Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION COPY
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CWALT, INC.,
Depositor
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
Seller
PARK GRANADA LLC,
Seller
PARK MONACO INC.,
Seller
PARK SIENNA LLC,
Seller
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP,
Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 1, 2007
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ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-HY9
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HY9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms......................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Certain Interpretive Provisions...................................................36
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans......................................................38
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.......................................42
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Sellers and Master Servicer......44
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Mortgage Loans..........46
SECTION 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions...................47
SECTION 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates............................................47
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Matters.....................................................................48
SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Master Servicer..................................................48
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.........................................49
SECTION 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Subservicers......................50
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor, the NIM Insurer and the Trustee in Respect of the Master
Servicer..........................................................................50
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.................................................51
SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account; Distribution Account;
Carryover Reserve Fund; Principal Reserve Fund; and Supplemental Interest Trust...51
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts...............56
SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans......57
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account, the Distribution Account, the
Carryover Reserve Fund; the Principal Reserve Fund, the Derivative Accounts and
the Put Account...................................................................57
SECTION 3.09. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary Insurance Policies........61
SECTION 3.10. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.........................62
SECTION 3.11. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans...63
SECTION 3.12. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files...................................67
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SECTION 3.13. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer to be Held for the
Trustee...........................................................................67
SECTION 3.14. Servicing Compensation............................................................68
SECTION 3.15. Access to Certain Documentation...................................................68
SECTION 3.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance.................................................69
SECTION 3.17. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds....................................69
SECTION 3.18. Notification of Adjustments.......................................................69
SECTION 3.19. The Derivative Agreements.........................................................70
SECTION 3.20. Prepayment Charges................................................................72
SECTION 3.21. The Put Contract..................................................................73
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 4.01. Advances..........................................................................74
SECTION 4.02. Priorities of Distribution........................................................75
SECTION 4.03. [Reserved]........................................................................80
SECTION 4.04. [Reserved]........................................................................80
SECTION 4.05. [Reserved]........................................................................80
SECTION 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders..........................................80
SECTION 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI Certificates.........................81
SECTION 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates........................82
SECTION 4.09. Determination of MTA..............................................................83
SECTION 4.10. Distributions from the Put Account................................................84
ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates..................................................................86
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.......87
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.................................92
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.............................................................92
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.........................92
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................................93
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer...................94
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer...................94
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the
NIM Insurer and Others............................................................94
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer......................................95
ARTICLE VII DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.................................................................96
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor..........................................98
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders................................................99
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ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee................................................................100
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee............................................101
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans............................102
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.....................................................102
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses......................................................102
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.............................................103
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee...............................................103
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee................................................................104
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...............................................105
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee....................................105
SECTION 8.11. Tax Matters......................................................................107
SECTION 8.12. Monitoring of Significance Percentage............................................109
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage Loans...................111
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates...........................................112
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements..............................................113
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment........................................................................114
SECTION 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts...........................................115
SECTION 10.03. Governing Law....................................................................116
SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties.............................................................116
SECTION 10.05. Notices..........................................................................117
SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions.......................................................119
SECTION 10.07. Assignment.......................................................................119
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.......................................119
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights......................................................120
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid........................................120
SECTION 10.11. [Reserved].......................................................................120
SECTION 10.12. Protection of Assets.............................................................120
SECTION 10.13. Rights of the NIM Insurer........................................................121
ARTICLE XI EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
SECTION 11.01. Filing Obligations...............................................................122
SECTION 11.02. Form 10-D Filings................................................................122
SECTION 11.03. Form 8-K Filings.................................................................123
SECTION 11.04. Form 10-K Filings................................................................123
SECTION 11.05. Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.....................................................124
SECTION 11.06. Form 15 Filing...................................................................124
SECTION 11.07. Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation...............................124
SECTION 11.08. Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors...........................................126
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SECTION 11.09. Amendments.......................................................................127
SECTION 11.10. Reconciliation of Accounts.......................................................127
SCHEDULES
Schedule I: Mortgage Loan Schedule.............................................................S-I-1
Schedule II-A: Representations and Warranties of Countrywide...................................S-II-A-1
Schedule II-B: Representations and Warranties of Park Granada..................................S-II-B-1
Schedule II-C: Representations and Warranties of Park Monaco...................................S-II-C-1
Schedule II-D: Representations and Warranties of Park Sienna...................................S-II-D-1
Schedule III-A: Representations and Warranties of Countrywide as to all of the
Mortgage Loans.................................................................S-III-A-1
Schedule III-B: Representations and Warranties of Countrywide as to the Countrywide
Mortgage Loans.................................................................S-III-B-1
Schedule III-C: Representations and Warranties of Park Granada as to the Park Granada
Mortgage Loans.................................................................S-III-C-1
Schedule III-D: Representations and Warranties of Park Monaco as to the Park Monaco
Mortgage Loans.................................................................S-III-D-1
Schedule III-E: Representations and Warranties of Park Sienna as to the Park Sienna
Mortgage Loans.................................................................S-III-E-1
Schedule IV: Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer.............................S-IV-1
Schedule V: Principal Balance Schedules [if applicable]........................................S-V-1
Schedule VI: Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report............................................S-VI-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A: Form of Senior Certificate (excluding Class A-R and Notional Amount Certificates)....A-1
Exhibit B: Form of Subordinated Certificate.....................................................B-1
Exhibit C-1: Form of Class A-R Certificate......................................................C-1-1
Exhibit C-2: Form of Class P Certificate........................................................C-2-1
Exhibit C-3: Form of Class C Certificate........................................................C-3-1
Exhibit C-4: [Reserved].........................................................................C-4-1
Exhibit D: Form of Notional Amount Certificate..................................................D-1
Exhibit E: Form of Reverse of Certificates......................................................E-1
Exhibit F: Form of Initial Certification of Trustee ............................................F-1
Exhibit G: Form of Delay Delivery Certification of Trustee .....................................G-1
Exhibit H: Form of Final Certification of Trustee...............................................H-1
Exhibit I: Form of Transfer Affidavit...........................................................I-1
Exhibit J-1: Form of Transferor Certificate (Residual)..........................................J-1-1
Exhibit J-2: Form of Transferor Certificate (Private)...........................................J-2-1
Exhibit K: Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)............................................K-1
Exhibit L-1: Form of Rule 144A Letter...........................................................L-1-1
Exhibit L-2: Form of ERISA Letter (Covered Certificates)........................................L-2-1
Exhibit M: Form of Request for Release (for Trustee)............................................M-1
Exhibit N: Form of Request for Release of Documents (Mortgage Loan) Paid in Full,
Repurchased and Replaced)............................................................N-1
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Exhibit O: [Reserved]...........................................................................O-1
Exhibit P: [Reserved]...........................................................................P-1
Exhibit Q: Standard & Poor's LEVELS(R) Version 6.0 Glossary Revised, Appendix E.................Q-1
Exhibit R-1: Form of Certificate Swap Contract..................................................R-1-1
Exhibit R-2: Form of Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract.....................................R-2-1
Exhibit R-3: Form of Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract.................................R-3-1
Exhibit R-4: Form of Put Contract...............................................................R-4-1
Exhibit S-1: [Reserved].........................................................................S-1-1
Exhibit S-2: [Reserved].........................................................................S-2-1
Exhibit T: Form of Officer's Certificate with respect to Prepayments............................T-1
Exhibit U: Form of Monthly Statement............................................................U-1
Exhibit V-1: Form of Performance Certification (Subservicer)....................................V-1-1
Exhibit V-2: Form of Performance Certification (Trustee)........................................V-2-1
Exhibit W: Form of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance Statement.....W-1
Exhibit X: List of Item 1119 Parties............................................................X-1
Exhibit Y: Form of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification (Replacement of Master Servicer)................Y-1
Exhibit Z: Side Letter Agreement Dated July 31, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx and AG
Financial Products Inc. .............................................................Z-1
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THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of July 1, 2007, among
CWALT, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"),
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. ("Countrywide"), a New York corporation, as a
seller (a "Seller"), PARK GRANADA LLC ("Park Granada"), a Delaware limited
liability company, as a seller (a "Seller"), PARK MONACO INC. ("Park Monaco"),
a Delaware corporation, as a seller (a "Seller"), PARK SIENNA LLC ("Park
Sienna"), a Delaware limited liability company, as a seller (a "Seller"),
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, a Texas limited partnership, as master
servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking
corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee").
WITNESSETH THAT
In consideration of the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement, the
parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed
to the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund (excluding the
Carryover Reserve Fund) for federal income tax purposes will consist of three
REMICs (the "Swap-IO REMIC," the " Strip REMIC" and the "Master REMIC"). Each
Certificate, other than the Class A-R Certificate, will represent ownership of
one or more regular interests in the Master REMIC for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions. The Class A-R Certificate will represent ownership of the sole
class of residual interest in each of the Swap-IO REMIC, the Strip REMIC and
the Master REMIC. The Master REMIC will hold as assets the several classes of
uncertificated Strip REMIC Interests (other than the STR-A-R Interest). Each
Strip REMIC Interest (other than the STR-A-R Interest) is hereby designated as
a regular interest in the Strip REMIC. The Strip REMIC will hold as assets the
several classes of uncertificated Swap-IO REMIC Interests (other than the
SWR-A-R Interest). Each Swap-IO REMIC Interest (other than the SWR-A-R
Interest) is hereby designated as a regular interest in the Swap-IO REMIC. The
Swap-IO REMIC will hold as assets all property of the Trust Fund (excluding
the Carryover Reserve Fund). The latest possible maturity date of all REMIC
regular interests created in this Agreement shall be the Latest Possible
Maturity Date.
The Supplemental Interest Trust, the Derivative Agreements, the
Derivative Accounts, the Put Contract and the Put Account will not constitute
any part of any REMIC.
SWAP-IO REMIC:
The Swap-IO REMIC Interests will have the principal balances and
pass-through rates as set forth below:
SWAP-IO REMIC Interests Initial Principal Balance(1) Pass-Through Rate
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SWR-2A $[ ] (2)
SWR-2B $[ ] (3)
SWR-3A $[ ] (2)
SWR-3B $[ ] (3)
SWR-4A $[ ] (2)
SWR-4B $[ ] (3)
SWR-5A $[ ] (2)
SWR-5B $[ ] (3)
SWR-6A $[ ] (2)
SWR-6B $[ ] (3)
SWR-7A $[ ] (2)
SWR-7B $[ ] (3)
SWR-8A $[ ] (2)
SWR-8B $[ ] (3)
SWR-9A $[ ] (2)
SWR-9B $[ ] (3)
SWR-10A $[ ] (2)
SWR-10B $[ ] (3)
SWR-11A $[ ] (2)
SWR-11B $[ ] (3)
SWR-12A $[ ] (2)
SWR-12B $[ ] (3)
SWR-13A $[ ] (2)
SWR-13B $[ ] (3)
SWR-14A $[ ] (2)
SWR-14B $[ ] (3)
SWR-15A $[ ] (2)
SWR-15B $[ ] (3)
SWR-16A $[ ] (2)
SWR-16B $[ ] (3)
SWR-17A $[ ] (2)
SWR-17B $[ ] (3)
SWR-18A $[ ] (2)
SWR-18B $[ ] (3)
SWR-19A $[ ] (2)
SWR-19B $[ ] (3)
SWR-20A $[ ] (2)
SWR-20B $[ ] (3)
SWR-21A $[ ] (2)
SWR-21B $[ ] (3)
SWR-22A $[ ] (2)
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SWAP-IO REMIC Interests Initial Principal Balance(1) Pass-Through Rate
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SWR-22B $[ ] (3)
SWR-23A $[ ] (2)
SWR-23B $[ ] (3)
SWR-24A $[ ] (2)
SWR-24B $[ ] (3)
SWR-25A $[ ] (2)
SWR-25B $[ ] (3)
SWR-26A $[ ] (2)
SWR-26B $[ ] (3)
SWR-27A $[ ] (2)
SWR-27B $[ ] (3)
SWR-28A $[ ] (2)
SWR-28B $[ ] (3)
SWR-29A $[ ] (2)
SWR-29B $[ ] (3)
SWR-30A $[ ] (2)
SWR-30B $[ ] (3)
SWR-31A $[ ] (2)
SWR-31B $[ ] (3)
SWR-32A $[ ] (2)
SWR-32B $[ ] (3)
SWR-33A $[ ] (2)
SWR-33B $[ ] (3)
SWR-34A $[ ] (2)
SWR-34B $[ ] (3)
SWR-35A $[ ] (2)
SWR-35B $[ ] (3)
SWR-36A $[ ] (2)
SWR-36B $[ ] (3)
SWR-37A $[ ] (2)
SWR-37B $[ ] (3)
SWR-38A $[ ] (2)
SWR-38B $[ ] (3)
SWR-39A $[ ] (2)
SWR-39B $[ ] (3)
SWR-40A $[ ] (2)
SWR-40B $[ ] (3)
SWR-41A $[ ] (2)
SWR-41B $[ ] (3)
SWR-42A $[ ] (2)
SWR-42B $[ ] (3)
SWR-43A $[ ] (2)
SWR-43B $[ ] (3)
SWR-44A $[ ] (2)
SWR-44B $[ ] (3)
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SWAP-IO REMIC Interests Initial Principal Balance(1) Pass-Through Rate
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SWR-45A $[ ] (2)
SWR-45B $[ ] (3)
SWR-46A $[ ] (2)
SWR-46B $[ ] (3)
SWR-47A $[ ] (2)
SWR-47B $[ ] (3)
SWR-48A $[ ] (2)
SWR-48B $[ ] (3)
SWR-49A $[ ] (2)
SWR-49B $[ ] (3)
SWR-50A $[ ] (2)
SWR-50B $[ ] (3)
SWR-51A $[ ] (2)
SWR-51B $[ ] (3)
SWR-52A $[ ] (2)
SWR-52B $[ ] (3)
SWR-53A $[ ] (2)
SWR-53B $[ ] (3)
SWR-54A $[ ] (2)
SWR-54B $[ ] (3)
SWR-55A $[ ] (2)
SWR-55B $[ ] (3)
SWR-56A $[ ] (2)
SWR-56B $[ ] (3)
SWR-57A $[ ] (2)
SWR-57B $[ ] (3)
SWR-58A $[ ] (2)
SWR-58B $[ ] (3)
SWR-59A $[ ] (2)
SWR-59B $[ ] (3)
SWR-60A $[ ] (2)
SWR-60B $[ ] (3)
SWR-Support (4) (5)
SWR-P $100.00 (6)
SWR-X-IO (7) (7)
SW-A-R (8) (8)
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(1) Scheduled principal, prepayments and Realized Losses will be allocated
first, to the SWR-Support Interest and second, to the numbered classes
sequentially (from lowest to highest). Amounts so allocated to a
numbered class shall be further allocated among the "A" and "B"
components of such numbered class pro-rata until the entire class is
reduced to zero.
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(2) On and after the 2nd Distribution Date and on and until the 60th
Distribution Date, a rate equal to twice the Pool Tax Cap less 10.80%
per annum but not less 0%. On the first Distribution Date and on and
after the 61st Distribution Date, a rate equal to the Pool Tax Cap. The
"Pool Tax Cap" means the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rates of all the Mortgage Loans. For this purpose, the Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate shall be determined by first reducing the interest payable
on each Sub-Group X Mortgage Loan by (i) 0.65% per annum on any
Distribution Date on or prior to the Distribution Date in July 2017 and
(ii) 1.65% per annum on any Distribution Date after the Distribution
Date in July 2017.
(3) On and after the 2nd Distribution Date and on and until the 60th
Distribution Date, a rate equal to the lesser of (i) 10.80% per annum
and (ii) twice the Pool Tax Cap. On the first Distribution Date and on
and after the 61st Distribution Date, a rate equal to the Pool Tax Cap.
(4) On the Closing Date and on each Distribution Date, following the
allocation of Principal Amounts and Realized Losses, the principal
balance in respect of the SWR-Support Interest will equal the excess of
the principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (as of the end of the Due
Period, reduced by principal prepayments received after the Due Period
that are to be distributed on the Distribution Date related to the Due
Period) over the principal balance in respect of the remaining Swap-IO
REMIC Interests other than the SWR-P and the SWR-A-R Interests.
(5) A rate equal to the Pool Tax Cap.
(6) On each Distribution Date the Class SWR-P Interest is entitled to all
Prepayment Charges collected with respect to the Mortgage Loans. It pays
no interest.
(7) The SWR-X-IO Interest shall be entitled to a specific portion of the
interest payable on each Sub-Group X Mortgage Loan. Specifically, the
SWR-X-IO Interest shall be entitled to a specific portion of the
interest payable on the Stated Principal Balance of each Sub-Group X
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month preceding the month of
that Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments in
the Prepayment Period related to that prior Due Date) at a per annum
rate equal to (i) 0.65% on any Distribution Date on or prior to the
Distribution Date in July 2017 and (ii) 1.65% on any Distribution Date
after the Distribution Date in July 2017.
(8) The Class SW-A-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Swap-IO REMIC. It has no principal and pays no principal or interest.
On each Distribution Date, the Available Funds shall be payable with
respect to the Swap-IO REMIC Interests in the following manner:
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(1) Interest. Interest is to be distributed with respect to each Swap-IO
REMIC Interest at the rate, or according to the formulas, described above.
(2) Principal. Principal Distribution Amounts shall be allocated among
the Swap-IO REMIC Interests as described above.
(3) Prepayment Penalties. All Prepayment Charges are allocated to the
SWR-P Interest.
STRIP REMIC:
The Strip REMIC Regular Interests will have the principal balances,
pass-through rates and corresponding Classes of Certificates as set forth in
the following table:
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Pass-Through Corresponding Class of
STRIP REMIC Interests Initial Principal Balance Rate Certificates
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STR-A-1 (1) (2) Class A-1
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STR-M-1 (1) (2) Class M-1
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STR-M-2 (1) (2) Class M-2
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STR-M-3 (1) (2) Class M-3
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STR-M-4 (1) (2) Class M-4
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STR-M-5 (1) (2) Class M-5
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STR-M-6 (1) (2) Class M-6
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STR-M-7 (1) (2) Class M-7
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STR-M-8 (1) (2) Class M-8
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STR-M-9 (1) (2) Class M-9
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STR-M-10 (1) (2) Class M-10
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STR-M-11 (1) (2) Class M-11
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STR-M-12 (1) (2) Class M-12
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STR-$100 $100 (3) Class A-R
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STR-C-OC (4) (2) N/A
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STR-C-Swap-IO (5) (5) N/A
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STR-X-IO (6) (6) N/A
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STR-P $100 (7) P
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STR-A-R (8) (8) N/A
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(1) This Strip REMIC Interest has a principal balance that is initially
equal to 100% of its corresponding Certificate Class issued by the
Master REMIC. Principal payments, both scheduled and prepaid, Realized
Losses and Subsequent Recoveries attributable to the SWAP-IO REMIC
Interests held by the Strip REMIC will be allocated to this class to
maintain its size relative to its corresponding Certificate Class.
(2) On each Distribution Date, the pass through rate will equal the "Strip
REMIC Cap." The Strip REMIC Cap will equal the weighted average of the
pass through rates of the Swap-IO REMIC Interests (other than the Class
SWR-P, Class SWR-X-IO and Class SWR-A-
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R Interests) treating each "B" Interest the cardinal number of which
(for example, XXX-0X, XXX-0X, XXX-0X, etc.) is not less than the ordinal
number of the Distribution Date (second Distribution Date, third
Distribution Date, fourth Distribution Date, etc.) as capped at a rate
equal to the product of (i) 2 and (ii) LIBOR.
(3) This Strip REMIC Interest pays no interest.
(4) This Strip REMIC Interest has a principal balance that is initially
equal to 100% of the Overcollateralized Amount. Principal payments, both
scheduled and prepaid, Realized Losses and Subsequent Recoveries
attributable to the Swap-IO REMIC Interests held by the Strip REMIC will
be allocated to this class to maintain its size relative to the
Overcollateralized Amount.
(5) For each Distribution Date, the STR-C-Swap-IO Interest is entitled to
receive from each Swap REMIC "B" Interest the cardinal number of which
(for example, XXX-0X, XXX-0X, XXX-0X, etc.) is not less than the ordinal
number of the Distribution Date (second Distribution Date, third
Distribution Date, fourth Distribution Date, etc.) the interest accruing
on such interest in excess of a per annum rate equal to the product of
(i) 2 and (ii) LIBOR.
(6) The STR-X-IO Interest is entitled to all amounts payable with respect to
the SWR-X-IO Interest.
(7) The STR-P Interest is entitled to all amounts payable with respect to
the SWR-P Interest. It pays no interest.
(8) The STR-A-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the Strip
REMIC. It has no principal balance and pays no principal or interest.
On each Distribution Date, the Interest Funds and the Principal
Distribution Amount payable with respect to the Swap-IO Interests shall be
payable with respect to the Strip REMIC Interests in the following manner:
(1) Interest. Interest is to be distributed with respect to each Strip
REMIC Interest at the rate, or according to the formulas, described above.
(2) Principal. Principal Distribution Amounts shall be allocated among
the Strip REMIC Interests as described above.
(3) Prepayment Penalties. All Prepayment Charges are allocated to the
STR-P Interest.
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Master REMIC:
The Master REMIC Certificates will have the original Class Certificate
Balances and Pass-Through Rates as set forth in the following table:
Original Class
Class Certificate Balance Pass-Through Rate
Class A-1 $537,436,000 (1)
Class X $191,565,602 (2) (1)
Class M-1 $13,363,000 (1)
Class M-2 $4,939,000 (1)
Class M-3 $3,486,000 (1)
Class M-4 $2,905,000 (1)
Class M-5 $2,034,000 (1)
Class M-6 $2,033,000 (1)
Class M-7 $2,034,000 (1)
Class M-8 $2,033,000 (1)
Class M-9 $2,034,000 (1)
Class M-10 $2,033,000 (1)
Class M-11 $2,034,000 (1)
Class M-12 $2,614,000 (1)
Class C (3) (4)
Class P $100 (5)
Class A-R $100 (6)
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(1) This Class of Certificates will accrue interest at the related
Pass-Through Rates identified in this Agreement. For federal income tax
purposes, including the computation of the Class C Distributable Amount
and entitlement to Net Rate Carryover, the Pass-Through Rate in respect
of each Senior Certificate (other than the Class X and Class A-R
Certificates) and Subordinated Certificate will be subject to a cap
equal to the Strip REMIC Cap rather than the Net Rate Cap.
(2) This Class of Certificates will be a Class of Notional Amount Master
REMIC Interest, will have no principal balance and will bear interest on
its Notional Amount. The Class X Master REMIC Interest is entitled to
all amounts payable with respect to the STR-X-IO Interest.
(3) For federal income tax purposes, the Class C Certificates will be
treated as having a Class Certificate Balance equal to the
Overcollateralized Amount.
(4) For each Accrual Period, the Class C Certificates are entitled to an
amount (the "Class C Distributable Amount") equal to the sum of (a) the
interest payable on the STR-C-Swap-IO Interest, (b) the interest payable
on the STR-C-OC Interest and (c) a specified portion of the interest
payable on the Strip REMIC Regular Interests (other than the STR-$100,
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STR-C-OC, STR-P, STR-X-IO and STR-C-Swap-IO Interests) equal to the
excess of the Pool Tax Cap over the weighted average interest rate of
the Strip REMIC Regular Interests (other than the STR-$100, STR-C and
STR-P Interests) with each such Class subject to a cap and a floor equal
to the Pass-Through Rate of the Corresponding Master REMIC Class. The
pass-through rate of the Class C Certificates shall be a rate sufficient
to entitle it to an amount equal to all interest accrued on the Mortgage
Loans less the interest accrued on the other interests issued by the
Master REMIC. The Class C Distributable Amount for any Distribution Date
is payable from current interest on the Mortgage Loans and any
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for that Distribution Date.
(5) For each Distribution Date the Class P Certificates are entitled to all
Prepayment Charges distributed with respect to the STR-P Interest.
(6) The Class A-R Certificates represent the sole class of residual interest
in each REMIC created hereunder. The Class A-R Certificates are not
entitled to distributions of interest.
The foregoing REMIC structure is intended to cause all of the cash from
the Mortgage Loans to flow through to the Master REMIC as cash flow on REMIC
regular interests, without creating any shortfall--actual or potential (other
than for credit losses)-- to any REMIC regular interest. It is not intended
that the Class A-R Certificates be entitled to any cash flows pursuant to this
Agreement except as provided in Section 4.02(b) hereunder.
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Set forth below are designations of Classes or Components of
Certificates and other defined terms to the categories used in this Agreement:
Accretion Directed
Certificates........................ None.
Accretion Directed
Components.......................... None.
Accrual Certificates................ None.
Accrual Components.................. None.
Book-Entry Certificates............. All Classes of Certificates other than the Physical Certificates.
COFI Certificates................... None.
Component Certificates.............. None.
Components.......................... None.
Delay Certificates.................. All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than the Non-Delay
Certificates, if any.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates........................ The Residual Certificates and the Private Certificates (other than the
Class A-1 Certificates); and any Certificate of a Class that does not
or no longer has a rating of BBB- or its equivalent, or better from at
least one Rating Agency.
Floating Rate Certificates.......... The LIBOR Certificates.
Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates........................ None.
LIBOR Certificates.................. The Class A-1 Certificates and the Subordinated Certificates.
MTA Certificates.................... None.
Non-Delay Certificates.............. The LIBOR Certificates.
Notional Amount
Certificates........................ Class X Certificates.
Offered Certificates................ All Classes of Certificates other than the Private Certificates.
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Physical Certificates............... The Class C and Class P Certificates.
Planned Principal Classes........... None.
Planned Principal
Components.......................... None.
Principal Only Certificates......... None.
Private Certificates................ The Class A-1, Class M-10, Class M-11, Class M-12, Class C and Class P
Certificates.
Rating Agencies..................... S&P and Xxxxx'x.
Regular Certificates................ All Classes of Certificates, other than the Residual Certificates.
Residual Certificates............... The Class A-R Certificates.
Scheduled Principal
Classes............................. None.
Senior Certificates................. The Class A-1, Class X and Class A-R Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates .......... The Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6,
Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9, Class M-10, Class M-11 and Class M-12
Certificates.
Targeted Principal
Classes............................. None.
Underwriter......................... Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the
corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions in this
Agreement relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect,
and any calculations in this Agreement incorporating references to such
designations shall be interpreted without reference to such designations and
amounts. Defined terms and provisions in this Agreement relating to
statistical rating agencies not designated above as Rating Agencies shall be
of no force or effect.
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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 following meanings:
10/1 Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that has a Mortgage Rate that is
fixed for ten years after origination following which, beginning on the
initial Payment Adjustment Date, the Mortgage Rate adjusts based on a Mortgage
Index.
Account: Any Escrow Account, the Certificate Account, the Distribution
Account, the Carryover Reserve Fund, the Derivative Accounts, the Put Account
or any other account related to the Trust Fund or the Mortgage Loans.
Accretion Directed Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Accrual Period: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Class of
Non-Delay Certificates, the period commencing on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the Closing
Date) and ending on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date. With
respect to any Distribution Date and each Class of Delay Certificates and the
Class C Certificates, the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
Additional Designated Information: As defined in Section 11.02.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the
per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Master Servicing Fee Rate.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time,
the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Expense Fee Rate.
Adjusted Replacement Upfront Amount: As defined in Section 3.19.
Adjustment Date: A date specified in each Mortgage Note as a date on
which the Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan will be adjusted.
Advance: The payment required to be made by the Master Servicer with
respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the amount of any
such payment being equal to the aggregate of payments of principal and
interest (net of the Master Servicing Fee) on the Mortgage Loans that were due
on the related Due Date and not received by the Master Servicer as of the
close of business on the related Determination Date, together with an amount
equivalent to interest on each Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgaged
Property is an REO Property, net of any net income from such REO Property,
less the aggregate amount of any such delinquent payments that the Master
Servicer has determined would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance if advanced.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments or
supplements this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of business on
the related Determination Date on account of (i) Principal Prepayments
received after the related Prepayment Period and Liquidation Proceeds and
Subsequent Recoveries received in the month of such Distribution Date and (ii)
all Scheduled Payments due after the related Due Date.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Senior Certificates (other than the Notional Amount Certificates) and the
Subordinated Certificates, the sum of the Realized Losses which are to be
applied in reduction of the Class Certificate Balance of any such Class of
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, which shall equal the amount, if any,
by which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates
and Subordinated Certificates (after all distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date) exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments received in the related
Prepayment Period).
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to a Mortgage
Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a) the value of
the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the
origination of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sale price of the Mortgaged
Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii) with
respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan other than a Streamlined Documentation
Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal
made-at the time of the origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan; and
(iii) with respect to a Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, (a) if the
loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the time of
the origination thereof was 80% or less and the loan amount of the new
mortgage loan is $650,000 or less, the value of the Mortgaged Property based
upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the Original
Mortgage Loan and (b) if the loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original
Mortgage Loan at the time of the origination thereof was greater than 80% or
the loan amount of the new mortgage loan being originated is greater than
$650,000, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal (which
may be a drive-by appraisal) made at the time of the origination of such
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.
Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the
aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of business on
the related Determination Date, including any Subsequent Recoveries, net of
the Amount Held for Future Distribution and net of Prepayment Charges and
amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Certificate Account pursuant to
clauses (i) - (viii) of Section 3.08(a) and amounts permitted to be withdrawn
from the Distribution Account pursuant to clauses (i) - (iii) of Section
3.08(b), (b) the amount of the Advance and (c) in connection with Defective
Mortgage Loans, as applicable, the aggregate of the Purchase Prices and
Substitution Adjustment Amounts deposited on the related Distribution Account
Deposit Date. The Holders of the Class P Certificates will be entitled to all
Prepayment Charges received on the Mortgage Loans and such amounts will not be
available for distribution to the Holders of any other Class of Certificates.
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Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended.
Benefit Plan Opinion: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York, or the
States of California or Texas or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to be closed.
Capitalized Interest Account: Not applicable.
Carryover Reserve Fund: The separate Eligible Account created and
initially maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(g) in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the LIBOR Certificates and
designated "The Bank of New York in trust for registered holders of CWALT,
Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2007-HY9, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2007-HY9." Funds in the Carryover Reserve Fund shall be held in trust
for the Holders of the LIBOR Certificates for the uses and purposes set forth
in this Agreement.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached this Agreement as exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts created
and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05 with a
depository institution, initially Countrywide Bank, FSB, in the name of the
Master Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders
and designated "Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP in trust for the
registered holders of Alternative Loan Trust 2007-HY9, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates Series 2007-HY9."
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Certificate (other than the
Class C Certificates and Notional Amount Certificates) at any date, the
maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is then
entitled under this Agreement, such amount being equal to the Denomination of
that Certificate (A) plus any increase to the Certificate Balance of such
Certificate pursuant to Section 4.02 due to the receipt of Subsequent
Recoveries and (B) minus the sum of (i) all distributions of principal
previously made with respect to that Certificate and (ii) any Applied Realized
Loss Amounts allocated to such Certificate on previous Distribution Dates
pursuant to Section 4.02 without duplication.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate. For the purposes
of this Agreement, in order for a Certificate Owner to enforce any of its
rights under this Agreement, it shall first have to provide evidence of its
beneficial ownership interest in a Certificate that is reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee, the Depositor, and/or the Master Servicer, as applicable.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.
Certificate Swap Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
initially maintained by the Supplemental Interest Trustee pursuant to Section
3.05(h).
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Certificate Swap Contract: The transaction evidenced by the Confirmation
and subject to the Swap ISDA Master Agreement, a form of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit R-1.
Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in
July 2012.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in
the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed
not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not
be taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of
Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained;
provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100%
of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such
Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision
of this Agreement (other than the second sentence of Section 10.01) that
requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a
condition to the taking of any action under this Agreement. The Trustee is
entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or any
affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered in
the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Certification Party: As defined in Section 11.05.
Certifying Person: As defined in Section 11.05.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set forth
in the Preliminary Statement.
Class C Distributable Amount: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of Certificates
(other than the Class C Certificates and Notional Amount Certificates) and as
to any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date. The Class C Certificates and
Notional Amount Certificates do not have Class Certificate Balances.
Class P Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class P
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
Class P Principal Distribution Date: The first Distribution Date that
occurs after the end of the latest Prepayment Charge Period for the Mortgage
Loans that have a Prepayment Charge.
Closing Date: July 31, 2007.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
COFI: The Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for the Eleventh
District Savings Institutions published by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San
Francisco.
COFI Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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Commission: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating Interest: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the product of 50% and the aggregate Master Servicing Fee payable to the
Master Servicer for that Distribution Date.
Component: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component Balance: Not applicable.
Component Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Confirmation: With respect to the Certificate Swap Contract, the
confirmation (reference # N659812N) with a trade date of July 26, 2007,
evidencing a transaction between the Swap Counterparty and the Supplemental
Interest Trustee. With respect to the Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract,
the confirmation (reference # N659814N) with a trade date of July 26, 2007,
evidencing a transaction between the Swap Counterparty and the Supplemental
Interest Trustee. With respect to the Subordinated Certificate Corridor
Contract, the confirmation (reference # FXNEC9851) with a trade date of July
26, 2007, evidencing a transaction between the Corridor Counterparty and the
Supplemental Interest Trustee. With respect to the Put Contract, the
confirmation (reference # N657345N) with a trade date of July 23, 2007,
evidencing a transaction between the Put Counterparty and the Supplemental
Interest Trustee.
Coop Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an
acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative
Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing
Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Coop Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual dwelling units
to the holders of the Coop Shares of the Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A single family dwelling located in a Cooperative
Property.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of New York 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 Agreement is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Attn: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group, CWALT, Inc.
Series 2007-HY9), facsimile no. (000) 000-0000, and which is the address to
which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Corridor Counterparty: Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products Inc. and its
successors.
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Corridor ISDA Master Agreement: With respect to the Subordinated
Certificate Corridor Contract, the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency -
Cross Border), including the Schedule and Credit Support Annex thereto, dated
July 31, 2007, deemed to have been entered into between the Corridor
Counterparty and the Supplemental Interest Trustee under the related
Confirmation.
Corridor Termination Payment: The payment payable by the Corridor
Counterparty under the Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract due to an
early termination of the Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract.
Counterparty: The Swap Counterparty, the Put Counterparty or the
Corridor Counterparty, as applicable.
Countrywide: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation and
its successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Countrywide
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Countrywide Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for which
Countrywide is the applicable Seller.
Countrywide Servicing: Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, a Texas
limited partnership and its successors and assigns.
Covered Certificates: In the case of (i) the Certificate Swap Contract,
the LIBOR Certificates, (ii) the Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract, the
LIBOR Certificates, (iii) the Subordinated Certificates Corridor Contract, the
LIBOR Certificates and (iv) the Put Contract, the Put Certificates.
