remitted shall be
included in the Available Funds and distributed therewith on the next
Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall not be obligated to pay any amounts
with respect to Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
SECTION 3.25. Obligations of the Master Servicer in
Respect of Mortgage Rates and Monthly
Payments.
In the event that a shortfall in any collection on or
liability with respect to any Mortgage Loan results from or is attributable to
adjustments to Mortgage Rates, Monthly Payments or Stated Principal Balances
that were made by the Master Servicer in a manner not consistent with the terms
of the related Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Master Servicer, upon
discovery or receipt of notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the Trust
Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account from its own funds the
amount of any such shortfall and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust
Fund, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Depositor and any successor
master servicer in respect of any such liability. Such indemnities shall survive
the termination or discharge of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.26. Advance Facility.
(a) The Master Servicer, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer,
is hereby authorized to enter into a facility with any Person which provides
that such Person (an "Advancing Person") may fund P&I Advances and/or Servicing
Advances under this Agreement, although no such facility shall reduce or
otherwise affect the Master Servicer's obligation to fund such P&I Advances
and/or Servicing Advances. To the extent that an Advancing Person funds any P&I
Advance or any Servicing Advance and provides the Trust Administrator and the
Trustee with notice acknowledged by the Master Servicer that such Advancing
Person is entitled to reimbursement directly from the amounts held on behalf of
the Trust by the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be,
pursuant to the terms of the Advance Facility, such Advancing Person shall be
entitled to receive reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement for such amount to
the extent provided in Section 3.26(b). Such notice from the Advancing Person
must specify the amount of the reimbursement, the Section of this Agreement that
permits the applicable P&I Advance or Servicing Advance to be reimbursed and the
section(s) of the Advance Facility that entitle the Advancing Person to request
reimbursement from the amounts held on behalf of the Trust by the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, rather than by the Master
Servicer, and include the
83
Master Servicer's acknowledgment thereto or proof of an Event of Default under
the Advance Facility. Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall have
any duty or liability with respect to any calculation of any reimbursement to be
paid to an Advancing Person and each shall be entitled to rely without
independent investigation on the Advancing Person's notice provided pursuant to
this Section 3.26. An Advancing Person whose obligations hereunder are limited
to the funding of P&I Advances and/or Servicing Advances shall not be required
to meet the qualifications of a Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof. If
the terms of a facility proposed to be entered into with an Advancing Servicer
by the Trust Fund would not materially and adversely affect the interests of any
Certificateholder, then the NIMs Insurer shall not withhold its consent to the
Trust Fund's entering such facility.
(b) If an Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement for
any particular P&I Advance or Servicing Advance as set forth in Section 3.26(a),
then the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to reimburse itself therefor
under Section 3.11(a)(ii), Section 3.11(a)(iii), Section 3.11(a)(vi) or Section
3.11(a)(ix), but instead the Master Servicer shall include such amounts in the
applicable remittance to the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may
be, made pursuant to Section 3.10(b) to the extent of amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date. The Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, is hereby authorized to pay to
an Advancing Person reimbursements for P&I Advances and Servicing Advances from
the Distribution Account to the same extent the Master Servicer would have been
permitted to reimburse itself for such P&I Advances and/or Servicing Advances in
accordance with Section 3.11(a)(ii), Section 3.11(a)(iii), Section 3.11(a)(vi)
or Section 3.11(a)(ix), as the case may be, had the Master Servicer made such
Advance or Servicing Advance.
SECTION 3.27. PMI Policy; Claims Under the PMI Policy.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this
Article III, the Master Servicer shall not agree to any modification or
assumption of a PMI Mortgage Loan or take any other action with respect to a PMI
Mortgage Loan that could result in denial of coverage under the PMI Policy. The
Master Servicer shall notify the PMI Insurer that the Trustee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, is the insured, as that term is defined in the PMI Policy,
of each PMI Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall, on behalf of the Trustee,
prepare and file on a timely basis with the PMI Insurer, with a copy to the
Trust Administrator, all claims which may be made under the PMI Policy with
respect to the PMI Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall take all actions
required under the PMI Policy as a condition to the payment of any such claim.
Any amount received from the PMI Insurer with respect to any such PMI Mortgage
Loan shall be deposited by the Master Servicer into the Collection Account in
accordance with Section 3.10.
SECTION 3.28 Reserve Fund.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trust Administrator
shall establish and maintain with itself, as agent for the Trustee, a separate,
segregated trust account titled, "Reserve Fund, Bankers Trust Company of
California, N.A., as agent for U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, in
trust for the registered holders of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.,
Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2." On the Closing
Date, the Depositor will deposit, or cause to be deposited, into the Reserve
Fund $1,000.
84
(b) On each Distribution Date as to which there is a Net WAC
Rate Carryover Amount payable to the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine
Certificates, the Trust Administrator has been directed by the Class CE
Certificateholders to, and therefore will, deposit into the Reserve Fund the
amounts described in Section 4.01(a)(4)(x), rather than distributing such
amounts to the Class CE Certificateholders. On each such Distribution Date, the
Trust Administrator shall hold all such amounts for the benefit of the Holders
of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, and will distribute
such amounts to the Holders of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(a). If no
Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts are payable on a Distribution Date, the Trust
Administrator shall deposit into the Reserve Fund on behalf of the Class CE
Certificateholders, from amounts otherwise distributable to the Class CE
Certificateholders, an amount such that when added to other amounts already on
deposit in the Reserve Fund, the aggregate amount on deposit therein is equal to
$1,000.
(c) For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class CE
Certificateholders will be deemed to be the owners of the Reserve Fund and all
amounts deposited into the Reserve Fund (other than the initial deposit therein
of $1,000) shall be treated as amounts distributed by REMIC II to the Holders of
the Class CE Certificates. Upon the termination of the Trust, or the payment in
full of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, all amounts
remaining on deposit in the Reserve Fund will be released by the Trust and
distributed to the Class CE Certificateholders or their designees. The Reserve
Fund will be part of the Trust but not part of any REMIC and any payments to the
Holders of the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates of Net WAC
Rate Carryover Amounts will not be payments with respect to a "regular interest"
in a REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860(G)(a)(1).
(d) By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder hereby agrees to direct the Trust Administrator, and the Trust
Administrator hereby is directed, to deposit into the Reserve Fund the amounts
described above on each Distribution Date as to which there is any Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amount rather than distributing such amounts to the Class CE
Certificateholders. By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder further agrees that such direction is given for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged by
such acceptance.
(e) At the direction of the Holders of a majority in
Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates, the Trust Administrator shall
direct any depository institution maintaining the Reserve Fund to invest the
funds in such account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or
sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no later than
the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required
to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other
than the Trust Administrator or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment,
and (ii) no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn
from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trust Administrator or an
Affiliate manages or advises such investment. If no investment direction of the
Holders of a majority in Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates with
respect to the Reserve Fund is received by the Trust Administrator, the Trust
Administrator shall invest the funds in such account in Permitted Investments
managed by the Trust Administrator or an Affiliate of the kind described in
clause (vi) of the definition of Permitted Investments. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any funds in the Reserve Fund shall be invested in Deutsche Bank
Institutional Cash Reserves/Fund 1687 for
85
so long as such investment complies with clause (vi) of the definition of
Permitted Investments. All income and gain earned upon such investment shall be
deposited into the Reserve Fund.
(f) For federal tax return and information reporting, the
right of the Class A Certificateholders and the Mezzanine Certificateholders to
receive payments from the Reserve Fund in respect of any Net Wac Rate Carryover
Amount shall be assigned a value of zero.
86
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. Distributions.
(a)(1) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in
the following order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II on
account of the REMIC I Regular Interests or withdrawn from the Distribution
Account and distributed to the holders of the Class R Interest, as the case may
be:
(i) first, to Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interests
I-LTIZZ, PRO RATA, in an amount equal to (A) the
Uncertificated Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B)
any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous
Distribution Dates. Amounts payable as Uncertificated Interest
in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ and REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ shall be reduced when the sum of the
REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount and REMIC I Group II
Overcollateralized Amount is less than the REMIC I Required
Overcollateralized Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of
such difference and (y) the Maximum Uncertificated Interest
Deferral Amount;
(ii) second, to the Holders of REMIC I Regular
Interests, in an amount equal to the remainder of the
Available Funds for such Distribution Date after the
distributions made pursuant to clause (i) above, allocated as
follows:
(I) with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIAA, 98.000% of such remainder, until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero;
(b) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM1, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM3, 1.000% of such remainder, in the same
proportion as principal payments are allocated to the
Corresponding Certificates, until the Uncertificated
Balances of such REMIC I Regular Interests are
reduced to zero;
(c) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ, 1.000% of such remainder, until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero; then
(d) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP,
on the Distribution Date immediately following the
expiration of the latest Prepayment Charge as
identified on the Prepayment Charge Schedule or any
Distribution Date thereafter until $100 has been
distributed pursuant to this clause; and
87
(e) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class
R Certificates (as Holder of the Class R-I Interest);
provided, however, that 98.000% and 2.000% of any principal payments that are
attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be allocated to
Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ, respectively.
(II) with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIAA, 98.000% of such remainder, until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero;
(b) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIIM2 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIIM3, 1.000% of such remainder, in the
same proportion as principal payments are allocated
to the Corresponding Certificates, until the
Uncertificated Balances of such REMIC I Regular
Interests are reduced to zero;
(c) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIZZ, 1.000% of such remainder, until the
Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero; then
(d) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class
R Certificates (as Holder of the Class R-I Interest);
provided, however, that 98.000% and 2.000% of any principal payments that are
attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be allocated to
Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ, respectively.
(2)(A) On each Distribution Date other than the first
Distribution Date, prior to making the distributions set forth below, the Trust
Administrator shall withdraw the PMI Insurer Fee from the Distribution Account
(to the extent not previously paid on the Trustee's behalf by the Master
Servicer) and pay such amount to the PMI Insurer, based on information received
from the Master Servicer.
(B) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw from the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Group I Interest
Remittance Amount and distribute to the Certificateholders the following
amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Senior Interest Distribution Amount for
the Class A-1 Certificates; and
(ii) to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Senior Interest Distribution Amount for
the Class A-2 Certificates, to the extent
88
remaining unpaid after the distribution of the Group II
Interest Remittance Amount as set forth in subparagraph (C)
below.
(C) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw from the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Group II Interest
Remittance Amount and distribute to the Certificateholders the following
amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Senior Interest Distribution Amount for
the Class A-2 Certificates; and
(ii) to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Senior Interest Distribution Amount for
the Class A-1 Certificates, to the extent remaining unpaid
after the distribution of the Group I Interest Remittance
Amount as set forth in subparagraph (B) above.
(D) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw from the Distribution Account an amount equal to any Group I Interest
Remittance Amount and any Group II Interest Remittance Amount remaining after
the distributions set forth in subparagraphs (B) and (C) above and distribute to
the Certificateholders the following amounts, in the following order of
priority:
(i) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount for the Class
M-1 Certificates;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount for the Class
M-2 Certificates; and
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount for the Class
M-3 Certificates.
(3) On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw from the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Principal
Distribution Amount and distribute to the Certificateholders the following
amounts, in the following order of priority:
(i) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown
Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect,
(A) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be
distributed in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and
SECOND, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates,
after taking into account the distribution of the
Group II Principal Distribution Amount as set forth
in subparagraph (B) below, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has
been reduced to zero;
89
(B) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall be
distributed in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and
SECOND, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates,
after taking into account the distribution of the
Group I Principal Distribution Amount as set forth in
subparagraph (A) above, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates has
been reduced to zero; and
(C) any Group I Principal Distribution Amount and any Group II
Principal Distribution Amount remaining after the distributions set
forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above shall be distributed in the
following order of priority:
FIRST, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero;
SECOND, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero; and
THIRD, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero; and
(ii) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the
Stepdown Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in
effect,
(A) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be
distributed in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates,
up to an amount equal to the Class A-1 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates has been
reduced to zero;
SECOND, to the extent of the portion, if any, of the
Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount remaining
undistributed pursuant to clause (ii)(A) first above,
to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, after
taking into account the distribution of the Group II
Principal Distribution Amount as set forth in
subparagraph (B) below, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has
been reduced to zero; and
THIRD, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates,
after taking into account the distribution of the
Group II Principal Distribution Amount as set forth
in subparagraph (B) below and the distribution, if
any, set forth in clause (ii)(A) second above, up to
an amount equal to the Class A-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has been
reduced to zero;
90
(B) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall be
distributed in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates,
up to an amount equal to the Class A-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has been
reduced to zero;
SECOND, to the extent of the portion, if any, of the
Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount remaining
undistributed pursuant to clause (ii)(B) first above,
to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, after
taking into account the distribution of the Group I
Principal Distribution Amount as set forth in
subparagraph (A) above, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates has
been reduced to zero; and
THIRD, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates,
after taking into account the distribution of the
Group I Principal Distribution Amount as set forth in
subparagraph (A) above and the distribution, if any,
set forth in clause (ii)(B) second above, up to an
amount equal to the Class A-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
and
(C) any Group I Principal Distribution Amount and any Group II
Principal Distribution Amount remaining after the distributions set
forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above shall be distributed in the
following order of priority:
FIRST, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
up to an amount equal to 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,
up to an amount equal to the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been
reduced to zero; and
THIRD, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates,
up to an amount equal to the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been
reduced to zero.
(4) 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 the
principal portion of any Realized Losses incurred or
deemed to have been incurred on the Mortgage Loans,
distributable as part of the Principal Distribution
Amount pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3) and applied to
reduce the
91
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificates
until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
such Certificates is reduced to zero;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class or Classes of
Certificates then entitled to receive distributions
in respect of principal, in an amount equal to the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount, distributable
as part of the Principal Distribution Amount pursuant
to Section 4.01(a)(3) and applied to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificates
until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
such Certificates is reduced to zero;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward
Amount for such Class of Certificates;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount
for such Class of Certificates;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount
for such Class of Certificates;
(vi) concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1
Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates, on a pro
rata basis based on, and up to an amount equal to,
the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
(to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to
Section 3.24) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall
allocated to such Certificates;
(vii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall allocated to such Certificates;
(viii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall allocated to such Certificates;
(ix) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall allocated to such Certificates;
(x) to the Reserve Fund, the amount required by
Section 3.28(b);
(xi) to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class and any
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date; and
92
(xii) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (as
Holder 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 (as Holder of the Class R-II Interest).
(b) On each Distribution Date, after making the distributions
of the Available Funds as set forth above, the Trust 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-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates, on a
pro rata basis based on the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount allocable to each such
Class; second, to the Class M-1 Certificates, third, to the Class M-2
Certificates and fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, in each case to the
extent of the Net WAC Carryover Amount allocable to each such Class.
On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
withdraw any amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account that represent
Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer, Prepayment Charges payable
by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii)(A) and Master Servicer
Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.03(b)(ii)(B), subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), in each case to the
extent not related to Principal Prepayments occurring after the related
Prepayment Period, and the Trust Administrator shall distribute such amounts to
the Holders of the Class P Certificates (which amounts shall be deemed to first
be paid to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP). Such distributions shall not be
applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates.
(c) All distributions made with respect to each Class of
Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated PRO RATA among the
outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage
Interests. Payments in respect of each Class of Certificates on each
Distribution Date will be made to the Holders of the respective Class of record
on the related Record Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(e) or
Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution on such Class), based on the
aggregate Percentage Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of
any such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, if such Holder shall have so notified the Trustee and the Trust
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
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 or such other location specified in the notice to
Certificateholders of such final distribution.
93
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 Trust
Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor or the Master Servicer
shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this
Agreement or applicable law.
(d) 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
Trust 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.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the
Trust Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to any
Class of Certificates will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Trust
Administrator shall, no later than five (5) days after the related Determination
Date, mail to each Holder on such date of such Class of Certificates a notice to
the effect that:
(i) the Trust 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 Trust 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 Trust 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 4.01(e) shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the
Trust 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 Trust Administrator shall, directly or through an agent, mail
a final notice to 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 Trust Administrator shall pay to Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
Inc. 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 Trust
94
Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its
Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section
4.01(e).
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in no
event shall the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A Certificate or a
Mezzanine 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 4.04 and (b) distributed to the Holder of such Certificate
in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to this
Section 4.01 from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and (ii) in no event shall the
Uncertificated Balance of a REMIC I Regular Interest be reduced more than once
in respect of any particular amount both (a) allocated to such REMIC I Regular
Interest in respect of Realized Losses pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b)
distributed on such REMIC I Regular Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated
Balance thereof pursuant to this Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.
On each Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
prepare and make available to each Holder of the Regular Certificates and the
NIMs Insurer, 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 distribution
made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of the Class P
Certificates allocable to Prepayment Charges or Master
Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts;
(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 Master
Servicer during the related Due Period and such other
customary information as the Trust Administrator deems
necessary or desirable, or which a Certificateholder
reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to prepare
their tax returns;
(iv) the aggregate amount of P&I Advances for such
Distribution Date;
(v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties as of the close of
business on such Distribution Date;
(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 30-59 days, (b) delinquent
60-89 days, (c) delinquent 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
95
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 Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
date it became an REO Property;
(ix) the book value and the Stated Principal Balance 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;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred
during the related Prepayment Period (or, in the case of
Bankruptcy Losses allocable to interest, during the related
Due Period), separately identifying whether such Realized
Losses constituted Bankruptcy Losses and the aggregate amount
of Realized Losses incurred since the Closing Date;
(xii) the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses withdrawn from the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account for such Distribution Date;
(xiii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
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 and the Class
CE Certificates for such Distribution Date and the Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates on such
Distribution Date, and in the case of the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
Certificates, separately identifying any reduction thereof due
to allocations of Realized Losses, Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls;
(xvi) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfall for such Distribution Date, to the extent not
covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.24;
96
(xvii) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date;
(xviii) the Required Overcollateralized 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) with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which
foreclosure proceedings have been concluded, the loan number
and unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
date of such conclusion of foreclosure proceedings;
(xxii) with respect to Mortgage Loans as to which a
Final Liquidation has occurred, the number of Mortgage Loans,
the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loans as of the
date of such Final Liquidation and the amount of proceeds
(including Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds)
collected in respect of such Mortgage Loans;
(xxiii) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable to
the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the
Class CE Certificates for such Distribution Date and the
Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates for the immediately succeeding
Distribution Date;
(xxiv) (A) the amount of payments received related to
claims under the PMI Policy during the related Prepayment
Period (and the number of Mortgage Loans to which such
payments related) and (B) the cumulative amount of payments
received related to claims under the PMI Policy since the
Closing Date (and the number of Mortgage Loans to which such
payments related);
(xxv) (A) the dollar amount of claims made under the PMI
Policy that were denied during the Prepayment Period (and the
number of Mortgage Loans to which such denials related) and
(B) the dollar amount of the cumulative claims made under the
PMI Policy that were denied since the Closing Date (and the
number of Mortgage Loans to which such denials related); and
(xxvi) the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, if any, for such
Distribution Date and the amount remaining unpaid after
reimbursements therefor on such Distribution Date.
