Exhibit 4.2
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[IMPAC SECURED ASSETS CORP.]
Depositor,
[NAME OF MASTER SERVICER]
Master Servicer,
and
[NAME OF TRUSTEE],
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of_____________1, 200_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-__
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms
Accrued Certificate Interest
Adjustment Date
Advance
Agreement
Anniversary
Assignment
Assignment Agreement
Available Distribution Amount
Bankruptcy Amount
Bankruptcy Code
Bankruptcy Loss
Business Day
Cash Liquidation
Certificate
Certificate Account
Certificate Account Deposit Date
Certificateholder
Holder
Certificate Owner
Certificate Principal Balance
Certificate Register
Closing Date
Code
Collateral Value
Converted Mortgage Loan
Convertible Mortgage Loan
Converting Mortgage Loan
Corporate Trust Office
Custodial Account
Cut-off Date
Debt Service Reduction
Deficient Valuation
Definitive Certificate
Deleted Mortgage Loan
Company
Determination Date
Distribution Date
Due Date
Due Period
Duff & Phelps
Eligible Account
Event of Default
Excess Bankruptcy Loss
Excess Fraud Loss
Excess Special Hazard Loss
Extraordinary Events
Extraordinary Losses
FDIC
FHLMC
Fitch
FNMA
Fraud Losses
Fraud Loss Amount
Funding Date
Gross Margin
Index
ICI Funding Corporation
Initial Certificate Principal Balance
Insurance Policy
Insurance Proceeds
Late Collections
Letter of Credit
Letter of Credit Issuer
Liquidation Proceeds
Loan-to-Value Ratio
Master Servicer
Maximum Interest Rate
Minimum Interest Rate
Monthly Payment
Moody's
Mortgage
Mortgage File
Mortgage Loan
Mortgage Loan Schedule
Mortgage Note
Mortgage Rate
Mortgaged Property
Mortgagor
Net Mortgage Rate
Nonrecoverable Advance
Officers' Certificate
Opinion of Counsel
OTS
Outstanding Mortgage Loan
Ownership Interest
Pass-Through Rate
Percentage Interest
Periodic Cap
Permitted Instrument
Person
Prepayment Assumption
Prepayment Interest Shortfall
Prepayment Period
Primary Hazard Insurance Policy
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
Principal Prepayment
Purchase Price
Qualified Insurer
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
Rating Agency
Realized Loss
Record Date
Relief Act
Remittance Report
REO Acquisition
REO Disposition
REO Imputed Interest
REO Proceeds
REO Property
Request for Release
Required Insurance Policy
Responsible Officer
Seller's Warranty Certificate
Servicing Account
Servicing Advances
Servicing Fee
Servicing Fee Rate
Servicing Officer
Single Certificate
Special Hazard Amount
Special Hazard Percentag
Seller
Standard & Poor's
Stated Principal Balance
Sub-Servicer
Sub-Servicer Remittance Date
Sub-Servicing Account
Sub-Servicing Agreement
Tax Returns
Transfer
Transferor
Trust Fund
Trustee
Trustee's Fee
Uninsured Cause
Voting Rights
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
Section 2.02 Acceptance of the Trust Fund by the Trustee
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
Servicer and the Depositor
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor; Repurchase and
Substitution
Section 2.05 Issuance of Certificates Evidencing Interests in the Trust
Fund
Section 2.06 Purposes and Powers of the Trust
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 3.01 Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer
Section 3.02 Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and
Sub-Servicers
Section 3.03 Successor Sub-Servicers
Section 3.04 Liability of the Master Servicer
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicers and Trustee
or Certificateholders
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by
Trustee
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments
Section 3.08 Sub-Servicing Accounts
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing
Accounts
Section 3.10 Custodial Account
Section 3.11 Permitted Withdrawals From the Custodial Account
Section 3.12 Permitted Instruments
Section 3.13 Maintenance of the Letter of Credit, Primary Mortgage Insurance
and Primary Hazard Insurance
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements
Section 3.15 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans
Section 3.16 Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files
Section 3.17 Servicing Compensation
Section 3.18 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Policies
Section 3.19 Annual Statement as to Compliance
Section 3.20 Assessments of Compliance and Attestation Reports
Section 3.21 Access to Certain Documentation
Section 3.22 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property
Section 3.23 Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer
Section 3.24 Additional Obligations of the Depositor
Section 3.25 Converted Mortgage Loans; Purchase Obligations Upon Conversion;
Administration by the Trustee
Section 3.26 Exchange Act Reporting
Section 3.27 Intention of the Parties and Interpretation
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01 Certificate Account; Distributions
Section 4.02 Statements to Certificateholders
Section 4.03 Remittance Reports; Advances by the Master Servicer
Section 4.04 Allocation of Realized Losses
Section 4.05 Information Reports to be Filed by the Master Servicer
Section 4.06 The Letter of Credit
Section 4.07 Compliance with Withholding Requirements
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates
Section 5.02 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners
ARTICLE VI
THE Depositor AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01 Liability of the Depositor and the Master Servicer
Section 6.02 Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and Others
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders
Section 7.04 Waiver of Events of Default
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of Trustee
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates
Section 8.05 Payment of Trustee's Fees
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
Section 8.11 Information Reports and Tax Returns
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage
Loans
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts
Section 10.03 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders
Section 10.04 Governing Law
Section 10.05 Notices
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions
Section 10.07 Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiary
Section 10.08 Article and Section Headings
Section 10.09 Notice to Rating Agencies and Certificateholder
Signatures
Acknowledgments
Exhibit A Form of A Certificate
Exhibit B Form of Irrevocable Letter of Credit
Exhibit C Form of Trustee Initial Certification
Exhibit D Form of Trustee Final Certification
Exhibit E Form of Remittance Report
Exhibit F-1 Request for Release
Exhibit F-2 Request for Release for Mortgage Loans Paid in Full
Exhibit G-1 Form of Investor Representation Letter
Exhibit G-2 Form of Transferor Representation Letter
Exhibit G-3 Form of Investor Representation Letter for Insurance Companies
Exhibit H Mortgage Loan Schedule Exhibit I Sponsor 's Warranty
Certificate
Exhibit J Form of Notice Under Section 3.24
Exhibit K Form of Back-Up Certification to Form 10-K Certification
Exhibit L Servicing Criteria to Be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Exhibit M Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K Reporting Responsibility
This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, effective as of ___________ 1,
200_, among IMPAC SECURED ASSETS CORP., as the depositor (together with its
permitted successors and assigns, the "Depositor"), [NAME OF MASTER SERVICER]
[IMPAC FUNDING CORPORATION], as master servicer (together with its permitted
successors and assigns, the "Master Servicer"), and [NAME OF TRUSTEE], as
trustee (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the "Trustee"),
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell mortgage pass-through certificates (the
"Certificates"), which will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in
the Mortgage Loans (as defined herein). The Mortgage Loans have an aggregate
Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date equal to $_____________. The
Mortgage Loans are adjustable rate mortgage loans having terms to maturity at
origination or modification of not more than 30 years.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this
Article.
"Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to each Distribution Date,
one month's interest accrued at the then applicable Pass-Through Rate on the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date. Accrued Certificate Interest will be calculated on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In each case Accrued
Certificate Interest on the Certificates will be reduced by the amount of (i)
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, if any, which are not covered by payments by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 with respect to such Distribution Date,
(ii) the interest portion (adjusted to the related Net Mortgage Rate) of any of
Realized Losses (including Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses,
Excess Bankruptcy Losses and Extraordinary Losses) not covered by draws on the
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 4.04, (iii) the interest portion of
Advances previously made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or REO Property which
remained unreimbursed following the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition of such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property that was made with respect to delinquencies that
were ultimately determined to be Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud
Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses, and (iv) any other
interest shortfalls, including interest that is not collectible from the
Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations as in
effect from time to time; with all such reductions allocated to the
Certificates, in proportion to their respective amounts of Accrued Certificate
Interest which would have resulted absent such reductions.
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date set
forth in the related Mortgage Note on which the Mortgage Rate may change and
each semi-annual anniversary of such date. The first Adjustment Date as to each
Mortgage Loan is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Advance": As to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the Master
Servicer on any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.03.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof.
"Anniversary": Each anniversary of ___________ 1, 20__.
"Assessment of Compliance": As defined in Section 3.20.
"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of
the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of
record the sale of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments
covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county,
if permitted by law.
"Assignment Agreement": The Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated
as of ____________, 200_, between [Impac Funding Corporation] and the Depositor
relating to the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans.
"Attestation Report" As defined in Section 3.20.
"Available Distribution Amount": With respect to each Distribution
Date, the Available Distribution Amount will be an amount equal to (a) the sum
of (i) the balance on deposit in the Custodial Account as of the close of
business on the related Determination Date and (ii) the aggregate amount of any
Advances made, all required amounts pursuant to Section 3.22 and all amounts
required to be paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.13 and 3.23 by
deposits into the Certificate Account on the immediately preceding Certificate
Account Deposit Date, reduced by (b) the sum, as of the close of business on the
related Determination Date of (i) Monthly Payments collected but due during a
Due Period subsequent to the Due Period ending on the first day of the month of
the related Distribution Date, (ii) all interest or other income earned on
deposits in the Custodial Account, (iii) any other amounts reimbursable or
payable to the Master Servicer or any other Person pursuant to Section 3.11,
(iv) Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Principal Prepayments, REO
Proceeds and the proceeds of Mortgage Loan purchases (or amounts received in
connection with substitutions) made pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.04 and 3.25, in
each case received or made in the month of such Distribution Date and (v) the
Trustee's Fee.
"Bankruptcy Amount": As of any date of determination, an amount, equal
to the excess, if any, of (A) $ , over (B) the aggregate amount of draws made
under the Letter of Credit with respect to Bankruptcy Losses since the Cut- off
Date up to such date of determination in accordance with Section 4.04.
The Bankruptcy Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer
(including accelerating the manner in which such coverage is reduced) provided
that prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the
rating assigned to the Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the
then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the
Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such written
confirmation to the Trustee.
"Bankruptcy Code": The United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as
amended.
"Bankruptcy Loss": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Deficient
Valuation or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a Deficient
Valuation or a Debt Service Reduction shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss
hereunder so long as the Master Servicer has notified the Trustee in writing
that the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist in
connection with the related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage
Loan is not in default with regard to payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent
payments of principal and interest under the related Mortgage Loan and any
related escrow payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a
current basis by the Master Servicer, in either case without giving effect to
any Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction.
"Business Day": Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the State of or the State of (and such
other state or states in which the Custodial Account, the Certificate Account or
the office of the Letter of Credit Issuer at which draws under the Letter of
Credit are to be made is at the time located) are required or authorized by law
or executive order to be closed.
"Cash Liquidation": As to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a
Mortgage Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred, the final receipt by or
on behalf of the Master Servicer of all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer reasonably and
in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to such Mortgage
Loan.
"Certificate": Any one of the Certificates, executed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A.
"Certificate Account": The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.01, which shall be entitled
"_________________________________, as trustee, in trust for the registered
holders of Impac Secured Assets Corp., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_" and which must be an Eligible Account.
"Certificate Account Deposit Date": The 20th day (or if such 20th day
is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 20th day) of
the month.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that 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 10.01. The Trustee shall be
entitled to rely upon a certification of the Depositor or the Master Servicer in
determining if any Certificates are registered in the name of a respective
affiliate.
"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 an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depositor
Participant acts as agent, if any, and otherwise on the books of a Depositor
Participant, if any, and otherwise on the books of the Depositor.
"Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each Certificate, on
any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Initial Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate as specified on the face thereof, minus
(ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate of all amounts previously distributed with
respect to such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) and applied to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(b) and
(y) the aggregate of all reductions in Certificate Principal Balance deemed to
have occurred in connection with Realized Losses which were previously allocated
to such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) pursuant to Section 4.04.
"Certificate Register": The register maintained pursuant to Section
5.02.
"Closing Date": ___________ ___, 200_.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collateral Value": The appraised value of a Mortgaged Property based
upon the lesser of (i) the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan, or (ii) the sales price of such Mortgaged Property at
such time of origination. With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which
were used to refinance an existing mortgage loan, the appraised value of the
Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal (as reviewed and approved by the
Sponsor) obtained at the time of refinancing.
"Converted Mortgage Loan": Any Convertible Mortgage Loan with respect
to which the interest rate borne by such Mortgage Loan has been converted from
an adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate.
"Convertible Mortgage Loan": Any Mortgage Loan which by its terms
grants to the related Mortgagor the option to convert the interest rate borne by
such Mortgage Loan from an adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate.
"Converting Mortgage Loan": Any Convertible Mortgage Loan with respect
to which the related Mortgagor has given notice of his intent to convert from an
adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate and prior to the conversion of
such Mortgage Loan.
"Corporate Trust Office": The principal office of the Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this
Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of
this instrument is located at _______________________________________________,
Attention: __________________________ Series 200_-__.
"Custodial Account": The custodial account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.10 in a depository institution, as custodian
for the holders of the Certificates, for the holders of certain other interests
in mortgage loans serviced or sold by the Master Servicer and for the Master
Servicer, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.10 shall be deposited
directly. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.
"Cut-off Date": ____________ 1, 200_.
"Current Report" The Current Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act.
"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 constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a
permanent forgiveness of principal.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
by a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less
than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, which valuation
results from a proceeding initiated by the Mortgagor under the Bankruptcy Code.
"Definitive Certificate": Any definitive, fully registered Certificate.
"Deleted Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced
with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
"Depositor": Impac Secured Assets Corp., or its successor in interest.
"Determination Date": The 15th day (or if such 15th day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 15th day) of the month
of the related Distribution Date.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any month, or if such 25th day is
not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day
commencing on _________ 25, 200_.
"Distribution Report" The Asset-Backed Issuer Distribution Report
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
"Due Date": The first day of the month of the related Distribution
Date.
"Due Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date (or, with respect to the first Due Period, the day following
the Cut-off Date) and ending on the related Due Date.
["Duff & Phelps": Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Company or its successor
in interest.]
"Eligible Account": An account maintained with a federal or state
chartered depository institution (i) the short-term obligations of which are
rated by each of the Rating Agencies in its highest rating at the time of any
deposit therein, or (ii) insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by such
Corporation), the uninsured deposits in which account are otherwise secured such
that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained by and at the expense of
the Person requesting that the account be held pursuant to this clause (ii))
delivered to the Trustee prior to the establishment of such account, the
Certificateholders will have a claim with respect to the funds in such account
and a perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which
shall be limited to Permitted Instruments, each of which shall mature not later
than the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date next following
the date of investment in such collateral or the Distribution Date if such
Permitted Instrument is an obligation of the institution that maintains the
Certificate Account or Custodial Account) securing such funds that is superior
to claims of any other depositors or general creditors of the depository
institution with which such account is maintained or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or
trust company with trust powers acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) an
account or accounts of a depository institution acceptable to the Rating
Agencies (as evidenced in writing by the Rating Agencies that use of any such
account as the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account will not have an
adverse effect on the then- current ratings assigned to the Certificates).
Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
"Event of Default": One or more of the events described in Section
7.01.
"Excess Bankruptcy Loss": Any Bankruptcy Loss, or portion thereof,
which exceeds the then applicable Bankruptcy Amount.
"Excess Fraud Loss": Any Fraud Loss, or portion thereof, which exceeds
the then applicable Fraud Loss Amount.
"Excess Special Hazard Loss": Any Special Hazard Loss, or portion
thereof, that exceeds the then applicable Special Hazard Amount.
"Extraordinary Events": Any of the following conditions with respect to
a Mortgaged Property or Mortgage Loan causing or resulting in a loss which
causes the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan:
(a) losses that are of a type that would be covered by the fidelity
bond and the errors and omissions insurance policy required to be maintained
pursuant to Section 3.18 but are in excess of the coverage maintained
thereunder;
(b) nuclear reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive contamination,
all whether controlled or uncontrolled, and whether such loss be direct or
indirect, proximate or remote or be in whole or in part caused by, contributed
to or aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of the term "Special
Hazard Loss";
(c) hostile or warlike action in time of peace or war, including action
in hindering, combatting or defending against an actual, impending or expected
attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power, de jure or de facto,
or by any authority maintaining or using military, naval or air forces;
or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power, authority or
forces;
(d) any weapon of war employing atomic fission or radioactive force
whether in time of peace or war; or
(e) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped power or action
taken by governmental authority in hindering, combatting or defending against
such an occurrence, seizure or destruction under quarantine or customs
regulations, confiscation by order of any government or public authority; or
risks of contraband or illegal transportation or trade.
"Extraordinary Losses": Any loss incurred on a Mortgage Loan caused by
or resulting from an Extraordinary Event.
"Fannie Mae": Fannie Mae (formerly, Federal National Mortgage
Association) or any successor thereto.
"FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor.
"FHLMC": Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor.
["Fitch": Fitch Investors Service, Inc., or its successor in interest.]
"FNMA": Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor.
"Fraud Losses": Any Realized Loss sustained by reason of a default
arising from fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation in connection with the
related Mortgage Loan.
"Fraud Loss Amount": As of any date of determination after the Cut- off
Date, an amount equal to: (X) up to and including the [first] anniversary of the
Cut-off Date an amount equal to ______% of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date minus the aggregate
amount of draws made under the Letter of Credit with respect to Fraud Losses
since the Cut-off Date up to such date of determination, (Y) from the [first] to
the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to (1) the lesser of
(a) the Fraud Loss Amount as of the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date
and (b) ______% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the
Mortgage Loans as of the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date minus (2)
the aggregate amount of draws made under the Letter of Credit with respect to
Fraud Losses since the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date up to such
date of determination. On and after the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date
the Fraud Loss Amount shall be zero.
The Fraud Loss Amount may be further reduced by the Master Servicer
(including accelerating the manner in which such coverage is reduced) provided
that prior to any such reduction, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that such reduction shall not reduce the
rating assigned to the Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the
then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the
Closing Date by such Rating Agency and (ii) provide a copy of such written
confirmation to the Trustee.
"Funding Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date on which
funds were advanced by or on behalf of the Sponsor and interest began to accrue
thereunder.
"Gross Margin": As to each Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage set
forth in the related Mortgage Note and indicated in Exhibit H hereto which
percentage is added to the Index on each Adjustment Date to determine (subject
to rounding in accordance with the related Mortgage Note, Periodic Cap, Maximum
Interest Rate and Minimum Interest Rate) the interest rate to be borne by such
Mortgage Loan until the next Adjustment Date.
"Index": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Cost of Funds Index
reflecting the monthly weighted average cost of funds of savings and loan
associations and savings banks, the home offices of which are located in
Arizona, California and Nevada, that are member institutions of the FHLB of San
Francisco, as published in The Wall Street Journal, as most recently available
- ----------------------- as of the date ____ days prior to the relevant
Adjustment Date, or in the event that such index is no longer available, an
index selected by the Master Servicer and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
that is based on comparable information.
["Impac Funding Corporation: Impac Funding Corporation, a
___________________ corporation, and any successor thereto.]
"Initial Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to the
Certificates, $_____________.
"Insurance Policy": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy which is required to be maintained from time to time under this Agreement
in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
"Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to the
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and any other insurance policy covering a
Mortgage Loan to the extent such proceeds are not applied to the restoration of
the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans
held for its own account.
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts
received during any Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or
as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late
payments or collections of Monthly Payments due but delinquent for a previous
Due Period and not previously recovered.
"Letter of Credit": The irrevocable letter of credit covering certain
losses on the Mortgage Loans in all of the Mortgage Pools, in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, issued by the letter of Credit Issuer, naming the Trustee as
beneficiary for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as the same may be
terminated, modified or reduced from time to time pursuant to its terms and
Section 4.06, and any replacement letter of credit obtained pursuant to Section
4.06.
"Letter of Credit Issuer": ______________, or if a replacement Letter
of Credit is issued in accordance with the terms hereof, the issuer of such
replacement Letter of Credit.
"Liquidation Proceeds": Amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds)
received by the Master Servicer in connection with the taking of an entire
Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation or
in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through
trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than amounts received in
respect of REO Property.
"Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the current principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan at the date of determination and the denominator of which
is the Collateral Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
"Master Servicer": [Impac Funding Corporation] [Name of Master
Servicer], or any successor master servicer appointed as herein provided.
"Maximum Interest Rate": As to any Mortgage Loan, the maximum interest
rate that may be borne by such Mortgage Loan as set forth in the related
Mortgage Note and indicated in Exhibit H, which rate may be applicable to such
Mortgage Loan at any time during the life of such Mortgage Loan.
"Minimum Interest Rate": As to any Mortgage Loan, the minimum interest
rate that may be borne by such Mortgage Loan as set forth in the related
Mortgage Note and indicated in Exhibit H hereto, which rate may be applicable to
such Mortgage Loan at any time during the life of such Mortgage Loan.
"Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled
monthly payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan which is payable
by a Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage Note as originally
executed (after adjustment, if any, for Principal Prepayments and for Deficient
Valuations occuring prior to such Due Date, and after any adjustment by reason
of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or
grace period).
["Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in
interest.]
"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or any other instrument
securing the Mortgage Loan.
"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; provided, that
whenever the term "Mortgage File" is used to refer to documents actually
received by the Trustee, such term shall not be deemed to include such
additional documents required to be added unless they are actually so added.
"Mortgage Loan": Each of the mortgage loans, transferred and assigned
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03 and from time to time
held in the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans originally so transferred, assigned
and held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit H (and any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans). As used herein, the
term "Mortgage Loan" includes the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date of determination, the schedule
of Mortgage Loans included in the Trust Fund. The initial schedule of Mortgage
Loans with accompanying information transferred on the Closing Date to the
Trustee as part of the Trust Fund for the Certificates, attached hereto as
Exhibit H (as amended from time to time to reflect the addition of Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans) (and, for purposes of the Trustee's review of the
Mortgage Files pursuant to Section 2.02, in computer-readable form as delivered
to the Trustee), which list shall set forth the following information, if
applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the loan number and name of the Mortgagor;
(ii) the street address, city, state and zip code of the
Mortgaged Property;
(iii) the Mortgage Rate;
(iv) Maximum Interest Rate;
(v) Minimum Interest Rate;
(vi) Gross Margin;
(vii) the first Adjustment Rate;
(viii) the Periodic Cap;
(ix) the maturity date;
(x) the original principal balance;
(xi) the first payment date;
(xii) the type of Mortgaged Property;
(xiii) the Monthly Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
(xiv) the principal balance as of the Cut-off Date;
(xv) the occupancy status;
(xvi) the purpose of the Mortgage Loan;
(xvii) the Collateral Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xviii) the original term to maturity;
(xix) the paid-through date of the Mortgage Loan;
(xx) the Loan-to-Value Ratio; and
(xxi) whether or not the Mortgage Loan was underwritten
pursuant to a limited documentation program.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall also set forth the total of the
amounts described under (xiv) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage
Loan Schedule may be in the form of more than one schedule, collectively setting
forth all of the information required. With respect to any Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan, the item described in clause (xiii) shall be set forth as the
date of substitution.
"Mortgage Note": The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at
which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgagor": The obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note.
"Net Mortgage Rate": As to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate of
interest equal to the related Mortgage Rate as in effect from time to time minus
the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Nonrecoverable Advance": Any Advance previously made or proposed to be
made in respect of a Mortgage Loan which, in the good faith judgment of the
Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not be
ultimately recoverable from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds or REO Proceeds. The determination by the Master Servicer
that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate": A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a vice president and by
the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or assistant
secretaries of the Master Servicer or of the Sub-Servicer and delivered to the
Depositor and Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee;
except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any
account required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement as an Eligible
Account, or (b) resignation of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 must
be an opinion of counsel who (i) is in fact independent of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or
in an affiliate of either and (iii) is not connected with the Depositor or the
Master Servicer as an officer, employee, director or person performing similar
functions.
"OTS": Office of Thrift Supervision or any successor.
"Outstanding Mortgage Loan": As to any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan
(including an REO Property) which was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment
in full, Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition and which was not purchased or
substituted for prior to such Due Date pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.04 or 3.25.
"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 Certificates and any
Distribution Date, a rate equal to the weighted average, expressed as a
percentage, of the Net Mortgage Rates of all Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund as
of the Due Date in the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, weighted on the basis of the respective Stated
Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans, which Stated Principal Balances shall
be the Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans at the close of business
on the immediately preceding Distribution Date after giving effect to the
distributions thereon allocable to principal (or, in the case of the initial
Distribution Date, at the close of business on the Cut-off Date).
"Percentage Interest": With respect to any Certificate, the undivided
percentage ownership interest equal to the initial Certificate Principal Balance
thereof divided by the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of all of
the Certificates.
"Periodic Cap": With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the periodic rate
cap which limits the increase or the decrease of the related Mortgage Rate on
any Adjustment Date to _______%.
"Permitted Instruments": Any one or more of the following:
(i) (a) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed
as to 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 and (b) direct obligations
of, and obligations guaranteed as to timely payment by FHLMC or FNMA
if, at the time of investment, they are assigned the highest credit
rating by the Rating Agencies;
(ii) repurchase obligations (the collateral for which is held
by a third party or the Trustee) with respect to any security described
in clause (i) above, provided that the short-term unsecured obligations
of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time
rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest long-term rating
categories;
(iii) certificates of deposit, time deposits, demand deposits
and bankers' acceptances of any bank or trust company incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia, provided that the short-term commercial paper of
such bank or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository
institution in a depository institution holding company, the long-term
unsecured debt obligations of the depository institution holding
company) at the date of acquisition thereof has been rated by each
Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating;
(iv) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more
than nine months) of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia which on
the date of acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in its
highest short- term rating;
(v) a money market fund or a qualified investment fund rated
by each Rating Agency in its highest rating available; and
(vi) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any
other obligation or security acceptable to each Rating Agency in
respect of mortgage pass-through certificates rated in each Rating
Agency's highest rating category;
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Instrument if such
instrument evidences either (a) the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and
interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument where the
principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity exceeding 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying
obligation.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Prepayment Assumption": A prepayment assumption of ____% of the
standard prepayment assumption, used for determining the accrual of original
issue discount and market discount and premium on the Certificates for federal
income tax purposes. The standard prepayment assumption assumes a constant rate
of prepayment of mortgage loans of ___% per annum of the then outstanding
principal balance of such mortgage loans in the first month of the life of the
mortgage loans, increasing by an additional ___% per annum in each succeeding
month until the thirtieth month, and a constant ___% per annum rate of
prepayment thereafter for the life of such mortgage loans.
"Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any Distribution Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a partial Principal Prepayment, a
Principal Prepayment in full, or of a Cash Liquidation or an REO Disposition
during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the amount of interest
that would have accrued at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate (i) in the case of a
Principal Prepayment in full, Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition on the
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such prepayment (or
liquidation), commencing on the date of prepayment (or liquidation) and ending
on the last day of the month of prepayment or liquidation or (ii) in the case of
a partial Principal Prepayment, on the amount of such prepayment, commencing on
the date as of which the prepayment is applied and ending on the last day of the
month of prepayment.
"Prepayment Period": As to any Distribution Date, the calendar month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
"Primary Hazard Insurance Policy": Each primary hazard insurance policy
required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.13.
"Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy": Each primary mortgage insurance
policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.13.
"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 scheduled
interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month
of prepayment.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property)
required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.04 or 3.25, an amount equal
to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof, (ii) unpaid
accrued interest (or REO Imputed Interest) at the sum of the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate, the rate at which the Trustee's Fee accrues on the Stated
Principal Balance thereof outstanding during each Due Period that such interest
was not paid or advanced, from the date through which interest was last paid by
the Mortgagor or advanced and distributed to Certificateholders together with
unpaid related Servicing Fees from the date through which interest was last paid
by the Mortgagor, in each case to the first day of the month in which such
Purchase Price is to be distributed, plus (iii) the aggregate of all Advances
made in respect thereof that were not previously reimbursed.
"Qualified Insurer": An insurance company duly qualified as such under
the laws of the state of its principal place of business and each state having
jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the insurance policy issued by
such insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such states to transact business
in such states and to write the insurance provided by the insurance policy
issued by it, approved as an insurer by the Master Servicer, as a FNMA approved
mortgage insurer and having a claims paying ability rating of at least "AA" by
____________________ and which is acceptable to _________________. Any
replacement insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan must have at least as high a
claims paying ability rating by ____________ and _______________ as the insurer
it replaces had on the Closing Date.
"Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan substituted by
the Depositor for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such
substitution, as confirmed in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee,
(i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of the principal
portion of the monthly payment due in the month of substitution (or in the case
of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an
aggregate outstanding principal balance, after such deduction), not in excess of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any
shortfall to be deposited by the Master Servicer, in the Custodial Account in
the month of substitution); (ii) have a Mortgage Rate and a Net Mortgage Rate no
lower than and not more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Net
Mortgage Rate, respectively, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the date of
substitution; (iii) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than
(and not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv)
comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2 of the
Sponsor's Warranty Certificate; (v) 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; and (vi) be covered under a Primary Insurance
Policy if such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan has a Loan-to-Value Ratio in
excess of 80%. 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 Net Mortgage Rates described in clause (ii)
hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan, the terms described in
clause (iii) shall be determined on the basis of weighted average remaining
terms to maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (v) 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 (iv) hereof must be satisfied as to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
"Rating Agency": [Standard & Poor's] [Moody's] [Fitch] [Duff & Phelps].
If either agency or a successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall
be such statistical credit rating agency, or other comparable Person, designated
by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and
the Master Servicer. References herein to the two highest long term debt rating
categories of a Rating Agency shall mean "AA" or better in the case of [Standard
& Poor's] [Fitch] [Duff & Phelps] and "Aa2" or better in the case of Moody's and
references herein to the highest short-term debt rating of a Rating Agency shall
mean "D-1" or better in the case of [Duff & Phelps] and "A- 1" in the case of
[Standard & Poor's, ] and in the case of any other Rating Agency such references
shall mean such rating categories without regard to any plus or minus.
"Realized Loss": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property as to which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition has occurred, an
amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii)
interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the related Net Mortgage Rate
from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced to
Certificateholders up to the date of the Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition on
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan outstanding during each Due
Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) the proceeds, if
any, received during the month in which such Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition
occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the related Net
Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Mortgage Loan, net of the portion thereof
reimbursable to the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer with respect to related
Advances not previously reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has
become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such
Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by
the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the amount of such Debt Service Reduction.
"Record Date": The last Business Day of the month immediately preceding
the month of the related Distribution Date.
"Regulation AB" Subpart 229,1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation
AB), 17 C.F.R. ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided
by the Commission in the adopting
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended.
"Remittance Report": A report prepared by the Master Servicer providing
the information set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto.
"REO Acquisition": The acquisition by the Master Servicer on behalf of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any REO Property
pursuant to Section 3.15.
"REO Disposition": The receipt by the Master Servicer of Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments and recoveries (including
proceeds of a final sale) which the Master Servicer expects to be finally
recoverable from the sale or other disposition of the REO Property.
"REO Imputed Interest": As to any REO Property, for any period, an
amount equivalent to interest (at the Mortgage Rate that would have been
applicable to the related Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding) on the unpaid
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof (as
such balance is reduced by any income from the REO Property treated as a
recovery of principal pursuant to Section 3.15) .
"REO Proceeds": Proceeds, net of directly related expenses, received in
respect of any REO Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the
rental of the related Mortgaged Property and of any REO Disposition), which
proceeds are required to be deposited into the Custodial Account as and when
received.
"REO Property": A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master Servicer
through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Mortgage Loan.
"Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing Officer, in the
form of Exhibits F-1 or F-2 attached hereto.
"Required Insurance Policy": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy that is required to be maintained
from time to time under this Agreement or pursuant to the provisions of a
Mortgage Loan.
"Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee, the
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the Chairman or
Vice Chairman of the Executive or Standing Committee of the Board of Directors
or Trustees, the President, the Chairman of the Committee on Trust Matters, any
vice president, any assistant vice president, the Secretary, any assistant
secretary, the Treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the Cashier, any assistant
cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the Controller and any
assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Sponsor 's Warranty Certificate": The Sponsor 's Warranty Certificate
of the Sponsor, dated ________ __, 200_, in the form of Exhibit I attached
hereto.
"Servicing Account": The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 3.09.
"Servicing Advances": All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred 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, (iii) the
management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under the second paragraph of Section 3.01 and Section 3.09.
"Servicing Criteria" The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d)
of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time, or those Servicing
Criteria otherwise mutually agreed to by Sponsor and the applicable Servicer in
response to evolving interpretations of Regulation AB and incorporated into a
revised Exhibit L.
"Servicing Fee": As to each Mortgage Loan, an amount, payable out of
any payment of interest on the Mortgage Loan, equal to interest at the related
Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the
calendar month preceding the month in which the payment is due (alternatively,
in the event such payment of interest accompanies a Principal Prepayment in full
made by the Mortgagor, interest for the number of days covered by such payment
of interest).
"Servicing Fee Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum
rate of _______%."
"Servicing Officer": Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, whose
name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the
Master Servicer, as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Single Certificate": A Certificate evidencing the minimum denomination
of the Certificates as set forth in Section 5.01.
"Special Hazard Amount": As of any Distribution Date, an amount equal
to $___________ (the initial "Special Hazard Amount") minus the sum of (i) the
aggregate amount of draws made under the Letter of Credit in accordance with
Section 4.04 since the Cut-off Date and (ii) the Adjustment Amount (as defined
below) as most recently calculated. For each anniversary of the Cut-off Date,
the Adjustment Amount shall be calculated and shall be equal to the amount, if
any, by which the amount calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence
(without giving effect to the deduction of the Adjustment Amount for such
anniversary) exceeds the greater of (A) the product of the Special Hazard
Percentage for such anniversary multiplied by the outstanding principal balance
of all of the Mortgage Loans on such anniversary and (B) twice the outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan which has the largest outstanding
principal balance on such Anniversary.
"Special Hazard Percentage": As of each anniversary of the Cut-off
Date, the greater of (i) 1% and (ii) the largest percentage obtained by dividing
the aggregate outstanding principal balance on such anniversary of the Mortgage
Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in a single, five-digit zip code
area in the State of California by the outstanding principal balance of all the
Mortgage Loans on such anniversary.
"Sponsor": [Impac Funding Corporation], and its successors and assigns.
"[Standard & Poor's": Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of
McGraw Hill, Inc. or its successor in interest.]
"Stated Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property at any given time, (i) the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan outstanding as of the Cut-off Date, after application of principal
payments due on or before such date, whether or not received, minus (ii) the sum
of (a) the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due with respect to such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due Period ending prior to the most
recent Distribution Date which were received or with respect to which an Advance
was made, (b) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or
REO Property, and all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and net income
from a REO Property to the extent applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries
of principal in accordance with Section 3.15 with respect to such Mortgage Loan
or REO Property, which were distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on any previous
Distribution Date and (c) any Realized Loss with respect thereto allocated
pursuant to Section 4.04 for any previous Distribution Date.
"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-Servicer Remittance Date": The 18th day of each month, or if such
day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
"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 and any successor Sub-Servicer relating to servicing
and administration of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.
["Tax Returns": [To be provided.]]
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge,
hypothecation or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
"Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
"Trust Fund": The corpus of the trust created by this Agreement, to the
extent described herein, consisting of the Mortgage Loans, such assets as shall
from time to time be identified as deposited in respect of the Mortgage Loans in
the Custodial Account and in the Certificate Account, property which secured a
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure, proceeds of any Primary Hazard Insurance Policies, if any, and the
Letter of Credit (or any alternate form of credit support substituted therefor)
and all proceeds thereof.
"Trustee": [Name of Trustee], or its successor in interest, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Trustee's Fee": As to each Mortgage Loan and as the Distribution Date,
an amount, payable out of any payment of interest on the Mortgage Loan, equal to
interest at _____% per annum on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the Due Date immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
"Uninsured Cause": Any cause of damage to property subject to a
Mortgage such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully
reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies or flood insurance policies
required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.13.
"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. The Voting Rights shall be
allocated among Holders of the Certificates, in proportion to the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balances of their respective Certificates.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and concurrently with the
execution and delivery hereof, does hereby assign, transfer, sell, set over and
otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and all other assets included or to be included in the
Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Such assignment includes
all principal and interest received by the Master Servicer on or with respect to
the Mortgage Loans (other than payment of principal and interest due on or
before the Cut-off Date).
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor has
requested the Sponsor to deliver to, and deposit with the Trustee, the following
documents or instruments:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Sponsor "Pay
to the order of [Name of Trustee], as trustee without recourse" or to
"Pay to the order of [Name of Trustee], as trustee for holders of Impac
Secured Assets Corp., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
200---, without recourse" with all intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsements from the originator to the Person
endorsing it to the Trustee;
(ii) the original recorded Mortgage or, if the original
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable public recording
office, a copy of the Mortgage certified by the Sponsor to be a true
and complete copy of the original Mortgage submitted to the title
insurance company for recording;
(iii) a duly executed original Assignment of the Mortgage
endorsed by the Sponsor, without recourse, to "[Name of Trustee], as
trustee" or to "[Name of Trustee], as trustee for holders of Impac
Secured Assets Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
200---", with evidence of recording thereon;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments of the
Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator
thereof to the Person assigning it to the Trustee or, if any such
Assignment has not been returned from the applicable public recording
office, a copy of such Assignment certified by the Sponsor to be a true
and complete copy of the original Assignment submitted to the title
insurance company for recording;
(v) the original lender's title insurance policy, or, if such
policy has not been issued, any one of an original or a copy of the
preliminary title report, title binder or title commitment on the
Mortgaged Property with the original policy of the insurance to be
delivered promptly following the receipt thereof;
(vi) the original of any assumption, modification, extension
or guaranty agreement;
(vii) the original or a copy of the private mortgage insurance
policy or original certificate of private mortgage insurance, if
applicable; and
(viii) if any of the documents or instruments referred to
above were executed on behalf of the Mortgagor by another Person, the
original power of attorney or other instrument that authorized and
empowered such Person to sign, or a copy thereof certified by the
Sponsor (or by an officer of the applicable title insurance or escrow
company) to be a true and correct copy of the original.
The Sponsor is obligated pursuant to the Sponsor's Warranty Certificate
to deliver to the Trustee: (a) either the original recorded Mortgage, or in the
event such original cannot be delivered by the Sponsor, a copy of such Mortgage
certified as true and complete by the appropriate recording office, in those
instances where a copy thereof certified by the Sponsor was delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to clause (ii) above; and (b) either the original Assignment or
Assignments of the Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon, showing a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Sponsor, or in the event
such original cannot be delivered by the Sponsor, a copy of such Assignment or
Assignments certified as true and complete by the appropriate recording office,
in those instances where copies thereof certified by the Sponsor were delivered
to the Trustee pursuant to clause (iv) above. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 2.01, in those instances where the public
recording office retains the original Mortgage after it has been recorded, the
Sponsor shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations hereunder upon
delivery to the Trustee of a copy of such Mortgage certified by the public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the recorded original
thereof.
If any Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded to the Trustee because
of any defect therein, the Sponsor is required to prepare a substitute
Assignment or cure such defect, as the case may be, and the Trustee shall cause
such Assignment to be recorded in accordance with this paragraph.
The Sponsor is required, as described in the Sponsor's Warranty
Certificate, to deliver to the Trustee the original of any documents assigned to
the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.01 not later than 120 days after the
Closing Date.
All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans which are not
delivered to the Trustee, to the extent delivered by the Sponsor to the Master
Servicer, are and shall be held by the Master Servicer in trust for the benefit
of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Except as may otherwise expressly be provided herein, neither the
Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall (and the Master Servicer
shall ensure that no Sub-Servicer shall) assign, sell, dispose of or transfer
any interest in the Trust Fund or any portion thereof, or pen-nit the Trust Fund
or any portion thereof to be subject to any lien, claim, mortgage, security
interest, pledge or other encumbrance of, any other Person.