Cumulative Loss Trigger Event: With respect to a Distribution Date on or
after the Stepdown Date, the aggregate amount of Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans from (and including) the Cut-off Date to (and including) the
related Due Date (reduced by the aggregate amount of Subsequent Recoveries
received from the Cut-off Date through the Prepayment Period related to that
Due Date) exceeds the applicable percentage, for such Distribution Date, of
the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance, as set forth below:
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Distribution Date Percentage
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August 2009 - July 2010........................ 0.20% with respect to August 2009, plus an additional 1/12th of
0.25% for each month thereafter through July 2010
August 2010 - July 2011........................ 0.45% with respect to August 2010, plus an additional 1/12th of
0.30% for each month thereafter through July 2011
August 2011 - July 2012........................ 0.75% with respect to August 2011, plus an additional 1/12th of
0.30% for each month thereafter through July 2012
August 2012 - July 2013........................ 1.05% with respect to August 2012, plus an additional 1/12th of
0.20% for each month thereafter through July 2013
August 2013 and thereafter..................... 1.25%
Current Interest: With respect to each Class of Senior Certificates and
Subordinated Certificates (other than the Class A-R Certificates) and each
Distribution Date, the interest accrued at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
for the applicable Accrual Period on the Class Certificate Balance or Notional
Amount of such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date. All
calculations of interest on the Non-Delay Certificates will be made on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period and
on a 360-day year. All calculations of interest on the Delay Certificates and
the Class C Certificates will be made on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Cut-off Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the later of the date of
origination of that Mortgage Loan and July 1, 2007.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: $581,012,001.26.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the Stated
Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction
by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code
in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan that became final and
non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation
or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal.
Defective Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that is required to be
repurchased pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03.
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, or any
reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in
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connection with any Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness
of principal, which valuation or reduction results from an order of such court
which is final and non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical
Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Delay Delivery Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a).
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which all or a
portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered to the Trustee on the
Closing Date. With respect to up to 50% of the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor
may deliver all or a portion of each related Mortgage File to the Trustee not
later than thirty days after the Closing Date. To the extent that Countrywide
Servicing shall be in possession of any Mortgage Files with respect to any
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, until delivery of such Mortgage File to the
Trustee as provided in Section 2.01, Countrywide Servicing shall hold such
files as Master Servicer hereunder, as agent and in trust for the Trustee.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(c).
Delinquency Trigger Event: With respect to a Distribution Date on or
after the Stepdown Date, the Rolling Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate for the
outstanding Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds the product of (i) 40.00% and
(ii) the Senior Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on
the face of that Certificate as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate" or the "Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if
neither of the foregoing, the Percentage Interest appearing on the face
thereof.
Derivative Account: Each of the Certificate Swap Account, the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Account and the Subordinated Certificate
Corridor Account.
Derivative Agreements: Collectively, the Certificate Swap Contract, the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract and the Subordinated Certificate
Corridor Contract.
Depositor: CWALT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in
interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the
Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State of New York.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
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Determination Date: As to any Distribution Date, the 22nd day of each
month or, if such 22nd day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day; provided, however, that if such 22nd day or such Business Day, whichever is
applicable, is less than two Business Days prior to the related Distribution
Date, the Determination Date shall be the first Business Day that is two
Business Days preceding such Distribution Date.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(d) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of
New York in trust for registered holders of Alternative Loan Trust 2007-HY9,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HY9." Funds in the
Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution Date, 12:30
p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial
issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in August 2007.
Due Date: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the date on which Scheduled
Payments are due on that Mortgage Loan. With respect to any Distribution Date,
the related Due Date is the first day of the calendar month in which that
Distribution Date occurs.
Due Period: Not applicable.
XXXXX: The Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a
depository institution or trust company that does not have the requisite
ratings and is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt
obligations of such holding company) have (a) the highest short-term ratings
of Moody's or Fitch and (b) (1) if such Eligible Account is not the
Pre-Funding Account or the Capitalized Interest Account, one of the two
highest short-term ratings of S&P (or, if such entity does not have a
short-term rating from S&P, the long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt
obligations of such entity have a rating from S&P of at least "BBB+") and (2)
if such Eligible Account is the Pre-Funding Account or the Capitalized
Interest Account, the highest short-term ratings of S&P (or, if such entity
does not have a short-term rating from S&P, the long-term unsecured and
unsubordinated debt obligations of such entity have a rating from S&P of at
least "A+") (ii) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the
corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository
institution subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit
similar to Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Part 9,
Section 9.10(b), which has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary
capacity or (iii) any other account acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible
Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this
definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee. In the event that the
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company maintaining
an Eligible Account described in clause (i) above no longer satisfies the
credit rating of S&P set forth in clause (i)(b)(1) above then the
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Person responsible for establishing such Eligible Account shall cause any
amounts on deposit therein to be moved to another federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company satisfying such credit rating of S&P
within 30 calendar days. In the event that the federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company maintaining an Eligible Account
described in clause (i) above no longer satisfies the credit rating of S&P set
forth in clause (i)(b)(2) above then the Person responsible for establishing
such Eligible Account shall cause any amounts on deposit therein to be moved
to another federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company
satisfying such credit rating of S&P within 60 calendar days.
Eligible Repurchase Month: As defined in Section 3.11.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of the
Underwriter's Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.06(a).
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Cashflow: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i)
the amount remaining as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(6), (ii) the amount
remaining as set forth in Section 4.02(b)(A)(3) or 4.02(b)(B)(3), as
applicable, in each case for such Distribution Date and (iii) the
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for that Distribution Date, if any.
Excess Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Overcollateralized Amount for the
Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Target Amount for the
Distribution Date.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
amount, if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds received with
respect to such Mortgage Loan during the calendar month in which such Mortgage
Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus any Subsequent Recoveries received
with respect to such Mortgage Loan, net of any amounts previously reimbursed
to the Master Servicer as Nonrecoverable Advance(s) with respect to such
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the unpaid
principal balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the
month in which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii)
accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest
was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the
Due Date applicable to the Distribution Date immediately following the
calendar month during which such liquidation occurred.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K
required to be filed by the Depositor with respect to the Trust Fund under the
Exchange Act.
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Expense Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the
product of the related Expense Fee Rate and its Stated Principal Balance as of
that Distribution Date.
Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and any date of
determination, the sum of (a) the related Master Servicing Fee Rate and (b)
the Trustee Fee Rate.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (1) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount and (2)
the Excess Cashflow available for payment pursuant to Section 4.02(c).
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of
the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor to the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
Final Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement.
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act
of 1989.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is designated as
a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b)
the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance Group,
or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered
and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the Federal
National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor to the Federal
National Mortgage Association.
Form 10-D Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, any material
litigation or governmental proceedings pending (a) against such Person or (b)
against any of the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trustee, any co-trustee, the
Master Servicer or any Subservicer, if such Person has actual knowledge
thereof.
Form 10-K Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, (a) any Form 10-D
Disclosure Item and (b) any affiliations or relationships between such Person
and any Item 1119 Party.
Gross Margin: The percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note for
the Mortgage Loans to be added to the Mortgage Index for use in determining
the Mortgage Rate on each Adjustment Date, and which is set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Index: With respect to any Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates, if
any, the then-applicable index used by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.07 to
determine the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Accrual Period for the
COFI Certificates.
Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person that clears through or maintains a custodial
relationship with a Depository Participant.
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Initial Certification: As defined in Section 2.02(a).
Initial Component Balance: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Initial LIBOR Rate: 5.320%.
Initial Periodic Rate Cap: As to each Mortgage Loan and the related
Mortgage Note, the provision therein that limits permissible increases and
decreases in the Mortgage Rate on the first Adjustment Date for that Mortgage
Loan to not more than the amount set forth therein.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the
Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any
Insurance Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to any
Insurance Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such
Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Carry Forward Amount: With respect to each Class of Senior
Certificates (other than the Class A-R Certificates) and Subordinated
Certificates and each Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Current
Interest for such Class with respect to prior Distribution Dates over (ii) the
amount actually distributed to such Class with respect to interest on such
prior Distribution Dates.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to (a) any Accrual Period for
any LIBOR Certificates and (b) any Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates
for which the applicable Index is LIBOR, the second Business Day prior to the
first day of such Accrual Period. With respect to the MTA Certificates, the
15th day prior to the commencement of each Accrual Period or, if such 15th day
is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
Interest Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of the
Interest Remittance Amount over the Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date.
Interest Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, (x)
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all scheduled interest on the Mortgage
Loans due on the related Due Date and received on or prior to the related
Determination Date, less the related Master Servicing Fees and any payments
made in respect of premiums on Lender PMI Mortgage Loans, (ii) all interest on
Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans, other than Prepayment Interest
Excess, (iii) all Advances relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, (iv) the lesser of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall and the
Compensating Interest and (v) Liquidation Proceeds during the related
Prepayment Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds relate to
interest), less (y) all reimbursements to the Master Servicer since the
immediately preceding Due Date for Advances of interest previously made.
Investment Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
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ISDA Master Agreement: The Swap ISDA Master Agreement, the Put ISDA
Master Agreement or the Corridor ISDA Master Agreement, as applicable.
Item 1119 Party: The Depositor, any Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, any Subservicer, any originator identified in the Prospectus
Supplement, each Counterparty and any other material transaction party, as
identified in Exhibit X hereto, as updated pursuant to Section 11.04.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date following the third
anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan having the
latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan: Certain Mortgage Loans as to which the lender
(rather than the Mortgagor) acquires the Primary Insurance Policy and charges
the related Mortgagor an interest premium.
LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one-month United States
dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section 4.08.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligations: The obligations of the
Master Servicer under Section 3.16(b), Section 6.02 and Section 6.04 with
respect to notice and information to be provided to the Depositor and Article
XI (except Section 11.07(a)(1) and (2)).
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) that was liquidated in
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and as to
which the Master Servicer has determined (in accordance with this Agreement)
that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan, including the final disposition of an REO
Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received in
connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted Mortgage
Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or
amounts received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a
Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO
Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees,
Servicing Advances and Advances.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as to any
date of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator
of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at that date of
determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the
related Mortgaged Property.
Lost Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the original of which was
permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Maintenance: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent paid by the
Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the Proprietary Lease.
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Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Regular Certificates, the
Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the aggregate, at least
51% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by all Certificates of such Class.
Master REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Master Servicer: Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, a Texas limited
partnership, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as master
servicer hereunder.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, 12:30 p.m.
Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, an amount payable out of each full payment of interest received on such
Mortgage Loan and equal to one-twelfth of the Master Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due
Date in the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, subject to
reduction as provided in Section 3.14.
Master Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.200%
per annum prior to and including the initial Adjustment Date for such Mortgage
Loan and 0.375% per annum thereafter.
Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the maximum
rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage Note.
Maximum Rate: 10.50% per annum.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any
successor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
MERS Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the
MERS(R) System.
MERS(R) System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The mortgage identification number for any MERS Mortgage Loan.
Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the minimum
rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage Note, which, with
respect to certain Mortgage Loans is equal to the related Gross Margin.
MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors
and assigns.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.06.
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Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto. If
Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's shall be
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address as
Moody's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real property
securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining
to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered to the
Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Index: As to each Mortgage Loan, the index from time to time in
effect for adjustment of the Mortgage Rate as set forth as such on the related
Mortgage Note.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time
amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the addition of Substitute Mortgage
Loans and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and from
time to time subject to this Agreement, attached to this Agreement as Schedule
I, setting forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) [Reserved];
(iii) the Mortgagor's name and the street address of the
Mortgaged Property, including the zip code;
(iv) the maturity date;
(v) the original principal balance;
(vi) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(vii) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(viii) the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off
Date;
(ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(x) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at
the time of origination was represented to be
owner-occupied;
(xi) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is
either (a) a detached or attached single family dwelling,
(b) a dwelling in a de minimis PUD, (c) a condominium unit
or PUD (other than a de minimis PUD) or (d) a two- to
four-unit residential property or (e) a Cooperative Unit;
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(xii) the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date;
(xiii) the initial Payment Adjustment Date for each Mortgage
Loan;
(xiv) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan and, in the case of any Lender PMI
Mortgage Loan, a percentage representing the amount of the
related interest premium charged to the borrower;
(xv) the purpose for the Mortgage Loan;
(xvi) the type of documentation program pursuant to which
the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(xvii) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a
Countrywide Mortgage Loan, a Park Granada Mortgage Loan, a
Park Monaco Mortgage Loan or a Park Sienna Mortgage Loan;
(xviii) the direct servicer of such Mortgage Loan as of the
Cut-off Date;
(xix) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS
Mortgage Loan;
(xx) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Gross Margin,
the Mortgage Index, the Maximum Mortgage Rate and the
Minimum Mortgage Rate;
(xxi) the initial Adjustment Date;
(xxii) a code indicating the type of Prepayment Charge;
(xxiii) the state of origination of the related Mortgage
Loan; and
(xxiv) the related Prepayment Charge Period.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from time to time by the
Master Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and a copy
of each amendment to the Mortgage Loan Schedule related to clauses (xxii),
(xxiii) and (xxiv) thereof shall be furnished by the Master Servicer to the
Class P and Class C Certificateholders and the NIM Insurer.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans as from time to time are
transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement and that are held as a part of the Trust Fund (including any REO
Property), the mortgage loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the
related Mortgaged Property.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note from
time to time, net of any interest premium charged by the mortgagee to obtain
or maintain any Primary Insurance Policy.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan,
which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related Coop Shares and
Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
MTA: The twelve-month average monthly yield on U.S. Treasury Securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one-year, as published by the Federal
Reserve Board in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release "Selected Interest
Rates (H.15)".
MTA Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
National Cost of Funds Index: The National Monthly Median Cost of Funds
Ratio to SAIF-Insured Institutions published by the Office of Thrift
Supervision.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution Date, the
excess of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such Distribution
Date over the Compensating Interest for such Distribution Date.
Net Rate Cap: For any Class of LIBOR Certificates and each Distribution
Date, a per annum rate equal to the product of (A) the excess, if any, of, (i)
the Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate for that Distribution Date
over (ii) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (1) the numerator of which is
the product of (a) the sum of (t) the Net Swap Payment payable to the Swap
Counterparty under the Certificate Swap Contract on such Distribution Date,
(u) any Swap Termination Payment payable to the Swap Counterparty under the
Certificate Swap Contract on such Distribution Date (other than a Swap
Termination Payment due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event), (v) the Net
Swap Payment payable to the Swap Counterparty under the Subordinated
Certificate Swap Contract on such Distribution Date, (w) any Swap Termination
Payment payable to the Swap Counterparty under the Subordinated Certificate
Swap Contract on such Distribution Date (other than a Swap Termination Payment
due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event), (x) the amount of Current Interest
and Interest Carry Forward Amount distributed to the Class X Certificates on
such Distribution Date and (y) any Put Amount payable to the Put Counterparty
under the Put Contract on such Distribution Date and (b) 12 and (2) the
denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the Due Date occurring in the month preceding the month of that
Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments received in
the Prepayment Period related to that prior Due Date) and (B) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days in the related Accrual Period.
Net Rate Carryover: For any Class of LIBOR Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the amount of interest that such Class
would have accrued for such Distribution Date had the Pass-Through Rate for
that Class and the related Accrual Period not been calculated based on the Net
Rate Cap, over (ii) the amount of interest such Class accrued for such
Distribution Date based on the Net Rate Cap, plus the unpaid portion of any
such excess from prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the
then applicable Pass-Through Rate,
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but not in excess of the Maximum Rate, other than with respect to the Class
A-1 Certificates, without giving effect to the Net Rate Cap).
Net Swap Payment: With respect to the Certificate Swap Contract or the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract, as applicable, any Distribution Date
and payment by the Supplemental Interest Trustee to the Swap Counterparty, the
excess, if any, of the "Fixed Amount" (as defined in the applicable Derivative
Agreement) with respect to such Distribution Date over the "Floating Amount"
(as defined in the applicable Derivative Agreement) with respect to such
Distribution Date. With respect to the Certificate Swap Contract or the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract, as applicable, any Distribution Date
and payment by the Swap Counterparty to the Supplemental Interest Trustee, the
excess, if any, of the "Floating Amount" (as defined in the applicable
Derivative Agreement) with respect to such Distribution Date over the "Fixed
Amount" (as defined in the applicable Derivative Agreement) with respect to
such Distribution Date.
NIM Insurer: Any insurer guarantying at the request of Countrywide
certain payments under notes backed or secured by the Class C or Class P
Certificates.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Master Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of
the Master Servicer, will not be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer
from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to
Section 9.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the Certificates
shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.
Notional Amount: With respect to the Class X Certificates and the
Accrual Period for any Distribution Date, the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Group X as of the Due Date in the
preceding calendar month (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments
received in the Prepayment Period related to such prior Due Date).
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
OC Floor: With respect to any Distribution Date, 0.35% of the Cut-off
Date Pool Principal Balance.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (i) in the case of the Depositor,
signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the
President, a Managing Director, a Vice President (however denominated), an
Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the
Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Depositor, (ii) in the
case of the Master Servicer, signed by the President, an Executive Vice
President, a Vice President, an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, or
one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of Countrywide GP,
Inc., its general partner, (iii) if provided for in this Agreement,
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signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to the
Depositor and the Trustee, as the case may be, as required by this Agreement
or (iv) in the case of any other Person, signed by an authorized officer of
such Person.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
a Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, including, in-house counsel,
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to
the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must
(i) in fact be independent of a Seller, the Depositor and the Master Servicer,
(ii) not have any direct financial interest in a Seller, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer or in any affiliate thereof, and (iii) not be connected with a
Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar
functions.
Optional Termination Date: The first Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal
to 10% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance.
Original Mortgage Loan: The mortgage loan refinanced in connection with
the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outside Reference Date: As to any Accrual Period for the COFI
Certificates, the close of business on the tenth day thereof.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with a
Stated Principal Balance greater than zero, which was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in Full prior to the end of the related Prepayment Period
and which did not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to the end of the
related Prepayment Period.
Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the Overcollateralization
Target Amount exceeds the Overcollateralized Amount on such Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (i) the Excess Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Target Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the OC Floor.
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Overcollateralized Amount: For any Distribution Date, the amount, if
any, by which (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Due Date in the month of that Distribution Date (after giving effect
to Principal Prepayments received in the related Prepayment Period) exceeds
(y) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates and
Subordinated Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
distributions of the Principal Remittance Amount to be made on such
Distribution Date).
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership
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.
Park Granada: Park Granada LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Park
Granada Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Park Granada Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Park Granada is the applicable Seller.
Park Monaco: Park Monaco Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Park Monaco
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Park Monaco Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Park Monaco is the applicable Seller.
Park Sienna: Park Sienna LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and
its successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Park Sienna
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Park Sienna Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Park Sienna is the applicable Seller.
Pass-Through Margin: With respect to the Accrual Period for any
Distribution Date and Class of LIBOR Certificates, the per annum rate
indicated in the following table:
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Class of LIBOR Certificates Pass-Through Margin
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(1) (2)
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Class A-1 0.270% 0.540%
Class M-1 0.450% 0.675%
Class M-2 0.500% 0.750%
Class M-3 0.650% 0.975%
Class M-4 1.000% 1.500%
Class M-5 1.500% 2.250%
Class M-6 1.750% 2.625%
Class M-7 2.250% 3.375%
Class M-8 2.250% 3.375%
Class M-9 2.250% 3.375%
Class M-10 2.250% 3.375%
Class M-11 2.250% 3.375%
Class M-12 2.250% 3.375%
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(1) For the Accrual Period related to any Distribution Date occurring on or
prior to the Optional Termination Date.
(2) For the Accrual Period related to any Distribution Date occurring after
the Optional Termination Date.
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to any Accrual Period and the Class A-1
Certificates, the lesser of (x) LIBOR for such Accrual Period plus the
Pass-Through Margin for such Class and Accrual Period and (y) the Net Rate Cap
for such Class and the related Distribution Date.
With respect to any Accrual Period and each Class of Subordinated
Certificates, the least of (x) LIBOR for such Accrual Period plus the
Pass-Through Margin for such Class and Accrual Period, (y) the Net Rate Cap
for such Class and the related Distribution Date and (z) the Maximum Rate.
With respect to the Class X Certificates and (i) any Accrual Period
related to a Distribution Date on or prior to the Distribution Date in July
2017, 0.65% per annum, and (ii) any Accrual Period related to a Distribution
Date after the Distribution Date in July 2017, 1.65% per annum.
The Class A-R, Class P and Class C Certificates do not have Pass-Through
Rates.
Payment Adjustment Date: For each Mortgage Loan, the date specified in
the related Mortgage Note as the annual date on which the related Scheduled
Payment will be adjusted.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,
such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class. With
respect to the Class C, Class P and Class A-R Certificates, the portion of the
Class evidenced thereby, expressed as a percentage, as stated on the face of
such Certificate.
Performance Certification: As defined in Section 11.05.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities, each of which shall mature no later than 60 days
after acquisition:
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(i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof,
provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia
receiving the highest long-term debt rating of each Rating
Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to
the Certificates by such Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper
rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings
then assigned to the Certificates by such Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or
trust company incorporated under the laws of the United
States or of any state thereof and subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities,
provided that the commercial paper and/or long term
unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or
trust company (or in the case of the principal depository
institution in a holding company system, the commercial
paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such
holding company, but only if Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency)
are then rated one of the two highest long-term and the
highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency for such
securities, or such lower ratings as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
Certificates by such Rating Agency;
(v) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case
entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (iv) above;
(vi) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the
highest rating assigned by each Rating Agency (except if
Fitch is a Rating Agency and has not rated the portfolio,
the highest rating assigned by Moody's) and restricted to
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of
America or entities whose obligations are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America and
repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations;
and
(vii) such other relatively risk free investments bearing
interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating
Agency as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by either
Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by
each Rating Agency, and reasonably acceptable to the NIM
Insurer, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by the
NIM Insurer;
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument.
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Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or
any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of
the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including
the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable
income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the
Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an
"electing large partnership" as defined in Section 775 of the Code, (vi) a
Person that is not a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
partnership, or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate or
trust whose income from sources without the United States is includible in
gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States or
a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States
persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust
unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or any applicable successor
form, and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Depositor based upon an
Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to such Person may cause any REMIC created under this Agreement to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding.
The terms "United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have
the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A
corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or
of any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Plan: An "employee benefit plan" as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA
that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a "plan" as defined in section 4975 of
the Code that is subject to section 4975 of the Code, or any Person investing
on behalf of or with plan assets (as defined in 29 CFR ss.2510.3-101 or
otherwise under ERISA) of such an employee benefit plan or plan.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: The aggregate of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Outstanding Mortgage Loans.
Pool Tax Cap: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Pre-Funding Account: Not applicable.
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Prepayment Charge: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the charges or
premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or partial prepayment of such
Mortgage Loan within the related Prepayment Charge Period in accordance with
the terms thereof.
Prepayment Charge Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the sum of the
Prepayment Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related
Prepayment Period and any amounts paid pursuant to Section 3.20 with respect
to such Distribution Date.
Prepayment Charge Period: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the period
of time during which a Prepayment Charge may be imposed.
Prepayment Interest Excess: As to any Principal Prepayment received by
the Master Servicer from the first day through the fifteenth day of any
calendar month (other than the calendar month in which the Cut-off Date
occurs), all amounts paid by the related Mortgagor in respect of interest on
such Principal Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest Excess shall be paid to the
Master Servicer as additional master servicing compensation.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date, Mortgage
Loan and Principal Prepayment received on or after the sixteenth day of the
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, on or after July 1, 2007) and on or before the last
day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the amount, if
any, by which one month's interest at the related Mortgage Rate, net of the
related Master Servicing Fee Rate, on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the
amount of interest paid in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date and the related Due Date,
the period from the 16th day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
month in which the Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, from July 1, 2007) through the 15th day of the calendar
month in which the Distribution Date occurs.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage guaranty
insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any Mortgage
Loan.
Prime Rate: The prime commercial lending rate of The Bank of New York,
as publicly announced to be in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate shall
be adjusted automatically, without notice, on the effective date of any change
in such prime commercial lending rate. The Prime Rate is not necessarily The
Bank of New York's lowest rate of interest.
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date,
the sum of: (1) the excess of (A) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date over (B) the sum of (i) any portion of such amount used to
cover any Net Swap Payment or Swap Termination Payment (other than a Swap
Termination Payment due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event) due to the Swap
Counterparty under the Certificate Swap Contract and/or the Subordinated
Certificate Swap Contract with respect to such Distribution Date not paid from
the Interest Funds and (ii) the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date, and (2) the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for
such Distribution Date.
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Principal Net Swap Payment: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the amount, if any, of any Net Swap Payment payable to the Swap
Counterparty under the Certificate Swap Contract and/or the Subordinated
Certificate Swap Contract on such Distribution Date not paid from Interest
Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate amount of such amounts
for all previous Distribution Dates.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a Mortgagor on a
Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not
accompanied by an amount representing scheduled interest due on any date or
dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial
Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Master Servicer in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance Amount: As to any Distribution Date, (x) the sum,
without duplication, of (a) the principal portion of each Scheduled Payment
(without giving effect to any reductions thereof caused by any Debt Service
Reductions or Deficient Valuations) collected or advanced on each Mortgage
Loan (other than a Liquidated Mortgage Loan) on the related Due Date, (b) the
principal portion of the Purchase Price of each Mortgage Loan that was
repurchased by the applicable Seller or purchased by the Master Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c) the Substitution
Adjustment Amount in connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan received with
respect to such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds allocable to recoveries of principal of Mortgage Loans that are not
yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect to each Mortgage Loan that
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period, the
amount of the Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received during such
Prepayment Period with respect to such Mortgage Loan, (f) all Principal
Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment
Period and (g) any Subsequent Recoveries on the Mortgage Loans received during
the related Prepayment Period minus (y) all non-recoverable Advances on the
Mortgage Loans relating to principal and certain expenses reimbursable
pursuant to Section 6.03 and reimbursed since the immediately preceding Due
Date.
Principal Reserve Fund: The separate Eligible Account created and
initially maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(c) in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates and
designated "The Bank of New York in trust for registered holders of CWALT,
Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2007-HY9, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2007-HY9." Funds in the Principal Reserve Fund shall be held in trust
for the Holders of the Class P Certificates for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement.
Private Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a lease or
occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of related
Coop Shares.
Prospectus: The prospectus dated July 27, 2007 generally relating to
mortgage pass-through certificates to be sold by the Depositor.
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Prospectus Supplement: The prospectus supplement dated July 30, 2007
relating to the Offered Certificates.
PUD: Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
purchased by the applicable Seller pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 or
purchased at the option of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase, (ii) accrued interest thereon at
the applicable Mortgage Rate (or at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate if
(x) the purchaser is the Master Servicer or (y) if the purchaser is
Countrywide and Countrywide is an affiliate of the Master Servicer) from the
date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the Due Date in
the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to
Certificateholders and (iii) costs and damages incurred by the Trust Fund in
connection with a repurchase pursuant to Section 2.03 that arises out of a
violation of any predatory or abusive lending law with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan.
Put Account: The separate Eligible Account created and initially
maintained by the Supplemental Interest Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(h).
Put Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date on or prior to the
Distribution Date in August 2017, the product of (i) 0.03%, (ii) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Put Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date and (iii) the actual number of days in the Accrual Period
for the Put Certificates related to that Distribution Date, divided by 360.
Put Certificates: The Class A-1 Certificates.
Put Contract: The transaction evidenced by the Confirmation and subject
to the Put ISDA Master Agreement, a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit R-4.
Put Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch and its successors.
Put Deposit Amount: The Class Certificate Balance of the Put
Certificates on the Distribution Date in August 2017, after giving effect to
all distributions on the Put Certificates and the application of Applied
Realized Loss Amounts and Subsequent Recoveries pursuant to Section 4.02
hereof on such Distribution Date.
Put Fee: With respect to any Distribution Date on or prior to the Put
Termination Date, the Put Amount.
Put ISDA Master Agreement: With respect to the Put Contract, the 1992
ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency - Cross Border), including the Schedule
thereto, dated July 31, 2007, between the Put Counterparty and the
Supplemental Interest Trustee.
Put Termination Date: The earliest of (i) the date on which any rating
on the Put Certificates is reduced or withdrawn, (ii) the Distribution Date in
August 2017 and (ii) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article IX
hereof.
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Put Termination Payment: The payment payable by either the Supplemental
Interest Trustee or the Put Counterparty under the Put Contract due to an
early termination of the Put Contract.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty 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 a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and
to write the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it, approved
as a FNMA-approved mortgage insurer and having a claims paying ability rating
of at least "AA" or equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical
rating organization. Any replacement insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan
must have at least as high a claims paying ability rating as the insurer it
replaces had on the Closing Date.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the Preliminary
Statement. If any such organization or a successor is no longer in existence,
"Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, or other comparable Person, identified as a "Rating Agency"
under the Underwriter's Exemption, as is designated by the Depositor, notice
of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References in this
Agreement to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating
category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, an amount
(not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated Principal
Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of such liquidation,
plus (ii) interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to
which interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to
Certificateholders up to the Due Date in the month in which Liquidation
Proceeds are required to be distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus (iii) the Liquidation
Proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such liquidation
occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan. With respect
to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation,
if the principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has been reduced,
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 and any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the principal portion of the
related Scheduled Payment has been reduced.
To the extent the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of Realized Losses with respect to
that Mortgage Loan will be reduced by the amount of such Subsequent
Recoveries.
Recognition Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan, an
agreement between the Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan which establishes the rights of such originator in the
Cooperative Property.
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Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Delay
Certificates, the last Business Day of the month preceding the month of that
Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date and the Non-Delay
Certificates, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date,
or if such Certificates are no longer Book-Entry Certificates, the last
Business Day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.08(b).
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection
with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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 release (Asset-Backed Securities,
Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005))
or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or
its staff from time to time.
Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any similar state or
local laws.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final regulation,
revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement or
interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the
Closing Date.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.
Reportable Event: Any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in
any event, the following:
(a) entry into a definitive agreement related to the Trust Fund, the
Certificates or the Mortgage Loans, or an amendment to a Transaction Document,
even if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing
agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(b) termination of a Transaction Document (other than by expiration of
the agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of all parties
completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the Depositor is
not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer
contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
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(c) with respect to the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer
becomes aware of any bankruptcy or receivership with respect to Countrywide,
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee, a
Counterparty, any enhancement or support provider contemplated by Items
1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or any other material party contemplated by
Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB;
(d) with respect to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor
only, the occurrence of an early amortization, performance trigger or other
event, including an Event of Default under this Agreement;
(e) the resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the Master
Servicer, any Subservicer or the Trustee;
(f) with respect to the Master Servicer only, if the Master Servicer
becomes aware that (i) any material enhancement or support specified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB that was
previously applicable regarding one or more classes of the Certificates has
terminated other than by expiration of the contract on its stated termination
date or as a result of all parties completing their obligations under such
agreement; (ii) any material enhancement specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through
(3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB has been added with respect
to one or more Classes of the Certificates; or (iii) any existing material
enhancement or support specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation
AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB with respect to one or more Classes of the
Certificates has been materially amended or modified; and
(g) with respect to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor
only, a required distribution to Holders of the Certificates is not made as of
the required Distribution Date under this Agreement.
Reporting Subcontractor: With respect to the Master Servicer or the
Trustee, any Subcontractor determined by such Person pursuant to Section
11.08(b) to be "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of
Item 1122 of Regulation AB. References to a Reporting Subcontractor shall
refer only to the Subcontractor of such Person and shall not refer to
Subcontractors generally.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the Master
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits M and N to this
Agreement, as appropriate.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under
this Agreement.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, any Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
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Rolling Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, the average of the Sixty-Day Delinquency
Rates for such Distribution Date and the two immediately preceding
Distribution Dates.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. If
S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to S&P shall be Standard
& Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage
Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address as S&P may hereafter furnish to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification: As defined in Section 11.05.
Scheduled Balances: Not applicable.
Scheduled Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due
on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan
which, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, shall give effect to any
related Debt Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects the
amount of the monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller: Countrywide, Park Granada, Park Monaco or Park Sienna, as
applicable.
Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Senior Enhancement Percentage: With respect to a Distribution Date on
and after the Stepdown Date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) (1) the
numerator of which is the excess of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the month prior to that
Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments in the
Prepayment Period related to that prior Due Date) over (b) (i) before the
Class Certificate Balances of the Senior Certificates have been reduced to
zero, the sum of the Class Certificate Balances of the Senior Certificates, or
(ii) after the Class Certificate Balances of the Senior Certificates have been
reduced to zero, the Class Certificate Balance of the most senior Class of
Subordinated Certificates outstanding as of the Business Day immediately
preceding the Distribution Date in the calendar month prior to the month of
such Distribution Date and (2) the denominator of which is the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the month
prior to that Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments
in the Prepayment Period related to that prior Due Date).
Senior LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Senior Principal Distribution Target Amount: As to any Distribution
Date, the excess of (x) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (y) the lesser
of (i) 85.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Due Date in the month of such Distribution Date (after giving effect
to Principal Prepayments received in the related Prepayment Period) and (ii)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due
Date in the month of such
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Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments received in
the related Prepayment Period), minus the OC Floor.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master Servicer
of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i)
the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any
expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 and any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.09.
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d)
of Regulation AB.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished
to the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement, as such list may from time to time be amended.
Sixty-Day Delinquency Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date on or
after the Stepdown Date, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator
of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution Date
of all Mortgage Loans 60 or more days delinquent as of the close of business
on the last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date
(including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, bankruptcy and REO Properties) and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance for such
Distribution Date of the Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date (after
giving effect to Principal Prepayments received in the related Prepayment
Period).
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date, as
specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before
any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or
similar waiver or grace period) minus the sum of: (i) any previous partial
Principal Prepayments and the payment of principal due on such Due Date,
irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor, (ii)
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other than with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan) received in the prior calendar month and Principal
Prepayments received through the last day of the related Prepayment Period, in
each case, with respect to that Mortgage Loan and (iii) any Realized Loss
previously incurred in connection with a Deficient Valuation. The Stated
Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan that becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan
will be zero on each date following the Due Period in which such Mortgage Loan
becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Stepdown Date: The earlier to occur of: (1) the Distribution Date
immediately following the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates is reduced to zero, and (2) the
later to occur of (x) the Distribution Date in August 2010 and (y) the first
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
Senior Certificates (after giving effect to distributions of the Principal
Remittance Amount to be made on such Distribution Date) is less than or equal
to 85.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal
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Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the month of that
Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments received in
the Prepayment Period related to that Due Date).
Stepdown Target Subordination Percentage: With respect to any Class of
Subordinated Certificates, the respective percentage indicated in the
following table:
Stepdown Target
Subordination
Percentage
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Class M-1........................... 10.40%
Class M-2........................... 8.70%
Class M-3........................... 7.50%
Class M-4........................... 6.50%
Class M-5........................... 5.80%
Class M-6........................... 5.10%
Class M-7........................... 4.40%
Class M-8........................... 3.70%
Class M-9........................... 3.00%
Class M-10.......................... 2.30%
Class M-11.......................... 1.60%
Class M-12.......................... 0.70%
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated
pursuant to Countrywide's Streamlined Loan Documentation Program then in
effect. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Mortgagor is eligible for a
mortgage pursuant to Countrywide's Streamlined Loan Documentation Program if
that Mortgagor is refinancing an existing mortgage loan that was originated or
acquired by Countrywide where, among other things, the mortgage loan has not
been more than 30 days delinquent in payment during the previous twelve month
period.
Strip REMIC: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Sub-Group X: All Mortgage Loans identified as 10/1 Mortgage Loans on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Sub-Group X Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans in Sub-Group X.
Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not
responsible for the overall servicing (as "servicing" is commonly understood
by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans
but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB with respect to the Mortgage Loans under the direction or
authority of the Master Servicer or a Subservicer or the Trustee, as the case
may be.
