Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Servicing Agreement This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Servicer, the Seller, the NIMS Insurer and the Master Servicer and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Servicer to a third party except in accordance with Section 7.03 and shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Seller without the prior written consent of the NIMS Insurer except as to the extent provided in Section 9.12.
Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Agreement This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Primary Servicer and the Master Servicer and the respective successors and assigns of the Primary Servicer and the Master Servicer. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Primary Servicer to a third party except as otherwise specifically provided for herein. This Agreement may be assumed by the Trustee if the Trustee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer or any successor Master Servicer, without cost or obligation to the assuming party or the Trust Fund, upon the assumption by such party of the obligations, except to the extent they arose prior to the date of assumption, of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (it being understood that any such obligations shall be the obligations of the terminated Master Servicer only).
Duration, Termination and Amendments of this Agreement This Agreement shall become effective as of the day and year first above written, shall govern the relations between the parties hereto thereafter and shall remain in force for a period of two years from its effectiveness, on which date it will terminate unless its continuance with respect to a Fund after that date is "specifically approved at least annually" (a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of Citi Management at a meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b) by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the Fund. This Agreement may be terminated at any time with respect to a Fund without the payment of any penalty by the Trustees or by the "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the Fund, or by the Manager, in each case on not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice to the other party. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its "assignment." This Agreement may be amended with respect to a Fund only if such amendment is approved by the "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the Fund (except for any such amendment as may be effected in the absence of such approval without violating the 1940 Act).
Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Purchase Agreement This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Seller and the Purchaser and the respective permitted successors and assigns of the Seller and the successors and assigns of the Purchaser. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Seller to a third party without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which consent may be withheld by the Purchaser in its sole discretion. This Agreement may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Purchaser in whole or in part, and with respect to one or more of the Mortgage Loans, without the consent of the Seller. There shall be no limitation on the number of assignments or transfers allowable by the Purchaser with respect to the Mortgage Loans and this Agreement. In the event the Purchaser assigns this Agreement, and the assignee assumes any of the Purchaser's obligations hereunder, the Seller acknowledges and agrees to look solely to such assignee, and not to the Purchaser, for performance of the obligations so assumed and the Purchaser shall be relieved from any liability to the Seller with respect thereto.
ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS OF THIS AGREEMENT This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment or in the event that the Investment Management Agreement between the Manager and the Fund shall have terminated for any reason; and this Agreement shall not be amended unless such amendment is approved at a meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, and by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, of a majority of the Trustees of the Fund who are not interested persons of the Fund or of the Manager or the Portfolio Manager.