It is intended that the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trustee as provided in this Section be, and be construed as, a
sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders. It is, further, not intended 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. However, in the event that the
Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Depositor, or if for any reason
this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage
Loans, then it is intended that, (a) 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 and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable
jurisdiction; (b) the conveyance provided for in this Section shall be deemed to
be (1) a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in all of
the Depositor 's right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and
interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (A) the Mortgage
Loans, including the Mortgage Notes, the Mortgages, any related insurance
policies and all other documents in the related Mortgage Files, (B) all amounts
payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms
thereof and (C) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the
foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including
without limitation all amounts from time to time held or invested in the
Certificate Account or the Custodial Account, whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other property and (2) an assignment by the Depositor
to the Trustee of any security interest in any and all of the Sponsor's right
(including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the property described in the foregoing
clauses (1)(A) through (C) granted by Impac Funding Corporation to the Depositor
pursuant to the Assignment Agreement; (c) the possession by the Trustee or its
agent of Mortgage Notes and such other items of property as constitute
instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
"possession by the secured party" or possession by a purchaser or a person
designated by such secured party, for purposes of perfecting the security
interest pursuant to the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform
Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction (including, without
limitation, Sections 9-305, 8-313 or 8-321 thereof); and (d) notifications to
persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries,
bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting
such security interest under applicable law. The Depositor and the Trustee
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 the Agreement.
Section 2.02 Acceptance of the Trust Fund by the Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt (subject to any exceptions noted in
the Initial Certification described below) of the documents referred to in
Section 2.01 above and all other assets included in the Trust Fund and declares
that it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to
it constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it holds or will hold such other
assets included in the Trust Fund (to the extent delivered or assigned to the
Trustee), 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 each Mortgage File on or before the Closing Date to ascertain that all
documents required to be delivered to it are in its possession, and the Trustee
agrees to execute and deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer on the
Closing Date an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C to
the effect 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 such certification as not covered by such certification), (i) all
documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement with respect
to such Mortgage Loan are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been
reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan
and (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the
information set forth in items (i) - (vi) and (xiii) of the definition of the
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects information set forth in the
Mortgage File. Neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall be under any
duty to determine whether any Mortgage File should include any of the documents
specified in clause (vi) of Section 2.01. Neither the Trustee nor the Master
Servicer shall be under any duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine
said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the
same are genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the represented purpose or that
they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport
to be on their face.
Within 90 days of the Closing Date the Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer a Final Certification in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit D evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any
applicable exceptions noted thereon.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and preparing the
certifications referred to above the Trustee finds any document or documents
constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in any
material respect, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer and the Depositor. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Sponsor of
such defect and request that the Sponsor cure any such defect within 60 days
from the date on which the Sponsor was notified of such defect, and if the
Sponsor does not cure such defect in all material respects during such period,
request that the Sponsor purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund on
behalf of the Certificateholders at the Purchase Price within 90 days after the
date on which the Sponsor was notified of such defect. It is understood and
agreed that the obligation of the Sponsor to cure a material defect in, or
purchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in a constituent
document exists shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect
available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders.
The Purchase Price for the purchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited or caused
to be deposited upon receipt by the Master Servicer in the Custodial Account
and, upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed
by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall release or cause to be released to the
Sponsor the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such instruments
of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Sponsor shall
require as necessary to vest in the Sponsor ownership of any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto and at such time the Trustee shall have no further
responsibility with respect to the related Mortgage File.
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
Servicer and the Depositor.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to and covenants
with the Depositor and the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders that:
(i) The Master Servicer is, and throughout the term hereof
shall remain, a duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of (except as otherwise permitted pursuant
to Section 6.02), the Master Servicer is, and shall remain, in
compliance with the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged Property
is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under
this Agreement, and the Master Servicer is, and shall remain, approved
to sell mortgage loans to and service mortgage loans for FNMA and
FHLMC;
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of
this Agreement by the Master Servicer, will not violate the Master
Servicer's articles of incorporation or bylaws or constitute a default
(or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material
agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is
applicable to it or any of its assets;
(iii) The Master Servicer 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 Depositor and the Trustee, constitutes a valid, legal
and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the
Master Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and (B)
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(v) The Master Servicer 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 is likely to
affect materially and adversely either the ability of the Master
Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
financial condition of the Master Servicer;
(vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master
Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which
would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or performing its
obligations under this Agreement or is likely to affect materially and
adversely either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the
Master Servicer;
(vii) The Master Servicer will comply in all material respects
in the performance of this Agreement and with all reasonable rules and
requirements of each insurer under each Insurance Instrument;
(viii) The execution of this Agreement and the performance of
the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder do not require any license,
consent or approval of any state or federal court, agency, regulatory
authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the
Master Servicer, other than such as have been obtained; and
(ix) No information, certificate of an officer, statement
furnished in writing or report delivered to the Depositor, any
affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee by the Master Servicer will,
to the knowledge of the Master Servicer, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the
information, certificate, statement or report not misleading; and
It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Section 2.03(a) shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Trustee
or the Master Servicer of a breach of any of the foregoing representations,
warranties and covenants that materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Depositor or the Trustee, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties.
(b) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer
and the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders that as of the Closing
Date (or, if otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified):
(i) Immediately prior to the assignment of the Mortgage Loans
to the Trustee, the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner
of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance
or security interest (other than rights to servicing and related
compensation) and such assignment validly transfers ownership of the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or security interest;
(ii) No Mortgage Loan is one month or more delinquent in
payment of principal and interest as of the Cut-off Date and no
Mortgage Loan has been so delinquent more than once in the 12-month
period prior to the Cut-off Date;
(iii) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
with respect to each Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loans, as the case
may be, is true and correct in all material respects at the date or
dates respecting which such information is furnished;
(iv) The Mortgage Loans are fully-amortizing, adjustable- rate
mortgage loans with Monthly Payments due on the first day of each month
and terms to maturity at origination or modification of not more than
30 years;
(v) Each Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property with a
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80% is the subject of a
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that insures that portion of the
principal balance thereof that exceeds the amount equal to 75% of the
appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property. Each such Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy is in full force and effect and the Trustee
is entitled to the benefits thereunder; and
(vi) The representations and warranties of the Sponsor with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and the remedies therefor are as set
forth in the Sponsor's Warranty Certificate.
[Other representations and warranties as applicable.]
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.03(b) shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage
Files to the Trustee.
Upon discovery by either the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee of a breach of any representation or warranty set forth in this Section
2.03 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall
give prompt written notice to the other parties.
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor; Repurchase
and Substitution.
The Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholdersits interest in respect of the representations and warranties
made by the Sponsor in the Sponsor 's Warranty Certificate or the exhibits
thereto. Insofar as the Sponsor's Warranty Certificate relates to such
representations and warranties and any remedies provided thereunder for any
breach of such representations and warranties, such right, title and interest
may be enforced by the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. Upon the
discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of
any of the representations and warranties made in the Sponsor's Warranty
Certificate in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely
affects 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 shall promptly notify the Sponsor of such breach and request that
such Sponsor shall, within 90 days from the date that the Depositor, the Sponsor
or the Trustee was notified of such breach, either (i) cure such breach in all
material respects or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the
Purchase Price and in the manner set forth in Section 2.02; provided that in the
case of such breach, the Sponsor shall have the option to substitute a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such Mortgage Loan if such substitution
occurs within 90 days following the Closing Date. Any such substitution must
occur within 90 days from the date the Sponsor was notified of the breach if
such 90 day period expires before two years following the Closing Date. In the
event that the Sponsor elects to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.04, the Sponsor
shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders with
respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the original
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, an Assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form,
and such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with
the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by Section 2.01. No substitution will be
made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. Monthly
Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of
substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the
Master Servicer and remitted by the Master Servicer to the Sponsor on the next
succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the Monthly Payment due on a Deleted Mortgage
Loan for such month and thereafter the Sponsor shall be entitled to retain all
amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Depositor shall
amend or cause to be amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the
Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the
substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the
Depositor shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule, to the Trustee. Upon
such substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be
subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, the Sponsor shall be
deemed to have made the representations and warranties with respect to the
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan contained in the Sponsor 's Warranty
Certificate as of the date of substitution, and the Depositor shall be deemed to
have made with respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of
the date of substitution, the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.03 hereof, and the Sponsor shall be obligated to repurchase or
substitute for any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan as to which a repurchase
or substitution obligation has occurred pursuant to Section 3 of the Sponsor 's
Warranty Certificate.
In connection with the substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less
than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans
(in each case after application of the principal portion of the Monthly Payments
due in the month of substitution that are to be distributed to
Certificateholders in the month of substitution). The Sponsor shall provide the
Master Servicer on the day of substitution for immediate deposit in to the
Custodial Account the amount of such shortfall, without any reimbursement
therefor. The Sponsor shall give notice in writing to the Trustee of such event,
which notice shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate as to the
calculation of such shortfall. The costs of any substitution as described above,
including any related assignments, opinions or other documentation in connection
therewith shall be dome by the Sponsor.
Except as expressly set forth herein neither the Trustee nor the Master
Servicer is under any obligation to discover any breach of the above mentioned
representations and warranties. It is understood and agreed that the obligation
of the Sponsor to cure such breach or to so purchase or substitute for any
Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders. In addition,
if the first scheduled Monthly Payment is due during the first month after its
closing date (as such term is used in the Sponsor 's Warranties Certificate) and
such Monthly Payment is not received by the Master Servicer within 30 days of
the due date in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the
Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Sponsor and the Trustee and the
Sponsor shall purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase
Price or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan therefor within 15 days
from the date that the Sponsor was notified.
Section 2.05 Issuance of Certificates Evidencing Interests in the Trust
Fund.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and
the delivery of the Mortgage Files to it together with the assignment to it of
all other assets included in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged. Concurrently with such delivery and in exchange therefor, the
Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer
of the Depositor, has executed and caused to be authenticated, and delivered to
or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized denominations
which evidence ownership of the entire Trust Fund.
Section 2.06 Purposes and Powers of the Trust.
The purpose of the common law trust, as created hereunder, is to engage
in the following activities:
(a) acquire and hold the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the
Trust Fund and the proceeds therefrom;
(b) to issue the Certificates sold to the Depositor in exchange for the
Mortgage Loans;
(c) to make payments on the Certificates;
(d) to engage in those activities that are necessary, suitable or
convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected
therewith; and
(e) subject to compliance with this Agreement, to engage in such other
activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Fund
and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders.
The trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities.
The Trustee shall not cause the trust to engage in any activity other
than in connection with the foregoing or other than as required or
authorized by the terms of this Agreement while any Certificate is
outstanding, and this Section 2.06 may not be amended, without the
consent of the Certificateholders evidencing 51% or more of the
aggregate voting rights of the Certificates.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 3.01 Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for
the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the
customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage
lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the
respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the
foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone
and/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
that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer
is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer
believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all
instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or
obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such
properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on
behalf of the Trustee and 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. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to
the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other
documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub-
Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or
any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney.
In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master
Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the
purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from
related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as
provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub-
Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to
Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage
Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the
Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other
similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business
judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related
Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or
the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee
collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by
the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the
Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is
intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of
a joint venturer, partner or agent.
Section 3.02 Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and
Sub-Servicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with
Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans and for
the performance of any and all other activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder. Each Sub-Servicer shall be either (i) an institution the accounts of
which are insured by the FDIC or (ii) another entity that engages in the
business of originating or servicing mortgage loans, and in either case shall be
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 applicable law to enable the SubServicer to perform its obligations
hereunder and under the Sub-Servicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a
FHLMC or FNMA 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. With the consent of the Trustee, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicers
may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements 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.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer,
for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall enforce the
obligations of each SubServicer under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement,
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 defective documentation or on account of a breach of
a representation or warranty, as described in Section 2.02. 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, but shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a
general recovery resulting from such enforcement only 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.
Section 3.03 Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Sub-Servicing
Agreement and the rights and obligations of any Sub-Servicer pursuant to any
Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such
Sub-Servicing Agreement. In the event of termination of any Sub-Servicer, all
servicing obligations of such Sub-Servicer shall be assumed simultaneously by
the Master Servicer without any act or deed on the part of such Sub-Servicer or
the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer either shall service directly the
related Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a
successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies under Section 3.02.
Section 3.04 Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master
Servicer and a SubServicer or reference to actions taken through a Sub-Servicer
or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to
the Trustee and 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. For purposes
of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments
on Mortgage Loans when the Sub-Servicer has received such payments. 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
Trustee or Certificateholders.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer
in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between
the Sub-Servicer and the Master Servicer alone, and the Trustee and
Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Sub-Servicer
except as set forth in Section 3.06.
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by
Trustee.
In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
master servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its
designee shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer under each Sub-Servicing Agreement that the Master Servicer may have
entered into, unless the Trustee is then permitted and elects to terminate any
Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms. The Trustee, its designee
or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed 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 the Sub-
Servicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the
Master Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations
under the Sub-Servicing Agreements, and the Master Servicer shall continue to be
entitled to any rights or benefits which arose prior to its termination as
master servicer.
The Master Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the Trustee,
deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Sub-
Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting
of amounts collected and held by 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 related Insurance Policy, follow such collection
procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the
Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. The Master Servicer shall not be
required to institute or join in litigation with respect to collection of any
payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Primary Hazard Insurance
Policy, Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or otherwise or against any public or
governmental authority with respect to a taking or condemnation) if it
reasonably believes that it is prohibited by applicable law from enforcing the
provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is
required. Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its
discretion waive any prepayment fees, late payment charge or other charge,
except as otherwise required under applicable law. The Master Servicer shall be
responsible for preparing and distributing all information statements relating
to payments on the Mortgage Loans, in accordance with all applicable federal and
state tax laws and regulations.
Section 3.08 Sub-Servicing Accounts.
In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer will be required to
establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the "Sub-Servicing
Account"). The Sub-Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall
otherwise be acceptable to the Master Servicer. All amounts held in a Sub-
Servicing Account shall be held in trust for the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The Sub-Servicer will be required to deposit into the Sub-
Servicing Account no later than the first Business Day after receipt all
proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Sub-Servicer, less its servicing
compensation and any unreimbursed expenses and advances, to the extent permitted
by the Sub-Servicing Agreement. On each Sub-Servicer Remittance Date the Sub-
Servicer will be required to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the
Custodial Account all funds held in the Sub-Servicing Account with respect to
any Mortgage Loan as of the Sub-Servicer Remittance Date, after deducting from
such remittance an amount equal to the servicing compensation and unreimbursed
expenses and advances to which it is then entitled pursuant to the related Sub-
Servicing Agreement, to the extent not previously paid to or retained by it. In
addition, on each Sub-Servicer Remittance Date the Sub-Servicer will be required
to remit to the Master Servicer any amounts required to be advanced pursuant to
the related SubServicing Agreement. The Sub-Servicer will also be required to
remit to the Master Servicer, within one Business Day of receipt, the proceeds
of any Principal Prepayment made by the Mortgagor and any Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds.
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Servicing Accounts.
The Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicers shall establish and maintain
one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), and shall deposit and retain
therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or related advances from Sub-
Servicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, Primary Hazard Insurance
Policy premiums, and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors, to the
extent that the Master Servicer customarily escrows for such amounts.
Withdrawals of amounts so collected from a Servicing Account may be made only to
(i) effect payment of taxes, assessments, Primary Hazard Insurance Policy
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 payments made pursuant to Sections 3.01 (with
respect to taxes and assessments) and 3.13 (with respect to Primary Hazard
Insurance Policies); (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to
be overages; or (iv) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01. As part of its servicing
duties, the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicers shall, if and to the extent
required by law, pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts
from its or their own funds, without any reimbursement therefor.
Section 3.10 Custodial Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more
accounts (collectively, the "Custodial Account") in which the Master Servicer
shall deposit or cause to be deposited no later than the first Business Day
after receipt or as and when received from the Sub-Servicers, the following
payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it subsequent to
the Cut-off Date, or received and identified by it prior to the Cut-off Date but
allocable to a period subsequent thereto (other than in respect of principal and
interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date):
(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage
Loans, not including any portion thereof representing interest on
account of the related Servicing Fee Rate;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds, other than proceeds that
represent reimbursement of costs and expenses incurred by the Master
Servicer in connection with presenting claims under the related
Insurance Policies, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds;
(iv) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan or REO Property
repurchased or purchased in accordance with Sections 2.02, 2.04, 3.25
or 9.01 and all amounts required to be deposited in connection with the
substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited in the Custodial
Account pursuant to Section 3.12, 3.13 or 3.22; and
(vi) all amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section
3.25.
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 Custodial Account shall
be exclusive. In the event the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Custodial
Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may withdraw such
amount from the Custodial Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. The Custodial Account shall be maintained as a segregated
account, separate and apart from trust funds created for mortgage pass-through
certificates of other series, and the other accounts of the Master Servicer.
(b) Funds in the Custodial Account may be invested in Permitted
Instruments in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3.12, The
Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee and the Depositor of the
location of the Custodial Account after any change thereof.
(c) Payments in the nature of late payment charges, prepayment fees,
assumption fees and reconveyance fees received on the Mortgage Loans shall not
be deposited in the Custodial Account, but rather shall be received and held by
the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Section 3.11 Permitted Withdrawals From the Custodial Account. The
Master Servicer may, from time to time as provided herein, make withdrawals from
the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3. 10
that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans for the following purposes:
(i) to make deposits into the Certificate Account in the
amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 4.01, such deposit to
include interest collections on the Mortgage Loans at the Net Mortgage
Rate [and net of amounts reimbursed therefrom];
(ii) to pay to itself, the Depositor, the Sponsor or any other
appropriate person, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has previously been purchased, repurchased or replaced
pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.04 or 9.01 all amounts received thereon
and not yet distributed as of the date of purchase, repurchase or
substitution;
(iii) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for Advances not
previously reimbursed, the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's
right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to
amounts received which represent Late Collections (net of the related
Servicing Fees) of Monthly Payments on Mortgage Loans with respect to
which such Advances were made and as further provided in Section 3.15;
(iv) to reimburse or pay itself, the Trustee or the Depositor
for expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Depositor pursuant to Sections 3.22, 6.03, 8.05,
10.01(c) or 10.01(g), except as otherwise provided in such Sections;
(v) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for costs and
expenses incurred by or reimbursable to it relating to the prosecution
of any claims pursuant to Section 3.13 that are in excess of the
amounts so recovered;
(vi) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for unpaid
Servicing Fees and unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Master
Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to reimbursement pursuant to
this clause (vi) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to
late recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made
pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.09 and any other related Late
Collections;
(vii) to pay itself as servicing compensation (in addition to
the Servicing Fee), on or after each Distribution Date, any interest or
investment income earned on funds deposited in the Custodial Account
for the period ending on such Distribution Date, subject to Section
8.05;
(viii) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer for any Advance
previously made which itself has determined to be a Nonrecoverable
Advance, provided that such Advance was made with respect to a
delinquency that ultimately constituted an Excess Special Hazard Loss,
Excess Fraud Loss, Excess Bankruptcy Loss or Extraordinary Loss; and to
clear and terminate the Custodial Account at the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting records
on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Custodial Account pursuant to such clauses (ii), (iii),
(iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii). Reconciliations will be prepared for the
Custodial Account within 45 Calendar days after the bank statement cut-off date.
All items requiring reconciliation will be resolved within 90 calendar days of
their original identification.
Section 3.12 Permitted Instruments.
Any institution maintaining the Custodial Account shall at the
direction of the Master Servicer invest the funds in such account in Permitted
Instruments, each of which shall mature not later than the Business Day
immediately preceding the Distribution Date next following the date of such
investment (except that if such Permitted Instrument is an obligation of the
institution that maintains such account, then such Permitted Instrument shall
mature not later than such Distribution Date) and shall not be sold or disposed
of prior to its maturity. All income and gain realized from any such investment
as well as any interest earned on deposits in the Custodial Account shall be for
the benefit of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the
Custodial Account (with respect to investments made hereunder of funds held
therein) an amount equal to the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any
such investment immediately upon realization of such loss without right of
reimbursement.