Subordinated Certificate Corridor Account: The separate Eligible Account
created and initially maintained by the Supplemental Interest Trustee pursuant
to Section 3.05(h).
Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract: The transaction evidenced by
the Confirmation, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit R-3.
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Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract Termination Date: The
Distribution Date in February 2015.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Subordinated Certificate Swap Account: The separate Eligible Account
created and initially maintained by the Supplemental Interest Trustee pursuant
to Section 3.05(h).
Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract: The transaction evidenced by the
Confirmation and subject to the Swap ISDA Master Agreement, a form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit R-2.
Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date: The
Distribution Date in July 2012.
Subordinated Class Principal Distribution Target Amount: With respect to
any Class of Subordinated Certificates and Distribution Date, the excess of
(1) the sum of (a) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Senior
Principal Distribution Target Amount for such Distribution Date), (b) the
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of any Class(es) of Subordinated
Certificates that are senior to the subject Class (in each case, after taking
into account distribution of the Subordinated Class Principal Distribution
Target Amount(s) for such more senior Class(es) of Certificates for such
Distribution Date), and (c) the Class Certificate Balance of the subject Class
of Subordinated Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (a) the product of (x) 100% minus the Stepdown Target
Subordination Percentage for the subject Class of Certificates and (y) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in
the month of that Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal
Prepayments received in the related Prepayment Period) and (b) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date in the month
of that Distribution Date (after giving effect to Principal Prepayments
received in the related Prepayment Period) minus the OC Floor; provided,
however, that if such Class of Subordinated Certificates is the only Class of
Subordinated Certificates outstanding on such Distribution Date, that Class
will be entitled to receive the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount
until its Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero.
Subsequent Periodic Rate Cap: As to each Mortgage Loan and the related
Mortgage Note, the provision therein that limits permissible increases and
decreases in the Mortgage Rate on the each Adjustment Date after the first
Adjustment Date for that Mortgage Loan to not more than the amount set forth
therein.
Subsequent Recoveries: As to any Distribution Date, with respect to a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan that resulted in a Realized Loss in a prior calendar
month, unexpected amounts received by the Master Servicer (net of any related
expenses permitted to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.08) specifically
related to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan after the classification of such
Mortgage Loan as a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Subservicer: Any person to whom the Master Servicer has contracted for
the servicing of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
3.02.
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Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the applicable
Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such
substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form
of Exhibit M, (i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the
principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution,
not in excess of, and not more than 10% less than the Stated Principal Balance
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) be accruing interest at a rate no lower
than and not more than 1% per annum higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not
more than one year less than that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have a
Maximum Mortgage Rate no lower than and not more than 1% per annum higher
than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a Minimum Mortgage Rate
specified in its related mortgage note not more than 1% per annum higher or
lower than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vii) have
the same Mortgage Index and Mortgage Index reset period and periodic rate cap
as the Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Gross Margin not more than 1% per annum
higher or lower than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (viii) not be a
Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and
(ix) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term
pursuant to Section 2.03.
Supplemental Interest Trust: The separate trust created under this
Agreement pursuant to Section 3.05(h).
Supplemental Interest Trustee: The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, not in its individual or corporate capacity, but solely in its
capacity as trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust for the benefit of the
Holders of the Senior Certificates (other than the Class A-R Certificates and
Notional Amount Certificates) and Subordinated Certificates under this
Agreement, and any successor thereto, and any corporation or national banking
association resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which
it or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee as may from time
to time be serving as successor trustee hereunder.
Supplemental Mortgage Loan: Not applicable.
Swap Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch and its successors.
Swap Counterparty Trigger Event: With respect to the Certificate Swap
Contract or the Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract, as applicable, either
(i) an "Event of Default" under the Swap ISDA Master Agreement with respect to
which the Swap Counterparty is the sole "Defaulting Party" (as defined in the
Swap ISDA Master Agreement) or (ii) a "Termination Event" (other than an
Illegality or a Tax Event (as such terms are defined in the Swap ISDA Master
Agreement)) or "Additional Termination Event" under the Swap ISDA Master
Agreement with respect to which the Swap Counterparty is the sole "Affected
Party" (as defined in the Swap ISDA Master Agreement).
Swap ISDA Master Agreement: With respect to the Certificate Swap
Contract and the Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract, the 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement (Multicurrency -
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Cross Border), including the Schedule and Credit Support Annex thereto, dated
July 31, 2007, between the Swap Counterparty and the Supplemental Interest
Trustee.
Swap Termination Payment: The payment payable by either the Supplemental
Interest Trustee or the Swap Counterparty under the Swap ISDA Master Agreement
due to an early termination of the Certificate Swap Contract or the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract, as applicable.
Tax Matters Person: The person designated as "tax matters person" in the
manner provided under Treasury regulation ss. 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulation ss. 301.6231(a)(7)1. Initially, the Tax Matters Person shall be the
Trustee.
Tax Matters Person Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate with a
Denomination of $0.01.
Terminator: As defined in Section 9.01.
Transaction Documents: This Agreement, the Derivative Agreements, the
Put Contract and any other document or agreement entered into in connection
with the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Trigger Event: With respect to a Distribution Date on or after the
Stepdown Date, the existence of either a Delinquency Trigger Event or a
Cumulative Loss Trigger Event with respect to that Distribution Date.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created under this Agreement
consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received
on or with respect thereto after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in
computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the
Certificate Account, the Distribution Account and the Carryover Reserve Fund,
and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been
acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise and (iv) all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing.
Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a successor
trustee is appointed under this Agreement, such successor.
Trustee Advance Rate: With respect to any Advance made by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.01(b), a per annum rate of interest determined as of the
date of such Advance equal to the Prime Rate in effect on such date plus
5.00%.
Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to one-twelfth
of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the Pool Stated Principal Balance with
respect to such Distribution Date.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.009% per annum.
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Underwriters: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Underwriter's Exemption: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2007-5, 72
Fed. Reg. 13130 (2009), as amended (or any successor thereto), or any
substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department
of Labor.
Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: For any Class of Senior Certificates (other
than the Notional Amount Certificates) and Subordinated Certificates, (x) the
portion of the aggregate Applied Realized Loss Amount previously allocated to
that Class remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates minus (y) any
increase in the Class Certificate Balance of that Class due to the receipt of
Subsequent Recoveries to the Class Certificate Balance of that Class pursuant
to Section 4.02(h).
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to each Class of
Notional Amount Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among
the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests), (b) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be
allocated to each of the Class A-R, Class C and Class P Certificates, and (c)
the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining
Classes of Certificates in proportion to the Certificate Balances of their
respective Certificates on such date.
Weighted Average Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to any Distribution
Date, the average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates on the Mortgage Loans,
weighted on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan as
of the Due Date in the prior calendar month (after giving effect to Principal
Prepayments received in the Prepayment Period related to that prior Due Date).
SECTION 1.02. Certain Interpretive Provisions.
All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when
used in any certificate, agreement or other document delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement and all such
certificates and other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a)
accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting
principles; (b) the words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of
similar import refer to this Agreement (or the certificate, agreement or other
document in which they are used) as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement (or such certificate, agreement or document); (c)
references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement, and references to any
paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or
definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of
such Section or definition; (d) the term "including" means "including without
limitation"; (e) references to any law or regulation refer to that law or
regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or
regulation; (f) references to any agreement refer to that agreement as amended
from time to time; (g) references to any Person include that Person's
permitted successors and assigns; and (h) a Mortgage Loan is "30 days
delinquent" if any Scheduled Payment has not been received by the close of
business on the day immediately
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preceding the Due Date on which the next Scheduled Payment is due. Similarly
for "60 days delinquent," "90 days delinquent" and so on. Unless otherwise
provided in this Agreement, the determination as to whether a Mortgage Loan
falls into a delinquency category shall be made as of the close of business on
the last day of each month prior to the date of determining the delinquency.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
(a) Each Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys
to the Depositor, without recourse, all its respective right, title and
interest in and to the related Mortgage Loans, including all interest and
principal received or receivable by such Seller, on or with respect to the
applicable Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date and all interest and
principal payments on the related Mortgage Loans received prior to the Cut-off
Date in respect of installments of interest and principal due thereafter, but
not including payments of principal and interest due and payable on such
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date. On or prior to the Closing Date,
Countrywide shall deliver to the Depositor or, at the Depositor's direction,
to the Trustee or other designee of the Depositor, the Mortgage File for each
Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (except that, in the case
of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans (which may include Countrywide Mortgage
Loans, Park Granada Mortgage Loans, Park Monaco Mortgage Loans or Park Sienna
Mortgage Loans), such delivery may take place within thirty (30) days
following the Closing Date). Such delivery of the Mortgage Files shall be made
against payment by the Depositor of the purchase price, previously agreed to
by the Sellers and Depositor, for the Mortgage Loans. With respect to any
Mortgage Loan that does not have a first payment date on or before the Due
Date in the month of the first Distribution Date, Countrywide shall deposit
into the Distribution Account on or before the Distribution Account Deposit
Date relating to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month's
interest at the related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on the Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
(b) Immediately upon the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans referred to in
clause (a), the Depositor sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise
conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without
recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the
Trust Fund together with the Depositor's right to require each Seller to cure
any breach of a representation or warranty made in this Agreement by such
Seller or to repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in
accordance herewith.
(c) In connection with the transfer and assignment set forth in clause
(b) above, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the
Trustee (or, in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, will deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee within thirty (30) days following the
Closing Date) for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following
documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) (A) the original Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or
facsimile signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to
the order of ____________ without recourse," with all
intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to the Person endorsing the
Mortgage Note (each such endorsement being sufficient to
transfer all right, title and interest of the party so
endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that
Mortgage Note); or
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(B) with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost
note affidavit from Countrywide stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of
such Mortgage Note;
(ii) except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan
that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded
Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage, with recording
information, (or, in the case of a Mortgage for which the
related Mortgaged Property is located in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, a true copy of the Mortgage certified as such
by the applicable notary) and in the case of each MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage or a copy of such
Mortgage, with recording information, noting the presence of
the MIN of the Mortgage Loans and either language indicating
that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is
a MOM Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at
origination, the original Mortgage and the assignment
thereof to MERS, with evidence of recording indicated
thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public
recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded;
(iii) in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the
Mortgage or a copy of such assignment, with recording
information, (which may be included in a blanket assignment
or assignments), together with, except as provided below,
all interim recorded assignments of such mortgage or a copy
of such assignment, with recording information, (each such
assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in
recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of
and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to
which the assignment relates); provided that, if the related
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable public
recording office, such assignment of the Mortgage may
exclude the information to be provided by the recording
office; provided, further, that such assignment of Mortgage
need not be delivered in the case of a Mortgage for which
the related Mortgaged Property is located in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(iv) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement,
if any;
(v) except as provided below, the original or a copy of
lender's title policy or a printout of the electronic
equivalent and all riders thereto; and
(vi) in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of
the following documents or instruments:
(A) The Coop Shares, together with a stock power
in blank;
(B) The executed Security Agreement;
(C) The executed Proprietary Lease;
(D) The executed Recognition Agreement;
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(E) The executed UCC-1 financing statement with
evidence of recording thereon which have been filed
in all places required to perfect the applicable
Seller's interest in the Coop Shares and the
Proprietary Lease; and
(F) The executed UCC-3 financing statements or
other appropriate UCC financing statements required
by state law, evidencing a complete and unbroken line
from the mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence of
recording thereon (or in a form suitable for
recordation).
In addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Mortgage
Loan, each Seller agrees that it will cause, at the Trustee's expense, the
MERS(R) System to indicate that the Mortgage Loans sold by such Seller to the
Depositor have been assigned by that Seller to the Trustee in accordance with
this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by including (or
deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance
with this Agreement) in such computer files the information required by the
MERS(R) System to identify the series of the Certificates issued in connection
with such Mortgage Loans. Each Seller further agrees that it will not, and
will not permit the Master Servicer to, and the Master Servicer agrees that it
will not, alter the information referenced in this paragraph with respect to
any Mortgage Loan sold by such Seller to the Depositor during the term of this
Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver (a) the original recorded
Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage, with recording information, or (b) all
interim recorded assignments or a copy of such assignments, with recording
information, or (c) the lender's title policy or a copy of lender's title
policy (together with all riders thereto) satisfying the requirements of
clause (ii), (iii) or (v) above, respectively, concurrently with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement because such document or documents have not
been returned from the applicable public recording office in the case of
clause (ii) or (iii) above, or because the title policy has not been delivered
to either the Master Servicer or the Depositor by the applicable title insurer
in the case of clause (v) above, the Depositor shall promptly deliver to the
Trustee, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, such original Mortgage or
a copy of such Mortgage, with recording information, or such interim
assignment or a copy of such assignments, with recording information, as the
case may be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof
from the public recording office, or a copy thereof, certified, if
appropriate, by the relevant recording office, but in no event shall any such
delivery of the original Mortgage and each such interim assignment or a copy
thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording office, be made
later than one year following the Closing Date, or, in the case of clause (v)
above, no later than 120 days following the Closing Date; provided, however,
in the event the Depositor is unable to deliver by such date each Mortgage and
each such interim assignment by reason of the fact that any such documents
have not been returned by the appropriate recording office, or, in the case of
each such interim assignment, because the related Mortgage has not been
returned by the appropriate recording office, the Depositor shall deliver such
documents to the Trustee as promptly as possible upon receipt thereof and, in
any event, within 720 days following the Closing Date. The Depositor shall
forward or cause to be forwarded to the Trustee (a) from time to time
additional original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of a
Mortgage Loan and (b) any other documents required to be delivered by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer to the Trustee. In the
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event that the original Mortgage is not delivered and in connection with the
payment in full of the related Mortgage Loan and the public recording office
requires the presentation of a "lost instruments affidavit and indemnity" or
any equivalent document, because only a copy of the Mortgage can be delivered
with the instrument of satisfaction or reconveyance, the Master Servicer shall
execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such a document to
the public recording office. In the case where a public recording office
retains the original recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost
after recordation in a public recording office, Countrywide shall deliver to
the Trustee a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office
to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage.
As promptly as practicable subsequent to such transfer and assignment,
and in any event, within one hundred twenty (120) days after such transfer and
assignment, the Trustee shall (A) as the assignee thereof, affix the following
language to each assignment of Mortgage: "CWALT, Inc., Series 2007-HY9, The
Bank of New York, as trustee", (B) cause such assignment to be in proper form
for recording in the appropriate public office for real property records and
(C) cause to be delivered for recording in the appropriate public office for
real property records the assignments of the Mortgages to the Trustee, except
that, (i) with respect to any assignments of Mortgage as to which the Trustee
has not received the information required to prepare such assignment in
recordable form, the Trustee's obligation to do so and to deliver the same for
such recording shall be as soon as practicable after receipt of such
information and in any event within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof and
(ii) the Trustee need not cause to be recorded any assignment which relates to
a Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property and Mortgage File relating to which
are located in any jurisdiction (including Puerto Rico) under the laws of
which the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the
Trustee's and the Certificateholders' interest in the related Mortgage Loan as
evidenced by an opinion of counsel delivered by Countrywide to the Trustee
within 90 days of the Closing Date (which opinion may be in the form of a
"survey" opinion and is not required to be delivered by counsel admitted to
practice law in the jurisdiction as to which such legal opinion applies).
In the case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full as of the
Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents to the
Trustee, will deposit in the Certificate Account the portion of such payment
that is required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to
Section 3.05.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within
thirty (30) days after the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans,
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) shall either (i) deliver to the Depositor, or at the Depositor's
direction, to the Trustee or other designee of the Depositor the Mortgage File
as required pursuant to this Section 2.01 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage
Loan or (ii) either (A) substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) repurchase the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan,
which substitution or repurchase shall be accomplished in the manner and
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.03 (treating each Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted Mortgage Loan for purposes of such Section
2.03); provided, however, that if Countrywide fails to deliver a Mortgage File
for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within the thirty (30)-day period
provided in the prior sentence, Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf
of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall use its best reasonable
efforts to effect a substitution, rather than a repurchase of, such Deleted
Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure period provided for in
Section 2.02 or in Section 2.03
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shall not apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for such Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather Countrywide (on its own behalf and on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall have five (5)
Business Days to cure such failure to deliver. At the end of such thirty
(30)-day period the Trustee shall send a Delay Delivery Certification for the
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered during such thirty (30)-day period in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(d) Neither the Depositor nor the Trust will acquire or hold any
Mortgage Loan that would violate the representations made by Countrywide set
forth in clause (46) of Schedule III-A hereto.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents identified in the
Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F (an "Initial
Certification") 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 as are included in the Trust Fund, in
trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges that it will maintain possession
of the Mortgage Notes in the State of California, unless otherwise permitted
by the Rating Agencies.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing Date to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its own behalf and on
behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) an Initial Certification
in the form annexed to this Agreement as Exhibit F. Based on its review and
examination, and only as to the documents identified in such Initial
Certification, the Trustee acknowledges that such documents appear regular on
their face and relate to the Mortgage Loans. The Trustee shall be under no
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 in the real estate records or that they are other than
what they purport to be on their face.
On or about the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date, the Trustee
shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its
own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) a Delay
Delivery Certification with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit G (a "Delay Delivery Certification"), with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
Not later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver
to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Countrywide (on its own behalf and
on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) a Final Certification
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit H (a
"Final Certification"), with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds any document
constituting a part of a Mortgage File that does not meet the requirements of
Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in the Final
Certification; provided, however that the Trustee shall not make any
determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest
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of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that
Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable form or is sufficient to
effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof under the
mortgage to which the assignment relates. Countrywide (on its own behalf and
on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall promptly correct
or cure such defect within 90 days from the date it was so notified of such
defect and, if Countrywide does not correct or cure such defect within such
period, Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park
Monaco and Park Sienna) shall either (a) substitute for the related Mortgage
Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be accomplished in
the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.03, or (b)
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days from the date
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) was notified of such defect in writing at the Purchase Price of
such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall such
substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date,
except that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents
by the appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between either the
Master Servicer or Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) and the Trustee over the location or
status of the recorded document, then such substitution or purchase shall
occur within 720 days from the Closing Date. The Trustee shall deliver written
notice to each Rating Agency within 270 days from the Closing Date indicating
each Mortgage Loan (a) that has not been returned by the appropriate recording
office or (b) as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of such
Mortgage Loan. Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until
the related Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any such substitution
pursuant to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected
prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by
Section 2.05, if any, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be
effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for
Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution is permitted
to be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month.
The Purchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna) in the Certificate Account on or prior to the Distribution
Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the
month of repurchase and, upon receipt of such deposit and certification with
respect thereto in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the
related Mortgage File to Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) and shall execute and deliver at
Countrywide's (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco
and Park Sienna) request such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared
by Countrywide, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest
in Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco
and Park Sienna), or its designee, the Trustee's interest in any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the foregoing provisions Countrywide
(on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna)
repurchases a Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer
shall either (i) cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of the
Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to Countrywide
(on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna)
or its designee and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration
on the MERS(R) System in accordance with MERS' rules and regulations or (ii)
cause MERS to designate on the MERS(R) System Countrywide (on its own behalf
and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) or its designee as
the beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.
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(b) [Reserved].
(c) [Reserved].
(d) The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Mortgage
File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee,
upon the execution or receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents
or instruments constituting the Mortgage File as come into the possession of
the Master Servicer from time to time.
(e) It is understood and agreed that the respective obligations of each
Seller to substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan sold to the
Depositor by it which does not meet the requirements of Section 2.01 above
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect available to the
Trustee, the Depositor and any Certificateholder against that Seller.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Sellers
and Master Servicer.
(a) Countrywide hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in (i) Schedule II-A, Schedule II-B, Schedule II-C and Schedule II-D
hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, (ii) Schedule III-A
hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified
therein, as of the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and (iii)
Schedule III-B hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if
so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans that are Countrywide Mortgage Loans. Park Granada hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in (i) Schedule II-B hereto, and by
this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee, as of the Closing Date and (ii) Schedule III-C hereto, and by
this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the
Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans that are Park Granada Mortgage
Loans. Park Monaco hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth
in (i) Schedule II-C hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date and
(ii) Schedule III-D hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if
so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans that are Park Monaco Mortgage Loans. Park Sienna hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in (i) Schedule II-D hereto, and by
this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee, as of the Closing Date and (ii) Schedule III-E hereto, and by
this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the
Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans that are Park Sienna Mortgage
Loans.
(b) The Master Servicer hereby makes the representations and warranties
set forth in Schedule IV hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to
the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date.
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(c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty with respect to a Mortgage Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.03(a) that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in that Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties and the NIM Insurer.
Each Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of its
discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a breach of any
representation or warranty with respect to a Mortgage Loan sold by it pursuant
to Section 2.03(a) that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in that Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such breach in all
material respects, and if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such
90-day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and
substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the
manner set forth below; provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant
to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the
Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05, if any, and any such substitution
pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery
to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N
and the Mortgage File for any such Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller
repurchasing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) shall promptly
reimburse the Master Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses reasonably
incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of enforcing the
remedies for such breach. With respect to the representations and warranties
described in this Section which are made to the best of a Seller's knowledge,
if it is discovered by either the Depositor, a Seller or the Trustee that the
substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such
inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage
Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders therein, notwithstanding that
Seller's lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such
representation or warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the
applicable representation or warranty.
With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans sold to the
Depositor by a Seller, Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) shall deliver to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related
assignment of the Mortgage, and such other documents and agreements as are
required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage
assigned as required by Section 2.01. No substitution is permitted to be made
in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. Scheduled
Payments due with respect to Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of
substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the
related Seller on the next succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of
substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the monthly
payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter that
Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan
Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of
such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan
Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and
the related Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the
representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) with respect
to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any
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such substitution and the deposit to the Certificate Account of the amount
required to be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as
described in the following paragraph, the Trustee shall release the Mortgage
File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted
Mortgage Loan to the related Seller and shall execute and deliver at such
Seller's direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by
Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and
Park Sienna), in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest
title in that Seller, or its designee, the Trustee's interest in any Deleted
Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.
For any month in which a Seller substitutes one or more 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 Substitute Mortgage Loans sold to the Depositor by that Seller as of the
date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
all Deleted Mortgage Loans repurchased by that Seller (after application of
the scheduled principal portion of the monthly payments due in the month of
substitution). The amount of such shortage (the "Substitution Adjustment
Amount") plus an amount equal to the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances
with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account by Countrywide (on its own behalf and on behalf of Park
Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) on or before the Distribution Account
Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month succeeding the calendar
month during which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased
or replaced hereunder.
In the event that a Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the
Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant
to Section 3.05 on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the
Distribution Date in the month following the month during which that Seller
became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and
upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the delivery of the Opinion of
Counsel required by Section 2.05 and receipt of a Request for Release in the
form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File
held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person, and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver at such Person's direction such instruments of
transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse,
as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and
agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of any Person to cure,
repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and
is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against such Persons respecting
such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on
their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.03
shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with respect
to each Mortgage Loan as of the date of this Agreement or such other date set
forth in this Agreement that as of the Closing Date, and following the
transfer of the Mortgage Loans to it by each Seller, the Depositor had good
title to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets,
defenses or counterclaims.
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The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Trustee all
of its rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans including, without
limitation, the representations and warranties of each Seller made pursuant to
Section 2.03(a), together with all rights of the Depositor to require a Seller
to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or substitute for any affected
Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the
Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach of any of
the foregoing representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.04
(referred to herein as a "breach"), which breach materially and adversely
affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the others and to each Rating
Agency and the NIM Insurer.
SECTION 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no
substitution pursuant to Section 2.02 or Section 2.03 shall be made more than
90 days after the Closing Date unless Countrywide delivers to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of
either the Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect
that such substitution will not (i) result in the imposition of the tax on
"prohibited transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after the Startup
Date, as defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively,
or (ii) cause any REMIC created under this Agreement to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
(b) Upon discovery by the Depositor, a Seller, the Master Servicer, or
the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering
such fact shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of
discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties and the NIM
Insurer. In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require Countrywide (on
its own behalf and on behalf of Park Granada, Park Monaco and Park Sienna) at
its option, to either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c)
with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Substitute Mortgage Loan for
the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan
within 90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage
Loan for a breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03.
The Trustee shall reconvey to Countrywide the Mortgage Loan to be released
pursuant to this Section in the same manner, and on the same terms and
conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a
representation or warranty contained in Section 2.03.
SECTION 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust
Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and
delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and
exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and
future Holders of the Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this
Agreement, to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Certificates
may be adequately and effectively protected.
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SECTION 2.07. REMIC Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests
created hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall
be the Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with respect to each REMIC
hereunder shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax Matters
Person Certificate. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the Depositor and the Trustee as
follows:
(a) the Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of
the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy; and
(b) no written information, certificate of an officer, statement
furnished in writing or written report delivered to the Depositor, any
affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared by the Master Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement will contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make such information,
certificate, statement or report not misleading.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage
loan servicers. In connection with such servicing and administration, the
Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or
through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, subject to the terms of this
Agreement (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and
the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and
documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and
assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the
manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds
and other Liquidation Proceeds (which for the purpose of this Section 3.01
includes any Subsequent Recoveries), and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or
other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any
Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not take any action
that is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. The
Master Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Trust Fund in
the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own
portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan,
and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any
Mortgage Loan which would cause any REMIC created under this Agreement to fail
to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under section
860F(a) or section 860G(d) of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Master Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the
Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor
and the Trustee, when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its
reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Certificateholders 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 with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the
Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery
by either or both of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master
Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent that the
Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such documents
pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of such documents, the
Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to
the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered
by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its
own name or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or the
Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment
to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from
the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them,
any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with
respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS,
solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns.
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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 3.06, and further
as provided in Section 3.08. The costs incurred by the Master Servicer, if
any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on the
Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose
of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to
the Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding
that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
SECTION 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Subservicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage
Loan by a Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement; provided, however,
that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related subservicing
agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner
consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated under this Agreement;
provided, however, that the NIM Insurer shall have consented to such
subservicing agreements (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to actions
taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans
include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the Master
Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any subservicing 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 Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated
and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or
liability by virtue of such subservicing agreements or arrangements or by
virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer 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. All actions of each
Subservicer performed pursuant to the related subservicing agreement shall be
performed as an agent of the Master Servicer with the same force and effect as
if performed directly by the Master Servicer.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed
to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such
payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Master Servicer.
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor, the NIM Insurer and the Trustee
in Respect of the Master Servicer.
The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement and may, but is not obligated to,
perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement and in connection with any such defaulted
obligation to exercise the related rights of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of
its obligations under this Agreement by virtue of such performance by the
Depositor or its designee. None of the Trustee, the NIM Insurer or the
Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any action
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or failure to act by the Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the
Depositor be obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be
the Master Servicer under this Agreement (including by reason of an Event of
Default or termination by the Depositor), the Trustee or its successor shall
then assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under
this Agreement arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be (i)
liable for losses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09 or any acts
or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer under this Agreement), (ii)
obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from doing so by applicable
law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage
Loans under this Agreement including, but not limited to, repurchases or
substitutions of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03, (iv)
responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or
(v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement). Any such assumption shall be subject to
Section 7.02. If the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
Master Servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default or termination by
the Depositor), the Trustee or its successor shall succeed to any rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under each subservicing agreement.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents
and records relating to each subservicing agreement or substitute subservicing
agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder and an
accounting of amounts collected or held by it and otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the substitute
subservicing agreement to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account;
Distribution Account; Carryover Reserve Fund; Principal
Reserve Fund; and Supplemental Interest Trust.
(a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers to
collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage
Loans to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and the terms and provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy.
Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i)
waive any late payment charge or, subject to Section 3.20, any Prepayment
Charge or penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage
Loan and (ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a
period not greater than 180 days; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
cannot extend the maturity of any such Mortgage Loan past the date on which
the final payment is due on the latest maturing Mortgage Loan as of the
Cut-off Date. In the event of any such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall
make Advances on the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions
of Section 4.01 during the scheduled period in accordance with the
amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by
reason of such arrangements. In addition, the NIM Insurer's prior written
consent shall be required for any waiver of Prepayment Charges or for the
extension of the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note, if the
aggregate number of outstanding Mortgage Loans that
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have been granted such waivers or extensions exceeds 5% of the aggregate
number of Mortgage Loans. 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 or otherwise or against any public or
governmental authority with respect to a taking or condemnation) if it
reasonably believes that enforcing the provision of the Mortgage or other
instrument pursuant to which such payment is required is prohibited by
applicable law.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Certificate
Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited
no later than two Business Days after receipt (or, if (i) the current
short-term credit rating of Countrywide from S&P is reduced below "A-2" or, if
Countrywide does not have a short-term credit rating from S&P, the current
long-term credit rating of Countrywide from S&P is reduced below "BBB+", (ii)
the current long-term credit rating of Countrywide from Xxxxx'x is reduced
below "A3" or (iii) the current long-term credit rating of Countrywide from
Fitch is reduced below "A-", the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited on a daily basis within one Business Day of receipt), except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the following payments and
collections remitted by Subservicers or received by it in respect of Mortgage
Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and
interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) and the
following amounts required to be deposited under this Agreement:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including Principal Prepayments and Prepayment Charges;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans,
net of the related Master Servicing Fee, Prepayment Interest Excess and
any lender paid mortgage insurance premiums;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and
Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be applied to the
restoration or repair of a Mortgaged Property or released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing
procedures;
(iv) any amount required to be deposited by the Master Servicer or
the Depositor in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments for
which it is responsible;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.09(c) and in respect of net monthly income from
REO Property pursuant to Section 3.11;
(vi) all Substitution Adjustment Amounts;
(vii) all Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
4.01; and
(viii) any other amounts required to be deposited under this
Agreement.
In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a
buydown agreement, on each Due Date for such Mortgage Loan, in addition to the
monthly payment remitted by the
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Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall cause funds to be deposited into the
Certificate Account in an amount required to cause an amount of interest to be
paid with respect to such Mortgage Loan equal to the amount of interest that
has accrued on such Mortgage Loan from the preceding Due Date at the Mortgage
Rate net of the related Master Servicing Fee.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer shall
be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges or
assumption fees, if collected, need not be remitted by the Master Servicer. In
the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be
remitted, it may at any time withdraw or direct the institution maintaining
the Certificate Account to withdraw such amount from the Certificate Account,
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. Such
withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by delivering written notice
thereof to the Trustee or such other institution maintaining the Certificate
Account which describes the amounts deposited in error in the Certificate
Account. The Master Servicer shall maintain adequate records with respect to
all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section. All funds deposited in the
Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders until
withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08.
(c) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the Holders
of the Class P Certificates, a Principal Reserve Fund in the name of the
Trustee. On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deposit into the Principal
Reserve Fund $100. Funds on deposit in the Principal Reserve Fund shall not be
invested. The Principal Reserve Fund shall be treated as an "outside reserve
fund" under applicable Treasury regulations and shall not be part of any REMIC
created under this Agreement. Amounts on deposit in the Principal Reserve Fund
shall not be invested.
(d) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain in the Distribution
Account the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ix);
(ii) any amount deposited by the Master Servicer or the Depositor
pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in connection with any losses on Permitted
Investments for which it is responsible; and
(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to
be deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount not
required to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw
such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering
an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee which describes the amounts deposited
in error in the Distribution Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution
Account shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until
disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with
Section 3.08. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals
from the Distribution Account at the direction of the Master Servicer.
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(e) Each institution at which the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account is maintained shall invest the funds therein as directed
in writing by the Master Servicer in Permitted Investments, which shall mature
not later than (i) in the case of the Certificate Account, the second Business
Day next preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that
if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains such account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later
than the Business Day next preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date)
and (ii) in the case of the Distribution Account, the Business Day next
preceding the Distribution Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is
an obligation of the institution that maintains such fund or account, then
such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date)
and, in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All
such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. All income and gain net of any losses
realized from any such investment of funds on deposit in the Certificate
Account, or the Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as
provided in this Agreement. The amount of any realized losses in the
Certificate Account or the Distribution Account incurred in any such account
in respect of any such investments shall promptly be deposited by the Master
Servicer in the Certificate Account or paid to the Trustee for deposit into
the Distribution Account, as applicable. The Trustee in its fiduciary capacity
shall not be liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any
investment or lack of investment of funds held in the Certificate Account or
the Distribution Account and made in accordance with this Section 3.05.
(f) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, each Seller,
each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of
the Certificate Account prior to any change thereof. The Trustee shall give
notice to the Master Servicer, each Seller, each Rating Agency and the
Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the Distribution Account
or the Carryover Reserve Fund or any Derivative Account prior to any change
thereof.
(g) On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish and maintain in its
name, in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the LIBOR Certificates, the
Carryover Reserve Fund and shall deposit $1,000 therein upon receipt from or
on behalf of the Depositor of such amount. The Carryover Reserve Fund shall be
an Eligible Account, and funds on deposit therein shall be held separate and
apart from, and shall not be commingled with, any other moneys, including
without limitation, other moneys held by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.
Funds in the Carryover Reserve Fund may be invested in Permitted
Investments at the direction of a Majority in Interest of the Holders of the
Class C Certificates, which Permitted Investments shall mature not later than
the Business Day immediately preceding the first Distribution Date that
follows the date of such investment (except that if such Permitted Investment
is an obligation of the institution that maintains the Carryover Reserve Fund,
then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution
Date) and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to maturity. All such
Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Class C Certificates. In the absence of such
written direction, all funds in the Carryover Reserve Fund shall be invested
by the Trustee in The Bank of New York cash reserves. Any net investment
earnings on such amounts shall be retained therein until withdrawn as provided
in Section 3.08. Any losses incurred in the Carryover Reserve Fund in respect
of any such investments shall be charged against amounts on deposit in the
Carryover Reserve Fund (or such investments) immediately as realized. The
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Trustee shall not be liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of
any investment or lack of investment of funds held in the Carryover Reserve
Fund and made in accordance with this Section 3.05. The Carryover Reserve Fund
will not constitute an asset of any REMIC created hereunder. The Class C
Certificates shall evidence ownership of the Carryover Reserve Fund for
federal tax purposes.
(h) On the Closing Date, there is hereby established a separate trust
(the "Supplemental Interest Trust"), the assets of which shall consist of the
Derivative Accounts and the Supplemental Interest Trustee's rights and
obligations under each Derivative Agreement. The Supplemental Interest Trust
shall be maintained by the Supplemental Interest Trustee, who initially shall
be the Trustee.
On the Closing Date, the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall establish
and maintain four separate, segregated trust accounts to be held in the
Supplemental Interest Trust, titled:
(i) "Certificate Swap Account, The Bank of New York, as
Supplemental Interest Trustee, in trust for the Swap Counterparty and
the registered holders of the LIBOR Certificates of CWALT, Inc.,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HY9";
(ii) "Subordinated Certificate Swap Account, The Bank of New York,
as Supplemental Interest Trustee, in trust for the Swap Counterparty and
the registered holders of the LIBOR Certificates of CWALT, Inc.,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HY9";
(iii) "Subordinated Certificate Corridor Account, The Bank of New
York, as Supplemental Interest Trustee, in trust for the registered
holders of the LIBOR Certificates of CWALT, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007-HY9"; and
(iv) "Put Account, The Bank of New York, as Supplemental Interest
Trustee, in trust for the Put Counterparty and the registered holders of
the Put Certificates of CWALT, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2007-HY9".