Any of the foregoing information with respect to the Mortgage Loans
shall be presented both in the aggregate and separately by Loan Group. The Trust
Administrator will make such statement (and, at its option, any additional files
containing the same information in an alternative format) available each month
to Certificateholders, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and
97
the Rating Agencies via the Trust Administrator's internet website. The Trust
Administrator's internet website shall initially be located at
http:\\www-apps.gis.deutsche-bank.com/invr and assistance in using the website
can be obtained by calling the Trust Administrator's investor relations desk at
1-800-735-7777. Parties that are unable to use the above distribution method are
entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling the
investor relations desk and indicating such. The Trust 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 Trust 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) through (iii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per
Single Certificate of the relevant Class.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trust Administrator shall furnish to the NIMs Insurer and
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
Trust Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that
substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Trust
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 Trust Administrator shall furnish to the NIMs Insurer and
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. Such obligation of the Trust Administrator shall be deemed to
have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information
shall be prepared by the Trust Administrator and furnished to such Holders
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Code as are in force from time to
time.
The Trust Administrator shall, upon request, furnish to each
Certificateholder and the NIMs Insurer, during the term of this Agreement, such
periodic, special, or other reports or information, whether or not provided for
herein, as shall be reasonable with respect to the Certificateholder, or
otherwise with respect to the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or
information to be provided at the expense of the Certificateholder in accordance
with such reasonable and explicit instructions and directions as the
Certificateholder may provide. For purposes of this Section 4.02, the Trust
Administrator's duties are limited to the extent that the Trust Administrator
receives timely reports as required from the Master Servicer.
On each Distribution Date the Trust 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 Trust Administrator and Bloomberg.
98
SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports; P&I Advances.
(a) On the Master Servicer Reporting Date, the Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer by telecopy (or by
such other means as the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the NIMs
Insurer may agree from time to time) a Remittance Report with respect to the
related Distribution Date. Such Remittance Report will include (i) the amount of
P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in respect of the related
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of P&I Advances outstanding after giving
effect to such P&I Advances, and the aggregate amount of Nonrecoverable P&I
Advances in respect of such Distribution Date and (ii) such other information
with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the Trust Administrator may reasonably
require to perform the calculations necessary to make the distributions
contemplated by Section 4.01 and to prepare the statements to Certificateholders
contemplated by Section 4.02. The Trust Administrator shall not be responsible
to recompute, recalculate or verify any information provided to it by the Master
Servicer.
(b) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master
Servicer for any Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.03(d), the
sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with each interest portion
thereof net of the related Servicing Fee), due on the related Due Date in
respect of the Mortgage Loans, 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 REO Property was acquired during or prior to the
related Prepayment Period and as to which such REO Property an REO Disposition
did not occur during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of the Monthly Payments (with each interest portion thereof net
of the related Servicing Fee) that would have been due on the related Due Date
in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, over the net income from such REO
Property transferred to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23 for
distribution on such Distribution Date.
On or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Master Servicer
Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds
to the Trust 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 Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the related Distribution Date either
(i) from its own funds or (ii) from the Collection Account, to the extent of
funds held therein for future distribution (in which case, it will cause to be
made an appropriate entry in the records of Collection Account that amounts held
for future distribution have been, as permitted by this Section 4.03, used by
the Master Servicer in discharge of any such 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 Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties. Any amounts held for future distribution and so used shall be
appropriately reflected in the Master Servicer's records and replaced by the
Master Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account on or before any future
Master Servicer Remittance Date to the extent that the Available Distribution
Amount for the related Distribution Date (determined without regard to P&I
Advances to be made on the Master Servicer Remittance Date) shall be less than
the total amount that would be distributed to the Classes of Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.01 on such Distribution Date if such amounts held for
future distributions had not been so used to make P&I Advances. The Trust
Administrator will provide notice to the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer by
telecopy by the close of business on any Master Servicer Remittance Date in the
event that the amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the
99
Trust Administrator on such date is less than the P&I Advances required to be
made by the Master Servicer for the related Distribution Date.
(c) The obligation of the Master 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 Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
shall continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or
the removal thereof from REMIC I pursuant to any applicable provision of this
Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I
Advance or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the
Master Servicer if such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made,
constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The
determination by the Master 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 an
Officers' Certificate of the Master Servicer delivered to the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and the NIMs Insurer.
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) On or before each Determination Date, the Master Servicer
shall determine as to each Mortgage Loan and REO Property: (i) the total amount
of Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Final Recovery
Determinations made during the related Prepayment Period; (ii) whether and the
extent to which such Realized Losses constituted Bankruptcy Losses and (iii) the
respective portions of such Realized Losses allocable to interest and allocable
to principal. On or before each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall
also determine as to each Mortgage Loan: (A) the total amount of Realized
Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Deficient Valuations made during
the related Prepayment Period and (B) 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. The information described in the two
preceding sentences that is to be supplied by the Master Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trust Administrator by
the Master Servicer on the Master Servicer Reporting Date immediately following
the end of (x) in the case of Bankruptcy Losses allocable to interest, the Due
Period during which any such Realized Loss was incurred, and (y) in the case of
all other Realized Losses, the Prepayment Period during which any such Realized
Loss was incurred.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated to any REMIC II Regular Interest pursuant to Section 4.04(c), shall be
allocated by the Trust Administrator on each Distribution Date as follows:
first, to Net Monthly Excess Cashflow; second, to the Class CE Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; third,
to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof
has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and fifth, to
the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof 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
100
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
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 Certificate shall be made by reducing the amount otherwise payable in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(4)(xi). No allocations of any
Realized Losses shall be made to the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class
A Certificates or the 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.
(c) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated by the Trust Administrator on each Distribution Date to the following
REMIC I Regular Interests in the specified percentages, as follows: w/r/t
Realized Losses on the Group I Mortgage Loans first, to Uncertificated Interest
payable to the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Group I Interest Loss
Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated
Balances of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Group I Principal Loss
Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; third, to the Uncertificated
Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3
and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM3 has been reduced to
zero; and fourth to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ,
98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIM2 has been reduced to zero and fifth, to the
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIAA, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTIM1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIM1 has been reduced to zero, and with respect to Realized Losses on the
Group II Mortgage Loans, first, to Uncertificated Interest payable to the REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTIIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ up to an
aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Group II Interest Loss Allocation Amount,
98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIIAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIZZ up to an
aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Group II Principal Loss Allocation Amount,
98% and 2%, respectively; third, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIIAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I- LTIIZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM3 has been reduced to zero; fourth,
to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIAA, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTIIM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTIIZZ, 98%, 1% and
1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTIIM2 has been reduced to zero, and fifth, to the Uncertificated Balances of
REMIC I
101
Regular Interest I-LTIIAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I- LTIIZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTIIM1 has been reduced to zero.
SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trust Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding requirements
respecting payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount
that the Trust Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code.
The consent of Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In
the event the Trust Administrator does withhold any amount from interest or
original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder
pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Trust Administrator shall
indicate the amount withheld to such Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.06. Commission Reporting.
Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trust
Administrator shall file with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering
and Retrieval System, a Form 8-K with a copy of the statement to
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to
January 30, 2002, the Trust Administrator shall file a Form 15 Suspension
Notification with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to March 31,
2002, the Trust Administrator shall file a Form 10-K, in substance conforming to
industry standards, with respect to the Trust Fund. The Depositor hereby grants
to the Trust 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 the earlier of (i) receipt by the Trust Administrator from the Depositor
of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the
Trust Fund. Promptly after filing any Form 8-K or Form 10- K pursuant to this
Section 4.06, the Trust Administrator shall deliver a copy of such Form 8-K or
Form 10-K, as the case may be, to the Depositor. The Depositor agrees to
promptly furnish to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, from time to time
upon request, such further information, reports and financial statements within
its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee or
the Trust Administrator, as the case may be, reasonably deems appropriate to
prepare and file all necessary reports with the Commission.
102
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
(a) The Certificates in the aggregate will represent the
entire beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other assets
included in REMIC I. At the Closing Date, the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Certificates will equal the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans.
The Certificates will be substantially in the forms annexed
hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-7. The Certificates of each Class will be
issuable in registered form only, in denominations of authorized Percentage
Interests as described in the definition thereof. Each Certificate will share
ratably in all rights of the related Class.
Upon original issue, the Certificates shall be executed and
delivered by the Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, and the Trust
Administrator shall cause the Certificates to be authenticated by the
Certificate Registrar to or upon the order of the Depositor. The Certificates
shall be executed and attested by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the
Trust Administrator by an authorized signatory. Certificates bearing the manual
or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers
of the Trust Administrator shall bind the Trust Administrator, notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to
the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such
offices at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to
any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided herein executed by the Certificate Registrar by manual signature,
and such certificate of authentication shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The 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 Trust 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 Trust 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
103
authorizing it to act as such. The Book-Entry Custodian may, and if it is no
longer qualified to act as such, the Book-Entry Custodian shall, appoint, by a
written instrument delivered to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee,
the Trust Administrator (if the Trust Administrator is not the Book- Entry
Custodian) and 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 Trust Administrator
resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the Trustee, the
successor trustee or, if it so elects, the Depository shall immediately succeed
to its predecessor's duties as Book-Entry Custodian. The Depositor shall have
the right to inspect, and to obtain copies of, any Certificates held as
Book-Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian.
The Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Master Servicer and
the Depositor may for all purposes (including the making of payments due on the
Book-Entry Certificates) deal with the Depository as the authorized
representative of the Certificate Owners with respect to the Book-Entry
Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders
hereunder. The rights of Certificate Owners with respect to the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between
such Certificate Owners and the Depository Participants and brokerage firms
representing such Certificate Owners. Multiple requests and directions from, and
votes of, the Depository as Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates with respect
to any particular matter shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with
respect to different Certificate Owners. The Trust 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 Trust 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, with the consent of the
Trust Administrator, advises the Trust Administrator in writing that it elects
to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (iii) after the
occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default, Certificate Owners
representing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Ownership Interests of
the Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trust 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
Trust 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. Upon surrender to the
Trust Administrator of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian
or the Depository, as applicable, accompanied by registration instructions from
the Depository for registration of transfer, the Trust Administrator shall issue
the Definitive Certificates. Such Definitive Certificates will be issued in
minimum denominations of $25,000, except that any beneficial ownership that was
represented by a Book-Entry Certificate in an amount less than $25,000
immediately prior to the issuance of a Definitive Certificate shall be issued in
a minimum denomination equal to the amount represented by such Book-Entry
Certificate. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trust 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
104
shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trust Administrator, to
the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates, and the
Trust Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates
as Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) The Trust Administrator shall cause to be kept at one of
the offices or agencies to be appointed by the Trust Administrator in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.12 a Certificate Register for the Certificates
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trust
Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of
transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trust
Administrator will initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of
registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein
provided. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a written instrument
delivered to the Master Servicer and the Depositor, any other bank or trust
company to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as the predecessor
Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Certificate
Registrar shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities
hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Trust Administrator shall at any
time not be the Certificate Registrar, the Trust Administrator shall have and
maintain the right to inspect the Certificate Register or to obtain a copy
thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of
the Certificate Registrar as to the information set forth in the Certificate
Register.
(b) No transfer of any 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 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 a 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 to an affiliate of the Depositor), the Trust Administrator and the
Certificate Registrar shall each require receipt of: (i) if such transfer is
purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written
certifications from the Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and
from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee, substantially in the forms
attached hereto as Exhibit F-1; and (ii) 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 Depositor, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Master Servicer, in
its capacity as such, or the Trust Fund), 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. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the
Trust Administrator or the Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class
CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates or the Residual Certificates under the
1933 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 a Class CE Certificate, a Class P Certificate or a Residual
Certificate shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer
against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not
made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
105
(c) No transfer of a Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate
or 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. ss. 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Master Servicer are
provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Master Servicer 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 Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Trust 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 Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Trust Fund. In lieu of such Opinion of
Counsel, any prospective Transferee of such Certificates may provide a
certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement (or other form
acceptable to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Master
Servicer), which the Trust Administrator may rely upon without further inquiry
or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor any certification will 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 Trust Administrator shall
be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request
of the Trust Administrator, shall be a written representation) from the
Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Each beneficial owner of a Mezzanine Certificates or any interest
therein shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or
holding of that certificate or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a
Plan investor, (ii) it has acquired and is holding such Mezzanine Certificates
in reliance on the Underwriters' Exemption, and that it understands that there
are certain conditions to the availability of the Underwriters' Exemption,
including that the Mezzanine Certificates must be rated, at the time of
purchase, not lower than "BBB-" (or its equivalent) by Moody's or S&P or (iii)
(1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire or hold
the certificate or interest therein is an "insurance company general account,"
as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60, and (3) the conditions in Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.
If any Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual
Certificate or any interest therein is acquired or held in violation of the
provisions of the preceding paragraph, 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 such Certificate or interest therein
was effected in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer 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 Trust
106
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 Trust 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 Trust
Administrator 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 F-2
from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trust 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 5.02(d) and agrees
to be bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit
and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above,
if a Responsible Officer of the Trust 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 F-2), to the Trust
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 Trust 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."
107
(ii) The Trust 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 Trust Administrator as a condition to
such registration. In addition, no Transfer of a Residual Certificate
shall be made unless the Trust 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
5.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be
restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder
thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of
such Residual Certificate. The Trust 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 5.02(d) or
for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof
or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the
provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a holder of a
Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section
5.02(d) and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the
rights of the holder of such Residual Certificate as described in
clause (iii)(A) above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then
the Trust 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 Trust Administrator
on such terms as the Trust Administrator may choose. Such purported
Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each Residual Certificate
in accordance with the instructions of the Trust Administrator. Such
purchaser may be the Trust Administrator itself or any Affiliate of the
Trust Administrator. The proceeds of such sale, net of the commissions
(which may include commissions payable to the Trust Administrator or
its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by
the Trust 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 Trust Administrator, and the Trust
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 Trust 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 accepted by the Trust Administrator.
(v) The provisions of this Section 5.02(d) set forth prior to this
subsection (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that
there shall have been delivered to the Trust
108
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 Trust Administrator, to the effect that such modification
of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause
any of REMIC I or REMIC II to cease to qualify as a REMIC and will
not cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II, 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 (y) a Person other than the prospective transferee
to be subject to a REMIC-tax caused by the Transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee.
The Trust Administrator shall forward to the NIMS Insurer a copy of the
items delivered to it pursuant to (A) and (B) above.
(e) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Trust
Administrator maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12, the Trustee,
or the Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, shall execute and the
Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated Transferee or Transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class of a like aggregate Percentage Interest.
(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 Trust Administrator maintained for
such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange the Trustee, or the Trust Administrator on behalf of
the Trustee, shall execute and cause the Certificate Registrar to authenticate
and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Trust Administrator) be duly endorsed by,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory
to the Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(g) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for
any transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trust 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 Certificate Registrar in accordance with its
customary procedures.
109
(i) The Trust Administrator will cause the Certificate Registrar
(unless the Trust Administrator is acting as Certificate Registrar) to provide
notice to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator of each transfer of a
Certificate and to provide the Trustee and the Trust Administrator with an
updated copy of the Certificate Register on the first Business Day in January
and June of each year, commencing in January 2002.
(j) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Certificate in
violation of the provisions of Section 5.02(c) hereof shall be void ab initio
and such Certificate shall be considered to have been held continuously by the
prior permitted Holder.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trust
Administrator or the Certificate Registrar, or the Trust Administrator and the
Certificate Registrar receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee,
the Trust Administrator, the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Registrar such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of actual knowledge by the Trustee, the Trust Administrator
or the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, shall execute
and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same Class and of like
denomination and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate
under this Section, the Trust 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
Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership in the applicable REMIC created hereunder, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator, the NIMs Insurer, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any
of them may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Section 4.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Certificate
Registrar, the NIMS Insurer or any agent of any of them shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Certain Available Information.
On or prior to the date of the first sale of any Class CE
Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate to an Independent third
party, the Depositor shall provide to the Trust Administrator ten copies of any
private placement memorandum or other disclosure document used by the Depositor
in connection with the offer and sale of the Class CE Certificates, Class P
Certificates or the Residual Certificates. In addition, if any such private
placement memorandum or disclosure document is revised, amended or supplemented
at any time following the delivery thereof to the Trust Administrator, the
Depositor promptly shall inform the Trust Administrator of
110
such event and shall deliver to the Trust Administrator ten copies of the
private placement memorandum or disclosure document, as revised, amended or
supplemented. The Trust Administrator shall maintain at its Corporate Trust
Office and shall make available free of charge during normal business hours for
review by any Holder of a Certificate or any Person identified to the Trust
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 CE Certificate, a Class P Certificate or a Residual Certificate, the
private placement memorandum or other disclosure document relating to such
Certificates, if any, in the form most recently provided to the Trust
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, (C) all certifications
delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Trust Administrator since the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 10.01(h), (D) any and all Officers' Certificates
delivered to the Trust Administrator by the Master Servicer since the Closing
Date to evidence the Master Servicer'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, respectively, and (E) any and all Officers'
Certificates delivered to the Trust Administrator by the Master Servicer since
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.04(a). Copies and mailing of any and all
of the foregoing items will be available from the Trust Administrator upon
request at the expense of the person requesting the same.
111
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer each shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
by this Agreement and undertaken hereunder by the Depositor and the Master
Servicer herein.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer.
Subject to the following paragraph, the Depositor will keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Subject to the following paragraph,
the Master Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and its qualification as an approved conventional seller/servicer
for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in good standing. The Depositor and the Master
Servicer each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall
be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the
Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties
under this Agreement.
The Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of
its assets to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or
any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master Servicer,
shall be the successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may
be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
the Master Servicer shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; and provided further that the Rating Agencies'
ratings of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates in effect
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation will not be qualified, reduced
or withdrawn as a result thereof (as evidenced by a letter to such effect from
the Rating Agencies).
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer
or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the NIMs
Insurer, the Master Servicer or any such person against any breach of
warranties, representations or covenants made herein, or against any specific
liability imposed on the Master Servicer pursuant hereto, or against any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence in the
112
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer may
rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, PRIMA FACIE, is properly
executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.
The Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer or the Master Servicer
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to
this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense
relating to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such
loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this
Agreement) or any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or
by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the
Depositor, the NIMs Insurer nor 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 NIMs Insurer and the Master Servicer may in its discretion
undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect
to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the
interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, unless the
Depositor or the Master Servicer acts without the consent of Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights (which consent shall
not be necessary in the case of litigation or other legal action by either to
enforce their respective rights or defend themselves hereunder), 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 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 NIMs Insurer and the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection
Account as and to the extent provided in Section 3.11, any such right of
reimbursement being prior to the rights of the Certificateholders to receive any
amount in the Collection Account.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master
Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or (ii) with the
written consent of the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer and
written confirmation from each Rating Agency (which confirmation shall be
furnished to the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust Administrator and the
Trustee) that such resignation will not cause such Rating Agency to reduce the
then current rating of the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates.
Any such determination pursuant to clause (i) of 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 Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer. No resignation of
the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator or a successor servicer acceptable to the NIMS Insurer shall have
assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities (other than
those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of such successor) and
obligations under this Agreement.
Except as expressly provided herein, the Master Servicer shall
not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to
any other Person, nor delegate to or subcontract
113
with, nor authorize or appoint any other Person to perform any of the duties,
covenants or obligations to be performed by the Master Servicer hereunder. If,
pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the Master Servicer are
transferred to a successor master servicer, the entire amount of the Servicing
Fee and other compensation payable to the Master Servicer pursuant hereto shall
thereafter be payable to such successor master servicer.
SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the
Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall afford (and any Sub-Servicing
Agreement shall provide that each Sub-Servicer shall afford) the Depositor, the
NIMs Insurer, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee, upon reasonable notice,
during normal business hours, access to all records maintained by the Master
Servicer (and any such Sub-Servicer) in respect of the Master Servicer's rights
and obligations hereunder and access to officers of the Master Servicer (and
those of any such Sub- Servicer) responsible for such obligations. Upon request,
the Master Servicer shall furnish to the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust
Administrator and the Trustee its (and any such Sub- Servicer's) most recent
financial statements and such other information relating to the Master
Servicer's capacity to perform its obligations under this Agreement that it
possesses. To the extent such information is not otherwise available to the
public, the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee
shall not disseminate any information obtained pursuant to the preceding two
sentences without the Master Servicer's (or any such Sub-Servicer's) written
consent, except as required pursuant to this Agreement or to the extent that it
is appropriate to do so (i) in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing
authorities or other governmental agencies, rating agencies or reinsurers or
(ii) pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or
decree of any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the
Depositor, the Trust Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust Fund, and in either
case, the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee,
as the case may be, shall use its best efforts to assure the confidentiality of
any such disseminated non-public information. The Depositor may, but is not
obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to
perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or
exercise the rights of the Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under this
Agreement by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. The
Depositor shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or
failure to act by the Master Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the
performance of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.
114
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Master Servicer Events of Default.
"Master Servicer Event of Default," wherever used herein,
means any one of the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to remit to the Trust
Administrator for distribution to the Certificateholders any
payment (other than a P&I Advance required to be made from its
own funds on any Master Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to
Section 4.03) required to be made under the terms of the
Certificates and this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Depositor,
the Trust Administrator or the Trustee (in which case notice
shall be provided by telecopy), or to the Master Servicer, the
Depositor, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee by the NIMs
Insurer or the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) any failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to
observe or perform in any material respect any of the
covenants or agreements on the part of the Master Servicer
contained in the Certificates or in this Agreement (or, if the
Master Servicer is the Originator, the failure of the
Originator to repurchase a Mortgage Loan as to which a breach
has been established that requires a repurchase pursuant to
the terms of Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement) which continues unremedied for a period of 45 days
after the earlier of (i) the date on which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given to the Master Servicer by the Depositor, the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, or to the Master Servicer, the
Depositor, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee by the NIMs
Insurer or the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
25% of the Voting Rights and (ii) actual knowledge of such
failure by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an
involuntary case under any present or future federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceeding, or for the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master
Servicer and if such proceeding is being contested by the
Master Servicer in good faith, such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60
days or results in the entry of an order for relief or any
such adjudication or appointment; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of
a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets
115
and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the
Master Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all
of its property; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition
to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations; or
(vi) any failure by the Master Servicer of the Master
Servicer Termination Test; or
(vii) any failure of the Master Servicer to make any P&I
Advance on any Master Servicer Remittance Date required to be
made from its own funds pursuant to Section 4.03 which
continues unremedied until 3:00 p.m. New York time on the
Business Day immediately following the Master Servicer
Remittance Date.
If a Master Servicer Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (vi) of
this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such
Master Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Depositor,
the NIMs Insurer or the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders
of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of Voting Rights, then at the direction
of the NIMS Insurer the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master
Servicer (and to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator if given
by the NIMS Insurer, to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer and the Trust
Administrator if given by the Trustee or to the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee and
the Trust Administrator if given by the Depositor), terminate all of the rights
and obligations of the Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under
this Agreement, to the extent permitted by law, and in and to the Mortgage Loans
and the proceeds thereof. If a Master Servicer Event of Default described in
clause (vii) hereof shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the
Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the Depositor, terminate all of the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof.
On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with
respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the
Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trust
Administrator pursuant to and under this Section and, without limitation, the
Trust Administrator 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, at its sole cost and expense, promptly (and in any event no
later than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) to provide the Trust
Administrator 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 Trust Administrator and the Trustee in effecting the termination of the
Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the transfer within one Business Day to the Trust
Administrator for administration by it of all cash amounts which at the time
shall be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer to the Collection
Account held by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Distribution Account or
any REO Account or Servicing Account held by or on behalf of the Master Servicer
or thereafter be
116
received with respect to the Mortgage Loans or any REO Property serviced by the
Master Servicer (provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall continue to
be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement
on or prior to the date of such termination, whether in respect of P&I Advances
or otherwise, and shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 6.03,
notwithstanding any such termination, with respect to events occurring prior to
such termination). For purposes of this Section 7.01, each of the Trust
Administrator and the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Master
Servicer Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, assigned to and working in the
Trust Administrator's or the Trustee's, as the case may be, 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 Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, and such notice references the
Certificates, REMIC I or this Agreement.
The Trust Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by the Master Servicer (or by the Trust Fund if the Master Servicer
is unable to fulfill its obligations hereunder) for all costs associated with
the transfer of servicing from the predecessor servicer, including without
limitation, any 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 Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as
applicable, to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or
otherwise to enable the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be,
to service the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively.
SECTION 7.02. Trust Administrator or the Trustee to Act;
Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a
notice of termination, the Trust Administrator (and in the event the Trust
Administrator fails in its obligation, the Trustee) shall be the successor in
all respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under
this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
and arising thereafter placed on the Master Servicer (except for any
representations or warranties of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities contained in Section 2.03(c) its
obligation to deposit amounts in respect of losses pursuant to Section 3.12) by
the terms and provisions hereof including, without limitation, the Master
Servicer's obligations to make P&I Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; provided,
however, that if the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is
prohibited by law or regulation from obligating itself to make advances
regarding delinquent mortgage loans, then the Trust Administrator or the
Trustee, as applicable, shall not be obligated to make P&I Advances pursuant to
Section 4.03; and provided further, that any failure to perform such duties or
responsibilities caused by the Master Servicer's failure to provide information
required by Section 7.01 shall not be considered a default by the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, as successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder; provided, however, it is understood and acknowledged by the parties
that there will be a period of transition (not to exceed 90 days) before the
servicing transfer is fully effected. As compensation therefor, effective from
and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination, the
Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to the
Servicing Fee and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Master
Servicer would have been entitled if it had continued to act hereunder (other
than amounts which were due or would become due to the Master Servicer prior to
its termination or resignation).
117
Notwithstanding the above and subject to the next paragraph, the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may, if it shall be unwilling to so
act, or shall, if it is unable to so act or if it is prohibited by law from
making advances regarding delinquent mortgage loans, or if the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights or the NIMS Insurer
so request in writing to the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable,
promptly appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, an
established mortgage loan servicing institution acceptable to each Rating Agency
and the NIMs Insurer and having a net worth of not less than $15,000,000 as the
successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement in the assumption of all
or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement. No appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer under this Agreement shall be effective until the assumption by the
successor of all of the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties and
liabilities hereunder. In connection with such appointment and assumption
described herein, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may
make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on
Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no
such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Master Servicer as
such hereunder. The Depositor, the Trust Administrator, 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 Master Servicer under this Agreement, the Trust Administrator or the
Trustee, as applicable, shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided.
Upon removal or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, with the cooperation of the
Depositor, (x) shall solicit bids for a successor Master Servicer as described
below and (y) pending the appointment of a successor Master Servicer as a result
of soliciting such bids, shall serve as Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans
serviced by such predecessor Master Servicer. The Trust Administrator or the
Trustee, as applicable, shall solicit, by public announcement, bids from housing
and home finance institutions, banks and mortgage servicing institutions meeting
the qualifications set forth above (including the Trust Administrator or the
Trustee, as applicable, or any affiliate thereof). Such public announcement
shall specify that the successor Master Servicer shall be entitled to the
servicing compensation agreed upon between the Trustee, the Trust Administrator,
the successor Master Servicer and the Depositor; provided, however, that no such
fee shall exceed the Servicing Fee. Within thirty days after any such public
announcement, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, with the
cooperation of the Depositor, shall negotiate in good faith and effect the sale,
transfer and assignment of the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder
to the qualified party submitting the highest satisfactory bid as to the price
they will pay to obtain such servicing. The Trust Administrator or the Trustee,
as applicable, upon receipt of the purchase price shall pay such purchase price
to the Master Servicer being so removed, after deducting from any sum received
by the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, from the successor to
the Master Servicer in respect of such sale, transfer and assignment all costs
and expenses of any public announcement and of any sale, transfer and assignment
of the servicing rights and responsibilities reasonably incurred hereunder.
After such deductions, the remainder of such sum shall be paid by the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, to the Master Servicer at the time
of such sale.
(b) If the Master Servicer fails to remit to the Trust
Administrator for distribution to the Certificateholders any payment required to
be made under the terms of the Certificates and this Agreement (for purposes of
this Section 7.02(b), a "Remittance") because the Master Servicer is the subject
of a proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the making of such
Remittance is
118
prohibited by Section 362 of the federal Bankruptcy Code, the Trust
Administrator (and in the case the Trust Administrator fails in its obligation,
the Trustee) shall upon notice of such prohibition, regardless of whether it has
received a notice of termination under Section 7.01, advance the amount of such
Remittance by depositing such amount in the Distribution Account on the related
Distribution Date. The Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, shall
be obligated to make such advance only if (i) such advance, in the good faith
judgment of the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable,, can
reasonably be expected to be ultimately recoverable from Stayed Funds and (ii)
the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is not prohibited by law
from making such advance or obligating itself to do so. Upon remittance of the
Stayed Funds to the Trust Administrator or the deposit thereof in the
Distribution Account by the Master Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy or a
federal bankruptcy court, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as the case
may be, may recover the amount so advanced, without interest, by withdrawing
such amount from the Distribution Account; however, nothing in this Agreement
shall be deemed to affect the Trust Administrator's or the Trustee's, as
applicable, rights to recover from the Master Servicer's own funds interest on
the amount of any such advance. If the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, as
the case may be, at any time makes an advance under this Subsection which it
later determines in its good faith judgment will not be ultimately recoverable
from the Stayed Funds with respect to which such advance was made, the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimburse
itself for such advance, without interest, by withdrawing from the Distribution
Account, out of amounts on deposit therein, an amount equal to the portion of
such advance attributable to the Stayed Funds.
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.01 above or any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02 above, the Trust Administrator shall give prompt
written notice thereof to Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer at their
respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
(b) Not later than the later of 60 days after the occurrence
of any event, which constitutes or which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a Master Servicer Event of Default or five days after a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator becomes aware of
the occurrence of such an event, the Trust Administrator shall transmit (or in
the case of the Trustee, the Trustee shall cause the Trust Administrator to
transmit) by mail to the NIMS Insurer and to all Holders of Certificates notice
of each such occurrence, unless such default or Master Servicer Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default.
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights
(with the consent of the NIMs Insurer) evidenced by all Classes of Certificates
affected by any default or Master Servicer Event of Default hereunder may waive
such default or Master Servicer Event of Default; provided, however, that a
default or Master Servicer Event of Default under clause (i) or (vii) of Section
7.01 may be waived only by all of the Holders of the Regular Certificates (with
the consent of the NIMS Insurer). Upon any such waiver of a default or Master
Servicer Event of Default, such default or Master Servicer Event of Default
shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose
hereunder. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
Master
119
Servicer Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the
extent expressly so waived.
120
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee and the Trust
Administrator.
Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, prior to the
occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default and after the curing of all
Master Servicer Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform
such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. During a Master Servicer Event of Default, each of the Trustee and
the Trust Administrator shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person's own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee or
the Trust Administrator enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a
duty.
Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, upon receipt
of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents,
orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator
which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their
face to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not
to conform on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material
manner, each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall take such action
as it deems appropriate to have the instrument corrected, and if the instrument
is not corrected to each of the Trustee's and the Trust Administrator's
satisfaction, it will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders and the
NIMs Insurer.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee or the Trust 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 of all such Master Servicer
Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Trust 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 Trust Administrator and,
in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator, as applicable, the Trustee or the Trust
Administrator, as the case may be, 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 Trust Administrator, as the
case may be, that conform to the requirements of this
Agreement;
(ii) Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be
personally liable for an error of judgment made in good faith
by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of it, unless
it shall be proved that it was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
121
(iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be
personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the NIMs Insurer or 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 it, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon it, under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and
the Trust Administrator.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) Each of the Trustee and the Trust 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) Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator may
consult with counsel and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full
and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers
vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders
or the NIMs Insurer, pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, unless such Certificateholders or the NIMs Insurer,
as applicable, shall have offered to the Trustee or the Trust
Administrator, as applicable, reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be
incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall,
however, relieve the Trustee or the Trust Administrator 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 Trust Administrator shall be
personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by
it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of
Default hereunder and after the curing of all Master Servicer
Events of Default which may have occurred, neither the Trustee
nor the Trust Administrator shall be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement,
122
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in
writing to do so by the NIMs Insurer or 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator, as applicable, not reasonably
assured to the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as
applicable, by such Certificateholders, the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator, as applicable, may require reasonable
indemnity against such expense, or liability from such
Certificateholders or the NIMs Insurer as a condition to
taking any such action;
(vi) Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator may
execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys; and
(vii) Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be
personally liable for any loss resulting from the investment
of funds held in the Collection Account at the direction of
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of
the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, 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 or the Trust
Administrator shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all the Holders of
such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.03. Neither the Trustee nor the Trust
Administrator Liable for Certificates or
Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other
than the signature of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator on behalf of the
Trustee, the authentication of the Certificate Registrar on the Certificates,
the acknowledgments of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator contained in
Article II and the representations and warranties of the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator in Section 8.12) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor
and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any responsibility
for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator makes any
representations or warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement (other than as specifically set forth in Section 8.12) or of the
Certificates (other than the signature of the Trustee, or the Trust
Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, and authentication of the Certificate
Registrar on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document.
Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be accountable for the use
or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of
such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the
Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited
in or withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Master Servicer, other than
any funds held by or on behalf of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator in
accordance with Section 3.10.
123
SECTION 8.04. Trustee and Trust Administrator May Own
Certificates.
Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator in its
individual capacity or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or the
Trust Administrator, as applicable.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's and Trust Administrator's Fees and
Expenses.
(a) The Trust Administrator shall withdraw from the
Distribution Account on each Distribution Date and pay to itself the
Administration Fee. The Trust Administrator shall also be entitled to any income
or gain on amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account from time to time as
provided in Section 3.12(c). The Trust Administrator shall pay to the Trustee
(from its own funds or from a portion of the Administration Fee that it has so
withdrawn) such compensation as the Trust Administrator and the Trustee shall
have agreed upon in a separate agreement between them. To the extent that the
funds in the Distribution Account are at anytime insufficient to pay the Trust
Administrator, the Master Servicer shall pay such fee (provided, however, that
the Master Servicer shall be permitted to withdraw from the Collection Account
at any time the amount of any such fee paid to the Trust Administrator by it).
Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, or any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, as applicable,
shall be indemnified by REMIC I and held harmless against any loss, liability or
expense (not including expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable, including the
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel, in
the ordinary course of the Trustee's or the Trust Administrator, as the case may
be, performance in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement) incurred by
the Trustee or the Trust 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 obligations and duties
under this Agreement, other than any loss, liability or expense (i) resulting
from a breach of the Master Servicer's obligations and duties under this
Agreement, (ii) that constitutes a specific liability of the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to Section 10.01(c) or (iii) any
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith
or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or as a result of a breach of the
Trustee's or the Trust Administrator's, as the case may be, obligations under
Article X hereof. Any amounts payable to the Trustee or the Trust Administrator,
or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee or the Trust
Administrator, as the case may be, in respect of the indemnification provided by
this paragraph (a), or pursuant to any other right of reimbursement from the
Trust Fund that the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, or any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the
case may be, may have hereunder in its capacity as such, may be withdrawn by the
Trust Administrator from the Distribution Account at any time.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee and
the Trust Administrator from, and hold the Trustee harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense resulting from a breach of the Master Servicer's
obligations and duties under this Agreement. Such indemnity shall survive the
termination or discharge of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the
Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the case may be. Any payment hereunder
made by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or the Trust Administrator shall be
from the Master Servicer's own funds, without reimbursement from the Trust Fund
therefor.
124
(c) The Master Servicer shall pay any annual rating agency
fees of Moody's and S&P for ongoing surveillance from its own funds without
right of reimbursement.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and the
Trust Administrator.
Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator hereunder
shall at all times be a corporation or an association (other than the Depositor,
the Originator, the Master Servicer or, in the case of the Trustee, any
Affiliate of the foregoing) organized and doing business under the laws of any
state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority. If such corporation or association publishes reports of conditions at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
conditions so published. In case at any time the Trustee or the Trust
Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the case may be, shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07.
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee.
Either of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator may at any
time resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created by giving written
notice thereof to the Depositor, to the NIMs Insurer, to the Master Servicer, to
the Certificateholders and if the Trustee is resigning, to the Trust
Administrator, or, if the Trust Administrator is resigning, to the Trustee. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee or trust administrator (which may be the same Person in the
event both the Trustee and the Trust Administrator resign or are removed)
acceptable to the NIMs Insurer by written instrument, in duplicate, which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee or Trust Administrator
and to the successor trustee or trust administrator, as applicable. A copy of
such instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders, the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator, as applicable, and the Master Servicer by the Depositor. If
no successor trustee or trust administrator shall have been so appointed and
have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee or Trust Administrator, as applicable, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee or trust administrator, as applicable.