Section 3.13 Maintenance of the Letter of Credit, Primary Mortgage
Insurance and Primary Hazard Insurance.
(a) The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to exercise its best
reasonable efforts to maintain and keep the Letter of Credit in full force and
effect in accordance with Section 4.06 until the termination of the Trust Fund
created hereby, unless the amount available to be drawn thereunder has been
exhausted or unless the Letter of Credit has been terminated pursuant to the
terms thereof or hereof. As to any Distribution Date, with respect to any
Mortgage Loan as to which liquidation has been completed (which shall be deemed
to have occurred when the Master Servicer determines that it has received all
Insurance Proceeds (other than proceeds from a drawing under the Letter of
Credit), Liquidation Proceeds and other recoveries which the Master Servicer
deems to be recoverable) during the preceding calendar month or was deemed to
have occurred during such preceding calendar month in accordance with Section
3.07 (other than any Mortgage Loan relating to a Mortgaged Property which has
suffered an Extraordinary Loss), by 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the
related Certificate Account Deposit Date, the Trustee shall draw on the Letter
of Credit, after receipt of the written statement of the Master Servicer
delivered pursuant to Section 4.04, pursuant to the terms thereof. In lieu of a
draw under the Letter of Credit as provided above, Southern Pacific Funding, at
its sole option, may, on the Certificate Account Deposit Date upon which such
draw could otherwise be made, deposit an amount equal to such draw into the
Certificate Account. After any drawing under the Letter of Credit or payment by
Southern Pacific Funding pursuant to this Section 3.13(a), the Trustee shall
assign to Southern Pacific Funding any rights in or to the related Mortgage Loan
and such Mortgage Loan will thereafter no longer be part of the Trust Fund. Upon
receipt by Southern Pacific Funding of any amounts in connection with a Mortgage
Loan so assigned to it, Southern Pacific Funding shall supply the Trustee with
an Officers' Certificate which sets forth such amount, and (except in the case
of a payment made by Southern Pacific Funding in lieu of a draw on the Letter of
Credit) Southern Pacific Funding shall cause the Letter of Credit Issuer to be
reimbursed to the extent required for reinstatement of the available amount
under the Letter of Credit. Upon receipt by the Trustee of such an Officers'
Certificate, if the Letter of Credit remains outstanding, the Trustee shall
request the reinstatement of the amount remaining under the Letter of Credit in
an amount equal to such recovered amount by delivering a certificate to the
Letter of Credit Issuer substantially in the form of Annex B to the Letter of
Credit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, draws on the Letter of Credit, or
payments in lieu thereof, in connection with Fraud Losses shall not exceed in
the aggregate Fraud Loss Amount.
(b) The Master Servicer may terminate the Letter of Credit or reduce
the amount thereof (pursuant to Section 4.06(d)) or substitute an alternative
form of credit enhancement therefor, provided that prior to any such reduction,
termination or substitution, the Master Servicer shall obtain written
confirmation from the Rating Agency that such reduction, termination or
substitution would not adversely affect the then-current rating assigned to the
Certificates by such Rating Agency and provide a copy of such confirmation to
the Trustee and, provided that the Master Servicer obtains on Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that obtaining any such alternative form of credit support will
not adversely affect the classification of the Trust Fund as a grantor trust for
federal income tax purposes.
(c) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Sub-servicer to
take, any action which would result in non-coverage under any applicable Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Master
Servicer or Sub-servicer, would have been covered thereunder. To the extent
coverage is available, the Master Servicer shall keep or cause to be kept in
full force and effect each such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy until the
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property
is reduced to 75% or less of the Collateral Value in the case of such a Mortgage
Loan having a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%. The Master
Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy, or consent to any Sub-servicer canceling or refusing to renew any such
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy applicable to a Mortgage Loan subserviced by
it, that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates
and is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the replacement Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy is maintained
with a Qualified Insurer.
(d) In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of
the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present or to cause the
related Sub-servicer to present, on behalf of the Master Servicer, the
Sub-servicer, if any, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer
under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, in a timely manner in accordance
with such policies, and, in this regard, to take or cause to be taken such
reasonableaction as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to
Section 3.10, any Insurance Proceeds collected by or remitted to the Master
Servicer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the
Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11.
(e) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage
Loan primary hazard insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged
Property in an amount equal to the lesser of 100% of the replacement value of
the improvements, as determined by the insurance company, on such Mortgaged
Property or the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan. The Master
Servicer shall also cause to be maintained on property acquired upon
foreclosure, or deed in lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan, fire
insurance with extended coverage in an amount equal to the replacement value of
the improvements thereon. Pursuant to Section 3.10, any amounts collected by the
Master Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or property thus
acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Custodial
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by
the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose
of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the
amount owing under the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the
Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other
additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on
property acquired in respect of a Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to such
applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall
require such additional insurance. When the improvements securing a Mortgage
Loan are located at the time of origination of such Mortgage Loan in a federally
designated special flood hazard area, the Master Servicer shall cause flood
insurance (to the extent available) to be maintained in respect thereof. Such
flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the replacement
value of the improvements, which are part of such Mortgaged Property on a
replacement cost basis and (ii) the maximum amount of such insurance available
for the related Mortgaged Property under the national flood insurance program
(assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is
participating in such program).
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a
blanket fire insurance policy with extended coverage 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 3.13, 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 a policy
complying with the first two sentences of this Section 3.13 and there shall have
been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the
Certificate Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. Any such deposit by the Master Servicer shall
be made on the Certificate Account Deposit Date next preceding the Distribution
Date which occurs in the month following the month in which payments under any
such policy would have been deposited in the Custodial Account. In connection
with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and
Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy.
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
The Master Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any
conveyance or prospective conveyance by any Mortgagor of the Mortgaged Property
(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 or the
Mortgage), exercise or cause to be exercised its rights to accelerate the
maturity of such Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale" clause applicable
thereto; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not exercise any such
rights if it reasonably believes that it is prohibited by law from doing so or
if such enforcement will adversely affect or jeopardize required coverage under
the Insurance Instruments. If the Master Servicer is unable to enforce such "due
on- sale" clause (as provided in the previous sentence) or if no "due-on-sale"
clause is applicable, the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer will enter into an
assumption and modification agreement 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; provided, however,
that the Master Servicer shall not enter into any assumption and modification
agreement if the coverage provided under the Primary Insurance Policy, if any,
would be impaired by doing so. 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, if the Master
Servicer shall have determined in good faith that such substitution will not
adversely affect the collectability of the Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by
or on behalf of the Master Servicer for entering into an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement will be retained by or on behalf of 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 Mortgage Rate, the amount of the Monthly Payment and any other
term affecting the amount or timing of payment on the Mortgage Loan) may be
changed. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such substitution
or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the
original copy of such substitution or assumption agreement, which copy 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 any assumption that the Master Servicer
may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever. For
purposes of this Section 3.14, the term "assumption" is deemed to also include a
sale of a Mortgaged Property that is not accompanied by an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement.
Section 3.15 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall exercise reasonable efforts, consistent with
the procedures that the Master Servicer would use in servicing loans for its own
account, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an
REO Acquisition) 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, and which are not released from the Trust Fund pursuant to any
other provision hereof. The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to
realize upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize the
receipt of principal and interest by Certificateholders, taking into account,
among other things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. The foregoing is
subject to the provisions 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 (i) that such restoration will increase the net proceeds
of liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan to Certificateholders after
reimbursement to itself for such expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable by the Master Servicer through Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds from the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.11.
The Master Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses
incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be
entitled to reimbursement thereof from the related Mortgaged Property, as
contemplated in Section 3.11.
The proceeds of any Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, as well as any
recovery resulting from a partial collection of Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, 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, pursuant to
Section 3.11(vi) or 3.22; second, to accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage
Loan or REO Imputed Interest, at the Mortgage Rate, to the date of the Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition, or to the Due Date prior to the Distribution
Date on which such amounts are to be distributed if not in connection with a
Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition; and third, as a recovery of principal of
the Mortgage Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated to interest is
less than a full recovery thereof, that amount will be allocated as follows:
first, on a pro rata basis, to unpaid Servicing Fees; and second, to interest at
the related Net Mortgage Rate. 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(vi). The portions of the recovery so
allocated to interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the
Mortgage Loan shall be applied as follows: first, to reimburse the Trustee for
any unpaid Trustee's Fees, second, to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Sub-
Servicer for any related unreimbursed Advances in accordance with Section 3.11
(iii) or 3.22, and third, for distribution in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.01(b).
Section 3.16 Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full shall be escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately notify
the Trustee by a certification (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 Custodial 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 in the form of the Request for
Release attached hereto as Exhibit F-2. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the
Master Servicer. Subject to the receipt by the Master Servicer of the proceeds
of such payment in full and the payment of all related fees and expenses, the
Master Servicer shall arrange for the release to the Mortgagor of the original
cancelled Mortgage Note. The Master Servicer shall provide for preparation of
the appropriate instrument of satisfaction covering any Mortgage Loan which pays
in full and the Trustee shall cooperate in the execution and return of such
instrument to provide for its delivery or recording as may be required. All
other documents in the Mortgage File shall be retained by the Master Servicer to
the extent required by applicable law. No expenses incurred in connection with
any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to
the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account.
From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure
of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under the
Insurance Instruments or any other insurance policy relating to the Mortgage
Loan, the Trustee shall, upon request of the Master Servicer and delivery to the
Trustee of a Request for Release in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1,
release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall
execute such documents as the Master Servicer shall prepare and request as being
necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings. Such Request for Release
shall obligate the Master Servicer to return each document previously requested
from the Mortgage File to the Trustee 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
Custodial Account or the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered to an
attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law,
for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the
foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and
the Master Servicer has delivered to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing
Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such
Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such
delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such
Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in
connection with such liquidation which are required to be deposited into the
Custodial Account have been or will be so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan
has become an REO Property, the servicing receipt shall be released by the
Trustee to the Master Servicer.
Upon written request 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 prepared by the Master Servicer that are 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 request that such pleadings or
documents be executed by the Trustee shall include a certification 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 3.17 Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall
be entitled to retain, from deposits to the Custodial Account of amounts
representing payments or recoveries of interest, the Servicing Fees with respect
to each Mortgage Loan (less any portion of such amounts retained by any Sub-
Servicer). In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid
Servicing Fees out of related Late Collections to the extent permitted in
Section 3.11.
The Master Servicer also shall be entitled pursuant to Section 3. 11 to
receive from the Custodial Account, as additional servicing compensation
interest or other income earned on deposits therein, as well as any prepayment
fees, assumption fees, late payment fees and reconveyance fees. The Master
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with
its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of fees and commissions
for the Letter of Credit, payment of the premiums for any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy or blanket policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to
Section 3.13, payment of the servicing compensation of the Sub-Servicer to the
extent not retained by it), and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as specifically provided in Section 3.11. 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.
Section 3.18 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Policies.
During the term of its service as Master Servicer, the Master Servicer
shall maintain in force (i) a policy or policies of insurance covering errors
and omissions in the performance of its obligations as servicer hereunder and
(ii) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees or agents. Each such
policy or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the requirements from
time to time of FNMA or FHLMC for persons performing servicing for mortgage
loans purchased by such corporation. The Master Servicer shall prepare and
present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under
any such errors and omissions policy or policies or fidelity bond in a timely
fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy or bond, and upon the filing
of any claim on any policy or bond described in this Section, the Master
Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee of any such claims and the Trustee
shall notify the Rating Agency of such claim.
Section 3.19 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
Not later than February 28 of each calendar year beginning in 2007, the
Master Servicer at its own expense shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate
(an "Annual Statement of Compliance") signed by a Servicing Officer stating, as
to the signers thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this
Agreement or other applicable servicing agreement has been made under such
officers' supervision, (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on
such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this
Agreement or other applicable servicing agreement for such year, or, if there
has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect,
specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status of
cure provisions thereof including the steps being taken by the Master Servicer
to remedy such failure. Such Annual Statement of Compliance shall contain no
restrictions or limitations on its use. In the event that the Master Servicer
has delegated any servicing responsibilities with respect to the Mortgage Loans
to a subservicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver a similar Annual Statement
of Compliance by that subservicer to the Trustee as described above as and when
required with respect to the Master Servicer.
If the Master Servicer cannot deliver the related Annual Statement of
Compliance by February 28th of such year, the Trustee, at its sole option, may
permit a cure period for the Master Servicer to deliver such Annual Statement of
Compliance, but in no event later than March 10th of such year.
Failure of the Master Servicer to timely comply with this Section 3.19
shall be deemed an Event of Default, and the Trustee may, in addition to
whatever rights the Trustee may have under this Agreement and at law or equity
or to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, upon notice
immediately terminate all the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof
without compensating the Master Servicer for the same. This paragraph shall
supersede any other provision in this Agreement or any other agreement to the
contrary.
Section 3.20 Assessments of Compliance and Attestation Reports.
On and after January 1, 2006, the Master Servicer shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with all applicable requirements of
the Servicing Criteria. Pursuant to Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act
and Item 1123 of Regulation AB, the Master Servicer shall deliver to theTrustee
on or before February 28 of each calendar year beginning in 2007, a report
regarding the Master Servicer's assessment of compliance (an "Assessment of
Compliance") with the Servicing Criteria during the preceding calendar year. The
Assessment of Compliance must be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, and as
set forth in Regulation AB, the Assessment of Compliance must contain the
following:
(a) A statement by such officer of its responsibility for assessing
compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to the Master Servicer;
(b) A statement by such officer that such officer used the Servicing
Criteria attached as Exhibit L hereto, and which will also be attached to the
Assement of Compliance, to assess compliance with the Servicing Criteria
applicable to the Master Servicer;
(c) An assessment by such officer of the Master Servicer's compliance
with the applicable Servicing Criteria for the period consisting of the
preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of
noncompliance with respect thereto during such period, which assessment shall be
based on the activities it performs with respect to asset-backed securities
transactions taken as a whole involving the Master Servicer, that are backed by
the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans;
(d) A statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an
attestation report on the Master Servicer's Assessment of Compliance for the
period consisting of the preceding calendar year; and
(e) A statement as to which of the Servicing Criteria, if any, are not
applicable to the Master Servicer, which statement shall be based on the
activities it performs with respect to asset-backed securities transactions
taken as a whole involving the Master Servicer, that are backed by the same
asset type as the Mortgage Loans.
Such report at a minimum shall address each of the Servicing Criteria
specified on Exhibit L hereto which are indicated as applicable to the Master
Servicer.
On or before February 28 of each calendar year beginning in 2007, the
Master Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee a report (an "Attestation Report")
by a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the
Assessment of Compliance made by the Depositor, as required by Rules 13a-18 and
15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB, which Attestation
Report must be made in accordance with standards for attestation reports issued
or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
The Master Servicer shall cause any subservicer, and each subcontractor
determined by the Master Servicer to be "participating in the servicing
function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor an Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report as
and when provided above.
Such Assessment of Compliance, as to any subservicer, shall at a
minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit L hereto
which are indicated as applicable to any "primary servicer." Notwithstanding the
foregoing, as to any subcontractor, an Assessment of Compliance is not required
to be delivered unless it is required as part of a Form 10-K with respect to the
Trust Fund.
If the Master Servicer cannot deliver any Assessment of Compliance or
Attestation Report by February 28th of such year, the Trustee, at its sole
option, may permit a cure period for the Master Servicer to deliver such
Assessment of Compliance or Attestation Report, but in no event later than March
10th of such year.
Failure of the Master Servicer to timely comply with this Section 3.20
shall be deemed an Event of Default, and the Trustee may, in addition to
whatever rights the Trustee may have under this Agreement and at law or equity
or to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, upon notice
immediately terminate all the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof
without compensating the Master Servicer for the same. This paragraph shall
supercede any other provision in this Agreement or any other agreement to the
contrary.
The Trustee shall also provide an Assessment of Compliance and
Attestation Report, as and when provided above, which shall at a minimum address
each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit L hereto which are indicated
as applicable to the "trustee." In addition, the Trustee shall cause the
Custodian to deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an Assessment of
Compliance and Attestation Report, as and when provided above, which shall at a
minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit L hereto
which are indicated as applicable to a "custodian." Notwithstanding the
foregoing, as to any Custodian, an Assessment of Compliance is not required to
be delivered unless it is required as part of a Form 10-K with respect to the
Trust Fund.
Section 3.21 Access to Certain Documentation.
(a) The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS, the FDIC and other
federal banking regulatory agencies, and their respective examiners, access to
the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
regulations of the OTS, the FDIC and such other agencies. Such access shall be
afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and
during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by
it. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the obligation of the Master
Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer to provide
access as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this section.
(b) The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the Trustee,
upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours access to all records
maintained by the Master Servicer in respect of its rights and obligations
hereunder and access to officers of the Master Servicer responsible for such
obligations. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall furnish the Depositor and
the Trustee with its most recent financial statements and such other information
as the Master Servicer possesses regarding its business, affairs, property and
condition, financial or otherwise to the extent related to the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to,
perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master
Servicer hereunder or exercise the rights of the Master Servicer hereunder;
provided that the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its
obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its
designee. 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.
Section 3.22 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.
This Section shall apply only to REO Properties acquired for the
account of the Trust Fund, and shall not apply to any REO Property relating to a
Mortgage Loan which was purchased or repurchased from the Trust Fund pursuant to
any provision hereof. In the event that title to any such REO Property is
acquired, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee, or to
its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. Pursuant to its efforts to
sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or through an
agent selected by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in
the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such
REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of
the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as
the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders
for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property.
The Master Servicer shall 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. The Master Servicer shall deposit, or
cause to be deposited, on a daily basis in the Custodial Account all revenues
received with respect to the REO Properties, net of any directly related
expenses incurred or withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper
operation, management and maintenance of the REO Property.
If as of the date of acquisition of title to any REO Property there
remain outstanding unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to such REO
Property or any outstanding Advances allocated thereto the Master Servicer, upon
an REO Disposition, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any related
unreimbursed Servicing Advances and any unreimbursed related Advances as well as
any unpaid Servicing Fees from proceeds received in connection with the REO
Disposition, as further provided in Section 3.15.
Subject to the first paragraph of this Section 3.22, the REO
Disposition shall be carried out by the Master Servicer at such price and upon
such terms and conditions as the Master Servicer shall determine to be in the
best economic interest of the Trust Fund.
The Master Servicer shall deposit the proceeds from the REO
Disposition, net of any payment to the Master Servicer as provided above, in the
Custodial Account upon receipt thereof for distribution in accordance with
Section 4.01, including any such net proceeds which are in excess of the
applicable Stated Principal Balance plus all unpaid REO Imputed Interest thereon
through the date of the REO Disposition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.22, with
respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer has received notice
of, or has actual knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance
on the Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall promptly request the
Trustee and the Depositor to provide directions and instructions with respect to
such Mortgage Loan and shall act in accordance with any such directions and
instructions jointly provided by the Trustee and the Depositor. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence of this Section 3.22, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
described by such sentence, the Master Servicer shall not, on behalf of the
Trustee, either (i) obtain title to the related Mortgaged Property as a result
of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession
of, the related Mortgaged Property, unless (i) the Depositor and the Trustee
jointly direct the Master Servicer to take such action and (ii) either (A) the
Master Servicer has, at least 30 days prior to taking such action, obtained and
delivered to the Depositor an environmental audit report prepared by a Person
who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards
or (B) the Depositor has directed the Master Servicer not to obtain an
environmental audit report. If the Trustee and the Depositor have not jointly
provided directions and instructions to the Master Servicer in connection with
any such Mortgage Loan within 30 days of a request by the Master Servicer for
such directions and instructions, then the Master Servicer shall take such
action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (other
than proceeding against the Mortgaged Property) and is hereby authorized at such
time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien of
the related Mortgage.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by this Section
3.22 shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as an expense of the Trust Fund,
and the Master Servicer shall be reimbursed therefor from the Custodial Account
as provided in Section 3.11, any such right of reimbursement being prior to the
rights of the Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Custodial Account.