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deposit $1,000 in each of the
Certificate Swap Account, the Subordinated Certificate Swap Account, the
Subordinated Certificate Corridor Account and the Put Account upon receipt
from or on behalf of the Depositor of such amounts.
Each Account listed above shall be an Eligible Account (for purposes of
the definition of "Eligible Account", the Subordinated Certificate Corridor
Account shall be treated as the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized
Interest Account are treated under that definition) and funds on deposit
therein shall be held separate and apart from, and shall not be commingled
with, any other moneys, including, without limitation, other moneys held by
the Trustee or Supplemental Interest Trustee pursuant to this Agreement. For
federal income tax purposes, the Supplemental Interest Trust, including the
Accounts therein, shall be owned by the Underwriter.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the deposits to the
Certificate Swap Account, the Subordinated Certificate Swap Account and the
Put Account required by Section
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4.02. On each Distribution Date, the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall
deposit into each Derivative Account all amounts received in respect of the
related Derivative Agreement from the related Counterparty for the related
Accrual Period. The Supplemental Interest Trustee shall make withdrawals from
each Derivative Account to make distributions pursuant to Section 4.02(e)
exclusively (other than as expressly provided for in Section 3.08).
On the Distribution Date in August 2017, the Supplemental Interest
Trustee shall deposit into the Put Account the Put Deposit Amount received
from the Put Counterparty. The Supplemental Interest Trustee shall make
withdrawals from the Put Account to make distributions pursuant to Section
4.10 exclusively (other than as expressly provided for in Section 3.08).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Supplemental Interest Trustee shall be allowed to transfer funds in any
Account to the Trustee to facilitate, for administrative purposes,
distribution of such funds to Certificateholders through the Distribution
Account.
Funds in each Derivative Account shall be invested by the Supplemental
Interest Trustee in The Bank of New York cash reserves. All such Permitted
Investments shall be made in the name of the Supplemental Interest Trustee,
for the benefit of the Holders of the related Covered Certificates. Any net
investment earnings on such amounts shall be retained therein until withdrawn
as provided in Section 3.08. Any losses incurred in a Derivative Account in
respect of any such investments shall be charged against amounts on deposit in
that Derivative Account (or such investments) immediately as realized. The
Supplemental Interest Trustee shall not be liable for the amount of any loss
incurred in respect of any investment or lack of investment of funds held in a
Derivative Account and made in accordance with this Section 3.05.
Funds in the Put Account shall not be invested.
The Supplemental Interest Trust, the Derivative Accounts and the Put
Account will not constitute an asset of the Trust Fund or any REMIC created
hereunder.
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts.
(a) To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not
violative of current law, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one
or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and deposit and retain therein
all collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by the Master Servicer) for
the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums or comparable
items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing in this Agreement shall
require the Master Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish an Escrow
Account in violation of applicable law.
(b) Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be
made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to
reimburse the Master Servicer out of related collections for any payments made
pursuant to Sections 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance
premiums) and 3.09 (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to
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any Mortgagors any sums determined to be overages, to pay interest, if
required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to
Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the
Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section
9.01. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
(c) The Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred to in
Section 3.06(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the date when
the tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is intended is due, but
the Master Servicer shall be required so to advance only to the extent that
such advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will be
recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise.
SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford each Seller, the Depositor, the NIM
Insurer and the Trustee reasonable access to all records and documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans and all accounts, insurance information and other
matters relating to this Agreement, such access being afforded without charge,
but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the
office designated by the Master Servicer.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Master Servicer will
provide to each Certificateholder and/or Certificate Owner which is a savings
and loan association, bank or insurance company certain reports and reasonable
access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
sufficient to permit such Certificateholder and/or Certificate Owner to comply
with applicable regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with
respect to investment in the Certificates; provided that the Master Servicer
shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder and/or
Certificate Owner for actual expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in
providing such reports and access. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall
furnish to the Trustee and the NIM Insurer its most recent publicly available
financial statements and any other information relating to its capacity to
perform its obligations under this Agreement reasonably requested by the NIM
Insurer.
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account, the
Distribution Account, the Carryover Reserve Fund; the
Principal Reserve Fund, the Derivative Accounts and the
Put Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the
Certificate Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer (to the extent not previously
retained by the Master Servicer) the servicing compensation to which it
is entitled pursuant to Section 3.14 and to pay to the Master Servicer,
as additional servicing compensation, earnings on or investment income
with respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate Account;
(ii) to reimburse each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee for
unreimbursed Advances made by it, such right of reimbursement pursuant
to this subclause (ii) being
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limited to amounts received on the Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which
any such Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee for
any Nonrecoverable Advance previously made by it;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured Expenses from
the related Insurance Proceeds;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer's right to reimbursement
pursuant to this clause (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being
limited to amounts received on such Mortgage Loan(s) that represent late
recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made pursuant to
Section 3.01 or Section 3.06 and (b) for unpaid Master Servicing Fees as
provided in Section 3.11;
(vi) to pay to the purchaser, with respect to each Mortgage Loan
or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant
to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.11, all amounts received on such Mortgage
Loan after the date of such purchase;
(vii) to reimburse the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the NIM
Insurer or the Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them and
reimbursable pursuant to Section 6.03;
(viii) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate Account
and not required to be deposited in the Certificate Account;
(ix) on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date, to
withdraw an amount equal to the related Available Funds, the related
Prepayment Charge Amount and the Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date
and remit such amount to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
Account; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to such subclauses (i), (ii),
(iv), (v) and (vi). Prior to making any withdrawal from the Certificate
Account pursuant to subclause (iii), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount
of any previous Advance determined by the Master Servicer to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related Mortgage Loans(s), and
their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution Account for
distributions to Certificateholders and remittance to the Certificate Swap
Account and the Subordinated Certificate Swap Account, in the manner specified
in this Agreement (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount
of any taxes that it is authorized to withhold pursuant to the
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third paragraph of Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may from time to
time make withdrawals from the Distribution Account for the following
purposes:
(i) to pay to itself the Trustee Fee for the related Distribution
Date;
(ii) to pay to the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation earnings on or investment income with respect to funds in
the Distribution Account;
(iii) to withdraw and return to the Master Servicer any amount
deposited in the Distribution Account and not required to be deposited
therein;
(iv) to reimburse the Trustee for any unreimbursed Advances made
by it pursuant to Section 4.01(b) hereof, such right of reimbursement
pursuant to this subclause (iv) being limited to (x) amounts received on
the related Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was
made and (y) amounts not otherwise reimbursed to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.08(a)(ii) hereof;
(v) to reimburse the Trustee for any Nonrecoverable Advance
previously made by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01(b) hereof, such
right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (v) being limited to
amounts not otherwise reimbursed to the Trustee pursuant to Section
3.08(a)(iii) hereof; and
(vi) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
(c) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Carryover Reserve Fund for
distribution to the LIBOR Certificates and the Class C Certificates in the
manner specified in Section 4.02(d) (and to withhold from the amounts so
withdrawn the amount of any taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to
the third paragraph of Section 8.11). In addition, the Trustee may from time
to time make withdrawals from the Carryover Reserve Fund for the following
purposes:
(i) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Carryover Reserve Fund
and not required to be deposited therein; and
(ii) to clear and terminate the Carryover Reserve Fund upon the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
(d) (i) The Supplemental Interest Trustee shall withdraw funds from the
Certificate Swap Account for distribution to the Swap Counterparty and the
LIBOR Certificates in the manner specified in Section 4.02(e)(i) (and to
withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any taxes that it is
authorized to retain pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 8.11). In
addition, the Supplemental Interest Trustee may from time to time make
withdrawals from the Certificate Swap Account for the following purposes:
(A) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate Swap
Account and not required to be deposited therein; and
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(B) to clear and terminate the Certificate Swap Account upon the
earlier of (1) the Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date and (2)
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01;
(ii) The Supplemental Interest Trustee shall withdraw funds from the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Account for distribution to the Swap
Counterparty and the LIBOR Certificates in the manner specified in Section
4.02(e)(ii) (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any
taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to the third paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Supplemental Interest Trustee may from time to
time make withdrawals from the Subordinated Certificate Swap Account for the
following purposes:
(A) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Subordinated
Certificate Swap Account and not required to be deposited therein; and
(B) to clear and terminate the Subordinated Certificate Swap
Account upon the earlier of (1) the Subordinated Certificate Swap
Contract Termination Date and (2) the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.01; and
(iii) The Supplemental Interest Trustee shall withdraw funds from the
Subordinated Certificate Corridor Account for distribution to the Senior
Certificates (other than the Class A-R Certificates and Notional Amount
Certificates) and Subordinated Certificates in the manner specified in Section
4.02(e)(vi) (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any
taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to the third paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Supplemental Interest Trustee may from time to
time make withdrawals from the Subordinated Certificate Corridor Account for
the following purposes:
(A) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Subordinated
Certificate Corridor Account and not required to be deposited therein;
and
(B) to clear and terminate the Subordinated Certificate Corridor
Account upon the earlier of (1) the Subordinated Certificate Corridor
Termination Date and (2) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.01.
(e) On the Business Day before the Class P Principal Distribution Date,
the Trustee shall transfer $100.00 from the Principal Reserve Fund to the
Distribution Account and shall distribute such amount to the Class P
Certificates on the Class P Principal Distribution Date. Following the
distribution to be made in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Trustee
shall then terminate the Principal Reserve Fund.
(f) The Supplemental Interest Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Put
Account for distribution to the Put Certificates in the manner specified in
Section 4.10 (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any
taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to the third paragraph of
Section 8.11). In addition, the Supplemental Interest Trustee may from time to
time make withdrawals from the Put Account for the following purposes:
(i) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Put Account and not
required to be deposited therein; and
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(ii) to clear and terminate the Put Account upon the earlier of
(i) the reduction of the Class Certificate Balance of the Put
Certificates to zero and (ii) the Put Termination Date.
SECTION 3.09. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of
Primary Insurance Policies.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage
Loan, hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that is at least
equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements
securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (y) the outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (z) an amount such that the
proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or
the mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of standard hazard
insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a
standard mortgagee clause. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under
any such policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or
repair of the related Mortgaged Property or amounts released to the Mortgagor
in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be
deposited in the Certificate Account. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer
in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating
monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Trustee
for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs
shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of late payments by the
related Mortgagor or out of proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan or
Subsequent Recoveries to the extent permitted by Section 3.08. 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 other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as
shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance.
If the Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the
Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard area and such
area is participating in the national flood insurance program, the Master
Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be maintained with respect to such
Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least
of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii)
the replacement value of the improvements which are part of such Mortgaged
Property, and (iii) the maximum amount of such insurance available for the
related Mortgaged Property under the national flood insurance program.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The Master Servicer shall not take any action which would result in
non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss which,
but for the actions of the Master Servicer, would have been covered
thereunder. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such
Primary Insurance Policy 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 Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy
is maintained with a Qualified Insurer.
Except with respect to any Lender PMI Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer shall not be required to maintain any Primary Insurance Policy (i)
with respect to any Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio less than or
equal to 80% as of any date of determination or, based on a
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new appraisal, the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan represents 80% or
less of the new appraised value or (ii) if maintaining such Primary Insurance
Policy is prohibited by applicable law. With respect to the Lender PMI
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall maintain the Primary Insurance
Policy for the life of such Mortgage Loans, unless otherwise provided for in
the related Mortgage Note or prohibited by law.
The Master Servicer agrees to effect the timely payment of the premiums
on each Primary Insurance Policy, and such costs not otherwise recoverable
shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer from the related proceeds of
liquidation and Subsequent Recoveries.
(d) In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of itself, the Trustee
and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary Insurance
Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall be
necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policies respecting
defaulted Mortgage Loans. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under
any Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Certificate Account.
SECTION 3.10. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, when any property
subject to a Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer
shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such conveyance, enforce any
due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent
permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the
extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage
under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master
Servicer is not required to exercise such rights with respect to a Mortgage
Loan if the Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or
is proposed to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the
Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee
under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under such
Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In the event that
the Master Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale
clause, or if coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely
affected, or if nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master
Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.10(b), to take or enter into an
assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable
state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage
Loan shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master Servicer
enters such agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The
Master Servicer, subject to Section 3.10(b), is also authorized with the prior
approval of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies 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 Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this
Section by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Master Servicer
reasonably believes it is restricted by law from preventing, for any reason
whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.10(a), in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed
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to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an assumption
agreement or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage that requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an instrument of
release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor from
liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver
or cause to be prepared and delivered to the Trustee for signature and shall
direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption agreement with the
Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification
agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments
as are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions
or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. In connection with
any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note may be changed. In
addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must be
acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with its underwriting
standards as then in effect. Together with each such substitution, assumption
or other agreement or instrument delivered to the Trustee for execution by it,
the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer's Certificate signed by a
Servicing Officer stating that the requirements of this subsection have been
met in connection therewith. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that
any such substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding
to the Trustee the original of such substitution or assumption agreement,
which in the case of the original 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. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for entering into an
assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the
Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
SECTION 3.11. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of
Certain Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to foreclose upon
or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of
the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments.
In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master Servicer
shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or
advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities and meet the requirements of the insurer under any Required
Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be
required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards
the restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i) that such
restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of
the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that
such expenses will be recoverable to it through the proceeds of liquidation of
the Mortgage Loan and Subsequent Recoveries (respecting which it shall have
priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Certificate Account). 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 proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan
and Subsequent Recoveries with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, as
provided in the definition of Liquidation Proceeds. If the Master Servicer has
knowledge that a Mortgaged Property which the Master Servicer is contemplating
acquiring in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is located within a
1 mile radius of any site listed in the Expenditure Plan for the Hazardous
Substance Clean Up Bond Act of 1984 or
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other site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Master
Servicer, the Master Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property,
consider such risks and only take action in accordance with its established
environmental review procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee's name shall
be placed on the title to such REO Property solely as the Trustee hereunder
and not in its individual capacity. The Master Servicer shall ensure that the
title to such REO Property references the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the Trustee's capacity thereunder. The Master Servicer shall allow any REO
Property that was subject to a lease at the time of acquisition through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure to continue to be rented pursuant
to such lease, but upon the expiration of such lease, the Master Servicer
shall not take any action to rent the related REO Property. 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. The Master Servicer shall prepare for and
deliver to the Trustee a statement with respect to each REO Property that has
been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses
incurred in connection with the maintenance of such REO Property at such times
as is necessary to enable the Trustee to comply with the reporting
requirements of the REMIC Provisions. Any net monthly income from such REO
Property shall be deposited in the Certificate Account no later than the close
of business on each Determination Date. The Master Servicer shall perform the
tax reporting and withholding required by Sections 1445 and 6050J of the Code
with respect to foreclosures and abandonments, the tax reporting required by
Section 6050H of the Code with respect to the receipt of mortgage interest
from individuals and any tax reporting required by Section 6050P of the Code
with respect to the cancellation of indebtedness by certain financial
entities, by preparing such tax and information returns as may be required, in
the form required, and delivering the same to the Trustee for filing.
In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property as
soon as practicable in a manner that maximizes the Liquidation Proceeds
thereof, but in no event later than three years after its acquisition by the
Trust Fund. In the event that the Trustee shall have been supplied with an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such
Mortgaged Property subsequent to a three-year period, if applicable, will not
result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of any REMIC
hereunder as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause any REMIC hereunder
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding, then the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property
(subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel) after the
expiration of such three-year period. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be
allowed to continue to be rented or otherwise used for the production of
income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any
terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or
(ii) subject any REMIC hereunder to the imposition of any federal, state or
local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under
Section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Master Servicer has
agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the
imposition of any such taxes.
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In the event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose
obligor is not a United States Person, as that term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code, in connection with any foreclosure or acquisition of
a deed in lieu of foreclosure (together, "foreclosure") in respect of such
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will cause compliance with the provisions
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor thereto)
necessary to assure that no withholding tax obligation arises with respect to
the proceeds of such foreclosure except to the extent, if any, that proceeds
of such foreclosure are required to be remitted to the obligors on such
Mortgage Loan.
The decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage
Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Master Servicer that the
proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing
such a proceeding. The income earned from the rental of any REO Properties,
net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for expenses incurred (including
any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of
unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Advances and Servicing Advances, shall be
applied to the payment of principal of and interest on the related defaulted
Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were
still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this
Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related
Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Certificate Account. To the
extent the net income received during any calendar month is in excess of the
amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the
related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan for such calendar month,
such excess shall be considered to be a partial prepayment of principal of the
related Mortgage Loan.
The proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, as well as any
income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of
priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer for any related unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and Master Servicing Fees; second, to reimburse the Master
Servicer or the Trustee for any unreimbursed Advances; third, to reimburse the
Certificate Account for any Nonrecoverable Advances (or portions thereof) that
were previously withdrawn by the Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.08(a)(iii) that related to such Mortgage Loan; fourth, to accrued
and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount or
any such Advance has been reimbursed) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property, at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the
month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fifth, as a
recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. Excess Proceeds, if any, from the
liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan will be retained by the Master
Servicer as additional servicing compensation pursuant to Section 3.14.
The Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to
purchase for its own account from the Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan which is
151 days or more delinquent at a price equal to the Purchase Price; provided,
however, that the Master Servicer may only exercise this right on or before
the next to the last day of the calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan
became 151 days delinquent (such month, the "Eligible Repurchase Month");
provided further, that any such Mortgage Loan which becomes current but
thereafter becomes delinquent may be purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant
to this Section in any ensuing Eligible Repurchase Month. The Purchase Price
for any Mortgage Loan purchased under this Section 3.11 shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of a certificate from
the Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit N to this Agreement, shall release
or cause to be released
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to the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File and shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
purchaser of such Mortgage Loan, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest in the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto and the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall succeed
to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan
and all security and documents related thereto. Such assignment shall be an
assignment outright and not for security. The purchaser of such Mortgage Loan
shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents, free
of any further obligation to the Trustee or the Certificateholders with
respect thereto.
(b) Countrywide is permitted to solicit Mortgagors for reductions
to the Mortgage Rates of their respective Mortgage Loans so long as the
Mortgagors are not selected for solicitation based on the inclusion of the
related Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund. If a Mortgagor requests a reduction
to the Mortgage Rate for the related Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall
agree to a reduction in the Mortgage Rate of that Mortgage Loan (the "Modified
Mortgage Loan") if (i) no monetary default exists with respect to such
Mortgage Loan and (ii) Countrywide, in its corporate capacity, agrees to
purchase the Modified Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund immediately following
the modification as described below. Effective immediately after the
modification, and, in any event, on the same Business Day on which the
modification occurs, all interest of the Trustee in the Modified Mortgage Loan
shall automatically be deemed transferred and assigned to Countrywide and all
benefits and burdens of ownership thereof, including the right to accrued
interest thereon from the date of modification and the risk of default
thereon, shall pass to Countrywide. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver
to the Trustee a certification of a Servicing Officer to the effect that all
requirements of this paragraph have been satisfied with respect to the
Modified Mortgage Loan. For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee shall
account for such purchase as a prepayment in full of the Modified Mortgage
Loan.
Countrywide shall remit the Purchase Price for any Modified
Mortgage Loan to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.05 within one Business Day after the purchase of the
Modified Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of
any such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall release to
Countrywide the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall
be necessary to vest in Countrywide any Modified Mortgage Loan previously
transferred and assigned pursuant hereto. Countrywide covenants and agrees to
indemnify the Trust Fund against any liability for any "prohibited
transaction" taxes and any related interest, additions, and penalties imposed
on the Trust Fund established hereunder as a result of any modification of a
Mortgage Loan effected pursuant to this subsection (b), any holding of a
Modified Mortgage Loan by the Trust Fund or any purchase of a Modified
Mortgage Loan by Countrywide (but such obligation shall not prevent
Countrywide or any other appropriate Person from in good faith contesting any
such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent Countrywide from
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings). Countrywide shall have no right of reimbursement for any
amount paid pursuant to the foregoing indemnification, except to the extent
that the amount of any tax, interest, and penalties, together with interest
thereon, is refunded to the Trust Fund or Countrywide. Nothing in this Section
3.11(b) restricts the ability of the Master Servicer to modify a Mortgage Loan
in a manner that is consistent with the
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servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01; provided, however, that
Countrywide shall have no obligation to purchase any such modified Mortgage
Loan.
SECTION 3.12. 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 will be escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately
notify the Trustee by delivering, or causing to be delivered a "Request for
Release" substantially in the form of Exhibit N of this Agreement. Upon
receipt of such request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related
Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall at the Master
Servicer's direction execute and deliver to the Master Servicer the request
for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage
or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage in each case provided by
the Master Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of
cancellation on the Mortgage Note. The Master Servicer is authorized to cause
the removal from the registration on the MERS(R) System of such Mortgage and
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or
any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of
partial or full release. Expenses incurred in connection with any instrument
of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the related
Mortgagor. From time to time and as shall be appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose, collection under
any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions
policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged
Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other documents included in the
Mortgage File, the Trustee shall, upon delivery to the Trustee of a Request
for Release in the form of Exhibit M signed by a Servicing Officer, release
the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. Subject to the further limitations
set forth below, the Master Servicer shall cause the Mortgage File or
documents so released to be returned to the Trustee when the need therefor by
the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan is liquidated
and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the Certificate Account, in which
case the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a Request for Release in
the form of Exhibit N, signed by a Servicing Officer.
If the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure
proceeding in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee, for signature, as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or
any legal action brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce
any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or
otherwise available at law or in equity.
SECTION 3.13. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master
Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee as required by this Agreement all
documents and instruments in respect of a Mortgage Loan coming into the
possession of the Master Servicer from time to time and shall account fully to
the Trustee for any funds received by the Master Servicer or which otherwise
are collected by the Master Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or Subsequent
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Recoveries in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds
collected or held by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer in respect
of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest
payments or from Liquidation Proceeds and any Subsequent Recoveries, including
but not limited to, any funds on deposit in the Certificate Account, shall be
held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and
remain the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer also agrees that
it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are
deposited in the Certificate Account, Distribution Account or any Escrow
Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due or payable to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien,
security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or
assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of setoff against any
Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage
Loan, except, however, that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to set off
against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that are properly due and
payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.14. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall
be entitled to retain or withdraw from the Certificate Account an amount equal
to the Master Servicing Fee; provided, that the aggregate Master Servicing Fee
with respect to any Distribution Date shall be reduced (i) by an amount equal
to the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, if any, with respect
to such Distribution Date, but not by more than the Compensating Interest for
that Distribution Date, and (ii) with respect to the first Distribution Date,
an amount equal to any amount to be deposited into the Distribution Account by
the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and not so deposited.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of Excess Proceeds,
Prepayment Interest Excess, assumption fees, late payment charges and all
income and gain net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments on the
Certificate Account and the Distribution Account shall be retained by the
Master Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Certificate
Account pursuant to Section 3.05. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay
all expenses incurred by it in connection with its master servicing activities
hereunder (including payment of any premiums for hazard insurance and any
Primary Insurance Policy and maintenance of the other forms of insurance
coverage required by this Agreement) and shall not be entitled to
reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in this Agreement.
SECTION 3.15. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to
comparable regulatory authorities supervising Holders and/or Certificate
Owners and the examiners and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and such
other authorities, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
required by applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall
be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request
and during normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master
Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall limit 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
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provide access as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation
shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
SECTION 3.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee
on or before March 15 of each year, commencing with its 2008 fiscal year, an
Officer's Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of
the activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year (or
applicable portion thereof) and of the performance of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement, has been made under such officer's supervision and (ii)
to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Master
Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, in all
material respects throughout such year (or applicable portion thereof), 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 thereof.
(b) The Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer to deliver to the
Depositor and the Trustee on or before March 15 of each year, commencing with
its 2008 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the signer
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of such Subservicer during the
preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of the performance
of the Subservicer under the applicable Subservicing Agreement or primary
servicing agreement, has been made under such officer's supervision and (ii)
to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, such
Subservicer has fulfilled all its obligations under the applicable
Subservicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, in all material
respects throughout such year (or applicable portion thereof), 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
thereof.
(c) The Trustee shall forward a copy of each such statement to each
Rating Agency.
SECTION 3.17. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
The Master Servicer shall for so long as it acts as master servicer
under this Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of
insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations
as Master Servicer hereunder and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its
officers, employees and 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 FNMA or FHLMC. In
the event that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the Master
Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an insurer
or issuer, meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of such
replacement.
SECTION 3.18. Notification of Adjustments.
On each Adjustment Date, the Master Servicer shall make interest rate
and scheduled payment adjustments for each Mortgage Loan in compliance with
the requirements of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note and applicable
regulations. The Master Servicer shall execute and deliver the notices
required by each Mortgage and Mortgage Note and applicable regulations
regarding interest rate adjustments. The Master Servicer also shall provide
timely notification to
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the Trustee of all applicable data and information regarding such interest
rate adjustments and the Master Servicer's methods of implementing such
interest rate adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Master Servicer or the
Trustee that the Master Servicer has failed to adjust or has incorrectly
adjusted a Mortgage Rate or a monthly payment pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, the Master Servicer shall immediately
deposit in the Certificate Account from its own funds the amount of any
interest loss caused thereby without reimbursement therefor; provided,
however, the Master Servicer shall be held harmless with respect to any
interest rate adjustments made by any servicer prior to the Master Servicer.
SECTION 3.19. The Derivative Agreements.
Upon the Supplemental Interest Trustee obtaining actual knowledge that a
Counterparty's Threshold (as defined in the applicable ISDA Master Agreement)
has been reduced to zero, the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall (i) demand
delivery of the Delivery Amount (as defined in the applicable ISDA Master
Agreement) from the applicable Counterparty on each Valuation Date (as defined
in the applicable ISDA Master Agreement), if applicable, (ii) deliver to the
applicable Counterparty the Return Amount (as defined in the applicable ISDA
Master Agreement) on each Valuation Date, if applicable, as well as
Distributions and the Interest Amount (each as defined in the applicable ISDA
Master Agreement), to the extent required under the applicable ISDA Master
Agreement and (iii) take such other action required under the applicable ISDA
Master Agreement. If a Delivery Amount is demanded under an ISDA Master
Agreement, the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall open and maintain a
segregated account meeting the requirements set forth in the applicable ISDA
Master Agreement to hold cash and other eligible investments pledged under
such ISDA Master Agreement. Any cash or other Eligible Collateral (as defined
in the applicable ISDA Master Agreement) pledged under the applicable ISDA
Master Agreement shall not be part of the Distribution Account or any
Derivative Account unless remitted to such accounts by the Supplemental
Interest Trustee. If Eligible Collateral with a Value (as defined in the
applicable ISDA Master Agreement) equal to the Delivery Amount is not
delivered to the Supplemental Interest Trustee by the applicable Counterparty,
the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall notify such Counterparty and
Countrywide of such failure.
Upon the Supplemental Interest Trustee obtaining actual knowledge of an
Event of Default or Termination Event (each as defined in the applicable ISDA
Master Agreement) for which the Supplemental Interest Trustee has the right to
designate an Early Termination Date (as defined in such ISDA Master
Agreement), the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall act at the written
direction of Countrywide as to whether to designate an Early Termination Date;
provided, however, that, following such Event of Default or Termination Event
and before designating an Early Termination Date, the Trustee or the
Supplemental Interest Trustee shall provide written notice to each Rating
Agency. Following the designation of an Early Termination Date, (i) the
Supplemental Interest Trustee shall use its reasonable best efforts to enforce
its rights under such ISDA Master Agreement consistent with the terms hereof,
(ii) Countrywide shall assist the Supplemental Interest Trustee in procuring a
replacement derivative agreement with terms that are substantially the same as
those of the related original Derivative Agreement and (iii) the Supplemental
Interest Trustee shall request the applicable Counterparty to assist in
procuring a replacement derivative agreement with terms that are substantially
the same as those of the related original Derivative Agreement.
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Any Swap Termination Payment received from the Swap Counterparty shall
be used to pay any upfront amount required under any replacement swap contract
and any excess shall be distributed to the Underwriter and will not be
available to make distributions in respect of any Class of Certificates. In
the event that a replacement swap contract cannot be procured, any Swap
Termination Payment received from the Swap Counterparty in respect of the
termination of the original swap contract shall be retained in the related
Derivative Account and used on subsequent Distribution Dates up to and
including the Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date or the Subordinated
Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date, as applicable, to pay any amounts
distributable to the applicable Classes of Certificates pursuant to Sections
4.02(e)(i) or 4.02(e)(ii), as applicable, that will remain unpaid following
all distributions to be made on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.02(a) through (d). Any portion of such Swap Termination Payment remaining
after the Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date or the Subordinated
Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date, as applicable, shall be
distributed to the Underwriter and will not be available to make distributions
in respect of any Class of Certificates.
In the event that the counterparty in respect of a replacement swap
contract pays any upfront amount to the Supplemental Interest Trustee in
connection with entering into the replacement swap contract and such upfront
amount is received by the Supplemental Interest Trustee prior to the
Distribution Date on which any Swap Termination Payment will be payable to the
Swap Counterparty in respect of the original swap contract, a portion of that
upfront amount equal to the lesser of (x) that upfront amount and (y) the
amount of the Swap Termination Payment due to the Swap Counterparty in respect
of such original swap contract (the "Adjusted Replacement Upfront Amount")
shall be included in Interest Funds for that Distribution Date, and any
upfront amount in excess of the Adjusted Replacement Upfront Amount shall be
distributed to the Underwriter and will not be available to make distributions
in respect of any Class of Certificates. If any upfront amount is paid to the
Supplemental Interest Trustee by the counterparty in respect of a replacement
swap contract after the Distribution Date on which any Swap Termination
Payment will be payable to the Swap Counterparty in respect of the original
swap contract, such upfront amount shall be retained by the Supplemental
Interest Trustee in the related Derivative Account and used on subsequent
Distribution Dates up to and including the Certificate Swap Contract
Termination Date or the Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract Termination
Date, as applicable, to pay any amounts distributable to the applicable
Classes of Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.02(e)(i) or 4.02(e)(ii), as
applicable, that will remain unpaid following all distributions to be made on
such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(a) through (d).
Any Corridor Termination Payment received from the Corridor Counterparty
shall be used to pay any upfront amount required under any replacement
corridor contract and any excess shall be distributed to the Underwriter and
will not be available to make distributions in respect of any Class of
Certificates. In the event that a replacement corridor contract cannot be
procured, any Corridor Termination Payment received from the Corridor
Counterparty in respect of the termination of the original corridor contract
shall be retained in the Subordinated Certificate Corridor Account and used on
subsequent Distribution Dates up to and including the Subordinated Certificate
Corridor Contract Termination Date to pay any amounts distributable to the
applicable Classes of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(e)(iii) that will
remain unpaid following all distributions to be made on such Distribution Date
pursuant to Sections 4.02(a)
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through (d), 4.02(e)(i) and 4.02(e)(ii). Any portion of such Corridor
Termination Payment remaining after the Subordinated Certificate Corridor
Contract Termination Date shall be distributed to the Underwriter and will not
be available to make distributions in respect of any Class of Certificates.
If the obligations of a Counterparty shall become guaranteed pursuant to
the guarantee of any party (whether an affiliate of such Counterparty or
otherwise), then the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall promptly demand in
accordance with the terms of the guarantee from such guarantor all amounts
payable or deliverable by such Counterparty under the applicable Derivative
Agreements in the event that such Counterparty fails to make timely payment or
delivery of such amounts.
The Swap Counterparty shall be an express third party beneficiary of
this Agreement for the purpose of enforcing the provisions hereof to the
extent of the Swap Counterparty's rights explicitly specified herein as if a
party hereto.
SECTION 3.20. Prepayment Charges.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the
event of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part of a Mortgage Loan, the
Master Servicer may not waive any Prepayment Charge or portion thereof
required by the terms of the related Mortgage Note unless (i) such Mortgage
Loan is in default or the Master Servicer believes that such a default is
imminent, and the Master Servicer determines that such waiver would maximize
recovery of Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan, taking into account
the value of such Prepayment Charge, or (ii) (A) the enforceability thereof is
limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, or other
similar law relating to creditors' rights generally or (2) due to acceleration
in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment, or (B) the
enforceability is otherwise limited or prohibited by applicable law. In the
event of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part with respect to any
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit T no later than the third
Business Day following the immediately succeeding Determination Date with a
copy to the Class P Certificateholders. If the Master Servicer has waived or
does not collect all or a portion of a Prepayment Charge relating to a
Principal Prepayment in full or in part due to any action or omission of the
Master Servicer, other than as provided above, the Master Servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee, together with the Principal Prepayment in full or in
part, the amount of such Prepayment Charge (or such portion thereof as had
been waived) for deposit into the Certificate Account (not later than 1:00
p.m. Pacific time on the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Advance Date,
in the case of such Prepayment Charge) for distribution in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(b) Upon discovery by the Master Servicer or a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee of a breach of the foregoing subsection (a), the party discovering
the breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
(c) Countrywide represents and warrants to the Depositor and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date, that the information contained in clauses
(xxii), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of the Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete and
accurate in all material respects at the dates as of which the information is
furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible and enforceable in
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accordance with its terms under applicable state law, except as the
enforceability thereof is limited due to acceleration in connection with a
foreclosure or other involuntary payment.
(d) Upon discovery by the Master Servicer or a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee of a breach of the foregoing clause (c) that materially and
adversely affects right of the Holders of the Class P Certificates to any
Prepayment Charge, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other parties. Within 60 days of the earlier of discovery by the
Master Servicer or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of breach, the
Master Servicer shall cure the breach in all material respects or shall pay
into the Certificate Account the amount of the Prepayment Charge that would
otherwise be due from the Mortgagor, less any amount representing such
Prepayment Charge previously collected and paid by the Master Servicer into
the Certificate Account.
SECTION 3.21. The Put Contract.
The Supplemental Interest Trustee shall enter into the Put Contract with
the Put Counterparty with respect to the Put Certificates. The Supplemental
Interest Trustee shall cause to be deposited any amounts received from time to
time with respect to the Put Contract into the Put Account.
On each Distribution Date on or prior to the Put Termination Date, the
Put Counterparty shall receive the Put Fee pursuant to Section 4.02(a).
If the Put Contract is terminated early, any Put Termination Payment
payable to the Put Counterparty shall be paid to the Put Counterparty in an
amount up to the Put Amount on each Distribution Date on or prior to the
Distribution Date in August 2017 pursuant to Section 4.02(a) until the Put
Counterparty has received, in the aggregate, the amount of the Put Termination
Payment.
If the Put Contract is terminated early, any Put Termination Payment
payable to the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall be distributed to the
Underwriter.
The Put Counterparty shall be an express third party beneficiary of this
Agreement for the purpose of enforcing the provisions hereof to the extent of
the Put Counterparty's rights explicitly specified herein as if a party
hereto.
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ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 4.01. Advances.
(a) The Master Servicer shall determine on or before each Master
Servicer Advance Date whether it is required to make an Advance pursuant to
the definition thereof. If the Master Servicer determines it is required to
make an Advance, it shall, on or before the Master Servicer Advance Date,
either (i) deposit into the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance
or (ii) make an appropriate entry in its records relating to the Certificate
Account that any Amount Held for Future Distribution has been used by the
Master Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance. Any
funds so applied shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the
Certificate Account no later than the close of business on the next Master
Servicer Advance Date. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
from the Certificate Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant
to this Section as provided in Section 3.08. The obligation to make Advances
with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue if such Mortgage Loan has
been foreclosed or otherwise terminated and the related Mortgaged Property has
not been liquidated.