If at any time the Trustee or the Trust Administrator shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or the NIMs
Insurer (or in the case of the Trust Administrator, the Trustee), or if at any
time the Trustee or the Trust Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, then the Depositor or the NIMs Insurer (or in the case of the Trust
Administrator, the Trustee) may remove the Trustee or the Trust Administrator,
as applicable, and appoint a successor trustee or trust administrator (which may
be the same Person in the event both the Trustee or the
125
Trust Administrator resign or are removed) acceptable to the NIMs Insurer by
written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the case may be, so removed and to the
successor trustee or the trust administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be
delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the
Voting Rights (or the NIMs Insurer upon failure of the Trust Administrator to
perform its obligations hereunder) may at any time remove the Trustee or the
Trust Administrator and appoint a successor trustee or trust administrator
acceptable to the NIMs Insurer 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 Trust Administrator, as the case may be, so
removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such
instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer
by the Depositor. In addition, if the Trustee has knowledge that the Trust
Administrator has breached any of its duties under this Agreement, the Trustee
may remove the Trust Administrator in the same manner as provided in the prior
sentence. For purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of a breach by the Trust Administrator of any of its duties hereunder,
unless a Responsible Office of the Trustee, assigned to any 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 breach is received by the Trustee,
and such notice references the Certificates, the Trust Fund or this Agreement.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Trust
Administrator and appointment of a successor trustee or the trust administrator,
as the case may be, pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or
trust administrator as provided in Section 8.08. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in the event the Trust Administrator advises the Trustee that it is unable to
continue to perform its obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
prior to the appointment of a successor, the Trustee shall be obligated to
perform such obligations until a new trust administrator is appointed. Such
performance shall be without prejudice to any claim by a party hereto or
beneficiary hereof resulting from the Trust Administrator's breach of its
obligations hereunder.
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee or Trust Administrator.
Any successor trustee or trust administrator appointed as
provided in Section 8.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as
applicable, and to its predecessor trustee or trust administrator an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the predecessor trustee or trust administrator shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee or
trust administrator herein. The predecessor trustee or trust administrator shall
deliver to the successor trustee or trust administrator all Mortgage Files and
related documents and statements, as well as all moneys, held by it hereunder
(other than any Mortgage Files at the time held by a Custodian, which Custodian
shall become the agent of any successor trustee hereunder), and the Depositor
and the predecessor trustee or trust 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 trust
administrator all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
126
No successor trustee or trust administrator shall accept
appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor trustee or trust administrator shall be eligible under the
provisions of Section 8.06 and the appointment of such successor trustee or
trust administrator shall not result in a downgrading of any Class of
Certificates by either Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating
Agency.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or trust
administrator as provided in this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of
the succession of such trustee or trust administrator hereunder to all Holders
of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the Certificate Register. If the
Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee or trust administrator, the successor
trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or the
Trust Administrator.
Any corporation or association into which either the Trustee
or the Trust 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 Trust Administrator, as
the case may be, shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding
to the business of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable,, shall
be the successor of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as the case may be,
hereunder, provided such corporation or association shall be eligible under the
provisions of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of REMIC I or property securing the same may at the time be located, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by
the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer 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, such title
to REMIC I, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master
Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. Any such
co-trustee or separate trustee shall be subject to the written approval of the
Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer. If the Master Servicer and the NIMs
Insurer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Master Servicer Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the
power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder
shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under
Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the
appointment of co- trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under
Section 8.08 hereof.
In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate
trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10 all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee
127
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 the Master Servicer
hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act
or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including
the holding of title to 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 VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trust conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement
relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection
to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a
copy thereof given to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time,
constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in
respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee
or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all
of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Custodians.
The Trust Administrator may, with the consent of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer, appoint one or more Custodians
to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, by
entering into a Custodial Agreement. The appointment of any Custodian may at any
time be terminated and a substitute Custodian appointed therefor upon the
reasonable request of the Master Servicer to the Trust Administrator, the
consent to which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Trust Administrator
shall pay any and all fees and expenses of any Custodian in accordance with each
Custodial Agreement (provided that if expenses of the kind that would be
reimbursable to the Trust Administrator pursuant to Section 8.05 if incurred by
the Trust Administrator are incurred by the Custodian, the Trust Administrator
shall be entitled to reimbursement under Section 8.05 for such kind of expenses
to the extent the Trust Administrator has paid such expenses on behalf of the
Custodian or for which the Trust Administrator has reimbursed the Custodian).
The Trust Administrator initially appoints itself as Custodian, and the Trustee,
the Depositor and the Master Servicer consent to such appointment. This
Agreement shall be the Custodial Agreement applicable to such initially
appointed Custodian. Subject to Article VIII hereof, the Trust Administrator
agrees to comply with the terms of each Custodial Agreement and to enforce the
terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the
Certificateholders having an interest in any Mortgage File held by such
Custodian. Each Custodian shall be a depository institution or trust company
subject to supervision by federal or state authority, shall have combined
capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 and shall be qualified to do
business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File. Each Custodial
Agreement may be amended
128
only as provided in Section 11.01. In no event shall the appointment of any
Custodian pursuant to a Custodial Agreement diminish the obligations of the
Trustee or the Trust Administrator hereunder.
SECTION 8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency.
The Trust Administrator will designate an office in the City
of New York where the Certificates may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and presented for final distribution, and where notices
and demands to or upon the Trust Administrator in respect of the Certificates
and this Agreement may be delivered. As of the Closing Date, the Trust
Administrator designates its offices at 123 Washington Street, New York, New
York 10006 for such purposes.
SECTION 8.13. Representations and Warranties of the
Trustee and the Trust Administrator.
Each of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator hereby
represents and warrants to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee or
the Trust Administrator, 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.
(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 charter or bylaws or constitute a default (or an
event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a
default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or
other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or
any of its assets.
(iii) 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 the financial condition of it.
129
(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 the financial condition
of it.
130
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation
of All Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 9.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trust Administrator and the Trustee (other than the obligations of the Master
Servicer to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator pursuant to Section 8.05 and
of the Master Servicer to provide for and the Trust Administrator to make
payments in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, the 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 expiration of 21 years from
the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late
ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date
hereof. The 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 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 Terminator and the Trust Administrator in their
reasonable discretion and (B) the aggregate fair market value of all of the
assets of REMIC I (as determined by the Terminator and the Trust Administrator,
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 9.01).
(b) The Master Servicer (or if the Master Servicer Fails to
exercise such right, the NIMs Insurer) shall have the right (the party
exercising such right, the "Terminator"), to purchase 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 (A) if the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at the time of such election
is less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date and (B) if the Terminator is the Master Servicer and is
an affiliate of the Originator, the Master Servicer shall have delivered to the
Trust Administrator and the NIMS Insurer a written certification that the
burdens of servicing the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in REMIC I
exceed the benefits of the Servicing Fees that would be realized by the Master
Servicer if it continued to service such assets on behalf of the Trust Fund. By
acceptance of the Residual Certificates, the Holders of the Residual
Certificates agree, in connection with any termination hereunder, to assign and
transfer any amounts 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.
131
(c) Notice of the liquidation of the REMIC I Regular Interests
shall be given promptly by the Trust Administrator by letter to
Certificateholders mailed (a) in the event such notice is given in connection
with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property by the Terminator,
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 final payment in respect of
the REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interests and the
Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of the related
Certificates at the office of the Trust 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, the REMIC II Regular Interests or the
Certificates from and after the Interest Accrual Period relating to the final
Distribution Date therefor and (iv) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trust
Administrator therein designated. The Trust Administrator shall give such notice
to the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. In the event such notice is given in connection with the
purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I
by the Terminator, the Terminator shall deliver to the Trust Administrator for
deposit in the Distribution Account not later than the last Business Day of the
month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the Certificates an
amount in immediately available funds equal to the above-described purchase
price. Upon certification to the Trust Administrator by a Servicing Officer of
the making of such final deposit, the Trust Administrator shall promptly release
or cause to be released to the Terminator the Mortgage Files for the remaining
Mortgage Loans, and the Trustee shall execute all assignments, endorsements and
other instruments necessary to effectuate such transfer.
(d) Upon presentation of the Certificates by the
Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Trust Administrator shall
distribute to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its
Certificates the amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date in
accordance with Section 4.01 in respect of the Certificates so presented and
surrendered. Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates
being retired on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or
Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held
in trust and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or
Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this
Section 9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months
after the time specified in such notice, the Trust 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 Trust
Administrator shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final notice to
remaining related 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 year after the final notice any such Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trust Administrator shall
pay to Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc. 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 Trust Administrator as a
132
result of such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for
final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01.
Immediately following the deposit of funds in trust hereunder
in respect of the Certificates, the Trust Fund shall terminate.
SECTION 9.02 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 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements:
(i) The Trust Administrator shall specify the first day in
the 90-day liquidation period in a statement attached to REMIC
I's and REMIC II's final Tax Return pursuant to Treasury
regulation Section 1.860F-1 and shall satisfy all requirements
of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and
any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel obtained at the expense of the 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, upon request by the Trust
Administrator, 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 Trust 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 applicable Terminator (or in the
event of termination under Section 9.01(a)(ii), at the expense of the Trust
Administrator), the Trust Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared
the documentation required in connection with the adoption of a plan of
liquidation of each of REMIC I and REMIC II pursuant to this Section 9.02.
(c) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby agree to authorize the Trust Administrator to specify the 90-day
liquidation period for each of REMIC I and REMIC II which authorization shall be
binding upon all successor Certificateholders.
133
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. REMIC Administration.
(a) The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall elect to
treat each of REMIC I and REMIC II as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary,
under applicable state law. Each such election will be made by the Trust
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 Interests
shall be designated as the Residual Interests in REMIC I. The Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class CE Certificates and the
Class P Certificates shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC II
and the Class R-II Interests shall be designated as the Residual Interests in
REMIC II. Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall permit the
creation of any "interests" in REMIC I or REMIC II (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 REMIC I and REMIC II within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(c) The Trust Administrator shall pay out of its own funds,
without any right of reimbursement, any and all expenses relating to any tax
audit of the Trust Fund (including, but not limited to, any professional fees or
any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to any of REMIC I or
REMIC II that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities),
other than the expense of obtaining any tax related Opinion of Counsel except as
specified herein. The Trust Administrator, as agent for all of REMIC I's and
REMIC II's tax matters person, shall (i) act on behalf of the Trust Fund in
relation to any tax matter or controversy involving any of REMIC I or REMIC II
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
Trust Administrator or an Affiliate as its agent to perform all of the duties of
the tax matters person for the Trust Fund.
(d) The Trust Administrator shall prepare, the Trustee shall
sign and the Trust Administrator shall file all of the Tax Returns (including
Form 8811, which must be filed within 30 days of the Closing Date) in respect of
each REMIC created hereunder. The expenses of preparing and filing such returns
shall be borne by the Trust Administrator without any right of reimbursement
therefor. The Master Servicer shall provide on a timely basis to the Trust
Administrator or its designee such information with respect to the assets of the
Trust Fund as is in its possession and reasonably required by the Trust
Administrator to enable it to perform its obligations under this Article.
134
(e) The Trust Administrator shall perform on behalf of each of
REMIC I and REMIC II 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 Trust 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, (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 REMIC I
and REMIC II. The Master Servicer shall provide on a timely basis to the Trust
Administrator such information with respect to the assets of the Trust Fund,
including, without limitation, the Mortgage Loans, as is in its possession and
reasonably required by the Trust Administrator to enable it to perform its
obligations under this subsection. In addition, the Depositor shall provide or
cause to be provided to the Trust Administrator, within ten (10) days after the
Closing Date, all information or data that the Trust 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) The Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 (and the Master Servicer shall assist it, to the extent reasonably
requested by it). Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall 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 (i) endanger the status of REMIC I or REMIC II
as a REMIC or (ii) 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 the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer have received
an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator (at
the expense of the party seeking to take such action but in no event at the
expense of the Trustee or Trust Administrator) to the effect that the
contemplated action will not, with respect to any of REMIC I or REMIC II,
endanger such status or result in the imposition of such a tax, nor shall the
Master Servicer take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized
hereunder) as to which the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer
has advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action. In
addition, prior to taking any action with respect to REMIC I or REMIC II or the
respective assets of each, or causing REMIC I or REMIC II to take any action,
which is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer
will consult with the Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer or its
designee, in writing, with respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse
REMIC Event to occur with respect to REMIC I or REMIC II, and the Master
Servicer shall not take any such action or cause either REMIC I or REMIC II to
take any such action as to which the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the
NIMs Insurer has advised it in writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur.
The Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the NIMs Insurer may consult with
counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the
party seeking to take the action not permitted by this Agreement,
135
but in no event shall such cost be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust
Administrator, as applicable. At all times as may be required by the Code, the
Trustee and the Trust Administrator will ensure that substantially all of the
assets of both REMIC I and REMIC II will consist of "qualified mortgages" as
defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code and "permitted investments" as defined
in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
(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 Trust Administrator pursuant to Section
10.03 hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trust
Administrator of any of its obligations under this Article X, (ii) to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 hereof, if such tax arises out of or results
from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Article X,
(iii) to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 10.03 hereof, if such tax
arises out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer of any of its
obligations under Article III or this Article X, or otherwise (iv) against
amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account and shall be paid by withdrawal
therefrom.
(h) On or before April 15 of each calendar year, commencing
April 15, 2002, the Trust Administrator shall deliver to the Master Servicer,
the NIMs Insurer and each Rating Agency a Certificate from a Responsible Officer
of the Trust Administrator stating, without regard to any action taken by any
party other than the Trust Administrator, the Trust Administrator's compliance
with this Article X.
(i) The Trust Administrator shall, for federal income tax
purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each of REMIC I and REMIC
II on a calendar year and on an accrual basis. The Trust Administrator will
apply for an Employer Identification Number for the Trust from the Internal
Revenue Service via a Form SS-4 or such other form as is appropriate.
(j) Following the Startup Day, neither the Trustee nor the
Trust Administrator shall accept any contributions of assets to any of REMIC I
or REMIC II 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.
(k) None of the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Master
Servicer shall enter into any arrangement by which REMIC I or REMIC II will
receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit any such 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.
136
SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trust
Administrator 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 IX of this Agreement,
(iv) a substitution pursuant to Article II of this Agreement or (v) a purchase
of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II or III of this Agreement), nor acquire
any assets for any of REMIC I or REMIC II (other than REO Property acquired in
respect of a defaulted Mortgage Loan), nor sell or dispose of any investments in
the Collection Account or the Distribution Account for gain, nor accept any
contributions to any of REMIC I or REMIC II 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, the
Trust Administrator and the NIMs Insurer (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 or the Trust Administrator) that such
sale, disposition, substitution, acquisition or contribution will not (a) affect
adversely the status of any of REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC or (b) cause any
of REMIC I or REMIC II to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or
"contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
SECTION 10.03. Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and
Trustee Indemnification.
(a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the NIMs
Insurer, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator and the Master Servicer for any
taxes and costs including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees
imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator
or the Master Servicer, caused solely by the Trustee's failure to act in
accordance with its standard of care set forth in this Article X.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund,
the NIMs Insurer, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator and the Trustee for any
taxes and costs including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees
imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator
or the Trustee, as a result of a breach of the Master Servicer's covenants set
forth in Article III or this Article X.
(c) The Trust Administrator agrees to indemnify the Trust
Fund, the NIMs Insurer, the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer for
any taxes and costs including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees
imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trustee or the
Master Servicer, caused solely by the Trust Administrator's failure to act in
accordance with its standard of care set forth in this Article X.
137
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. Amendment.
This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from
time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and, if applicable, the Custodian with the consent of the NIMs
Insurer and 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
in any Custodial Agreement, or (iii) to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Agreement or in any Custodial
Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement
or such Custodial Agreement, provided that such action shall not, as evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and the Trust Administrator,
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.
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 or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended
from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMs Insurer, the
Trust Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the NIMs Insurer and 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 any Custodial 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 11.01, Certificates registered in the name of
the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled
to Voting Rights with respect to matters affecting such Certificates.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, none
of the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the NIMs Insurer shall consent to any
amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the NIMs Insurer to the effect that such amendment will
not result in the imposition of any tax on any of REMIC I or REMIC II pursuant
to the REMIC Provisions or cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify
as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section
11.01, none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator or
the Trustee shall enter into any amendment of this Agreement that would
significantly change the permitted activities of the Trust
138
Fund without the consent of the NIMS Insurer and the holders of Certificates
that represent more than 50.000% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of all Certificates.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trust
Administrator shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 11.01 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 or the Trust Administrator
may prescribe.
The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to
this Section 11.01 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 or
the Trust Administrator.
The Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is
subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property
records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or
all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected by the Master Servicer at the expense of the Certificateholders, but
only upon direction of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator 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 11.03. 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
139
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 (i)
such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator a written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, and (ii) the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
25% of the Voting Rights shall have made written request upon the Trustee and
the Trust Administrator to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own
name as Trustee or the Trust Administrator hereunder and shall have offered to
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 and the Trust Administrator, 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, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall be entitled to
such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 11.04. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
SECTION 11.05. Notices.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received if personally
delivered at or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express
delivery service, facsimile, electronic mail or delivered in any other manner
specified herein, to (a) in the case of the Depositor, 1100 Town & Country Road,
Suite 1100, Orange, California 92868, Attention: Capital Markets (telecopy
number (714) 245-0198), or such other address or telecopy number as may
hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust
Administrator and the Trustee in writing by the Depositor, (b) in the case of
the Master Servicer, 1100 Town & Country Road, 11th Floor, Orange, California
92868, Attention: General Counsel (telecopy number: (714) 564-9639), or such
other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Trustee,
the Trust Administrator, the NIMs Insurer and the Depositor in writing by the
Master Servicer, (c) in the case of the Trust Administrator, Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A., 1761 East St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, California
92705-4934, Attention: Trust Administration-AQ0102 (telecopy number: (714)
247-6009), or such other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be
furnished to the Master Servicer, the NIMs
140
Insurer, the Trustee and the Depositor in writing by the Trustee, (c) in the
case of the Trustee, U.S. Bank National Association, 180 East Fifth Street, St.
Paul, Minnesota 55101, Attention: Structured Finance, Ameriquest 2001-2
(telecopy number: (651) 244-1797), or such other address or telecopy number as
may hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer, the NIMs Insurer, the Trust
Administrator and the Depositor in writing by the Trustee and (d) in the case of
the NIMs Insurer, (i) Radian Insurance Inc., 1601 Market Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103, Attention: General Counsel and (ii) Financial Security
Assurance, Inc. 350 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attn: Transaction
Oversight, or such other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be
furnished to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the
Trustee in writing by the NIMs Insurer. 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 11.06. 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 11.07. Notice to Rating Agencies and the NIMs
Insurer.