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 in 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, clean-up or remediation shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as
an expense of the Trust Fund, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed therefor from the Custodial Account as provided in Section 3.11, any
such right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of the Certificateholders
to receive any amount in the Custodial Account.
Section 3.23 Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer.
On each Certificate Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the Certificate Account from its own funds
and without any right of reimbursement therefor, a total amount equal to the
aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date;
provided that the Master Servicer's obligations under this subsection on any
Distribution Date shall not be more than the total amount of its master
servicing compensation payable in such month.
0Section 3.24 Additional Obligations of the Depositor.
The Depositor agrees that on or prior to the tenth day after the
Closing Date, the Depositor shall provide the Trustee with a written
notification, substantially in the form of Exhibit J attached hereto, relating
to the Certificates, setting forth (i)(a) if less than 10% of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates has been sold as of such date,
the value calculated pursuant to clause (b)(iii) of Exhibit J hereto, or, (b) if
10% or more of the Certificates has been sold as of such date but no single
price is paid for at least 10% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Certificates, then the weighted average price at which the Certificates were
sold and the aggregate percentage of Certificates sold, (c) the first single
price at which at least 10% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
such class of Certificates was sold or, (d) if any Certificates are retained by
the Depositor or an affiliated corporation, or are delivered to the Sponsor, the
fair market value thereof as of the Closing Date, (ii) the prepayment assumption
used in pricing the Certificates, and (iii) such other information as to matters
of fact as the Trustee may reasonably request to enable it to comply with its
reporting requirements with respect to such Certificates to the extent such
information can in the good faith judgment of the Depositor be determined by it.
Section 3.25 Converted Mortgage Loans; Purchase Obligations Upon
Conversion; Administration by the Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, as Noteholder (as defined in the Mortgage Notes for
the Mortgage Loans), hereby authorizes and directs the Master Servicer, on
behalf of the Noteholder, to determine fixed interest rates into which
Mortgagors under Convertible Mortgage Loans may convert the adjustable interest
rates on their Mortgage Notes in accordance with the fixed formula set forth
insuch Mortgage Notes. The Master Servicer agrees to make such determinations
and otherwise administer the Convertible Mortgage Loans as contemplated in the
Mortgage Notes until the later to occur of (i) the date on which all the
Convertible Mortgage Loans have become Converted Mortgage Loans, and (ii) the
last date on which Mortgagors have the option to convert the adjustable interest
rates on their Mortgage Notes to fixed interest rates.
(b) Upon becoming aware of the intent to convert any Convertible
Mortgage Loan the Master Servicer will promptly notify the Trustee (if it holds
the related Mortgage File) and (if the Sponsor is not then the Master Servicer)
the Sponsor. Prior to the day on which a Convertible Mortgage Loan has become a
Converted Mortgage Loan, the Sponsor shall be obligated pursuant to the terms of
the Sponsor 's Warranty Certificate to purchase a Converting Mortgage Loan at
the Purchase Price. All amounts paid by the Sponsor in connection with the
purchase of a Converting Mortgage Loan will be deposited in the Custodial
Account. A failure by the Sponsor to purchase a Converting Mortgage Loan will
constitute an Event of Default for the Sponsor in its capacity as Master
Servicer under this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01.
(c) A Converting Mortgage Loan or a Converted Mortgage Loan shall
remain in the Trust Fund and all payments in respect thereof shall remain in the
Trust Fund unless and until such Converting Mortgage Loan or Converted Mortgage
Loan is purchased by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 3.25(b).
(d) Upon any purchase of a Converting Mortgage Loan by the Sponsor
pursuant to Section 3.25(b) and the deposit in the Custodial Account of the
Purchase Price, the Trustee shall give the Master Servicer written notice
thereof, and the Trustee shall release, or cause to be released, the related
Mortgage File, shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment (which shall be prepared by, and be at the expense of the Sponsor),
in each case without recourse, as the Sponsor, a third party, or the Trustee, as
purchaser thereof, shall require as necessary to vest in the Sponsor ownership
of any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and at such time the Trustee shall
have no further responsibility with respect to the related Mortgage File and
whereupon such Converted Mortgage Loan shall cease to be a part of the Trust
Fund.
Section 3.26 Exchange Act Reporting.
(a) (i) Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall,
in accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System ("EDGAR"), a Distribution Report
on Form 10-D, signed by the Master Servicer, with a copy of the monthly
statement to be furnished by the Trustee to the Certificateholders for such
Distribution Date and detailing all data elements specified in Item 1121(a) of
Regulation AB as part of the monthly statement; provided that the Trustee shall
have received no later than 2 days prior to the date such Distribution Report on
Form 10-D is required to be filed, all information required to be provided to
the Trustee as described in clause (a)(iv) below.
(ii) The Trustee will prepare and file Current Reports on Form 8-K in
respect of the Trust, signed by the Master Servicer, as and when required;
provided, that, the Trustee shall have received no later than one Business Day
prior to the filing deadline for such Current Report, all information, data, and
exhibits required to be provided or filed with such Current Report and required
to be provided to the Trustee as described in clause (a)(iv) below.
(iii) Prior to January 30 in each year commencing in 2007, the Trustee
shall, in accordance with industry standards, file a Form 15 Suspension Notice
with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to (x) March 15, 2007 and
(y) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, prior to
March 15 of each year thereafter, the Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee
with an Annual Compliance Statement, together with a copy of the Assessment of
Compliance and Attestation Report to be delivered by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Sections 3.19 and 3.20 (including with respect to any subservicer or
subcontractor, if required to be filed). Prior to (x) March 31, 2007 and (y)
unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, March 31 of
each year thereafter, the Trustee shall, subject to subsection (d) below, file a
Form 10-K, in substance conforming to industry standards, with respect to the
Trust Fund. Such Form 10-K shall include the Assessment of Compliance,
Attestation Report, Annual Compliance Statements and other documentation
provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.19 and 3.20 (including
with respect to any subservicer or subcontractor, if required to be filed) and
with respect to the Trustee and the Custodian, and the Form 10-K certification
signed by the Depositor; provided that the Trustee shall have received no later
than March 15 of each calendar year prior to the filing deadline for the Form
10-K all information, data and exhibits required to be provided or filed with
such Form 10-K and required to be provided to the Trustee as described in clause
(a)(iv) below.
(iv) As to each item of information required to be included in any Form
10-D, Form 8-K or Form 10-K, the Trustee's obligation to include the information
in the applicable report is subject to receipt from the entity that is indicated
in Exhibit M as the responsible party for providing that information, if other
than the Trustee, as and when required as described above. Each of the Master
Servicer, Sponsor and Depositor hereby agree to notify and provide to the
Trustee all information that is required to be included in any Form 10-D, Form
8-K or Form 10-K, with respect to which that entity is indicated in Exhibit M as
the responsible party for providing that information. The [Swap Provider] will
be obligated pursuant to the [Swap Agreement] to provide to the Trustee any
information that may be required to be included in any Form 10-D, Form 8-K or
Form 10-K. The Trustee shall be responsible for determining the significance
percentage (as defined in Item 1115 of Regulation AB) of the [Swap Provider] at
any time. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for determining the pool
concentration applicable to any subservicer or originator at any time, for
purposes of disclosure as required by Items 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB.
The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the
Depositor in connection with the Trust's satisfying the reporting requirements
under the Exchange Act. The Trustee shall prepare on behalf of the Trust any
Forms 10-D, 8-K and 10-K customary for similar securities as required by the
Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the
Master Servicer shall sign (or shall cause another entity acceptable to the
Commission to sign) and the Trustee shall file (via the Commission's Electronic
Data Gathering and Retrieval System) such forms on behalf of the Depositor (or
such other entity). The Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a limited power
of attorney to sign each Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K on behalf of the
Depositor. Such power of attorney shall continue until the earlier of (i)
receipt by the Master Servicer from the Depositor of written termination of such
power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer, and not the Trustee, shall
be responsible for executing each Form 10-K filed on behalf of the Trust.
(b) In connection with the filing of any 10-K hereunder, the Trustee
shall sign a certification (a "Form of Back-Up Certification for Form 10-K
Certificate," substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K) for the
benefit of the Master Servicer and its officers, directors and Affiliates
(provided, however, that the Trustee shall not undertake an analysis of any
accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K).
(c) In addition, (i) the Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Master Servicer and the Depositor and their officers, directors and Affiliates
from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and
expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the Trustee's obligations
under this Section 3.26 caused by the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct in connection therewith, and (ii) the Master Servicer shall indemnify
and hold harmless the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and their
respective officers, directors and Affiliates from and against any losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based
upon a breach of the Master Servicer's obligations under this Section 3.26 or
the Master Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith. If (i) the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the Master Servicer, then the Trustee agrees that
it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Master Servicer as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Master Servicer in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Master
Servicer on the one hand and the Trustee on the other in connection with a
breach of the Trustee's obligations under this Section 3.26 caused by the
Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith
and (ii) the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient
to hold harmless the Trustee, then the Master Servicer agrees that it shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Trustee as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Trustee in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Trustee on the one hand and the
Master Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Master
Servicer's obligations under this Section 3.26 or the Master Servicer's
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 3.26 may be amended by the Master Servicer, the
Depositor and the Trustee without the consent of the Certificateholders.
Section 3.27 Intention of the Parties and Interpretation.
Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of
Sections 3.19, 3.20 and 3.26 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by
the Sponsor and the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB promulgated
by the SEC under the 1934 Act (17 C.F.R. ss.ss. 229.1100 - 229.1123), as such
may be amended from time to time and subject to clarification and interpretive
advice as may be issued by the staff of the SEC from time to time. Therefore,
each of the parties agrees that (a) the obligations of the parties hereunder
shall be interpreted in such a manner as to accomplish that purpose, (b) the
parties' obligations hereunder will be supplemented and modified as necessary to
be consistent with any such amendments, interpretive advice or guidance,
convention or consensus among active participants in the asset-backed securities
markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise in respect of the requirements of
Regulation AB, (c) the parties shall comply with requests made by the Sponsor or
the Depositor for delivery of additional or different information as the Sponsor
or the Depositor may determine in good faith is necessary to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB, and (d) no amendment of this Agreement shall be
required to effect any such changes in the parties' obligations as are necessary
to accommodate evolving interpretations of the provisions of Regulation AB.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01 Certificate Account; Distributions.
(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain a Certificate Account, in
which the Master Servicer shall cause to be deposited on behalf of the Trustee
on or before 3:00 P.M. New York time on each Certificate Account Deposit Date by
wire transfer of immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of (i)
any Advance for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date, (ii) any amount
required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Sections 3.11,
3.13, 3.23 or 4.03(b) and (iii) all other amounts constituting or, if not
otherwise applicable to the payment of the Trustee's Fee, that would constitute
the Available Distribution Amount for the immediately succeeding Distribution
Date. The Trustee shall transfer from the Certificate Account to itself, the
Trustee's Fee on each Certificate Account Deposit Date. Such amounts do not
constitute part of the Available Distribution Amount.
(b) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall distribute to each
Certificateholder of record on the next preceding Record Date (other than as
provided in Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution) either in
immediately available funds (by wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of
such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, if such Certificateholder has so notified the Trustee at least 5
Business Days prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder is the
registered owner of Certificates the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal
Balance of which is not less than $2,500,000, or otherwise by check mailed to
such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the
Certificate Register, such Certificateholder's share (based on the aggregate of
the Percentage Interests represented by Certificates held by such Holder) of the
Available Distribution Amount.
(c) The Trustee shall, upon written request from the Master Servicer,
invest or cause the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to invest
the funds in the Certificate Account in Permitted Instruments designated in the
name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which shall
mature not later than the Business Day next preceding the Distribution Date next
following the date of such investment (except that (i) any investment in
obligations of the institution with which the Certificate Account is maintained
may mature on such Distribution Date and (ii) any other investment may mature on
such Distribution Date if the Trustee shall agree to advance funds on such
Distribution Date to the Certificate Account in the amount payable on such
investment on such Distribution Date, pending receipt thereof to the extent
necessary to make distributions on the Certificates) and shall not be sold or
disposed of prior to maturity. All income and gain realized from any such
investment shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer and shall be subject
to its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred
in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in the Certificate Account
by the Master Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized without
right of reimbursement.
Section 4.02 Statements to Certificateholders.
On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall forward or cause to be
forwarded by mail to each Holder of a Certificate and to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer a statement as to such distribution setting forth the following
information as to the Certificates to the extent applicable:
(i) the applicable record dates, accrual periods,
determination dates for calculating distributions and general
distribution dates;
(ii) the total cash flows received and the general sources
thereof;
(iii) the amount of the Servicing Fees paid to or retained by
the Master Servicer for the related Due Period;
(iv) (a) the amount of such distribution to the
Certificateholders applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof, and (b) the aggregate amount included therein representing
Principal Prepayments;
(v) if the distribution to the Certificateholders is less than
the full amount that would be distributable to such Certificateholders
if there were sufficient funds available therefor, the amount of the
shortfall;
(vi) the amount of such distribution to the Certificateholders
allocable to interest;
(vii) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to the distribution of principal on
such Distribution Date;
(viii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Certificates, after giving effect to the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction thereof due to
Realized Losses other than pursuant to an actual distribution of
principal;
(ix) on the basis of the most recent reports furnished to it
by Subservicers, the number and principal balances of Mortgage Loans in
respect of which (A) one Scheduled Payment is delinquent, (B) two
Schedule Payments are delinquent, (C) three or more Scheduled Payments
are delinquent and (D) foreclosure proceedings have been commenced;
(x) the amount of any Advance by the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 4.03 (including the general purpose of such Advances), the
aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances at the close of business on
the Distribution Date, and the general source of funds for
reimbursements;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses allocated to the
Certificates on such Distribution Date;
(xii) if applicable, material modifications, extensions or
waivers to Mortgage Loan terms, fees, penalties or payments during the
preceding calendar month or that have become material over time;
(xiii) the number, aggregate principal balance and book value
of any REO Properties;
(xiv) the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest remaining
unpaid, if any, for the Certificates, after giving effect to the
distribution made on such Distribution Date;
(xv) the Special Hazard Amount, Fraud Loss Amount and
Bankruptcy Amount as of the close of business on such Distribution Date
and a description of any change in the calculation of such amounts;
(xvi) the aggregate amount of any recoveries on previously
foreclosed loans from the Sponsor due to a breach of representation or
warranty;
(xvii) the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the
Mortgage Loans after giving effect to the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date; and
(xviii) the weighted average Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage
Loans after giving effect to the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date;
(xix) updated pool composition data including the following
with respect to each Loan Group: average loan balance, weighted average
mortgage rate, weighted average loan-to-value ratio at origination,
weighted average FICO at originationweighted average remaining term;
and [NOTE - Item 1121(a)(8) requires updated pool composition
information, the foregoing is a suggestion of what to provide]
(xx) information about any additions of, substitutions for or
removal of any Mortgage Loans from the Trust Fund, and any changes in
the underwriting, acquisition or selection criteria as to any Mortgage
Loans added to the Trust Fund.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (v) and
(vi) above, the amounts shall also be expressed as a dollar amount per Single
Certificate.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year,
the Trustee shall prepare and forward to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Holder of a Certificate, a statement containing the
information set forth in subclauses (v) and (vi) above, aggregated for such
calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a
Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code and regulations
thereunder as from time to time are in force.
Section 4.03 Remittance Reports; Advances by the Master Servicer.
(a) By 11:00 A.M. New York time the Business Day following each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a report,
prepared as of the close of business on the Determination Date (the
"Determination Date Report"), by telecopy or in a mutually agreeable electronic
format. The Determination Date Report and any written information supplemental
thereto shall include such information with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
is reasonably available to the Master Servicer and that is required by the
Trustee for purposes of making the calculations referred to in the following
paragraph, as set forth in written specifications or guidelines issued by the
Trustee from time to time. Not later than 2:00 P.M. New York time on the
Certificate Account Deposit Date, the Trustee shall furnish by telecopy to the
Master Servicer a statement (the information in such statement to be made
available to Certificateholders or the Depositor by the Master Servicer on
request) setting forth (i) the Available Distribution Amount, (ii) the amounts
required to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account and deposited into the
Certificate Account on the immediately succeeding Certificate Account Deposit
Date pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 4. 01 (a); and (iii) such other
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee may reasonably
require to perform the calculations necessary to make the distributions
contemplated by Section 4.01 and to prepare the statements to Certificateholders
contemplated by Section 4.02. The determination by the Trustee of such amounts
shall, in the absence of obvious error, be presumptively deemed to be correct
for all purposes hereunder.
(b) Not later than 2:00 P.M. New York time on the Certificate Account
Deposit Date, the Trustee shall notify the Master Servicer of the aggregate
amount of Advances required to be made for the related Distribution Date, which
shall be the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with each interest portion
thereof adjusted to be net of the related Servicing Fee Rate), less the amount
of any related Debt Service Reductions or reductions in the amount of interest
collectable from the Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief Act, on the Outstanding
Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date, which Monthly Payments were
delinquent as of the close of business as of the related Determination Date. On
or before 3:00 P.M. New York time on each Certificate Account Deposit Date, the
Master Servicer shall either (i) deposit in the Certificate Account from its own
funds, or funds received therefor from the Sub-Servicers, an amount equal to the
Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in respect of the related
Distribution Date, (ii) withdraw from amounts on deposit in the Custodial
Account and deposit in the Certificate Account all or a portion of the amounts
held for future distribution in discharge of any such Advance, or (iii) make
advances in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the amount
of such Advance. Any portion of the amounts held for future distribution so used
shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Custodial Account on
or before 12:00 P.M. New York time on any future Certificate Account Deposit
Date to the extent that funds attributable to the Mortgage Loans that are
available in the Custodial Account for deposit in the Certificate Account on
such Certificate Account Deposit Date shall be less than payments to
Certificateholders required to be made on the following Distribution Date. Such
allocations shall be conclusive for purposes of reimbursement to the Master
Servicer from recoveries on the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.11. The
determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance
or that any proposed Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance, shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to
the Sponsor and the Trustee. The Trustee shall deposit all funds it receives
pursuant to this Section 4.03 into the Certificate Account.
(c) In the event that the Master Servicer determines on the Certificate
Account Deposit Date that it will be unable to deposit in the Certificate
Account an amount equal to the Advance required to be made for the immediately
succeeding Distribution Date in the amount determined by the Trustee pursuant to
paragraph (b) above, it shall give notice to the Trustee of its inability to
advance (such notice may be given by telecopy), not later than 3: 00 P.M., New
York time, on such Business Day, specifying the portion of such amount that it
will be unable to deposit. If the Master Servicer shall have determined that it
is not obligated to make the entire Advance because all or a lesser portion of
such Advance would not be recoverable from Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders an Officer's Certificate setting forth
the reasons for the Master Servicer's determination. Not later than 5:00 P.M.,
New York time, on the Certificate Account Deposit Date, unless by such time the
Master Servicer shall have directly or indirectly deposited in the Certificate
Account the entire amount of the Advances required to be made for the related
Distribution Date, pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall (a) terminate all
of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement in
accordance with Section 7.01 and (b) assume the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer hereunder, including the obligation to deposit in the
Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance for the immediately
succeeding Distribution Date.
Section 4.04 Allocation of Realized Losses.
Prior to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall determine
the total amount of Realized Losses, if any, that resulted from any Cash
Liquidation, Debt Service Reduction, Deficient Valuation or REO Disposition that
occurred during the related Prepayment Period. The amount of each Realized Loss
shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate by the Master Servicer. Realized
Losses shall be allocated to the Letter of Credit and to the Certificates as
determined by the Trustee in accordance with the following provisions. All
Realized Losses, other than Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Bankruptcy
Losses, Excess Fraud Losses or Extraordinary Losses shall first be covered by
draws on the Letter of Credit by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06
and then allocated to the Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof. Any Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Bankruptcy
Losses, Excess Fraud Losses and Extraordinary Losses on the Mortgage Loans will
be allocated to the Certificates. Any allocation of the principal portion of
Realized Losses to a Certificate shall be made by reducing the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof by the amount so allocated, which allocation shall be
deemed to have occurred at the close of business on such Distribution Date.