(b) If the Master Servicer determines that it will be unable to comply
with its obligation to make the Advances as and when described in the second
sentence of Section 4.01(a), it shall use its best efforts to give written
notice thereof to the Trustee (each such notice a "Trustee Advance Notice";
and such notice may be given by telecopy), not later than 3:00 P.M., New York
time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Master Servicer
Advance Date, specifying the amount that it will be unable to deposit (each
such amount an "Advance Deficiency") and certifying that such Advance
Deficiency constitutes an Advance hereunder and is not a Nonrecoverable
Advance. If the Trustee receives a Trustee Advance Notice on or before 3:30
P.M., New York time on a Master Servicer Advance Date, the Trustee shall, not
later than 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the related Distribution Date, deposit
in the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Advance Deficiency
identified in such Trustee Advance Notice unless it is prohibited from so
doing by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not
be required to make such deposit if the Trustee shall have received written
notification from the Master Servicer that the Master Servicer has deposited
or caused to be deposited in the Certificate Account an amount equal to such
Advance Deficiency. All Advances made by the Trustee pursuant to this Section
4.01(b) shall accrue interest on behalf of the Trustee at the Trustee Advance
Rate from and including the date such Advances are made to but excluding the
date of repayment, with such interest being an obligation of the Master
Servicer and not the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer shall reimburse the
Trustee for the amount of any Advance made by the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 4.01(b) together with accrued interest, not later than the fifth day
following the related Master Servicer Advance Date. In the event that the
Master Servicer does not reimburse the Trustee in accordance with the
requirements of the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall have the right, but
not the obligation, to immediately (a) terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement in accordance with
Section 7.01 and (b) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.04,
assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder.
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(c) The Master Servicer shall, not later than the close of business
on the second Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date,
deliver to the Trustee a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee) that indicates (i) the Mortgage Loans with respect to which
the Master Servicer has determined that the related Scheduled Payments should
be advanced and (ii) the amount of the related Scheduled Payments. The Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee on the related Master Servicer Advance
Date an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount of
any proposed Advance determined by the Master Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable
Advance.
SECTION 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.
(a) Distributions of Interest Funds. On each Distribution Date, the
Interest Funds for such Distribution Date shall be distributed by the Trustee
from the Distribution Account in the following order:
(1) concurrently and pro rata based on the amounts owing under
each of the following clauses:
(a) to the Certificate Swap Account, any Net Swap Payment
and any Swap Termination Payment (other than a Swap
Termination Payment due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger
Event) payable to the Swap Counterparty under the
Certificate Swap Contract with respect to such
Distribution Date;
(b) to the Put Account in an amount up to the Put Amount,
the Put Fee for such Distribution Date or any unpaid
Put Termination Payment payable to the Put
Counterparty; and
(c) to the Subordinated Certificate Swap Account, any Net
Swap Payment and any Swap Termination Payment (other
than a Swap Termination Payment due to a Swap
Counterparty Trigger Event) payable to the Swap
Counterparty under the Subordinated Certificate Swap
Contract with respect to such Distribution Date;
(2) from interest collections on the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Group
X, Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount to the
Class X Certificates;
(3) concurrently, to each Class of Senior LIBOR Certificates,
the related Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward
Amount, pro rata based on their respective entitlements;
(4) sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9,
Class M-10, Class M-11 and Class M-12 Certificates, in that
order, the Current Interest for each such Class; and
(5) any remainder as part of the Excess Cashflow.
(b) Distributions of Principal Distribution Amount. On each Distribution
Date, the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date shall be
distributed by the Trustee from
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the Distribution Account in the following order with all distributions
pursuant to this clause (b) being made first from the Principal Remittance
Amount:
(A) For each Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date or on
which a Trigger Event is in effect, in the following order:
(1) sequentially, to the Class A-R and Class A-1
Certificates, in that order, until their respective
Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero;
(2) sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3,
Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8,
Class M-9, Class M-10, Class M-11 and Class M-12
Certificates, in that order, until their respective
Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero; and
(3) any remainder as part of the Excess Cashflow.
(B) For each Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and
so long as a Trigger Event is not in effect, in the
following order:
(1) in an amount up to the Senior Principal Distribution
Target Amount, to the Class A-1 Certificates, until
its Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;
(2) sequentially, to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3,
Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8,
Class M-9, Class M-10, Class M-11 and Class M-12
Certificates, in that order, the Subordinated Class
Principal Distribution Target Amount for each such
Class, until their respective Class Certificate
Balances are reduced to zero; and
(3) any remainder as part of the Excess Cashflow.
(c) Distributions of Excess Cashflow. With respect to any Distribution
Date, any Excess Cashflow will be distributed to the Classes of Certificates
in the following order, in each case to the extent of remaining Excess
Cashflow:
(1) to the Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled to
receive distributions in respect of principal, in an amount
up to the Extra Principal Distribution Amount, payable to
such Classes of Certificates as part of the Principal
Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.02(b) hereof;
(2) to the Class A-1 Certificates, in an amount up to any
Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class;
(3) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to any Interest Carry Forward Amount for each such Class;
(4) to the Class A-1 Certificates, in an amount up to the Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for such Class;
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(5) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to the Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for each such Class;
(6) concurrently, to each Class of LIBOR Certificates, pro rata
based on their respective unpaid Net Rate Carryover, in an
amount up to the unpaid Net Rate Carryover for each such
Class;
(7) concurrently, to the Certificate Swap Account and the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Account, pro rata based on the
amounts of any Swap Termination Payment due to the Swap
Counterparty as a result of a Swap Counterparty Trigger
Event under the related Derivative Agreement, in an amount
up to any such Swap Termination Payment; and
(8) to the Class C Certificates, an amount up to the Class C
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date; and
(9) to the Class A-R Certificates.
(d) Distributions from the Carryover Reserve Fund. To the extent that a
Class of LIBOR Certificates receives interest from Excess Cashflow in excess
of the Net Rate Cap, such interest shall be deemed to have been paid to the
Carryover Reserve Fund and then paid by the Carryover Reserve Fund to those
Certificateholders. For purposes of the Code, amounts deemed deposited in the
Carryover Reserve Fund shall be deemed to have first been distributed to the
Class C Certificates. To the extent that a Class of LIBOR Certificates
receives interest in excess of the related Net Rate Cap and such interest is
paid pursuant to Section 4.02(e), such interest shall be deemed to have been
paid to the applicable Derivative Account and then paid by that Derivative
Account to those Certificateholders.
(e) (i) On each Distribution Date on or prior to the Certificate Swap
Contract Termination Date, following all distributions pursuant to Sections
4.02(a) through (c), the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall distribute
amounts on deposit in the Certificate Swap Account in the following order:
(1) to the Swap Counterparty, any Net Swap Payment payable to
the Swap Counterparty under the Certificate Swap Contract
with respect to that Distribution Date;
(2) to the Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payment
(other than a Swap Termination Payment due to a Swap
Counterparty Trigger Event) payable to the Swap Counterparty
under the Certificate Swap Contract with respect to that
Distribution Date;
(3) to the Class A-1 Certificates, the related unpaid Current
Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class;
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(4) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to any unpaid Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward
Amount for each such Class;
(5) to the Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled
to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an
aggregate amount up to the Overcollateralization Deficiency
Amount remaining unpaid following the distributions
described under Section 4.02(c), payable to such Classes of
Certificates as described under Section 4.02(b);
(6) to the Class A-1 Certificates, in an amount up to the
remaining Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for such Class;
(7) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to the remaining Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for each such
Class;
(8) concurrently, to each Class of LIBOR Certificates, pro rata
based on their respective unpaid Net Rate Carryover, in an
amount up to the unpaid Net Rate Carryover for each such
Class;
(9) to the Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payment due
to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event payable to the Swap
Counterparty under the Certificate Swap Contract with
respect to that Distribution Date; and
(10) any remainder, to the Underwriter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no portion of any distributions on any
Distribution Date pursuant to priorities (5), (6) and (7) above will be made
in reimbursement of any Principal Net Swap Payment.
(ii) On each Distribution Date on or prior to the Subordinated
Certificate Swap Contract Termination Date, following all distributions
pursuant to Sections 4.02(a) through (c) and Section 4.02(e)(i), the
Supplemental Interest Trustee shall distribute amounts on deposit in the
Subordinated Certificate Swap Account in the following order:
(1) to the Swap Counterparty, any Net Swap Payment payable to
the Swap Counterparty under the Subordinated Certificate
Swap Contract with respect to that Distribution Date;
(2) to the Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payment
(other than a Swap Termination Payment due to a Swap
Counterparty Trigger Event) payable to the Swap Counterparty
under the Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract with
respect to that Distribution Date;
(3) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to any unpaid Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward
Amount for each such Class;
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(4) to the Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled
to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an
aggregate amount up to the Overcollateralization Deficiency
Amount remaining unpaid following the distributions
described under Section 4.02(c), payable to such Classes of
Certificates as described under Section 4.02(b);
(5) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to the remaining Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for each such
Class;
(6) concurrently, to each Class of Subordinated Certificates,
pro rata based on their respective unpaid Net Rate
Carryover, in an amount up to the unpaid Net Rate Carryover
for each such Class;
(7) to the Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payment due
to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event payable to the Swap
Counterparty under the Subordinated Certificate Swap
Contract with respect to that Distribution Date; and
(8) any remainder, to the Underwriter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no portion of any distributions on
any Distribution Date pursuant to priorities (4) and (5) above will be made in
reimbursement of any Principal Net Swap Payment.
(iii) On each Distribution Date on or prior to the Subordinated
Certificate Corridor Contract Termination Date, following all distributions
pursuant to Sections 4.02(a) through (c), 4.02(e)(i) and 4.02(e)(ii), the
Supplemental Interest Trustee shall distribute amounts on deposit in the
Subordinated Certificates Corridor Account in the following order (with any
amounts remaining after distribution pursuant to (4) below prior to the
Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract Termination Date remaining on
deposit in the Subordinated Certificates Corridor Account):
(1) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to any unpaid Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward
Amount for each such Class;
(2) to the Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then entitled
to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an
aggregate amount up to the Overcollateralization Deficiency
Amount remaining unpaid following the distributions
described under Section 4.02(c), payable to such Classes of
Certificates as described under Section 4.02(b);
(3) sequentially, in the order of their distribution priorities,
to each Class of Subordinated Certificates, in an amount up
to the remaining Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for each such
Class;
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(4) concurrently, to each Class of Subordinated Certificates,
pro rata based on their respective unpaid Net Rate
Carryover, in an amount up to the unpaid Net Rate Carryover
for each such Class; and
(5) on the Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract
Termination Date, any remainder, to the Underwriter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no portion of any
distributions on any Distribution Date pursuant to priorities (2) and (3)
above will be made in reimbursement of any Principal Net Swap Payment.
(f) On each Distribution Date, the Prepayment Charge Amount shall be
distributed to the Class P Certificates.
(g) Application of Applied Realized Loss Amounts. On each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall allocate the Applied Realized Loss Amount to reduce
the Class Certificate Balances of the Certificates, sequentially, to the Class
M-12, Class M-11, Class M-10, Class M-9, Class M-8, Class M-7, Class M-6,
Class M-5, Class M-4, Class M-3, Class M-2, Class M-1 and Class A-1
Certificates, in that order, until their respective Class Certificate Balances
are reduced to zero,.
(h) Application of Subsequent Recoveries. If Subsequent Recoveries have
been received with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount of such
Subsequent Recoveries will be applied (i) to the Class A-1 Certificates to
increase the Class Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates in an
amount up to the Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for such Class of Certificates
and (ii) to the Classes of Subordinated Certificates in the order of payment
priority, to increase the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Subordinated Certificates to which Realized Losses have been allocated, in an
amount up to Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for that Class of Certificates.
Holders of Certificates to which any Subsequent Recoveries have been
allocated shall not be entitled to any payment in respect of Current Interest
on the amount of such increases for any Accrual Period preceding the
Distribution Date on which such increase occurs.
SECTION 4.03. [Reserved].
SECTION 4.04. [Reserved].
SECTION 4.05. [Reserved].
SECTION 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Concurrently with each distribution on a Distribution Date, the
Trustee will forward by mail to each Rating Agency and make available to
Certificateholders on the Trustee's website
(xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) a statement generally setting forth the
information contained in Exhibit U.
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(b) The Trustee's responsibility for disbursing the above information to
the Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy
of the information provided by the Master Servicer.
(c) On or before the fifth Business Day following the end of each
Prepayment Period (but in no event later than the third Business Day prior to
the related Distribution Date), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee (which delivery may be by electronic data transmission) a report in
substantially the form set forth as Schedule VI to this Agreement.
(d) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time
during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing the
information set forth in items (1), (2) and (7) of Exhibit U 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 as from
time to time in effect.
SECTION 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI Certificates.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of COFI Certificates for each
Accrual Period after the initial Accrual Period shall be determined by the
Trustee as provided below on the basis of the Index and the applicable
formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding to the COFI Certificates in the
table relating to the Certificates in the Preliminary Statement.
Except as provided below, with respect to each Accrual Period following
the initial Accrual Period, the Trustee shall not later than two Business Days
prior to such Accrual Period but following the publication of the applicable
Index determine the Pass-Through Rate at which interest shall accrue in
respect of the COFI Certificates during the related Accrual Period.
Except as provided below, the Index to be used in determining the
respective Pass-Through Rates for the COFI Certificates for a particular
Accrual Period shall be COFI for the second calendar month preceding the
Outside Reference Date for such Accrual Period. If at the Outside Reference
Date for any Accrual Period, COFI for the second calendar month preceding such
Outside Reference Date has not been published, the Trustee shall use COFI for
the third calendar month preceding such Outside Reference Date. If COFI for
neither the second nor third calendar months preceding any Outside Reference
Date has been published on or before the related Outside Reference Date, the
Index for such Accrual Period and for all subsequent Accrual Periods shall be
the National Cost of Funds Index for the third calendar month preceding such
Accrual Period (or the fourth preceding calendar month if such National Cost
of Funds Index for the third preceding calendar month has not been published
by such Outside Reference Date). In the event that the National Cost of Funds
Index for neither the third nor fourth calendar months preceding an Accrual
Period has been published on or before the related Outside Reference Date,
then for such Accrual Period and for each succeeding Accrual Period, the Index
shall be LIBOR, determined in the manner set forth below.
With respect to any Accrual Period for which the applicable Index is
LIBOR, LIBOR for such Accrual Period will be established by the Trustee on the
related Interest Determination Date as provided in Section 4.08.
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In determining LIBOR and any Pass-Through Rate for the COFI Certificates
or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether written, oral or on
the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to
LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in effect from time to
time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or responsibility to any Person
for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City banks for purposes of
determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its inability, following a
good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations from the Reference
Banks or the New York City banks or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as
provided for in this Section 4.07.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the COFI
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee.
SECTION 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.
(a) On each Interest Determination Date so long as any LIBOR
Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee will determine LIBOR on the basis of
the British Bankers' Association ("BBA") "Interest Settlement Rate" for
one-month deposits in U.S. dollars as quoted on the Bloomberg Terminal as of
such Interest Determination Date.
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date, LIBOR cannot be determined as
provided in paragraph (A) of this Section 4.08, the Trustee shall either (i)
request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of the quotation offered by
its principal London office for making one-month United States dollar deposits
in leading banks in the London interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in lieu of making any such
request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that appear at such time on
the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the International Swap Dealers
Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording, Assumptions and Provisions for
Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available. LIBOR for the next Accrual
Period will be established by the Trustee on each interest Determination Date
as follows:
(i) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more Reference
Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next applicable
Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations
(rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/32%).
(ii) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of the
Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i) LIBOR as
determined on the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii) the
Reserve Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the rate per
annum which the Trustee determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of
the one-month United States dollar lending rates that New York City
banks selected by the Trustee are quoting, on the relevant Interest
Determination Date, to the principal London offices of at least two of
the Reference Banks to which such quotations are, in the opinion of the
Trustee, being so made, or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can
determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States
dollar lending rate which New York
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City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest
Determination Date to leading European banks.
(iii) If on any Interest Determination Date the Trustee is
required but is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in the
manner provided in paragraph (b) above, LIBOR for the related Classes of
Certificates shall be LIBOR as determined on the preceding applicable
Interest Determination Date. If on the initial Interest Determination
Date, the Trustee is required but unable to determine LIBOR in the
manner provided above, LIBOR for next Accrual Period will be the Initial
LIBOR Rate.
Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will
at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of
determining LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The Master
Servicer initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank"
shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the
international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or be
under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place of
business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable
to act as such or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as
Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed
another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility
to any Person for (i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of
determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference
Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
(c) The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for each
Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each Interest
Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding on the
basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in the definition of
Pass-Through Rate.
In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR Certificates,
any Interest Settlement Rate, or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may
conclusively rely and shall be protected in relying upon the offered
quotations (whether written, oral or on the Dow Xxxxx Markets) from the BBA
designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to LIBOR,
the Interest Settlement Rate or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in
effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City
banks for purposes of determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its
inability, following a good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations
from, the BBA designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks
or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this Section
4.08.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee.
SECTION 4.09. Determination of MTA.
(a) On each related Interest Determination Date, so long as the MTA
Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee shall determine MTA on the basis of
the most recent MTA figure available as of such related Interest Determination
Date.
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(b) If on any Interest Determination Date, MTA is no longer available,
the Trustee shall select a new index for the MTA Certificates that is based on
comparable information. When the Trustee selects a new index for the MTA
Certificates, the Pass-Through Margin for each Class of MTA Certificates will
increase or decrease by the difference between the average MTA for the final
three years it was in effect and the average of the most recent three years
for the replacement index. The Pass-Through Margin for each Class of MTA
Certificates will be increased by that difference if the average MTA is
greater than the average replacement index, and the Pass-Through Margin for
each Class of MTA Certificates will be decreased by that difference if the
replacement index is greater than the average MTA.
(c) The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of MTA Certificates for each
Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each Interest
Determination Date so long as the MTA Certificates are outstanding on the
basis of MTA and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding
to the MTA Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement.
The determination of MTA and the Pass-Through Rates for the MTA
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a MTA Certificate and the Trustee.
SECTION 4.10. Distributions from the Put Account.
(a) On each Distribution Date on or prior to the Distribution Date in
August 2017, the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall distribute amounts
deposited in the Put Account pursuant to Section 4.02(a) to the Put
Counterparty in an amount up to the Put Amount, the Put Fee for such
Distribution Date or any unpaid Put Termination Payment payable to the Put
Counterparty.
(b) On the Distribution Date in August 2017, as long as the Put Contract
has not been terminated, the Put Counterparty shall pay the Put Deposit Amount
to the Supplemental Interest Trustee pursuant to the Put Contract. Upon
receipt of the Put Deposit Amount, the Supplemental Interest Trustee shall
deposit the Put Deposit Amount into the Put Account.
(c) Upon receipt of the Put Deposit Amount, the Trustee shall instruct
the applicable Depository in writing, with a copy to the Put Counterparty (or
its designee), to transfer the beneficial ownership interest in the Put
Certificates to the Put Counterparty (or its designee)). If the Put
Certificates are held in definitive form, the Holder of any Put Certificate
shall, as a condition to receipt of any payment in respect of this Section,
surrender such Put Certificate to the Trustee no later than the close of
business on the Distribution Date in August 2017 at the office or agency
specified in the notice provided by the Trustee pursuant to clause (e) of this
section. If the Holder of any such Put Certificate fails to surrender such
Certificate to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deem such Certificate cancelled
and shall issue, authenticate and deliver a new Certificate to the Put
Counterparty (or its designee).
(d) Concurrently with the transfer of the beneficial ownership of the
Put Certificates or the receipt of such Certificate, if it is in definitive
form, the Trustee shall distribute any amount on deposit in the Put Account up
to the Put Deposit Amount to the Holders of the Put Certificates immediately
prior to the transfer of ownership described in clause (c) of this section.
(e) If the Put Certificates are in definitive form, notice of surrender
of any Put Certificate according to this section shall be given promptly by
the Trustee by letter to Holders of
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the Put Certificates mailed not earlier than the 10th day and no later than
the 15th day of July 2017. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Put Deposit
Amount and (b) the location of the office or agency at which the Put
Certificates must be presented and surrendered, distributions being made only
upon presentation and surrender of the Put Certificates at the office therein
specified.
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached
hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in
the minimum dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof
and aggregate dollar denominations as set forth in the following table:
Original Class
Certificate
Balance/Original
Minimum Integral Multiples in Notional
Class Denomination Excess of Minimum Amount
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A-1 $100,000.00 $1.00 $537,436,000
X $25,000.00 $1.00 $191,565,602
M-1 $25,000.00 $1.00 $13,363,000
M-2 $25,000.00 $1.00 $4,939,000
M-3 $25,000.00 $1.00 $3,486,000
M-4 $25,000.00 $1.00 $2,905,000
M-5 $25,000.00 $1.00 $2,034,000
M-6 $25,000.00 $1.00 $2,033,000
M-7 $25,000.00 $1.00 $2,034,000
M-8 $25,000.00 $1.00 $2,033,000
M-9 $25,000.00 $1.00 $2,034,000
M-10 $100,000.00 $1.00 $2,033,000
M-11 $100,000.00 $1.00 $2,034,000
M-12 $100,000.00 $1.00 $2,614,000
A-R $99.99 (1) N/A $100
C N/A N/A N/A
P (2) (2) $100
(1) The Tax Matters Person Certificate may be issued in a denomination of
$0.01.
(2) The Class P Certificates are issuable in minimum notional amounts equal
to a 20% Percentage Interest and any amount in excess thereof.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions
to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at
a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such
Holder has so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the
related Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) a Notional Amount
Certificate, (B) 100% of the Class Certificate Balance of any Class of
Certificates or (C) Certificates of any Class with aggregate principal
Denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed by first
class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing
in the Certificate Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of
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individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were affixed,
authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the countersignature and delivery of such Certificates or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No Certificate
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any
purpose, unless countersigned by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature.
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall countersign the Certificates to be
issued at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate of the Depositor.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee on
a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.06, a Certificate Register for the Trust Fund
in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below and 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 provided in this Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates
of the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. 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 registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but 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 may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance
with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such state securities laws. In
the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the
Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such
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laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the Trustee
in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in substantially the forms set
forth in Exhibit J-2 (the "Transferor Certificate") and (i) deliver a letter
in substantially the form of either Exhibit K (the "Investment Letter") or
Exhibit L-1 (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) there shall be delivered to the
Trustee at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such
transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act;
provided, however, that in the case of the delivery of an Investment Letter in
connection with the transfer of any Class C or Class P Certificate to a
transferee that is formed with the purpose of issuing notes backed by such
Class C or Class P Certificate, as the case may be, clause (b) and (c) of the
form of Investment Letter shall not be applicable and shall be deleted by such
transferee. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate
and any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information
regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other
information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set
forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate without
registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration
exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall
cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A information referenced
in the preceding sentence, including providing to the Depositor such
information regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters
regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its
obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify
the Trustee and the Depositor, the Sellers, the NIM Insurer and the Master
Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so
exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of
such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate, such
requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a representation
letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit K or Exhibit
L-1, or in the event such Certificate is a Residual Certificate, such
requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a representation
letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I), to the
effect that (x) such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section
4975 of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement
or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer or
(y) in the case of a Certificate that is an ERISA-Restricted Certificate and
that has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, if the
purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an
insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained
in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section
V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that
the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy the requirements for
exemptive relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (ii) in the case of
any ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an
employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any
subsequent enactments), or a trustee or any other person acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement, or using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund,
addressed to the Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that the
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purchase and holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in a
non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any
obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to
any liability (such Opinion of Counsel, a "Benefit Plan Opinion"). For
purposes of the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate that is not a Residual Certificate, in the event the
representation letter or Benefit Plan Opinion referred to in the preceding
sentence is not so furnished, one of the representations in clause (i), as
appropriate, shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the
transferee's (including an initial acquiror's) acceptance of the
ERISA-Restricted Certificate. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in
this Agreement, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to
or on behalf of an employee benefit plan or other plan or arrangement subject
to ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code without the delivery to the Trustee of
a Benefit Plan Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described
above shall be void and of no effect.
So long as the Certificate Swap Account, the Subordinated Certificate
Swap Account, the Subordinated Certificates Corridor Account or the Put
Account, as applicable, has not been terminated, no transfer of any related
Covered Certificate (other than a transfer of a Covered Certificate to an
affiliate of the Depositor (either directly or through a nominee) in
connection with the initial issuance of the Certificates) shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of
any such Covered Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 to the
effect that (i) such transferee is not a Plan, or (ii) that the purchase and
holding of the Covered Certificate satisfies the requirements for exemptive
relief under XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 96-23, the
service provider exemption provided under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and
Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code or a similar exemption. In the event that such
a representation letter is not delivered, one of the foregoing
representations, as appropriate, shall be deemed to have been made by the
transferee's (including an initial acquiror's) acceptance of the Covered
Certificate. In the event that such representation is violated, such transfer
or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited
to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a
Permitted Transferee.
(ii) Except in connection with (i) the registration of the Tax
Matters Person Certificate in the name of the Trustee or (ii) any
registration in the name of, or transfer of
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a Residual Certificate to, an affiliate of the Depositor (either
directly or through a nominee) in connection with the initial issuance
of the Certificates, no Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may
be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
unless the Trustee shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a
"Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or the proposed transferee in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or
agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C)
not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to
cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee and to provide to the Trustee a certificate
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1 (the "Residual
Transferor Certificate") stating that it has no knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in
the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a
Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be
restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of
registration of Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall
be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of
a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b)
and this Section 5.02(c) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with
respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as
the Transfer was registered after receipt of the related Transfer
Affidavit, Transferor Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the
Investment Letter, if required. The Trustee shall be entitled but not
obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was
in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at
such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all
payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such
time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of
such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available,
upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information
necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code
as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in
this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or any Seller, to the effect that the elimination of such
restrictions will not cause
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any REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the
Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate hereby consents to
any amendment of this Agreement which, based on an Opinion of Counsel
furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the
record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is
not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual
Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at
the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all
times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at
all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the
Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating
firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this
Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representatives
shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect
to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants
with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of
such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be
made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository
Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall only transfer 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.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor or (y) after the occurrence of an Event
of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the Certificate
Balance of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the
Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the
best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all
Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such
event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates
(the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same.
Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the
Depository, accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for
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registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the
Master Servicer, the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay
in delivery of such instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Master Servicer shall
provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate
the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Certificates all references in this Agreement to obligations
imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be
imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with
respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder;
provided that the Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such
obligations become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the
Depository.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Master Servicer and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each
of them 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, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any
new Certificate under this Section 5.03, 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 5.03 shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership, 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 Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the
purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer or the
Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners (a)
request such information in writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such
Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners desire to communicate with other
Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners with respect to their rights
under this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners propose
to transmit, or if the Depositor or Master Servicer shall request such
information in writing from the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten
Business Days after the receipt of such request, (x) provide the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or such Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners at
such recipients' expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of
such Trust Fund held by the
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Trustee, if any, and (y) assist the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such
Certificateholders and/or Certificate Owners at such recipients' expense with
obtaining from the Depository a list of the related Depository Participants
acting on behalf of Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder and Certificate Owner, by receiving and
holding a Certificate or beneficial interest therein, agree that the Trustee
shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the list of the Certificateholders and/or Depository
Participants hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information
was derived.
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies in New York City where Certificates
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee
initially designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The Trustee
will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in
such location of any such office or agency.
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable in accordance
with this Agreement only to the extent of the obligations specifically and
respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them in this Agreement.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the United States or under the
laws of one of the states thereof and 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, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its duties under this Agreement. The Master Servicer will keep in effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a limited partnership under the laws of
the United States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will
obtain and preserve its qualification or registration to do business as a
foreign partnership in each jurisdiction in which such qualification or
registration is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged
or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any person
succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, shall be
the successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving
Person to the Master Servicer shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on
behalf of, FNMA or FHLMC.
As a condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation, at
least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of any merger or
consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall provide (x)
written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and
(y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect
to a replacement Master Servicer.
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Sellers, the
Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer or any
Seller or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer or any Seller shall be under
any liability to the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for
errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Seller or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made
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by it in this Agreement or protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any
Seller or any such Person from any liability which would otherwise be imposed
by reasons 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, the NIM Insurer, each
Seller and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer or each Seller may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising under this Agreement. The Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the NIM Insurer, each Seller and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer or any Seller
shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or
judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing authority or any legal
action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss,
liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans
(except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable
pursuant to this Agreement) and 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. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the NIM Insurer or any Seller shall be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective
duties hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the NIM Insurer or any Seller may in its discretion undertake any such action
that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the
rights and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIM
Insurer and each Seller shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the
Certificate Account.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of 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 that
is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the NIM Insurer and the written
confirmation from each Rating Agency (which confirmation shall be furnished to
the Depositor, the Trustee and the NIM Insurer) that such resignation will not
cause such Rating Agency to reduce the then-current rating of the Certificates
or (b) upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible
under applicable law. Any such determination under clause (b) permitting the
resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No resignation of the Master Servicer
shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor master servicer shall
have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities
(other than those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of such
successor) and obligations under this Agreement and the Depositor shall have
received the information described in the following sentence. As a condition
to the effectiveness of any such resignation, at least 15 calendar days prior
to the effective date of such resignation, the Master Servicer shall provide
(x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section
and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect
to the resignation of the Master Servicer.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used in this Agreement, means any one of
the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the
Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee any payment required to be
made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall continue
unremedied for five days after the date upon which written notice of
such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the
Trustee, the NIM Insurer or the Depositor or to the Master Servicer, the
NIM Insurer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having not
less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or
(ii) any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or perform in
any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
part of the Master Servicer contained in this Agreement (except with
respect to a failure related to a Limited Exchange Act Reporting
Obligation), which failure materially affects the rights of
Certificateholders, that failure continues unremedied for a period of 60
days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have
been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee, the NIM Insurer or the
Depositor, or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced
by the Certificates; provided, however, that the sixty day cure period
shall not apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans nor the failure to substitute or repurchase in
lieu of delivery; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
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
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 all or substantially all of the
property of the Master Servicer; 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 commence a voluntary case under, any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit
of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
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(vi) the Master Servicer shall fail to reimburse in full the
Trustee within five days of the Master Servicer Advance Date for any
Advance made by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01(b) together with
accrued and unpaid interest.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i) to (vi) 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 Trustee may, or, if an Event of
Default described in clauses (i) to (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, at the direction of either the NIM Insurer or the Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the Voting Rights, evidenced
by the Certificates; the Trustee shall by notice in writing to the Master
Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency and the Depositor), terminate all
of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and
in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights
as a Certificateholder hereunder. In addition, if during the period that the
Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust
Fund, the Master Servicer shall fail to observe or perform any of the
obligations that constitute a Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligation or the
obligations set forth in Section 3.16(a) or Section 11.07(a)(1) and (2), and
such failure continues for the lesser of 10 calendar days or such period in
which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be filed timely (without taking
into account any extensions), so long as such failure shall not have been
remedied, the Trustee shall, but only at the direction of the Depositor,
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other
than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. The Depositor shall not be
entitled to terminate the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer if a
failure of the Master Servicer to identify a Subcontractor "participating in
the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB was
attributable solely to the role or functions of such Subcontractor with
respect to mortgage loans other than the Mortgage Loans.
On and after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice,
all authority and power of the Master Servicer hereunder, whether with respect
to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the
Trustee. The Trustee shall thereupon make any Advance which the Master
Servicer failed to make subject to Section 4.01 hereof whether or not the
obligations of the Master Servicer have been terminated pursuant to this
Section. 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. Unless expressly
provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect any
obligation of the Master Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article
VIII. 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 of all
cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the Certificate Account,
or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late
collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due prior to
the notice terminating such Master Servicer's rights and obligations as Master
Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that portion thereof to
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which such Master Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to Sections
3.08(a)(i) through (viii), and any other amounts payable to such Master
Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the termination of
its activities under this Agreement.
If the Master Servicer is terminated, the Trustee shall provide
the Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order
to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with
respect to a successor master servicer in the event the Trustee should succeed
to the duties of the Master Servicer as set forth herein.
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 shall, subject to and to the
extent provided in Section 3.04, be the successor to the Master Servicer in
its capacity as master servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set
forth or provided for in this Agreement and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master
Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and applicable law
including the obligation to make Advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As
compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to
the Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer would have been entitled to charge
to the Certificate Account or Distribution Account if the Master Servicer had
continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has
become the successor to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01,
the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is
prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 or
if it is otherwise unable to so act, (i) appoint any established mortgage loan
servicing institution reasonably acceptable to the NIM Insurer (as evidenced
by the prior written consent of the NIM Insurer), or (ii) if it is unable for
60 days to appoint a successor servicer reasonably acceptable to the NIM
Insurer, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established
mortgage loan servicing institution, the appointment of which does not
adversely affect the then-current rating of the Certificates and the NIM
Insurer guaranteed notes (without giving any effect to any policy or guaranty
provided by the NIM Insurer) by each Rating Agency 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. Any
successor to the Master Servicer shall be an institution which is a FNMA and
FHLMC approved seller/servicer in good standing, which has a net worth of at
least $15,000,000, and which is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and (i)
executes and delivers to the Depositor and the Trustee an agreement accepting
such delegation and assignment, which contains an assumption by such Person of
the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of
the Master Servicer (other than liabilities of the Master Servicer under
Section 6.03 incurred prior to termination of the Master Servicer under
Section 7.01), with like effect as if originally named as a party to this
Agreement; and provided further that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its
rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment and
delegation will not be qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment and
delegation and (ii) provides to the Depositor in writing, fifteen (15) days
prior to the effective date of such appointment and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested
by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item
6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement master servicer. The Trustee
shall provide written notice to the Depositor of such successor pursuant to
this Section. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Trustee,
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unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to
Section 3.04, 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 the Master Servicing Fee permitted to be paid to 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. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor master servicer shall
be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any
delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any
failure to perform, or any delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities
hereunder, in either case caused by the failure of the Master Servicer to
deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any cash,
information, documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer shall give
notice to the NIM Insurer and the Mortgagors of such change of servicer and
shall, during the term of its service as master servicer maintain in force the
policy or policies that the Master Servicer is required to maintain pursuant
to Section 3.09.
In connection with the termination or resignation of the Master Servicer
hereunder, either (i) the successor Master Servicer, including the Trustee if
the Trustee is acting as successor Master Servicer, shall represent and
warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply
in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection
with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, or
(ii) the predecessor Master Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Master
Servicer either (x) in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of
Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Trustee
and to execute and deliver such other notices, documents and other instruments
as may be necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of such Mortgage Loan or
servicing of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System to the successor Master
Servicer or (y) in causing MERS to designate on the MERS(R) System the
successor Master Servicer as the servicer of such Mortgage Loan. The
predecessor Master Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such
assignment in the appropriate recording office. The successor Master Servicer
shall cause such assignment to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon
receipt of the original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy certified
by the public recording office in which such assignment was recorded.
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such
Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
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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 that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are
in the form required by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee
shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution,
certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument.