The Trust Administrator shall use its best efforts promptly to
provide notice to the Rating Agencies and the NIMs Insurer with respect to each
of the following of which it has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Master Servicer Event of Default
that has not been cured or waived;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, the
Trust Administrator or the Trustee;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant
to or as contemplated by Section 2.03;
5. The final payment to the Holders of any Class of
Certificates;
6. Any change in the location of the Collection Account or
the Distribution Account;
141
7. Any event that would result in the inability of the
Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable,, were
it to succeed as Master Servicer, to make advances
regarding delinquent Mortgage Loans; and
8. The filing of any claim under the Master Servicer's
blanket bond and errors and omissions insurance policy
required by Section 3.14 or the cancellation or material
modification of coverage under any such instrument.
In addition, the Trust Administrator shall promptly furnish to
each Rating Agency and the NIMS Insurer copies of each report to
Certificateholders described in Section 4.02 and the Master Servicer, as
required pursuant to Section 3.20 and Section 3.21, shall promptly furnish to
each Rating Agency copies of the following:
1. Each annual statement as to compliance described in
Section 3.20; and
2. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.21.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 11.07 shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at
or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service
to Moody's Investors Service, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007 and to
Standard & Poor's, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 25 Broadway,
New York, New York 10004, or such other addresses as the Rating Agencies may
designate in writing to the parties hereto.
SECTION 11.08. 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 11.09. 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 be, and be
construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and not a pledge of
the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Depositor or the Originator. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the
aforementioned intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property
of the Depositor or the Originator, 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 to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor
or the Originator 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 hereof shall be deemed to be a grant by
the Originator and the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in all of
the Originator's and 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
142
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 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
and the transfer pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be a true,
absolute and unconditional sale of the Mortgage Loans and assets constituting
the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee.
SECTION 11.10 Third Party Rights.
The NIMs Insurer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of
this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a party hereto, and shall have
the right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.11 NIMS Insurer's Rights.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary anywhere in this
Agreement, all rights of the NIMs Insurer hereunder (i) shall not be operable
whenever (A) NIM Notes insured by a NIMs Insurer shall not have been issued or
(B) an Insurer Default or an Insurer Insolvency Event shall have occurred and be
continuing and (ii) except in the case of any right to indemnification
hereunder, once operable, shall permanently cease to be operable upon the later
to occur of (A) the payment in full of the NIM Notes as provided in the
Indenture and (B) the payment in full to the NIMs Insurer of any amounts owed to
the NIMs Insurer as provided in the Indenture.
143
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trust 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.
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES
INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ John P. Grazer
---------------------------------------
Name: John P. Grazer
Title: Chief Financial Officer
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY,
as Master Servicer
By: /s/ John P. Grazer
---------------------------------------
Name: John P. Grazer
Title: Chief Financial Officer/Executive
Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By: /s/ Ronaldo Reyes
---------------------------------------
Name: Ronaldo Reyes
Title: Associate
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By: /s/ S. Christopherson
---------------------------------------
Name: S. Christopherson
Title: Vice President
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
On the ___ day of __________, 2001, before me, a notary public
in and for said State, personally appeared ____________, known to me to be an
________________ of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., one of the corporations
that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
On the __th day of _________ 2001, before me, a notary public
in and for said State, personally appeared __________________, known to me to be
a _________________ of Ameriquest Mortgage Company, one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ___ day of ___________ 2001, before me, a notary public
in and for said State, personally appeared _________________, known to me to be
an ____________________ of Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., one of the
entities 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 entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF ______________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ___ day of ___________ 2001, before me, a notary public
in and for said State, personally appeared _________________, known to me to be
an ____________________ of U.S. Bank National Association, one of the entities
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
entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A-1 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").
Series 2001-2, Class A-1 Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-1
Certificates as of the Issue
Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $471,680,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Denomination: $_________________
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001
Master Servicer: Ameriquest
First Distribution Date: October 25, 2001 Mortgage Company
No. ____ Trustee: U.S. Bank National
Association
Trust Administrator: Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A.
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
CUSIP: 03072S ____
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.
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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
adjustable-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold
by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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-1 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class A-1 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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-1 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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trust
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-1 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-1 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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust 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 the
lesser of (x) the Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date and this
Certificate, the Formula Rate is the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin for
this Certificate is with respect to this Certificate is 0.280% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
0.560% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate Mortgage 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 Trust 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 Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee 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
10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any
responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By:__________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-1 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Certificate Registrar
By:__________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CLASS A-2 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").
Series 2001-2, Class A-2 Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-2
Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $84,402,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Denomination: $__________________
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001
Master Servicer: Ameriquest
First Distribution Date: October 25, 2001 Mortgage Company
No. _____ Trustee: U.S. Bank National
Association
Trust Administrator: Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A.
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
CUSIP: 03072S ____
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.
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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
adjustable-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold
by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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-2 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class A-2 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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-2 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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trust
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-2 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-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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust 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 the
lesser of (x) the Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date and this
Certificate, the Formula Rate is the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin for
this Certificate is with respect to this Certificate is 0.380% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
0.600% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate Mortgage 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 Trust 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 Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee 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
10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any
responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By:__________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-2 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Certificate Registrar
By:__________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-3
CLASS M-1 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-1 CERTIFICATES AND
THE CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
Series 2001-2, Class M-1 Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $21,388,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Denomination: $_________________
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001
Master Servicer: Ameriquest
First Distribution Date: October 25, 2001 Mortgage Company
No. _____ Trustee: U.S. Bank National
Association
Trust Administrator: Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A.
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
CUSIP: 03072S ____
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.
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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 adjustable-
rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-1 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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 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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trust
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 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 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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust 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 the
lesser of (x) the Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date and this
Certificate, the Formula Rate is the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin for
this Certificate is with respect to this Certificate is 0.820% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
1.230% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate Mortgage 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 Trust 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 Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee 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
10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any
responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By:___________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-1 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Certificate Registrar
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-4
CLASS M-2 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-1 CERTIFICATES, THE
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT
DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
Series 2001-2, Class M-2 Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $19,860,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Denomination: $__________________
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001
Master Servicer: Ameriquest
First Distribution Date: October 25, 2001 Mortgage Company
No. ______ Trustee: U.S. Bank National
Association
Trust Administrator: Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A.
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
CUSIP: 03072S ____
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.
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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 adjustable-
rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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-2 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-2 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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-2 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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trust
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-2 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-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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust 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 the
lesser of (x) the Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date and this
Certificate, the Formula Rate is the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin for
this Certificate is with respect to this Certificate is 1.250% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
1.875% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 Trust 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 Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee 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
10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any
responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-2 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Certificate Registrar
By: ______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-5
CLASS M-3 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-1 CERTIFICATES, THE
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-3
CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
Series 2001-2, Class M-3 Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $9,167,000.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Denomination: $_______________
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001
Master Servicer: Ameriquest
First Distribution Date: October 25, 2001 Mortgage Company
No. ____ Trustee: U.S. Bank National
Association
Trust Administrator: Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A.
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
CUSIP: 03072S _____
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.
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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 adjustable-
rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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-3 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-3 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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-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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trust
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-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 M-3 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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust 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 the
lesser of (x) the Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date and this
Certificate, the Formula Rate is the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin for
this Certificate is with respect to this Certificate is 1.950% 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 is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, or
2.925% in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 Trust 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 Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee 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
10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any
responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-3 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Certificate Registrar
By: ______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-6
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 A-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
A-2 CERTIFICATES AND THE MEZZANINE CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT
DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN
TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND
UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 2001-2, Class CE Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class CE
Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement $4,583,189.29
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001
Denomination: $__________________
First Distribution Date: October 25, 2001
Master Servicer: Ameriquest
No. ___ Mortgage Company
Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class Trustee: U.S. Bank National
CE Certificates as of the Issue Date: Association
$611,080,289.29
Trust Administrator: Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A.
Notional Amount: $ 611,080,289.89
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
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.
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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
adjustable-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold
by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trust
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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust Administrator for that purpose as
provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate Mortgage 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 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
Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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 F-1, and (ii) 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
Trust Administrator or the Master Servicer 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 Certificate Registrar, the Trustee or the Trust 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 Trust Administrator, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not
so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of 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 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trustee Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee 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 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any
responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class CE Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Certificate Registrar
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-7
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, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN
TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND
UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 2001-2, Class P Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class P Certificates
as of the Issue Date: $100.00
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001 Denomination: $_______________
First Distribution Date: October 25, 2001 Master Servicer: Ameriquest
Mortgage Company
No. ____
Trustee: U.S. Bank National
Association
Trust Administrator: Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A.
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
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.
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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 adjustable-
rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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 Ameriquest Mortgage
Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any
successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the
Trust 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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust Administrator for that purpose as
provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate Mortgage 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate
Registrar 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 F-1, and (ii) 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 Trust Administrator or the Master
Servicer 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 Certificate Registrar, the Trustee
or the Trust 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 Trust Administrator, the
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of 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 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 or the Trust Administrator behalf of the Trustee 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
10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trust Administrator assumes no responsibility for their
correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class P Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Certificate Registrar
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-8
CLASS R CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON- UNITED STATES
PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), 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, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN
TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND
UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE AGREEMENT.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO
THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE
UNITED STATES OR ANY POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY
CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX
IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCHPERSON DESCRIBED
IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL HEREINAFTER BE
REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN AGENT OF A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO
IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE
SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR
OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION
OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL
BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH
PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE
HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE
BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(D)
OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY
PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM
ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 2001-2, Class R Aggregate Percentage Interest of
the Class R Certificates as of the
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Issue Date: 100.00% Percentage
and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2001 Interest
First Distribution Date: Denomination: ______% Percentage
October 25, 2001 Interest
No._____ Master Servicer: Ameriquest
Mortgage Company
Trustee: U.S. Bank National
Association
Trust Administrator: Bankers
Trust Company of California, N.A.
Issue Date: September 27, 2001
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE 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 adjustable-
rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR 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 R Certificates as of
the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class R Certificates in REMIC I and REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on 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 R 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 or on behalf of the Trust
Administrator by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trust
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
R 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 R 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 Trust Administrator of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trust Administrator for that purpose as
provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Floating Rate Mortgage 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, 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 Trust Administrator and the
rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator and the Certificate Registrar 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, 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 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
Trust 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 F-1, and (ii) 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 Trust Administrator or the Master
Servicer 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 Trust 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 Trust Administrator, the Depositor and the Master Servicer against
any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of 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 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other disposition of
this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the Trust
Administrator (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person
other than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee
or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be
deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be
deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
the receipt of distributions in respect of this Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement and
to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of the Depositor
to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person other than a
Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust Fund to cease
to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange of Certificates, but the Trust 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 Trust
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Administrator, the Certificate Registrar 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 Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee 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 REMIC II, and (ii) the purchase by the party
designated in the Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement
from REMIC I and REMIC II 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 and REMIC II 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 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator assumes any
responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust Administrator has caused this
Certificate to be duly executed.
Dated: September __, 2001
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trust Administrator
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Certificate Registrar
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right if _________________
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 Floating Rate
Mortgage 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 Certificate Registrar 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 _________________________________________________
________________________________ for the account of ____________________________
_______________________________, account number ____________________________ or,
if mailed by check, to ________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT B
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
1100 Town & Country Road, Suite 1100
Orange, California 92868
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001, among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Ameriquest Mortgage Company, U.S.
Bank National Association and Bankers Trust Company of California,
N.A., Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-through Certificates, Series 2001-2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, attached
hereto is the Trustee's Initial Certification delivered by the Trustee, pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of September __, 2001, by and
among U.S. Bank National Association, Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. and
Ameriquest Mortgage Company.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents contained
in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
due authorization, recordability or genuineness of any of the documents
contained in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness
or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INTERIM CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
1100 Town & Country Road, Suite 1100
Orange, California 92868
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001, among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Ameriquest Mortgage Company, U.S.
Bank National Association and Bankers Trust Company of California,
N.A., Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, attached
hereto is the Trustee Interim Certification delivered by the Trustee, pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1, 2001, by and
among U.S. Bank National Association, Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A.,
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. and Ameriquest Mortgage Company.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents contained
in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
due authorization, recordability or genuineness of any of the documents
contained in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness
or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C-3
FORM OF TRUSTEE FINAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001, among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Ameriquest Mortgage Company U.S.
Bank National Association and Bankers Trust Company of California,
N.A. Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that as to
each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage
Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment hereto), it or a Custodian on its
behalf has received:
(i) the original recorded Mortgage, and the original recorded power of
attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, or
a certified copy thereof in those instances where the public recording
office retains the original or where the original has been lost; and
(ii) an original recorded Assignment to the Trustee together with the
original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing a complete chain of
assignment from the originator, or a certified copy of such Assignments in
those instances where the public recording retains the original or where
original has been lost; and
(iii) the original lender's title insurance policy.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents contained
in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in the Mortgage
File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or
(ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This is a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement"),
dated September 25, 2001, between Ameriquest Mortgage Company, a Delaware
corporation (the "Originator") and Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Originator intends to sell the Mortgage Loans (as
hereinafter defined) to the Purchaser on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement. The Purchaser shall deposit the Mortgage Loans into
a mortgage pool constituting the trust fund. The trust fund will be evidenced by
a single series of floating rate mortgage pass-through certificates designated
as Series 2001-2 (the "Certificates"). The Certificates will consist of eight
classes of certificates. The Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates and
the Class R Certificates (collectively, the "Non-offered Certificates") will be
delivered to the Originator as partial consideration for the Mortgage Loans as
further described below.
The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), among the Purchaser as depositor (in such capacity, the
"Depositor"), the Originator as master servicer (in such capacity the "Master
Servicer"), U.S. Bank National Association as trustee (in such capacity the
"Trustee") and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. as Trust Administrator
(in such capacity the "Trust Administrator") . Pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will assign all of its right, title and
interest in and to the Mortgage Loans, together with its rights under this
Agreement, to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE. The Originator agrees to
sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, on or before September 27, 2001 (the
"Closing Date"), certain adjustable-rate and fixed-rate conventional residential
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), having an aggregate principal balance as
of the close of business on September 1, 2001 (the "Cut-off Date") of
approximately $611,080,289.29, after giving effect to all payments due on the
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date (the "Closing Balance"), whether or
not received including the right to any Prepayment Charges collected after the
Cut-off Date from the Mortgagors in connection with any Principal Prepayments on
the Mortgage Loans. Any payments (including Prepayment Charges) collected on or
before the Cut-off Date, including all scheduled payments of principal and
interest due on or before the Cut-off Date and collected after the Cut-off Date,
shall belong to the Originator.
SECTION 2. MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE. The Purchaser and
the Originator have agreed upon which of the mortgage loans owned by the
Originator are to be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, and
the Originator shall prepare or cause to be prepared on
-2-
or prior to the Closing Date a final schedule (the "Closing Schedule")
describing such Mortgage Loans and setting forth all of the Mortgage Loans to be
purchased under this Agreement, including the related Prepayment Charges. The
Closing Schedule shall conform to the requirements set forth in this Agreement
and to the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall be used as the Mortgage Loan
Schedule under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3. CONSIDERATION.
In consideration for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased
hereunder, the Purchaser shall, as described in Section 8, (i) pay to or upon
the order of the Originator in immediately available funds an amount (the
"Purchase Price") equal to the net sale proceeds of the Class A-1 Certificates,
the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2
Certificates and the Class M-3 Certificates and (ii) deliver to Ameriquest
Securities L.L.C., upon the order of the Originator, the Class CE Certificates,
the Class P Certificates and the Class R Certificates (the "Ameriquest L.L.C.
Certificates").
SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES. The
Originator does hereby sell and contribute, transfer, assign, set over and
convey to the Purchaser, without recourse but subject to the terms of this
Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage
Loans, including the related Prepayment Charges collected after the Cut-off
Date. The contents of each Mortgage File not delivered to the Purchaser or to
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing
Date are and shall be held in trust by the Originator for the benefit of the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser. Upon the
sale and contribution of the Mortgage Loans the ownership of each Mortgage Note,
the related Mortgage and the other contents of the related Mortgage File is
vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or that come into the
possession of the Originator on or after the Closing Date shall immediately vest
in the Purchaser and shall be delivered immediately to the Purchaser or as
otherwise directed by the Purchaser.
(b) Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents. The
Originator will, on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser each of the following documents for each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or
in the following form: "Pay to the order of U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement,
without recourse," with all prior and intervening endorsements
showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to
the Person so endorsing to the Trustee;
-3-
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, and a copy, certified by the appropriate recording
office, of the recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was
executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with evidence of
recording thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage in
blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments
of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from
the originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the
Trustee as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause
(iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy or
an attorney's opinion of title or similar, guarantee of title
acceptable to mortgage lenders generally in the jurisdiction
where the Mortgaged Property is located, together with all
endorsements or riders which were issued with or subsequent to
the issuance of such policy, insuring the priority of the
Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged Property represented
therein as a fee interest vested in the Mortgagor, or in the
event such original title policy is unavailable, a written
commitment or uniform binder or preliminary report of title
issued by the title insurance or escrow company.
The Originator shall promptly (and in no event later than
thirty (30) Business Days, subject to extension upon mutual agreement between
the Originator and the Trustee, following the later of (i) the Closing Date,
(ii) the date on which the Originator receives the Assignment from the Trustee
and (iii) the date of receipt by the Originator of the recording information for
a Mortgage) submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at no expense to the
Trust Fund, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee, in the appropriate public
office for real property records, each Assignment referred to in (iii) and (iv)
above and shall execute each original Assignment referred to in (iii) in the
following form: "U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee under the applicable
agreement". In the event that any such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded
because of a defect therein, the Originator shall promptly prepare or cause to
be prepared a substitute Assignment or cure or cause to be cured such defect, as
the case may be, and thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly recorded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, for administrative convenience and
facilitation of servicing and to reduce closing costs, the assignments of
Mortgage shall not be required to be submitted for recording with respect to any
Mortgage Loan if the Trustee, the Trust Administrator and each Rating Agency has
received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory in form and substance to each
Rating Agency, to the effect that the recordation of such Assignments in any
specific jurisdiction is not necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the
related Mortgage Note; provided further, however, notwithstanding the delivery
of any opinion of counsel, each assignment of Mortgage shall be submitted for
recording by the Originator in the manner described
-4-
above, at no expense to the Trust Fund, the Trust Administrator or the Trustee,
upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights, (ii) failure of the
Master Servicer Termination Test, (iii) the occurrence of the bankruptcy or
insolvency of the Originator, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as
described in Section 7.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement , (v) if the
Originator is not the Master Servicer and with respect to any one Assignment of
Mortgage, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to
the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage and (vi) any Mortgage Loan that is 90
days or more delinquent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Originator is unable to
pay the cost of recording the Assignments of Mortgage, such expense will be paid
by the Trust Administrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Section 4, if any document referred to in Section 4(b)(ii) or 4(b)(iv)
above has been submitted for recording but either (x) has not been returned from
the applicable public recording office or (y) has been lost or such public
recording office has retained the original of such document, the obligations of
the Originator hereunder shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon (1)
delivery by or on behalf of the Originator promptly upon receipt thereof to the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser of either the
original or a copy of such document certified by the Originator in the case of
(x) above or the public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true
and complete copy of the recorded original thereof and (2) if such delivered
copy is certified by the Originator then in addition thereto delivery promptly
upon receipt thereof of either the original or a copy of such document certified
by the public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original.