Allocations of the interest portions of Realized Losses shall be made by
operation of the definition of "Accrued Certificate Interest". All Realized
Losses and all other losses allocated to the Certificates under this Section
4.04 will be allocated among the Certificates in proportion to the Percentage
Interests evidenced thereby.
Section 4.05 Information Reports to be Filed by the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicers shall file the 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
the information returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with
respect to any Mortgaged Property required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of
the Code, respectively, and deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that such reports have been filed. Such reports shall be in form and
substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by such Sections
6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
Section 4.06 The Letter of Credit.
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Master Servicer hereby
covenants and agrees to exercise its best reasonable efforts to maintain or
cause the Letter of Credit (or substitute credit enhancement), to be maintained
to the extent and in the form and amount and for the purposes set forth in this
Agreement. The Trustee shall draw on the Letter of Credit at the times and in
the manner set forth herein and therein.
(b) In the event that at any time the Letter of Credit remains
outstanding the short-term unsecured debt obligations of the Letter of Credit
Issuer are downgraded to "A-1" by Standard & Poor's, then, the Master Servicer
shall promptly notify the Trustee of such downgrade and, within 60 days of such
event, either (i) the Master Servicer shall obtain a replacement letter of
credit or other form of credit enhancement in accordance with this Section
4.06(b).
Prior to delivering any replacement letter of credit or other form of
credit enhancement to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.06(b), the Master
Servicer shall (i) obtain an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
replacement letter of credit or alternative form of credit support will not
adversely affect the classification of the Trust Fund as a grantor trust for
federal income tax purposes and (ii) written confirmation from the Rating Agency
that such replacement letter of credit or alternative form of credit enhancement
would not have adversely affected the then-current rating assigned to the
Certificates by such Rating Agency and deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such replacement letter of credit or alternative form
of credit enhancement is a valid and legally binding obligation of the related
letter of credit issuer or issuer of such alternate form of credit enhancement
in accordance with its terms. Any replacement letter of credit shall be in
generally the same form as the form of Letter of Credit attached as Exhibit B
hereto, shall be issued by a Qualified Bank and the initial amount available to
be drawn thereunder shall equal the amount remaining under the previous Letter
of Credit. The cost of obtaining and maintaining any replacement letter of
credit or alternative form of credit enhancement shall be borne by the Master
Servicer.
The Trustee acknowledges such grant and accepts the trusts under this
Section 4.06 in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(c) Upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of the Master
Servicer or the Depositor instructing the Trustee to reduce, modify or terminate
the amounts available under the Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3.13
and (i) in the case of a modification (but not a reduction or termination of the
Letter of Credit), an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any such
modification of the Letter of Credit will not adversely affect the
classification of the Trust Fund as a grantor trust for federal income tax
purposes, and (ii) written confirmation from the Rating Agency to the effect
that the then-current rating assigned to the Certificates by such Rating Agency
will not be adversely affected by any such reduction, modification or
termination, the Trustee shall reduce, modify or terminate the Letter of Credit
pursuant to such instructions and Section 3.13 shall be deemed modified to the
extent set forth in such instructions.
On the Determination Date immediately following each anniversary of the
Cut-off Date the Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with a certificate of
a Servicing Officer which sets forth the amounts, if any, by which the amount
available under the Letter of Credit, the Bankruptcy Amount, the Fraud Loss
Amount and the Special Hazard Amount are to be reduced in accordance with the
definitions thereof. In addition, for purposes of reducing the amount available
under the Letter of Credit, the Bankruptcy Amount, the Fraud Loss Amount and the
Special Hazard Amount, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall notify the
Trustee by means of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of any amounts
deposited by the Master Servicer in the Certificate Account pursuant to Sections
3.11 (a), 3.12(b) and 3.20(a). Upon receipt of each certificate of a Servicing
Officer the Trustee will promptly notify the Letter of Credit Issuer of such
reductions in the form of Annex C to the Letter of Credit.
In addition, for purposes of reducing the amount available under the
Letter of Credit, the Special Hazard Amount, the Fraud Loss Amount and the
Bankruptcy Amount, as applicable, upon realization thereof, the Master Servicer
shall notify the Trustee by means of an Officer's Certificate of any losses
incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with any Mortgage Loan purchased
pursuant to Section 3.13, separately identifying any such losses which would
have been either Special Hazard Losses, Fraud Losses or Bankruptcy Losses, had
the Mortgage Loan not been so purchased. Upon receipt of such an Officers'
Certificate, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Letter of Credit Issuer of
such reduction by delivering a certificate to the Letter of Credit Issuer
substantially in the form of Annex C to the Letter of Credit. Upon receipt by
the Trustee of such an Officers' Certificate, if the Letter of Credit remains
outstanding, the Trustee shall request the reinstatement of the amount available
under the Letter of Credit (and the Fraud Loss Amount, Bankruptcy Amount or
Special Hazard Amount, if applicable) under the Letter of Credit in an amount
equal to such recovered amount be delivering a certificate to the Letter of
Credit Issuer substantially in the form of Annex B to the Letter of Credit.
(d) Upon termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to Article IX or upon
termination of the Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
(including a draw of the entire amount available under the Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section 4.06(b)), the Trustee shall provide the Letter of Credit
Issuer with a certificate of termination pursuant to the provisions of the
Letter of Credit.
Section 4.07 Compliance with Withholding Requirements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting payments to
Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount on the Mortgage Loans,
and payments of interest or discount on amounts invested by the Trustee as agent
for Certificateholders pursuant to an election made under Section 4.01 hereof,
that the Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent
of Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event
the Trustee withholds any amount from interest or original issue discount
payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal
withholding requirements, the Trustee shall, together with its monthly report to
such Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, indicate such amount
withheld.
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates.
The Certificates will be substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibits A. The Certificates will be issuable in registered form only. The
Certificates shall be issuable in minimum dollar denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, except that one Certificate may be
issued in an amount such that the denomination of such Certificate and the
aggregate denomination of all other outstanding Certificates together equal the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates.
Upon original issue, the Certificates shall, upon the written request
of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, be executed and
delivered by the Trustee, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered to or upon
the order of the Depositor upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
specified in Section 2.01. The Certificates shall be executed by manual or
facsimile signature on behalf of the Trustee in its capacity as trustee
hereunder by a Responsible Officer. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the
Trustee shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate
a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates issued on the Closing Date shall be dated the Closing Date and any
Certificates delivered thereafter shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
Section 5.02 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
The Trustee shall maintain a Certificate Register in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the
office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose, the Trustee shall execute and
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates
of a like aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance. Every Certificate
surrendered for transfer shall be accompanied by notification of the account of
the designated transferee or transferees for the purpose of receiving
distributions pursuant to Section 4.01 by wire transfer, if any such transferee
desires and is eligible for distribution by wire transfer.
At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate initial
Certificate Principal Balance, upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at the office of the Certificate Registrar. Whenever any Certificates
are so surrendered for exchange the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the
form satisfactory to the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge
shall be made to the Certificateholders for any transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates.
All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be
canceled and retained by the Trustee in accordance with the Trustee's standard
procedures.
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee and the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by it to save it harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new
Certificate of the same initial Certificate Principal Balance. Upon the issuance
of any new Certificate under this Section, the Trustee may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership in the Trust Fund, 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 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 neither the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be affected
by notice to the contrary.
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
upon and undertaken by the Depositor and the Master Servicer herein.
Section 6.02 Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer each will keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of
its incorporation, and 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; and provided further
that the Rating Agencies' ratings of the Certificates 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).
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer may be
merged, consolidated or converted, or any corporation resulting from any merger
or consolidation to which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party,
or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the
case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving
Person to the Master Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans to and
service mortgage loans for FNMA or FHLMC.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and Others.
Neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor 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 remaining 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 or the Master Servicer (but this
provision shall protect the above described persons) against any breach of
warranties or representations made herein, or against any specific liability
imposed on the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01 or any other Section
hereof; and provided further that this provision shall not protect the
Depositor, the Master Servicer or any such person, against any liability which
would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the 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 prima facie properly executed and
- ----- ----- submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent
of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified and held harmless
by the Trust Fund against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection
with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than
any loss, liability or expense related to Master Servicer's servicing
obligations with respect to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except
as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant
to this Agreement) or related to the Master Servicer's obligations under Section
3.01, or any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the Master Servicer shall be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not
incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement and which in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the
Depositor or the Master Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such
action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement
and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom (except any action or
liability related to the Master Servicer's obligations under Section 3.01) shall
be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Certificate
Account as provided in Section 3.11, any such right of reimbursement being prior
to the rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Certificate
Account.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it except (a) upon appointment of a successor servicer
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and upon receipt by the Trustee of a letter
from each Rating Agency that such a resignation and appointment will not, in and
of itself, result in a downgrading of the Certificates or (b) upon determination
that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law (any
such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer to be
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the resigning Master
Servicer) to such effect delivered to the Trustee). No such resignation shall
become effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer shall have assumed
the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations
hereunder.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to remit to the Trustee
for distribution to the Certificateholders any payment (other than an
Advance) required to be made under the terms of the Certificates or
this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of one 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 (with a copy to the Trustee) or the Trustee, or to the Master
Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) any failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to
observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants
or agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in the
Certificates or in this Agreement (including any breach of the Master
Servicer's representations and warranties pursuant to Section 2.03(a)
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders) which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the
same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by
the Depositor (with a copy to the Trustee) or the Trustee, or to the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction 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 proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its
affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer and such
decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed
for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings
of or relating to the Master Servicer or 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 or otherwise voluntarily commence a case or proceeding
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(vi) the Master Servicer shall fail to deposit in the
Certificate Account on any Certificate Account Deposit Date an amount
equal to any required Advance.
If the Master Servicer shall fail to make any deposit in the Certificate Account
as required by Section 4.01, the Trustee shall give the Master Servicer notice
pursuant to clause (i) not later than the Business Day following the Certificate
Account Deposit Date. If an Event of Default described in clauses (i) - (v) of
this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such
Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Depositor or the Trustee may,
and at the direction of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of
the Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice to the Master Servicer (and to
the Depositor if given by the Trustee or to the Trustee if given by the
Depositor) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Trust Fund, other than its rights as a
Certificateholder hereunder and the Depositor, terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Trust
Fund, other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. In addition, any
failure of the Master Servicer to repurchase a Converting Mortgage Loan pursuant
to Section 3.25 shall constitute an Event of Default, and in such event, all of
the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder may be terminated in
accordance with the preceding sentence. If an Event of Default described in
clause (vi) hereof shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Trust Fund, other than
its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On or after the receipt by the
Master Servicer of such notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a
holder thereof) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested
in the Trustee pursuant to and under this Section, and, without limitation, the
Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and
other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and
related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's
responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the
transfer to the Trustee or its appointed agent for administration by it of all
cash amounts which shall at the time be deposited by the Master Servicer or
should have been deposited to the Custodial or the Certificate Account or
thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Trustee shall not
be deemed to have breached any obligation hereunder as a result of a failure to
make or delay in making any distribution as and when required hereunder caused
by the failure of the Master Servicer to remit any amounts received on it or to
deliver any documents held by it with respect to the Mortgage Loans. For
purposes of this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to
and working in the Trustee's Corporate Trust Division has actual knowledge
thereof or unless notice of any event which is in fact such an Event of Default
is received by the Trustee and such notice references the Certificates, the
Trust Fund or this Agreement.
[Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of Impac Funding
Corporation ("Impac Funding") in its capacity as Master Servicer hereunder,
IMPAC shall be entitled to receive, out of any Late Collection of a Monthly
Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due prior to the notice terminating Impac
Funding's rights and obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and received after
such notice, that portion to which Impac Funding would have been entitled
pursuant to Sections 3.11 (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (viii) as well as the
portion of its related Servicing Fee in respect thereof, and any other amounts
payable to Impac Funding hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.]
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee or its appointed agent 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 thereafter to all the responsibilities, duties
and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer including the
obligation to make Advances which have been or will be required to be made
(except for the responsibilities, duties and liabilities contained in Section
2.03 and its obligations to deposit amounts in respect of losses incurred prior
to the date of succession pursuant to Section 3.12) by the terms and provisions
hereof; 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 4.03 shall not be considered a default by the Trustee
hereunder. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds
relating to the Mortgage Loans which the Master Servicer would have been
entitled to charge to the Custodial Account and the Certificate Account if the
Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the above, the
Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is unable to so
act or if the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights so request in writing to the Trustee, appoint, or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any FNMA- or FHLMC approved mortgage
servicing institution having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 as the
successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part
of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder.
Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee
shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such
appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of that permitted the Master Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such
successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be
necessary to effectuate any such succession; provided, however, that such
succession shall not reduce the ratings of the Certificates below the original
ratings thereof.
Any successor, including the Trustee, to the Master Servicer shall
maintain in force during its term as master servicer hereunder the Insurance
Policies and fidelity bonds to the same extent as the Master Servicer is so
required pursuant to Sections 3.13 and 3.18.
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any such termination or appointment of a successor to the
Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt notice thereof to
Certificateholders.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Certificates notice of each
such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived.
Section 7.04 Waiver of Events of Default.
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights of
Certificates affected by a default or Event of Default hereunder, may waive such
default or Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section
7.01(vi); provided, however, that (a) a default or Event of Default under clause
(i) of Section 7.01 may be waived only by all of the Holders of Certificates
affected by such default or Event of Default and (b) no waiver pursuant to this
Section 7.04 shall affect the Holders of Certificates in the manner set forth in
the second paragraph of Section 10.01 or materially adversely affect any non-
consenting Certificateholder. Upon any such waiver of a default or Event of
Default by the Holders representing the requisite percentage of Voting Rights of
Certificates affected by such default or Event of Default, such default or 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the
extent expressly so waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Any
permissive right of the Trustee enumerated in this Agreement shall not be
construed as a duty.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found
not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the
Trustee shall take action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument
corrected.
The Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust Fund any tax return that
the Trustee is required to sign pursuant to applicable federal, state or local
tax laws.
The Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall perform its obligations
hereunder in a manner so as to maintain the status of the Trust Fund as a
grantor trust and to prevent the imposition of any federal, state or local
income, prohibited transaction, contribution or other tax on the Trust Fund to
the extent that maintaining such status and avoiding such taxes are reasonably
within the control of the Trustee and are reasonably within the scope of its
duties under this Agreement.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own misconduct; provided, however, that :
(i) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after
the curing of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the
duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and,
in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Agreement;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect
to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Agreement.
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) The Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper
or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) The Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion of Counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
therewith;
(c) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make any investigation of
matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation
hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the
Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee
of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not
been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs;
(d) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(e) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after
the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall
not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25
% of the Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to
be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the
Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by
the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
against such expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The
reasonable expense of every such reasonable examination shall be paid by the
Master Servicer or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Master
Servicer upon demand; and
(f) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys.
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates, other than the
signature of the Trustee on the Certificates and the certificate of
authentication, shall be taken as the state ments of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations or warranties as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any
Mortgage Loan or related document, other than the signature of the Trustee on
the Certificates and the Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the Master Servicer
of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the
use or application of any funds paid to the Sponsor in respect of the Mortgage
Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Custodial Account or the Certificate
Account or any other account by or on behalf of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, other than any funds held by or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance
with Section 4.01.
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.
Section 8.05 Payment of Trustee's Fees.
The Trustee shall withdraw from the Certificate Account on each
Distribution Date and pay to itself the Trustee's Fee. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, the Trustee and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless
against any loss, liability or "unanticipated out-of-pocket" expense incurred or
paid to third parties (which expenses shall not include salaries paid to
employees, or allocable overhead, of the Trustee) in connection with the
acceptance or administration of its trusts hereunder or the Certificates, other
than 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 all such amounts shall be
payable from funds in the Custodial Account as provided in Section 3.11. The
provisions of this Section 8.05 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
The Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense
that may be sustained in connection with this Agreement related to the willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder.
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or a national
banking association organized and doing business under the laws of any state or
the United States of America or the District of Columbia, 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. In addition, the Trustee shall at all times be acceptable to
the Rating Agency rating the Certificates. If such corporation publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07.
The corporation or national banking association serving as Trustee may have
normal banking and trust relationships with the Sponsor and its affiliates or
the Master Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however, that such corporation
cannot be an affiliate of the Master Servicer other than the Trustee in its role
as successor to the Master Servicer.
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving notice thereof to the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and to all Certificateholders; provided, that such resignation shall not be
effective until a successor trustee is appointed and accepts appointment in
accordance with the following provisions. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee who meets
the eligibility requirements of Section 8.06 by written instrument, in
duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and to
the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the
Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the Depositor. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee; provided, however, that the resigning Trustee shall not resign and be
discharged from the trusts hereby created until such time as the Rating Agency
rating the Certificates approves the successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or if at any time the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed,
or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, or if the rating of the long-term debt obligations of the Trustee
is not acceptable to the Rating Agency in respect of mortgage pass-through
certificates having a rating equal to the then current rating on the
Certificates, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 8.06 by written
instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be
delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments
shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so
removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such
instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer
by the Depositor.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Master Servicer and to its predecessor
trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the prede cessor trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee
herein. The predecessor trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all
Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder, and
the Master Servicer and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more
fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such
rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section, the Master Servicer shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in
the Certificate Register. If the Master Servicer fails to mail such notice
within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Master Servicer.
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of
the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be eligible under the
provisions of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located, the
Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the
Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or
separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and
to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust
Fund, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
8. 10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and
the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not have
joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request
so to do, or in case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee
or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility
as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 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 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 (whether as Trustee hereunder or
as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent
or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any
portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by
such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
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 Information Reports and Tax Returns.
The Trustee shall prepare, execute and timely file such information
reports or returns as may be required from time to time under any applicable
federal, state or local law with respect to the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders and shall timely provide Certificateholders of such Series
with information as to the Master Servicer's determination of monthly income
accrued by the Trust Fund. [Unless there is a statutory or administrative
clarification to the contrary, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered
to the Trustee, requiring such information reports or returns to be prepared
based on a different method, the Trustee shall prepare such information returns
or reports based on a constant yield method with respect to the Certificates of
such Series, using the Prepayment Assumption and a representative initial
offering price for Certificates in computing such constant yield.]
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage
Loans.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee created hereby (other than the obligations of
the Master Servicer to provide for and the Trustee to make payments to
Certificateholders as hereafter set forth) shall terminate upon payment to the
Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and
required to be paid to them hereunder following the earlier to occur of (i) the
repurchase by the Master Servicer of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property in
respect thereof remaining in the Trust Fund at a price equal to (a) 100% of the
unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than one as to which a REO
Property was acquired) on the day of repurchase together with accrued interest
on such unpaid principal balance at the related Net Mortgage Rate to the first
day of the month in which the proceeds of such repurchase are to be distributed,
plus (b) the appraised value of any REO Property less the good faith estimate of
the Master Servicer of liquidation expenses to be incurred in connection with
its disposal thereof, such appraisal to be conducted by an appraiser mutually
agreed upon by the Master Servicer and the Trustee at the expense of the Master
Servicer, (but not more than the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan, together with accrued interest on that balance at the Net
Mortgage Rate to the first day of the month of repurchase), and (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund (or the disposition of all REO
Property in respect thereof); provided, however, that in no event shall the
trust created hereby continue beyond 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. In
the case of any repurchase by the Master Servicer pursuant to clause (i), the
Master Servicer shall include in such repurchase price the amount of any
Advances that will be reimbursed to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.11(iii) and the Master Servicer shall exercise reasonable efforts to cooperate
fully with the Trustee in effecting such repurchase and the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans and related Mortgage Files and related records to the Master
Servicer.