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 willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee shall have
occurred and be continuing, 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 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 which it believed in
good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper
authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be finally proven that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than
25% of the Voting Rights of Certificates 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; and
(iv) without in any way limiting the provisions of this Section
8.01 or Section 8.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively
on the information delivered to it by the Master Servicer in a Trustee
Advance Notice in determining whether it is required
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to make an Advance under Section 4.01(b), shall have no responsibility
to ascertain or confirm any information contained in any Trustee Advance
Notice, and shall have no obligation to make any Advance under Section
4.01(b) in the absence of a Trustee Advance Notice or actual knowledge
of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that (A) an Advance was not made
by the Master Servicer and (B) such Advance is not a Nonrecoverable
Advance.
The Trustee hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that,
except as permitted by Article IX hereof, it shall not cause the Trust Fund to
consolidate or amalgamate with, or merge with or into, or transfer all or
substantially all of the Trust Fund to, another Person.
The Trustee is hereby directed to enter into the side letter agreement
dated July 31, 2007, between the Trustee and AG Financial Products Inc. with
respect to the Class A-1 Certificates, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit Z.
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) 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 believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and
the Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the
genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Agreement;
(iv) 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 so to do by
the NIM Insurer or Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25%
of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
accountants or attorneys;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties or in the
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exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any
investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer of
the investment security);
(viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an
Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
received written notice thereof; and
(ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to
institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation
hereto at the request, order or direction of the NIM Insurer or any of
the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
unless the NIM Insurer or such Certificateholders shall have offered to
the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby.
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained in this Agreement and in the Certificates shall
be taken as the statements of the Depositor or a Seller, as the case may be,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement
or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document or of MERS
or the MERS(R) System other than with respect to the Trustee's execution and
counter-signature of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor or the Master Servicer of any
funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage
Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Certificate Account by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer.
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 as it would have if it were
not the Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Trustee, as compensation for its activities hereunder, shall be
entitled to withdraw from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date
an amount equal to the Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date. The Trustee and
any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified
by the Master Servicer and held harmless against any loss, liability or
expense (including reasonable attorney's fees) (i) incurred in connection with
any claim or legal action relating to (a) this Agreement, (b) the Certificates
or (c) in connection with the performance of any of the Trustee's duties
hereunder, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the
Trustee's duties hereunder or incurred by reason of any action of the Trustee
taken at the direction of the Certificateholders and (ii) resulting from any
error in any tax or information return prepared by the Master Servicer. Such
indemnity shall survive the termination of this
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Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee hereunder. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Master Servicer covenants and agrees, except as
otherwise agreed upon in writing by the Depositor and the Trustee, and except
for any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from the Trustee's
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, to pay or reimburse the Trustee,
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement with
respect to: (A) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of the
Certificates, (B) the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of
any accountant, engineer or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the
Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage such persons to perform
acts or services hereunder and (C) printing and engraving expenses in
connection with preparing any Definitive Certificates. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be entitled to payment or
reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred by the Trustee in the
ordinary course of its duties as Trustee, Registrar, Tax Matters Person or
Paying Agent hereunder or for any other expenses.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association
organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of
America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having
a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating which
would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce or withdraw their
respective then current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such
security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as
evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association
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 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07. The entity serving as
Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and
its affiliates or the Master Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however,
that such entity 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 Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days before the date
specified in such notice when, subject to Section 8.08, such resignation is to
take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in accordance with Section
8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.06. If no successor
trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice or
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
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As a condition to the effectiveness of any such resignation, at least
15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Trustee
shall provide (x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to
this Section and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the
Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of
Form 8-K with respect to the resignation of the Trustee.
If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the NIM Insurer or the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as 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, (iii) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any
state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located and the imposition of
such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee, or (iv)
during the period that the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports
with respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee fails to comply with its
obligations under the last sentence of Section 7.01, in the preceding
paragraph, Section 8.09 or Article XI and such failure is not remedied within
the lesser of 10 calendar days or such period in which the applicable Exchange
Act Report can be filed timely (without taking into account any extensions),
then, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii), the Depositor, the NIM Insurer
or the Master Servicer, and in the case of clause (iv), the Depositor, may
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee, reasonably acceptable to
the NIM Insurer, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall be
delivered to the Master Servicer, one copy of which shall be delivered to the
NIM Insurer and one copy of which shall be delivered to the successor trustee.
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 signed by such Holders or their
attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall
be delivered by the successor Trustee to the Master Servicer, one complete set
to the Trustee so removed, one complete set to the NIM Insurer and one
complete set to the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the
Trustee shall be given to each Rating Agency by the successor trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall become
effective upon 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 Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor 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 in this Agreement. The Depositor, 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
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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 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, is reasonably
acceptable to the NIM Insurer, its appointment shall not adversely affect the
then -current ratings of the Certificates and has provided to the Depositor in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor,
all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with
its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a
replacement Trustee.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to the NIM Insurer and all Holders of Certificates. If the
Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
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 that such corporation shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 without the execution or filing
of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.
As a condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation, at
least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of any merger or
consolidation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall provide (x) written notice to
the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all
information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement
Trustee.
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, 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 any Mortgage Note may at the time
be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the
power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Persons approved by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the NIM Insurer
to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate
trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to
vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof,
whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master
Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master
Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have
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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 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee
or separate trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee under
this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Master Servicer, shall
be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee
and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood
that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act
separately without the Trustee joining in such act), 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 applicable Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate
trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such
appointment shall not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such
separate trustee or co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(iv) The Master Servicer, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for
the payment of reasonable compensation, reimbursement and
indemnification to any such separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees,
when and 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 and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
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,
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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. Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC election
is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall constitute,
and that the conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be such as to
qualify such assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined
in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such
intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and
the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of any such REMIC
and that in such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be
prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment
Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax
authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with
respect to any such REMIC, containing such information and at the times and in
the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws,
regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the
Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make
or cause to be made elections that such assets be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and,
if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as
and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, the calculation of any original
issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information
necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent
(including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted
Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is
the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and
furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax);
(f) to the extent that they are under its control conduct matters relating to
such assets at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to
maintain the status as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly
or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause
the termination of the tax status of any REMIC; (h) pay, from the sources
specified in the third paragraph of this Section 8.11, the amount of any
federal or state tax, including prohibited transaction taxes as described
below, imposed on any such REMIC prior to its termination when and as the same
shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or
any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding payment of such
tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings); (i) ensure
that federal, state or local income tax or information returns shall be signed
by the Trustee or such other person as may be required to sign such returns by
the Code or state or local laws, regulations or rules; (j) maintain records
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relating to any such REMIC, including but not limited to the income, expenses,
assets and liabilities thereof and the fair market value and adjusted basis of
the assets determined at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may
be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or
information; and (k) as and when necessary and appropriate, represent any such
REMIC in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination
or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative
adjustment as to any taxable year of any such REMIC, enter into settlement
agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of
limitations relating to any tax item of any such REMIC, and otherwise act on
behalf of any such REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy
involving it.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth in
this Agreement, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Trustee within ten (10) days after the Closing Date all information or data
that the Trustee requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax
purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including,
without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash
flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor
shall provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor, any such
additional information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time,
reasonably request in order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set
forth in this Agreement. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for any
losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from
any errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that result from any failure of
the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information or
data to the Trustee on a timely basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any
REMIC hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net
income from foreclosure property" of such REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c)
of the Code, on any contribution to any REMIC hereunder after the Startup Day
pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed,
including, without limitation, any minimum tax imposed upon any REMIC
hereunder pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and
Taxation Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be
paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a
breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the
Master Servicer, in the case of any such minimum tax, or if such tax arises
out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer or a Seller of any of
their obligations under this Agreement, (iii) any Seller, if any such tax
arises out of or results from that Seller's obligation to repurchase a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 or (iv) in all other cases, or
in the event that the Trustee, the Master Servicer or any Seller fails to
honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i),(ii) or (iii), any such
tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the
Certificateholders, as provided in Section 3.08(b).
The Trustee shall treat the Carryover Reserve Fund and the Supplemental
Interest Trust, including each Derivative Account, as an outside reserve fund
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.860G-2(h), none of which is an
asset of any REMIC created hereunder. The Carryover Reserve Fund shall be
treated as owned by the Holders of the Class C Certificates, and the
Supplemental Interest Trust, including the Derivative Accounts, shall be
treated as owned by the Underwriter. The Trustee shall treat the rights of the
Holders of the LIBOR Certificates and the Class C Certificates to receive
payments from the Carryover Reserve Fund or the Supplemental Interest Trust,
including the Derivative Accounts, as applicable, as rights and
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obligations with respect to notional principal contracts written by (i) the
Holders of the Class C Certificates in respect of any Net Rate Carryover
distributed pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(6) herein and (ii) each Counterparty
in respect of any Net Rate Carryover funded by the related Derivative
Agreement and in respect of any residual payments from such Derivative
Agreement received by the Underwriter. Thus, the LIBOR Certificates and the
Class C Certificates shall be treated as representing ownership of Master
REMIC regular interests coupled with contractual rights and obligations within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.860G-2(i). For purposes of determining
the issue price of the various Master REMIC regular interests, the Trustee (i)
shall treat the $1,580,000 upfront amount received by the Underwriter from the
Swap Counterparty in connection with the execution of the Certificate Swap
Contract as an additional amount paid by the Certificateholders for the Master
REMIC regular interests, (ii) shall treat the $315,000 upfront amount received
by the Underwriter from the Swap Counterparty in connection with the execution
of the Subordinated Certificate Swap Contract as an additional amount paid by
the Certificateholders for the Master REMIC regular interests, (iii) shall
assume that the Subordinated Certificate Corridor Contract has a value of
$158,000 and (iv) shall assume that the Put Contract was acquired at market.
The Trustee shall treat any amount payable to a Class C Certificateholder as
first deposited in the Carryover Reserve Fund. In addition, to the extent the
interest otherwise payable to a Certificateholder is reduced for amounts
payable with respect to a swap contract, the Trustee, for federal income tax
purposes, shall treat the amount of such reduction as first payable to the
Certificateholder as interest and as then payable by the Certificateholder
with respect to a notional principal contract. To the extent the amount
payable with respect to such swap contract exceeds the aggregate of the
reductions described in the immediately preceding sentence, the Trustee, for
federal income tax purposes, shall treat such excess as Realized Losses from
Mortgage Loans and to the extent such Realized Losses (if they had occurred)
would be allocated to a Certificateholder, the Trustee shall treat such amount
as first payable to the Certificateholder as principal and as then payable by
the Certificateholder with respect to a notional principal contract.
Solely for income tax purposes, any differences in the distributions to
a Certificateholder (positive or negative) that would result from the
application of the Strip REMIC Cap rather than the applicable Net Rate Cap
shall be treated by the Trustee as reconciled among the Certificates by swap
payments made pursuant to notional principal contracts entered into among the
Certificateholders.
SECTION 8.12. Monitoring of Significance Percentage.
With respect to each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
calculate the "significance percentage" (as defined in Item 1115 of Regulation
AB) of each derivative instrument, if any, based on the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of the related Classes of Covered Certificates for such
derivative instrument and Distribution Date (after all distributions to be
made thereon on such Distribution Date) and based on the methodology provided
in writing by or on behalf of Countrywide no later than the fifth Business Day
preceding such Distribution Date. On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
provide to Countrywide a written report (which written report may include
similar information with respect to other derivative instruments relating to
securitization transactions sponsored by Countrywide) specifying the
"significance percentage" of each derivative instrument, if any, for that
Distribution Date. If the "significance percentage" of any derivative
instrument exceeds 7.0% with respect to any Distribution Date, the Trustee
shall make a separate notation thereof in the written report
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described in the preceding sentence. Such written report may contain such
assumptions and disclaimers as are deemed necessary and appropriate by the
Trustee.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage
Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer and the Trustee created hereby
with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the
purchase by the Master Servicer or NIM Insurer (the party exercising such
purchase option, the "Terminator") of all of the Mortgage Loans (and REO
Properties) at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of an REO Property), (ii)
accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (or, if such
repurchase is effected by the Master Servicer, at the applicable Adjusted
Mortgage Rate, (iii) the appraised value of any REO Property (up to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan), such appraisal to be
conducted by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Terminator and the
Trustee, (iv) any remaining unpaid costs and damages incurred by the Trust
Fund that arises out of a violation of any predatory or abusive lending law
that also constitutes an actual breach of clause (46) on Schedule III-A, in
all cases plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Adjusted
Mortgage Rate, (v) plus, if the Terminator is the NIM Insurer, any
unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and the principal portion of any unreimbursed
Advances, made on the Mortgage Loans prior to the exercise of such repurchase,
(vi) any amounts payable to the Swap Counterparty, including any Swap
Termination Payment payable to the Swap Counterparty as a result of the early
termination of the Certificate Swap Contract or the Subordinated Certificate
Swap Contract (including any Swap Termination Payment resulting from the
termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01 and determined in
accordance with Part 5(c)(vii) of the Schedule to the Swap ISDA Master
Agreement) and (vii) any amounts payable to the Put Counterparty, including
any Put Termination Payment payable to the Put Counterparty as a result of the
early termination of the Put Contract (including any Put Termination Payment
resulting from the termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01
and determined in accordance with Part 5(c)(i) of the Schedule to the Put ISDA
Master Agreement) and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation
(or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the
distribution to the Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement, as applicable. In no event
shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants
of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity
Date.
The right to purchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties by the
Terminator pursuant to clause (a) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall
be conditioned upon (1) the Pool Stated Principal Balance, at the time of any
such repurchase, is less than or equal to ten percent (10%) of the Cut-off
Date Pool Principal Balance and (2) unless the NIM Insurer otherwise consents,
the purchase price for such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties shall result in
a final distribution on any NIM Insurer guaranteed notes that is sufficient
(x) to pay such notes in full and (y) to pay any amounts due and payable to
the NIM Insurer pursuant to the indenture related to such notes. The preceding
notwithstanding, on any Distribution Date on which each of the Master Servicer
and the NIM Insurer shall have the option to purchase all the Mortgage
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Loans (and REO Properties) remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Section 9.01, the NIM Insurer's purchase option shall require the prior
written consent of the Master Servicer.
The Supplemental Interest Trust shall terminate on the earlier of (i)
the termination of the last remaining Derivative Account and the Put Contract
and (ii) the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, the Master Servicer determines that there
are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust
Fund other than the funds in the Certificate Account, the Master Servicer
shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a final distribution notice to each
Certificateholder. If the Terminator elects to terminate the Trust Fund
pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 20 days prior to the date
notice is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders, the Terminator
shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date the Master Servicer
intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase price of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution
Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment
of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the
Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 10th day
and no later than the 15th day of the month next preceding the month of such
final distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date
upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon
presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated,
(b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or
agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the
Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Terminator will give such
notice to each Rating Agency at the time such notice is given to the affected
Certificateholders.
In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall cause all
funds in the Certificate Account to be remitted to the Trustee for deposit in
the Distribution Account on or before the Business Day prior to the applicable
Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect of
the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and
the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the Trustee
shall promptly release to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for the
Mortgage Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class, in each case
on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in Section 4.02, in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to
Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as to each Class
of Regular Certificates, the Certificate Balance thereof plus accrued interest
thereon (or on their Notional Amount, if applicable) in the case of an
interest bearing Certificate and (ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the
amount, if any, which remains on deposit in the Distribution Account (other
than the amounts retained to meet claims) after application pursuant to clause
(i) above. Notwithstanding the reduction of the Class Certificate Balance of
any Class of Certificates to zero, such Class will be outstanding hereunder
(solely for the purpose of receiving distributions
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and not for any other purpose) until the termination of the respective
obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, each Seller, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee hereunder in accordance with Article IX.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
its Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified
in the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written
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 the applicable Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate 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 a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation then, the Class A-R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject to
this Agreement.
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event the Terminator exercises its purchase option as
provided in Section 9.01, the REMICs shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied
with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Terminator, to the effect
that the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 9.03 will not
(i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" on any
REMIC as defined in section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any REMIC created
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding:
(1) The Master Servicer shall establish a 90-day liquidation
period and notify the Trustee thereof, which shall in turn specify the
first day of such period in a statement attached to the final Tax Return
of each REMIC subject to termination hereto pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860F-1. The Master Servicer shall prepare a plan of
complete liquidation and shall otherwise satisfy all the requirements of
a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and any
regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered
to the Trustee and the Depositor obtained at the expense of the
Terminator; and
(2) Within 90 days after the time of adoption of such a plan
of complete liquidation, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of
each REMIC subject to termination hereto to the Terminator for cash in
accordance with Section 9.01.
(b) The Trustee, as agent for any REMIC created hereunder, hereby agrees
to adopt and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request
of the Master Servicer, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to
in Section 9.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as
may be reasonably requested by the Terminator.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby
authorize the Master Servicer to prepare and the Trustee to adopt and sign a
plan of complete liquidation.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, each
Seller, the Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct any
defective provision in this Agreement or to supplement any provision in this
Agreement which may be inconsistent with any other provision in this
Agreement, (iii) to conform this Agreement to the Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement provided to investors in connection with the initial offering of
the Certificates, (iv) to add to the duties of the Depositor, any Seller or
the Master Servicer, (v) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the
terms or provisions contained in this Agreement to comply with any rules or
regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to
time, (vi) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising hereunder or (vii) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of
the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement; provided that any action
pursuant to clauses (vi) or (vii) above shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or
the Trust Fund), adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder; provided, however, that the amendment shall be deemed not
to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter
from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the
Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and of
itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment that
significantly changes the permitted activities of the trust created by this
Agreement may be made without the consent of a Majority in Interest of each
Class of Certificates affected by such amendment. Each party to this Agreement
hereby agrees that it will cooperate with each other party in amending this
Agreement pursuant to clause (v) above. The Trustee, each Seller, the
Depositor and the Master Servicer also may at any time and from time to time
amend this Agreement without the consent of the Certificateholders to modify,
eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary
or helpful to (i) maintain the qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC under the
Code, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any
REMIC pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any time prior to the
final redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with any other
requirements of the Code, provided that the Trustee has been provided an
Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting
such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or helpful to, as
applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk
of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such requirements of
the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
each Seller, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of a Majority in Interest of each Class of Certificates affected
thereby 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 required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such
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Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
the Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described
in (i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class
evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating 66-2/3% or
(iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders of which
are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no amendment
shall adversely affect in any material respect the Swap Counterparty or the
Put Counterparty without the prior written consent of the applicable
Counterparty, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Countrywide
shall provide the Swap Counterparty or the Put Counterparty, as applicable,
with prior written notice of any proposed material amendment of this
Agreement.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have
first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of
the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not
cause the imposition of any tax on any REMIC or the Certificateholders or
cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder, the Swap Counterparty, the Put Counterparty and each Rating
Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section 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.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee that
(i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and
that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and
(ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth
in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant
to this Section 10.01.
SECTION 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public
offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages
are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or
elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at its
expense, but only upon direction by the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially
affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
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For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as in
this Agreement 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. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED
BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE
AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties.
(a) It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance
of the (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Sellers to the Depositor and (ii)
Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed as, an
absolute sale thereof to the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the
parties that such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the
event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to
be the property of any Seller or the Depositor, as the case may be, or if for
any other reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security
interest in either such assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be
a security agreement (within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of New York) with respect to all such assets and security interests and
(ii) the conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an
assignment and a grant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (i) by each
Seller to the Depositor or (ii) by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, the Put Counterparty and the Swap
Counterparty, of a security interest in all of the assets that constitute the
Trust Fund, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
Each Seller and the Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
the Put Counterparty and the Swap Counterparty 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 Trust Fund,
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. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform
Commercial Code continuation statements in connection with any security
interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, the Put Counterparty and the Swap Counterparty.
(b) The Depositor hereby represents that:
(i) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security
interest (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the
State of New York (the "NY UCC")) in the Mortgage Notes in favor of the
Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other liens, and is
enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the
Depositor.
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(ii) The Mortgage Notes constitutes "instruments" within the
meaning of the NY UCC.
(iii) Immediately prior to the assignment of each Mortgage Loan to
the Trustee, the Depositor owns and has good and marketable title to
such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of
any Person.
(iv) The Depositor has received all consents and approvals
required by the terms of the Mortgage Loans to the sale of the Mortgage
Loans hereunder to the Trustee.
(v) All original executed copies of each Mortgage Note that are
required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 have
been delivered to the Trustee.
(vi) Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned,
sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
Mortgage Loans. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is
not aware of any financing statements against the Depositor that include
a description of collateral covering the Mortgage Loans other than any
financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the
Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated. The Depositor is not
aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Depositor.
The parties to this Agreement shall not waive any of the representations
set forth in this Section 10.04(b) without obtaining a confirmation of the
then-current ratings of the Certificates.
(c) The Master Servicer shall take such action as is reasonably
necessary to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of
the Trustee in the Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that the obligation to
deliver the Mortgage File to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 shall be
solely the Depositor's obligation and the Master Servicer shall not be
responsible for the safekeeping of the Mortgage Files by the Trustee.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in subsection (b) above shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files
to the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach of
any of the foregoing representations and warranties set forth in subsection
(b) above, which breach materially and adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the others and to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice to
each Rating Agency, the Put Counterparty and the Swap Counterparty (other than
with respect to 4 below) 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;
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3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or the Trustee
and the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
2.03;
5. The final payment to Certificateholders; and
6. Any rating action involving the long-term credit rating of
Countrywide, which notice shall be made by first class mail within two
Business Days after the Trustee gains actual knowledge of such a rating
action.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency
copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.06;
2. Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section 3.16;
3. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing report
described in Section 11.07; and
4. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02,
2.03 or 3.11.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by first class
mail, by courier or by facsimile transmission to (1) in the case of the
Depositor, CWALT, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
facsimile number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, (2) in the case of
Countrywide, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or
such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the
Trustee by Countrywide in writing, (3) in the case of Park Granada LLC, c/o
Countrywide Financial Corporation, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or such other
address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by Park
Granada in writing, (4) in the case of Park Monaco Inc., c/o Countrywide
Financial Corporation, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
facsimile number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or such other address
as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by Park Monaco
in writing, (5) in the case of Park Sienna LLC, c/o Countrywide Financial
Corporation, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile number:
(000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by Park Sienna in
writing, (6) in the case of the Master Servicer, Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile
number (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxx, or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by the Master Servicer in
writing, (7) in the case of the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000,
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group, CWALT, Inc. Series 2007-HY9, or
such other address as the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or
Master Servicer, (8) in the case of the Rating Agencies, the address specified
therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency,
(9) in the case of the
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx XX, Xxx Xxxx Branch, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished by the
Swap Counterparty and (10) in the case of the Put Counterparty, Deutsche Bank
AG, New York Branch, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, or such other address
as may be hereafter furnished by the Put Counterparty. Notices to
Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
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 of the
Certificates.
SECTION 10.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
except as provided in Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Master Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and the
Depositor.
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or
winding up of the trust created by this Agreement, or 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 provided in
this Agreement) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and
management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor
shall anything set forth in this Agreement 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 of
this Agreement.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as
provided in this Agreement, and unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall
also have made written request to 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 being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted
by
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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 or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of
this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of
any other of the 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 provided in this Agreement and for the common
benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will
permit and will cause each Subservicer to permit any representative of the
Depositor or the Trustee during the Master Servicer's normal business hours,
to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the
Master Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified public
accountants selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its
officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision
the Master Servicer hereby authorizes said accountants to discuss with such
representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense
incident to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under
this Section 10.09 shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection; all
other such expenses shall be borne by the Master Servicer or the related
Subservicer.
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not
be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in
the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any
reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof
by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 10.11. [Reserved].
SECTION 10.12. Protection of Assets.
(a) Except for transactions and activities entered into in connection
with the securitization that is the subject of this Agreement, the Trust Fund
created by this Agreement is not authorized and has no power to:
(i) borrow money or issue debt;
(ii) merge with another entity, reorganize, liquidate or sell
assets; or
(iii) engage in any business or activities.
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(b) Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will not file an
involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Trustee or the Trust Fund or
initiate any other form of insolvency proceeding until the date that is one
year and one day after the Certificates have been paid.
SECTION 10.13. Rights of the NIM Insurer.
(a) The rights of the NIM Insurer under this Agreement shall exist only
so long as either:
(1) the notes certain, payments on which are guaranteed by the NIM
Insurer, remain outstanding or
(2) the NIM Insurer is owed amounts paid by it with respect to
that guaranty.
(b) The rights of the NIM Insurer under this Agreement are exercisable
by the NIM Insurer only so long as no default by the NIM Insurer under its
guaranty of certain payments under notes backed or secured by the Class C or
Class P Certificates has occurred and is continuing. If the NIM Insurer is the
subject of any insolvency proceeding, the rights of the NIM Insurer under this
Agreement will be exercisable by the NIM Insurer only so long as:
(1) the obligations of the NIM Insurer under its guaranty of notes
backed or secured by the Class C or Class P Certificates have not been
disavowed and
(2) Countrywide and the Trustee have received reasonable
assurances that the NIM Insurer will be able to satisfy its obligations
under its guaranty of notes backed or secured by the Class C or Class P
Certificates.
(c) The NIM Insurer is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement to
the same extent as if it were a party to this Agreement and may enforce any of
those rights under this Agreement.
(d) A copy of any documents of any nature required by this Agreement to
be delivered by the Trustee, or to the Trustee or the Rating Agencies, shall
in each case at the same time also be delivered to the NIM Insurer. Any
notices required to be given by the Trustee, or to the Trustee or the Rating
Agencies, shall in each case at the same time also be given to the NIM
Insurer. If the Trustee receives a notice or document that is required
hereunder to be delivered to the NIM Insurer, and if such notice or document
does not indicate that a copy thereof has been previously sent to the NIM
Insurer, the Trustee shall send the NIM Insurer a copy of such notice or
document. If such document is an Opinion of Counsel, the NIM Insurer shall be
an addressee thereof or such Opinion of Counsel shall contain language
permitting the NIM Insurer to rely thereon as if the NIM Insurer were an
addressee thereof.
(e) Anything in this Agreement that is conditioned on not resulting in
the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates
by the Rating Agencies shall also be conditioned on not resulting in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned by the Rating Agencies
to the notes backed or secured by the Class C or Class P Certificates (without
giving effect to any policy or guaranty provided by the NIM Insurer).
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ARTICLE XI
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
SECTION 11.01. Filing Obligations.
The Master Servicer, the Trustee and each Seller shall reasonably
cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the
Depositor's reporting requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to the
Trust Fund. In addition to the information specified below, if so requested by
the Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the
Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and each Seller shall (and the
Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer to) provide the Depositor with
(a) such information which is available to such Person without unreasonable
effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be reasonably requested by
the Depositor to comply with the Depositor's reporting obligations under the
Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a party (and the Depositor
is not a party) to any agreement or amendment required to be filed, copies of
such agreement or amendment in XXXXX-compatible form.
SECTION 11.02. Form 10-D Filings.
(a) In accordance with the Exchange Act, the Trustee shall prepare for
filing and file within 15 days after each Distribution Date (subject to
permitted extensions under the Exchange Act) with the Commission with respect
to the Trust Fund, a Form 10-D with copies of the Monthly Statement and, to
the extent delivered to the Trustee, no later than 10 days following the
Distribution Date, such other information identified by the Depositor or the
Master Servicer, in writing, to be filed with the Commission (such other
information, the "Additional Designated Information"). If the Depositor or
Master Servicer directs that any Additional Designated Information is to be
filed with any Form 10-D, the Depositor or Master Servicer, as the case may
be, shall specify the Item on Form 10-D to which such information is
responsive and, with respect to any Exhibit to be filed on Form 10-D, the
Exhibit number. Any information to be filed on Form 10-D shall be delivered to
the Trustee in XXXXX-compatible form or as otherwise agreed upon by the
Trustee and the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, at the
Depositor's expense, and any necessary conversion to XXXXX-compatible format
will be at the Depositor's expense. At the reasonable request of, and in
accordance with the reasonable directions of, the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, subject to the two preceding sentences, the Trustee shall prepare
for filing and file an amendment to any Form 10-D previously filed with the
Commission with respect to the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer shall sign the
Form 10-D filed on behalf of the Trust Fund.
(b) No later than each Distribution Date, each of the Master Servicer
and the Trustee shall notify (and the Master Servicer shall cause any
Subservicer to notify) the Depositor and the Master Servicer of any Form 10-D
Disclosure Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure
Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor. In addition
to such information as the Master Servicer and the Trustee are obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the
Depositor, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall provide such
information which is available to the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as
applicable, without unreasonable effort or expense regarding the performance
or servicing of the Mortgage Loans (in the case of the Trustee, based on the
information provided by the Master Servicer) as is reasonably required to
facilitate preparation of distribution reports
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in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such information shall be
provided concurrently with the delivery of the reports specified in Section
4.06(c) in the case of the Master Servicer and the Monthly Statement in the
case of the Trustee, commencing with the first such report due not less than
five Business Days following such request.
(c) The Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items
(other than those generated by it) that have not been received in a format
suitable (or readily convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing
via the XXXXX system and shall not have any responsibility to convert any such
items to such format (other than those items generated by it or that are
readily convertible to such format). The Trustee shall have no liability to
the Certificateholders, the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or
the NIM Insurer with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file any of
Form 10-D to the extent that such failure is not the result of any negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct on its part.
SECTION 11.03. Form 8-K Filings.
The Master Servicer shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust
Fund any Form 8-K required by the Exchange Act. Each Form 8-K must be signed
by the Master Servicer. Each of the Master Servicer (and the Master Servicer
shall cause any Subservicer to promptly notify) and the Trustee shall promptly
notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer (if the notifying party is not
the Master Servicer), but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after
its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which it has actual knowledge. Each
Person shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the
extent that it relates to such Person or any action or failure to act by such
Person. Concurrently with the transfer of any Supplemental Mortgage Loan,
Countrywide shall notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer, if any
material pool characteristic of the actual asset pool at the time of issuance
of the Certificates differs by 5% or more (other than as a result of the pool
assets converting into cash in accordance with their terms) from the
description of the asset pool in the Prospectus Supplement.
SECTION 11.04. Form 10-K Filings.
Prior to March 30th of each year, commencing in 2008 (or such earlier
date as may be required by the Exchange Act), the Depositor shall prepare and
file on behalf of the Trust Fund a Form 10-K, in form and substance as
required by the Exchange Act. A senior officer in charge of the servicing
function of the Master Servicer shall sign each Form 10-K filed on behalf of
the Trust Fund. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits each (i) annual
compliance statement described under Section 3.16, (ii) annual report on
assessments of compliance with the Servicing Criteria described under Section
11.07 and (iii) accountant's report described under Section 11.07. Each Form
10-K shall also include any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification required to be
included therewith, as described in Section 11.05.
If the Item 1119 Parties listed on Exhibit X have changed since the
Closing Date, no later than March 1 of each year, the Master Servicer shall
provide each of the Master Servicer (and the Master Servicer shall provide any
Subservicer) and the Trustee with an updated Exhibit X setting forth the Item
1119 Parties. No later than March 15 of each year, commencing in 2008, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee shall notify (and the Master Servicer shall
cause any Subservicer to notify) the Depositor and the Master Servicer of any
Form 10-K Disclosure Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-K
Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably
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acceptable to the Depositor. Additionally, each of the Master Servicer and the
Trustee shall provide, and shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor retained
by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and in the case of the
Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer, to provide, the following
information no later than March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K is
required to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund: (i) if such Person's report
on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section
11.07 or related registered public accounting firm attestation report
described under Section 11.07 identifies any material instance of
noncompliance, notification of such instance of noncompliance and (ii) if any
such Person's report on assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria or
related registered public accounting firm attestation report is not provided
to be filed as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, information detailing the
explanation why such report is not included.
SECTION 11.05. Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the "Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification") required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange
Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any
interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff)). No later than March 15 of
each year, beginning in 2008, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall
(unless such person is the Certifying Person), and the Master Servicer shall
cause each Subservicer and each Reporting Subcontractor and the Trustee shall
cause each Reporting Subcontractor to, provide to the Person who signs the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification (the "Certifying Person") a certification (each,
a "Performance Certification"), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit V-1 (in
the case of a Subservicer or any Reporting Subcontractor of the Master
Servicer or a Subservicer) and Exhibit V-2 (in the case of the Trustee or any
Reporting Subcontractor of the Trustee), on which the Certifying Person, the
entity for which the Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such entity's
officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person,
"Certification Parties") can reasonably rely. The senior officer in charge of
the servicing function of the Master Servicer shall serve as the Certifying
Person on behalf of the Trust Fund. Neither the Master Servicer nor the
Depositor will request delivery of a certification under this clause unless
the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on
Form 10-K with respect to the Trust Fund. In the event that prior to the
filing date of the Form 10-K in March of each year, the Trustee or the
Depositor has actual knowledge of information material to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification, the Trustee or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall
promptly notify the Master Servicer and the Depositor. The respective parties
hereto agree to cooperate with all reasonable requests made by any Certifying
Person or Certification Party in connection with such Person's attempt to
conduct any due diligence that such Person reasonably believes to be
appropriate in order to allow it to deliver any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
or portion thereof with respect to the Trust Fund.
SECTION 11.06. Form 15 Filing.
Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Depositor is
able to do so under applicable law, the Depositor shall file a Form 15
relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust Fund
under the Exchange Act.
SECTION 11.07. Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
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(a) On or before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2008:
(1) Each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall deliver to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer a report (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor) regarding the Master Servicer's or
the Trustee's, as applicable, assessment of compliance with the Servicing
Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of such Person and shall
address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a certification
substantially in the form of Exhibit W hereto delivered to the Depositor
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. To the extent any of the
Servicing Criteria are not applicable to such Person, with respect to
asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person
and that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such
report shall include such a statement to that effect. The Depositor and the
Master Servicer, and each of their respective officers and directors shall be
entitled to rely on upon each such servicing criteria assessment.
(2) Each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall deliver to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer a report of a registered public
accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Depositor that attests to, and
reports on, the assessment of compliance made by Master Servicer or the
Trustee, as applicable, and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraphs.
Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including,
without limitation that in the event that an overall opinion cannot be
expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report
why it was unable to express such an opinion. Such report must be available
for general use and not contain restricted use language. To the extent any of
the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to such Person, with respect to
asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person
and that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such
report shall include such a statement that that effect.
(3) The Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer and each
Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to the Depositor an assessment of
compliance and accountant's attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section 11.07.
(4) The Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to
deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer an assessment of compliance
and accountant's attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section.
(5) The Master Servicer and the Trustee shall execute (and the
Master Servicer shall cause each Subservicer to execute, and the Master
Servicer and the Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to execute)
a reliance certificate to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each
(i) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 3.16, (ii) annual
report on assessments of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant
to this Section 11.07 and (iii) accountant's report provided pursuant to this
Section 11.07 and shall include a certification that each such annual
compliance statement or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults
described to the registered public accountants of such Person to enable such
accountants to render the certificates provided for in this Section 11.07. In
the event the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee or Reporting
Subcontractor is terminated or resigns during the term of this Agreement, such
Person shall provide a certification to the
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Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 11.07 with respect to the period of
time it was subject to this Agreement or provided services with respect to the
Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.
(b) In the event the Master Servicer, any Subservicer, the Trustee or
Reporting Subcontractor is terminated or resigns during the term of this
Agreement, such Person shall provide documents and information required by
this Section 11.07 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this
Agreement or provided services with respect to the Trust Fund, the
Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.