In the event that the original lender's title insurance policy
has not yet been issued, the Originator shall deliver to the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser a written commitment or
interim binder or preliminary report of title issued by the title insurance or
escrow company. Promptly upon receipt by the Originator of any such original
title insurance policy the Originator shall deliver such to the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser.
Each original document relating to a Mortgage Loan which is
not delivered to the Purchaser or its assignee, transferee or designee, if held
by the Originator, shall be so held for the benefit of the Purchaser or its
assignee, transferee or designee.
(c) Acceptance of Mortgage Loans. The documents
delivered pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall be reviewed by the Purchaser or
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser at any time before or
after the Closing Date (and with respect to each document permitted to be
delivered after the Closing Date within seven days of its delivery) to ascertain
that all required documents have been executed and received and that such
documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(d) Reserved.
-5-
(e) Transfer of Interest in Agreements. The
Purchaser has the right to assign its interest under this Agreement, in whole or
in part, to the Trustee, as may be required to effect the purposes of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of the Originator, and the
assignee shall succeed to the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser.
Any expense reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser, the Trust
Administrator or the Trustee in connection with enforcing any obligations of the
Originator under this Agreement will be promptly reimbursed by the Originator.
(f) Examination of Mortgage Files. Prior to the
Closing Date, the Originator shall either (i) deliver in escrow to the Purchaser
or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser, for examination,
the Mortgage File pertaining to each Mortgage Loan or (ii) make such Mortgage
Files available to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of
the Purchaser for examination at the Trust Administrator's offices in Santa Ana,
California. Such examination may be made by the Purchaser, and its respective
designees, upon reasonable notice to the Originator, the Trust Administrator and
the Trustee during normal business hours before the Closing Date and within 60
days after the Closing Date. If any such person makes such examination prior to
the Closing Date and identifies any Mortgage Loans that do not conform to the
requirements of the Purchaser as described in this Agreement, such Mortgage
Loans shall be deleted from the Closing Schedule. The Purchaser may, at its
option and without notice to the Originator, purchase all or part of the
Mortgage Loans without conducting any partial or complete examination. The fact
that the Purchaser or any person has conducted or has failed to conduct any
partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files shall not affect the
rights of the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser
to demand repurchase or other relief as provided herein or under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
OF THE ORIGINATOR.
The Originator hereby represents and warrants to the
Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and covenants,
that:
(i) The Originator is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is
duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by
this Agreement to be conducted by the Originator in any state in which a
Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under applicable law
to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing
business laws of any such State, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability
to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) The Originator had the full corporate power and authority
to originate, hold and sell each Mortgage Loan and has the full corporate power
and authority to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and
perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of the Originator the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and
-6-
this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Originator, enforceable against the Originator in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Originator, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Originator under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the
terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of the Originator and will
not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of
the Originator or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation or
acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of any other material
agreement or instrument to which the Originator is a party or by which it may be
bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Originator of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Originator; and the Originator is not a party to, bound
by, or in breach or violation of any indenture or other agreement or instrument,
or subject to or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to the Originator's
knowledge, would in the future materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability
of the Originator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or (y) the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Originator taken as a whole;
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Originator of, or compliance by the Originator with, this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any
such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Originator has
obtained the same;
(v) The Originator is an approved Originator/servicer for
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in good standing and is a HUD approved mortgagee
pursuant to Section 203 and Section 211 of the National Housing Act; and
(vi) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus
Supplement, no litigation is pending against the Originator that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of
this Agreement or the ability of the Originator to service the Mortgage Loans or
to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms
hereof.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
ORIGINATOR RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
-7-
The Originator hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to each Mortgage Loan is true and correct in
all material respects;
(ii) [Reserved];
(iii) No material error, omission, misrepresentation,
negligence, fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has
taken place on the part of any person, including without limitation, the
Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party involved
in the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance
in relation to such Mortgage Loan;
(iv) All payments due prior to the Cut-off Date have
been made and none of the Mortgage Loans will have been contractually delinquent
for more than one calendar month more than once since the origination thereof;
(v) Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first
lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements thereon, subject only
to (a) the lien of nondelinquent current real property taxes and assessments,
(b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage, such
exceptions appearing of record being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions
generally or specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection with the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (c) other matters to which like
properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage;
(vi) Immediately prior to the assignment of the
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the Originator had good title to, and was the
sole legal and beneficial owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any
pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest and has full right and authority,
subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party
to sell and assign the same;
(vii) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien
against any Mortgaged Property;
(viii) There is no valid offset, defense or
counterclaim to any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the
Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or interest on such Mortgage Note, nor
will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, or
the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage unenforceable, in
whole or in part, or subject to any valid right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and no such valid right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect
thereto;
-8-
(ix) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for
work, labor or material rendered to the Mortgaged Property affecting any
Mortgaged Property which are or may be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien
of the related Mortgage, except those which are insured against by the title
insurance policy referred to in (xiii) below;
(x) Subject to the Escrow Withhold referred to in
(xx) below, each Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and is in good
repair;
(xi) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in
all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including,
without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, real estate settlement
procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws, and consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such
laws;
(xii) Neither the Originator nor any prior holder of
any Mortgage has modified the Mortgage in any material respect (except that a
Mortgage Loan may have been modified by a written instrument which has been
recorded, if necessary, to protect the interests of the Purchaser and which has
been delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, canceled or subordinated such
Mortgage in whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged Property in whole
or in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any instrument of
release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction with respect thereto;
(xiii) A lender's policy of title insurance together
with a condominium endorsement, extended coverage endorsement, and an adjustable
rate mortgage endorsement (each as applicable) in an amount at least equal to
the Cut-off Date principal balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment
(binder) to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of each
Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full force and effect,
the transfer of the related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser will not affect the
validity or enforceability of such policy and each such policy was issued by a
title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
Property is located and in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which
policy insures the Originator and successor owners of indebtedness secured by
the insured Mortgage, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage; no claims
have been made under such lender's title insurance policy and no prior holder of
the related Mortgage, including the Originator, has done, by act or omission,
anything which would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance
policy;
(xiv) Each Mortgage Loan was originated by the
Originator (or, if generated on behalf of the Originator by a person other than
the Originator, is subject to the same underwriting standards and procedures
used by the Originator in originating mortgage loans directly) or by a savings
and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance
company or similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or
state authority (including a
-9-
mortgage broker), or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;
(xv) With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, on each adjustment date, the Mortgage Rate will be adjusted to equal the
Index plus the Gross Margin, rounded to the nearest 0.125%, subject to the
Periodic Rate Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate. The
related Mortgage Note is payable on the first day of each month in
self-amortizing monthly installments of principal and interest, with interest
payable in arrears, and requires a monthly payment which is sufficient to fully
amortize the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan over its
remaining term and to pay interest at the applicable Mortgage Rate. No Mortgage
Loan is subject to negative amortization;
(xvi) All of the improvements which were included for
the purpose of determining the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property lie
wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such property,
and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property, except those, if any, which are insured against by the lender's title
insurance policy referred to in (xiii) above.
(xvii) All inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the
Mortgaged Property including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, have
been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities and the Mortgaged
Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law except as may otherwise be
insured against by the lender's title insurance policy referred to in (xiii)
above.
(xviii) All parties which have had any interest in
the Mortgage, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or,
during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) in
compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located;
(xix) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker
thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms and with applicable laws. All
parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been
duly and properly executed by such parties;
(xx) The proceeds of each Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed, there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any
and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements
and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with,
excepting therefrom any Mortgaged Property or Mortgage Loan subject to an Escrow
Withhold as defined in the Originator's underwriting guidelines. All costs, fees
and expenses incurred in making, closing or recording the Mortgage Loans were
paid;
-10-
(xxi) The related Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as
a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
There is no homestead or other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would
materially interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a
trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(xxii) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such,
has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such
Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to
the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale
after default by the Mortgagor;
(xxiii) There exist no deficiencies with respect to
escrow deposits and payments, if such are required, for which customary
arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made, and no escrow deposits or
payments of other charges or payments due the Originator have been capitalized
under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note;
(xxiv) The origination, collection and servicing
practices used by the Originator with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been in
all material respects legal, proper, reasonable and customary in the subprime
mortgage origination and servicing business;
(xxv) There is no pledged account or other security
other than real estate securing the Mortgagor's obligations;
(xxvi) No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation
feature, or other contingent interest feature;
(xxvii) The improvements upon each Mortgaged Property
are covered by a valid and existing hazard insurance policy with a generally
acceptable carrier that provides for fire extended coverage and such other
hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located
representing coverage not less than the lesser of the outstanding principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan or the minimum amount required to
compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis. All individual
insurance policies and flood policies referred to in clause (xxix) below contain
a standard mortgagee clause naming the Originator or the original mortgagee, and
its successors in interest, as mortgagee, and the Originator has received no
notice that any premiums due and payable thereon have not been paid; the
Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance,
including flood insurance, at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and upon the
Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain
and maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to seek
reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor, except as may be limited or
restricted by applicable law;
-11-
(xxviii) If the Mortgaged Property is in an area
identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Flood Insurance Administration is
in effect with respect to such Mortgaged Property with a generally acceptable
carrier in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the
original outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum
amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or
(C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973;
(xxix) There is no default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note;
and the Originator has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration;
(xxx) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a one-
to four-family residential dwelling, including condominium units and dwelling
units in planned unit developments, which does not include (a) cooperatives or
(b) mobile homes and manufactured homes (as defined in the Fannie Mae
Seller-Servicer's Guide), except when the appraisal indicates that (i) the
mobile or manufactured home was built under the Federal Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards of 1976 or (ii) otherwise assumes the
characteristics of site-built housing and meets local building codes, is readily
marketable, has been permanently affixed to the site, is not in a mobile home
"park," and is treated as real property under the applicable state law. With
respect to any Mortgage Loan that is secured by a leasehold estate, (a) the
lease is valid, in full force and effect; (b) all rents and other payments due
under the lease have been paid; (c) the lessee is not in default under any
provision of the lease; (d) the term of the lease exceeds the maturity date of
the related Mortgage Loan by at least five years and (e) the Mortgagee under the
Mortgage Loan is given notice and an opportunity to cure any defaults under the
lease;
(xxxi) There is no obligation on the part of the
Originator or any other party under the terms of the Mortgage or related
Mortgage Note to make payments in lieu of or in addition to those made by the
Mortgagor;
(xxxii) Any future advances made prior to the related
Purchase Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount
secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated,
bears a single interest rate and single repayment term reflected on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xxxiii) Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in
accordance with the Originator's underwriting guidelines;
(xxxiv) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal which
was performed by an appraiser who satisfied, and which was conducted in
accordance with, all of the applicable
-12-
requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended;.
(xxxv) None of the Mortgage Loans is a graduated
payment mortgage loan, nor is any Mortgage Loan subject to a temporary buydown
or similar arrangement;
(xxxvi) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, no loan
junior in lien priority to such Mortgage Loan and secured by the related
Mortgaged Property was originated by the Originator at the time of origination
of such Mortgage Loan;
(xxxvii) The Mortgage Loans comply in all material
respects with the description set forth under the heading "The Mortgage Pool" in
the Depositor's Prospectus Supplement, dated September 25, 2001 (the "Prospectus
Supplement");
(xxxviii) The Mortgage contains an enforceable
provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or
transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder,
except as may be limited by applicable law;
(xxxix) The information set forth in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule relating to the existence of a Prepayment Charge is complete, true
and correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such
information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible and
enforceable in accordance with its terms upon the full and voluntary prepayment
by the Mortgagor under applicable law (except to the extent that: (1) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally; or
(2) the collectability thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection
with a foreclosure or other involuntary payoff; and (xl) Each Mortgage Loan is
an obligation that is principally secured by real property for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions of the Code.
SECTION 7. REPURCHASE OBLIGATION FOR DEFECTIVE
DOCUMENTATION AND FOR BREACH
OF REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY.
(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 6
shall not be materially impaired by any review and examination of loan files or
other documents evidencing or relating to the Mortgage Loans or any failure on
the part of the Purchaser to review or examine such documents and shall inure to
the benefit of any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser, including
the Trust Administrator on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Upon discovery by the Originator, the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser of any materially defective
document in, or that any material document was not transferred by the Originator
(as listed on the Trustee's Preliminary Exception Report), as part of, any
Mortgage File or of a breach of any of the representations and warranties
contained in
-13-
Section 5 or Section 6 that materially and adversely affects the value of any
Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's
assignee, transferee or designee, the party discovering the breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other. Within ninety (90) days of its discovery or
its receipt of notice of any such missing documentation which was not
transferred to the Purchaser as described above or materially defective
documentation or any such breach of a representation and warranty the Originator
promptly shall deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in
all material respects, or in the event the Originator cannot deliver such
missing document or such defect or breach cannot be cured, the Originator shall,
within 90 days of its discovery or receipt of notice, either (i) repurchase the
affected Mortgage Loan at a price equal to the Purchase Price (as such term is
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, cause the removal of such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans. In the event that any Mortgage Loan is subject to a
breach of the representation and warranty in Section 6(xl) resulting in the
Master Servicer's inability to collect all or part of the Prepayment Charge from
the Mortgagor, in lieu of repurchase, the Originator shall be obligated to remit
to the Master Servicer (for deposit in the Collection Account) any shortfall in
the Prepayment Charge collected upon the Mortgagor's voluntary and full
principal prepayment.
The Originator shall amend the Closing Schedule to reflect the
withdrawal of such Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the addition, if any, of a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Originator shall deliver to the Purchaser such
amended Closing Schedule and shall deliver such other documents as are required
by this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement within five (5) days of
any such amendment. Any repurchase pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be
accomplished by deposit in the Collection Account of the amount of the Purchase
Price in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Any repurchase or substitution required by this Section shall be made in a
manner consistent with Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
In addition, upon discovery by the Originator, the Purchaser,
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser that any Mortgage Loan
does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt
written notice within five Business Days to the others. Within ninety (90) days
of its discovery or its receipt of notice, the Originator promptly shall either
(i) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price (as such term is
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, cause the removal of such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Originator set forth in this Section 7 to cure, remit a Prepayment Charge
shortfall, repurchase or substitute for a defective Mortgage Loan constitute the
sole remedies of the Purchaser against the Originator respecting a missing or
defective document or a breach of the representations and warranties contained
in Section 5 or Section 6. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of
the Originator set forth in this
-14-
Section 7 to cure, repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan as to which a
material document is missing constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser
against the Originator respecting a missing document.
SECTION 8. CLOSING; PAYMENT FOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall be held at the New
York City office of Thacher Proffitt & Wood at 10:00 AM New York City time on
the Closing Date.
The closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of the
Originator under this Agreement shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of the date as of
which they are made and no event shall have occurred
which, with notice or the passage of time, would
constitute a default under this Agreement;
(b) The Purchaser shall have received, or the attorneys
of the Purchaser shall have received in escrow (to be
released from escrow at the time of closing), all
Closing Documents as specified in Section 9 of this
Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and
acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all
signatories other than the Purchaser as required
pursuant to the respective terms thereof;
(c) The Originator shall have delivered or caused to be
delivered and released to the Purchaser or to its
designee, all documents (including without
limitation, the Mortgage Loans) required to be so
delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.01
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
(d) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement
shall have been complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Originator on the Closing Date, against
delivery and release by the Originator to the Trustee of all documents required
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consideration for the
Mortgage Loans as specified in Section 3 of this Agreement, by delivery to the
Originator of the Purchase Price in immediately available funds.
SECTION 9. CLOSING DOCUMENTS. Without limiting the
generality of Section 8 hereof, the closing shall be subject to delivery of each
of the following documents:
(a) An Officers' Certificate of the Originator, dated the
Closing Date, upon which the Purchaser and the
Underwriters may rely, in the form of Exhibit 1
hereto, and attached thereto copies of the
certificate of incorporation, by- laws and
certificate of good standing of the Originator under
the laws of
-15-
Delaware and (ii) if the Class CE Certificates and
Class P Certificates are offered on the Closing Date
pursuant to a Private Placement Memorandum, the
Originator shall deliver an Officer's Certificate
stating that the same information contained in such
Private Placement Memorandum is true and accurate in
all material respects;
(b) An Officers' Certificate of the Originator, dated the
Closing Date, upon which the Purchaser and the
Underwriters may rely, in the form of Exhibit 2
hereto, with respect to certain facts regarding the
sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Originator to the
Purchaser;
(c) An Opinion of Counsel of the Originator, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser and the
Underwriters, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit 3;
(d) Such opinions of counsel from the Purchaser's or
Originator's counsel as the Rating Agencies may
request in connection with the sale of the Mortgage
Loans by the Originator to the Purchaser or the
Originator's execution and delivery of, or
performance under, this Agreement and upon which the
Underwriters may rely;
(e) A letter from Deloitte & Touche L.L.P., certified
public accountants, dated the date hereof and to the
effect that they have performed certain specified
procedures as a result of which they determined that
certain information of an accounting, financial or
statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement, under the captions "Summary of Prospectus
Supplement", "Risk Factors", "The Mortgage Pool",
"Yield on the Certificates", "Description of the
Certificates", and "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement--The Originator and Master Servicer",
agrees with the records of the Originator;
(f) The Originator shall deliver for inclusion in the
Prospectus Supplement under the captions "The
Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards;
Representations" and "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement--The Originator and Master Servicer", or
for inclusion in other offering material such
publicly available information regarding its
financial condition and its mortgage loan
delinquency, foreclosure and loss experience,
underwriting standards, lending activities and loan
sales, production, and servicing and collection
practices, and any similar nonpublic, unaudited
financial information; and.