The right of the Master Servicer to repurchase all Mortgage Loans
pursuant to (i) above shall be conditioned upon the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loans at the time of any such repurchase aggregating an
amount equal to or less than __ % of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. If such right is exercised, the Master
Servicer upon such repurchase shall provide to the Trustee, the certifica tion
required by Section 3.16.
Notice of any termination, specifying the Distribution Date upon which
the Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for
payment of the final distri bution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by
the Master Servicer by letter to the Trustee and shall be given promptly by the
Trustee to the Certificateholders mailed (a) in the event such notice is given
in connection with the Master Servicer's election to repurchase, not earlier
than the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding
the month of such final distribution 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 final payment of the
Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the
office of the Certificate Registrar therein designated, (ii) the amount of any
such final payment and (iii) 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 Certificate Registrar
therein specified. In the event such notice is given in connection with the
Master Servicer's election to repurchase, the Master Servicer shall deposit in
the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3. 10 on the last day of the related
Prepayment Period an amount equal to the above-described repurchase price
payable out of its own funds. Upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates by the Certificateholders, the Trustee shall distribute to the
Certificateholders (i) the amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution
Date, if not in connection with the Master Servicer's election to repurchase, or
(ii) if the Master Servicer elected to so repurchase, an amount determined as
follows: with respect to each Certificate, the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance thereof, plus one month's interest thereon at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate and any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest. Upon
certification to the Trustee by a Servicing Officer, following such final
deposit, the Trustee shall promptly release the Mortgage Files as directed by
the Master Servicer for the remaining Mortgage Loans, and the Trustee shall
execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments required by the
Master Servicer as being necessary to effectuate such transfer.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender
their Certificates for cancellation within six months after the time specified
in the above-mentioned notice, the Trustee shall give a second notice to the
remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation
and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within six months
after the second notice all of the Certificates shall not have been surrendered
for cancellation, the Trustee shall take reasonable steps as directed by the
Depositor, or appoint an agent to take reasonable steps, to contact the
remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the
cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain
subject hereto. If, within nine months after the second notice, all of the
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall
be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets which remain subject hereto.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any
provisions herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provisions herein or to correct any error, (iii) to change the timing and/or
nature of deposits in the Certificate Account, provided that (a) such change
would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, and (b) such change
would not adversely affect the then-current rating of any rated class of
Certificates, as evidenced by a letter from each applicable Rating Agency, (iv)
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising this
Agreement which are not materially inconsistent with the provisions thereof,
provided that such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder, or (v) to amend specified provisions that
are not material to holders of any class of Certificates offered hereunder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 66-2/3% of the Voting Rights for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on
Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate without
the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment, 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 10.01,
Certificates registered in the name of the Sponsor or the Master Servicer or any
affiliate thereof shall be entitled to Voting Rights with respect to matters
described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee shall
furnish a statement describing the amendment to each Certificateholder.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Prior to executing any amendment pursuant to this Section, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel (provided by the Person
requesting such amendment) to the effect that such amendment is authorized or
permitted by this Agreement. The cost of an Opinion of Counsel delivered
pursuant to this Section 10.01 shall be an expense of the party requesting such
amendment, but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment
pursuant to this Section that affects its rights, duties and immunities under
this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 10.02 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 and at the expense of the Depositor on direction by the Trustee,
but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 10.03 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 the Certificates,
be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under
any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to
this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of
this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law
upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously
shall have given to the Trustee a notice of an Event of Default, or of a default
by the Sponsor or the Trustee in the performance of any obligation hereunder,
and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights shall have
made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. It is
understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with
every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of
Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the
Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right
under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Certificateholder
and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law
or in equity.
Section 10.04 Governing Law.
This Agreement and the Certificates 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 10.05 Notices.
All demands, notices and direction hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed effective upon receipt when delivered to (a) in the case of the
Depositor, _______________, ______________________________, Attention:
____________________, or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the
Trustee and the Master Servicer in writing by the Depositor, (b) in the case of
the Trustee_____________________________________________________, Attention:
______________________________________, or such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the Master Servicer and the Depositor in writing by the Trustee
and (c) in the case of the Master Servicer, [Impac Funding Corporation,] [1401
Dove Street, Newport Beach, CA 92660,] Attention: ________________ or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee in
writing. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed 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, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 10.07 Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiary.
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and all
such provisions shall inure Depositor, (b) in the case of the Trustee, to the
benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The parties hereto agree that
the Sponsor is the intended third party beneficiary of Sections 3.07, 3.10 and
3.22 hereof, and that the Sponsor may enforce such provisions to the same extent
as if the Sponsor were a party to this Agreement.
Section 10.08 Article and Section Headings.
The article and section headings herein are for convenience of
reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 10.09 Notice to Rating Agencies and Certificateholder.
The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice to
the Rating Agencies referred to below and the Letter of Credit Issuer with
respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or
the Trustee;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant
to Section 2.04;
5. The final payment to Certificateholders; and
6. Any change in the location of the Custodial Account or the
Certificate Account.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to the Rating Agency
copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section
4.02;
2. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report received as described in Section 3.20; and
3. Each Master Servicer compliance report received as
described in Section 3.19.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 10.09 shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or mailed by
first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service to (i) in the
case of [___________________] _________________________________, Attention:
_________________, and (ii) in the case of [___________________________________]
or, in each case, such other address as such Rating Agency may designate in
writing to the parties thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee
have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized all as of the day and year first above written.
IMPAC SECURED ASSETS CORP.
Depositor
By: ________________________________________
[IMPAC FUNDING CORPORATION]
[NAME OF MASTER SERVICER],
Master Servicer
By: ________________________________________
[NAME OF TRUSTEE]
Trustee
By: ________________________________________
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS A-[] 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 SHALL INITIALLY BE ISSUED AS ONE OR MORE CERTIFICATES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
BELOW, REGISTRATION OF SUCH CERTIFICATES MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED BY THE TRUSTEE
EXCEPT TO ANOTHER DEPOSITORY THAT AGREES TO HOLD SUCH CERTIFICATES FOR THE
RESPECTIVE CERTIFICATE OWNERS WITH OWNERSHIP INTERESTS THEREIN. THE CERTIFICATE
OWNERS SHALL HOLD THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN AND TO EACH OF SUCH
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES THROUGH THE BOOK-ENTRY FACILITIES OF THE DEPOSITORY AND,
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW, SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES IN
RESPECT OF SUCH OWNERSHIP INTERESTS. ALL TRANSFERS BY CERTIFICATE OWNERS OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERSHIP 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 TRANSFER THE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS ONLY 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 TRUSTEE SHALL
NOT BE REQUIRED TO MONITOR, DETERMINE OR INQUIRE AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES, AND THE
TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR TRANSFERS OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THE
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES MADE THROUGH THE BOOK-ENTRY FACILITIES OF THE DEPOSITORY
OR BETWEEN OR AMONG DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANTS OR CERTIFICATE OWNERS, MADE IN
VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS.
Certificate No. 1 Adjustable Pass-Through Rate
Class A-[] Senior
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement Percentage Interest: [_]%
and Cut-off Date: _________, 200_
First Distribution Date: _________, 200_ Aggregate Initial [Certificate
Principal] [Notional]
Balance of the Class
A-[] Certificates:
$[-------------]
Master Servicer: Initial [Certificate Principal]
[Notional]
Impac Funding Corporation Balance of this Certificate:
$[------------]
Assumed Final CUSIP: [_________]
Distribution Date: [_____________], 20__
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
SERIES 200_-_
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions
allocable to the Class A-[] Certificates with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conforming one-
to four-family adjustable-rate first lien mortgage loans
formed and sold by IMPAC SECURED ASSETS CORP.
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund,
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Impac Secured Assets
Corp., the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred to below or any of their
affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by Impac
Secured Assets Corp., the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any of their
affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of their
affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other
obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.
This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate by the aggregate
Initial Certificate Principal Balance of all Class A-[] Certificates, both as
specified above) in certain distributions with respect to the Trust Fund
consisting primarily of an interest in a pool of conforming one- to four-family
adjustable-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), formed and
sold by Impac Secured Assets Corp. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which
term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The
Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
___________, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution 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 (the Distribution Date"), commencing as
described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
immediately preceding the month of such Distribution Date (the "Record Date"),
from the Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the product of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount of interest and
principal, if any , required to be distributed to Holders of Class A-[]
Certificates on such Distribution Date.
[CLASS 5-A ONLY] [Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a
distribution 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 (the Distribution
Date"), commencing as described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from the Available Funds in an amount
equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amount of interest and principal, if any, required to be distributed to
Holders of Class 5-A-1 Certificates on such Distribution Date.]
Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by the Trustee or
by a Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee either in immediately available funds
(by wire transfer or otherwise) for the account of the Person entitled thereto
if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee or such Paying Agent at least
5 Business Days prior to the related Record Date, or by check mailed 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 of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose in the City and State of New York. The Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The
Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced to the extent of
distributions allocable to principal.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
issued in several Classes designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of
the Series specified hereon (herein collectively called the "Certificates").
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. In the event Master Servicer funds are advanced
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master
Servicer, to the extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on
such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would have been distributable to
Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account
and/or the Certificate Account created for the benefit of Certificateholders may
be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation
reimbursement to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances
made, or certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment of the Agreement and the modification of the rights and obligations of
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of
each Class of Certificates affected thereby. 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 the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof in certain circumstances without the consent of the Holders of
any of the Certificates and, in certain additional circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of certain Classes of 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 Trustee, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Trustee 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 authorized denominations evidencing
the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in Classes and in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations
evidencing the same Class and 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, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates
and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to
Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the purchase by the Subservicer from the Trust Fund of all remaining
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property in respect thereof remaining in the Trust
Fund, thereby effecting early retirement of the Certificates and (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund (or the disposition of all REO
Property in respect thereof). The Agreement permits, but does not require, the
Subservicer to purchase at a price determined as provided in the Agreement all
remaining Mortgage Loans and all REO Property; provided, that any such option
may only be exercised on the Distribution Date after the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Distribution Date upon which
the proceeds of any such purchase are distributed is less than one percent of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off
Date.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee, 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 Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ___________, 200_ ____________________
as Trustee
By:_____________________________
Authorized Signatory
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A-[] Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
______________________
as Trustee
By:_____________________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _____________________________________ (Please print or
typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Percentage
Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address:
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Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall 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
[FORM OF IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT]
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION
____________, 200_
Impac Funding Corporation
1401 Dove Street
Newport Beach, California 92660
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of __________, 200_
among Impac Secured Assets Corp., Impac Funding Corporation
and ___________, Mortgage PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
200_-_ ----------------------------------------------
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 has reviewed the
Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that: (i) all
documents required to be included in the Mortgage File are in its possession;
(ii) such documents have reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and
relate to such Mortgage Loan; and (iii) based on examination by it, and only as
to such documents, the information set forth in items (iii) and (iv) of the
definition or description of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" is correct.
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
representation that any documents specified in clause (vi) of Section 2.01
should be included in any Mortgage File. The Trustee makes no representations as
to and shall not be responsible to verify: (i) the validity, legality,
sufficiency, enforceability, due authorization, recordability or genuineness of
any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan, or (iii)
the existence of any assumption, modification, written assurance or substitution
agreement with respect to any Mortgage File if no such documents appear in the
Mortgage File delivered to the Trustee.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
[___________________________________]
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF TRUSTEE FINAL CERTIFICATION
______________, 20__
Impac Funding Corporation
1401 Dove Street
Newport Beach, California 92660
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of ___________, 200_
among Impac Secured Assets Corp., Impac Funding Corporation
and ____________, Mortgage PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
200_-________
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 has received the
documents set forth in Section 2.01.
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
representation that any documents specified in clause (vi) of Section 2.01
should be included in any Mortgage File. The Trustee makes no representations as
to and shall not be responsible to verify: (i) the validity, legality,
sufficiency, enforceability, due authorization, recordability or genuineness of
any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan or (iii)
the existence of any assumption, modification, written assurance or substitution
agreement with respect to any Mortgage File if no such documents appear in the
Mortgage File delivered to the Trustee.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
[__________________________]
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF REMITTANCE REPORT
(Provided Upon Request)
EXHIBIT F-1
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Custodian)
LOAN INFORMATION
Name of Mortgagor: _______________________
Master Servicer
Loan No.: _______________________
TRUSTEE
Name: _______________________
Address: _______________________
Trustee
Mortgage File No.: _______________________
REQUEST FOR REQUESTING DOCUMENTS (CHECK ONE):
1. Mortgage Loan Liquidated.
(The Master Servicer hereby certifies that all
proceeds of foreclosure, insurance or other
liquidation have been finally received and deposited
into the Custodial Account to the extent required
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
2. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
3. Mortgage Loan Repurchased Pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
4. Mortgage Loan Repurchased Pursuant to Article II of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(The Master Servicer hereby certifies that the
repurchase price has been deposited into the
Custodial Account pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.)
5. Other (explain).
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The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it
has received from the Trustee for the Holders of Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 200_-_, 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
____________, 200_ (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Impac Secured
Assets Corp., Impac Funding Corporation and the Trustee.
( ) Promissory Note dated _________________, 200_, 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 Recorders 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
knowingly 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 Custodian 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 Custodial 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.
IMPAC FUNDING CORPORATION
By: ___________________________
Title: _________________________
Date: _________________, 200_
EXHIBIT F-2
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
[Mortgage Loans Paid in Full]
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AND TRUST RECEIPT
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 200_-_
_____________________________________ 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 CUSTODIAL 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 G-1
FORM OF INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER
___________,200__
Impac Secured Assets Corp.
1401 Dove Street
Newport Beach, California 92660
[TRUSTEE]
Attention: Impac Secured Assets Corp. Series 200_-_
Re: Impac Secured Assets Corp. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 200_-_, CLASS
Ladies and Gentlemen:
______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
______________ (the "Sponsor") $_________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance
of Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_, Class _____ (the
"Certificates"), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of ___________, 200_ among Impac
Secured Assets Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Impac Funding Corporation,
as master servicer, ____________, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and
warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:
1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the
Certificates have not been and will not be registered
or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act") or any state securities law, (b)
the Depositor is not required to so register or
qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates may be
resold only if registered and qualified pursuant to
the provisions of the Act or any state securities
law, or if an exemption from such registration and
qualification is available, (d) the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement contains restrictions regarding
the transfer of the Certificates and (e) the
Certificates will bear a legend to the foregoing
effect.
2. The Purchaser is acquiring the
Certificates for its own account for investment only
and not with a view to or for sale in connection with
any distribution thereof in any manner that would
violate the Act or any applicable state securities
laws.
3. The Purchaser is (a) a substantial,
sophisticated institutional investor having such
knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters, and, in particular, in such matters related
to securities similar to the Certificates, such that
it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investment in the Certificates, (b) able to bear the
economic risks of such an investment and (c) an
"accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501
(a) promulgated pursuant to the Act.
4. The Purchaser has been furnished with,
and has had an opportunity to review (a) a copy of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (b) such
other information concerning the Certificates, the
Mortgage Loans and the Depositor as has been
requested by the Purchaser from the Depositor or the
Sponsor and is relevant to the Purchaser's decision
to purchase the Certificates. The Purchaser has had
any questions arising from such review answered by
the Depositor or the Sponsor to the satisfaction of
the Purchaser.
5. The Purchaser has not and will not nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to
(a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise
transfer any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security to any
person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or
to accept a pledge, disposition of other transfer of
any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or
any other similar security from any person in any
manner, (c) otherwise approach or negotiate with
respect to any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security with any
person in any manner, (d) make any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in
any other manner or (e) take any other action, that
(as to any of (a) through (e) above) would constitute
a distribution of any Certificate under the Act, that
would render the disposition of any Certificate a
violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state
securities law, or that would require registration or
qualification pursuant thereto. The Purchaser will
not sell or otherwise transfer any of the
Certificates, except in compliance with the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
______________________________________
(Purchaser)
By: __________________________________
Name: ________________________________
Title: _______________________________
EXHIBIT G-2
FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
______________,200___
Impac Secured Assets Corp.
1401 Dove Street
Newport Beach, California 92660
[TRUSTEE]
Attention: Impac Secured Assets Corp. Series 200_-_
Re: Impac Secured Assets Corp. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 200_-_, CLASS
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the sale by ___________ (the "Sponsor") to ________
(the "Purchaser") of $_________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_, Class _____ (the
"Certificates"), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of ____________, 200_ among Impac
Secured Assets Corp., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Impac Funding Corporation,
as master servicer, ___________, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Sponsor hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the
Trustee that:
Neither the Sponsor 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, or
(e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above) would
constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Act"), that would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of
Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or that would require
registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The Sponsor will not act in any
manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The
Sponsor has not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates,
except in compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
_________________________
(Sponsor)
By: _____________________
Name: ___________________
Title: __________________
EXHIBIT H
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT I
[SPONSOR'S WARRANTY CERTIFICATE]
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF NOTICE UNDER SECTION 3.24 OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
___________, 200_
[Addressee]
Re: Impac Secured Assets Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
SERIES 200_-_____________________
Pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of ____________, 200_, relating to the Certificates
referenced above, the undersigned does hereby notify you that:
(a) The prepayment assumption used in pricing the Certificates
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Series 200_-_ consisted of a Prepayment
Assumption (the "Prepayment Assumption") of ____% per annum.
(b) With respect to each Class of Certificates comprising the
captioned series, set forth below is (i), the first price, as a percentage of
the Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of each Class of
Certificates, at which 10% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance or
Notional Amount of each such Class of Certificates was first sold at a single
price, if applicable, or (ii) if more than 10% of a Class of Certificates have
been sold but no single price is paid for at least 10% of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates,
then the weighted average price at which the Certificates of such Class were
sold expressed as a percentage of the Certificate Principal Balance or Notional
Amount of such Class of Certificates, (iii) if less than 10% of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of a Class of Certificates has
been sold, the purchase price for each such Class of Certificates paid by
___________ (the "Underwriter"), expressed as a percentage of the Certificate
Principal Balance or Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates calculated
by: (1) estimating the fair market value of each such Class of Certificates as
of ___________, 200_; (2) adding such estimated fair market value to the
aggregate purchase prices of each Class of Certificates described in clause (i)
or (ii) above; (3) dividing each of the fair market values determined in clause
(1) by the sum obtained in clause (2); (4) multiplying the quotient obtained for
each Class of Certificates in clause (3) by the purchase price paid by the
Underwriters for all the Certificates purchased by it; and (5) for each Class of
Certificates, dividing the product obtained from such Class of Certificates in
clause (4) by the initial Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of
such Class of Certificates or (iv) the fair market value (but not less than
zero) as of the Closing Date of each Certificate of each Class of Certificates
retained by the Depositor or an affiliate corporation, or delivered to the
sponsor:
SERIES 200_-_
Class A: ____%
The prices and values set forth above do not include accrued
interest with respect to periods before the closing.
IMPAC SECURED ASSETS CORP.
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION TO FORM 10-K CERTIFICATE
Re: The [ ] agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the "Agreement"), among
[IDENTIFY - PARTIES]
I, ________________________________, the _______________________ of
[NAME OF COMPANY], certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the
[Master Servicer] [Trustee], and their officers, with the knowledge and
intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Company
provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the "Compliance
Statement"), the report on assessment of the Company's compliance with
the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the
"Servicing Criteria"), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and
15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the "Servicing Assessment"), the
registered public accounting firm's attestation report provided in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and
Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the "Attestation Report"), and all
servicing reports, officer's certificates and other information
relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Company during
200[ ] that were delivered by the Company to the [Depositor] [Master
Servicer] [Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the
"Company Servicing Information");
(2) Based on my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as
a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the
Company Servicing Information;
(3) Based on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information
required to be provided by the Company under the Agreement has been
provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Trustee];
(4) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Company as servicer under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and
the compliance review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement
and except as disclosed in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing
Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Company has fulfilled its
obligations under the Agreement in all material respects; and
(5) The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Company
pursuant to the Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation
Report required to be provided by the Company and by any Subservicer or
Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement, have been provided to the
[Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed to the [Depositor]
[Master Servicer]. Any material instance of noncompliance with the
Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Date: _________________________
By:
Name: ________________________________
Title: ________________________________
EXHIBIT L
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
DEFINITIONS
PRIMARY SERVICER - transaction party having borrower ontact
MASTER SERVICER - aggregator of pool assets obligation
TRUSTEE - waterfall calculator (may be the Master Servicer)
BACK-UP SERVICER - named in the transaction (in the event a Back up Servicer
becomes the Primary Servicer, follow Primary Servicer obligations)
CUSTODIAN - safe keeper of pool assets
PAYING AGENT - distributor of funds to ultimate investor
TRUSTEE - fiduciary of the transaction
KEY:
X - obligation
[X] - under consideration for
"NOTE: THE DEFINITIONS ABOVE DESCRIBE THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTION THAT THE PARTY
PERFORMS, RATHER THAN THE PARTY'S TITLE.
WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHECKS FOR CRITERIA THE ATTESTING PARTY WILL IDENTIFY
IN THEIR MANAGEMENT ASSERTION THAT THEY ARE ATTESTING ONLY TO THE PORTION OF THE
DISTRIBUTION CHAIN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE RELATED TRANSACTION
AGREEMENTS.
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SERVICING CRITERIA PRIMARY MASTER CUSTODIAN PAYING AGENT TRUSTEE
REG AB REFERENCE SERVICER SERVICER
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GENERAL SERVICING CONSIDERATIONS
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Policies and procedures are instituted X X X
to monitor any performance or other (Sec. 9.01)
triggers and events of default in
accordance with the transaction
1122(d)(1)(i) agreements.
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1122(d)(1)(ii) If any material servicing activities X X
are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted
to monitor the third party's
performance and compliance with such
servicing activities.
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Any requirements in the transaction
agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer for the Pool Assets are
1122(d)(1)(iii) maintained.
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A fidelity bond and errors and X X
omissions policy is in effect on the
party participating in the servicing
function throughout the reporting
period in the amount of coverage
required by and otherwise in
accordance with the terms of the
1122(d)(1)(iv) transaction agreements.
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CASH COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION
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1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on pool assets are deposited X X X
into the appropriate custodial bank
accounts and related bank clearing
accounts no more than two business
days following receipt, or such other
number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made via wire transfer X X X X
on behalf of an obligor or to an
investor are made only by authorized
1122(d)(2)(ii) personnel.
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Advances of funds or guarantees X X X X
regarding collections, cash flows or (Sec.
distributions, and any interest or 8.01)
other fees charged for such advances,
are made, reviewed and approved as
specified in the transaction
1122(d)(2)(iii) agreements.
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The related accounts for the [X] X
transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or accounts established as a
form of over collateralization, are
separately maintained (e.g., with
respect to commingling of cash) as set
1122(d)(2)(iv) forth in the transaction agreements.
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Each custodial account is maintained X X X
at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the
transaction agreements. For purposes
of this criterion, "federally insured
depository institution" with respect
to a foreign financial institution
means a foreign financial institution
that meets the requirements of Rule
13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
1122(d)(2)(v) Act.
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Unissued checks are safeguarded so as X
1122(d)(2)(vi) to prevent unauthorized access.
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Reconciliations are prepared on a X X X X
monthly basis for all asset-backed
securities related bank accounts,
including custodial accounts and
related bank clearing accounts. These
reconciliations are (A) mathematically
accurate; (B) prepared within 30
calendar days after the bank statement
cutoff date, or such other number of
days specified in the transaction
agreements; (C) reviewed and approved
by someone other than the person who
prepared the reconciliation; and (D)
contain explanations for reconciling
items. These reconciling items are
resolved within 90 calendar days of
their original identification, or such
other number of days specified in the
1122(d)(2)(vii) transaction agreements.
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INVESTOR REMITTANCES AND REPORTING
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1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those X X X
to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the
transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically,
such reports (A) are prepared in
accordance with timeframes and other
terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information
calculated in accordance with the
terms specified in the transaction
agreements; (C) are filed with the
Commission as required by its rules
and regulations; and (D) agree with
investors' or the trustee's records as
to the total unpaid principal balance
and number of Pool Assets serviced by
the Servicer.
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Amounts due to investors are allocated X X X X
and remitted in accordance with
timeframes, distribution priority and
other terms set forth in the
1122(d)(3)(ii) transaction agreements.
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Disbursements made to an investor are X X X X
posted within two business days to the
Servicer's investor records, or such
other number of days specified in the
1122(d)(3)(iii) transaction agreements.
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Amounts remitted to investors per the X X X X
investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or
1122(d)(3)(iv) custodial bank statements.
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POOL ASSET ADMINISTRATION
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1122(d)(4)(i) Collateral or security on pool assets X X
is maintained as required by the
transaction agreements or related pool
asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(ii) Pool assets and related documents are X X
safeguarded as required by the
transaction agreements
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1122(d)(4)(iii) Any additions, removals or X X X
substitutions to the asset pool are
made, reviewed and approved in
accordance with any conditions or
requirements in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(iv) Payments on pool assets, including any X
payoffs, made in accordance with the
related pool asset documents are
posted to the Servicer's obligor
records maintained no more than two
business days after receipt, or such
other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements, and allocated
to principal, interest or other items
(e.g., escrow) in accordance with the
related pool asset documents.
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The Servicer's records regarding the X
pool assets agree with the Servicer's
records with respect to an obligor's
1122(d)(4)(v) unpaid principal balance.
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Changes with respect to the terms or X X
status of an obligor's pool assets
(e.g., loan modifications or
re-agings) are made, reviewed and
approved by authorized personnel in
accordance with the transaction
agreements and related pool asset
1122(d)(4)(vi) documents.
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Loss mitigation or recovery actions X X
(e.g., forbearance plans,
modifications and deeds in lieu of
foreclosure, foreclosures and
repossessions, as applicable) are
initiated, conducted and concluded in
accordance with the timeframes or
other requirements established by the
1122(d)(4)(vii) transaction agreements.
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Records documenting collection efforts X
are maintained during the period a
pool asset is delinquent in accordance
with the transaction agreements. Such
records are maintained on at least a
monthly basis, or such other period
specified in the transaction
agreements, and describe the entity's
activities in monitoring delinquent
pool assets including, for example,
phone calls, letters and payment
rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g.,
1122(d)(4)(viii) illness or unemployment).
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1122(d)(4)(ix) Adjustments to interest rates or rates X X
of return for pool assets with
variable rates are computed based on
the related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(x) Regarding any funds held in trust for X
an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such funds are analyzed, in
accordance with the obligor's pool
asset documents, on at least an annual
basis, or such other period specified
in the transaction agreements; (B)
interest on such funds is paid, or
credited, to obligors in accordance
with applicable pool asset documents
and state laws; and (C) such funds are
returned to the obligor within 30
calendar days of full repayment of the
related pool assets, or such other
number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Payments made on behalf of an obligor X
(such as tax or insurance payments)
are made on or before the related
penalty or expiration dates, as
indicated on the appropriate bills or
notices for such payments, provided
that such support has been received by
the servicer at least 30 calendar days
prior to these dates, or such other
number of days specified in the
1122(d)(4)(xi) transaction agreements.
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Any late payment penalties in X connection with any payment
to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the
Servicer's funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the
late payment was due to the obligor's error
1122(d)(4)(xii) or omission.
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Disbursements made on behalf of an X obligor are posted
within two business days to the obligor's records maintained
by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in
1122(d)(4)(xiii) the transaction agreements.
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Delinquencies, charge-offs and X X
uncollectible accounts are recognized
and recorded in accordance with the
1122(d)(4)(xiv) transaction agreements.
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Any external enhancement or other X X support, identified in
Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB,
is maintained as set forth in the
1122(d)(4)(xv) transaction agreements.
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EXHIBIT M
FORM 10-D, FORM 8-K AND FORM 10-K
REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY
As to each item described below, the entity indicated as the Responsible Party
shall be primarily responsible for reporting the information to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.25(a)(iv). If the Trustee is indicated below as to any
item, then the Trustee is primarily responsible for obtaining that information.
Under Item 1 of Form 10-D: a) items marked "6.07 statement" are required to be
included in the periodic Distribution Date statement under Section 6.07,
provided by the Trustee based on information received from the Master Servicer;
and b) items marked "Form 10-D report" are required to be in the Form 10-D
report but not the 6.07 statement, provided by the party indicated. Information
under all other Items of Form 10-D is to be included in the Form 10-D report.
FORM ITEM DESCRIPTION RESPONSIBLE PARTY
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10-D Must be filed within 15 days of the distribution date for the asset-backed securities.
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1 DISTRIBUTION AND POOL PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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ITEM 1121(A) - DISTRIBUTION AND POOL PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
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(1) Any applicable record dates, accrual dates, 6.07 statement
determination dates for
calculating distributions and actual distribution
dates for the distribution period.
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(2) Cash flows received and the sources thereof 6.07 statement
for 6.07 statement distributions, fees and
expenses.
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(3) Calculated amounts and distribution of the 6.07 statement
flow of funds for the period
itemized by type and priority of payment,
including:
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(i) Fees or expenses accrued and paid, 6.07 statement
with an identification of the
general purpose of such fees and the party
receiving such fees or expenses.
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(ii) Payments accrued or paid with 6.07 statement
respect to enhancement or other
support identified in Item 1114 of Regulation AB
(such as insurance premiums or other enhancement
maintenance fees), with an identification of the
general purpose of such payments and the party
receiving such payments.
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(iii) Principal, interest and other 6.07 statement
distributions accrued and paid on the
asset-backed securities by type and by class or
series and any principal or interest shortfalls
or carryovers.
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(iv) The amount of excess cash flow or 6.07 statement
excess spread and the disposition
of excess cash flow.
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(4) Beginning and ending principal balances of 6.07 statement
the asset-backed securities.
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(5) Interest rates applicable to the pool assets 6.07 statement
and the asset-backed securities,
as applicable. Consider providing interest rate
information for pool assets in appropriate
distributional groups or incremental ranges.
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(6) Beginning and ending balances of transaction 6.07 statement
accounts, such as reserve
accounts, and material account activity during
the period.
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(7) Any amounts drawn on any credit enhancement 6.07 statement
or other support identified in
Item 1114 of Regulation AB, as applicable, and
the amount of coverage remaining under any such
enhancement, if known and applicable.
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(8) Number and amount of pool assets at the 6.07 statement
beginning and ending of each
period, and, updated pool composition
such as weighted average coupon, weighted Updated information
pool composition average life, weighted average to be as specified by
remaining term, pool information fields Depositor from time to time
factors and prepayment amounts.
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(9) Delinquency and loss information for the period. 6.07 statement.
In addition, describe any material changes to the
information specified in Item 1100(b)(5) of Regulation Form 10-D report: Master
AB regarding the pool assets. Servicer
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(10) Information on the amount, terms and general 6.07 statement
purpose of any advances made or
reimbursed during the period, including the
general use of funds advanced and the general
source of funds for reimbursements.
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(11) Any material modifications, extensions or 6.07 statement
waivers to pool asset terms, fees,
penalties or payments during the distribution
period or that have cumulatively become material
over time.
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(12) Material breaches of pool asset Form 10-D report:
representations or warranties Trustee
or transaction covenants.
(subject to Depositor
approval)
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(13) Information on ratio, coverage or other 6.07 statement
tests used for determining any
early amortization, liquidation or other
performance trigger and whether the trigger was
met.
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(14) Information regarding any new issuance of Form 10-D report:
asset-backed securities backed Depositor
by the same asset pool,
[information regarding] any pool asset changes Form 10-D report:
(other than in connection with a pool asset converting Master Servicer
into cash in accordance
with its terms), such as additions or
removals in connection with a prefunding or
revolving period and pool asset substitutions and
repurchases (and purchase rates, if applicable),
and cash flows available for future purchases,
such as the balances of any prefunding or
revolving accounts, if applicable.
Disclose any material changes in the
solicitation, credit-granting, underwriting,
origination, acquisition or pool selection
criteria or procedures, as applicable,
used to originate, acquire or select the new pool Form 10-D report: Master
assets. Servicer
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ITEM 1121(B) - PRE-FUNDING OR REVOLVING PERIOD Depositor
INFORMATION
Updated pool information as required under Item
1121(b).
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2 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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Item 1117 - Legal proceedings pending against the
following entities, or their respective property,
that is material to Certificateholders, including
proceedings known to be contemplated by
governmental authorities:
Sponsor (Seller)
Sponsor
Depositor
Depositor
Trustee
Trustee
Issuing entity
Depositor
Master Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other
Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at
time of report, Master Servicer other material
servicers
Certificate Administrator
Certificate Administrator
Originator of 20% or more of pool assets as of the Master Servicer
Cut-off Date
Custodian Custodian
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3 SALES OF SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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INFORMATION FROM ITEM 2(A) OF PART II OF FORM 10-Q:
With respect to any sale of securities by the Depositor
sponsor, depositor or issuing entity, that are
backed by the same asset pool or are
otherwise issued by the issuing entity, whether
or not registered, provide the sales and use of
proceeds information in Item 701 of Regulation
S-K. Pricing information can be omitted if
securities were not registered.
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4 DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
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INFORMATION FROM ITEM 3 OF PART II OF FORM 10-Q:
Report the occurrence of any Event of Default (after
expiration of any grace period and provision of any Trustee
required notice)
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5 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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INFORMATION FROM ITEM 4 OF PART II OF FORM 10-Q Trustee
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6 SIGNIFICANT OBLIGORS OF POOL ASSETS
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ITEM 1112(B) - SIGNIFICANT OBLIGOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION* Master Servicer
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*This information need only be reported on the
Form 10-D for the distribution period in which
updated information is required pursuant to the
Item.
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7 SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENT PROVIDER INFORMATION
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ITEM 1114(B)(2) - CREDIT ENHANCEMENT PROVIDER FINANCIAL
INFORMATION*
Determining applicable disclosure threshold Trustee
Trustee
Obtaining required financial information or effecting
incorporation by reference
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ITEM 1115(B) - DERIVATIVE COUNTERPARTY FINANCIAL
INFORMATION*
Determining current maximum probable exposure Depositor
Determining current significance percentage
Trustee
Obtaining required financial information or effecting Trustee
incorporation by reference
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*This information need only be reported on the
Form 10-D for the distribution period in which
updated information is required pursuant to the
Items.
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8 OTHER INFORMATION
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DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED The Responsible Party for
ON FORM 8-K DURING THE the applicable Form 8-K
PERIOD COVERED BY THE FORM 10-D BUT NOT item as indicated below
REPORTED
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9 EXHIBITS
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Distribution report Trustee
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EXHIBITS REQUIRED BY ITEM 601 OF REGULATION S-K, SUCH AS Depositor
MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
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8-K Must be filed within four business days of an event reportable on Form 8-K.
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1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
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Disclosure is required regarding entry into or amendment Master Servicer; or any
of any definitive agreement that is material to the of the following that is
securitization, even if depositor is not a party. a party to the agreement
if Master Servicer is
Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement. not: Trustee, Sponsor,
Depositor, Certificate
Note: disclosure notrequired as to definitive Administrator
agreements that are fully disclosed in the
prospectus
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1.02 TERMINATION OF A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
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Disclosure is required regarding termination of Master Servicer; or any
any definitive agreement of the following that is
that is material to the a party to the agreement
securitization (other than expiration in if Master Servicer is
accordance with its not: Trustee, Sponsor,
terms), even if depositor is not a party. Depositor, Certificate
Administrator
Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement.
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1.03 BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP
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Disclosure is required regarding the bankruptcy Master Servicer
or receivership, if known to the
Master Servicer, with respect to any of the
following:
Sponsor (Seller), Depositor, Master Servicer,
affiliated Servicer, other Servicer servicing 20%
or more of pool assets at time of report, other
material servicers, Certificate Administrator,
Trustee, significant obligor, credit enhancer
(10% or more), derivatives counterparty,
Custodian
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2.04 TRIGGERING EVENTS THAT ACCELERATE OR INCREASE A DIRECT
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT
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Includes an early amortization, performance Master Servicer
trigger or other event, including
event of default, that would materially alter the
payment priority/distribution of cash
flows/amortization schedule.
Disclosure will be made of events other than
waterfall triggers which are disclosed in the
6.07 statement
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3.03 MATERIAL MODIFICATION TO RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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Disclosure is required of any material modification to Trustee
documents defining the rights of Certificateholders,
including the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
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5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS;
CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
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Disclosure is required of any amendment "to the Depositor
governing documents of the issuing entity"
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5.06 CHANGE IN SHELL COMPANY STATUS
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[Not applicable to ABS issuers] Depositor
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6.01 ABS INFORMATIONAL AND COMPUTATIONAL MATERIAL
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[Not included in reports to be filed under Section 3.18] Depositor
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6.02 CHANGE OF SERVICER OR TRUSTEE
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Requires disclosure of any removal, replacement, Trustee or Master Servicer
substitution or
addition of any master servicer, affiliated
servicer, other servicer servicing 10% or more of
pool assets at time of report, other material
servicers, certificate administrator or trustee.
Reg AB disclosure about any new servicer or
trustee is also required.
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6.03 CHANGE IN CREDIT ENHANCEMENT OR OTHER EXTERNAL SUPPORT
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Covers termination of any enhancement in manner Depositor or Trustee
other than by its terms, the
addition of an enhancement, or a material change
in the enhancement provided. Applies to external
credit enhancements as well as derivatives. Reg
AB disclosure about any new enhancement provider
is also required.
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6.04 FAILURE TO MAKE A REQUIRED DISTRIBUTION Trustee
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6.05 SECURITIES ACT UPDATING DISCLOSURE
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If any material pool characteristic differs by 5% Depositor
or more at the time of issuance of the
securities from the description in the final
prospectus, provide updated Reg AB disclosure
about the actual asset pool.
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If there are any new servicers or originators Depositor
required to be disclosed under
Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing,
provide the information called for in Items 1108
and 1110 respectively.
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7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE Depositor
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8.01 OTHER EVENTS
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Any event, with respect to which information is Depositor
not otherwise called for in Form 8-K,
that the registrant deems of importance to
security holders.
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9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS The Responsible Party
applicable to reportable
event
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10-K Must be filed within 90 days of the fiscal year end for the registrant.
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9B OTHER INFORMATION
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Disclose any information required to be reported The Responsible Party for
on Form 8-K during the the applicable Form 8-K
fourth quarter covered by the Form 10-K but not reported item as indicated above
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15 EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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ITEM 1112(B) - SIGNIFICANT OBLIGOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION Master Servicer
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ITEM 1114(B)(2) - CREDIT ENHANCEMENT PROVIDER FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Determining applicable disclosure threshold Trustee
Obtaining required financial information or effecting Trustee
incorporation by reference
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ITEM 1115(B) - DERIVATIVE COUNTERPARTY FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Determining current maximum probable exposure Depositor
Determining current significance percentage
Trustee
Obtaining required financial information or effecting
incorporation by reference Trustee
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Item 1117 - Legal proceedings pending against the
following entities, or their respective property,
that is material to Certificateholders, including
proceedings known to be contemplated by
governmental authorities:
Sponsor (Seller)
Sponsor
Depositor
Depositor
Trustee
Trustee
Issuing entity
Depositor
Master Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other
Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at
time of report, Master Servicer other material
servicers
Certificate Administrator
Certificate Administrator
Originator of 20% or more of pool assets as of the Master Servicer
Cut-off Date
Custodian Custodian
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Item 1119 - Affiliations and relationships
between the following entities, or their
respective affiliates, that are material to
Certificateholders:
Sponsor (Seller)
Sponsor
Depositor
Depositor
Trustee
Trustee
Master Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other
Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at
time of report, Master Servicer other material
servicers
Certificate Administrator
Certificate Administrator
Originator Master Servicer
Custodian Custodian
Credit Enhancer/Support Provider Trustee
Master Servicer
Significant Obligor
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ITEM 1122 - ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SERVICING Each Party participating
CRITERIA in the servicing function
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ITEM 1123 - SERVICER COMPLIANCE STATEMENT Master Servicer, Servicer
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