(c) Each assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to
Section 11.07(a)(3) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on
a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit W hereto delivered to the
Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in the case of
a Subservicer subsequently appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such
appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant
to Section 11.07(a)(3) or (4) need not address any elements of the Servicing
Criteria other than those specified by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as
applicable, pursuant to Section 11.07(a)(1).
SECTION 11.08. Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause any Subservicer used by the Master
Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor to comply
with the provisions of Section 3.16 and this Article XI to the same extent as
if such Subservicer were the Master Servicer (except with respect to the
Master Servicer's duties with respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act
Reports or as the Certifying Person). The Master Servicer shall be responsible
for obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the Depositor any
servicer compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer
under Section 3.16, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to
be delivered by such Subservicer under Section 11.07 and any certification
required to be delivered to the Certifying Person under Section 11.05 as and
when required to be delivered. As a condition to the succession to any
Subservicer as subservicer under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which
such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed
as a successor to any Subservicer, the Master Servicer shall provide to the
Depositor, at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such
succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Depositor of such
succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested
by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item
6.02 of Form 8-K.
(b) It shall not be necessary for the Master Servicer, any Subservicer
or the Trustee to seek the consent of the Depositor or any other party hereto
to the utilization of any Subcontractor. The Master Servicer or the Trustee,
as applicable, shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor (or any
designee of the Depositor, such as the Master Servicer or administrator) a
written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of
the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such Person (or in the
case of the Master Servicer or any Subservicer), specifying (i) the identity
of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be
addressed
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in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified
pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined
to be a Reporting Subcontractor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as
applicable, shall cause any such Subcontractor used by such Person (or in the
case of the Master Servicer or any Subservicer) for the benefit of the
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 11.07 and 11.09 of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Master Servicer
(except with respect to the Master Servicer's duties with respect to preparing
and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying Person) or the
Trustee, as applicable. The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable,
shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer, any assessment of compliance and
attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 11.05
and Section 11.07, in each case as and when required to be delivered.
SECTION 11.09. Amendments.
In the event the parties to this Agreement desire to further
clarify or amend any provision of this Article XI, this Agreement shall be
amended to reflect the new agreement between the parties covering matters in
this Article XI pursuant to Section 10.01, which amendment shall not require
any Opinion of Counsel or Rating Agency confirmations or the consent of any
Certificateholder or the NIM Insurer. If, during the period that the Depositor
is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust Fund, the
Master Servicer is no longer an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Depositor
shall assume the obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer in
this Article XI with respect to the preparation and filing of the Exchange Act
Reports and/or acting as the Certifying Person, if the Depositor has received
indemnity from such successor Master Servicer satisfactory to the Depositor,
and such Master Servicer has agreed to provide a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
to the Depositor substantially in the form of Exhibit Y and the certifications
referred to in Section 11.07.
SECTION 11.10. Reconciliation of Accounts.
Any reconciliation of Accounts performed by any party hereto, or
any Subservicer or Subcontractor shall be prepared no later than 45 calendar
days after the bank statement cutoff date.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Sellers and the
Master Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first
above written.
CWALT, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
as a Seller
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
PARK GRANADA LLC,
as a Seller
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
PARK MONACO INC.,
as a Seller
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
PARK SIENNA LLC,
as a Seller
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP,
as Master Servicer
By: COUNTRYWIDE GP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
Acknowledged solely with
respect to the Trustee's
obligations under Section
4.01(b):
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, in its
individual capacity
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
[Delivered at Closing to Trustee]
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SCHEDULE II-A
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Countrywide
---------------------------------------------
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule II-A to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule II-A shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series,
among Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a
seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, CWALT,
Inc., as depositor, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer
and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Countrywide is duly organized as a New York corporation and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York
and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by
Countrywide in any state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is
otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such qualification and,
in any event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state,
to the extent necessary to perform any of its obligations under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(2) Countrywide has the full corporate power and authority to sell each
Countrywide Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter
into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of Countrywide the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Countrywide, enforceable
against Countrywide in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally
and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of
the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by
Countrywide , the sale of the Countrywide Mortgage Loans by Countrywide under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any other of the
transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course
of business of Countrywide and will not (A) result in a material breach of any
term or provision of the charter or by-laws of Countrywide or (B) materially
conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration of, or
result in a material
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default under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to
which Countrywide is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a
material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to
Countrywide of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over Countrywide; and Countrywide is not
in breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement
or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair
Countrywide's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) Countrywide is an approved servicer of conventional mortgage loans
for FNMA or FHLMC and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing
Act.
(5) No litigation is pending or, to the best of Countrywide's knowledge,
threatened, against Countrywide that would materially and adversely affect the
execution, delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or the ability of Countrywide to sell the Countrywide Mortgage Loans or to
perform any of its other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
in accordance with the terms thereof.
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Countrywide of, or compliance by Countrywide with, the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required,
Countrywide has obtained the same.
(7) Countrywide intends to treat the transfer of the Countrywide
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor as a sale of the Countrywide Mortgage Loans
for all tax, accounting and regulatory purposes.
(8) Countrywide is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in
all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with
the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund for as long as such
Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.
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SCHEDULE II-B
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Park Granada
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Park Granada LLC ("Park Granada") and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
("Countrywide"), each hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule II-B to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Schedule II-B shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series, among Park Granada, as a seller, Park
Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master
servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Park Granada is a limited liability company duly formed and validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2) Park Granada has the full corporate power and authority to sell each
Park Granada Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter
into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of Park Granada the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties
thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Park Granada,
enforceable against Park Granada in accordance with its terms, except that (a)
the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights
generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other
forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by
Park Granada, the sale of the Park Granada Mortgage Loans by Park Granada
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any other of
the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course
of business of Park Granada and will not (A) result in a material breach of
any term or provision of the certificate of formation or the limited liability
company agreement of Park Granada or (B) materially conflict with, result in a
material breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default
under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which Park
Granada is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material
violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to Park Granada of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over Park Granada; and Park Granada is not in breach or violation
of any material indenture or other
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material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may
materially impair Park Granada's ability to perform or meet any of its
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) No litigation is pending or, to the best of Park Granada's
knowledge, threatened, against Park Granada that would materially and
adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the ability of Park Granada to sell the Park Granada
Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(5) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Park Granada of, or compliance by Park Granada with, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order
is required, Park Granada has obtained the same.
(6) Park Granada intends to treat the transfer of the Park Granada
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor as a sale of the Park Granada Mortgage Loans
for all tax, accounting and regulatory purposes.
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SCHEDULE II-C
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Park Monaco
---------------------------------------------
Park Monaco Inc. ("Park Monaco") and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
("Countrywide"), each hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule II-C to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Schedule II-C shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series, among Park Monaco, as a seller,
Countrywide, as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a
seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc.,
as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Park Monaco is a corporation duly formed and validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2) Park Monaco has the full corporate power and authority to sell each
Park Monaco Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter
into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of Park Monaco the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Park Monaco, enforceable
against Park Monaco in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally
and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of
the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by
Park Monaco, the sale of the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans by Park Monaco under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any other of the
transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course
of business of Park Monaco and will not (A) result in a material breach of any
term or provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Park
Monaco or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach, violation
or acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any
other material agreement or instrument to which Park Monaco is a party or by
which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute,
order or regulation applicable to Park Monaco of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over Park
Monaco; and Park Monaco is not in breach or violation of any material
indenture or other material agreement or
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instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair Park
Monaco's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
(4) No litigation is pending or, to the best of Park Monaco's knowledge,
threatened, against Park Monaco that would materially and adversely affect the
execution, delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or the ability of Park Monaco to sell the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans or to
perform any of its other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
in accordance with the terms thereof.
(5) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Park Monaco of, or compliance by Park Monaco with, the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required,
Park Monaco has obtained the same.
(6) Park Monaco intends to treat the transfer of the Park Monaco
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor as a sale of the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans
for all tax, accounting and regulatory purposes.
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SCHEDULE II-D
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Park Sienna
---------------------------------------------
Park Sienna LLC ("Park Sienna") and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
("Countrywide"), each hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule II-D to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Schedule II-D shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series, among Park Sienna, as a seller,
Countrywide, as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, and Park Monaco Inc.,
as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT,
Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Park Sienna is a limited liability company duly formed and validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2) Park Sienna has the full corporate power and authority to sell each
Park Sienna Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter
into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of Park Sienna the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Park Sienna, enforceable
against Park Sienna in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally
and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of
the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by
Park Sienna, the sale of the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans by Park Sienna under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any other of the
transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course
of business of Park Sienna and will not (A) result in a material breach of any
term or provision of the certificate of formation or the limited liability
company agreement of Park Sienna or (B) materially conflict with, result in a
material breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default
under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which Park
Sienna is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material
violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to Park Sienna of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over Park Sienna; and Park Sienna is not in breach or violation
of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in
violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
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regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair Park
Sienna's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
(4) No litigation is pending or, to the best of Park Sienna's knowledge,
threatened, against Park Sienna that would materially and adversely affect the
execution, delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or the ability of Park Sienna to sell the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans or to
perform any of its other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
in accordance with the terms thereof.
(5) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Park Sienna of, or compliance by Park Sienna with, the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required,
Park Sienna has obtained the same.
(6) Park Sienna intends to treat the transfer of the Park Sienna
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor as a sale of the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans
for all tax, accounting and regulatory purposes.
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SCHEDULE III-A
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Countrywide as to all of the Mortgage Loans
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Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule III-A to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, with respect to all of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the
Cut-off Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this
Schedule III-A shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as
a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller,
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as
depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) The information set forth on Schedule I to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than the information
contained in clauses (xxii), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of the Mortgage Loan Schedule)
is true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.
(2) As of the Closing Date, all payments due with respect to each
Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date have been made.
(3) No Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess
of 100.00%.
(4) Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien on the Mortgaged
Property subject only to (a) the lien of non delinquent current real property
taxes and assessments, (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of
way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording
of such Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of record being acceptable to
mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in the
appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage
Loan, and (c) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject
which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended
to be provided by such Mortgage.
(5) [Reserved].
(6) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien against any Mortgaged
Property.
(7) There is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to any Mortgage
Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid
principal of or interest on such Mortgage Note.
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(8) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for work, labor or material
affecting any Mortgaged Property which are or may be a lien prior to, or equal
with, the lien of such Mortgage, except those which are insured against by the
title insurance policy referred to in item (12) below.
(9) As of the Closing Date, to the best of Countrywide's knowledge, each
Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and in good repair.
(10) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in all material respects
with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation,
usury, equal credit opportunity, predatory and abusive lending laws, real
estate settlement procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws, and
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the
violation of any such laws.
(11) As of the Closing Date, neither Countrywide nor any prior holder of
any Mortgage has modified the Mortgage in any material respect (except that a
Mortgage Loan may have been modified by a written instrument which has been
recorded or submitted for recordation, if necessary, to protect the interests
of the Certificateholders and the original or a copy of which has been
delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, cancelled or subordinated such Mortgage
in whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged Property in whole or in
part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any instrument of release,
cancellation, modification or satisfaction with respect thereto.
(12) A lender's policy of title insurance together with a condominium
endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if applicable, in an amount at
least equal to the Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance of each such Mortgage
Loan or a commitment (binder) to issue the same was effective on the date of
the origination of each Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains
in full force and effect, and each such policy was issued by a title insurer
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is
located and acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC and is in a form acceptable to FNMA or
FHLMC, which policy insures Countrywide and successor owners of indebtedness
secured by the insured Mortgage, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage
subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph (4) above and against any
loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting
from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the mortgage
interest rate and/or monthly payment; to the best of Countrywide's knowledge,
no claims have been made under such mortgage title insurance policy and no
prior holder of the related Mortgage, including Countrywide, has done, by act
or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such mortgage title
insurance policy.
(13) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, all mortgage rate and payment
adjustments, if any, made on or prior to the Cut-off Date have been made in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note or subsequent
modifications, if any, and applicable law.
(14) Each Mortgage Loan was originated (within the meaning of Section
3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by an entity that
satisfied at the time of origination the requirements of Section 3(a)(41) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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(15) To the best of Countrywide's knowledge, all of the improvements
which were included for the purpose of determining the Appraised Value of the
Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction
lines of such property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach
upon the Mortgaged Property.
(16) To the best of Countrywide's knowledge, no improvement located on
or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable
zoning law or regulation. To the best of Countrywide's knowledge, all
inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with
respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect
to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to
certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made
or obtained from the appropriate authorities, unless the lack thereof would
not have a material adverse effect on the value of such Mortgaged Property,
and the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law.
(17) Each Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine, and each
is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable
in accordance with its terms and under applicable law. To the best of
Countrywide's knowledge, all parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had
legal capacity to execute the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage
Note and Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties.
(18) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loans have been fully disbursed, there
is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any and all requirements
as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements and as to
disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs,
fees and expenses incurred in making, or closing or recording the Mortgage
Loans were paid.
(19) The related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions
which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the
realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security,
including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by
trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
(20) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of trust, a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been
properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage, and
no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Certificateholders to
the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's
sale after default by the Mortgagor.
(21) Each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage is in substantially one of the
forms acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, with such riders as have been acceptable to
FNMA or FHLMC, as the case may be.
(22) There exist no deficiencies with respect to escrow deposits and
payments, if such are required, for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made, and no escrow deposits or payments of other
charges or payments due Countrywide have been capitalized under the Mortgage
or the related Mortgage Note.
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(23) The origination, underwriting and collection practices used by
Countrywide with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been in all respects
legal, prudent and customary in the mortgage lending and servicing business.
(24) There is no pledged account or other security other than real
estate securing the Mortgagor's obligations in respect of any Mortgage Loan.
(25) No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, or other
contingent interest feature.
(26) Each Mortgage Loan contains a customary "due on sale" clause.
(27) As of the Closing Date, approximately 48.72% of the Mortgage Loans
(and approximately 49.13% of the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Group X by aggregate
Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Sub-Group X), by
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, provide for a
Prepayment Charge.
(28) Each Mortgage Loan that had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in
excess of 80% is the subject of a Primary Insurance Policy that insures that
portion of the principal balance equal to a specified percentage times the sum
of the remaining principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, the accrued
interest thereon and the related foreclosure expenses. The specified coverage
percentage for mortgage loans with terms to maturity of between 25 and 30
years is 12% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 80.01% and 85.00%, 25% for
Loan-to-Value Ratios between 85.01% and 90.00%, 30% for Loan-to-Value Ratios
between 90.01% and 95.00% and 35% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 95.01% and
100%. The specified coverage percentage for mortgage loans with terms to
maturity of up to 20 years ranges from 6% to 12% for Loan-to-Value Ratios
between 80.01% and 85.00%; from 12% to 20% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between
85.01% and 90.00% and from 20% to 25% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 90.01%
and 95.00%. Each such Primary Insurance Policy is issued by a Qualified
Insurer. All provisions of any such Primary Insurance Policy have been and are
being complied with, any such policy is in full force and effect, and all
premiums due thereunder have been paid. Any Mortgage subject to any such
Primary Insurance Policy obligates either the Mortgagor or the mortgagee
thereunder to maintain such insurance and to pay all premiums and charges in
connection therewith, subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section
3.09(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Mortgage Rate for each
Mortgage Loan is net of any such insurance premium.
(29) As of the Closing Date, the improvements upon each Mortgaged
Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard insurance policy with a
generally acceptable carrier that provides for fire and extended coverage and
coverage for such other hazards as are customary in the area where the
Mortgaged Property is located in an amount which is at least equal to the
lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such
Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such policy
shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the mortgagee from
becoming a co-insurer. If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, it is
included under the coverage afforded by a blanket policy for the condominium
unit. All such individual insurance policies and all flood policies referred
to in item (30) below contain a standard mortgagee clause naming Countrywide
or the original mortgagee, and its successors in
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interest, as mortgagee, and Countrywide has received no notice that any
premiums due and payable thereon have not been paid; the Mortgage obligates
the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance including flood
insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and upon the Mortgagor's
failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain
such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to seek reimbursement
therefor from the Mortgagor.
(30) If the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal
Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the requirements of the
current guidelines of the Flood Insurance Administration is in effect with
respect to such Mortgaged Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an
amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the original
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount
required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, or (C)
the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended.
(31) To the best of Countrywide's knowledge, there is no proceeding
occurring, pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the
Mortgaged Property.
(32) There is no material monetary default existing under any Mortgage
or the related Mortgage Note and, to the best of Countrywide's knowledge,
there is no material event which, with the passage of time or with notice and
the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration under the Mortgage or the related
Mortgage Note; and Countrywide has not waived any default, breach, violation
or event of acceleration.
(33) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a one- to four-family
residential dwelling including condominium units and dwelling units in PUDs,
which, to the best of Countrywide's knowledge, does not include cooperatives
or mobile homes and does not constitute other than real property under state
law.
(34) Each Mortgage Loan is being master serviced by the Master Servicer.
(35) Any future advances made prior to the Cut-off Date have been
consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage,
and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest
rate and single repayment term reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of
the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Note does not permit or obligate the Master
Servicer to make future advances to the Mortgagor at the option of the
Mortgagor.
(36) All taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water,
sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which
previously became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been
established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains
unpaid and which has been assessed, but is not yet due and payable. Except for
(A) payments in the nature of escrow payments, and (B) interest accruing from
the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage
proceeds, whichever is later, to the day which precedes by one month the Due
Date of the first installment
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of principal and interest, including without limitation, taxes and insurance
payments, the Master Servicer has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or
knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor,
directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by the
Mortgage.
(37) All of the Mortgage Loans were underwritten in all material
respects in accordance with Countrywide's underwriting guidelines as set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement.
(38) Other than with respect to any Streamlined Documentation Mortgage
Loan as to which the loan-to-value ratio of the related Original Mortgage Loan
was less than 90% at the time of the origination of such Original Mortgage
Loan, prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan application, an appraisal of
the related Mortgaged Property was obtained from a qualified appraiser, duly
appointed by the originator, who had no interest, direct or indirect, in the
Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose
compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage
Loan; such appraisal is in a form acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC.
(39) None of the Mortgage Loans is a graduated payment mortgage loan or
a growing equity mortgage loan, and none of the Mortgage Loans is subject to a
buydown or similar arrangement.
(40) Any leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan has a term of not
less than five years in excess of the term of the related Mortgage Loan.
(41) The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the outstanding
adjustable-rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in the portfolios of the
Sellers at the Closing Date as to which the representations and warranties
made as to the Mortgage Loans set forth in this Schedule III-A can be made.
Such selection was not made in a manner intended to adversely affect the
interests of Certificateholders.
(42) Except for 220 Mortgage Loans (and 49 of the Mortgage Loans in
Sub-Group X), each Mortgage Loan has a payment date on or before the Due Date
in the month of the first Distribution Date.
(43) With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which an affidavit has been
delivered to the Trustee certifying that the original Mortgage Note is a Lost
Mortgage Note, if such Mortgage Loan is subsequently in default, the
enforcement of such Mortgage Loan or of the related Mortgage by or on behalf
of the Trustee will not be materially adversely affected by the absence of the
original Mortgage Note. A "Lost Mortgage Note" is a Mortgage Note the original
of which was permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
(44) The Mortgage Loans, individually and in the aggregate, conform in
all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus
Supplement.
(45) No Mortgage Loan originated between October 1, 2002 and March 7,
2003 is subject to the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended. No Mortgage Loan
originated between October 1, 2002 and March 7, 2003 is secured by a Mortgaged
Property located in the state of
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Georgia, and there is no Mortgage Loan originated on or after March 7, 2003
that is a "high cost home loan" as defined under the Georgia Fair Lending Act.
(46) None of the Mortgage Loans are "high cost" loans as defined by
applicable predatory and abusive lending laws.
(47) None of the Mortgage Loans are covered by the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 ("HOEPA").
(48) No Mortgage Loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003 (N.J.S.A. 46:10B-22 et
seq.).
(49) No Mortgage Loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M. Stat. Xxx.
xx.xx. 58-21a-1 et seq.).
(50) No Mortgage Loan is a "High-Cost Home Mortgage Loan" as defined in
the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004
(Mass. Gen. Law ch. 183C).
(51) [Reserved].
(52) [Reserved].
(53) No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as
applicable, and with respect to the foregoing, the terms "High Cost Loan" and
"Covered Loan" have the meaning assigned to them in the then current Standard
& Poor's LEVELS(R) Version 6.0 Glossary Revised, Appendix E which is attached
hereto as Exhibit Q (the "Glossary") where (x) a "High Cost Loan" is each loan
identified in the column "Category under applicable anti-predatory lending
law" of the table entitled "Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Categorization"
in the Glossary as each such loan is defined in the applicable anti-predatory
lending law of the State or jurisdiction specified in such table and (y) a
"Covered Loan" is each loan identified in the column "Category under
applicable anti-predatory lending law" of the table entitled "Standard &
Poor's Covered Loan Categorization" in the Glossary as each such loan is
defined in the applicable anti-predatory lending law of the State or
jurisdiction specified in such table.
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SCHEDULE III-B
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Countrywide as to the
-------------------------------------------------------
Countrywide Mortgage Loans
--------------------------
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule III-B to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, with respect to the
Countrywide Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined in this Schedule III-B shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as a
seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park
Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master
servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Immediately prior to the assignment of each Countrywide Mortgage
Loan to the Depositor, Countrywide had good title to, and was the sole owner
of, such Countrywide Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or security interest and had full right and authority, subject to
no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell
and assign the same pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE III-C
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Park Granada as to the Park
-------------------------------------------------------------
Granada Mortgage Loans
----------------------
Park Granada LLC ("Park Granada") hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Schedule III-C to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, with respect to the Park Granada Mortgage Loans as
of the Closing Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this
Schedule III-C shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park
Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a
seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc.,
as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Immediately prior to the assignment of each Park Granada Mortgage
Loan to the Depositor, Park Granada had good title to, and was the sole owner
of, such Park Granada Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or security interest and had full right and authority, subject to
no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell
and assign the same pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE III-D
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Park Monaco as to the
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Park Monaco Mortgage Loans
--------------------------
Park Monaco Inc. ("Park Monaco") hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Schedule III-D to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, with respect to the Park Monaco Mortgage Loans as of
the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule III-D shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series,
among Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Monaco, as a seller,
Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home
Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The
Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Immediately prior to the assignment of each Park Monaco Mortgage
Loan to the Depositor, Park Monaco had good title to, and was the sole owner
of, such Park Monaco Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or security interest and had full right and authority, subject to
no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell
and assign the same pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE III-E
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of Park Sienna as to the
-------------------------------------------------------
Park Sienna Mortgage Loans
--------------------------
Park Sienna LLC ("Park Sienna") hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Schedule III-E to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, with respect to the Park Sienna Mortgage Loans as of
the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule III-E shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series,
among Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller,
Park Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home
Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The
Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Immediately prior to the assignment of each Park Sienna Mortgage
Loan to the Depositor, Park Sienna had good title to, and was the sole owner
of, such Park Sienna Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or security interest and had full right and authority, subject to
no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell
and assign the same pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE IV
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2007-HY9
Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer
-----------------------------------------------------
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP ("Countrywide Servicing") hereby
makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule IV to the
Depositor, the Sellers and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule IV shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series, among
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller, Park Granada LLC, as a seller, Park
Monaco Inc., as a seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a seller, Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, as master servicer, CWALT, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of
New York, as trustee.
(1) Countrywide Servicing is duly organized as a limited partnership and
is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas
and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by
Countrywide Servicing in any state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or
is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such qualification
and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such
state, to the extent necessary to perform any of its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(2) Countrywide Servicing has the full partnership power and authority
to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to
enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary partnership
action on the part of Countrywide Servicing the execution, delivery and
performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Countrywide Servicing, enforceable against Countrywide Servicing
in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which
any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by
Countrywide Servicing, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by Countrywide
Servicing under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any
other of the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the
ordinary course of business of Countrywide Servicing and will not (A) result
in a material breach of any term or provision of the certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement or other organizational document of
Countrywide Servicing or
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(B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or
acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which Countrywide Servicing is a party or
by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any
statute, order or regulation applicable to Countrywide Servicing of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over Countrywide Servicing; and Countrywide Servicing is not in
breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or
instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair the
ability of Countrywide Servicing to perform or meet any of its obligations
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) Countrywide Servicing is an approved servicer of conventional
mortgage loans for FNMA or FHLMC and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the
National Housing Act.
(5) No litigation is pending or, to the best of Countrywide Servicing's
knowledge, threatened, against Countrywide Servicing that would materially and
adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the ability of Countrywide Servicing to service the
Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Countrywide Servicing of, or compliance by Countrywide
Servicing with, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, or if any such consent, approval,
authorization or order is required, Countrywide Servicing has obtained the
same.
(7) Countrywide Servicing is a member of MERS in good standing, and will
comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in
connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such
Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.
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SCHEDULE V
Principal Balances Schedule
*[Attached to Prospectus Supplement, if applicable.]
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SCHEDULE VI
Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report
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LOAN LEVEL REPORTING SYSTEM
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DATABASE STRUCTURE
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[MONTH, YEAR]
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Field Number Field Name Field Type Field Width Dec
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1 INVNUM Numeric 4
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2 INVBLK Numeric 4
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3 INACNU Character 8
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4 BEGSCH Numeric 15 2
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5 SCHPRN Numeric 13 2
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6 TADPRN Numeric 11 2
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7 LIQEPB Numeric 11 2
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8 ACTCOD Numeric 11
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9 ACTDAT Numeric 4
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10 INTPMT Numeric 8
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11 PRNPMT Numeric 13 2
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12 ENDSCH Numeric 13 2
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13 SCHNOT Numeric 13 2
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14 SCHPAS Numeric 7 3
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15 PRINPT Numeric 7 3
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16 PRIBAL Numeric 11 2
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17 LPIDTE Numeric 13 2
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18 DELPRN Numeric 7
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19 PPDPRN Numeric 11 2
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20 DELPRN Numeric 11 2
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21 NXTCHG Numeric 8
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22 ARMNOT Numeric 7 3
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23 ARMPAS Numeric 7 3
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24 ARMPMT Numeric 11 2
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25 ZZTYPE Character 2
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26 ISSUID Character 1
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27 KEYNAME Character 8
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TOTAL 240
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SENIOR CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
[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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
[UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING
UNDERWRITING, NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A
REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT, AND IS NOT
INVESTING ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. SUCH REPRESENTATION
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S ACCEPTANCE
OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS
INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE
CONTRARY HEREIN, UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO, OR
TO A PERSON INVESTING ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR A
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO
EFFECT.]
A-1
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balance
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
CWALT, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties
CWALT, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set
forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less than
the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence
an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Sellers, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Morttgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that __________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination of
this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage
A-2
Loans deposited by CWALT, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as a seller ("CHL"), Park Granada LLC, as a seller ("Park Granada"), Park
Monaco, Inc., as a seller ("Park Monaco"), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller
("Park Sienna" and, together with CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the
"Sellers"), Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer (the "Master
Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
[Until this certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting, no transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or
investing plan assets of any such benefit plan or arrangement, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master
Servicer or the Trust Fund, or (ii) in the case of any such Certificate
presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), a trustee of any such
benefit plan or arrangement or any other person acting on behalf of any such
benefit plan or arrangement, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
to the effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate will not result
in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust
Fund. Unless the transferee delivers the Opinion of Counsel described above,
such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the
Transferee's acceptance of a Certificate of this Class and by a beneficial
owner's acceptance of its interest in a Certificate of this Class.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, until such certificate has
been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, any purported transfer of
a Certificate of this Class to, or to a person investing assets of, an employee
benefit plan subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975
of the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as
described above shall be void and of no effect.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO CERTAIN CERTIFICATES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY ONLY BE MADE IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPTED
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE
EFFECT THAT (i) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF
OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF SUCH A BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT TO EFFECT THE
TRANSFER, OR (ii) IF SUCH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING AND THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A
REPRESENTATION THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS PURCHASING SUCH CERTIFICATE WITH FUNDS
CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
SECTION V(e) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 95-60, AND THE
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PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR
A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO
EFFECT.]
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Certificate No.:
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balance
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
CWALT, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties
CWALT, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set
forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less than
the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence
an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Sellers, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that __________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination of
this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
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belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWALT, Inc. (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among
the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller ("CHL"), Park Granada
LLC, as a seller ("Park Granada"), Park Monaco, Inc., as a seller ("Park
Monaco"), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller ("Park Sienna" and, together with
CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the "Sellers"), Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
[No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such laws. In the event that a
transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act and
such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws,
the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the Trustee in
writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the event that such a transfer is
to be made within three years from the date of the initial issuance of
Certificates pursuant hereto, there shall also be delivered (except in the case
of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act) to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from
the Securities Act and such state securities laws, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be obtained at the expense of the Trustee, the Sellers, the Master
Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to effect such transfer
shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Depositor against
any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.]
[No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or
investing plan assets of any such benefit plan or arrangement, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master
Servicer or the Trust Fund, (ii) if such certificate has been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and the transferee is an insurance company, a
representation that the transferee is purchasing such Certificate with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in
Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and
that the purchase and holding of such Certificate satisfy the requirements for
exemptive relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of
any such Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee
benefit plan subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975
of the Code (or comparable provisions
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of any subsequent enactments), a trustee of any such benefit plan or arrangement
or any other person acting on behalf of any such benefit plan or arrangement, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase
and holding of such Certificate will not result in a prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the
Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything else to
the contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate of this Class to or
on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory
to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT C-1
[FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE
EFFECT THAT (i) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF
OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF SUCH A BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT TO EFFECT THE
TRANSFER, OR (ii) IF SUCH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING AND THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A
REPRESENTATION THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS PURCHASING SUCH CERTIFICATE WITH FUNDS
CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
SECTION V(e) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 95-60, AND THE
PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR
A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO
EFFECT.
[THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE "TAX MATTERS PERSON RESIDUAL INTEREST" ISSUED
UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION BY THE
TRANSFEREE OF THE DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER SUCH AGREEMENT.]
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balance
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
CWALT, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class A-R
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates with
respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to
four-family residential properties
CWALT, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set
forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less than
the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence
an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Sellers, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that __________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest (obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate by the
aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of all Certificates of the Class to which
this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWALT, Inc. (the
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"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among
the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a seller ("CHL"), Park Granada
LLC, as a seller ("Park Granada"), Park Monaco, Inc., as a seller ("Park
Monaco"), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller ("Park Sienna" and, together with
CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the "Sellers"), Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust Fund
will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R Certificate
at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee
in New York, New York.
No transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee
shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the transferee of
such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975
of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any
such benefit plan or arrangement, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund, (ii) if such
certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and the
transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the transferee is
purchasing such Certificate with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and
holding of such Certificate satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such Certificate
presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), a trustee of any such
benefit plan or arrangement or any other person acting on behalf of any such
benefit plan or arrangement, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
to the effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate will not result
in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of
a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code without the
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void
and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to
be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not limited to the
restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be transferred without
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delivery to the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the proposed transferee
and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of such documents to be
in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person holding or acquiring
any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree to require a
transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to the Trustee as
required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or acquiring an
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not to transfer an
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has actual knowledge that
the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and (v) any attempted or
purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate in
violation of such restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest no
rights in the purported transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT C-2
[FORM OF CLASS P CERTIFICATE]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CLASS P CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES TO THE
EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
THIS CLASS P CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS
DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS P CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES
NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE
EFFECT THAT (i) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF
OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF SUCH A BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT TO EFFECT THE
TRANSFER, OR (ii) IF SUCH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING AND THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A
REPRESENTATION THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS PURCHASING SUCH CERTIFICATE WITH FUNDS
CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
SECTION V(e) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 95-60, AND THE
PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR
A PLAN
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OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO
EFFECT.
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Certificate No. :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balance
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
ISIN :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
CWALT, INC.
Alternative Loan Trust 200____-____
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Class P Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
a pool of conventional mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by
first and second liens on one- to four-family residential properties
CWALT, Inc., as Depositor
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in,
and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee
referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither this
Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental
agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that __________________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Notional Amount of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage
Loans deposited by CWALT, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as a seller ("CHL"), Park
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Granada LLC, as a seller ("Park Granada"), Park Monaco, Inc., as a seller ("Park
Monaco"), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller ("Park Sienna" and, together with
CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the "Sellers"), Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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 on the first
Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate
is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to Holders of Class P
Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02 of the
Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each Distribution Date is the last
Business Day of the month immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall hold 100% of a Class
of Regular Certificates or of Certificates with an aggregate Initial Certificate
Balance of $1,000,000 or more, or, if not, by check mailed by first class mail
to the address of such Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register.
The final distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only
upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office
or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
No transfer of a Class P Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act and any
applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the registration requirements
under the Act and such laws. In the event that a transfer is to be made in
reliance upon an exemption from the Act and such laws, in order to assure
compliance with the Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect
such transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each
certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the
event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the
initial issuance of Certificates, there shall also be delivered (except in the
case of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the Regulations promulgated pursuant
to the Act) to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made
pursuant to an exemption from the Act and such state securities laws, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be obtained at the expense of the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to effect such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the
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Certificate and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the
transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
No transfer of a Class P Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee
shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the transferee of a
Class P Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975
of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any
such benefit plan or arrangement, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund, (ii) if such
Class P Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and
the transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the transferee is
purchasing such Class P Certificate with funds contained in an "insurance
company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and
holding of such Class P Certificate satisfy the requirements for exemptive
relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of a Class P
Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code
(or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), a trustee of any such
benefit plan or arrangement or any other person acting on behalf of any such
benefit plan or arrangement, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
to the effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate will not result
in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of
a Class P Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code without the
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void
and of no effect.
This Class P Certificate may not be pledged or used as collateral for any
other obligation if it would cause any portion of the Trust Fund to be treated
as a taxable mortgage pool under Section 7701(i) of the Code.
Each Holder of this Class P Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to
be bound by the transfer restrictions set forth in the Agreement and all other
terms and provisions of the Agreement.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless the certificate of authentication hereon has
been manually executed by an authorized officer of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Name:
Title:
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT C-3
[FORM OF CLASS C 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 CLASS C CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES TO THE
EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
THIS CLASS C CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS
DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CLASS C CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES
NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE NOR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF THAT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT TO EFFECT
THAT TRANSFER, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY
HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE
CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED
ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
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Certificate No. :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balance
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
ISIN :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
CWALT, INC.
Alternative Loan Trust 200____-____
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Class C Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
a pool of conventional mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by
first and second liens on one- to four-family residential properties
CWALT, Inc., as Depositor
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in,
and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee
referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither this
Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental
agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that __________________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Notional Amount of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage
Loans deposited by CWALT, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as a seller ("CHL"), Park Granada LLC, as a seller ("Park Granada"), Park
Monaco, Inc., as a seller ("Park Monaco"), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller
("Park Sienna" and,
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together with CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the "Sellers"), Countrywide
Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and The
Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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 on the first
Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate
is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date in an
amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to Holders of Class C
Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02 of the
Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each Distribution Date is the last
Business Day of the month immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall hold 100% of a Class
of Regular Certificates or of Certificates with an aggregate Initial Certificate
Balance of $1,000,000 or more, or, if not, by check mailed by first class mail
to the address of such Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register.