(g) Such further information, certificates, opinions and
documents as the Purchaser or the Underwriters may
reasonably request.
-16-
SECTION 10. COSTS. The Originator shall pay (or shall
reimburse the Purchaser or any other Person to the extent that the Purchaser or
such other Person shall pay) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with
the transfer and delivery of the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation,
assignment of mortgage recording costs and/or fees for title policy endorsements
and continuations, the fees and expenses of the Originator's in-house
accountants and in-house attorneys, the costs and expenses incurred in
connection with producing the Originator's loan loss, foreclosure and
delinquency experience, and the costs and expenses incurred in connection with
obtaining the documents referred to in Sections 9(d) and 9(e) to the extent such
costs and expenses were not previously paid by the Originator. The Originator
shall pay (or shall reimburse the Purchaser or any other Person to the extent
that the Purchaser or such other Person shall pay) the costs and expenses of
printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement, the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates, the prospectus, prospectus
supplement, and private placement memorandum relating to the Certificates and
other related documents, the initial fees, costs and expenses of the Trust
Administrator and the Trustee relating to the issuance of the initial
certification of the Trustee under Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the fees and expenses of the Originator's counsel in connection with
the preparation of all documents relating to the securitization of the Mortgage
Loans, the filing fee charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for
registration of the Certificates, the cost of outside special counsel that may
be required for the Purchaser, the cost of obtaining the documents referred to
in Section 9(g) and the fees charged by any rating agency to rate the
Certificates. All other costs and expenses in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such expense.
SECTION 11. SERVICING. The Originator has represented to the
Purchaser that the Mortgage Loans are being serviced by the Originator in
accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Aggregation Facility,
as memorialized in the Letter Agreement dated August 27, 2001 (the "Aggregation
Facility") among Salomon Brothers Realty Corp., Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and
the Originator, and it is understood and agreed by and between the Originator
and the Purchaser that the interim servicing arrangements under the Aggregation
Facility with the Originator will be superseded by the servicing arrangements
set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 12. [Reserved]
SECTION 13. MANDATORY DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.
The sale and delivery on the Closing Date of the Mortgage Loans described on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement is mandatory. It is specifically understood and agreed that each
Mortgage Loan is unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of
money damages would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses
and damages incurred by the Purchaser in the event of the Originator's failure
to deliver the Mortgage Loans on or before the Closing Date. The Originator
hereby grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a continuing security interest in
the Originator's interest in each Mortgage Loan and each document and instrument
evidencing each such Mortgage Loan to secure the performance by the Originator
of its obligation hereunder, and the Originator agrees that it holds such
Mortgage Loans in custody for the
-17-
Purchaser, subject to the Purchaser's (i) right, prior to the Closing Date, to
reject any Mortgage Loan to the extent permitted by this Agreement, and (ii)
obligation to deliver or cause to be delivered the consideration for the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Any Mortgage Loans rejected by the
Purchaser shall concurrently therewith be released from the security interest
created hereby. The Originator agrees that, upon acceptance of the Mortgage
Loans by the Purchaser or its designee and delivery of payment to the
Originator, that its security interest in the Mortgage Loans shall be released.
All rights and remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement are distinct from,
and cumulative with, any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or
afforded by law or equity and all such rights and remedies may be exercised
concurrently, independently or successively.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the Closing Date, each of the
conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof shall have been satisfied and the
Purchaser shall not have paid or caused to be paid the Purchase Price, or any
such condition shall not have been waived or satisfied and the Purchaser
determines not to pay or cause to be paid the Purchase Price, the Purchaser
shall immediately effect the redelivery of the Mortgage Loans, if delivery to
the Purchaser has occurred and the security interest created by this Section 12
shall be deemed to have been released.
SECTION 14. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered to or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or
transmitted by telex or telegraph and confirmed by a similar mailed writing, if
to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at 1100 Town & Country Road, Suite
1100, Orange, California 92868, Attention: General Counsel, or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the Originator in writing by the
Purchaser; if to the Originator, addressed to the Originator at 1100 Town &
Country Road, Suite 1100, Orange, California 92868, Attention: General Counsel,
or to such other address as the Originator may designate in writing to the
Purchaser.
SECTION 15. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Any part, provision,
representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or which is
held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which
is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits
or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.
SECTION 16. AGREEMENT OF PARTIES. The Originator and the
Purchaser agree to execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as
either of the others may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to
effectuate the purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
-18-
SECTION 17. SURVIVAL. The Originator agrees that the
representations, warranties and agreements made by it herein and in any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall be deemed to be
relied upon by the Purchaser, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or
hereafter made by the Purchaser or on its behalf, and that the representations,
warranties and agreements made by the Originator herein or in any such
certificate or other instrument shall survive the delivery of and payment for
the Mortgage Loans and shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding
any restrictive or qualified endorsement on the Mortgage Notes and
notwithstanding subsequent termination of this Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the Trust Fund.
SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS,
DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS (INCLUDING THE CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISIONS) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SECTION 19. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counter-parts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Originator to the Purchaser as provided
in Section 4 hereof be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the
Originator to the Purchaser and not as a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the
Originator to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Originator. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned
intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the
Originator, then, (a) it is the express intent of the parties that such
conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Originator to the
Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Originator and (b) (1)
this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the
meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; (2) the
conveyance provided for in Section 4 hereof shall be deemed to be a grant by the
Originator to the Purchaser of a security interest in all of the Originator'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
-19-
amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to time held or invested in
the Collection Account whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or
other property; (3) the possession by the Purchaser or its agent of Mortgage
Notes, the related Mortgages and such other items of property that constitute
instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
"possession by the secured party" for purposes of perfecting the security
interest pursuant to Section 9-305 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; 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 Purchaser for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. Any
assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 4(d) hereof
shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created
hereby. The Originator and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with
this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such
security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first
priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term
of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Originator and the Purchaser have
caused their names to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY
By:
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES
INC.
By:
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 1
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE ORIGINATOR
I, hereby certify that I am the duly appointed _______________ of
Ameriquest Mortgage Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Originator"), and
further certify, on behalf of the Originator, as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of
the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Originator, both of
which are in full force and effect on the date hereof. There has been
no amendment or other document filed affecting the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Originator since April 29, 1997, and no such
amendment has been authorized. There has been no amendment or other
document filed affecting the By-laws of the Originator since September
14, 1994, and no such amendment has been authorized. Attached hereto as
Exhibit B is a certificate of good standing, dated _________, 2001
issued by the State of Delaware with respect to the Originator. No
event has occurred since the date thereof that has affected the good
standing of the Originator under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
the best of my knowledge, threatened against or affecting the
Originator that, if adversely determined, individually or in the
aggregate, would adversely affect the Originator's ability to perform
its obligations under (i) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated
September __, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement") between the Originator
and Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. (the "Depositor"), (ii) the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Depositor as depositor,
the Originator as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer"), U.S. Bank National Association as trustee (the "Trustee")
and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. as trust administrator
(the "Trust Administrator") or (iii) the Underwriting Agreement, dated
September __, 2001 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among the Depositor,
Ameriquest and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (the "Underwriter"). No
proceedings looking toward merger, consolidation or liquidation,
dissolution or bankruptcy of the Originator are pending or
contemplated.
3. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the
Originator or the Master Servicer, signed the Purchase Agreement, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the
Underwriting Agreement, and any other document delivered prior hereto
or on the date hereof in connection with the purchase described in the
transactions described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement was, at
the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly
elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or
representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such
documents are their genuine signatures.
4. Each of the Mortgage Loans referred to in the Purchase
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement was originated in
accordance with Section 6 (xiii) of the Purchase Agreement.
5. All of the representations and warranties of the Originator
under the Purchase Agreement, and of the Master Servicer under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects as of the Closing Date (subject, in the case of the Closing
Schedule delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, to such
amendments thereto as were duly made on or before the date hereof) and
no event has occurred which, with notice or the passage of time or
both, would constitute a default under the Purchase Agreement or the
Underwriting Agreement, or an Event of Default under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
6. The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
attached as an exhibit to the Purchase Agreement and to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement is true and correct in all material respects.
7. The information regarding the Originator, its financial
condition and its mortgage loan delinquency, foreclosure and loss
experience, underwriting standards, lending activities and loan sales,
production and servicing and collection practices, as is set forth
herein is accurate in all material respects.
8. The information contained in the Prospectus Supplement,
dated September __, 2001, relating to the Mortgage Loans, the
Originator, and its loan portfolio, and any of the same information
contained in the Private Placement Memorandum, is true and accurate in
all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
9. With respect to its sale of the Mortgage Loans and the
related transactions and undertakings contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement, the Originator has complied with all the obligations by
which it is bound and has satisfied all the conditions on its part to
be performed or satisfied prior to the Closing Date.
10. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned in the Purchase Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal
of the Originator.
Dated: September __, 2001
By:
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
I, _______________, an ______________________ of Ameriquest Mortgage
Company hereby certify that ___________________ is the duly appointed, qualified
and acting _____________________ of the Originator and that the signature
appearing above is his genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated: September __, 2001
By:
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 2
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE ORIGINATOR
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2001-2
CERTIFICATE OF
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY
Reference is made to the sale of mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
by Ameriquest Mortgage Company ("Ameriquest") to Ameriquest Mortgage Securities
Inc. (the "Depositor") pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated
September __, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement") between Ameriquest and the
Depositor and the simultaneous issuance of Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2001-2, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3 Class CE, Class P and Class R Certificates (the "Certificates"), pursuant to
a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001 (the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement") among the Depositor as depositor, Ameriquest as master
servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee (the "Trustee") and Bankers Trust Company of California,
N.A. as trust administrator (the "Trust Administrator"). In consideration for
its purchase of the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor will deliver to Ameriquest
immediately available funds and a wholly-owned bankruptcy remote subsidiary of
Ameriquest will retain the Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates and
the Class R Certificates. The Depositor will sell the Class A-1, Class A-2,
Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Certificates to Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
(the "Underwriter") for offer and sale pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting
Agreement, dated September __, 2001 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among the
Depositor, Ameriquest and the Underwriter. The Purchase Agreement, the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement together, are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Agreements". Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreements.
The undersigned is a duly appointed ______________________ of
Ameriquest and hereby certifies after reasonable investigation that:
1. The transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the undersigned pursuant to
the Agreements was intended to be a sale and to be reported as such under
generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and for federal income tax
purposes.
2. In connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the undersigned
pursuant to the Agreements, the undersigned (i) was solvent at all relevant
times prior thereto and was not rendered insolvent thereby, (ii) after giving
effect thereto, is able to pay its debts as they mature, (iii) was not left with
unreasonably small capital for the business in which engaged and proposed to be
engaged, (iv) had and has no intention of commencing any bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar proceeding, (v) did not and does not have any intent to hinder, delay
or defraud any of the
undersigned's creditors, (vi) had a valid business reason therefor and (vii)
received new value and consideration constituting reasonably equivalent value
and fair consideration.
3. The undersigned has not acquired, and will not acquire at any time,
any direct or indirect ownership or other economic interest in, or other right
or obligation with respect to, any Mortgage Loan or Certificate, except as
described in the Agreements.
The undersigned has executed this Certificate as of September __, 2001.
AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY
By:
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ORIGINATOR
TO: Addressees on Schedule A
September __, 2001
Re: Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
SERIES 2001-2
-------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am Senior Counsel of Ameriquest Mortgage Company (the "Company") and
have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the servicing by the
Company of certain residential first mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Ameriquest Mortgage Securities
Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor"), the Company, U.S. Bank National Association
as trustee (the "Trustee") and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. as
trust administrator (the "Trust Administrator"), relating to the issuance and
sale by the Depositor of Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2001-2, designated as the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3, Class CE, Class P and Class R (collectively, the "Certificates"). In
connection with the sale and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, the Company has
entered into the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated September __, 2001,
between the Company and the Depositor (the "Purchase Agreement") and the
Underwriting Agreement, dated September __, 2001 (the "Underwriting Agreement"),
among the Depositor, Ameriquest and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (the
"Underwriter"). The Purchase Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the Underwriting Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the
"Agreements". Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings set forth
in the Agreements.
As such counsel, I have examined original or reproduced or certified
copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, as amended
to date, records of actions taken by the Board of Directors of the Company and
copies of the Agreements, the Prospectus Supplement, dated September __, 2001
(the "Prospectus Supplement"), to the Prospectus, dated ___________, 2001,
relating to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3
Certificates. I have also examined such other documents, papers, statutes and
authorities as I deem necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set
forth. In all such examinations made by me in connection with this opinion, I
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the completeness and
authenticity of all records and all documents submitted to me as copies thereof.
As to various matters of fact relevant to the opinions hereinafter expressed, I
have relied upon the representations and warranties
contained in the Agreements and statements and certificates of officers and
representatives of the Company. As to matters in Paragraph 5 below with respect
to which I opine based on my knowledge, I have relied solely upon inquiries made
to and responses received from officers and representatives of the Company and
the documents furnished to me by representatives of the Company, which documents
such representatives have informed me include the only material indentures,
agreements and instruments to which the Company is a party or by which it or any
of its properties or assets are bound.
In addition to the foregoing, I have assumed that, if the Trustee, the
Trust Administrator, the Company or any Certificateholder seeks to enforce any
of their respective rights under the Agreements, they will do so only in good
faith and only in circumstances and in a manner in which it is commercially
reasonable to do so.
In addition to rendering legal advice and assistance to the Company in
the course of the negotiation and preparation of the Agreements, involving,
among other things, discussions and inquiries concerning various legal matters
and the review of certain corporate records, documents and proceedings, I also
participated in conferences with representatives of the Depositor and the
Company's independent certified public accountants, at which the contents of the
Prospectus Supplement and related matters were discussed and revised. I have
not, however, except with respect to matters expressly covered by this opinion,
independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Prospectus Supplement, and, due to the limitations inherent in
the information available to me and the nature and extent of my participation in
such conferences, I am unable to assume, and I do not assume, any responsibility
for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements.
I express no opinion except as to (i) United States federal law and
(ii) the laws of the State of California.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
1. The Company is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all
business contemplated by the Agreements in any state in which a Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Loan is located or is otherwise not required under
applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance
with the doing business laws of any such State, to the extent necessary to
ensure the enforceability of each Mortgage Loan and the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
2. The Company has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated
by each and all of the Agreements and has all requisite power, authority and
legal right to execute and deliver the Agreements and any other documents
delivered in connection therewith and to perform and observe the terms and
conditions of such instruments.
3. Each of the Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable
in accordance with its respective terms against the Company, except as such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors generally and by general equity principles regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
4. No consent, approval, authorization, license, permit or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of, or compliance by the Company with, any or all of
the Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Agreements.
5. The execution and delivery of the Agreements by the Company, the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Company, the consummation of any other of
the transactions contemplated by the Agreements and the fulfillment of or
compliance with the terms of the Agreements are in the ordinary course of
business of the Company and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term
or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) materially conflict
with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration of or result in a
material default under the terms of any other material agreement or instrument
of which I have knowledge to which the Company is a party or by which it may be
bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Company of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company; and the Company is not a party to, bound by or in
material breach or violation of any material indenture or other material
agreement or instrument of which I have knowledge, or subject to or in violation
of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which
materially and adversely affects or, to the best of my knowledge, will in the
future materially and adversely affect, (x) the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under the Agreements or (y) the business, operations,
financial condition, properties or assets of the Company taken as a whole.
6. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement dated September __,
2001, to the best of my knowledge, no litigation is pending against the Company
that would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of the Agreements or the ability of the Company to service the
Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms thereof.
7. Based upon my participation, nothing has come to my attention that
has caused me to believe that the information contained in the Prospectus
Supplement, dated September __, 2001 relating to the Mortgage Loans, the
Company, and its loan portfolio, and with respect to any private placement
memorandum or other offering document, any information of a comparable
nature,(i) is not true and accurate, (2) contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or (3) omits to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
This opinion is solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof, and
may not be relied upon in any manner by any other person or entity.
Respectfully submitted,
--------------------------
EXHIBIT E-1
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
LOAN INFORMATION
Name of Mortgagor: ______________________________
Master Servicer
Loan No.: ______________________________
TRUSTEE
Name: ______________________________
Address: ______________________________
______________________________
Trustee Mortgage
File No.: ______________________________
TRUST ADMINISTRATOR
Name: ______________________________
Address: ______________________________
______________________________
DEPOSITOR
Name: AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
Address: ______________________________
Certificates: Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2001-2.
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it has
received from _______________________, as Trustee for the Holders of Floating
Rate Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2001-2, the documents referred
to below (the "Documents"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001, among the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator, the Depositor and the Master Servicer (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement").
( ) Promissory Note dated _______________, 19__, in the original principal sum
of $__________, made by _____________________, payable to, or endorsed to
the order of, the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage recorded on _________________________ as instrument no.
____________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the County of
_______________, State of __________________ in book/reel/docket
_________________ of official records at page/image _____________.
( ) Deed of Trust recorded on ___________________ as instrument no.
________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the County of
_________________, State of ____________________ in book/reel/docket
_________________ of official records at page/image ______________.
( ) Assignment of Mortgage or Deed of Trust to the Trustee, recorded on
__________________ as instrument no. _________ in the County Recorder's
Office of the County of _______________, State of ____________________ in
book/reel/docket ____________ of official records at page/image __________.
( ) Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or other assumptions
of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
( ) ______________________________
( ) ______________________________
( ) ______________________________
( ) ______________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees as
follows:
(1) The Master Servicer shall hold and retain possession of the
Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the purposes
provided in the Agreement.
(2) The Master Servicer shall not cause or permit the Documents to
become subject to, or encumbered by, any claim, liens, security interest,
charges, writs of attachment or other impositions nor shall the Master Servicer
assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of setoff to or against the
Documents or any proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every Document
previously requested from the Mortgage File to the Trustee when the need
therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan relating to the Documents
has been liquidated and the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the
Collection Account and except as expressly provided in the Agreement.
(4) The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including any proceeds of
proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the Master Servicer shall at
all times be earmarked for the account of the Trustee, and the Master Servicer
shall keep the Documents and any proceeds separate and distinct from all other
property in the Master Servicer's possession, custody or control.
Dated:
[MASTER SERVICER]
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT E-2
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
[Mortgage Loans Paid in Full]
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND TRUST RECEIPT FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE PASS-
THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2001-2
____________________________________________________ HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT
HE/SHE IS AN OFFICER OF THE MASTER SERVICER, HOLDING THE OFFICE SET FORTH
BENEATH HIS/HER SIGNATURE, AND HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIES AS FOLLOWS:
WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS, AS THE TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE:
ALL PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM (IF ANY), AND INTEREST HAVE BEEN
MADE.