The final distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only
upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office
or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
No transfer of a Class C Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act and any
applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the registration requirements
under the Act and such laws. In the event that a transfer is to be made in
reliance upon an exemption from the Act and such laws, in order to assure
compliance with the Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect
such transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each
certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the
event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the
initial issuance of Certificates, there shall also be delivered (except in the
case of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the Regulations promulgated pursuant
to the Act) to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made
pursuant to an exemption from the Act and such state securities laws, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be obtained at the expense of the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to effect such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Certificate
and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not
so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Class C Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee
shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of such
Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee,
to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to
section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to section 4975 of the Code, or a Person
acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, or (ii)
in the case of any Class C Certificate presented for registration in the name of
an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or a plan subject to section 4975 of
the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee
of any such plan or any
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other person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase
or holding of such Class C Certificate will not result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken
in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported
transfer of a Class C Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan
subject to section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to section 4975 of the Code
without the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
This Class C Certificate may not be pledged or used as collateral for any
other obligation if it would cause any portion of the Trust Fund to be treated
as a taxable mortgage pool under Section 7701(i) of the Code.
Each Holder of this Class C Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to
be bound by the transfer restrictions set forth in the Agreement and all other
terms and provisions of the Agreement.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless the certificate of authentication hereon has
been manually executed by an authorized officer of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Name:
Title:
Countersigned:
By _____________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT C-4
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF NOTIONAL AMOUNT CERTIFICATE]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN RESPECT OF PRINCIPAL.
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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
[UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING
UNDERWRITING, NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER (A) A
REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT, AND IS NOT
INVESTING ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. SUCH REPRESENTATION
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S ACCEPTANCE
OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS
INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE
CONTRARY HEREIN, UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN
ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO, OR
A PERSON INVESTING ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR A
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO
EFFECT.]
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Notional Amount
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Notional Amount
of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CUSIP :
Interest Rate : Interest Only
Maturity Date :
CWALT, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200____-____
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties
CWALT, Inc., as Depositor
The Notional Amount of this certificate at any time, may be less than the
Notional Amount as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Sellers, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that _________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination of
this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Notional Amount of all Certificates of
the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans
deposited by CWALT, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created
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pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., as a seller ("CHL"), Park Granada LLC, as a seller ("Park Granada"), Park
Monaco, Inc., as a seller ("Park Monaco"), and Park Sienna LLC, as a seller
("Park Sienna" and, together with CHL, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the
"Sellers"), Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer (the "Master
Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). 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.
[Until this certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting, no transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a person acting on behalf of or
investing plan assets of any such benefit plan or arrangement, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master
Servicer or the Trust Fund, or (ii) in the case of any such Certificate
presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), a trustee of any such
benefit plan or arrangement or any other person acting on behalf of any such
benefit plan or arrangement, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
to the effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate will not result
in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust
Fund. When the transferee delivers the Opinion of Counsel described above, such
representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the
Transferee's acceptance of a Certificate of this Class and by a beneficial
owner's acceptance of its interest in a Certificate of this Class.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, until such certificate has
been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, any purported transfer of
a Certificate of this Class to, or a person investing assets of, an employee
benefit plan subject to ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975
of the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as
described above shall be void and of no effect.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Name:
Title:
Countersigned:
By _____________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF] REVERSE OF CERTIFICATES
CWALT, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as CWALT, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the "Certificates"),
and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by
the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that
it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference
is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights,
benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and
immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the
25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the first
Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date
in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to Holders of Certificates
of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such Distribution Date
pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each Distribution Date
is the last Business Day of the month next preceding the month of such
Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution
on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or such other
location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final
distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
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Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates affected by such
amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the
Agreement. 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 therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate
Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained by the
Trustee in New York, New York, accompanied by a 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 the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust
Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons 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 the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, 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 Sellers and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the
Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the Pool Stated Principal Balance is
less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance, the Master
Servicer will have the option, subject to the limitations set forth in the
Agreement, to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans at a purchase
price determined as provided in the Agreement. In the event that no such
optional termination occurs, the obligations and responsibilities created by the
Agreement will terminate upon the later of the maturity or other liquidation (or
any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the
Trust Fund or the disposition of all property in respect thereof and the
distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed
pursuant to the Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust created by the
Agreement continue beyond the
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expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants
living at the date of the Agreement of a certain person named in the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
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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)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
_______________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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.
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the _____day of ___________________, 20__ before me, a notary
public in and for said State, personally appeared _________________________,
known to me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he executed
the foregoing instrument.
__________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF] INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
(INITIAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Countrywide]
________________________
________________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as
Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide"), as a
Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a
Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Trustee, hereby certifies that, as to each Initial Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full or
listed on the attached schedule) it has received:
(i) (a) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the following form: "Pay to
the order of __________, without recourse" or (b) with respect to any Lost
Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from Countrywide stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in
a blanket assignment or assignments).
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents contained
in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
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The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality,
sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents contained in
each Mortgage File of any of the Initial Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness
or suitability of any such Initial Mortgage Loan.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By__________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT G
[FORM OF] DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Countrywide]
_____________________
_____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as
Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide"), as a
Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a
Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating to the
above-referenced series, with the schedule of exceptions attached thereto (the
"Schedule A"), delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on the Closing Date in
accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"). The undersigned hereby
certifies that, as to each Delay Delivery Initial Mortgage Loan listed on
Schedule A attached hereto (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full or
listed on Schedule B attached hereto) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by Countrywide or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following
form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without recourse", with
all intervening endorsements that show a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to Countrywide, or, if the original
Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced, an
original lost note affidavit from Countrywide, stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy
of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the case of
each Initial Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the
original Mortgage, noting thereon the presence of
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the MIN of the Initial Mortgage Loan and language indicating that
the Initial Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Initial Mortgage Loan
is a MOM Loan, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a
copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording office in
which such Mortgage has been recorded];
(iii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to "The
Bank of New York, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of [month] 1, 200__, without recourse", or, in
the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan with respect to property
located in the State of California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan,
a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank (each such
assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in recordable
form and sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the
assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which such assignment
relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage
together with all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage
[(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of each MERS Mortgage
Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with evidence of
recording thereon if recordation thereof is permissible under
applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy or a
printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders thereto or, in
the event such original title policy has not been received from the
insurer, any one of an original title binder, an original
preliminary title report or an original title commitment, or a copy
thereof certified by the title company, with the original policy of
title insurance to be delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan Countrywide cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or
all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements of
clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in lieu
thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment or
assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by Countrywide, the
applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of such
Initial Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete copy of the
original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Initial Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv),
(v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" in Article I of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately
reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
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
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Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the
validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the
documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Initial Mortgage Loans
identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan Number and Borrower
Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the collectibility, insurability,
effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT H
[FORM OF] FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Countrywide]
____________________
____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among CWALT, Inc., as
Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide"), as a
Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a
Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home Loans
Servicing LP, as Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Initial Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in full or
listed on the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by Countrywide or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the following
form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without recourse", with
all intervening endorsements that show a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to Countrywide, or, if the original
Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced, an
original lost note affidavit from Countrywide, stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy
of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, [and in the case of
each Initial Mortgage Loan that is
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a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting thereon the
presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and language indicating
that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the
Mortgage certified by the public recording office in which such
Mortgage has been recorded];
(iii) in the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
Mortgage Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to "The
Bank of New York, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of [month] 1, 200__, without recourse", or, in
the case of each Initial Mortgage Loan with respect to property
located in the State of California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan,
a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank (each such
assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in recordable
form and sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the
assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which such assignment
relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage
together with all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage
[(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of each Initial Mortgage
Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan)];
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with evidence of
recording thereon if recordation thereof is permissible under
applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy or a
printout of the electronic equivalent and all riders thereto or, in
the event such original title policy has not been received from the
insurer, any one of an original title binder, an original
preliminary title report or an original title commitment, or a copy
thereof certified by the title company, with the original policy of
title insurance to be delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In the event that in connection with any Initial Mortgage Loan that is not
a MERS Mortgage Loan Countrywide cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage
or all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements
of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in lieu
thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment or
assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by Countrywide, the
applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of such
Initial Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete copy of the
original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Initial Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv),
(v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the
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"Mortgage Loan Schedule" in Article I of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents contained
in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of
the Initial Mortgage Loans identified on the [Mortgage Loan Schedule][Loan
Number and Borrower Identification Mortgage Loan Schedule] or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Initial
Mortgage Loan.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT I
[FORM OF] TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
CWALT, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of , the proposed Transferee of an
Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the "Certificate") issued
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of _________ __, 2___
(the "Agreement"), by and among CWALT, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"),
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (the "Company"), as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as
a Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a Seller (and
together with the Company, Park Granada and Park Monaco, the "Sellers"),
Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master Servicer and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein or in Exhibit 1
hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. The
Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make this affidavit on behalf of
the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is
subject to Title I of ERISA or to section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, nor is it acting on behalf of or with plan assets of any such plan. The
Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the date of the
Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee will endeavor to remain a
Permitted Transferee for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in the
Certificate. The Transferee is acquiring its Ownership Interest in the
Certificate for its own account.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that
(i) a tax will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are
not Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or,
if such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for
the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit that
such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a
tax will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an
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interest in such entity. The Transferee understands that such tax will not be
imposed for any period with respect to which the record holder furnishes to the
pass-through entity an affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted
Transferee and the pass-through entity does not have actual knowledge that such
affidavit is false. (For this purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a
regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust
fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives and, except as
may be provided in Treasury Regulations, persons holding interests in
pass-through entities as a nominee for another Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section
5.02(c) of the Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein
by reference) and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and
to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from
any Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in
the Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit J-1 to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to
the effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to which
the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to
the Class A-R Certificates.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is
______________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code section
7701(a)(30) and, unless the Transferor (or any subsequent transferor) expressly
waives such requirement, will not cause income from the Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee or another U.S.
taxpayer.
10. The Transferee is aware that the Class A-R Certificates
may be "noneconomic residual interests" within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860E-1(c) and that the transferor of a noneconomic residual
interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the income on such
residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the transfer was to impede
the assessment or collection of tax. In addition, as the Holder of a
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noneconomic residual interest, the Transferee may incur tax liabilities in
excess of any cash flows generated by the interest and the Transferee hereby
represents that it intends to pay taxes associated with holding the residual
interest as they become due.
11. The Transferee has provided financial statements or other
financial information requested by the Transferor in connection with the
transfer of the Certificate to permit the Transferor to assess the financial
capability of the Transferee to pay such taxes. The Transferee historically has
paid its debts as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come
due in the future.
12. Unless the Transferor (or any subsequent transferor)
expressly waives such requirement, the Transferee (and any subsequent
transferee) certifies (or will certify), respectively, that the transfer
satisfies either the "Asset Test" imposed by Treasury Regulation ss.
1.860E-1(c)(5) or the "Formula Test" imposed by Treasury Regulation ss.
1.860E-1(c)(7).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer, this_____ day of
___________, 2___.
_____________________________________
PRINT NAME OF TRANSFEREE
By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
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[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named ___________ , known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and
to be the _________________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he
executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of _____, 20__.
__________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the
___ day of _______, 20__
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WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT THAT TRANSFEREE CERTIFIES TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE
SATISFIES CERTAIN REGULATORY "SAFE HARBORS"
The Transferor hereby waives the requirement that the Transferee certify
that the transfer of the Certificate satisfies either the "Asset Test" imposed
by Treasury Regulation ss. 1.860E-1(c)(5) or the "Formula Test" imposed by
Treasury Regulation ss. 1.860E-1(c)(7).
CWALT, INC.
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 1 to
EXHIBIT I
Certain Definitions
"Asset Test": A transfer satisfies the Asset Test if: (i) At the time of
the transfer, and at the close of each of the transferee's two fiscal years
preceding the transferee's fiscal year of transfer, the transferee's gross
assets for financial reporting purposes exceed $100 million and its net assets
for financial reporting purposes exceed $10 million. The gross assets and net
assets of a transferee do not include any obligation of any "related person" or
any other asset if a principal purpose for holding or acquiring the other asset
is to permit the transferee to satisfy such monetary conditions; (ii) The
transferee must be an "eligible corporation" and must agree in writing that any
subsequent transfer of the interest will be to another eligible corporation in a
transaction that satisfies paragraphs 9 through 11 of this Transfer Affidavit
and the Asset Test. A transfer fails to meet the Asset Test if the transferor
knows, or has reason to know, that the transferee will not honor the
restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Certificate; and (iii) A reasonable
person would not conclude, based on the facts and circumstances known to the
transferor on or before the date of the transfer, that the taxes associated with
the Certificate will not be paid. The consideration given to the transferee to
acquire the Certificate is only one factor to be considered, but the transferor
will be deemed to know that the transferee cannot or will not pay if the amount
of consideration is so low compared to the liabilities assumed that a reasonable
person would conclude that the taxes associated with holding the Certificate
will not be paid. For purposes of applying the Asset Test, (i) an "eligible
corporation" means any domestic C corporation (as defined in section 1361(a)(2)
of the Code) other than (A) a corporation which is exempt from, or is not
subject to, tax under section 11 of the Code, (B) an entity described in section
851(a) or 856(a) of the Code, (C) A REMIC, or (D) an organization to which part
I of subchapter T of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code applies; (ii) a
"related person" is any person that (A) bears a relationship to the transferee
enumerated in section 267(b) or 707(b)(1) of the Code, using "20 percent"
instead of "50 percent" where it appears under the provisions, or (B) is under
common control (within the meaning of section 52(a) and (b)) with the
transferee.
"Formula Test": A transfer satisfies the formula test if the present value
of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Certificate does
not exceed the sum of (i) the present value of any consideration given to the
transferee to acquire the Certificate; (ii) the present value of the expected
future distributions on the Certificate; and (iii) the present value of the
anticipated tax savings associated with holding the Certificate as the issuing
REMIC generates losses. For purposes of applying the Formula Test: (i) The
transferee is assumed to pay tax at a rate equal to the highest rate of tax
specified in section 11(b)(1) of the Code. If the transferee has been subject to
the alternative minimum tax under section 55 of the Code in the preceding two
years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable year using the
alternative minimum tax rate, then the tax rate specified in section 55(b)(1)(B)
of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in section
11(b)(1) of the Code; (ii) The transfer must satisfy paragraph 9 of the Transfer
Affidavit; and (iii) Present values are computed using a
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discount rate equal to the Federal short-term rate prescribed by section 1274(d)
of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the
taxpayer.
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership 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.
"Permitted Transferee": Any person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code) that
is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess
inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to any
Class A-R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described
in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an "electing large partnership" as
defined in section 775 of the Code, (vi) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity
(treated as a corporation or a partnership for federal income tax purposes)
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate whose income from sources
without the United States is includible in gross income for United States
federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a
trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trustor unless such Person has furnished the
transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8ECI, and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an
Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R
Certificate to such Person may cause any REMIC formed under the Agreement to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are Outstanding.
The terms "United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have
the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A
corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of
any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
such government unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, bank, joint stock company, trust (including any
beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
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EXHIBIT 2 to
EXHIBIT I
Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in
a Class A-R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of
such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following
provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Class A-R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(1) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a
Permitted Transferee.
(2) Except in connection with (i) the registration of the Tax
Matters Person Certificate in the name of the Trustee or (ii) any
registration in the name of, or transfer of a Class A-R Certificate to,
an affiliate of the Depositor (either directly or through a nominee) in
connection with the initial issuance of the Certificates, no Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate may be registered on the Closing
Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the
Transfer of any Class A-R Certificate unless, the Trustee shall have
been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I.
(3) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its
Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer
Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee,
trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Class A-R
Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class
A-R Certificate, or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate to any other Person, if it has actual knowledge
that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(4) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no
rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall
become a Holder of a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive
to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class A-R Certificate.
The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of Transfer of a Class A-R Certificate that is in fact not
permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for making any
payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any
other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this
Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of the
related Transfer Affidavit and Transferor Certificate. The Trustee shall
be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Class A-R
Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
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Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as
it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such
Class A-R Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments
so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee
to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.
(5) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available,
upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information
necessary to compute any tax imposed under section 860E(e) of the Code
as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R
Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Class A-R Certificate set forth in this
section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend
on a Class A-R Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring
after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Sellers or the Master Servicer, to
the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any
constituent REMIC of any REMIC formed hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of
any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person
holding or acquiring any ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate hereby
consents to any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel
furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record
ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Class A-R Certificate is not
transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Class A-R
Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
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EXHIBIT J-1
[FORM OF] TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
(RESIDUAL)
__________________
Date
CWALT, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx - 0X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re:CWALT, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we certify
that to the extent we are disposing of a Class A-R Certificate, we have no
knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee.
Very truly yours,
__________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT J-2
[FORM OF] TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
(PRIVATE)
__________________
Date
CWALT, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx - 0X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re:CWALT, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we certify
that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed by us in
a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act, (b)
we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any
Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any
person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken any
other action which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
__________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT K
[FORM OF] INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
__________________
Date
CWALT, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx - 0X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re: CWALT, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify
that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an
"accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we
have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee benefit plan
that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of or
investing the assets of any such benefit plan or arrangement to effect such
acquisition or (ii) if the Certificates have been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and we are an insurance company, we are purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and the purchase and holding of such
Certificates satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief under Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60,
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(e) we are acquiring the Certificates for investment for our
own account and not with a view to any distribution of such Certificates (but
without prejudice to our right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the
Certificates in accordance with clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered or
sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any
person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect
thereto, or taken any other action which would result in a violation of Section
5 of the Act, and (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
Certificates unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or is exempt from
such registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that
such sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption
from the Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed
and delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with any
conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
__________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT L-1
[FORM OF] RULE 144A LETTER
__________________
Date
CWALT, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx - 0X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re: CWALT, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
--------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify
that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we
have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee benefit plan
that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of or
investing the assets of any such benefit plan or arrangement to effect such
acquisition or (ii) if the Certificates have been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting and we are an insurance company, we are purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and the purchase and holding of such
Certificates satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief under Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60, (e) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or
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otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any
other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer,
pledge or other disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the
Certificates or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or
any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under
the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates a
violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration pursuant
thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will authorize any person to act,
in such manner with respect to the Certificates, (f) we are a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act and have completed either of the forms of certification to that effect
attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We are aware that the sale to us is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own
account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further, understand that such
Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person
reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice
is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the
Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
__________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT L-1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis either at least $100,000 in
securities or, if Buyer is a dealer, Buyer must own and/or invest on a
discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A
and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a
bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or
charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State, territory
or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the
State or territorial banking commission or similar official
or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has
an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated
in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which
is attached hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative
bank, homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority
having supervision over any such institutions or is a
foreign savings and loan association or equivalent
institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
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___ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by
insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency
of a State, territory or the District of Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.
___ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
___ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small business
investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958.
___ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned
but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used
the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the
securities referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer
reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of
their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost
of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market. Further, in
determining such aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities
owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are
consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities
were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned,
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consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a
reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made
herein because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of
any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is
given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such purchase. In
addition, if the Buyer is a bank or savings and loan is provided above, the
Buyer agrees that it will furnish to such parties updated annual financial
statements promptly after they become available.
__________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: ______________________________
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT L-1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer
is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because
Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is
such an officer of the Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i)
the Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer
alone, or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, owned at least
$100,000,000 in securities (other than the excluded securities referred
to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year. For
purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the Buyer or
the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on
the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with
respect to the cost of those securities has been published. If clause
(ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued at
market.
___ The Buyer owned $ _______ in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
___ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which
owned in the aggregate $ _________ in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of
the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that
have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are
affiliated (by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same
parent or because one investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary
of the other).
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4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of
the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v)
repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the
statements made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in
reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the
Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned
will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate
to which this certification relates of any changes in the information
and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase
of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
_________________________________________
Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
_________________________________________
Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
Date: ___________________________________
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XXXXXXX X-0
[FORM OF] ERISA LETTER (COVERED CERTIFICATES)
__________________
Date
CWALT, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx - 0X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 200_-_
Re: CWALT, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200_-_, Class
--------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates, we certify
that we are not, and are not acquiring the Certificates on behalf of or with
plan assets of an "employee benefit plan" as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA
that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a "plan" as defined in section 4975 of the
Code that is subject to section 4975 of the Code, or any person investing on
behalf of or with plan assets (as defined in 29 CFR ss.2510.3-101 or otherwise
under ERISA) of such an employee benefit plan or plan, or (ii) the purchase and
holding of the Certificates satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief under
XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 91-38, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 96-233, the service provider
exemption provided under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of
the Code or a similar exemption. We understand that, in the event that such
representation is violated, such transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no
effect.
Very truly yours,
__________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:_______________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT M
[FORM OF] REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
Loan Information
Name of Mortgagor: ____________________________
Servicer Loan No.: ____________________________
Trustee
Name: ____________________________
Address: ____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Trustee
Mortgage File No.:
____________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it has received
from The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Holders of Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, of the above-referenced Series, 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 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the
above-referenced Series among the Trustee, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a
Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a Seller, Park Monaco Inc., as a Seller, Park
Sienna LLC, as a Seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master
Servicer and CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor.
( ) Mortgage Note dated _______________, 20__, in the original principal sum
of $___________, made by ____________________________, payable to, or
endorsed to the order of, the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage recorded on __________________ as instrument no.
______________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the County of
_________________________, State of _______________________ in
book/reel/docket _________________________ of official records at
page/image _______________________________.
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( ) 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 Servicer assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of
setoff to or against the Documents or any proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every Document
previously requested from the Mortgage File to the Trustee when the need
therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan relating to the
Documents has been liquidated and the proceeds thereof have been
remitted to the Certificate 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.
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COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS
SERVICING LP
By
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Its
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Date:_________________, 20__
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EXHIBIT N
[FORM OF] REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: The Bank of New York Attn: Mortgage Custody Services
Re: The Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated [month] 1, 200_, among
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as a Seller, Park Granada LLC, as a
Seller, Park Monaco, Inc., as a Seller, Park Sienna LLC, as a
Seller, Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as Master Servicer,
CWALT, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you
as Trustee for CWALT, Inc., we request the release of the Mortgage Loan File for
the Mortgage Loan(s) described below, for the reason indicated.
FT Account #: Pool #:
Mortgagor's Name, Address and Zip Code:
Mortgage Loan Number:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
1. Mortgage Loan paid in full (Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
hereby certifies that all amounts have been received).
2. Mortgage Loan Liquidated (Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. hereby
certifies that all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance, or
other liquidation have been finally received).
3. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
4. Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.11(a) (Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP hereby
certifies that the Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loan has
been deposited in the Certificate Account).
5. Other (explain):
If item 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage
File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt on
file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating
to the above-specified Mortgage Loan. If item 3, 4 or 5 is checked, upon return
of all of the above documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt
by signing in the space indicated below, and returning this form.
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COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Date:
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[COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Date:
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TRUSTEE CONSENT TO RELEASE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Date:
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EXHIBIT O
[Reserved]
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[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT Q
GLOSSARY of TERMS for STANDARD & POOR'S LEVELS(R) VERSION 5.7 FILE FORMAT
APPENDIX E - Standard & Poor's Predatory Lending Categories
Standard & Poor's has categorized loans governed by anti-predatory lending
laws in the Jurisdictions listed below into three categories based upon a
combination of factors that include (a) the risk exposure associated with the
assignee liability and (b) the tests and thresholds set forth in those laws.
Note that certain loans classified by the relevant statute as Covered are
included in Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Category because they included
thresholds and tests that are typical of what is generally considered High
Cost by the industry.
Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Categorization
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State/Jurisdiction Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date Category under Applicable
Anti-Predatory Lending Law
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Arkansas Arkansas Home Loan Protection Act, Ark. Code Xxx. xx.xx. High Cost Home Loan
00-00-000 et seq.
Effective July 16, 2003
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Cleveland Heights, OH Ordinance No. 72-2003 (PSH), Mun. Code xx.xx. 757.01 et Covered Loan
seq.
Effective June 2, 2003
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Colorado Consumer Equity Protection, Colo. Stat. Xxx. xx.xx. Covered Loan
5-3.5-101 et seq.
Effective for covered loans offered or entered into on
or after January 1, 2003. Other provisions of the Act
took effect on June 7, 2002
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Connecticut Connecticut Abusive Home Loan Lending Practices Act, High Cost Home Loan
Conn. Gen. Stat. xx.xx. 36a-746 et seq.
Effective October 1, 2001
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District of Columbia Home Loan Protection Act, D.C. Code xx.xx. 26-1151.01 et Covered Loan
seq.
Effective for loans closed on or after January 28, 2003
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Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Categorization
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State/Jurisdiction Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date Category under Applicable
Anti-Predatory Lending Law
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Florida Fair Lending Act, Fla. Stat. Xxx. xx.xx. 494.0078 et seq. High Cost Home Loan
Effective October 2, 2002
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Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 - Mar. 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xx. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 7-6A-1 et High Cost Home Loan
2003) seq.
Effective October 1, 2002 - March 6, 2003
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Georgia as amended (Mar. 7, 2003 - Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 7-6A-1 et High Cost Home Loan
current) seq.
Effective for loans closed on or after March 7, 2003
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HOEPA Section 32 Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, 15 High Cost Loan
U.S.C. ss. 1639, 12 C.F.R. xx.xx. 226.32 and 226.34
Effective October 1, 1995, amendments October 1, 2002
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Illinois High Risk Home Loan Act, Ill. Comp. Stat. tit. 815, xx.xx. High Risk Home Loan
137/5 et seq.
Effective January 1, 2004 (prior to this date,
regulations under Residential Mortgage License Act
effective from May 14, 2001)
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Kansas Consumer Credit Code, Kan. Stat. Xxx. xx.xx. 16a-1-101 et High Loan to Value Consumer Loan
seq. (id. ss. 16a-3-207) and;
Sections 16a-1-301 and 16a-3-207 became effective High APR Consumer Loan (id. ss.
April 14, 1999; Section 16a-3-308a became effective 16a-3-308a)
July 1, 1999
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Xxxxxxxx 0000 XX H.B. 000 - Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxx, Xx. Rev. High Cost Home Loan
Stat. xx.xx. 360.100 et seq.
Effective June 24, 2003
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Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Categorization
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State/Jurisdiction Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date Category under Applicable
Anti-Predatory Lending Law
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Maine Truth in Lending, Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 9-A, xx.xx. 8-101 et High Rate High Fee Mortgage
seq.
Effective September 29, 1995 and as amended from time
to time
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Massachusetts Part 40 and Part 32, 209 C.M.R. xx.xx. 32.00 et seq. and High Cost Home Loan
209 C.M.R. xx.xx. 40.01 et seq.
Effective March 22, 2001 and amended from time to time
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Nevada Assembly Xxxx No. 284, Nev. Rev. Stat. xx.xx. 598D.010 et Home Loan
seq.
Effective October 1, 2003
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New Jersey New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. High Cost Home Loan
Rev. Stat. xx.xx. 46:10B-22 et seq.
Effective for loans closed on or after November 27,
2003
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New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. xx.xx. 58-21A-1 High Cost Home Loan
et seq.
Effective as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of
February 26, 2004
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New York N.Y. Banking Law Article 6-l High Cost Home Loan
Effective for applications made on or after April 1,
2003
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North Carolina Restrictions and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, High Cost Home Loan
N.C. Gen. Stat. xx.xx. 24-1.1E et seq.
Effective July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003
(adding open-end lines of credit)
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Ohio H.B. 386 (codified in various sections of the Ohio Covered Loan
Code), Ohio Rev. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 1349.25 et seq.
Effective May 24, 2002
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Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Categorization
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State/Jurisdiction Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date Category under Applicable
Anti-Predatory Lending Law
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Oklahoma Consumer Credit Code (codified in various sections of Subsection 10 Mortgage
Title 14A)
Effective July 1, 2000; amended effective January 1,
2004
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South Carolina South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, High Cost Home Loan
S.C. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 37-23-10 et seq.
Effective for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004
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West Virginia West Virginia Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and West Virginia Mortgage Loan Act
Servicer Act, W. Va. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 31-17-1 et seq. Loan
Effective June 5, 2002
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Standard & Poor's Covered Loan Categorization
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State/Jurisdiction Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date Category under Applicable
Anti-Predatory Lending Law
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Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 - Mar. 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xx. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 7-6A-1 et Covered Loan
2003) seq.
Effective October 1, 2002 - March 6, 2003
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New Jersey New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Covered Home Loan
Rev. Stat. xx.xx. 46:10B-22 et seq.
Effective November 27, 2003 - July 5, 2004
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Standard & Poor's Home Loan Categorization
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State/Jurisdiction Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date Category under Applicable
Anti-Predatory Lending Law
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Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 - Mar. 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xx. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 7-6A-1 et Home Loan
2003) seq.
Effective October 1, 2002 - March 6, 2003
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New Jersey New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Home Loan
Rev. Stat. xx.xx. 46:10B-22 et seq.
Effective for loans closed on or after November 27,
2003
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New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. xx.xx. 58-21A-1 Home Loan
et seq.
Effective as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of
February 26, 2004
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North Carolina Restrictions and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, Consumer Home Loan
N.C. Gen. Stat. xx.xx. 24-1.1E et seq.
Effective July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003
(adding open-end lines of credit)
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South Carolina South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, Consumer Home Loan
S.C. Code Xxx. xx.xx. 37-23-10 et seq.
Effective for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004
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EXHIBIT R
[FORM OF] CERTIFICATE SWAP CONTRACT
Delivered to the Trustee at closing and on file with the Trustee.
R-1
EXHIBIT R-2
[FORM OF] SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE SWAP CONTRACT
Delivered to the Trustee at closing and on file with the Trustee.
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
[FORM OF] SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE CORRIDOR CONTRACT
Delivered to the Trustee at closing and on file with the Trustee.
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
[FORM OF] PUT CONTRACT
Delivered to the Trustee at closing and on file with the Trustee.
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
[RESERVED]
S-1-1
EXHIBIT S-2
[RESERVED]
S-2-1
EXHIBIT T
[FORM OF] OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE WITH RESPECT TO PREPAYMENTS
MORTGAGE BACKED CERTIFICATES,
Series 200_-__
[Date]
Via Facsimile
__________________,
as Trustee
_______________
_______________________
Dear Sir or Madam:
Reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
_________, 200_, (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among [CWALT, Inc.], as
Depositor, [Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.], as a Seller, [Park Granada LLC], as a
Seller, [Park Monaco Inc.], as a Seller, [Park Sienna LLC], as a Seller,
[Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP], as Master Servicer and
__________________, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
__________________ hereby certifies that he/she is a Servicing Officer,
holding the office set forth beneath his/her name and hereby further certifies
as follows:
With respect to the Distribution Date in _________ 200_ and each Mortgage
Loan set forth in the attached schedule:
1. A Principal Prepayment in full or in part was received during the
related Prepayment Period;
2. Any Prepayment Charge due under the terms of the Mortgage Note with
respect to such Principal Prepayment was or was not, as indicated on the
attached schedule using "Yes" or "No", received from the Mortgagor and deposited
in the Certificate Account;
3. As to each Mortgage Loan set forth on the attached schedule for which
all or part of the Prepayment Charge required in connection with the Principal
Prepayment was waived by the Master Servicer, such waiver was, as indicated on
the attached schedule, based upon:
(i) the Master Servicer's determination that such waiver would
maximize recovery of Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan, taking
into account the value of such Prepayment Charge, or
(ii)(A) the enforceability thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership, or other similar law relating to
creditors' rights generally or (2) due to
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acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary
payment, or (B) the enforceability is otherwise limited or prohibited by
applicable law; and
4. We certify that all amounts due in connection with the waiver of a
Prepayment Charge inconsistent with clause 3 above which are required to be
deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.19 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, have been or will be so deposited.
[COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.],
as Master Servicer
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SCHEDULE OF MORTGAGE LOANS FOR WHICH A PREPAYMENT WAS RECEIVED DURING
THE RELATED PREPAYMENT PERIOD
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Loan Number Clause 2: Yes/No Clause 3: (i) or (ii)
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EXHIBIT U
[FORM OF] MONTHLY STATEMENT
[On file with Trustee]
U-1
EXHIBIT V-1
[FORM OF] PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Servicer)
[On file with Trustee]
V-1-1
EXHIBIT V-2
[FORM OF] PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Trustee)
[On file with Trustee]
V-2-1
EXHIBIT W
[FORM OF]
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Master
Servicer] [Trustee] [Name of Subservicer] shall address, at a minimum, the
criteria identified as below as "Applicable Servicing Criteria":
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Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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Reference Criteria
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General Servicing Considerations
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1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.
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If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party's
1122(d)(1)(ii) performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
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Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer
1122(d)(1)(iii) for the mortgage loans are maintained.
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A fidelity bond and errors and 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
1122(d)(1)(iv) of the transaction agreements.
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Cash Collection and Administration
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Payments on mortgage loans are deposited 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
1122(d)(2)(i) agreements.
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Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an
1122(d)(2)(ii) investor are made only by
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Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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Reference Criteria
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authorized personnel.
Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or
distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are
1122(d)(2)(iii) made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
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The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or
accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the
1122(d)(2)(iv) transaction agreements.
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Each custodial account is maintained 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
1122(d)(2)(v) meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.
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1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.
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Reconciliations are prepared on a 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 to be filed
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Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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Reference Criteria
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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 mortgage loans
serviced by the Servicer.
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Amounts due to investors are allocated 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 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 investor reports agree with cancelled
1122(d)(3)(iv) checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.
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Pool Asset Administration
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Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the
1122(d)(4)(i) transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
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Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the
1122(d)(4)(ii) transaction agreements.
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Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the
1122(d)(4)(iii) transaction agreements.
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Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with
the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the
1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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Reference Criteria
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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 mortgage loan documents.
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The Servicer's records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer's
1122(d)(4)(v) records with respect to an obligor's unpaid principal balance.
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Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's mortgage loans
(e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and
1122(d)(4)(vi) related pool asset documents.
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Loss mitigation or recovery actions (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
1122(d)(4)(vii) timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.
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Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a
mortgage loan 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 mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls,
letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed
1122(d)(4)(viii) temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
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Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with
1122(d)(4)(ix) variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.
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Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
1122(d)(4)(x) (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor's
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Servicing Criteria Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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Reference Criteria
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mortgage loan 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 mortgage loan documents
and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30
calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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Payments made on behalf of an obligor (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 transaction
1122(d)(4)(xi) agreements.
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Any late payment penalties in 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 or
1122(d)(4)(xii) omission.
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Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business
days to the obligor's records maintained by the servicer, or such other
1122(d)(4)(xiii) number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
------------------------ --------------------------
Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and
1122(d)(4)(xiv) recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.
------------------------ --------------------------
Any external enhancement or other 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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[NAME OF MASTER SERVICER] [NAME OF
TRUSTEE] [NAME OF CO-TRUSTEE] [NAME OF
SUBSERVICER]
Date: _________________________
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT X
[FORM OF] LIST OF ITEM 1119 PARTIES
ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 200_-__
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
Series 200_-__
[Date]
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EXHIBIT Y
FORM OF XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATION
(REPLACEMENT OF MASTER SERVICER)
Y-1
EXHIBIT Z
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT DATED JULY 31, 0000 XXXXXXX XXX XXXX XX XXX
XXXX AND AG FINANCIAL PRODUCTS INC.
On file with the Trustee.
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