LOAN NUMBER: _______________ BORROWER'S NAME: _____________
COUNTY: _____________________
WE HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PAYMENTS,
WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE COLLECTION ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO SECTION
3.10 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE CREDITED.
_____________________________ DATED: ______________________
/ / VICE PRESIDENT
/ / ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
[DATED]
Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A.
1761 East St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, California 92705-4934
Re: Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Floating Rate Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2, Class ___,
representing a ___% Class ___ Percentage Interest
-------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the transfer by ________________ (the "Transferor") to
________________ (the "Transferee") of the captioned mortgage pass-through
certificates (the "Certificates"), the Transferor hereby certifies as follows:
Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered,
pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate, any
interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any
manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition or
other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or
any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) has made any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, (e)
has taken any other action, that (in the case of each of subclauses (a) through
(e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or would render the
disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or any
state securities law or would require registration or qualification pursuant
thereto. The Transferor will not act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize
any person to act, in any manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with
respect to any Certificate. The Transferor will not sell or otherwise transfer
any of the Certificates, except in compliance with the provisions of that
certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001, among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. as Depositor, Ameriquest Mortgage Company as
Master Servicer, U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee and Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A. as Trust Administrator (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), pursuant to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Certificates
were issued.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
[Transferor]
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
[Date]
Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A.
1761 East St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, California 92705-4934
Re: Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Floating Rate Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2, Class ___,
representing a ___% Class ___ Percentage Interest
-------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the purchase from ______________________ (the "Transferor")
on the date hereof of the captioned trust certificates (the "Certificates"),
_______________ (the "Transferee") hereby certifies as follows:
1. The Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as
that term is defined in Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") and has completed either
of the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as
Annex 1 or Annex 2. The Transferee is aware that the sale to it
is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Transferee is
acquiring the Certificates for its own account or for the account
of a qualified institutional buyer, and understands that such
Certificate may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a
person reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer
that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration
under the 1933 Act.
2. The Transferee has been furnished with all information
regarding (a) the Certificates and distributions thereon, (b) the
nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, (c) the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below, and (d) any
credit enhancement mechanism associated with the Certificates,
that it has requested.
All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2001, among Ameriquest
Mortgage Securities Inc. as Depositor, Ameriquest Mortgage Company as
Master Servicer, U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee and Bankers
Trust Company of California, N.A. as Trust Administrator, pursuant to
which the Certificates were issued.
[TRANSFEREE]
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT F-1
----------------------
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
--------------------------------------------------------
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of Transferor]
(the "Transferor") and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. as Trust
Administrator, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificates (the
"Certificates") described in the Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
entity purchasing the Certificates (the "Transferee").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the Transferee is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Transferee owned and/or
invested on a discretionary basis $______________________1 in securities (except
for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Transferee's
most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
144A) and (ii) the Transferee satisfies the criteria in the category marked
below.
___ CORPORATION, ETC. The Transferee is a corporation (other than a bank,
savings and loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts or
similar business trust, partnership, or any organization described in
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
___ BANK. The Transferee (a) is a national bank or banking institution
organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District of
Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to banking
and is supervised by the State or territorial banking commission or
similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and
(b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated
in its latest annual financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO.
___ SAVINGS AND LOAN. The Transferee (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
homestead association or similar institution, which is supervised and
examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision over any
such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan association or
equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
1Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Transferee is a dealer, and, in that
case, Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at
least $10,000,000 in securities. $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO.
___ BROKER-DEALER. The Transferee is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
___ INSURANCE COMPANY. The Transferee is an insurance company whose
primary and predominant business activity is the writing of insurance
or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies and
which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner or a
similar official or agency of a State, territory or the District of
Columbia.
___ STATE OR LOCAL PLAN. The Transferee is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA PLAN. The Transferee is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
___ INVESTMENT ADVISOR. The Transferee is an investment advisor registered
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
3. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee, (ii) securities
that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Transferee, if
the Transferee is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or
any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of
deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities
owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate
and commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Transferee, the Transferee
used the cost of such securities to the Transferee and did not include any of
the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining
such aggregate amount, the Transferee may have included securities owned by
subsidiaries of the Transferee, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated
with the Transferee in its financial statements prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Transferee's direction. However, such
securities were not included if the Transferee is a majority-owned, consolidated
subsidiary of another enterprise and the Transferee is not itself a reporting
company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The Transferee acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the Transferor and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Transferee may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
_____ _____ Will the Transferee be purchasing the Certificates
Yes No only for the Transferee's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the Transferee
agrees that, in connection with any purchase of securities sold to the
Transferee for the account of a third party
(including any separate account) in reliance on Rule 144A, the Transferee will
only purchase for the account of a third party that at the time is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A. In addition, the
Transferee agrees that the Transferee will not purchase securities for a third
party unless the Transferee has obtained a current representation letter from
such third party or taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to
conclude that such third party independently meets the definition of "qualified
institutional buyer" set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The Transferee will notify each of the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice is given, the Transferee's purchase of the Certificates will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such
purchase. In addition, if the Transferee is a bank or savings and loan as
provided above, the Transferee agrees that it will furnish to such parties
updated annual financial statements promptly after they become available.
Dated:
Print Name of Transferee
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT F-1
----------------------
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
--------------------------------------------------------
[For Transferees That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of Transferor]
(the "Transferor") and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trust
Administrator, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificates (the
"Certificates") described in the Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the entity purchasing the
Certificates (the "Transferee") or, if the Transferee is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because the Transferee is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the investment
adviser (the "Adviser").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the Transferee is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because (i) the
Transferee is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, and (ii) as marked below, the Transferee alone, or the Transferee's
Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Transferee's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of
securities owned by the Transferee or the Transferee's Family of Investment
Companies, the cost of such securities was used.
____ The Transferee owned $___________________ in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Transferee is part of a Family of Investment Companies
which owned in the aggregate $______________ in securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
the end of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "FAMILY OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES" as used herein means two
or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee or are part of the
Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes
and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase
agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and
(vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Transferee is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties to which this certification is being made are relying and will continue
to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Transferee will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee will
only purchase for the Transferee's own account.
6. The undersigned will notify the parties to which this certification
is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such
notice, the Transferee's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
Dated:
Print Name of Transferee or Advisor
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
____________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of the purchaser named
below (the "Purchaser") as follows:
1. I am an executive officer of the Purchaser.
2. The Purchaser is a "qualified institutional buyer", as defined in
Rule 144A, ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
3. As of the date specified below (which is not earlier than the last
day of the Purchaser's most recent fiscal year), the amount of
"securities", computed for purposes of Rule 144A, owned and invested on a
discretionary basis by the Purchaser was in excess of $100,000,000.
Name of Purchaser _________________________________________________________
By: (Signature) _________________________________________________________
Name of Signatory _________________________________________________________
Title _______________________________________________________________________
Date of this certificate _______________________________________________________
Date of information provided in paragraph 3 ____________________________________
EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
____________________________, being duly sworn, deposes, represents
and warrants as follows:
1. I am a ______________________ of ____________________________ (the
"Owner") a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
______________, the record owner of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.,
Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2, [Class R] (the
"Class R Certificates"), on behalf of whom I make this affidavit and agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings
assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which the
Class R Certificates were issued.
2. The Owner (i) is and will be a "Permitted Transferee" as of
____________________, 2001 and (ii) is acquiring the Class R Certificates for
its own account or for the account of another Owner from which it has received
an affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit. A "Permitted
Transferee" is any person other than a "disqualified organization" or a
possession of the United States. For this purpose, a "disqualified organization"
means the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality all of
the activities of which are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of directors is not selected by
any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international
organization or any agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or
organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative, or any organization
(other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business
taxable income.
3. The Owner is aware (i) of the tax that would be imposed on
transfers of the Class R Certificates to disqualified organizations under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that applies to all transfers of the Class R
Certificates after March 31, 1988; (ii) that such tax would be on the transferor
or, if such transfer is through an agent (which person includes a broker,
nominee or middleman) for a non-Permitted Transferee, on the agent; (iii) that
the person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for the
tax if the transferee furnishes to such person an affidavit that the transferee
is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of transfer, such person does not
have actual knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that each of the
Class R Certificates may be a "noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning
of proposed Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code and that the
transferor of a "noneconomic residual interest" will remain liable for any taxes
due with respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant
purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
4. The Owner is aware of the tax imposed on a "pass-through entity"
holding the Class R Certificates if, at any time during the taxable year of the
pass-through entity, a non- Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an
interest in such entity. (For this purpose, a "pass- through entity" includes a
regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust
fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives.)
5. The Owner is aware that the Trustee will not register the transfer
of any Class R Certificate unless the transferee, or the transferee's agent,
delivers to the Trustee, among other things, an affidavit in substantially the
same form as this affidavit. The Owner expressly agrees that it will not
consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any of the
representations contained in such affidavit and agreement are false.
6. The Owner consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements
that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable
arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificates will only be owned, directly
or indirectly, by an Owner that is a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Owner's taxpayer identification number is ____________.
8. The Owner has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the face of
the Class R Certificates and the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement under which the Class R Certificates were issued (in
particular, clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B) of Section 5.02(d) which authorize the
Trustee to deliver payments to a person other than the Owner and negotiate a
mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event that the Owner holds such Certificate
in violation of Section 5.02(d)); and that the Owner expressly agrees to be
bound by and to comply with such restrictions and provisions.
9. The Owner is not acquiring and will not transfer the Class R
Certificates in order to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
10. The Owner anticipates that it will, so long as it holds the Class
R Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the holder of
such Class R Certificates, and hereby represents to and for the benefit of the
person from whom it acquired the Class R Certificates that the Owner intends to
pay taxes associated with holding such Class R Certificates as they become due,
fully understanding that it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash
flows generated by the Class R Certificates.
11. The Owner has no present knowledge that it may become insolvent or
subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as it holds the Class R
Certificates.
12. The Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it will be
unable to pay any United States taxes owed by it so long as any of the
Certificates remain outstanding.
13. The Owner is not acquiring the Class R Certificates with the
intent to transfer the Class R Certificates to any person or entity that will
not have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the holder of such Class R
Certificates, or that may become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy
proceeding, for so long as the Class R Certificates remain outstanding.
14. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it makes of
the Class R Certificates, obtain from its transferee the representations
required by Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement under which
the Class R Certificate were issued and will not consummate any such transfer if
it knows, or knows facts that should lead it to believe, that any such
representations are false.
15. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it makes of
the Class R Certificates, deliver to the Trustee an affidavit, which represents
and warrants that it is not transferring the Class R Certificates to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax and that it has no actual knowledge that the
proposed transferee: (i) has insufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by such
transferee as holder of the Class R Certificates; (ii) may become insolvent or
subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Class R Certificates
remains outstanding; and (iii) is not a "Permitted Transferee".
16. The Owner is a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation or partnership (or other entity treated as a corporation or
partnership for federal income tax purposes) created or organized in, or under
the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia
(except, in the case of a partnership or entity treated as a partnership, to the
extent provided in regulations), an estate the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source or a trust other
than a "foreign trust" described in section 7701(a)(31) of the Code.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
__________, 200__.
[OWNER]
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:[Vice] President
ATTEST:
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or proved to me
to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be a [Vice]
President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she] executed the same
as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________, 200__.
______________________________
Notary Public
County of ____________________
State of _____________________
My Commission expires:
FORM OF TRANSFEROR AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss. :
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
_______________________________________, being duly sworn, deposes,
represents and warrants _____________________________ as follows:
1. I am a ____________________ of (the "Owner"), a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of ______________, on behalf of whom I
make this affidavit.
2. The Owner is not transferring the [Class R] (the "Residual
Certificates") to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
3. The Owner has no actual knowledge that the Person that is the
proposed transferee (the "Purchaser") of the Residual Certificates: (i) has
insufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by such proposed transferee as holder
of the Residual Certificates; (ii) may become insolvent or subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Residual Certificates remain
outstanding and (iii) is not a Permitted Transferee.
4. The Owner understands that the Purchaser has delivered to the
Trustee a transfer affidavit and agreement in the form attached to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit F-2. The Owner does not know or believe that
any representation contained therein is false.
5. At the time of transfer, the Owner has conducted a reasonable
investigation of the financial condition of the Purchaser as contemplated by
Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E- 1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result of that
investigation, the Owner has determined that the Purchaser has historically paid
its debts as they became due and has found no significant evidence to indicate
that the Purchaser will not continue to pay its debts as they become due in the
future. The Owner understands that the transfer of a Residual Certificate may
not be respected for United States income tax purposes (and the Owner may
continue to be liable for United States income taxes associated therewith)
unless the Owner has conducted such an investigation.
6. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
___________, 200__.
[OWNER]
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title: [Vice] President
ATTEST:
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or proved to me
to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be a [Vice]
President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she] executed the same
as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________, 200__.
______________________________
Notary Public
County of ___________________
State of _____________________
My Commission expires:
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ERISA AND THE CODE
_____________, 200__
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868
Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A.
1761 East St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, California 92705-4934
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868
Re: Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
Floating Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2001-2, Class [M-1], [M-2]
---------------------------------
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
__________________________________ (the "Transferee") intends to
acquire from _____________________ (the "Transferor") $____________ Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Floating
Rate Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-2, Class ___ (the
"Certificates"), issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated as of September 1, 2001 among
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor"), Ameriquest
Mortgage Company as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee (the "Trustee") and Bankers Trust Company of California,
N.A. as trust administrator (the "Trust Administrator"). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and
warrants to, and covenants with the Depositor, the Trustee, the Trust
Administrator and the Master Servicer that the following statements in either
(1) or (2) are accurate:
_____ (1) The Certificates (i) are not being acquired by, and will not be
transferred to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of
section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended ("ERISA"), or other retirement arrangement, including
individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank
collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate
accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested,
that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") (any of the foregoing, a
"Plan"), (ii) are not being acquired with "plan assets" of a Plan
within the meaning of the Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation,
29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, and (iii) will not be transferred to any
entity that is deemed to be investing in plan assets within the
meaning of the DOL regulation at 29 C.F.R.ss.2510.3-101; or
_____ (2) The purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law,
will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will not subject the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Master Servicer to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and the transferee is an insurance company and (A)
the source of funds used to purchase such Certificate is an "insurance
company general account" (as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60), (B)
the conditions set forth in Sections I and III PTCE 95-60 have been
satisfied and (C) there is no Plan with respect to which the amount of
such general account's reserves and liabilities for contracts held by
or on behalf of such Plan and all other Plans maintained by the same
employer (or any "affiliate" thereof, as defined in PTCE 95-60) or by
the same employee organization, exceeds 10% of the total of all
reserves and liabilities of such general account (as determined under
PTCE 95-60) as of the date of the acquisition of such Certificates.
Very truly yours,
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT H
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT I
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT J
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT O
LOSS MITIGATION ACTION PLAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFAULT MITIGATION ACTION SUPPORTING STANDARDS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forbearance Workout Borrower documents a temporary financial hardship
-------------------
Defer any of the following: resulting in request for a forbearance
1.accrued interest Borrower documents financial ability to pay under the
2.past due principal proposed forbearance terms
3.escrow advances Borrower expresses a willingness to perform.
4.corporate advances Current monthly payments are scheduled to be made
5.ancillary fees prior to late charge date during the forbearance term
6.any combination of the above
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan Modification Workout Borrower documents a non-temporary financial
-------------------------
Any of the following: hardship resulting in the request for a loan
1.waive accrued interest modification
2.waive past due principal Borrower documents financial ability to pay under the
3.waive corporate advances proposed loan modification terms
4.waive ancillary fees Borrower does not have the ability to pay under the
5.reduce principal original loan terms
6.reduce interest rate Borrower expresses a willingness to perform
7.any combination of the above items No waiver of escrow advances (taxes and insurance) is
8.any combination with the Forbearance items allowed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Short Sale Disposal Sale to a third party
-------------------
Waive or negotiate a reduced amount of any Independent appraisal supports sale price
of the following: No cash to seller (borrower), excluding costs necessary
1.accrued interest to close
2.principal Borrower does not have the ability and/or willingness
3.escrow advances to pay
4.corporate advances Borrower no longer wants property
5.ancillary fees
6.prepayment charges
7.any combination of the above items
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Short pay-off Disposal Refinance by independent third party Lender
----------------------
Waive or negotiate a reduced amount of any Independent appraisal supports new loan amount
of the following: New loan is no cash out (i.e. no cash to borrower
1.accrued interest excluding costs necessary to close)
2.principal Borrower has expressed his/her unwillingness to pay
3.escrow advances Anticipated refinance time frame is less than
4.corporate advances anticipated foreclosure time frame
5.ancillary fees
6.prepayment charges
7.any combination of the above items
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFAULT MITIGATION ACTION SUPPORTING STANDARDS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deed-in-lieu Disposal Borrower has already or will abandon the property or
---------------------
is willing to vacate the property (in a broom sweep
condition) on a mutually agreeable date
Borrower does not have the ability and/or willingness
to pay
Independent appraisal confirms property has a value
Title is clean
Property appears to be resalable based on condition
and value shown in independent appraisal
Property does not appear to have any environmental or
hazardous conditions (or such conditions appear to be
curable)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foreclosure Disposal Borrower has already or will abandon the property
--------------------
(which may be by an eviction proceeding or mutual
agreement)
Borrower does not have the ability and/or willingness
to pay
Independent appraisal confirms property has a value
Property appears to be resalable based on condition
and value shown in independent appraisal
Property does not appear to have any environmental or
hazardous conditions (or such conditions appear to be
curable)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Workouts in the form of either a Forbearance or Loan Modification require that
the Borrower document the existence of a financial hardship leading to the
payment delinquency and document the ability to make the payments required under
the proposed Forbearance or Loan Modification. If the Borrower fails to meet
both of these conditions or the Borrower is uncooperative, a Disposal Loss
Mitigation Action will be employed to liquidate the delinquent loan, assuming
the Borrower does not otherwise cure the existing default. Each of the Default
Mitigation Actions and Supporting Standards may not be applicable to each and
every loan subject to a default in its monthly payments and in those cases where
a Default Mitigation Action or Supporting Standard may be applicable, each is
subject to amendment and/or waiver on an individual basis pursuant to applicable
federal, state and local laws, decisional authorities, court orders,
instructions of regulatory and/or other governmental authorities, the advice of
legal counsel, instructions from the Trustee and changes in the loan servicing
standards.
SCHEDULE 1
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
Filed by Paper
SCHEDULE 2
PREPAYMENT CHARGE SCHEDULE
Available Upon Request
SCHEDULE 3
PMI MORTGAGE LOANS
Available Upon Request